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LAW INTELLIGENCE:-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. xX-PARTE GRIENHALL, IN THE MATTER OF CLANGHTON, A BANKRUPT. . Mr. MONTAGU stated, that this stood in the paper bysspecial permission. The application was, that Mr. Claughton might be ordered to join in a conveyance of a very large portion of his eState, which had been .sold tinder his bankruptcy. An injunction had been granted restraining him from pro ceeding in an action at law; he had acted under the. Com Missioner for a considerable length of time, this contract of sale had been entered into with his consent, but afterwards he turned round and refused to execute the conveyance, declaring that lie was.de termined to oppose the further working of the Com mission to the utmost of his power. Mr. SPENCE appeared for the assignees, who sup ported the present application.- His .LORDSHIP inquired if the application was opposed. • Mr. SPENCE understood it was to be opposed by Mr. Claughton; but he did not find that any Conn appeared for him. Mr. MONTAISU said, notice of its coming on to day hail been served; and that it was at Mr. C.'s request. that this application stood over till to-day from Wednesday last. The Court granted the order. • ATTORNEY GENERAL V. SLEATH. This matter stood over from • yesterday. The point was, whether a charity petition entitled both in a cause and in au information, the cause having abated by the death of the defendants, •should- be dismissed with costs, or permitted to stand over till the plaintiff or relators had an opportunity of filing a supplemental bill. • Mr. HORNE contended, that it was quite unusual for the Court to dismiss a charity petition with costs on any point of informality, where there were sub stantially matters brought' forward which indisputably deserved the attention of the Court. The matters brought forward regarded the management of a Free Grammar School at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, which had been (as was alleged) improperly converted into a writing school. Besides an order had been made on this very petition in March last, by Lord Eldon under precisely the same circumstances that existed now. Mr. SHADIVELL admitted this last statement, and could not insist on the dismissal of the ' petition wit', costs, as far as related to the matters referred to by that order; but in all other respects he submitted that the Court ought to dismiss the petition with costs. His LORDSHIP refused to dismiss it with costs, but desired the whole matter to stand over till a supplemental bill was filed. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. The VICE-CHANCELLOR took his seat, this morn ing, at a quarter past nine o'clock, and after dis posing of some matters of course, proceeded to give judgment in Brown v. Gilpin._ His Honour re fused the Injunction with cOsts, upon tke principle that the plaintiff had not set forth in his bill all the material: facts of which he was cognizant, but had on the contrary suppressed much that would have been calculated to enlighten the Court as to the merits of the case. CLIFIDOWN COAL MINING COMPANY. MILD V. SIR WM. KAY AND °TRIERS. This was an application on the part of Mr. Wm. Child, formerly a Director of the above Company, to restrain the defendants, Sir Wm. Kay and Co., from proceeding in a certain action at law against him, on account of money alleged to be due to the defendants for advances made on account of the Company. The bill likewise prayed that the plain tiff might be declared not to be liable for such mo ney—oe as riot otherwise liable than as a Director of the Company, and in common with the other Directors. The bill went on to pray, that in the event of the plaintiff being' declared liable it might be ordered by the Court, that he should be indemnified by the Company, and that the trus tees, who were also made defendants, should, if necessary, parthe same out of the property of the Company ; and further, that if the funds should not be' sufficient for that purpose- that certain of the defendants (the trustees of the Company) be com pelled to contribute equally with the plaintiff to the discharge of the claim made by the bankers. The bill charged, 'that, in 1818, certain coal mines had been purchased with. the view 'of forming a joint Stock Company, consisting of . 3,200 shares; that the management of • the Company was vested in directors, of whom, as originally con stituted, the plaintiff was one. That the Directorsl in the discharge of their duty, had empowered the Secretary, a person named Clark, to draw on the bankers in whose hands the money had been placed by the Company for its own uses. That the power of attorney 'authorising Clark so to draw had been signed by the plaintiff and two others in their cepa ' city of Directors; that between the formation of the Company arid . the year 1820, when the plaintiff ceased to be a Director,' various sums of money had been a dv a nced by the . bankers ; that the plaintiff then informed the bankers, by letter, of his having ceased to have any connexion whatever with th e Company, there being, at that time, a sum of one hundred and twenty pounds due to them on account of advances to the Company through Clark; but that, this sum had been long since dis charged by other payments made to the bankers; that the bankers, after the retirement of the plaintiff, went on to pay money in the same. manner to the other Directors, up to the, time that the firm of Kay and Co. was charged, when there appeared a balance of 4,000/. against the Company ; that the entire of this sum, with the exception of the 1201. had been contributed subsequently to the plaintiff's letter, which conveyed the notice to the bankers. The bill went on to charge, that a further debt of 1,500/. had. been incurred to the new banking concern, and that the plaintiff was now sued by an action at law for the entire amount. Mr. HEALD, in 'support of the application, said, that the defendants proceeded against his client on the grounds that'the power of attorney legally autho rizing Clark had never been legally discharged. It was true that the power of attorney was under seal, anti Was so' far 'Still to be considersti as valid by a Court of Law, but in equifit, th e-tdefendants might be held 'to have full knowledge of the plaintiff's cea.sing to have any connection with the Company. Indeed they admitted having received a notification to that effect, signed by Clark himself, the very man to "whom they had advanced the money. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded, to comment -upon the other circumstances of the case; when The VICE-CHANCELLO R said, that in. his opinion, there might be a good defen ce at law, in which case a Court of Equity ought not to interfere.. The ques tion might not turn upon the valid revocation of the letter of attorney, but would rather be considered as the case of a master giving a servant power to draw money. for him, and afterwards revoking that power by declaring that he would no long er con sider himself liable for any advances made to the servant. Hi s Honour, after some discussion, said that he would refuse the injunction at present, until he heard' the result of the action at law. The costs of this application were to await the result , of•the suit. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. William Bruorton came-up on his petition to be discharged, and was opposed by Mr. Cooke, who applied to the Court to order the insolvent to be sent back to Gloucester,where all his creditors, with u single exception, resided. Mr. MEATH, for the insolvent, urged the unrea sonableness of extending his client's imprisonment, by sending him to Gloucester. The Court was of opinion, that as all the credi tors resided in Gloucester, there were grounds for the application, and therefore ordered that the in solvent should be sent back there. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE is expected in t "in in a few days ; when his Grace will join a party, and ' Y 'e an extensive tour. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY) FROM LLOYD'S, Ds A I", A no. S. —Wi nd . S. W.-Arrived the Carsirl?‘li, Park, from Jamaica ; Victory, Farquharson, from Bengal ; Robert Fuge, Gordon, from Lagune ; Mercy, from Bar.- badoes ; Diana, Henry.,`und Agenoria, Aberdeen, from the Mediterranean. Arrived from London the New Albion, Gordon, .for' Malta; Palmira, Lamb, and York, Wilkin son, for India ; and Vigilant, Christie, for Oporto. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 3.—Wind S.W. to S.—Arrived the Finsbury, Walker, from the Havannah. FALMOUTH, A tga • 2.—Wind the Bolivar, Kenzel, from Miramichi. _ _ _ PLYMOUTH, AVG. 2.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Per 'severance, Hughes, -from St. Andrew's, with main yard sprung. Off the Port, the. City of Edinburgh, Wiseman, from the Cape in twelve weeks; Aurissa, Walford, from Lima and Valparaiso ; and Union, from Palermo. Put back, the Homer, Sladdeford, in consequence of one of the crew (a man of colour) having attempted the master's life, who being landed, the 'vessel proceeded. The Standard, Lotherington, from Jamaica, is supposed to be arrived off Hastings. The Protector, Waugh, bound to Madras and Bengal, was spoken with on the 22d May, in lat. 14. S. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a good supply at this morning's market, but the trade was rather dull. The best Sweet Oranges and the finest Cherries were dearer, and Carrots cheaper,'than on this day se'nnight ; in prices of other things no mate rial alteration: s.d. s. d. Potatoes (per cwt.) 5 Otolo 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 1.0 2 0 Cauliflowers 2 0 4 0 Cos Lettuces (score) I) 9 1 6 Horseßadish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Turnip Radishes 0 9 1 6 Brocoli ....... ... Clery 1 0 1 6 Carrots (12 bunches) 5 0 10 0 Turnips 2 0 5 0 Coleworts or Greens Onions Leeks lO 16 Radishes.(l2 hands) 0 9 1 6 Cucumbers (12) Sweet Oranges (100) 6 0 12 6 Seville Ditto 8 0 15 0 Lemons 7 0 14 0 Cherries (121 b.) Grapes (per lb.) HAY MARKETS.--(At ST. JA X. 6. s Lowland Mead. Hay 3 5 to 4 5 Upland Ditto 4 10 5 15 Rye-grass Hay 4 10 5 15 New Meadow Hay 3 5 4 5 Supply moderately good. and ti SMITH s. d. s d. Spinage (half-sieve) 0 6 WO 9 Green Pease 1 0 2 6 Cabbage Lettuces 1 0 2 6 Broad Beaus 1 0 2 6 French Beans 2 0 4 0 Currants 2 0 4 0 Gooseberries 1 9 3 6 Apples, Common 1 6 3 0 Ditto, Choice 0 0 0 0 English Walnuts 0 0 0 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 3 0 6 0 French ditto 2 6 5 0 French Walnuts Spanish Haslenuts Strawberries (pottle) 0 9 1 6 Raspberries 0 6 1 6 Mulberries Apricots (pummet) 1 6 4 0 Peaches 10 0 20 0 Orleans Plums 1 0 1 6 t per Load of 36 Trusses.) LMES'S. s. s. Clover Hay 4 15 to 7 0 Oat straw ll4 118 Wheat Ditto 1 18 2 5 s. s. Lowland Mead. Flay 3 10to 4 10 Upland Ditto 4 15 5 15 Rye-grass Hay 4 15 5 15 New Meadow Hay 4 0 4 10 Supply good, and trade di trade dull, at Thursday's prices. [FIELD, s. s. Cloy. Hay generally 4 15 to 6 10 Do. extra tine 0 0 7 0 Oat Straw llB 2 2 Wheat Ditto 2 2 2 8 hill; prices as last quoted. LORD MANNERS. COURT OF CHANCERY, 'DUBLIN, JULY 31. The professional career of Lord Manners, as Chancellor of Ireland, terminated yesterday. His Lordship was oc cupied during the early part of the day, in hearing bank rupt motions. All the cases on the paper having been _ _ disposed of at a quarter past three o'clock, the AtiOrney- General rose, and addressed his Lordship, on his retire ment from office, to the following effect " My Lord, on receiving the notification that your Lord ship was about to retire from that high judicial situation which has been so long, so ably, and so impartially filled by your Lordship, my brethren of the Bar have kindly condescended to do me the high honour of constituting me their organ, to express to your Lordship our com mon feelings on this occasion ; and as we now behold your Lordship in your situation for the last time, we cannot let pass the present opportunity of expressing to you those sin cere and deep-felt sentiments of regret, by which we are in fluenced by this event. 'When, my Lord, we find, out of 4,050 decisions made by your Lordship in this Court, the small number of fourteen only reversed—when we recllect the assiduity, despatch, and laborious attention to the ar duous and important duties of your office—when we re member having witnessed the ability, perspicuity, and s*.riet impartiality with which you dispensed justice to the different suitors in your Court, and the dignified urbanity, the courteous demeanour, which invariably marked your Lordship's conduct, in public as well as in private life witnsee;op as we have tint._ nll this. we confess ourstly.s unable to find language adequate to convey our sense of the loss we are about to sustain in your Lordship's retirement. I shall not, therefore, attempt to dwell longer on the man jr estimable qualities by which that character has been dis tinguished, but merely to assure your Lordship, that I only express the • unanimous sentiments of my brethren at the Bar, when I say, that the memory of your Lordship's judicial career here will dwell in our esteem for ever." The Attorney-General having concluded-- His lA:muslin. rose, and in a suppressed and tremulous tone, indicative of his labouring under strong feelings, re plied as follows :—" Mr. Attorney-General and Gentle men of the Bar—Permit me to thank you for the high honour which you have, this day, been pleased to confer on me. To have received such an address, and from such a source, is, I confess, to me a subject of the deepest interest and most heartfelt satisfaction ;* and to which, I own, I feel myself-at a loss for language to reply in the manner I could wish. Allow me to say, Gentlemen, that thee is not in life any thing of equal value, in my estimation, to this testimony to my character, coming, as it does, from those best qualified to form a correct judgment on it. That liberal. and lofty spirit of high-minded independence— that candour so eminently characteristic of the Gentle men of the Irish Bar, of which I have had such ample experience, during the twenty years that I have presided in this Court, makes me feel that such a tri bute as that now offered. to my character would never have been contemplated, if I had not been considered deserving the merit of. impartiality in discharging the duties of my office. It would be impossible for any Judge to preside in my situation here, for the term which it was my happi ness to have done, with other sentiments as to the abilities, probity, and undeviating courtesy that so highly distinguish the members of the Irish Bar, than those which I feel it to be my pride and gratification to entertain. On no occasion have I discovered in them any one quality that is not cal culated, in the strongest degree, to make an impression on my heart in their favour, and which can never be, effaced ; and if, through strict adherence to a certain principle, which I had laid down for the guidance of my public con duct, I may have disappointed some distinguished gentlemen of the Bar, I now beg to assure those gentlemen, that on such occasions I have not in the . slightest or most re mote. Sense been influenced towards them by any feeling whatever of a personal nature, but acted solely on the principle of suppressing parliamentary or political in terference with the Bar. It will be, perhaps, the duty of my successor in office .to rectify some Mis takes into which • I may have unintentionally fallen. However, under. sueh circumstances, it is to me a source of infinite consolation and satisfaction, that my successor will, in the performance of this troublesome duty, receive the assistance Of the powerful talents which, from expe rience, I am convinced will, in such event, be rendered him. It now, Gentlemen, becomes my very painful linty to take my leave of, and bid a final adieu to, the Irish Bar.; and this, believe me, I do under an intenseness of feeling to which lam wholly'unable to give utterance. I will only say, thA I retire from among you, proud of the aid - which your talents have ever afforded me—proud and gratified with the courtesy which you have ever evinced towards me—and proud, indeed, of this last testimonial of respect with which your kindness has now honoured me. Finally, I retire from my office, fully impressed with every senti ment and every feeling for the honour and welfare of the Irish Bar, and in the maintenance of which I am . con vinced consists the safeguard of your. country." On concluding, his Lordship bowed profoundly to the Bar, and immediatelY left the Bench in a hurried manner, apparently affected with the occasion. A man of learning was complaining to \rot,- TAIRE, that very few foreigners relished the beauties of SHAKSPEA RE. " Sir, (replied the wit) bad translations torment and vex them, and prevent them understanding your great dramatist. A blind man, Sir, cannot perceive the beauty of a rose, who only pricks his fingers with the thorns."—Mirror of Literature. HIGHLAND CLUB OF SCOTLAND.—One of the principal 'objects of this interesting National Associa tion, which was instituted about two years ago, under the patronage of Viscount Glenorchy, is the preservation and encouragement of Highland sports, and national games and exercises ; and this year the Directors determined on holding their summer meeting on the island of Inchkeith, and on confining the competition in these games to the Members of the Club. The meeting took place on Thursday, when a great number of :the ladies and friends of the Members attended ; and the weather being most pro pitious the whole went • off with the greatest . eelat.— lii'dinburgh Weekly Chronicle. SUMMER ASSIZES NORTHERN CIRCUIT-YORK.2, (RECEIVED THIS JKORNII7G., SHOCKING CASE OF VIOLA William Troth, aged 22, stood indiettOpiently and - felOniOusly assaulting Mary Ann Wells, ntent to' commit a rape. Mr. COLTUAN stated the facts. The prosecntrix, an interesting little girlt eleven years of age, stated, that her mother resideuli, and the prisoner lodged in the house ; on the riighe 31st Jay, about nine o'tlock, her mother was frine, and the only, persons in the room with her were t isoner, her brother; and her two little sisters, one a nd the rather two yeArs old ; the first was asleep in an d the other she had in her arms ;.• about the time; stated, her brother went out to play, and during hince the prisoner caught her round the waist, while m d her titi.le sister in her arms, threw her on the bed . wth force that the child fell on the floor, and he, after Itrug-.. gling, committed the assault complained of, thstatad ing she screamed as s Lud as she was able ; Is t went up stairs into his own room, and ber brotheing in immediately, she sent him for her mother, arn she came home she told her what bad happened. Ruth Wells, the mother of the child, proved : when ;he Went home she found her daughter crying much And trembling, she asked her what was the rr? and The said, " Oh, mother, don't leave me at litgain," The then told her what had taken place. A surgeon proved, that froni appearances a d no doubt but violence had been used. • , The prisoner denied the charge, and called eel wit nesses, who endeavoured to prove that the chio not resisted the prisoner, but the Jury found him G. WESTERN CIRCUIT.--DORCHESTER, Mr., Justice Blinuoucif opened" the Commik here to-day, and attended Divi4 Service. • An unthnunt. I)er of persons were assembled in the town for ow- mission day, in'con.equence of the execution of4it of inquiry relative to the concerns of a newspaper,nierly published here by Mr. Thomas Bourne, whose* has recently occasioned much dlscussion in the Courtetan eery, and excited' great interest in the county, pa t ultiy amongst the lawyers. BOURNE V. CLARKE, HIGGS, PENNY, ANA BENIETT An inquisition was held , upon a writ of :inquiry bee the Under,Sheriff, at the Antelope lun,- to as sess 04- _ _ triages in this case. The Tinder-Sheriff being relate) one of the parties, appointed an assessor, Mr. Sergi LAW'S. From the statement of Mr. Sergeant lirmuE, whom was Mr. CARTER, it appeared, that the plaintiti 1821, established a newspaper, under the title of °e . . Weymouth, Poole, and Dorchester Gazette ; Guerg, Jersey, and General Western Advertiser;" in tho tablishment of which, he expended considerable amyl having a married a daughter of the defendant Beunett,at gentleman was applied to by him to assist him in meng the expense. Bennett became his surety to the Go,n merit, for duties, tic., and likewise advanced several sis. In the course of the progress of the paper an indictmefor libel was brought against the proprietor by Dr. Dupi of great celebrity at Weymouth, and a verdict obtained agtst him, in consequence of which Mr. Bourne had b amd the Court of King's Bench in London, to receive jlg.. went ; upon this Mr. Bennett became frightened, eat there should be so heavy a press upon the paper that tre would be no assets left to meet his demand against . r. Bourne, and be therefore strenuously and repeatly pressed the plaintiff to dispose of the copyright of the Journal. This the plaintiff as constantly refodp No sooner, however, had he taken his departure for In-. don, than Mr. Bennett offered: the whole copyrightto• gether with the types, printing presses, &c., to aar. Commins, for 2501. The plaintiff finding that his usi ness would necessarily detain him in London a conder able time, requested a relation of his, Mr. Stephen Borne to go down to Dorchester for the purpose of superifend• ing the-Journal during his absence. Bennett, acodent ally meeting Mr. Stephen - Bourne, informed him nat he had offered the paper to Mr. Commius, on which he lat ter was much astonished, he having,understood from the plaintiff, that he bad no intention of dispodng of the paper. Bennett, however, positively affirmed that lie had a written authority from his son-in-law, Mr. Stephen Bourne thought a larger sum might le obtained, and the defendant, Bennett, expressed his desire of obtain • ing as large a sum as possible; -upon which 241 r. Stephen Bourne mentioned the otheralefendants, Clarke, Higgs, and Penny, as likely to become purchasers. These per sops were accordingly aOliet i to, sp . , a hargain was ' ls.fwaen e slim of q:301 hand-bills put - about, intimating a.st the property had changed hands. This coining to the plaintiff -a cars, he irry-, mediately published a placard, disclaiming the sale , and gave notice to Clarke and the rest that he had never autho rised his father-in-law to make any sale of the property, and that he would by no means acquiesce in the bargain. The reply of the three purchasers to this was, that Ben nett had pledged himself to hold them harmless, and that they should, therefore,, not give up the property. The plaintiff having in vain endeavoured to bring about an ami. cable arrangement with • the parties, who were now de fendants to the present action, found himself under the ne cessity of instituting a suit against them to recover a pro perty so indisputably his own. Bennett, informed of this proceeding, directed Mr. Henning, his solicitor, to inform the plaintiff, that if he did' not desist he would issue a writ against him for 4,0001. ; Bourne, however, determined not to abandon his just claim, deemed it advisable to • keep out Of the way, as he knew that he should be unable to find bail for so large an amount ; of this absence Bennett took advantage, and made it the foundation of a cons , - mission of bankruptcy against the plaintiff. The consequence of this was, that when the plaintiff's ac tion was called on, the bankruptcy was put in as a bar ; and upon this plea the trial of the action was prevented. The case was subsequently brought before the Vice-Chan cellor, who directed that this plea should not stand good as to the defendant, Bennett, but made no such exception with respect to the other defendants; but the case being subse quently brought before the Lord Chancellor, his Lordship decided that the commission of bankruptcy was fraudu lently sued out. The action was then proceeded in, and all the defendants allowed the verdict to go against them by default, and thence the present writ of inquiry. The Jury retired for about an hour to consider their ver dict, when they. returned to the Court, giving 8001. as the amount of damages. TO THE MAGISTRATES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. ENTLEMEN,—A Committee of the House of Commons have made a report relative to lunatics under restraint in licensed madhouses, and a printed copy of such Report has been deposited with the clerk of the peace of every county and ci,ty in the kingdom, for your information. That Report states, among other things, that " It has been clearly established in evidence, that there is no due precaution with respect to the certificates of admission, to the consideration of discharge, or to the application of any curative process to the mental malady." Now, Gentlenden, I entreat you to consider the. calamit- ous,consequeuces which niust attend these defects, and to implore you to take all possible pains to enquire into the extent of the evil, so as to enable Parliament to provide a remedy. As to pauper lunatics, I beg leave to remind you, that by the 55th Geo. 111., cap. 46, sec. 8, you are authorised,' in petty sessions, to compel overseers to make a return, on oath, of all pauper lunatics (whether in workhouses or else where) maintained by them. Permit me to request that you will transmit the infor mation you may obtain to the Secretary of State for. the Home Department, in order that the same may be laid be fore Parliament. _ . . The late inquiry in Parliament as to lunatics having, in some measure, originated with me, I trust you will consi der it to be my' duty to procure all possible additional in formation, and that you will, on public grounds, exercise the trouble I seek to-cast upon you. ' I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Portland -place, Aug. 1, 1827. ROBERT SEYMOUR RECOVERY OF DEBTS.—Our reader& should be apprized that after the Ist of this month, no person can, in .the'first instance, he arrested, and held .to bail in any Court, for a debt under 201. But the remedy in such cases, is by copy of writ, which, if not paid or appeared to, ac cording to the practice of the Court from which it issues, the plaintiff obtains judgment and recovers his debt and costs, by execution against the person or effects of the de fendant. It was reported that forged letters of credit in the name of London bankers, have been made use of by some individuals travelling on the continent to a conside ble amount, and that they have succeeded in obtaining money on them from foreign banking-houses. As there may be some mistake in the case, it will not be proper at present to mention names. The loose mode in which transactions.of that kind are conducted, does undoubtedly give great facilities to fraud. THE RECORDER ANDSHERIPF FARE- BROTHER• SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS Whoever shah iia4 the fortune to ransack the secret papers of Prince Metternich after the death of that Minister, misnamed, we think, a" States man," may light upon things More worthy of astonishment than the original draught of the Turk ish Manifesto, which was yesterday published ex slusively in this journal. Pictures, with certain ~haracteristie marks upon them, are pronounced it once, by competent judges, to be of a specific ige and school, and indeed it most frequently happens that the composition or colour, the form of handling, affords such materials of reatly.ae d plausible decision to the connoisseur, as . justify inn in declaring not merely the period, whether remote or recent—not merely the school, whe ther Flemish, French, English, Spanish, Vene tians_ Florentine, Roman, whets and whence the subject of his criticism first beheld the light : but the very individual mind which conceived, and • : linger which traced it on the canvass. Some paintings are innocently muddy and confused ; some State papers, too, are designedly 'mysterious or unmeaning—circumstances which create much .difficulty for the inexperienced, but which rather facilitate for the acute, the task of hunting out :in author. In the present instance, although the lussulman diplomatist appeals on behalf of the principles which he announces to the old law of eations, and to the sacred Koran, there is in the anifesto prima facie evidence that the. text of the piece was in the code of .the Holy Alliance, and that it was Metternich, not Mielitimet, who inspired it. The first paragraph, or clause, is somewhat too abstract to require much discus sion. though even there the . cloven foot may he discoverable. After talking of the benefits result ing from a union of mar in .society, the writer goes on to alive, that from the._ diversity of man ners and character, " this union could only be ac complished by the subjection of several nations" :irides the same yoke. This is a doctrine equally edifying for the Walaehians, Moldavisais Bul garians, Egyptians , a nd Christians, of unhappy Greece, whose variety of " manners and dm cacter" compelled, no doubt, the enlightened fol lowers of the Crescent to " subjugate" them for the benefit of the conquered people themselves ; is it was covertly designed to be for the multifa dons races, including those of Northern Italy, who have, from motives no less benevolent, 'teen " subjugated," even in our own time, by a Power no less enlightened than the Ottoman. — But then " Almighty wisdom," as we are as sured, " has assigned to each country of the universe a Sovereign, in whose hands the reins isf absolute authority aver the nations subject to his dominion are placed 1" If this be from the Koran, it is undoubtedly the Vienna edition of that important work. No where else but in the protocols of the Holy Alliance are " divine fight" and the " Fonarckical . principle" stated with more accuracy of expres sion. In this re spect the Manifesto contains an ar g umentum ad izominem, which, on the ground a ssumed by the Divan, it would not be easy for the Russian or French Cabinet to get rid of, inasmuch as the enjoyment of "absolute" power leaves the Grand Seignor carte Manche, quoad the persons and properties of the Greeks, whom he. may there re confiscate and empale as he thinks proper, treating any complaint or reclamation from the Holy Allies as a piece of 'unchristian im oertinence. But in - another position the Porte is not quite so successful. It al leges that the duration of such a happy state of things depends on Sovereigns abstain ng from every kind of interference in each tthers internal affairs; with the three facts staiing sach other in the .face , that Russia didmeddle in the affairs of Poland, which she holds as a eonquest,—by " divine right," of course ; that Austria meddled in the " affairs" of the two Sovereigns of Naples and Piedmont ; and that Charles X. of. France keeps' possession (by divine tight" again) of the dominions of the King of Spain, whose " affairs" he regulates as he thinks pitref, because Louis XVIII., by a right which is still unspecified, meddled in them through the bayonets of 100,000 soldiers. On the ground, therefore, of" inconsistency," there is nothing to prevent the Kings of the Holy Alliance from exercising the " divine right" of invasion, to the detriment even, and overthrow, of the " divine right" of possession, whenever and as often as they There is, nevertheless, in this long Metternich Manifesto one little over sight worth a short observation. The Turkish icribe does not once attempt to grapple with the Avowed motive of the Allied Powers for in terfering between the Porte and its Christian ;objects—namely, that the continuance of the war is an evil which loudly threaten), the general tranquillity of Europe itself, suspending com merce, and destroying property, and extending its ravages to innocent and unoffendiug gates, This appears to us a ground of interference, sufficient in the eye of justice, and laudable in that of humanity, -with a view to the general interests of mankind. It is, clear, moreover, o f all connexion with the topics of dispute between Russia and Turkey on the Danube ; with regard to which, so long as,no actual breach takes place, there seems no immediate necessity here for raising a political discussion.— Times. The Manifesto of the Ottoman Porte, depre cating the interference of any other Powers in the quarrel between the Turkish Government and the Greek portion of its subjects, has - it length made its appearance. It will be found in our last page. So far o a c fi ts ) at denouncingrbai c a t e d r o , c h u o in w e e n Na t , en laboursry,inter ference oe 11 0 3, e t x a c p i p te lyt o odium it tw e g sn a tah i m n iat s tep t u th rs e u G es ft it e s k m s o it re is dir perfectly d ineffective. immediate object, The on the part of other Governments, as inconsistent with all the principles of public law and of general policy which have been hitherto deemed essential to the maintenance of peaCe among the great community of nations, and not less 'essential to the due understandin end the nothing a rfe t r o e proper and legitimate support of civ il rights in each separate State. If the Ottoman coal!' fight all parties as successfully as. ,reasons with them, final justice would no 'cloalit -be done. The Greeks wouldheat him as soundly aS he would beat the officious intermeddlors, who, to o, that a gidnaoi.nan mat t ersoims momentary populari t yasserted iicn h this heiise they have iiaa h nv o ief m e s e nt , Minister of one of the European Powers at Constantinople off i red the e revolting aid of hisubjects s Go- Porte, at the very commencement vernmen t to punsh th of of the th the Grecian struggle ; that a similar offer of interferen ce was made byef theitdseoclin Nm ed theserepresenta tives dignity, al of several of those Powers at the Congress of Verona th e p a sense regard to the salutary prin ciple fr i e n d l ydam acm overtures ; a a n n i d om that ufrsom of preserving the internal affairs of every State from the interference of every other. The Sultan, we suspect, tells his own story here in a manner somewhat too favourable to himself. That ' certain offers were made to the Turkish Go- SPORTING-(RVCEIVED TUTS DAY). There has been a regular blowing up between the Recorder of London and Alderman Fare brother. The cause of diSpute was a convict, who is now undergoing the sentence of the law in pri son, pursuant to his con viction at the Old Bailey. About five months ago,' , A seems, this convict was tried for stealing a piece of meat in N e wgate-marliet, The ,Recorder, when the verdict,of " Guilty" was returned, sentenced the prisoner - to . imprisonment for .six months, and to be whipped publicly through the market, as an example to other market-thieves. _ His Lordship thought that this sentence would be li terally carried into effect. He, however, found that attempts were . making to obtain the remis-, mon of the most disgraceful part of the, sentence ; and as he was of opinion that there should be no mitigation, he expressed his disapprobation of the efforts made on behalf of the unfortunate man, in a manner not the least provoking in the world. It is the duty Of the Sheriffs of London to, see the sentence. of the law put into execution, and of course, in a case of this nature, it is compe tent to those officers to order the whipping to he inflicted at any period within the term of impri sonmeqt. the,prisoner, it happened, had been taken ill in prison, and continued in so delicate a 'state, that the Sheriffs, in compliance with •the dictates of 'humanity, postponed the whip ping. In the -mean time the inhabitants of the market, who hadApquired into the character of the convict, and learnt that the theft was his first : known offence, prepared a petition to the SeCretar) of State the Home Department, praying that - the disgraceful part of the sentence should be re mitted. The petition stated that the inhabitants would, if their petition were complied with, employ the prisoner after his liberation from pri son, so ;that he would gain an honest livelihood ; but, that if the opprobrious punishment were to be inflicted, it would be imposSible to restore himlo society, so horrible ti brand of iniquity being inconsistent with any honest occupation. Alderman Farebrothei4ery willingly undertook, in his office of Sheriff, to recommend the peti tion, and presented it to the• Recorder, in the expectation .that that Judge who had sentenced the prisoner would not hesitate to add the strength of his name to the recommendation. The wor thy Alderman was deceived in his calculation. The petition was abruptly returned, and a com ment was transmitted with it to the Alderman, expressing the utmost surprise and displeasure at the delay in executing the sentence of the law. The Alderman, who bad been zealously occupied in inquiring into the facts represented in the petition, was determined that the objection upon the part of the Judge should not influence his e ndeavours in behalf of the • prisoner. He had come to the conclusion, that if the man wer e publicly flogged , there would 'be no chance of ever doing any thing for him, as the sense - of shame would totally prevent re pentance or improvement , an d he would - be pointed at' as more deeply disgraced than a trans ported felon wherever he appeared. A petition was forthwith got up to the Marquis of Lans downe, and the Alderman took it himself to the Secretary, to whom he represented that it would be an act of great linknanity to remit the flogging, and that the prisoner would be restored to so ciety, and there would be every chance of a re form in his conduct. The Secretary, imme diately upon this representation, gave to 'the Alderman an authority. to the effect required, f b c , - - I IC V w hipped. When the. Recorder found that the sentaof the Court was not carried into execution, he de. dared that the conduct of the Sheriff was most scandalous, and he' told Alderman Farebrother that he, would himself see the Order of the Court performed to the very letter, if the Sheriffs per sisted in their disobedience. His Lordship and the Alderman, in a discussion upon the subject, waved all' ceremony for the time. The one charged the other with neglect or abandonment of duty, and was retaliated upon with the accu sation of a total want of knowledge : of the law. The matter is to be brought before the Court of Aldermen on the .next Court day. - Those who speak of the matter in the city, reprehend the Recorder for having impetuously rebuked the Sheriff, without having inquired into the actual cause of the delay, which was, in the first in stance, the indisposition of the unfortunate con- vic t.-- Tiines. SUICIDE.—On .Saturday last, a person - - employment of Mr. Hirst, carpenter, of Doncaster, after vainly attempting to cut his throat with a razor, too blunt for the accomplishment of his fatal ,purpose, proceeded to the river, and in the most deliberate manner took off his apron and hat, laid the' razor on the bank, and plunged into the stream.—Sheffield Courant. • El/RES.—On Monday • last,: about ten o'clock. is the morning, an alarming fire broke out in the village of Islip, near this city. It was occasioned by some snarks from a cottage chimney falling on the thatch, which imme diately caught fire, and the wind at the tune being very brisk, the blaze communicated to the next, and in a very short space of time five thatched cottages, two barns, and two ricks of hay, were entirely consumed. Several poor families are by this calamity reduced to the greatest distress, without a dwelling or an article of furniture. Some villains, in the shape of men, ,were active in committing depredations in the dwellings of some of those who were saving the property of their neighbours, and several articles were stolen. One fellow was detected, and severely ducked on the spot.—Another fire broke out in the middle of the day on Thursday last, at Howlington Farm, at Botley, occupied by T. Ensworth,_ Esq. of this city, which con sumed two cottages, a stable, barn, (in which were some farming implements,), and out-houses; together with a stump of hay. The accident was occasioned by the im prudence of a boy who shot off a gun in the barn. The Earl of Abingdon sent all his labourers with the fire engine, to assist in extinguishing the flame S.— Oxford Journal. THE THIThiDERSTORM.--Abolt two o'clock on Monday morning last, this town and neighbourhood were visited by an awful yet magnificent storm of thunder and lightning. The heat on Sunday was excessive, and almost insupportable. The thermometer at three o'clock stood at 86 deg. in the shade; Towards evening, and un til after midnight, the horizon was illumined by vivid flashes of lightning. We never witnessed any thing more splendid: The fork-lightning was beautiful in the extreme; of divers colours, and assuming every conceivable. variety of form. Sometimes scorpions of fire seemed playing in the air ; starry points, of the brightest and most intense light, followed each other in quick succession ; then streams of liquid fire, bursting from a centre, shot with terrific ve locity across the expanse. The thunder was at first almost inaudible ; it then gained on the ear like the sound of battle. The rain, for sometime, fell in torrents. We are happy to say, that the damage in this neighbourhood, is confined to the following instance.—The electric fluid en tered the attic story of a house nearly opposite the Sugar House, in the'Nursery, the inmates of which had 'a very narrow escape. It tore off part of the ceiling ; it then passed into the room below, where the occupant and his wife and two children were sleeping ; here it struck the wall, and after removing a portion of the plaster, appears to have passed directly over the bed in which the'children were sleeping, without doing them any other injury than raising a blister on one of their arms, which might have been uncovered ; it afterwards struck the opposite wall, shivering a bason to atoms, and breaking several panes of glass in the window: A tree on the Worksop road, a little beyond Handsworth, was shivered to atoms by the lightning. The thunder-storm extended nearly from one end of the kingdom to the other. The rain, in addition to _what fell last week,. has given quite a new appearance to the fields and vegetation in general......Shejfie/d Courant. KNUTSFORD RACES.---WEDNESDAt, 1. CORNWALL Lyon and . 11. WARBURTON, Esq. Stewards. The Peover Stakes of 10 sous. encli - , for all ages. One mile and a distance. Sir T. Stanley's ch. b. Grenadier, 6 y rs ••• 1 -Sir W. Wynne's br. g. Orthodox, .6. yrs ... 2 Won in a canter.-6 to 4on the winner.—Ten Atandicap Stakes oflo sews. each, and 40 added. Heats, about a mile and a half. Mr. Hudson's b. f. M iracle ..... 3 1 1 Mr. Thompson's Orthod ox I Mr. Johnson's b. f. V es ta 23 di 2 to 1 on ,Orthodox -5 to 1 agst. the wiener. There was no race for the Cavalry Purse. • 'HURSDAY.-The Tatton Park Stakes of 25 Boys. each, h. ft. for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 51b. fillies, Bst. Two miles. • Sir T. Stanley's h. c. by Catton—walked ever. Two paid. . The Dunham Massey Stakes of 25 soy*. each, . for colts, Bst. alb. fillies, Bst. Two miles. Lord Groivenor's b. c. Gros de Naples I Sir T. Stanley's b. c. Joceline Two paid.—An excellent race. Sixty Pounds, for all ages ; three-yr-olds, 6st. 71b. four, Bst. five, Bst. 91b. six and aged, Bat. 121 b. Heats, two miles and a distance. Second horse to receive 101. Mr. Barrow's b. an. Alec to, a g ed Mr. Clifton's ch. h. Mr. Munn 2 2 • Two drawn.—Wou easy. ' EDGWARE PONEY RACES.—FRIDAY, AUG. 8. The Town Cup, valve 50gs, for ponies not exceeding 12 hands 2 inches high. Heats, thrice round. Mr. Jacob ' s. Fair Helen , 1 i • Mr. Potter's Maid of the Mill Mr. Willis's Fanny . Mr. Shepperd's by. f. This race was ably contested. Subseriptioxt: cup, value 50gs. for ponies not exceeding. 13 bawls 2`inchri high. Wits:, four times round. Mr. Lawson's hi. m •-' l ,. 1 Mr. Phillip's Sutton LaP4 ' 2 Mr. Copp's eh. p ,.- - • , This was a fine race, the ponies keeping together till within a few yards of the winning-post, when Mr. Law ton's made play, and won by about a length. BRIGHTON- RACES.—Ti-tuasnAy, AUG. 2. (CONCLUDED FROU OUR' PAPER OF YEtiTERDAYO 'he Ladies' Pliite• of 601. 'for all ages ; three-yr-olds, 7st. Slb. four, Bst. 71h. five, 9st. 11b. six and aged, 9st. 51h. HeatS,• the New Course. Mi. Caulfield's lu f. Wiiimper, 3 yrs 1 1 Lord Egreinont's'b. b. Porpoie, 3 yrs Mr. Coleman's b: 41 : F l a min g o, 4 y rs 4 dr Mr. Smith's b. f. by. Wanderer , 3 y rs dr Porpoise the favourite. Won easily. KNIGHTON RACES.--THURSDAY, Jui,v 26. I Borough Stakes of 5 sove. each , wit h 20 added. (6 So h s.) Mr. Vaughan's b. in. by Grimaldi, 5 yrs 1 1 Mr. Back's b. f. Georgians , 4 yr. 4 2 Mr. E. Powell's b. c. Truth , 3 y rs 2 3 Mr. Hughes's b. tn. Arsenic, 5 yrs 3 dr Radnorshire Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 20 added. (10 Sobs.) Mr. S. Edwards's b. tn. Miss Downes, 6 yrs... 2 1 1 ce Mr. Say's b. In. Nosegay, 5 yrs Mr. Roger's b. f. by Manfred, 3 yrs' 3 8 3 Mr. Jones's ch. h. Emperor , 4 y rs ... 4 ,list. J. Evans's b. g. by Carbon FILIDAY.—Tbe Members' Plate of BA Mr. Gwalter's b. . Prude, 6 yrs 1 1 tn Mr. Bodenham's h. in:Sprite, 4 yrs Mr. Evan's e. m: by Pisestor, 3 yrs Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. (6 subs.) Mr. Turner's Shropshire Lass, lute Cholstry Lass... 1 Mr. Warwick's c. g. by Weaver, a g ed :11r. Hughes's b. in. Arsenic, 5 yrs Silver Cup. Earl of Oxford's b. in. Harriet Wilson, 6 yrs 1 l Mr. Pickernell's b. f. Vision, 4 yrs Mr. Kitchennian's c. f. Atalanta, 3 yrs dis. Mr. Jones's h. f. Lavinia , 6 yrs.dr. OYSTERS. The fifth of Augpst is generally the day on which those highly-esteemed shell-fish are annually intro s dueed *6 the metropolis. As the fifth this year will . be Sunday, thc. LeQtl., end activity at. Billingsgate., must be postponed to Monday morning; but, qo anxious are the numerous oyster-dealers of Londdn and its vicinity to cater for the public, that a supply will be brought to their shops soon after twelve o'clock on Sunday night. Those who wish to be well acquainted with the habits of the people of London, and to obtain a knowledge of the means by which they earn their bread, should walk to Billings gate at the commencement of the oyster season. The scene is a very extraordinary one : the avenues to .the Dock, where the oyster-boats arrive, and where the article is sold by the bushel, are closely blockaded by lineS of carts.and carriages, which ge nerally extend over London Bridge. As the pur chasers often, at great risk and personal injury, suc ceed in getting their oysters from the smacks, they bring the atticle to the' carts, and lose no time in conveying it east, west, north, and south of London. In a few hours, millions of oysters are spread in tempting profusion in every street in London and the suburbs. The oyster season' is hailed by the industrious, as the commencement of their profit, and prosperity, and thousands of poor are supported by it. The trade in oysters is ,of vast importance in the view of a Legislator, and all those, who study the wants and interests of the community. Independently of the comfort and profit it brings to the Metropolis, the. oyster dred gers and their numerous families along the coast of Kent find their employment. The manner in which these dredgers labour in their calling is, worthy at tention. ,The oyster dredgers of Feversham form a Corporation, regulated by a code of their own laws. A portion of their profits is reserved to purchase spat, or young oysters from other beds to replenish and improve their own. All the oyster fisheries in the 'Medway are regulated by the Statute, and a Court is kept for that purpose annually at, Rochester, where a Jury of Free dredger men make rules and orders, when oysters shall be taken, in what quantity daily, and other regulations for improving the brood. By the 10th of Geo. 11. a duty of seven-pence per bushel is laid upon oysters imported from France. The manner of working the beds affords the spectator in fine weather pleasant amusement. Some time before the sea-tide swells the river, .the vessels or smacks intended for the London market are " anchored abreast the oyster grounds. • The dredgers in their boats are dis persed over the whole fishery, and the scene be- comes one.of active industry. The dredgers with a sort of net made of leather, and bound with iron; soon fill their boats, and remove the oysters to the anchored smack, which receives them in her hold. When she,is full, up goes her anchor, the sails ar3 trinimed, and having entered the Thames she makes the best of her way to Billingsgatemar ket. Thus the good folks of London are supplied from the Medway, and that part of the coast of Kent which the Romans named Rutupier (Richborough) and from whence they conveyed oysters to Rome, How they were kept fresh, and in a state. to please the palate of the Roman epicure, history does not inform us. Melton is now celebrated for the most delicious oysters, and the natives, as they are called, come from Colchester. Although the trade begins in the present month, oysters are not considered to have the best flavour before September. Between one, and two o'clock on Monday morning, this town was visited, by an awful . storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of rain. The lightning was uncommonly vivid, each flash giving the light of day to the pitchy darkness of the heavens. The storm lasted until nearly four o'clock, and the lightning flashed at intervals until five. Many females were so alarmed that they forsook their beds, and we are sorry to hear, that, a female residing in the neighbourhood of Chorlton-row, actually died in consequence of the fright she experienced. A cow was killed in a field near Roch dale, by the electric fluid. The rain did some injury to the corn, but the succeeding fine weather would, no doubt, . restore it.—Manchester Herald. ? 1 11111 Jay r of ink; 11(1 no oar rea•-