The Sun. — London, England, 1825-08-27 00:00:00

THE ,LONDON JO.UANALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Aug. 27 ,1825. EBRITISH PR ESS. The French Papers which arrived yesterday are for the most part filled with long dissertations on the plans and conduct of the Ministry. The Etoile complains that the Opposition Journals are endeavouring to alarm the fundholders, by circulating false intelligence and warlike rumours, for the purpose of preventing the rentes from re covering themselves. T he Etoilc assures its readers that the political horizon was never more unclouded than at present. The re-entrance of the French army into the Peninsula is said to be wholly a fabrication. The, camps forming at Bayonne and Perpignan are, according to the Etoile, merely camps of manoeuvre. No troops, we are told, have been called together by the Spanish Government, but for the expedition fit ting out at Ferrol. The Ministerial Journals of Paris differ widely in their observations on the proceedings of the Irish Catholics. The Etoilc announces that the New Association is increasing daily in numbers that influence, and comments with evident delight on the energetic attitude which the Catholic leaders have assumed with regard to the Government. Their speeches are praised, and the most seditious and inflamma tory passages are extracted as the genuine senti timents of the mass of the Irish population. — On the other hand, the Drapeau Blanc states, that the Catholics of Ireland have acknowledged the entire failure of the New Association, which has been dissolved almost before it existed. It adds the following commentary:—" Never did any political-party act with less prudence. The sincere Catholics are compelled to admit the fact, and re gret that their cause was confided to hands so un skilful." The Drapeau Blanc is profuse of its eulogies on the tranquil submission of the Irish Catholics to the British Government. It says, " they have shown themselves worthy of the faith they profess. Before the law had decided against them, all the Catholics were pre pared to defend their, rights ; but as soon as the words of authority were spoken, they submitted without a murmur, and the incendiary addreses of Sheil and O'Connell were received with un equivocal signs of disapprobation." The news from Greece is by no means favourable to the patriots. Ibrahim is ravaging the country with out oppostion. The siege of I\lissolonghi is pressed so closely that an express, it was reported, had reached the Greek Government with the in formation, that unless that fortress was promptly relieved it would of necessity fall into the hands of the enemy. These reports, however, deserve little attention. [MORNING rosT.] French Papers to the 25th inst. reached us last night by express. They bring abundant in telligence from the Levant, but none which clears up the real result of, the struggle in the Morea. A plot, it appears certain, however, bad been discovered at Napoli di Itotnania, which was deeply laid, but in which, to the honour of the Greeks let it be said, no individual of their na tion was involved. It was entirely carried on by Turks, though from the cunning with which it was formed, there is but too much reason to sus pect that it had originated with some of their Christian friends. A Mussulman attired in the European costume and possessing the Eu ropean languages and manners appeared five months ago at Napoli as an ardent - friend to the liberties of Greece. He had large sums at his disposal and proposed to spend them, like a true Philhellenian, in raising a corps for the service of the country. Having passed some time in gaining the confidence of the people and the Government, he obtained the permission which he wanted, and began to raise recruits. Amongst these recruits he took care to introduce, other Turks, disguised and practiSed like himself, and, had not a letter of his been fortunately inter cepted, his object was to obtain the command of some important post at Napoli when the Egyptians should approach it, and to deliver it up to them : or, according to other accounts, to spike all the cannon on the ramparts, and thus enable the enemy to enter the town with out a blow. It was the expectation of such a co-operation which probably induced Ibrahim Pacha to make his first reconnoisaflce of .Napoli at the head of a small force , to excite less .suspi cion. For it appears certain that. he twice ap proached that city, once without attempting any thing, when he perceived that the plan had been . discovered, or thought that his associates were, not ready ; and the second time .when he made repeated attacks with half his army on the post of the Mills, and was repulsed with considerable loss. This is, in fact, what has afforded aground for the Constantinople newswriters and their friends at Vienna to assert that Ibrahim had suffer ed no defeat before Napoli, ,and, had only, lost two men in his recon7l94synee. . They refer to his _first appearance before that city, and .carefully abstain from noticing the second. Rut notwith standing their finesse they have exposed them selves; for after declaring that Ibrahim had only presented himself with 80 cavaliers and volunta rily retired to Tripolizza without meeting with the least obstroction, they complain that " his at tempt on the Mills would probably have succeed .ed had. not the flglish and french assisted the Greeks during the action." This.shews that there must have been some fighting, and ,that the is sue of that fighting had been such as General Itoche represented it, .unfavourable to the Egyptians. Hence, from the accounts . of the enemy themselves, we find that the origi nal statement must be correct,..foc whilst o' s l speak of One event alone, they show that theie live been two. With respect to the,. Turkish plotter at Napoli, he made a full confession after having been put to the torture, which we ,are sorry to see the Greeks have retained, and he was ultimately condemned to parish in the flames. Thirteen other Turks were discovered amongst the recruits whom he had already incorporated, but their fate is not mentioned. It is slated, whether in consequence of this or not, is not ex plained, that the mass of the Greeks in ate islands, fearing treachery in the Morea, had re paired in arms to that Peninsula, to support the Government and the noble cause in which all Greece is now engaged. [NEW TimEs.] The Etoile takes as much pains to convince its readers of the stability of peace as if any man of sense could dream that the peace would be in. terrupted. However, its answer to the Journal des Debats is tolerably conclusive. " The camps of Bayonne and Perpignan are but camps of exercise ; the Spaniards have collected no troops but for the Ferrol expedition ; and the English naval station in the Tagus has not been rein forced." In other words, the Journal des Debats is wrong in every one of its statements—which is not very wonderful, nor very uncommon. The latter paper is nearly three-fourths filled with a long tirade of M. Fievee on that never-end ing, subject, the conversion of the Renles. M. Fievee had formerly said, " Five per Cent, is the most French expression in our financial lan guage." There is the fact staring him in the face, that the Three per Cent. are at 72.1, which is little more than Four per Cent., and yet M. Fievee sticks to his text as boldly as Cob hett to his Gridiron. But the French writer deals in dogmatic assersions—" The newspa pers, says he, have no force against the truth." which is as much as to say, that every man who reads a newspaper is a man of sense.— It may be so within the circle of this gen tleman acquaintance, but then we fear that circle has a very short radius. The fact is, that the French newspapers have talked an infinity of nonsense on these said renter, but as it was a sort of nonsense very agreeable to the preju dices and interests of a great number of their readers, its truth or falsehood was but little con sidered. The Qiwtidienne is principally occupied with a long and not uninteresting account of the College of the Sorbonne, which has been re-esta blished. It is contended that this in , ,titution in its revived state, is to differ materially from its former system. We should rather- think it must ; for it ;s altogether impossible to expect that so great a pillar of darkness as the Sorbonne formerly displayed itself, should again affront the daylight. The annals of that University are curious, as exhibiting perhaps the most complete history of the absurdity of the human mind. Its character is admirably hit off in the two lines of Butler : _ _ " He a rope of sand could twist As tough as learned 6orbonnist." [THE PUBLIC LEDGEft.I The faction which now domineer in Spain refuse to be guided any longer by Ferdinand, or by the French. They want to have every thing in their own way, though a state of anarchy, far exceeding the present, would be the imme diate and inevitable consequence. 131 it they are too blind to see the danger, and i❑ their presumptuous heedlessness too prone to despise it. The French Ministers, however, perceive the peril, as well as the scandal, and are anxious to check the faction in time. In this attempt they have probably the concurrence of all the other leading Powers in Europe, and of the English Cabinet in particular, which, both from motives of policy and humanity, must ish to see Spain restored to some kind of order. The wishes of our Government, when they are direct ed to so good and wise an end, have almost the force of law ; for it has, in the first place, the means of enforcing them, if -necessary ; and, in the next, its motives are above all suspicion. Its prudence, besides, offers a pledge that it will make no unreasonable demand ; and, under all these circumstances it may be truly said to exercise a paramount influence at this moment. That this influence is directed to procure some relief for the unfortunate Spanish nation, it would be almost superfluous to say ; whilst we may confidently add, that it ►trill not be wielded in favour of any wild, though specious, project. However, Spain can not but receive some benefit from the conjoint efforts of the French and English Cabinets in her favour ; and the probable result will be, the establishment of a mitigated for the present fero cious despotism. [MORNING HERALD.] There is a renewed report that Parliament will be dissolved soon after the harvest. For ourselves we do not believe it.. Without being at all in the secret, we probably know just as much about the matter as those who profess-to-know the most-- viz. nothing at all. Were we to hazard an opi nion, we should say, that if the question of an im mediate dissolution of Parliament is again agi tated (which we should think is not likely to be the case, with the real Prime Minister,„ Mr. Canning, so far from London), it must have its rise in the struggle which has long been going on between the Catholic and Anti-Catholic parties in the Cabinet ; the latter wishing to confirm their late victory by means of the strong impres slop which the Catholic Leaders had produced throughout the country ; and the former wishing all temporary warmth to subside before the people are appealed to upon the subject. The latter ap, Tears to be the more wise and Statesman-like, course, and that which we hope will be adopt ed. We should think but meanly of any man, much less of a Minister of State, who should attempt to take advantage of clamour, and to enlist warm and irritated feelings into any qrstion of Government. There may, ho wev e r, be other reasons in favour of dissolving Par-, liament this year. The questions of the Corn Laws and the Currency, would probably be treated with more calmness in a New Parlia ment than by an old one. Added to which, the general state of the country singles out this year as a desirable one, in point.of policy,. for such a measure. Still as long as the Septennial Act lasts, there ,seems nothing snfficiently im portant either in the times, or in the character of the present Parliament, to require that its ex istence should: be cut short, or that should induce Ministers to disregard the old.maxim of letting well alone." [Tttr TuNiEq-i The public are entreated to read with atten tion the report of certa;tt proceedings at Mail- borough-street police-office, contained in our paper of this day. It will there appear how very ' extensive are those regions, where, according to a worthy sugar or salt merchant, —for he was, we apprehend, a dealer in both commodities, — what has been hitherto simply and somewhat dis respectfully termed a 44 sugar-cane," turns out to be a far more generous and prolific vegetable, yielding saline matter in great abundance, and of admirable quality. A Mr. Blake of Broad street, was brought forward to answer a charge of favouring his customers with a larger amount of salt than they thought necessary for the pur pose of sweetening their breakfast. The salt, after some coquetting on the part of the honest grocer, stood confessed and palpable to the Magistrate, and to Mr. Joyce, the chymist, by whom it had been analyzed. It was in deed from that same new-discovered salt-cane, which grows with such luxuriance on the shores of Berbice. Mr. Blake went far towards ascer taining the growers of the precious article—or at least its importers—naming four or five wholesale houses, for which we refer the reader to our Marl borough-street report. Thus it is with the happy consumers of Great Britain, who were rejoicing with all their might at the repeal of the old salt duties. The Chancellor of the Exchequer little _thought, nor did the most scientific lecturer of the day prepare us for such a phenomenon, that what the Right lion. Gentleman had supplied to his fel low subjects as a necessary of life at id. per lb. was so soon to be cooked up fer them in the shape of a luxury, and sold for 7d. or 8d ! Who, after this, would be at the expence or trouble of send ing salt provisions to the West India colo nies ? Let them cure their own food : they have the'raw material just at their doors. A single sugar hogshead at this rate will suffice to corn a whole herd of bullocks ; and if a strong pickle be wanted for use, it is but sousing the meat in a bucket of XX molasses. Ridicule apart, we never heard of any fraud more pro. yoking, disgusting, or, for the public health, much more to be feared, as well as reprobated. EMORNING CHRONICLE.] The Money Market was in a very depressed state yesterday. The fall in the English Funds was 8 per cent. from the highest price six months ago ; and, if we take Brazil Scrip as a criterion of the Foreign, the depression is 11 per cent. within six months, the Scrip having been once sold at 4 premium, and yesterday morning at 7 discount. Consols, which were 97 six months ago, were yesterday 89. This state of things must be occasioned by some very serious local cause, as there is no political event whatever. The best-informed monied men now confidently assert that the Directors of the Bankof Eng land have produced a mischievous effect on the currency by having issued paper heretofore, so freely as to make " accommodation" of all sorts easy, and induce extensive speculations in merchan dize, in Foreign Funds, and in Shares, and by now having li mited (as it is reported), their issues in a mudded manner, have produced the present convulsion. Such is the general opinion, at least, in the Money Market. Consols for yesterday (the Settling) opened at 09hi, and afterwards fell to 89 ; for next Account the quotation was 89, showing what is termed a " Bull Account" as the continuation increases. In the Foreign Funds there was a further depression. Brazil Scrip, 7 dis. ; Danish, at 5.:1; ; Mexican, at 5. Colombian Bonds, 82g. Greek Scrip, 16 ; Austrian, 98 ; Russian, 96. The Shares were nearly unsaleable ; even in the minor Associations there was nothing doing, and the Steamers were at a stand. Still two new Com panies started yesterday morning ; the one a London, Madeira, and Batbadoes ; the other, London and Isle of Wight—both at a small premium. TO THE EDITOR. AuGts+ 24 SIR-Have the kindness, will you, to spare me half a column of your paper. I was present at our meet ing last Tuesday night, at the Crown and Anchor, and though I didn't want courage to speak, and brought a great many trade-resolutions, which I resolved to propose, yet no sooner did I rise, than sonic of my fellow-journeymen—l beg their pardon, some one of my co-assistants—stepped forward before me and began speeches, which, compared with what mine would have been, were all strur, and ridiculous beyond measure. Every time I rose some one jumped before me to get a hearing. I caught the Chairman's eye once, and I hoped I should have caught his ear, but a long-shanked fellow from Tooley-street got the start ottile just as I was about to begin, and after him so many speakers followed in quick succession, and talked away, at such an unmerciful rate, sometimes three or four at a time, that I couldn't get in a word edge-ways. This; as you may well suppose, Sir, was a great disappointment. I had conic well primed to the meeting, as you will judge from the heads of my intended speech. 1 can only send you the disjointed notes and memorandums. I should have filled they in, as the painter's phrase is, in such a manner as to have made a figure in the newspapers of the next day, and have become celebrated as the pink of assistants; but fate ordained it otherwise, and I must submit; nevertheless, the public will be able to judge from the skeleton what the full-length speech would have been, and the effect it was calculated to produce. NOTES FOR MY SPEECH AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR. My friends and fellow assistants—Or, Qa. Woud'nt " my countrymen and comrades" sound better as a beginning ? Either is better than " Mr. Chairman." Mem. To make some remarks at the outset on the value of time ; that is, of our time, not our employers'—their time is their own. " Time for all things." SOLOMON. Not true as to 'assistant Linen-drapers, Haber dashers, Silk-mercers, Hosiers, &e. who have no proper time for sleeping, or shaving, or cultivating their minds. Benefits of cultivation. Learning better than house and land. OLD LILLY. To deny this, and to compare the difference in value between a stock of Linendrapery and a stock of Learning.— Taste fin. science. Taste for venison. Taste for an elbow-chair. To cultivate either, shops must be closed at an earlier hour. Masters have no bowels. Distinction between a worthy man and a man of worth. Tradesmen mercenary. Never happy but behind their counters. Meat. To say something about proper counter-action on the part of their Assistants. A pun enlivens. Assistant Linen-drapers, Haberdashers, Silk.raer ' cars, Hosiers, &c. are men. Man is a free-agent; what does a free-agent mean, but a being that may or not act just as he sees fit. This right is imprescriptible. .Rights of Man. Right to discontinue business at what hour they think fit, summer and winter. Without this, no free -agency. At present no leisure tbr amusement. Have been once at Astley's Amphitheatre in my life, and only once. " I have been there, and still would go." WATT S . C o b urg Theatre might as well be at Calcutta. The spirits want refreshment towards evening. Drip away during the day like the dribbling of a water-cock. In the months of March; April, September, and October business to close at eight in the evening. The hour of curfew. " The curfew tolls the knell of parting day." GRAY. Towards this hour the capacities of all men get costive. " The lowing herd wind," &c. Qu. What do they wind 'Y We are winding and unwinding all day. Emancipation. A better opportunity never offered itself. Humbly propose. Determined to perse vere. Useless to stop one hole in a sieve. Remonstrance.— Retaliation. Leisure for mental improvement. Wanted by none more than my brother-assistants. To conclude with some remarks on the system of Combination. Its tendency to bring labour and industry and every thing else to perfection. Free dom cannot die. Is like a toad buried in sand. From all the above Notes, Mr. Editor, 1 should, as you may readily imagine, have compounded an oration that would have astonished all the Shop-mm from Hyde-park Corner to Crip plegate ; and behold all the blossoms of my eloquence were nipped in the bud ! But my labours shall not be wholly lost to the world. I shall give these heads a body, by maturing them into all that fulness of argument of which they are capa ble, and I shall then publish it, in spite of the Iricism, as a speech intended to be spoken. It will then be seen how much the Assistant Linen-drapers, Haberdashers, and Silk-mercers, may be enlightened by (British Press.) HOSIER'S GHOST. On Wednesday afternoon, the 17th instant, a cormorant alighted on the top of the south-west turret of King's College chapel, Cambridge, and being observed by the chapel clerk, he went up the opposite turret, and shot it. The bird instantly flew across the Market-hill, when it fell on a house and was taken, but died in a short time. LEEDS, AUGUST 23. LADIES' AUXILIARY SOCIETY for PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY amongst the JEWS. Yesterday evening, the Annual Meeting of the Leeds Ladies' Auxiliary Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews was held in the Music Hall. The Chair was occupied by BENJAMIN SADLER, Esq. The CHAIRMAN, after stating the object of the Meeting, observed, that a sense of the condition of our own souls was the best foundation for exertion in this cause, and that this impres sion would ever be found to be an exciting cause upon Chris tians of every clime and of every colour. This Society had a peculiav claim upon our attention, because it had for its object the removal of those antipathies and prejudices which were a I disgrace to the Christian name, and to excite feelings of bene volence and kindness between the Christian and the Jew, and to bring that race of people to acknowledge Christ as their Sa viour. Such a cause deserved the, support of every man, but especially that of the Christian. Mr. DIXON then read the report, which detailed several interesting particulars respecting the conversion of certain Jews to Christianity. Several had been baptized in Poland, nine at the city of Frankfort, and several others in that place had ex pressed a desire to embrace the Christian religion. It also stated that the labours of Missionaries had been very successful in Gibraltar, Malta, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia. In Palestine the Missionaries had met with great opposition through the intrigues of Catholic Priests. During the present year a considerable number of Testaments had been distri buted, and upwards of 12,000 tracts. The Report further stated, that several of the Jews had been deterred from making a public avowal of their change of sentiments for fear of conse quences in reference to their temporal affitirs. There was a probability that they would be deprived of their means of ob taining a livelihood in the usual way, and that to obviate difficulty, provision was made in some parts of the continent for those who were likely to suffer in this way. The King of Bavaria had issued a decree that the Rabbies in the Syna gogues in his dominion should cease to officiate, and that well instructed Ministers should preach to the Jewish congregations. A Jewish lady, of high distinction in Polan d, had become a convert to the Christian faith, and had been baptized in the Palace of the Grand Duke Constantine, Vice roy of Poland. The Report further stated, that the sum of 13,7151. had been subscribed to this Institution during the pre sent year, and that the sum of 1971 9s. Od. had been contri buted by the Ladies' Auxiliary Society in Leeds, which was a less sum than that of last year by 281. 15s. Od. but the differ ence was to be attributed to a failure in the collections, and not! to the regular subscriptions. More than 100 Jews had been I baptized in one city since this Institution began its operations. Professor Trill had bore testimony to the sincerity of the pro fession of converted Jews. He had said, if you want to see the most learned man in. Berlin, go to a converted Jew ; if you wish to see the most pious, the most active, the mostbenevolent, and the most useful man in Berlin, go to a converted Jew. It had been said that the advocates of this cause had stated their success too strongly ; as a proof that they had not, their agent who had been sent abroad to investigate the state of things, had declared that all that had been said did not come any where near the real state of the success of this cause. The Rev. C. SIDIEON in moving the first resolution, said that no Society under Heaven could be considered as being more important than this, and that Christians were under the greatest obligations to exert themselves in this cause. A knowledge of salvation by Christ had been committed to us, and we were bound by the most solemn responsibility to communicate to others, and especially to the Jews, and lie charged his audience most solemnly to come forward on their behalf. There was abundant encouragement to proceed in this cause—much had been done, and.multitudes of the Jews were ready to embrace Christianity, if they could be supported after they became pro selytes. He stated that the conduct of the King of Bavaria might be reprehensible in the estimation of some, but he con sidered it as a striking accomplishment of Scripture prophecies. It was well known, that the Rabbi did not preach to the people, and this King had instituted the first preaching among the Jews that had been established since the foundation of the world. The Rev. Gentleman stated, that he had private infor mation that there was a considerable stir among, the Jews in England, and he' believed if means could be provided by which the Jews could support themselves after becoming con verts to Christianity, that considerable numbers would come forward, and lie recommended attention to this subject. Rev- G. WALKER, in seconding the motion, observed that he should not have felt inclined to add to the remarks that had been made, if a circumstance had not come under his notice, which was calculated to throw some light upon the nature of the difficulties with which the Society had to contend. In the conversion of Mr. Solomon Alexander, it appeared that there were two points of great difficulty. First,—A system had been adopted by the Jewish Rabbies, to take away the force of the prophecies as referring to Jesus Christ as the Messiah.— Second,—They had taken great pains to misrepresent the doctrine of the Atonement and the Divinity of Christ. And when these difficulties were overcome, and an individual was I convinced, it required the greatest effort to induce bim to make a public avowal of his change of sentiments, for in so doing he cut himself off from his connexions and his temporal comfbrts. The second Resolution was moved by Mr. FAWCETT, and seconded by Mr. READE, and we lament that we cannot, at this late period, (being just about to put to press) give an out line of his truly interesting speech, which was replete with good sense, and full of the breathings of piety and Christian philantropy. The Rev. W. MARSH moved the third Resolution, and de livered a most excellent address. Mr. DUDLEY, one of the directors of the British Foreign Bible Society, seconded the Resolution, and in the course of an animated speech related an interesting anecdote that had come under his own observation :—` Fourteen years ago, a Jew boy, who-had been present at a meeting of the Bible Society, had at the conclusion of the meeting, made an application to Mr. D. for a Jew Bible. He offered him a Bible and Testament which lie at first objected to on the ground of being a Jew. He at last consented to, take it, and at the expiration of four years from that period, lie had the satisfaction to be informed that the re ceiving of that Bible had brought him to a saving acquaintance with Christ. That upon paying a visit to the poor boy on his death-bed, he found that he had gained the affection of their neighbours by his kind exertions in behalf of their children, and by his application to objects of pity. He died triumphing in the faith of his Redeemer.' The following is a list of the Resolutions which were unani mously carried on this occasion :- Ist. That the Report now read, be adopted and printed un der the direction of the Committee, and that this meeting again unite in thanksgiving to the Almighty, for the continuance of his blessing on the exertions of the Society.—Moved by Mr. C. Simeon—Seconded by the Rev. G. Walker. 2d. That the feelings manifested by the Jews, wherever ac cess has been obtained to them, together with the sympathy manifested towards them by Christians, when considered in re ference to what the Scriptures describe,, as preceding their na tional conversion, afford pleasing indications of the Society's proceedings being in strict accordance with the designs of Pro vidence towards this wonderful people.—Moved by the Rev. J. Fawcett—Seconded by Mr. Reade. 3d. That this meeting views the opening of asylums on the Continent of Europe, and in America, for the employment and support of converted Israelites, as an indication, that the neces sity of such a provision is beginning to. be .felt, and as an ad ditional proof, that the disposition favourable to Christianity has been excited amongst the Jewish nation.—Aloved by the Rev. W. Marsh—Seconded by Mr. `Dinwiddie. 4th. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Vice- Patronesses, Treasurer, Secretary, and Committee, for their services during the past year. That the Treasurer and Secre tary be requested to remain in office. That the thanks of the I Meeting also be given to the Rev. C. Simeon, for his excellent Sermon preached at St. Paul's Church, and to the other kind I friends who have assisted with their valuable services this even ing, and that the following Ladies be the Committee for the en suing year : Mrs. John Atlinson Mrs. Fawcett Mrs. Garlick Mrs. Horsfall Mrs. Myers, (Chapel-Aller. ton) Mrs. 'Walker. Mrs Walker, (Cobourg-St.) M iss E. Atkinson Miss Bolland Miss Bowling Miss Bi owne Miss Howarth Miss Osburn Miss Pattinson Moved by Mr. Dudley—Secondl‘eldis-bs li M iss Rhodes, (Campfield) sth. That the thanks of thi s Meeting be given to Benjamin Sadler, Esq. for his able conduct in the Chair.—Moved by yi i h m e i ß ng ey to . n it. B. Holmes. Wm. Hey, Esq.--Seconded by Mr. Dixon. - After the Meeting a collection was made at the doors, which amounted to 81. lls. 6d.—(Lerdr Indepeutiant, August 23) . ...., The antiquitie's of Si. Augustine's Monastery at Canterbury, w ith th e e xc e ption of the huge mass which stood near the hospit a l, re main unimpaired in beauty and elega n c -, viz. the grand e nt rance g ate on Lady Wootten's Green, and the other gate looking to Burgate. The premises are now occupi:ll as a brewery, which does not impair these beautiful remains.— As St. Augustine died in August, ao, these stupendous struc tures cannot be less than 1390 years old, and now present a bold front,,defying.the customary devastations, and preserving their perpendicular, of cement as hard -almost as the flint of which they are everywhere constructed, and which have cost great la bour to remove, wherever modern improvements have required new openings. ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL. Inquisitions were last night taken before To mAs HIGGs, Esq., on the bodies of two patients of the above Hospital. The first case was that of Lucy Hunt, an aged woman/ r t ; siding in St. Alban's-place, Haymarket, who was injured la, the head about a fortnight back, by the fall of a pail which ha d been placed on the dust bin. She was in consequence co nveye to this Hospital. a to Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, relations to the deceased, deP°, se ; o f having visited her in the Hospital every day up to the ua 7 - her death. Mr. William Carroll, the House Surgeon of the HosPi tai : deposed to the deceased's being brought there on Friday W e il , She had a wound on the scalp bone of her head, which at _„ time was • not considered dangerous. Every thing proper was done for her. She went on very favourably until Saturday T r ' when she was attacked . ' with erysipelas in her head. From died great age and weakness, her constitution gave way, and she from the effects of the wound. Examined by Mr. Gibbs.—Was there any large artery is het d he W a cut ? itness—She told me she had lost upwards of two qua it , s of blood, and I should therefore suppose there mu st hall been. Mr. Gibbs—l should have thought you must have disc°,l: vered whether it were so or not, when you examined the icanto Witness—lt was not necessary to examine it. Mr. Gibba—l understand poultices were applied to the he ad from day to day ? Witness—That was not till after she had been four Jar 13 the M Hoital. r. Gibbs—Why were they more necessary then tha n at first ? • Witness—Because the wound did not heal up as wa s pected. [Here the examination closed, and the Coroner turned tot Jury, and inuired whether the were satisfied.] One of the Jury replied, that they had as yet no evidencE t t e ' l theidentity of the body they had seen. True it was they seen a female body; but whether it was that of the deco' they had et to l. Another y Juror earn remarked that he did not think there co,ittilii be any reasonable doubt on that subject ; but still he thotigiir disreputable to the Hospital not to send somebody to poin t the body from the two others by which it was placed. a t A third jurOr remarked that the porter aid come down last, and point it out. only One or two of the jurors replied, that they had w aiteo - thti time in the room, and yet the porter had not conie when . left A . n et, gentleman here rose, and addressing himself to the Cor° ect said, he was a Governor of the Hospital, and that wi th req' to to some of the Jury not having had the body pointed 0?,,.ie them, it was their own fault, as they ought to have order ed of the porters to have attended them. Coroner.—l never know where to find them. a 11 0 ` Governor.—l trust, Sir, you will take care in f u ture t he permit a jury to apply such words as " disreputable lw conduct of the Hospital. Coroner.— certainl think diputable. Governor. I say I say that it is sre the wish of the Governor` that the juries should always have every attention. Coroner.—We always send notice by the Beadle fewiti;; flutes before, and yet it has repeatedly happened that Hies be, jot been-kept waiting in the cold and wet ten or more m fore the door has been opened. Governor.—Then I trust you will take care.and remcdY that for C the future ? oroner.—How am I to remedy it ?—The last Do' were there, we found only the patient Allen t o attersatroa the man about whose conduct the jury express ed so an T or ie in i io le n. the idle here entered the room, g th a st nef i irregularity in the present instance a ro a s n e t f i rc e m xi7 i i ts ai b neeini porter, and his having mislaid the keys. v i e wed t he Here the colloquy ended, and a witness having vie'!" body in the interim, now returned, and identified it. The jury returned a verdict—" Accidental death.' swap The second inquiry was touching the death of John a bricklayer, who, it appeared, fell from a scaffold, on , i ' e at?, he was at work, in the Vauxhall-road, this Hospital, where he died. Verdict—" Accidental!, _opt A Juror here remarked, that as the business was now p_ t v jive to a close, he would just express his hope that the ne:Lbt,lfe_f they were called to view a body at the Hospital, they tt; , accommodated with a light, so that they might not fall stairs, as they were in danger of doing. Coroner—We did not know who to call to; there we'd to L' Governor—you ought to have called for a light. _,,, o eer ,l t. and was con'T ett tb. persons in the hall, but none cf them seemed dispose tend on us. tal i‘ , lr observedG urne y thata sun rf .a eo s n a , p w i ; y e t believe, ta m ijosP have led to so much unpleasantness. Coroner—lt is not the first time it has happened. 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