The Sun. — London, England, 1825-09-05 00:00:00

• CONTESTED ELECTIONS. repo tteond --.. 11St stuLAND.—It is now very generally tier o 0! th at •:31r CHARLES MONCK, Bart., will t i e r himself f or Northumberland ; but whether himself will st an d aga i n i s d ou btf u l. RIPPENIIASI.- Mr. GaossET, the present L el i nber,intends to stand again for this Borough; W as) understand, rec e ntly published some tils ?ik 0 Wt' " st.lndia Sl a v er y, an d ha s consider le in the Sugar Colonies. Z , l . nott EnAm.—Th e C an did ates f or t hi s B oroug h, " 'eludes the [tape of Bramber, are Sir 40IMILEs BURR.ELL, Bart., the Hon. Mr. ti st w Mto, and Mr. SUGDEN, the Chancery Bar- Sia hex some years s t oo d f or th e County of _ . "IDLE U NIVE RSITY.--The Candidatesdis tir:hed a s expected t o start to represent this guis Seat of Learning, are TILE SPEAKER, 11 4 : 514 NKtS ( one of the present Members), Lord C E/ 3 and M r . S HORE. thai li " A m(ClTY.)—Th ere are some i n di ca ti ons 44 . 3 f ronestOll will s p r i ng up i n t hi s anc i en t City, th e u" quart er li tt l e expecte d , t h e El ev e s o f T °use Of STEWART SOl ne itUNT°N.—The gen era l b e li e f th r oughout kr.ntsetsliire and the adjoining districts is, that . fo r ,I.AToRINw G and Mr. WARRE will be re-elected ‘iits . lICIADS ---'7---7--------.re to be ern thel,yed 1 •---We hear that the poor .3 • 1 ,.. - I , ( *oring the ensuing winter in cutting down effects ar e is. This is most beneficial, as thea ticularly that'asting• We should recommend cause 411 crowns of hills should be cut down, be- h e ti e s ,, e _bY such excavation two hills are r b e e duced ; filled tit;tuf's Which a bottom can generally in- i " The Maidstone road has been wonderfully Panhal3roveil. The parish of Wrotham, in Kent,mere tie greatly levelled their hill, yet much , la irls to be done. ha °llTsmot,rra RoAn.— Great improvements th,, v.e b een mad e on this Road within the last .e e Parts Y c ear s) but still there are many dangerous 0 „ A e l the Itoad which require to he attended . t ia -4,1 altered and from the great quantity.:f 4 ° 4, 8 , 6 4 from London to Portsmouth, the ensuing i t h -04.;'er should not be allowed to paSs awayi;lt 'There a-ce 4 ' s otne of therwheing entered upon. Oilgreater h : numbe r of sharp and narrow ' t u rnings ta this Road than on any other road of equal u dis -311'01" Cruel Town. —There are numerous iiills at lo wered rt distance from each other, which maybe „ and the bottoms filled up, cart s - considerably and in several ate at the road it may be shortened tween Pis4very (federate expellee, especially jet rend the Mill near Cobham.—The entrance be eild th:NGI edalming from the Turnpike gate, y zl Pti - : 'ill and l e an-yard, is most dangerous, acrd the e es„': .° , 4 c l l to Liphook, both walis, aiirtcally near the I,‘ Vheat-sheaf, at iii equally , s , Mill-land k ki !'' road from thence to Rake may be short f et t t he La !''road by cros",ing another part o *---ItI:1,°'1, w ithout going through any private lands tioa,-; tcherefore, expected, that the Commis .ii th e sa r r ii - Q 1 th is part of the Surrey Trust will, with tae Public spirit and diligence, give their the t een /II I. '" 10 these suggestions, as they have to We arP soglendatious hitherto made to them. rzi ad tr Y to a of the hiconvenience hear that complaints continue to be put to b e l ow Go undetnoiondg, for which it Travellers are s generally post horses—and Alton t o I ••- Pse.tnersfield4,ll3ll4ellicl. Farnham to that as the road from and a l so from ta ke Place—that a New hotel 4vie tended to be established at Liphook to afford u to accom d • ' the Public, and to :11thre-vyeatlrtethe dela7s a"°11 to which and inconvenience to vent ..,tiow, exposed. tr oe t t iSHIGHTON EXOTI C GARDEN —lt is not tit wi'lat tl,le sPlendid collection of Exotic plants ttit t% ',lite -I‘iiights, near Reading, has been pur -4111a:ul fc)r the Royal Gardens of France. This hoa,,r),4„assernhlage of botanic rarities has . been ti'le tb " s `,,llY the celebrated author of " Floral Em '44.for , • D purpose of furnishing a winter be the to 1 a t .-irighton ;which, it is said, will - ,r N it garden of the kind in the world. Mr. N o 1 ; 1 " has also obtained the Blenheim collec f4 CI; Pl ants, to add to those of White Knights, q . e formation of his Oriental Garden. . 414 tt1 „ _, . . 1.- a rich illaild INT•---1 he Count Saivins ..y l itr e& :rs has recently lost at Pequet, 20,000 tittiatZti !woodland, and a magnificent chateau,. t he %v . .," "1 Saxony. The Prince Dolgorouky Is Pers,tlner• 'rile Count Salvinsky is the same ilkelt;11 who at Constantinople won of the Capitan I A -, ilt 'Pa rt ] a game of chess, 12 slaves, and 16,000 7 ( 00 1a ,000sfki.us, which he sold in Hungary for cis I.)‘ °ti lls, and set the slaves at liberty.— ti t - °Per ! ) : 4 k : 13 S r --- 1 T.hey write from Hanover that the bees •a m . f . .e fl. 4 r o -, c , tl °4 of hives, set up not far from the ‘% bp.'" 'flence to Celle, some days ago attacked N kl/(1 Itllgence between Schilerslege and Celle, tili i i i o le d the horses and severely wounded the , siV e th ll ' The travellers were scarcely able to lithileltlselves by fight. It is remarkable that . 4 s -ar e l, al(c! eurnstance. took place ten years ago I \l "' op t ,. 1 14 4 Pu ' lb Ll 1 R. ING.--A farmer in the neighbour 11'04 'ryes. °l.°llo, Sussex, at thi commencement o . f the pre *4 01, 4 , n .hir ed t , to assist h. • • in ' a man from an adjoining parish, m fo e r n _a l allt t Pay h i .,_ In?. in gettin g his crop, and by Air or th e L'A.ia single t a lfe re s e econcl, pea for the first dayytwo for t ilt' ; the ; 114 , and doubl g every clay until the term was ex . tthittirhollt-bner, but too lite discovered, that this would be ito t 0 hole that he ever' made and that even with ur othere liable j , ~,growth of all his neighbours' pease, he would the lirel)lett ti,lttld Piqu es his man in kind • while the labourer, on ; b t ' u3,4,',tlhaes himself or, having entered into an agree ld-' e4a ( j"" , ill one month, his earnings will enable him to Pl et tt4 artng the remainder of his life. IVe ? how ! ve „ ni -1114 ti ve at ,,r . l . l .e man has offered to compound with his e Ito, ltit tie p a .s. 1 in ea s and one load of peas. 11 At ea l) f it. 4 413( a in Kew Gardens, which, on ac -neb,,-. ft 4 arißeroaB and ruinous state, had long been ex klld 1,4 it' i public inspectio by persons being allowed to ~,f1,,,,1 N a) . - 4, ,s t i ter ilp,t .ast about to n under undergo repair. It is a curious an :41 4 ;;Igne object in this country ; it may be seen for - ,;11 1 , 1 ;ati bot`°ll, and it would be to be regretted that sin at dee:tunteresting object had been suffered to tall st i the ,pje,t !'elio,;4.and eventually to the ground. ATI his ,thet 3. i r , hi ions and improvements commanded by . t.,...'ag od : recent visit to Kew Gardens is, the restoration -1 (11 t - g ml i g, r tnere. Workrnen have begun such repair. ' \V 4/ klenegeelislY contrived, raised tier over tier, or rather 1144 e utid_rssre ties, is now forming. lt dt of t t. " ( - 1 a clue has been fund to the' i C,,, 1 1t of "ttel parties who lately threw down he l4 rlt b e Duke Of WELLINGTON, in the ht,l Pa; t t at Tg a te• A word dropped at a con : • 48 fitjAulleerrered what the reward of 20 fai led to do. THE KING, &c. WINDSOR, SEPT. 4.—His MAJESTY attended Divine Ser vice this morning at the new private Chapel ; the Rev. Dr. Sumner officiated. In the afternoon his Majesty took a drive in his pony phaeton, in the Great Park. Yesterday his Ma jesty dined at Virginia Water, and afterwards took his usual excursion on the lake, in his pleasure-boat. Her Royal . High ness the Princess Augusta heard Divine Service this morning at the parish church, accompanied by Miss Wynyard : at live o'clock this evening the bands of the Ist Life Guards and Cold stream Guards tool: their stations on the north side of the Ter race, and continued playing, at intervals, to a very fashionable assemblage, until seven. yam_' %IP ..., tric !z...1.4.4t1 ~. k/ i , ~...,...1, tel kfN,) iv., ,--.- , Az-47.,- . .t,-; '' p `: ,'''-.A_V-"'w-, k _ ''' • t c, r ; ~,, 4 1 `- -- OY .--_,.. - ~..4 17...) eA v ,c 4 DEPARTURES FROM TOWN. Countess of Normanon, on a tour; Mr. Spurrier, late M.P. for Poole, for his scat in Devonshire; Countess St. Martin de Front, on a tour ; Colonel Drummond, on a tour ; Mrs. and Miss Boyd, for the seat of the Earl of Carhampton, at Pain's Hall, near Cobham, Surrey ; Lady Anne Dashwood, for Mount Pleasant, Kent ; Lady Dampier, on a tour ; Major and Mrs. Bulkeley, for Ramsgate ; Colonel and Mrs. Fal coner, for ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Campion, for ditto; Lady and Miss Chatterton, for ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Dickson, for ditto; Lady and Miss Stoughton, for ditto; Mrs. and Miss Elphinstone Murray, for ditto. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 4.—The Duke of YORK resides here, in the most quiet and unostentatious manner. Yesterday his Royal Highness was again on horseback in the morning, at tended only by one gentleman and a servant, and rode along the Steine Cliff: In the evening a few gentlemen had the honour of dining with the Duke at the Pavilion. The Earl and Countess of Liverpool arrived at Walmer Castle on Thursday from a tour of the Netherlands, including the Field of Waterloo. Three of the Barons Rothschilds leave town for Paris to morrow. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his residence in Dowing-street, on Saturday morning from the seat of the Countess De Grey, Wresthouse, Bedfordshire. In the evening he left town for Beckenham. MAnaTAGE 12sr HIGH . LIFE.-011 Saturday morning was married, at Marylebone Church, by the Rev. William Canning, the Right lion. Stratford Canning, his Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, to Eliza Charlotte, eldest daughter of Jamey Alexander, Esq., of Somerhill, Kent, 111.1%, and first cousin to the Earl of Caledon. Immediately after the ceremony, the bride and bridegroom set off for the Priory, the seat of Lord Eastnar, near Reigate. We can assure our readers that our statement of the marriage of Miss Pawn with Lord W. Lennox is the fact; and we are only surprised at the ignorance which prevails throughout the Press on the subject. The cause of the temporary suppressitia of her married name is very obvious—Lord W. Lennox has not more than 4001. per annum income; but instead of the amiable young lady on.ihat account deserving the illiberal sneers which we sometimes remark, her resolution to increase her husband's income and her own by the exertion of her ta ents is honourable to hen—(Suut/ay Times.) MODERN WHISKERS.—It is said that the raillery of Lady M., the other evening, at Capt. R. for wearing such huge whiskers, has had a wonderful effect on more than himself. We are indeed greatly surprised that women in general can he so pleased with such uncleanly and unseemly appendages, being quite assured that our sex would never suffer the hair on their faces to grow to such an injcwdicious length unless the fair sex encouraged it. The men may certainly have other reasons for adopting such an odious custom, when we recollect that Lord Portsmouth stated he was afraid of Mr. Alder's whiskers ! We shall expect our young sprigs to continue this vile custom till they are excluded from Almack's, as they were lately for wear ing a particular sort of dress—bandy legs was an excuse for one, and perhaps carbuncles might be a palliative for the other. PROTESTANT FEMALE ASYLUMS.—We are glad to find the subject of asylums for ladies is now under contemplation. Our readers may not be ignorant of Lady Isabella King's esta blishment at CLIFTON, (which the late Queen Charlotte once visited) ; it consists of about 20 ladies, who pay from 601. to 6001. per annum, according to circumstances, but all are on perfect equality. They dine together, but all other meals, like a college, are taken in their own rooms. Great care is taken in selection, and one blackball excludes. The plan is excellent, and affords many widows a most comfortable, and, indeed splendid, residence at a trifling expence. We hope they will not take as their motto—" May the married be single, and the single happy." Loon COCHRANE.—On Thursday forenoon, his Lordship and Lady Cochrane, attended by Mr. Robert Scott Moncrieff, drove to the Castle in an open carriage. The carriage remained on the esplanade while they walked round the fortification. On the party returning, the crowd assembled at the barrier gate gave them a hearty cheer,which his Lordship acknowledged by a grave but aflitble inclination of the head, They afterwards proceeded to the Parliament House, and the Advocates' and Writers' to the Signet Libraries, where a similar testimony of respect was shown by the populace; and subsequently visited Holyrood House and the Caltonhill. His Lordship has appa rently suffered no constitutional injury from his long exposure to a foreign climate and every species of danger to which his profession is liable. He was plainly dressed in a blue surtout. Lady Cochrane is an elegant petite figure, with a considerable share of beauty. Her features are highly ex pressive: and an olive tinge in her complexion, together with very black hair and eyes, give her a Spanish cast of counte nance. His Lordship and Lady Cochrane leave town to-day for Valleyfield, the seat of Sir Robert Preston. Theiyester day visited several places, and were repeatedly cheered by the populace. In the course of the day his Lordship inspected Messrs. Frazer and Co.'s Cabinet of Scottish Gems. During the time his Lordship was in the shop, a great crowd collected outside, and as he stepped into his carriage, gave him several hearty cheers. Some of the mob proceeded so far in their en thusiasm as to endeavour to take the horses from the carriage, but at the intercession of his Lordship they desisted.—(Edin burgle Courant, Sept. 3.) THE SILVER PLATEAU•-WVe were on Satur day last favoured with a view of this admirable specimen of British taste and skill, designed and executed by Mr. MONTAGUE LEVYSON, of Pall mall. It consists of three pieces of plate glass on silver frames, representing many of the most celebrated remains of Ancient Architecture, viz. Castles, Abbeys, Churches, &c. &c., throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The frames are supported by silver tortoises, which are types of the religious opinions in that part of India for which the work is destined. The work. manship is admirable, and the whole, we are as sured, has passed entirely through British hands. The dimensions of the Plateau are eight feet long by two wide. It is intended for one of the Native Princes of India, and is to be forwarded this day on its destination. Mr. LEVYSON, it seems, has been in India, and suf fered a great loss by unsuccessful enterprises and shipwrecks. We hope that the beauty of this proof of his talents in design and execution will stamp a reputation on his name which may afford him an ample compensation for the injuries of fortune. ALARMING EXPLOSION.-This morning about 8 o'clock the vicinity of North-street, Oxford street, was thrown into considerable confusion by a loud explosio❑ in the house of Mr. CONNOR in the above street. It appeared the servants had foolishly made a large fire in the back kitchen, in the grate of which a paper of gunpowder had been put a few days since, which becoming ignited exploded, and shattered the grate, knock ing every thing down and injuring a man and two women; the man had his • scull fractured by the falling of an iron weight; one of the women was so scorched and burned in the face, that it is feared she will lose her sight ; they were taken to the hospital ; another female received, some triflng injuries from the falling missiles.— The explosion was heard a considerable distance, POETRY. IMPROMPTU On Mr. BRADSIIAWE'S MARRIAGE with Miss M. TREE, a Papist. No wonder that TlRAnsilAwE's to Papists inclin'd, Their religion and customs are quite to his mind ; And though a good Christian, yet all must agree, He's surely addicted to idol-a-Tree.—(The Age.) LINES Sent by Lord ARTHUR HILL to Mrs. COUTTS, with the present of an ALBU Fair lady ! at thy beauty's shrine I lay this gift with bended knee, In hopes, that some empassioned line Its leaves may fold, will speak of me. And, knowing Cupid's many a whim, Oh, when thou woo'st that roving elf, Cherish the memory of him Who sends this semblance OF lIIMSEL r ! ! ! (The Age.) ANECDOTES, &c. A POPISH INCUMBENT.—A certain Bishop going to take leave of Madame. the Countess de V., whom he was in love with, expressed his regret at. being absent from her, though for a short time. " Well, sir," said the lady, " pray let the time be as short as possible ; for a mistress, you know, is a living that compels the incumbent to residence." CHOICE or DOCTOR§,—MomERE, when once travelling through Auvergne, was taken very ill at a distance from any place wher e h e could procure respectable medical aid. It was proposed to him to send for a celebrated physician at Clermont. " No, no," said the wit, " he is too great a man for me; go and bring me the village surgeon ; he will not perhaps have the hardihood to kill me." THE ORLEANS COURTIEB.S.—The Dul:e of ORLEANS was in the garden of the Luxemburg when it was very hot. The sun beat directly on the heads a his courtiers, who were un covered. AL De Bautru, who was present, observed, that princes did not love their friends. The Duke said,. the reproach could not attach to him, for he loved them very much. " Your Highness must love them boiled then," returned Bautru, " or, at least, well roasted." 'TIE FEMALE REBUKE..—.llladelnOiS?lle MARS, the cele brated French Actress, on quitting the theatre one morning after a rehearsal was very much annoyed by 'the insolence of several young officers of the King's Garde du Corps,, who followed her making their remarks in a very impertinent At length she stopped, and turning, round said, Why do you follow me, gentlemen ? What affinity can there pos sibly he between IWars and the officers of the Garde du Corps ? We might add, or between the British Teeth and Battier (from battre, to fight.)—(Sunday Times) SHAREHOLDERS.—When HOG ART II designed his Dis tressed Port, he must have had in his eye a person resembling the sanguine shareholder in some of our new schemes. Hogarth's hero is disturbed while writing his Poem On Riches by tile woman for tile milk-score, just at the instant he conceives him self in possession of the Peruvian mine—a prospect of which is visible in the etched print over his head,- though far above his reach. THE LATE JUDGE BULLER.-011C of a fine pair of coach horses, which Mr. Justice Buller had upon trial, died suddenly; and the servant calling upon the horse-dealer to communicate the misfortune that had happened, " Aye," said the horse-dealer, with a significant shrug of the shoulders, " I knew how it would be when your master had them on trial." LORD BOLINGHBOR great Nobleman, speaking of England, used to say, " Our nation inhabits an island, and is one of the prindpal nations in Europe ; but to maintain this rank, we must take the advantages of this situation, which have, been neglected by us for almost half a century. We must always remember, that we are not part of the Continent; but we must never forget that we are neighbours to it." NIERCINTILE SiII!'PING. DEAL, SEPT. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Honourable Company's ship London, from China. Arrived and remain, the Honourable Company's ship Canning from China ; and the Childrens, , from St. Vincents. Passed through from the River the Hope, Harris ; and Ann, Bunker, for the South Seas ; St. Lawrence, Hardy, for Quebec; Magnet, Walker, for Rio ; Lusitania, Gibbons, for Oporto ; Ark, Rayner, for Berbice ; Quebec Packet, Atkinson, for Quebec ; Duke of York, Digby, for Messina ; Dominica, Holder, for Berbice ; and several others, names unknown. PonTsmou TIE, SEPT. 4.—Wind N.—Arrived the Active, Palmer, from Cadiz; Baltic Merchant transport from Malta. Passed by the Vittoria, from Trinidad ; and London, Somersall, from Demerara. Sailed the Southworth transport for Chatham, and the Spitfire for Jersey. PLYmotrTH, SEPT. N.N.W.—Arrived the Echo, Dunlop, from Sierra Leone ; Fortitude, Bagdon, from London for Batavia. Off' the Port tilt., Edward transport tbr Sierra Leone, with troops. FALmou TIT, SEPT. 3.—Wind N.—Ofr the Port the Peace, Bruce, from Sicily.. Sailed the Duke of Marlborough Packet for Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 3.—Wind .N.N.W.—Arrived yester day the Favourite, Chapman, from Maranham ; John 13igg, Lincoln, from ltio .Janeiro; Mary, Beachcroft, Barbadoes; William Peale, Wilson, and Julian, Williams, Trinidad ; Sarah Ann, Stetson, Willmington ; Perseverance, Simms, Odessa; Geo. Canning, Purratt, Gibraltar; Alfred, Oporto ; also, to-day, the Eliza Ann, Ramsey, Bahia ; Sici lian, Langley, 'Trieste; Maria, Johnson, Gibraltar; Com merce, Clark, Archangel; Cora, Hayle, St. John's, N. B. Off the Port at 8 p. m., one ship and nine brigs. CORK, SEPT. L—Sailed his Majesty's ship Romney, Maria, and the Cato transports, with the 7:2d Regiment for Quebec. Arrived off Weymouth, the Barbadoes Planter, , from Barbadoes ; and Hambletonian, , from Africa. Off Penzance, the Orestes, Nicholson, from Barbadoes ; and the Cane Grove, , from St. Viucents. • The following was posted up at Lloyd's on Saturday after. noon :—" The Joseph and Ann, Brooks, said to have sailed from Carthagena, on December 28, for Cape Gracious and England, and supposed to have been lost, arrived at flayannah, June 27, from Truxillo." LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT. 5. The arrivals of English Wheat and Oats last week were mo derate, but of Irish Oats the quantity was small. The fresh arrivals of Wheat from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, this morn ing, are not considerable, but larger than has been of late, and of Oats from the North the supply is small. Old ‘Vheat, and superfine samples of New, sell well at Monday's terms; all other sorts are extremely dull sale at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr. Barley sells very heavily at a reduction of 2s. to 3s. per qr. Beans sell well at rather better terms. Pease are Is. to 2s. per qr. dearer. Oats have met a dull sale, but there is no reduction in price. There is a great talk of a reduction of ss. per sack in the price of flour, but it is not decided yet. ARRIVALS LAST WEEK.—English Wheal, 5,017 ; Bar ley, 833 ; Malt ' 3,300 ; Oats, 7,246 ; Beans, - 589 ; Pease, 577 ; Irish Wheat, --; Oats, 1,570 ; Foreign Oats, 4,888 quarters ;. Flour, 5,544 sacks. Wheat, Red (old) sBs 70s Beans, Small (new) ....—s —s .„...___ White (old) sBs 75s (old) ....47s 53s _-- Red (1825) 54s 60s --- Tick (new) —s —s --- Fine 62s 65s (old) 42s 44s Superfine ....68s 70s Harrow (new) —s —s White (1825)...58s 62s ----...-- Fine 64s 68s Brank 34s 40s Superfine ....72s 75s Oats, Feed 9 3s 25s Rye 'l2s 36s —Fine 26s 23s Barley . 34s 40s Poland 0 5s 27s Fine (new) 40s 42s ---- Fine 27s 29s Superfine 46s 50s Potatoe 27s 28s Malt s6s 64s Fine 9 9s 30s —Fine 66s 72s Scotch • 31s 33s Peas Grey (new) 42s 44s Flour (per sack).. 6os 65s —--.Maple (new)....40s 47s ___ Seconds s2s 58s --White (new)....44s 48s ___ North Country...s2s 54s —Boilers 508 56s Bran 12s 13s GENERAL. AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN,FROM THE RETURNS RECEIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 27. Wheat, 695. Id. ; Barley, 40s. 7d. ; Oats, 265. 10d. ; Rye, 41s. 11d.; Beans, 455. 10d.; Peas, 455. 10d. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, coinputed Aug. 31, 1825, is 41s. 4d. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 5. The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and prices at Smithfield Market this morning CATTLE AT MARKET Beasts —2,328 1 Sheep 20,860 Calves To sink the Offal, per stone of 811). Beef 4s 141 to 5s 2d 1 Veal Mutton 5s Od to 5s 4d 1 Pork ss (hi to 6s 4d Lamb 5s 4d to 6s Od. HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Hay £4 0 to 1:5 0 0 'Clover Straw -.CI 16s to £2 ss. THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extract; from the Morning Papers, Sept. 5, 1825. [NEW TIMES.] Those who are disposed to support Catholic Emancipation on constitutional grounds, do it from a sincere belief that the Protestant Estab lishment would be benefitted by the proposed measure. There are others who follow Mr. Hunte in their advocacy of the same measure, as a means of overthrowing the Church of Ireland. Among the latter we shall take leave to class the E4itor of the 'Old Times, who allows no opportunity to escape him of endeavouring to exalt the Catholic Priesthood at the expellee of the Protestant Clergy. In a late instance he has pursued this course with an unusual degree either of ignorance or of dishonesty. It is well known that the Ca tholic Priests of Ireland, about a year since, at the instigation of O'Connell himself, attended, uninvited, at several peaceable meetings of local Bible Societies, and disturbed, as far as was in their power, the usual course of their quiet pro-1 ceedings. About a month since one of these Bible Meetings was announced at Carlow, in the , vicinity of which town is situated a large College of Jesuits. Some of the leading men of this Col- , lege inquired if they could be allowed to speak at this meeting. " Not to interrupt the proceed ings (it was replied) ; but they shall be briefly concluded for your accommodation, and you shall then be heard to the full extent of your desire." Upon these conditions the Carlow Catholic , Clergy received tickets of admission. Their hearts subsequently failed them, and they returned these tickets and absented themselves. A short time after they summoned, in their own chapel, another Meeting:to take steps in opposition to the Bible Society. But they gave so short notice of it that the officers of the Parent Bible Society at Dublin could not possibly reach the spot in time. Matters having proceeded thus far, six of the leading clerical members of tire Bible Society drew up a written communication to the Carlow Priests, offering them what they professed to have been seeking, the opportunity of a fair and open discussion of tire question at issue, namely, the fitness and propriety of a free circulation of the Holy Scriptures. It is this proceeding which the editor of the Old Times has thought fig to Censure. He represents it as a new proposal, originating with the Protestant Clergy, and be tokening on their parts an aggressive spirit, and a zeal quite untempered by discretion. I f he had not read the letter of the six Clergymen, he was censuring these respectable men in otter and blameable ignorance of the act w hich ; he under took to condemn. If he htid read their letter, he must have known that the idea of a public dis cussion did not originate with them, but with their opponents, and that in attributing it to them he was guilty of deliberate falsehood.— Again, he charges them with wishing to debate before " a numerous meeting." If he had ever read the proposal which he was condemning, he would have seen that they particularly stipulated for the admission of only fifty persons e-a each side. If he had read it, therefore, he was again guilty of deliberate untruth. Lastly, he bestows the praise of possessing the greater discretion upon the Carlow Priests for declining the pro posed meeting. Is he so entirely ignorant of the whole matter "as not to know that these Priests have already attended as many as twenty Pro testant Meetings uninvited, and have there done all that in them lay to create disturbance and animosity ? [MORNING POST.] French Papers to the 3d instant reached us last night by express. _They contain some parti culars of the movements of the rebel Bessieres before his capture and execution. It appears that when he informed his troop at Torrija of his real intentions, some of the regulars abandoned him, and returned to A lcela, where they re joined their regiment. He then found himself too weak to venture on the public road, and took cross-ways through which he successively reached Horos, Trijuegue, and Brihuega, levying 100,000 reals in contributions, and obtaining accessions of royal volunteers at each place, which raised his whole force to 400 men, with whom he bent his course towards Lower Arragon. The details of his capture are not yet given, so that it is not known whether he was able to make a struggle with his pursuers, or whether he surrendered without a blow. But from the delay of three days, which occurred between his seizure and his death, one of the French Papers infers that 'something like a capitulation was con cluded, with a right of reference to the King, by whom it was indignantly rejected, and or ' ders given for his immediate execution, and that of his chief accomplices. Vie also learn by advices of the 22d ult. from Madrid, that the celebrated Empecinado, the author of the Guerilla system which did so. much injury to Buonaparte's armies, was lately shot at Koa, in Old Castile, within a few leagues of Valladolid. But what is not less important than these execu tions, is the reported arrest of a Monk of the Convent of Jesus, who was treasurer to the party by whom Bessieres was put forward. A sum of 200,000 in gold reals is said to have been found in his possession " for current expenses," toge ther with documents which prove that the Chap ters of all the Metropolitan Churches in Spain, and a number of rich convents of the Orders of Chartreux, St. Bernard, St. Jerome, St. Au gustine, and St. Bazil, had jointly raised a fund of 14,000,000 reals, to defray the charges of the plan, of which the execution had been entrusted to Bessieres, and on the exact na ture of which some valuable informa:tion is also stated, to have been discovered. If this be true, it will afford the King fair means to extricate himself from his financial difficulties. For neither the Chapters nor the Convents, who have subscribed for his overthrow, can any longer plead poverty when money is ,required for his service ; and if he does not seize upon the whole of their revenues, as their conduct has given him an undoubted right to do, they will be glad to compromise largely for their lives and property. Previously to the capture of Bes sieres, Ferdinand issued two new becrees. The first declared that rebel a traitor, and deprived him and all those who shonld follow him, of all their titles, rank, honours, and decorations. The other directed that certain Freemasons who had been found assembled in one of their Lodges at Grenada, be put' to death within days, conform ably to a former Decree against Secret Societies, promulgated on the Ist of August, 1824. [MORNING HERALD.] That annual nuisance, Bartholomew Fair, com menced on Saturday. During its continuance, it furnishes a jubilee to half the thieves, prostitutes, and drunkards of the metropolis. It certainly bespeaks a right feeling towards the lower classes of society, when so much hesitation exists in getting rid of the fairs in and about London ; and if their mischief and inconvenience did not in a tenfold degree overbalance any pleasure or ad vantage to be derived from them, and had they not indeed long ceased to afford gratification to any besides the above class, we should be among the first to advocate their continuance. But that a kind of Saturnalia of vice and profligacy should thus continue, and that the whole town should,' year after year, be inconvenienced, that the re fuse of all that is vile and infamous may revel in a career of unbounded impunity, is a solecism in police which we are unable to solve. So opposed are we to any unnecessary interference with the amusements of the common people, that we should hail that man as a benefactor of the com: triunity who would hit upon some new and per manent means of increasing and improving our popular sports and pastimes, and furnishing ath. letic games and sports to those who, for the want of them, are driven to pass their leisure hours in the almost equally pernicious atmosphere of the gin-shop and the conventicle. But this, we admit, becomes every day more and more difficult ; for while we see the metropolis every t►ay hemming in with buildings required for its vast and increasing population, even a space for air and exercise will soon become un attainable, unless Government interfere in time to save the parks and other open places from in cessant encroachment, and reserve some portion of the heaths and gardens near town for the pur poses we allude to, but which, we fear, is not likely to he the case till Statesmen consider do mestic affairs as worthy of their notice as foreign wars and intrigue. Perhaps it is one of the drawbacks on our national character, that our population can seldom meet in fairs and ether assemblies of the kind witl►out gross pursuits, without drunkenness and violence. Even at those far removed from the metropolis, much brutality often prevails, and at these London thieves and sharpers attend, as the points at which John Bull is to be found most off his guard, and ready to be the dupe of their artifices—nor is there in the fairs in and about London in particular, any - one feature to counterbalance their manifest mischief. That rational beings, who have time and money to spend in amusements, should think of employing the one, or spending the other in wandering among sheep-pens and pigsties, eating hot sausages in the clog-days, with gin and gingerbread— associating with all . that is vile and disreputable, and actually in momentary danger of plunder and personal violence from the numberless per sons who resort there for no other purpose, is an instance of stupidity which we should hardly suspect would belong to the very lowest of the community. We say nothing of the influence upon the morals of those who frequent such places. This is but too apparent. What we wish is to see public nuisances like these a.!m lished, and in their stead some rational ;mtrie- Intents, if it be possible, devised for the labour ing class of people, i❑ which they might enjoy air and exercise, with a share of mental relaxa tion which can never be found where stimulat ing viands and infamous company form the sole attraction. [THE TIMES.] The state of Spain is not a subject on which any speculations can be discreetly hazarded.— Bessieres has been shot ; and an end, we might say, was made of one rebellion out of 50, if there could exist a rebellion in a' country with out a Government, where the will of any tempo rary tyrant stands for law, and accidental force for justice. Whether the party of Carlos gains strength or not, there is no sufficient evidence.— If Carlos finally dethrones his illustrious brother, in what character will he be acknowledged by - • the legitimates of Europe ? Divine right may be '• represented hest by the principleS of Carlos, arid she may favour accordingly in her heart the Ultra •• Royal ends of his usurpation ; but she is 'for mally identified with the person of his ther, for Ferdinand is the living image of ' Divine right itself, and cannot consistently be abandoned: such a ruler over mankind mush indeed be a boune-bouche for the genuine lovers of the monarchical principle. In him • there is no such admixture of moral worth, or is.:* tellectual eminence, as to cast a doubt upon the chivalrous motives of that support which he en- joys from the Holy Alliance. His Cro.liolic Ma. • jesty forms, therefore, the best illustration of the bent and genius of true legitimacy. His more despotic brother must be discountenanced for him ; and the substantial essence of a Spanish '- monarchy, the existence of a state, without which • despotism would have no practical* . object, loses all its theoretical value, when the first canon o£• the science, the indefensible supremacy of the name of Sovereign, is in danger. If at the same time any thing that wears a crown could be less than sacred in the eyes of other monarchs, the" successor of Charles IV. of Spain might, we should think, be made no very unnatural ex.' ception. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] It is very generally asked whether the death: of Bessieres will put an end to the commotion. by which Spain is, at the present moment agi- - tated ? We certainly think not. Bessieres was no other than the tool of a party spread through— out the country, whose plans lie had been paid to. execute, without, perhap s , knowing their extent or the precise results to which success might. lead. The great instigator to revolt in Spain is the Apostolic Junta, the organ of all the Clergy,