The Sun. — London, England, 1834-09-03 00:00:00

ra lists to of ) the v°ice alt upon w.j i„ the E a ., is lnaunic sow ersal icl; °lotion' tte lec h too. t were then 1 , The °°.' destrn) l ' i ' d i t S' a n t lersto°d' flat LORD BROUGHAM (From the Hull Rockingham.) LORD BROUGHAM.—This distinguished Nobleman is now Paying the accustomed tribute, with every distinguished cha racter—whether political, legal, scientific, or literary—this f-oluitry has b a d t h e h onour and happiness of producing. The !ea ding journals of all Europe, and other soi-disant leading J.nurnals in a rather smaller circle, jealous, it may be, of his b ut, unable rival ry i n men ' s estimation, have fallen foul on him ; D lat unabl e t o di m i nish his reputation as a man of talent, have directed their vituperation to his moral character, which, ac chim ordin g to them, is divested of all those features which entitle I. a i to the r e p utat i on of a man of honour, or even of common t e 9ne st Y. With ev id ence fcr the heavy charges against him, " l r a t assailants d o not trouble themselves. His right to en n opinions o f hi s own, is considered as a species of ' u gh treason against the leading journals, of which we !night with much more reason, say, that they are putting 19 t their praise t o auct i on, t h an they of Lord B rougham, that i s a great criminal, because he has not thought to tak e t h em under his special protection, and con- It Pnit their w ors hi ps as to the course he ought to pursue. Noblei no desig n o f ours to enter i nto a defence of the Lord, because he requires none ; but, for curiosity's , s ,ke, we w ill j ust inquire into some of the grounds on which the charges against him are founded. He is accused of hav ing " betrayed Lord Grey," and, in connexion with the charge, i s designated as a " hollow lawyer seeking profit by deceiving; servile and arrogant, blown about by every suggestion of sel- 4shness." He is a ccuse d o f defending the House of Lords aas a distinct and useful branch in the legislative body. He is ccused of having defended the Poor Law Bill, and called a ;11 -coat because he disapproved of a particular clause in it. a a ° charge relative to Lord Grey originated in the Standard, tl!orougbgoing Tory Journal, capable of every species of s'iltaaltelgdniarnit invention to depreciate a political rival. We ask, 1 regard to it, where is the proof ? Has a single fact been to th e any quarter, that aff or d s t h e s li g h test countenance existence of any intrigue in the Cabinet? Has an y co mplaint b een made by Lord Grey or his friends? We have heard of nothing of the sort. Nor do we believe th a t any !ling of the sort is felt in any quarter but that, where the good Caine 'of Lord Brougham is e nv i e d. T o answer w h at en d could Lord Brougham wish for a separation from Lord Grey, ,e! what en d can he have in view in it? H e canno t r i se Mgher than he is in the scale of proniation. He is not asso- Gated with men of a more un b en di ng di spos i t i on t h an Lord y• Suppose him selfish in a still higher degree than he is as serted t o b e , w h at part i cular objects can he have in view, . I ch be can more eas il y e ff ect than he could in association ith Lo r d G rey ? None have yet been developed of which We eve r b eard. The charge is as gratuitous as it is malig nant, and springs from sheer envy, sharpened by disc,point tlent of some sort . I t was one, made before, and refuted in Grey House hims e lf d ec l ared i n his place, that he resigned because o e was anxious to retire from public life. He threw no blame t n a si ng l e i ndividual. Even the indiscretion of Mr. Little "he attributed to good motives. Not long ago drunkenness alleged against the Noble Lord as a besetting failing, and ie ged in th e f ace of exertions both in Chancery and the House of Lords, greater than which no Lord. Chancellor ever made, ior mor e sat i sfactory both to the bar and the public. Ha nn a l intemper ance i s not a common assoc i ate w i th correct ti ment, no r very lik e l y to p l ace t h e mental powers in a B St ate fit f or d ec i ding upon intricate points of law. Yet we °not hea r t h at a single judgment pronounced by Lord an migham has been called in question or appealed against, be has pronounced more than any other Chancellor has d o " in the same space of time. No longer an habitual breufnkard, he is hollow and selfish. Give us, as we have said Lions°r, proof, and we will not only believe, but use our exer tin placing him before the public in his proper light. In e absence of that proof—not even seeing the shadow of any, e il s till trust i n hi s integrity, and presume on great improve ttlents both from his talents and endowments. Far be it from ,in thu s pronounc i ng, to avow that we adopt his senti ;7, 9r aprove of all that he does. Thee are imortant in which we differ from him. Hi s r p manner and his r p l at ter in th e H ouse o f L or d s are not always to our minds. ut is he a drunk ar d an d a scoun d re l because he may happen not to take a course that suits us ? Are a man's opinions in 2._ a le thin gs vary i ng from ours, to stamp him as worthless, base, t reacherous ? That may do for leading journals ; but de cisions so f oun d ed i n others are distinguished neither by good - )o e ilse nor rectitude of principle. We think Lord Brougham tlght have as well spared his eulogy on the House of h o °r ll ds; but surely he is not a traitor and a wretch because till aPpens to think, with great men of every age, and even e a late with the leading journals, that the constitution, _ (insisting of King, Lords, and Commons, is a good one, rid that be would not have the Upper House extinguished. th ! be honest and think all this; and he may think all A ls and yet be a great Reformer, as we believe he is. We not admir e ehis hostility to the clause in the Poor Bill tliorizing Dissenting ministers to be admitted to see the tlratttes of the poor-house ; but a di s passionat e rea d er o f on protest would have seen that his objection did not rest cent t o Principle of the clause, but altogether on its non-ne- A B Pr We like the clause, but should have been satis fo7 had it not been insisted upon, because we never doubted a moment that the liberty it enacts would have been and loved without it. Lord Brougham thinks the same, r ad Would not on any consideration 'whatever curtail the l eu gieus' privileges of the _ poorest subject in the country. 1) 8 ' he hollow and selfish, pursuing purposes of ambition, Hass he prefers one mode of doing a thing to another accused of time-serving and other baseness, for the tart he took i n t h e W arwick Election Bill ; of truckling to Z"e Earl of Warwick, and of encouraging bribery and cor- P i icn. But why s h ou ld h e b ear a ll t h e bl ame, if bl ame ...ere be, on that subject, when every Noble Lord present Need with him ? when even the Earl of Radnor , him a-e!ea quondam friend of Cobbett, and a Radical Reformer, ti;nrutted that the evidence was not sufficient to justify th e enactments of the bill ? The _Morning Chronicle says that . t e ls Object of The Times is to break up the Ministry, and to do he aPin infamy on the head of the Chancellor. We pre et, if that be he e that the effect will be the very reverse 1 31. 1 , 11.4 . r is prognosticated. ecas The censure of The Times has t s i ) g since lost its sting. It has acquired to itself the repute- Of being the most inconsistent journal in the world. Its " and dislikes vary with the moon. Neither can now affect t r l Iran or tody of men, unless it be in a way directly con teen to that intended. It admits that Lord Brougham, for fif /,, Years, distinguished himself as the friend of the people. o ' what he has now deserted them we are at a loss to dis t: The Ministry, of which he is a member, is more e m ec luivocally reforming than any that has hitherto had the ee' t na geineet of the affairs of the country. He has given in not: of very great r ef orms f or th e nex t s ess ion , b o th a n,e law and the Church. He h as just e s t a bli s h e d lii: e ' e tY in London, for the promotion of political knowledge. . a mbitiou s projects will, perhaps, be revealed by and by. th at ' s new on a visit to his venerable mother, whom he has not, he have heard, a ft e r the example of former Mini s ters, y e t and s if ie d• He has diminished his own salary as Chancellor, age Cl e rled th e p a t r o nage a tt a ch e d to his office. The patron are Ic e has bestow e d on favourites is yet behind the curtain, as l e , Is i ntentions of personal aggrandisement. But the lead thejcurnals are in the secret, and, doubtless, they will justify ih th isel ves at the proper season. In the meantime, not being t erib F secret, and unable to discover guilt in a man's not sub °h L in g to What we, in all cases, think right, we rest our hopes We r °r Brought; as the friend of the people.—Prove him, ie, l 4 3 eat, to be hollow, selfish, and corrupt, and our attach ° him is gone for ever. Aberdeen Herald. ti l l e'511013 BROUGC.m—tO h n e Thursday a meeting was held in 4 l arfr art House, at which all the influential Reformers, and ac ltt 6e number of the most respectable inhabitants, were pre the 'tto make arrangements for giving a p and f'o7(l Chancellor on his approaching visit rop to Aberdeen, athllir testifying their personal respect for his Lordship, their tliej i , nation of his splendid genius and unrivalled talents, and cause gratitude for his long and unceasing exertions in the !li e °f reform, and of civil and religious liberty throughout 'titi ", e ld• It was determined, as will be seen from ß the reso ham t ° a' s In our advertising columns, to invite Lord r( 1 ) 1 1!g the frqirbric dinner in th;_giunty Rooms, to present to i r m oces_ s loh t,: al , of the city, rej o i e be headed by an; meet his Lordship . in aP We our magistrates and City Member. the l e . t hat our fellow-citizens have resolved . to p d ay reto 'Peet, °ld Chancellor these marks of admiration c a o n untry_ r "aa in and that they will greet their illustrious. and of lie ,-,. tnanner worthy of his eminent public services by an ex eelle;:Y of Aberdeen. We are happy to perccive, serted,.article from the Inverness Courier, . which w ehave in- Vso br ln another column, that the inhabitants . of Inverness , h iuro t ; g r ii ° l l: ,. o_sc to pay . a tribute of esteem and gratitud? to Lord "gar o b i :',llPon his passing through that town on his way to Du th,, i '1 upon ; and we see the same reception awaits him oth ei " 1 , and that he has been similarly welcomed in several te suo l ' iac es. No man ever did so much as L d Brougham Lord and ex- Pos e ; 1 1° 1 1 and disseminate liberal opinion, ever3,Ases of every description, and to introduce toa reform in o f 0,,-"eseriPtion, and to introduce reform in ery department exten"sui_Public i nstitutions. On the abolitionlev of slavery, the press, legal and Parli a ,„," of education, the freedom of the State'uentary r,form, and the various abuses of . Church and 11.1.0,a-ran heard of these, we ask, was not the h v ae o s i a c h e ost o tte f er.s H nta e pt n iad _r rn y t ti ght s rei_, during a quarter of a century, supporting the eni.mies , t ne , peopl e and launching its anathem hottest their °' th e ' 'as lie' not ever to be found in t air,onl,)olitical contest, spreading dismay and ill Ore l epor`e4 ranks of the boroughmongers ? To Lord Brougham, t able A T ? we are not only indebted as one of that ever-memo new ,:,(,thistry w as ho carried our second Magna Charta, that the li c a " a ditira of our rights, the Reform Bill ; but, also, _ kt ,_ , st 1 iso s Iv , and indefatigable talented • of those great national c'll g hef " laid the foundation of our temple of freedom By his e-ort l °re the superstructure itself could be raised. ",ZstelnPrerilishig exposure of the iniquities of the old Tory n ri a e t t.lry'il a r n o d u _h , y his powerful . advocacy of liberal . sentiments, • 10 11 , an gleam roused into action the sleeping energy tiolts led d th e clenurad of the people for a restitution of their 4'a oth er to the triumph of reform. Lord Brougham has of the Ztttti,,estr°ng clairn to the regard of Scotsmen. Ile is o i: tL e of their country, and - Scotland will now sholy, su, h w armth of her rection, how proud she ls rtud t • on. Owing too she does her high o t f_ e d t g . the scale of nations, to as her superior system h t. Aberpn, every Scotsman end especially the inhabitants 1:114,.2.!ith "j_n,awhich is the seat -- of two universities—will greet_ and 4,", tk.:ctionate welcom e as the zealous advocate ,of th _' ‘ , it tew r 1,. science, and the great propagator of education to b , among eve class of the community. Amidst have been . made upon the Ministry, it w''asf the Ck e t ) T e eted 0 1 at a g e .oi tiet as ,T,, Lord prominent and influential a member 0 __ _ rougham would get his full share of the s fEctrlt s ; 44*titio,v_Lo,rd Chancellor, like all other men, .has h . l a hate no attempted to conceal or palliate his political errors. But we make due allowance for the extremely difficult—and, to such a mind, almost unnatural—position which his Lordship fills in the House of Peers. We are well aware that the Upper House contains many noblemen of supe rior merit and most liberal sentiments, of whom, indeed, our late respected Premier is a perfect specimen. This descrip tion, however, is unfortunately well known to approximate much more to the exception than to the rule. Hence, the natural superiority of genius and talent over inherited wealth and unmerited rank, of " nature's nobility" over heraldic titles, of enlarged views and liberality of ideas over " hereditary wisdom" and aristocratic prejudices—in act, the natural superiority of the man become illustrious from merit and long valuable services over those who are merely " illustrious by courtesy,"--all only tend to direct upon Lord Brougham the petty shafts of narrow-minded envy. Too many of their Lord Ships seem incapable of entering into the feelings of the nation, or of understanding the stupendous changes which the rapid progress of trade and o f " th e marc h of intellect," during th e l ast fifty years, has produced in every part of the kingdom. They do not perceive that these two mighty causes—the one by the creation of immense wealth, and the other by an unprecedented increase of knowledge and intelligence—have called into existence new classes of society, and have given birth to a power in the State hitherto un known, by the influence that the productive portion of the community has acquired, and which it is now so fully entitled to possess. Lord Brougham is, therefore, held in aristocratic horror by many of his hereditary compeers, because his every feeling and opinion differ from their own, because he is not of noble birth, and, still more, because, although now belonging to the Order, he is yet considered as the great representative and champion of the people in the House of Lords. On the other hand, it is nearly as difficult for Lord Brougham to please the liberal party ; for it is his duty, as Lord Chancellor, to protect and uphold the rights and prerogatives of the Peers, the discharge of which duty may, at times, give him the ap pearance of departing from the popular principles that he has so long and zealously advocated. (From the Scotsman.) LORD BkOUGHAM.-It is impossible that any person who pe ruses, even in the most cursory manner, the productions of the periodical press in London, and in some other parts of the country, can fail to be struck with the violent, unmerited, and. senseless abuse, which has been for some months poured out in their columns against the Lord Chancellor. That such at tacks can permanently injure the character and fame of this extraordinary man, earned, as it has been, by a life devoted to the most momentous interests of his country, and of his species, no one can for a moment be so deluded as to believe. But as we think such a system is not only calculated to degrade the press, but to interfere for a brief moment with the usefulness of one of the most gifted statesmen ever entrusted with power in this country, we have considered it worth while to inquire into the grounds on which the Lord Chancellor has been lately assailed, and we have come to the conclusion, that no public man was ever more unjustly and more unworthily calumniated. Entertaining, as we do, that conviction, Lord Brougham is well entitled to be vindicated by the press, from the slanders circulated against him through that channel. But we do confess that the cavils and malignant attacks, so perseveringly repeated in certain journals, on the distinguished person to whom we have alluded, have induced us to conclude that a portion of the once-liberal press has entered into a con spiracy with the ultra-Tory faction to asperse the whole con duct of the Chancellor, and so to injure and weaken the libe ral cause itself, of which his Lordship is, in truth, the most powerful living support. We firmly believe that such a sys tem will ultimately prove as futile as it is base. And, in the meantime, as Lord Brougham is now in Scotland, we trust the real friends of liberty, on this side of the Tweed, will show their contempt for all the petty attacks on him ; by welcoming him as one of the most honoured of her sons, and offering every grateful acknowledgment to him, due to his in valuable services in the cause of civil and religious liberty throughout the world. (From the Inverness Courier.) We now learn, from the most undoubted authority, that the Lord Chancellor will certainly be at Inverness by the end of this week, probably on Friday. His Lordship visits the Duchess-Countess of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle, and has expressed a strong desire to witness the improvements effected in Sutherland. On Monday last the Noble Lord was to have been at Hamilton, on Tuesday ut Inverary, and on Wednes day (this day) at Taymouth. From thence he proceeds by the Highland road to this town and Dunrobin Castle, and re turns south by Aberdeen. We can hardly think it possible that this distinguished person will be allowed to visit any town of consideration in Scotland, without receiving honour and congratulations from his countrymen, as a reward for along life devoted to the highest interests of mankind. Had Lord Brougham been only known as the coadjutor and fellow labourer with Lord Grey, in giving political freedom and existence to Scotland, he would be entitled to the gratitude of his native country; but when we consider that he has, by his writings and eloquence, unceasingly advocated for thirty years, the freedom of the slave—the education of the people—and the uprooting and extermination of corrup tion and abuses in all our establishments, political, eccle siastical, and literary, he must be regarded by all lovers of freedom, not only as one of our most distinguished statesmen, but as one of the greatest benefactors of his country who has ever been called on to take a leading part in public affairs. This broad view of his Lordship's character is undeniable, and we have no wish at present to descend to the cloudy hemis phere of party politics, or passing opinions and events. When such a man, therefore, appears among . us (the first, and pro bably the only time he is likely to visit Scotland), we think it would be alike gratifying to the Noble individual himself, and honourable to all classes of the community, to show that his high character and invaluable public services are appreciated here as they ought to be. There may possibly be some dif ference of opinion in what manner this can be most appro priately done. Were there time, we should recommend that the Lord Chancellor should be invited to a public entertain ment ; but, as this may, not be possible, within so short a pe riod, we trust, at all events, that an address, along with the freedom of the town, will be presented to Lord Brougham, in the presence of as great a number of the electors and other members of the community of Inverness as can be assembled in the largest hall (say the Northern Meeting Rooms) which can be procured for such a meeting. We have reason to know that the Provost has written to the Lord Chancellor on the subject, and we hope everything necessary will be done to give effect to the public voice on this interesting occasion. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—l observe in some of the daily papers of yesterday and to-day, the following paragraph : " By the General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet, the William Jilliffe, from Hamburg, arrived off the Custom-house at nine o'clock yesterday, we have received Hamburg papers of the 26th. They say that, on the 16th of August the cholera was on the increase, and that then upwards of twelve hundred persons had fallen victims to it." This paragraph is unquestionably intended to state the pro gress of the cholera at Gottenburgh, though, from the omis sion of the name of that town, the statement made would ap pear to apply to Hamburg. The fact is, that at Hamburg the cholera has not made its appearance at all, and, up to the time of the departure of the City of Hamburg steam packet,which came away on Saturday morning and arrived in the river to day, there had not occurred a single case of cholera in that city. As the mistake which the paragraph above alluded to is calculated to occasion, may tend to cause much unnecessary anxiety and alarm, I shall feel obliged by your insertion of this explanation.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHAS..BESSELL, Secretary. Office, 69, Lombard-street, Sept. 2. OLD BAILEY. THE ENS UIN A SUMMARY STATEMENT, DESCRIPTIV 'G SESSIONS. 'E OF THE VARIOUS OFFENCES WIT!! VERALLY STAND CHARGED. Breaking into a workshop ... 3 Enticing a Child Embezzlement 8 Manslaughter Stealing from the person 49 Receiving stolen goods Larcenies Bigamy Uttering Counterfeit Coin 1 Uttering a forged order for the" delivery of goods 1 Fraud: 1 WHICH THE PRISONERS SE Murder Rape Burglary Cutting and maiming Highway robbery Unnatural Offs-nee Housebreaking 4 Returning from transportation 2 Horse.s tea ing ' ' 3 Stealing a Letter sent to the Post Office 3 Coining Stealing in dwelling.houses 9 Of the above number, 70 are chat City, and :209 in the County. Total 279 rged with crimes committed in the STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWGATE, MADE UP TO TUESDAY EVENING. Males. Females. Prisoners under sentence of death Prisoners under sentence of transportation for life 3 7 14 years .... 1 8 7 years .... 24 44 Ditto, sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, having been convicted of felony, &c. 5 0 Ditto, for trial at the ensuing Sessions Ditto, remanded from the last Sessions 1 0 Ditto, acquitted and detained in custody 2 0 Ditto, whose judgments are respit,(l Ditto, acquitted on the ground of insanity, but remain (lur ing Royal pleasure 0 2 Ditto, committed by the Courts of King's Bench and C,,rnmon Pleas Ditto, committed by the Commissioners of Bankrupt 1 0 Ditto, committed by Commissioneis of Taxes 1 0 - 272 Total A most amusing scene took place at the City Court house on Thursday evening. One of those itinerant Jews who finds preaching more profitable than " wending casht close, or sharping raishors," while grinding down divinity to the dimensions of hi s own capacity, and illuminating his au dience with " the sparkling" corruscations, was unexpectedly posed by one of the aiidienc e , wh o q ues ti one d hi m as t o t h e meaning of a part of hi s sermon which implied a doubt of the orthodoxy of his hearers. Th e poor Jew was non-plushed. He wriggled, he writhed, .he gro ane d i n the spirit : he said, " he was no conthrovertallst—d a t he vas not come dere to an swer questions but to preach de word." The question was again put—but no answer. The Rev. Mr. Alcock, under whose auspices the Israelite (if he b e one) was plac ar d e d i n t o the judgment-seat, seeing the lamp that was to illumine the Gentiles exhausted, thought to replenish it from a more re dundant fountain; but it was urged that his was a work of supererogation—that as he was asked no question he was not required to give an answer—that a preacher who came there to instruct others should be prepared to account " for the faith which was in him." After a lengthened palaver, and an up roarious scene of confusion, heightened by the " darkness visible," which enveloped the audience, Mr. Greene, the resi dent magistrate, accompanied by the Mayor, very properly dispersed the meeting.—Kilkenny Journal. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1834 COURT CIRCULAR, Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday. His Lord ship visited Viscount Palmerston. in the afternoon at the Fo reign-office. . . Mr. Secretary Rice had an interview with Viscount Mel bourne at the Treasury. Viscount Althorp was expected to arrive at St. Alban's yes terday from Althorp Park, Northamptonshire. Mr. Burge, the agent for Jamaica, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Grant, Mr. Whitmore, M. P., and Mr. Marryat, had interviews yesterday with Mr. Secretary Rice, at the Colonial Office. Despatches dated the 18th of July were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of the Bahamas. Despatches were also received from the Marquis of Sligo, the Governor of Jamaica. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Edward Armstrong, Esq., and Mrs. Armstrong and family, al Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from the Continent ; J. Streatfield. Esq., Mrs.' Streatfield, and Miss Streatfield, at ditto, from ditto ; J. Clutterbuck, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; Messrs. Green, G. R. Smith, Harmoni, and Wilson, at ditto, from Paris. DEPARTURES Mrs. Wescomb and family, from Long's Hotel, Bond-street, for Essex ; Messrs. Pocock and Jacobs, from ditto, for Dorsetshire ; Captain Granville, from ditto, for Colwick Abbey ; E. Knox, Esq. from ditto, for Ireland; Captain Richardson, from ditto, for Sussex ; Captain Vignolles, from ditto, for Dublin ; J. Westropp, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; George Elliot, Esq., from ditto, for Leamington ; Messrs. Cooks, Esqrs. , from ditto, for the East Indies. WINDSOR, SEPTEMBER 2. The King took a drive yesterday in the Great Park, in which he was accompanied by the Queen, this being the first time her Majesty has left the Castle for some days past, in consequence of slight indisposition, from which, we are happy to state, her Majesty is now entirely recovered. The King continues in the enjoyment of excellent health. Colonel Sir William and Lady Gomm; Colonels Larribert and Chaplin and their Ladies, and Colonel Seymour, had the , honour of dining with their Majesties yesterday evening. The Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to the Princess Au gusta, yesterday, Frog more Froffmore Lodge. Lady Clinton left the Castle yesterday, as did also Surgeon Keate, who has lately been attending Mr. Davies, the House hold Surgeon, who hurt himself very seriously in rendering as sistance to the late Sir John Barton, when he was seized with the paralytic attack which caused his death. The King - end Queen were out for some hours this day, at tended by the usual suite. • To-morrow (this day) their Majesties will go to town, but are expected to return to the Castle to dinner. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 2. The arrivals at the Marine Hotel include the Marquis of Ormond and the Lords Butler, Dr. BUrroughs, Mr. Simpson, Sir Edmund and Lady Stanley, Mrs. Bontein and family, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Roe, Mrs. and Miss Impey, Mr. Gatty, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Calcatt. Mr. Solomonson, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Steward, Mr. Wyatt, and Mr. King are staying at the White Horse. The Belgian Ambassador and suite, Lady and Mr. Frederick Rodney, Mr. Wilkie, Col. Teulon, Mr. and Mrs. Boulton, Mr. Morgan, Col. Lowther, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Blake, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Peachey, Mr. Burnand, Rev. S. Bradley, Hon. C. S. and Lady Emmeline Wortley and family, Mr. Sharpe, Mrs. Cooper, Mr. Cavan, Mr. James Connell, Mr. Beauclerk, Mr. and Mrs. Waylar, Mr. Cuttress, Mr. D. Morel, Mr. and Mrs. Hibbert, Mr. Storie, Mr. Law, and Mr. Law, jun., are the arrivals at the Albion. CHELTENHAM, SEPT. 1. This place was very gay last week. On Monday and Wed nesday the musical promenades in the Montpellier Gardens were extremely well attended. On Tuesday there was an ex hibition of flowers at the Imperial Spa by the Horticultural Society, which attracted a numerous assemblage. The ball at Montpellier on Thursday evening was attended by nearly 300 persons, and the dancing was kept up with great spirit, under the direction of Captain Marshall, Master of the Cere monies. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester is re gular in his attendance at the Montpellier Spa every morning, where the excellent band belonging to the establishment per formed in a very superior manner from eight to nine o'clock. The theatre has been extremely well attended since the pro duction of Gustavus, and a number of persons are permitted to join in the masked ball on the stage. Miss Stephens has been sojourning among us since her return from Wales, where she won every heart by the beautiful manner in which she sang several ballads. Young Kean is engaged for a few nights, and will make his appearance this evening as Richard. Among the recent arrivals are—The Archbishop of Cashel and family, Lord and Lady Barrington, Lord and Lady Ra vensworth, Hon. Mr. and Miss Liddell, Hon. J. Tracy, Hon. W. L. Bathurst, Hon. Miss Fitter, Lady and Miss Norcott, Lady Barry, Lady Macgregor, Sir G. and Lady Carew, Sir. J. and Lady Broughton, Sir T. M'Kenny, Sir B. Codling - ton, Sir T. Aubrey, General Conner and family, General Dar.. mott, General Carpenter and family, Colonel, Mrs., and Miss Drummond, Colonel and Mrs. Vincers, Sir C. Morgan, &c. TUNBRIDGE WELLS. Our Royal and other distinguished visitors seem to have made good use of the calm which has succeeded the bustle of the Race week, by enjoying the delights of polished society. The Royal Duchess has given three dinner parties to the re sident and neighbouring nobility and gentry. On Wednesday last the Royal party honoured the Marquis Camden with their company to dinner at Bayham Abbey. On Friday last, two meetings of the Tunbridge and Tun bridge Wells Branch Bible Society were held at the Royal Sussex Hotel, when a collection amounting to about 501. was made towards its objects. The Duchess of Kent sent a dona tion of 101., and two resident ladies Si. each, for the purchase of Bibles for the emancipated negroes. On Sunday morning last, their Royal Highnesses, with their suite, attended divine service at the New Church, when a sermon was preached by the Rey. H. Woodgate, the resident minister. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent liberally patronised the benefit of Mrs. Sloman at the Theatre on Monday evening, which was most numerously and fashionably attended. A grand Archery Fete took place at Hawkhurst on Thurs day last. The grounds were laid out very tastefully, and the ladies and gentlemen displayed great skill in archery. After the shooting, they adjourned to the Queen's -tlead Inn, where 150 sat down to an elegant dinner prepared Mr. Godfrey, the landlord, whose assiduous attention cannot be too much praised. In the evening, the company assembled in the ball room, where dancing was kept up with great spirit to 11 r. Guinness's celebrated Tunbridge Wells Parade Band, who performed several beautiful new quadrilles, waltzes, &c. Among the company present were Mr. Herbert Curteis, M. P. , Mr. Hodges, M. P., and Mr. Courthorpe, who kindly of f iciated as ste wards. The Town Council of Montrose on Wednesday, re solved to present an address to Earl Grey for his important services in promoting the extension of the representation of the people of Scotland.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford is again at her Highland residence at the Doune Of Rothiemurchus. There was some talk of Lord John Russell visiting her Grace in the North this season, but we find he is at present in Buckingham shire.— Glasgow Herald. On Wednesday the Earl and Countess of Harrowby, with Lady Harriet Ryder, arrived at the Royal Hotel, Glas gow, and departed on Friday for the seat of the Duchess of Sutherland, in the north. Lord Grosvenor arrived at the same hotel on Thursday, from from Inverary Castle, and departed on Saturday morning for Edinburgh, by way of the Trosachs. Ad miral Drummond arrived on Tuesday, and departed on Thursday for the West Highlands. —Edinburgh Evening Courant. The Marquis of Downshire, accompanied by the Earl of HilliborOuih and Lord Charles Hill, have arrived at Cheltenham from Ireland. The Earl of Westmorland arrived last week at his seat, Apthorp Hall, Northamptonshire. His Lordship will enter tain a distinguished circle of friends during the present month. Lord and Lady Holland are residing at their seat , Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire. Lord William Beresford, brother of the Marquis of Waterford, who has exchanged from the 43d regiment of Light Infantry to the Ist Life Guards, has arrived in town from Dublin. His Lordship has been seriously indisposed, but is now nearly restored to perfect health. Lord Auckland, accompanied by the other Lords of the Admiralty, after inspecting Plymouth, Falmouth, and Pembroke Dock-yards, is expected to visit Cork. We regret extremely to state that the highly re spectable firm of Messrs. Robert Allan and Son, bankers, &e., Royal Exchange, were under the necessity of suspending pay ment on Saturday morning. —Edinburgh Evening Courant. As neither Messrs. Kinnear nor Messrs. Allan is sued notes, their stoppage, th ougli much to be regretted, brings no discredit on the Scotch system ofbanking.— Glasgow Herald. Mr. Holmes, civil engineer, has published a pam phlet, in which he suggests the propriety of rendering avail able as manure the filth which now runs from the common sewers into the Thames. He es ti mates t h at " the amoun t of manure now passing into the r i ver Th ames, and otherwise wasted, exceeds 12,000 tons per diem ;" and that, " it may, almost without expense, be concentrated to about 7,000 tons, which will yield a profit of 400 ,000 1 . per annum, after paying i all expenses attending t." A Learned Professor, in a certain Scotch Univer sity, lately paid a visit to the metropolis, for the purpose of paying a long-promised visit to an old pupil, now in distin guished practice at the English bar. In the course of his walks iu London the excellent Professor was seized with a desire to visit the House of Peers, but having entered it, he was stopped in the lobby by the door-keeper, who told him he could not be admitted without a Peer's order. Startled, but no way discouraged, by this intelligence, the unassuming but not very ceremonious Professor turned to the right about, and meeting an individual hastening along the lobby, as if entitled to entree, thus addressed him, " Are you a Peer, Sir?" "Yes; what of that ?" " Why, I wish admittance to the House, but have been informed by the door. keeper I cannot be al lowed to pass without a Peer's order. Will you give me one ?" The Peer eyeing him suspiciously, said, " I know nothing about you ; but," thrusting his arm into the Professor's most familiarly, said, " come along !" The Professor's curiosity was now roused concerning the thin-looking Peer to whom he was thus indebted; and, on inquiring his title, was answered the Duke of Wellington I—Perth Courier. Mrs. Chappone was asked how it was she was al ways so early at church ? " Because," said she, "it is part of my religion not to disturb the religion of others."—Saturday Magazine. - ROYAL ANTI-CLIMAX.—Hi s Majesty of Ava, after styling himself " King of Kings," " Regulator of the Seasons !" " Brother to the Sun," &c. '&c., winds up the whole by " and King of the Twenty-four Umbrellas I" On Friday a merchant, recently arrived from the south, blew out his brains in a furnished lodging-house. This desperate act is attributed to great losses at Frascati's.— Galignani's Messenger. A Roman Catholic chapel, capable of containing nearly 500 persons, has been erected at Sutton Coldfield, and is rapidly approaching completion. There is not, we are in formed, at present, six persons in the town who are professors of this religion—Birmingham Advertiser. On the 20th inst., a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses, and containing five persons, fell over the hi-4e at Quesnoy sur Deule, in the department du Nord, into the river, and a young girl, aged eighteen, was drowned. Both the horses also perished.—French Paper. A smart shock of an earthquake was felt at Ports mouth on Wednesdsy night last, about ten o'clock. Several houses were much shaken, and some slight damage was sus tained. In other houses articles placed against the walls, or upon shelves, were shaken violently. LISICEARD.—We understand that some miscreant placed a candle contiguous to a rick of hay, belonging to Mr. Henwood, in this parish. No doubt exists but that the destruc tion by fire of the hay was contemplated. Active search is making for the delinquent, and we trust he will not escape justice.—North Devon Advertiser. • THE SWALLOWS' FLIGHT.—It is supposed that the flight of the swallow, when emigrating, is not less than 50 miles an hour; so that, when aided by the wind, they soon reach much warmer latitudes. Spallanzani calculates that the swallow can fly at the rate of 92 miles an hour; and that of hawks and several other tribes, to be 150 miles. When John Reeve was acting Bombastes at Bristol, upon being stabbed by the Artaxominous, he denied the fair. ness of the thrust, and appealing to the pit said, "It is not fair, is it, sir ?" A bald-headed gentleman, who probably took the whole representation to be serious, and to whom Reeve directed his glance, replied, " I really can't say, for I don't fence. "—Mirror. INFALLIBLE TEST.—" Wouldst thou know," says Quarles, " the lawfulness of the action which thou de sirest to undertake, let thy devotions recommend it to Divine blessing. If it be lawful, thou shalt perceive thy heart en couraged by the prayer ; if unlawful, thou shalt find thy prayer discouraged by thy heart. That action is not warrant able which either blushes to beg a blessing, or, having suc ceeded, dares not present a thanksgiving." In the act for improving the Borough Court of Liverpool, the mayor is empowered to order process to issue out of the court to hold to bail any person indebted to another in 201. or upwards, wherever, the cause of action may have arisen, upon affidavit or affirmation of the debt, and of belief as to the debtor being about to depart the realm, with intent to avoid payment of his debts. Liverpool is the grand port of transit for fraudulent debtors on their flight to the United States, and therefore the power which is given to the mayor will be of great importance to tradesmen and merchants.— Liverpool Standard. SINGULAR DEATH.—On Wednesday, a child met its fate at Camelon under rather uncommon circumstances, which ought powerfully to caution persons from suddenly frightening children who may be of nervous temperament. It was holding a little dog in its hands, which it was innocently causing to bark at the cat in a neighbour's house, where the occurrence happened, when the woman came in and gave a sudden and loud cry to the child to desist from tormenting her cat. The effect was instantaneous and fatal, for the poor child fell upon the floor, and although every assistance was immediately rendered, life was found to be extinct.—Scotsnzan. Captain Marsh, inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard, Mount's-Bay, with the crew of the Mousehole Pre ventive boat, on Wednesday night captured five farmers from the neighbourhood of the Land's-end, and two boatmen be longing to the Scilly Isles, with sixteen tubs of spirit in their possession. The men have undergone an examination before George John, Esq., one of the Magistrates for the county, and have been remanded. By a late enactment, where more than three persons are found associated in a smuggling transaction, the Magistrate before whom a con viction takes place is required to commit them to the House of Correction for six months, at hard labour. THE HARVEST. Recent accounts, from most parts of the county, have been highly gratifying on this sub ject ; but the' continuance of wet weather now begins to create serious apprehensions among the farmers in our neighbour hood, that they will not be so fortunate with what remains to be saved, as was anticipated two or three weeks since. For the last fortnight, we have experienced a daily succession of heavy showers ; and though, in many instances, they may be only partially felt for some miles contiguous, yet they are such as to retard materially the labours of the field. Many spots of grain are uncut, and others other ready to be carried, all of which require the providential aid of dry weather.—North Devon Advertiser. An old miserly bachelor, possessed of a fortune of •40,000 L , meeting a friend one day, began to harangue very learnedly upon the detestable sin of avarice, and gave the fol lowing instance of it :—" About three years ago," said he, b y a very odd accident I fell into a well, and was absolutely within a very few minutes of perishing before I could prevail upon an unconscionable dog of a labourer, who happened to be within hearing of my cries, to help me out for half a crown. The fellow was so rapacious as to insist upon a crown for above a quarter of an hour ; and I verily believe that he would not have abated me a single farthing if he had not seen me at the last gasp, and determined rather to die than sub mit to his extortion." Mr. BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS.— Among many other distinguished families recorded in the seventh part of this important and interesting work, we find very ample and interesting details of the eminent and wide spreading houses of Fortescue of Devonshire ; Cartwright of Aynho ; Gough of Perry Hall; Bramston of Skreens ; Lane Fox of Brumham Park; Elwes of Great Billing; Mytton of Halston ' • Stonor of Stonor ; Tate of Burleigh Park ; Trigonwell of Dorset s hi re ; Walrond of Bradfield and Dulford House; Whitmore of Apley and Dudmaston; Wing field of Tickencote and Onslow ; Thornton of Brockhall ; Dyott of Freeford ; Owen of Tedsmore, Bettws, Condover, and Woodhouse; O'Connell of Derrynane Abbey; Guthrie of Guthrie ; Anguish of Somerleyton Hall ; Pennefather of N e w Park ; Floyd of Gloster ; Blundell of Crosby ; Bruce of Kennet ; Huntley of Boxwell ; Scott of Betton, &c. &c. A few days ago three soldiers of the 29th Regi ment, quartered at St. Brieux, in the Cites du Nord, were discovered by a farmer at Bois-Boissel, about a quarter of a league from the town, in the act of robbing his orchard. Words arose, and blows were about to ensue, when one of the servants of the farm let loose a large dog, which soon put the marauders to flight. On the following evening 17 men of the regiment went to the farm, resolved to be avenged. One of them entered the house and asked to speak to the farmer, and on his appearance attacked him and wounded him in several places with a sabre. The son of the farmer, his men, and a large body of the inhabitants came to his succour, and a gene ral combat commenced between them and the soldiers, one party armed with pitchforks, iron bars, and staves, and the other with their swords. The rustics, however, beat the mili tary men and drove them into their quarters. Four of, the countrymen were wounded severely, and particularly the one who let loose the dog. He received four wounds, one of which cleaved his skull.—French Paper. ASTONISHING LEAP. -- On Friday last, while Mr. Aitkin, corn-merchant, Musselburgh, was proceeding in his gig to attend the market at Haddington, his horse took fright, and suddenly bounded off at full speed, when in at tempting to pull him up the reins gave way, and Mr. A. was thrown from the gig with the slightest injury imaginable in such a case. As the horse, in his wild career, neared the town, he was observed by the toll-keeper, who quickly shut the gate, with little ceremony, in the animal's face ; but the noble creature was not of a race to be daunted, and on ap proaching the obstacle placed in his way, he fearlessly dashed at the bar, which we should suppose is nearly six feet, and cleared it in the manner and style of a good old hunter who well knew how to do his work. The wheels of the gig having struck the top bar of the gate were the means of throwing the horse down, when he was secured and again " taken into cus tody ;" and on examination it was found that neither man, horse, nor gig has sustained much injury ; but we would not, on that ground, recommend such capers to be practised by any of his Majesty's lieges, lest a worse chance should befal them. —Berwick Advertiser. SINGING.— , -A great fault with singing masters and mistresse s i s t h e g i v i ng t h e i r pup i ls nothing but the fashion able songs of the day for exercise, which, for the most part, are quick and lively tunes, to the utter ruining of their voices, at least for perfect and solid execution. The tunes selected, at the commencement, should be invariably slow, and these should be persevered in for a considerable length of time, and no solicitation on the part of the pupil should cause a devia tion from this rule. Italian students practise solfeggi for years, and then deem themselves deficient ; but the English sc holar, who naturally requi:es more, cares not about prac tising at all, conceiving that those harsh, throaty, and inhar monious tones derived from his mother tongue are to be got rid of in a few days, and that he is to be made a singer with the same ease as a glass bottle is blown—and this is one rea son why we have so very few finished singers among the men. The women, generally, are more industrious and persevering —hence a predominance of lady vocalists ; although there is much caution and judgment required in the union of these and head volce, as in the other sex, though the chasm may be not half so perceptible. It is not that nature had endowed and given Mr. Braham any superior physical power over other men, but it is the praiseworthy assiduity that has been employed in the cultivation of that power, which few English singers have the resolution or inclination to imitate, that has raised him to such eminence in his profession ; the public has been most highly gratified at the result, and Mr. Braham has very properly reaped, and is still reaping, the just reward of his labour—A Treatise on Singing. DUBLIN-SEPT. I. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The death of Judge Jebb has thrown our Tory highflyers into a state of lamentable trepidation. Grief for the man they have lost is, in no slight degree, em bittered by apprehension as to the person, as yet un known, who may come in his place. Were the seat doomed to remain empty, it might not be so hard a matter to dry up those tears : but it is a most " unfor. tunate thing" (so have I heard more than one Squire of high degree express hi mse lf) t h at " t h ese fellows,' mean ing the Government, should have an opportunity of rais ing a Whig to the Bench. That they dread ; that, worse than Liberal Secretaries, or Whiggish Viceroys, they deplore and deprecate. These are birds of pas sage, but a Judge is a rooted evil. Once plant him on the Bench, and there is no end of him. He sits and sits for ever. he elevation of a new order of men to the highest judicial places must take place before a substantial or perceptible improvement can be produced in the admi nistration of justice. As long as those places shall be filled exclusively by the old set, it is childish to think of any real effective controul being exercised over the subordinates in office. Every one engaged in public prosecutions " onward, downward, and above," from the Petty Sessions' Justice who takes the infor mations to the Sheriff's Officer who sees the sentence of the Court carried into effect, looks to a sanctuary behind the judicial chair, which makes him feel alike independent of public opinion and of the displeasure of the Executive Government. For the Judge's re port is the touchstone by which all complaints and re monstrances, received at the Castle, are tested ; and therefore the grand object is still to preserve that tri bunal of dermer ressort uncontaminated and unbroken in-upon by vich as doubt that " whatever is, is right." It is not easy to account in any other way for the un feigned horror and alarm which the base expectation of a Judge, who values popular rights and feelings, has filled the breasts of many worthy and respectable gentlemen of the old school. They would rather see Sidney Smith exalted to the Primacy than Sergeants O'Loghlan and Perrin among the Judges. I do not impute corrupt motives or conduct to the Judges, who (due allowances being made for their education and opinions) are in general honestly dis posed to do right between man and man. But there are among them just and honourable men, who would themselves scorn to mix themselves in transactions which, some way or other, after being done, they fre quently lend the sanction of their authority to palliate or excuse. Now, we want men of resolution and moral courage, whom the Squirearchy shall neither hope to wheedle nor dare to browbeat ; and the country looks with intent solicitude to the choice which the Government may be induced to make for its first Judge. First lei me call him ; for the Chief Baron and Chief Justice Doherty, though appointed by the Whigs, were in truth nominated in deference to the Tories, whose devoted and true allies they were and are. JAMES LE CONTEUR'S BANKRUPTCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln your paper of the 25th inst. you have given the report of certain proceedings under a commission of bank ruptcy issued against James Le Conteur, of this island ; and, in the simplicity of your English nature, you have qualified as "extraordinary" the disclosures which were then made. Had you, Sir, been as well acquainted with the laws of Guernsey as you are with those of other parts of the British empire —had you been aware of the primitive barbarism' of its code, and the very congenial manner in which it is carried into execution—the term extraordinary is perhaps the last that you would_ have applied to the transaction alluded to, and you would rather have reserved it for one of those accidental devia tions from folly and injustice which in spite of the system do occasionally occur. It is not my intention to trouble you with any observations on the case which you have brought forward. lam not learned in the law,---and I doubt not the parties interested have already learnt the hopelessness of obtaining justice in a matter which is determinable by the Guernsey Code. My motive is to improve the opportunity thus given of drawing the public attention to the state of things in this island, and to extract from the event of which the bankrupt's defrauded English creditors have so much reason to complain, some ad. vantage to the cause of justice, as well as to the large and respectable class of inhabitants, both native and foreign, who view with indignation and contempt the vices and absurdities 1 of the existing system. I will not attempt the hopeless task of giving you a comprehensible account of our island juris prudence. No man is bold enough to pretend that he under stands the laws. Small as is our community and limited as are its interests, we possess a mass of vagueness, confusion, and anomalies, that would rejoice the heart and gratify the imagination of the most thorough -paced lawyer in Europe. Formed for the Norman freebooters, and subsequently adopted by our ancestors, the fishermen and smugglers of this place, and occasionally patched and altered by the local Legislature, the laws, as far as they can be understood, are about as appli cable to the present state of society as the swaddling clothes of infancy are fit for the vesture of active manhood. The administration of the system is in perfect harmony with the system itself. The judges who are called upon to conduct this fantastic and unwieldy machine, are men who, however estimable in their private capacities, are generally destitute of the qualifications one is apt to look for in persons filling simi lar situations. * They are chiefly small proprietors or retired tradesmen, whose studies have been confined to their farms and their merchandise. The natural consequence is that in taking evidence, and in all the important functions of a court of justice, the most ordinary observances of legal practice are wholly disregarded. Having no fixed principles of conduct, and no record of the grounds upon which cases are decided, their judgments are not only inconsistent with all established ideas of jurisprudence, but are continually in contradiction with themselves. With no improper motives, it is notorious that they are frequently biassed by extraneous circumstances, and, from the experience I have had on this head, I would, if my fate depended on the Court's decision, as soon con sult the state of the atmosphere as the provisions of the law : a shower in hay harvest, or an easterly wind, would go further in ensuring an unfavourable verdict than the strongest and most learned argument : and it is well known that the con versation of the club-room and the gossip of the tea-table have as much influence in forming the opinion of the Judges as the evidence produced in Court. Thus, Sir, as you see, we are blessed with a code of laws which would require profound knowledge and great legal skill for its proper execution, and yet it is committed to the hands of persons who are totally devoid of both. And to such a system, and to such administrators are ‘ the life and fortune of every i n h a bit an t o f thi s i s l an d su bj ect ! In civil cases, it is true, an appeal lies to the Privy Council,— but in criminal matters there is no appeal.t With this description before you of things as they are, you will not be surprised to learn that there exists a large and very orthodox party who insist that they are as thv. aught to be, and that any one who thinks otherwise is no better than a re publican, an atheist, a philosopher, and no gentleman. We have a race of Conservatives here of the pure breed : with them, to hint at an imperfection is downright lese Majesty, and to suggest reform is a sin to be forgiven " neither in this world, neither in the next." In fact, it has been long obvious to those who have thought on the subject, that reform must come from without. The present state of things is too deeply rooted in the interests and prejudices of a large and influen tial class of persons here to permit of a successful effort to reform ourselves, and we can only hope to be relieved from the incubus which sits upon our energies by drawing the at tention of the British public to our situation. Many of your readers may exclaim " what interest have we in all these things—where is Guernsey—what is it ?" Sir, be assured the subject is of more importance than at first may be supposed. The capZbilities of the island are little under stood in England. Under proper management, and relieved from those absurd and iniquitous laws which at present weigh it down, it might become one of the most important places in the British empire. The geographical position of this beau tiful and fertile island renders it peculiarly adapted for a com mercial entrepot. Its harbour is susceptible of enlargement to any required extent, and as the place is to all in tents and purposes a free port,—the commod o ti es o f every qflarter of the world might with great ad van t age b e warehoused here, and hence distributed to all the Bri tish ports, and elsewhere, as there might be a demand for them, and thus the expense and perplexities attending the pre sent bonding system be in a considerable measure avoided. Another great advantage belonging to this island is, that its climate is peculiarly favourable to the ripening of wines, and it is therefore especially calculated for an entrepOt for this trade. But, as I have already stated, the energies and capabilities of the place are depressed b y i ts l aws. The natives them selves have little enterprize, and British capitalists can never be expected to place their property under the control of an absurd and barbarous code, which no man can entirely under stand, and which, as far as it can be understood, is wholly un fitted to the present commerc i a l system, and is moreover admi nistered in the extraordinary manner I have described. To produce any good, the Government must institute a thorough surrey of the whole fabric of the island constitution, and of its administration ; and having ascertained its rotten, its useless, and its inconvenient parts, it must remove them with a firm hand, and supply their places with materials more adapted to the welfare of those who live beneath it. In two words, we pray for inquiry and reform ; and we trust that neither the people of England nor the Government will allow This is to be considered as a general observation, and not ex clusively applicable to the present bench of jurats, many of whom possess the acquirements of gentlemen, although they are without the qualifications of judges. t By the way the Royal Court of Guernsey have the power (which it almost invariably avails itself of) of refusing permission to appeal to the King in Council, which permission all parties dis satisfied with its decisions are compelled to ask. seldom ed appeal is demanded under a certain form, which is very expensive, and of course, except in cases of extreme importance, sedo ~,,seetf- A "-, , ,u ~,-,....--- , - , z,- --- r- if r f-.A/2r ~!., ..., ._ • 4 . ~ ...e...4 , s .q. -1 - -.'s=: , :-..':::- .. . ‘.• ' .. .4 ' , .--- - :. , :;-, , ze—. ,-. , - •-• .- - - :, 3' , __,,,_____ the island of Guernsey to reuTtiet the few pl aces to which these benefits are not ex _ I am, Sir,-'• 1 . Vent Servant, . . D. M. Guernsey, Aug. 29. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY. This undertaking, which promises to be one of the most important public works in the neighbourhood of the metro . polis, is making rapid progress. About a mile of piers being already constructed, they have approached near to High-street, Deptford. The arches now turned are 52 in number. These being filled in with concrete foundations, a substantial road-way is formed, upon which those who visit the work are permitted to walk on paying a small gra tuity. Having enjoyed a promenade upon this elevation, we are able to report that the prospect of the surrounding country is most interesting. The north view commands St. Paul's, the Tower of London, the winding of the river to Greenwich, and all the commercial activity of the ship ping. Eastward there is Greenwich College, Deptford Dock-yard, and all the picturesque woody scenery on the heights of Blackheath. The green Surrey-hills on the south, and the more contiguous cultivated fields extending to the Kent-road and Surrey-canal, complete one of the most delightful viewenear London. The breadth of the railway or viaduct is about thirty feet. It is formed by external walls three bricks thick, with four internal running walls of two bricks thick. These abut upon the arches which are sprung from piers of equal thickness. Strong parapet walls will be erected, and the whole formed in the most substantial manner. Some delay has occurred in the work, in consequence of objections:made by the Commissioners of Sewers, but the men are now going on with the greatest activity. As one of the stopping places, viz., at the Grang e-road , is very near to t h e Brick layer's Arms, pa ssengers from the West-end of London will be brought to this place in omnibuses, and perform the rest of the journey to Greenwich at the same cost, and in seven minutes, instead of half an hour. It is calculated that the engines will be capable of conveying 200,000 pas sengers along the road daily, should they ever amount to so large a number. This undertaking attracts much public attention, and the works are daily visited by the admirers of useful architecture.--Morning Advertiser. GREAT PROJECTED RAILWAYS. Our readers will perceive from an advertisement in this Paper, that meetings have been held in London and Nor wich, for the purpose of carrying into effect a plan for a great north and north-east railway from London to Nor wich, and for another northern line from London to Cam bridge. It is to this extent that it is intended to apply for an Act of Parliament in the first instance ; but the plan has much more extensive ulterior objects. The projected railroad is ultimately intended to unite the metropolis of England with Edinburgh and Glasgow, running through the heart of the country, and forming a perfect line of com munication throughout a large portion of Great Britain. It is intended to divide this great work into sections at prac ticable distances. The first section will comprehend the lines already mentioned, to Cambridge and Norwich, which may include a branch line to Colchester and Ipswich. The second section will extend in a straight line from Cambridge to York, passing through many important towns, and com municating with all the great manufacturing towns in the north of England. The third section will extend from York to Carlisle, and the fourth from Carlisle to Edinburgh and Glasgow. From the prospectus of this undertaking, which we have perused, it appears that it is calculated to accomplish great national objects. If successfully carried into effect, it must give increased facility to many branches of commerce : to the silk and woollen manufactures of Norwich, the stocking manufacture of Leicester, the cotton and lace manufactures of Nottingham and Derbyshire, the cutlei:ies of Sheffield, the woollen manufactures of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the collieries of the North, the various staple commodities of Scotland, and the agricultural produce throughout the whole line. It likewise promises great advantages to the traveller, as it is calculated that a journey will be accom plished to Norwich in four hours, to Cambridge in two hours and a quarter, to York in eight hours, to Carlisle in fifteen hours, and to Edinburgh and Glasgow in twenty hours. The plan also appears to be attended with this important advantage, that it will not interfere with existing interests, but will, on the contrary, benefit the canals and railroads already formed, by ultimately becoming the grand duct of these several commercial veins of the kingdom. There is something splendid and magnificent in the design, and its completion would produce immense effects on our internal commerce and on the state of society all over the kingdom. IMPORTANT TO PRESBYTERIES. A case which has excited considerable interest in the church courts before the Presbytery of Lorn and Synod of Argyle, came before the Presbytery of Lorn, on a remit from the Synod, and was decided in favour of the Appel lants, the inhabitants of Oban and heritors of the parish of Kilmore and Kilbride. The case had originated in a misty interpretation of the act of last General Assembly, westing in Presbyteries the power to disjoin parishes, and annex an an additional territory to Chapels of Ease, upon which the Presbytery of Lorn, or rather a small portion of that vene rable body (one minister and two lay elders) without any citation or intimation whatever to the heritors of the parish or the inhabitants of Oban, disjoined an extensive portion of the adjoining parish to the parish in which the chapel is situated, and annexed it to the chapel quoad sacra, and declared the same to be a separate and independent parish quoad sacra. On the pro ceedings coming to the knowledge of the heritors of the disjoined lands, and the managers of the chapel and sitters therein, both parties appealed to the Synod of Argyle to have the preceedings revoked and rescinded, as illegal, unconstitutional,• and. unjust, on which the Synod remitted back to the Presbytery to reconsider their pro ceedings and hear parties. The case accordingly came • before the Presbytery at Oban, on Wednesday last, and was ably argued on the part of the magistrates, managers, and sitters in the chapel, that the chapel was built by private subscription, and for the accommodation of the feuars of Oban who are not entitled to seats in the parish church ; that the chapel is already too small for the grow ing population of the burgh, and that the ministerial charge of the burgh is too heavy for the strength of the minister, who, in place of obtaining an additional territorial district, ought to be provided with an assistant, and without their knowledge or consent the Presbytery could not intrude an additional congregation upon the chapel, which was built entirely for the use and accommodation of the fears and in habitants of the burgh. On the part of the heritors, it was argued that it was ultra mires of the Presbytery, to take up the disjunction and annexation of parishes quoad sacra, without calling the heritors as parties, and having the consent of at least three-fourths of the valued rent of the parish—that the_ annexation was unnecessary and uncalled for ; that church accommodation could not be obiained for the tenantry of the disjoined lands in the Chapel, and that, at all events, it could not be expected free, as in the parish church ; that the Act of Assembly never contemplated to do away with the civil and este. Wished law of the land, as to the disjunction and annexation of parishes, am! could not even be so intended. For the Presbytery, it was pled that the late Act of Assembly vested them with full and ample powers to disjoin parishes and annex to chapels of ease quoad sacra, that it was not incumbent on the Presbytery to give intimation of the dis junction and annexation to the heritors or managers, and sitters in the chapel, and that the proceedings of the Pres bytery could not be controverted. The Presbytery, after due and deliberate consideration, revoked, and rescinded the proceedings complained of.—Edinburgh Courant. The Presbytery of Dundee, at their last two meetings, admitted three new members of their court, the ministers of the chapels of Lochee, Broughty Ferry, and. Chapelshade. A motion was also carried, by a large majority, that a commit tee be appointed to divide the overgrown parish of Dundee into as many parishes as there are ministers in the establish ment. Against this resolution a protest and appeal was taken to the next meeting of the Synod of Angus and Mearns by a member of court.--.lbid. ------------ Between 10 and 11 o 'clock on Sunday morning tit* grandson of a farmer named Henman, of Broraham near /led ford, and another boy, were pig -keeping i n a fi e ld adjoining Solom Thrift-wood, one o f t h e preserves of the Marquis o Tavistock, when, smelling a disagreeable stench, they went into the wood, in order to ascertain from whence it proceeded. They had not gone more than a dozen paces when they die covered the body of a man lying on the ground, which to all appearance had been dead many weeks. The flesh of his face was completely decomposed, and the head and hands had, dropped from the body. The deceased had a black silk neckerchief on his neck, attached to which was part of an_ other, the remaining portion being tied to the branch of ar t oak tree, spreading itself over the spot There e e the body lay. He was respectably attired, having on a blue coat ( near l y new), black trousers and waistcoat. In the pockets were found 6.-id. in copper, two pencil-cases, two . gold pins, two silk hand.. kerchiefs, a silver thimble, and a pair of spectacles. Th e h o d s . ereenthbeenbtodiny s w u as ch f a ou ni n a d, n it was placed placed in a shell and taken to Bromham Church, to await beet a b u e se o oak b h o i u s gh, so a a t o tie er L u is wn w d as ear, a . doubt the coroner's inquest held on Monda y. tpa h lo len pears examinationr that s thca. t t t hah the e 1 di deceased ea e ocz e efe e aal thessbee o d du g w ts opha spot had e t art h wac e hh ena b l ehandkrhief to it. As to who the deceased was still remains a mystery. One of the witnesses at the inquest said, that he saw a man dressed much like the deceased sitting by the side wi o n f ahs t a h ba e i ttaa r n o i ltaoder of Bedford,aemveendiNp-e e e d k e s ri a e g k o , expresse d w ahn who w as i a s n o b t es h lui e pe r fp n ot a she m adt e named toh H oh i have vw decea s edl been , e e a u st drowned in the neighbourhood of Northampton some mont h s ago. M r . H urst, the surgeon who examined the body, stated that the deceased was a young man. The jury returned a ver dict of " Found dead."