The Sun. — London, England, 1830-09-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT Or TIM P#BLICI JOURNALS. , One of our contemporaries havini44lxPresseu on apprehension that the influence of the Church in Spats may throw obsteelea in the way of any effort for the recovery of the national rights and liberties, it is of importance to state the truth upon that sub ject. Of religion, there is less among the upper and middling classes of Spain than probably of any other European nation; of superstition, there is among the lowest of the people not more than may be found in France, and not half so much as in Italy or Ireland. The regular clergy—that is to say, the monks, who have been fattening on the property re-assigned to them after the year 1523, and which had been appropriated by the Cortes to the wants of the nation—ere ,enernies of course to the restora tion of that power on whose overthrow, in the year above-mentioned, the enormous wealth of the mo nastic establishments was wrenched from the public, and re-granted. to the Priesta. The secular clergy, even of the higher orders, are by no means such inveterate foes to liberty as the monks; and the parochial clergy, or cures, throughout Spain are by a great majority its earnest advocates, many of them having, in 1812 and 1820, been elected members of the Cortes. The influence therefore of that class among the members of the church of Spain who come into most frequent contact with the people, and communicate with them most freely as Mends and neighbours, is lint a servile but a conatitutional influence, so far as politics form a topia of conversation. The monks and friars being large proprietorsolmegh much impoverished by the repeated petty robberies of Ferdinand under the pretence of public necessity, have an interest with their towns and dependents pot much unlike that of other corporations, though, less exteinuive than their's. The blow which severs the bind or , tithe from its lazy and useless monastic pro fessors will extinguish them as a power in the coun try; for in their spiritual quality as ecclesiastics they are even laughed at by the humorous and caustic Spaniards, who understand them well. The monks in Spain hive no actual calling or reputation but that of tools to the court : the whole youth of Spain, without . exception agamst them ; and it is the young who dispose of empires.—Times. It it now seen whether the movement in Brussels was merelysiotous or decidedly revolutionary. For our own part, we had no doubt about its magnitude and importance from the commencement, nor did we conceal our opinion. There were Journals that would have the public believe, because the Burgher Guard repressed the excess of the popelace, that therefore the spirit of resistance to the Government was put down. We, assured our renders that the Burgher Guard made common cause with the people, although they effectually restrained the popular fury, which would have disgraced the struggle for national rights by acts of a licentious intemperance. We were told that those brave citizens who rescued the town from the mutual violence both of the populace and the troops,' and who took upon themselves the duty of mounting guard at, all the posts, had no sympathy with the people, from whose vengeance the consti tuted authorities fled, but merely took up arms to re- store order and prevent further violations of the laws. One Journal—the chief-mourner at the obse quies of Bourbon-tyranny, and the cringing syco phant of military Stntesmen—went so far in its efforts to mislead the. public as to say that the dis• turhunees were but the act of a riotous mob, which 'a few discharges of musketry were sufficient to sup press•s-eand that, in fact, the power of the Govern : meat was re-established. To show how utterly un founded this statement was we pointed to the Burgher Guard performing the duties of citizen soldiere, not under orange colours, but with 'the old tri-coloured gag of Brabant floating ever their heade• It was clear to every 'one Who Was ;rot Wilfully blind thut, 'while' the citizens of Brussels , preserved: public order,. with arms it, their hands. , beneuth s this national ensign, they did not co-operates With the Government, but stood in the attitude tilfirm'defiamin , to it s and were resolved to persevere until grievances were re dressed, or revolution accomplished. If it were otherwise, why did not Van Mau:sere the fugitive Minister of Justice,—why did not Van Knyff, the expelled Director of Police, return to minim the ex ercise of their fuections in the pacified city, They knew that nothing could protect them from the popular vengeance if they did ; therefore it is evident that the town was quiet only because the immediate objects of the public hatred were removed, and the mass of the people bed confidence in the Burgher Guard, that: Ahoy would. not lay . down their arms until they had effectually asserted their rights. Nobly have the eitizeessoldiers repaid that eonti-; donee. Their attitude of heroic defience,, when it Wateunderstood that the Trieste of Orange was efl- , Vencitig at. the head of his troops to, employ the logic of artillery, instead of that of negoelation against the demands) of the people, peeve that they were worthy of the great trust, which they had un dertaken to discharge, and that they had not siege iterated from their Belgic sires of old"—whose manly virtues, and oven whose "ungovernable boldness" of character extorted admirutioto from a poet, whose genius was not more splendid than his zeal, for the legitimate authority of Kings wee dis• interestedly ardent. We regret that the House of Orange—a family whose Herne stands an high on the records of the glorious struggles of liberty--ewhose grandeur is identified with the triumphant results of no less than four revolutione—we regret that a House so distinguished for heroisth and public 6111 e—before which the despotic ambition of Louie XIV. was humbled, and to which Eye. land owed bare deliverance from a Priest-ridden tyranny, similar to that which France has over thrown, should, by harsh and arbitrary mea sures, make it the interest of a large portion of its subjects to remind their readers that " what is obtained by one revolution may be lost by another." It is our hope anti since: re de sire that the pending tiegotiations between the Prince of Orange and the Burghers of Brussels may be amicably terminated, and that the grievances which have driven all classes of the Belgians to make COMMOII cause in resisting the measures of the Government may give way to a more enlightened policy, which will restore' to the King of the Nether )and a the alienated effeetione of IA brave people, and surround a soil full of the noblest historicel reeol leetions with the rampart of eoluititudonal freedom. It is lidmitte4 on.all, sides, diet the citizens-soldiers who constitute the Burgher Guard acted with th e most intrepid courage end exemplary moderatien in putting down the populist eeceesee, and in, perform ing the ditties of is conservutive force, while the city was threatened whli the renewal of the sanguinary violence of the populace and the troops—yet these ere t h e amen who determined to resist, even unto sleuths, the entraoce of the Priaee of Orange at the bead of his armed legions, end for Oa purpose had the streets burriettsined, end every prepuratsoo made for an energetic defenses, Surely men who displayed the intelligence amid temperance which they did, in the midst. of frightf u l scenes, enact have Serious grievances to complain of, to make theta feel it an imperative duty to expose their lives, their property, 1 "i 14 1 that men hold dear, in Open resistance to the authority of their King. We deprersted the pease- cations if the Preto Which William, itistigeted by the "lurk)" *6lO of evil coulee:4l°re, was induced to' ouderuske as a means of sileeeteg the expression of ruhlie thecontent—but lie, like some other riders, 1 1 this time 'teemed that pereoeuted rfjeiniou has a terrible reactious-e-Mensirig Ikratd; Wir : w B o tr i r i n u ti;o l e g ri lve Nz e i bri tte d litaine the report (of aeries of entertainments,. giv i t n l t 14"i lk ""V 2 °l' 'remise/in, and by lam to the el e tt e 7 firs l l' plays a pure aid pebliteepirited teet o ll4 s w e bich di° I nc e urrence bet wool nnotnitteeiiiSfid te " gi t il borough einnesr, d voters, titer a wh en 1 both pollee generally avoid each other. The el ,: emeettineed attending the late elereitits at fintinford are of singular interest, pod demonstrate the riSitig spirit of independence iii the middle kind low :t 4.4 !is ties of the cotntnure ity against the dumiteition and, yoke Of - the Nobles and Aristocracy.. The history . ' of the Borough of 'Stamford, and of this memorable contest of . its Burgesses against the Cecil family most graphically! illustrates the " Constitution" and. Corporation system of England. The Roman roads firSt opened to` the - vile of Stamford international communication,' The walls were built by the Danes, who, when they took the town, erected thorn as a defenge against the Saxoos. Underneath the towers of the ancient castles of the feudal Lords a rustic population first sought refuge and protection from their predatory neighbours and the noble thieires, for in those times there were clan thieves. Personal services and Manorial dues were the price of baronial proteetion. A Norman Nobleman was the - first Lord of Stamford, and in the year 121.5 its Baron aided the compulsory signature of Magna Chute at. Runnymede. In those days, when the Kings and Monarchs of England had not coalesced together, but hunted one another, the casting voice of the people I was alternately sought by both parties._ On the Quo Warranto deyices of Edward in 1277, for the escheat of the great feudal properties, it was " the one stout mart," the Huron of Stamford, " greatly be loved r by the people," as recorded in Hollinshed, who defeated the Royal Out, and defied the King's Justices, appealing to an old rusty 'sword drawn from its sheath, as the instrument and tenure of his possessions. Population increasing, the privilege of seeding Members to. Parliament was of early date, certainly in the reigns of the first Edwards. The first incorporation of the Burgessee, into a Municipal Local Government, was by the .Royal Charter of Edward IV. in 1461. Thence for two centuries eommeneed the common and successive tricks of the different :dynasties of English Kings to influence the public opinion of the large towns, and to con troul the inconvenient principle of free' elections of Representatives in Parliament by means ,of revoca tion, surrenders, re-grants and modifications of Charters. This dangerous and progressive preroga tive of the Crown was founded, we presume, on the political maxim, " that those who give may take away ;" it was ever exercised to the preju. dice of the people. The Stuarts, and James H. especially, tampered with those plastic and useful pieces of political machinery—Corporations. A Royal visit, or the more convenient pretences of dis tont grace and favour, were the several excuses for cancelling one Charter and granting an inferior sub iititute. Our beloved subjects, the new Mayor and Aldermen," are generally represented, in these lying instruments, to have " humbly besought" tire mark of their degradation ; and were, of course, subservient tools, nominated by a dextrous King. Cromwell followed tine example of his Royal predecessors, and remodelled (as the phrase was) many corporations to his liking and Protectoruting objects, affecting the same paternal anxiety for the real interests of the passive members of these complaisant commu nities. in course of time the Stamford Municipal machinery, thus constructed, fell into private hands. The castle, manors, and a greater part of the town of Stamford, vested in the Crown in the reign of Elizabeth, Cecil, the famous Lord Burleigh, was a young lawyer, whose return for the borough of Stamford (near which Iris family possessed pro perty), first introduced him to the Court and ser rice of Edward VI. His vote speedily obtained, to begin with, the Mastership of Requests, u lucrative office in those times. Elizabeth then granted him 04re crown property of Stamford, which afterwards descended through the " male heirs, daughters, and co-heiresses," to the present possessor, the Marquis of Exeter. The "great man ' Lord Burleigh first paralysed the 'elective franchise of Stamford.— Butcher, in his " Survey and Antiquity of Stain- ford," thus simply reeorda the process " Cecil, then newly node Lord Burleigh, a nun given to the state, and also lately become great in promotion in and about Stamford, being trusted by the townsmen for the obtaining ,of the fee-farm thereof, for use 'of the Corporation, obtained the samefor himself, in whose posterity it yet remaineth, to the great diradvan. cage of the said-ttrwm" Lordly domination, the castle manor and " antient demesne," t he honours end judicious administration of the Corporation funds and putronage,soon subjugated the burgesses to the state and condition of a " rotten borough." The advowsoes of five churches, and the lea - ses of valuable property in the borough be longing to the colleges of St. John and Brazenose, always let to the Marquis of Exeter (of course with no reference to election Influence), added to the controul of the Corporation in the administra tion of the funds of private charities, riveted as usual the civil chains of the serfs of the House of Burleigh. Mr. Parkes, speaking of the Stamford Clergy, says to the electors, " they are ro a man against you." As they were in the beginning se• they will be in the end. Thus the Cecils had hitherto' maintained an impregnable' nfluence in this enslaved borough. - A family or the Cuits hod once endeaventred to oust them in vain, end Sir Gerard Noel, for his futile attempt, has ever since been de signated as a " madman." The mode of election has been described by a Fortner Mayor, who, having attained due highest round of the ladder of civic hotwurs, appear►► to have turned King's evidence on his predecessors in office. A Mr. Alderman Cooke —this worthy Mayor, in 178 , 1, published during his Mayoralty, an exquisite delineation of a Stamford Election , —" a mere formal civil ,tort of Mine W e mast pi-client this delicious sample of liorouglimon. gering tactics to our unenlightened readers— " The interest of Lord Exeter in this borough is so groat, arising trom three emotes, vix.---his property, his employment of tradesmen, end his visiting and entertain ing the g entry--tbut no one ever opposes these who are honoured with his recommendations and the business of elections in this town for many years has been conducted from the beginning to the end in a mere formal civil method between the agents of Lord Exeter, the candidates, and the Mayor, who is the returning officer,--.-in the fol lowing manner ;---the principal agent of Lott! Exeter waits upon the hoping he will fix the day of elec tion egre,able to his Lordship's desire, which b en ,o ; dents, the candidate; wait upon the ftttyor to desire he will at tend the canvass, and be sends to one of the body to meet them, and they set off front the Mayor's house, and can- ViIAN his parish first, with the Town Clerk, who has lists of the Voters ready, and the town is canvassed in about No (Jaye , by the candidates, the Mayor, anti Corp° ration, with Duch geiary as choose to honour them with their company, and thy whoii. !ossifies, ends with the ut- Inott good nature and harmony." • Th . e late returns have been far less ceremonious ban those thus described. The Lord Johns and Lord Thomas's scarcely called on a dozen burgesses in the town, but contented themselves with sulkily soliciting from a few " Gentry" the favour of" your vote and interest," as they paid a few morning calls. The town was frequently ignorant of the fact of a new election. This system verily worketl well for the Cecile. The Pecrege Histories, the Army and Navy Lists, the Ecclesiastical Records, attest the value of the Porliat»entary se interest" of this family as Sit instrument of exchange. Thus did this town, with severs thousand inhabitants, continue a" pocket borough ;" compared with other rising nianufactur• log towns in its vicinity, 4 etagnant pool; and with refereeee to political existence aod civil progress re semble a live toad, incisreerated a thousand years in its free-stone quarries. We had, however, omitted to state the rise in the wages of the electors. - Fifty years since there was, in the language of the Sling El at i on Di c tion a ry, "a brush," i, e. a little contest. The eleetors had, heretofore, been accustomed to re- eeive jive shading: and thrapenve from each o f t h e candidates. After the " breah;' the family cul ti rather Inert! seclulonsly their "interest. ' In 18010, when the dissolution of the old Parliament was rendered almost certain by the death of the late King, two guineas wept paid by the Marquis of Exeter's steward to the lower class of electors es a compliment (it was pretended) for the former return of their Representatives, This rise in prices was doubtless an instinctive perception on the part of the agents that a rebellious spirit was rising in the borough. A spirit did, indeed, arise, glorious, and renovating the mural cha racter of the inhabitants.- Education and a free Pew berye wrought this political mira,cle. Not l' :Vlthe Staniford News, b thin h r i 7l;tehl . e :Forty.et the old established paper, the •I ' llerviry, one of a v lOOlinellil newspaper properties, have • joined the cause of local independence. The ;nba. , bitants were determined to emancipate themselves from their slavery to " Burleigh Hall." .A pressing invitation was forwarded to Mr. Tennyson, whose 'public character was well known as the member of a wealthy and respectable Lincolnshire family, Mem ber for Illetchingly. Mr. Tennyson was only sum moned as the champion of deliverance a week before the day of election. He entered the town on Friday, July 23. The " heather was on fire." He was received with the most enthusiastic feeling. The former Members—Lord Thomas Cecil and his vela ' tive Colonel _Chaplin--had completed their canvass. Upwards of fifty voters had unfortunately pledged their promises to the old Members, who would we have gladly given, at least a split vote, to the "third a man."e The election commenced on the Thursday following, and concluded with the record of 311 votes for Mr. Tennyson, who was only in a minority 'of twenty-one below Colonel Chaplin, having also thirty tendered, votes refused. Such a result, under all the adverse circumstances, and with a hostile returning officer and assessor, in a franchise of 750, scot and lot voters, forms the most remark able feature in the late contested elections. On the one side all was economy and public spirit; on the other every usual electioneering corruption, and ample ground for a petition against the return from the open bribery practised by the ngents. But the most atirnirable part of the contest was the subse quent offer of the defeated party to reimburse Mr. Tennysou his expellees ; but which lie us honour ably refused to receive. Those expenses were,how. ever, comparatively insignificant. On the conclusion, of the contest, a public meeting was immediately called to form a" Stamford Protection and Purity of Election Society," for the purpose of resisting op pression and persecution of the lower class of voters, Mr. Tennyson, on his retirement from the hustings, announced his intention of an early visit to meet the electors; and his re-entry into the I3orough last week was of the most triumphant character. He met the whole population of the town in two great public' entertainments, and on'Thursday last a grand dinner was to be given him, of the proceedings at which we shall take a future notice. We have thus mi nutely particularised this disinterested and inde pendent struggle, as indicative of the spirit of the times, and the crumbling of the Boroughmongering edifices. Almost all the wealthy and respectable I shopkeepers and little tradesmen have embraced the cause of independence, and no doubt can be enter tained of eventual success. Mr. Tennyson was pro posed by the senior Common-council-man, Mr. IL Newsome, jun. whose father is alderman and joint proprietor of the Slambrd Mercury. But no con siderations influenced many persons, however pecu liarly situated, and the most disinterested sacrifices were made by all ranks. Unsolicited promises of support have been made to Mr. Tennyson by many of those who were previously pledged to the sitting members, and by others whose prejudices have been overcome by the scenes of the election. We are also gratified to see that the Dissenters are not un mindful of their friends, and that they are now sup porting Mr. Tennyson with reference to his votes on all questions affecting religious liberty. We hold up this example of the free and honest electors of Stamford, as a signal proof that" no effort is lost." It forcibly proves, that the people only want leaders. This contest took place in the very core of boroughmongering rottenness. The people will no longer be humbugged. The old system might work well for Thomas Cecil (the brother of the Marquis of Exeter) a Major in the " Tenth," and for Colonel Chaplin of the Guards; but the people know that it does not suit their interests. Lord Exeter will find it more difficult again to seat Iwo members of his own family for Stamford, than to win the Derby or Doncaster St. Leger. The odds are against him; we will back the field. The cost. of training for the Parliamentary Sweepstakes now exceeds the worth of the prize, thanks to Mr., Hume. If the ballot is a good instrument of hypo crisy, and for degrading the people, we should not wonder if the boroughmongers finally adopted it l-- ' :Warning chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANBION-HOUSI4. William Jones, the swindler, was on Saturday , brought before the LORD MAYOR for final examina tion, charged with having defrauded a great number of tradesmen of trifling sums of money. It was ex pected that there would have been troops of com plainants at the Mansion-house, but the sums which the prisoner obtained by his roguery were so small, and the ridicule attending the complaints which had been previously made was 30 great, that but very few came forward, and those were very anxious that ' their names should not be made known to the public, from their dislike of a standing joke. The moment the prisoner was put to the bar there was a burst of laughter in the room, in which he could not help joining himself. Mr. William England, of No. 19, Crooked•lane, stated that the prisoner called at his house to look at some mops and washing-tubs, and after giving a great deal of trouble, he ordered a washing tub of the largest size and two mops to be sent to the corner of Dean-street, in Tooley-street, where he ,aid he kept a cheesemonger's shop. About ten minutes afterwards he returned and paid, " Oh Mr. England, I have a little bill to pay a few doors up here, and I am short twentypence; let me have it, and I shall pay your messenger. when he brings home the things.' The request was made in such a manner as not to excite the least suspicion, and the twentypence were of course at the service of the customer. The Lour) MAYOR—Did not the story of such a deficiency stagger your belief? Mr. England--- No; the thing was done in .such a manner that it was impossible to think the man was an impostor. However, I had no sooner given him the money than I began to think it odd; so I accompanied my porter to 'l'ooloy-street, and soon found that I had been defrauded. Mr. Williarn Ralph, schoolmaster, of No. 61, Fore -street, gated that about a month ago the pri soner called upon him, and said he had two sons whom he had just taken away from a school in Yorkehire, the system of education there not, being at all to his liking, and he was desirous of plocing them under an enlightened man, of good morals. " Now," said he, Mr. Ralph:' for be had my name at his fingers' ends, " I wish you to take them under your care, and I would rather, if you have no objection, pay you weekly." To this no objection was made, and, after some observations against the Yorkshire mode of insteuction, viz. a great deal of pudding and little meat, the prisoner went away. In about five minutes he returned in a hurry, and said, " Mr. Ralph, I have a bill of Al. 13s. to pay a few door* off, and would thank you to let me have fifteeripence, et I am short that much I AWL" • The 1.44 R Moou—So you gave him the fifteen pence, in consideration of, the Yorkshire boys ? Hr. Ralph—Yee, my Lord, I did. The LORD MAYOU—Then you ore not York shire ?- , -(A. lough.) Mr. Ralph-41e was committed to Newgate i and t h e dice r was to let Inc kIIOW when the trial was to come on, but he deceived me, end the prisoner was at once acquitted for want of evidence. Next day he had the impudence to call upon Inc to tell me he would send his boys to my „b o a i mme ,., dietely. I ordered him out of the 110110% cud next day in walked two chimney-sweepers, and =seizing a book each, down they sat on the bench, to the great annoyance of my scholare.-,(Lorid laughter.) The LORD MAyoß—Did they say they came from the prisoner ? Mr. Ralph—They said they Mine t o learn oreek—(Laughter)--and. I was obliged to get on officer to remove A ca rpet-martu faun urer„ of . Ha t ton.gardere stated t h a t the prisoner called at his. shop, and after look leg at a variety of carpeting selected 4 certain pattern and deeired it should be Sent to his house in Grey's jaw, Horseleydown, and thet the money was Waiting there, as the article was to be taken into the country. The .carpeting was cut off, sad 4 , messenger dee sme l te d with it. A few minutes after the meti , eenger went the prisoner returned, and say i ng that he, bad - ,a small account to. settle over the *ay, begged the loan of aixteenpence. The money was instantly handed to him, and he gave 2(1. in change of Is. 6(1. and departed. It afterwards occurred to the tradesman that all was not right, and fearing that hie messenger would be done out of the carpet ing, he trudged off to Greg'i-lane; Horseleydown, but no such place was to be found. At length, fatigued and alarmed, the poor man went into a public-house, and walking into the skittle-ground, who should he see half drunk and playing at skittles but his messenger, who bad left the carpeting with the landlord as security for the price of the liquor. In several instances the tradesmen were put to great inconvenience by the conduct of the fellow. A good deal of laughter was excited by the story of the trick be played upon Mr. Wilson, RR artist. He called , upon Mr. Wilson, who frequents a public house in Lambeth, just as the artist was filling his pipe, and told him that be was a dairyman now, but had been a sailor, and he was at a loss whether to have King William's head or a couple of cows over his door. The artist thought the cows would be more appropriate, and the terms having been agreed upon, Jones, who saw preparations for a dinner, said—" I'd sit down with you, Mr. Wilson, but I happen to have laid out all my money this morning in Smithfield market." " Don't say a word about it, my good Sir," said the artist; " I'm oftener with out a shilling myself than with one, God knows." Down sat Mr. Jones, the dairyman, and immediately after dinner, seeing an - Italian imageman passing by with a number of heads—" God bless me," said he, " Mr. 'Wilson, there's a beautiful bust of his Majesty; be good e no ug h t o l e nd me eighteerpence, I must have it to put opposite y ou r co ws,' The artist instantly borrowed the money from the lands lord, and Jones ran after the Italian, but turned (limn a wrong street, and could never find the way back. Soon after this experiment Jones called at a brew house, and pretending that. he came from a publican who dealt with a rival establishment, he ordered six butts of beer to the " Black Pedlar," in Hickey street,'Bethnal-green. He was requested to go'and refresh himself at the tap. He consented, is he felt " rather peckish," end having filled .himself with cold aitch-bone of beef and a pot of ate, bor rowed Is.. 6(1, of the landlord to buy a bottle.of pickles, which, he said, were better next door than any where else in London. The fraud upon the landlord was reported to the brewers'olerks, who concluded there was no stock of " heavy wet" re quired at the Black Pedlar, and soon ascertained that there was not only no such house, but no such street as that named by the customer. Although it was stated in the Justice-room that the prisoner did not succeed in defrauding a lawyer, it has been found that he contrived to get is. 2d. from a barrister. With the knowledge that the bar rister's clerk was out, he called at the chambers and asked whether the Learned Gentleman had re ceived a. brief in the cause " Capps v. Reynolds ?" The barrister replied that his clerk had the list of his briefs and was out. " Because," said Jones, " the new Act requires that I should enter the cause in the registry books at Serjeants'-inn, and I shall have to pay Is. 2d. for that." " Oh," said the Learned Gentleman, " you had better do it at once," and handed the Is. 2d. to Jones, not thinking for a moment that a man of respectable appearance would descend to the meanness of defrauding him of a few pence. It is needless to say that the cause of Capps v. Reynolds" never came before a Judge. Indeed Jones had taken measure of the professional knowledge of the Counsel; for the purpose for which he pretended to borrow the money was quite a fictitious one, the new Act having no clause to the effect stated by him at all. We have also learned that he played a laughable trick upon an elderly maiden lady of fortune, resid ing within a few doors of Alderman Waithman's house, in Woburn-place. This lady is a well known cat-fancier, ,and Jones had, no doubt, ob served some proofs of her taste, one or two of the feline speeies being always to be seen in the win dow, with red collars round their necks, and a sort of tucker half way down the back. He called at the house, and stated that be h a d j ust i mporte d a cargo of Mocaubas cats. r, Dear me I" said the lady, :" is there any thing peculiar in the breed; there certainly is in the name ?" " Yes, Ma'am," said be, " they have short black cliiws, and can't scratch," " Oh I I should like to see them vastly," said the cat admirer. " They are no mere than lifteenperice a piece,. Ma'am; allow me to give you couple;"a anti he pulled out two kittens, whose claws he had clipped, and rubbed with sloe juice. He received the 21. 6d., with a direction to bring half a dozen more of the Mocaubas breed in a few weeks; and the little foreigners were deposited in a mahogany case, and ,kept, according to the direction of the importer, wrapped up in wool, and fed upon create. By the time he was to have completed his order, however, the claws must have grown to their usual length, and resumed their usual colour, and he, of course, forgot to renow the supply. The Loan MAYOR ordered the prisoner to be im prisoned as a rogue and vagabond for three months. TOWN.IIALL. A woman Wa brought before Sir JOHN PERRINO by one of the police, for being disorderly. It ap peared that the girl wits picked up by the policeman, and happening to have a silver watch in her bosom, the constable naturally considered that she had not come honestly by it. Having been put into the wit" news box, he was about entering into an explanation, when a brandy-faced Jack tar took the case out of his hands, With a roll of his quid and a hitch of his trousers, Jack stated the case to he as this. He met that there girl (the prisoner), and they sailed in company into a port hard by, where they shipped tiglitish allowance of grog ; but while they were stowing it aboard, a bum-boat chap run athwart, and thinking him a jolly fellow, for he swallowed a rare sight of grog, he lent him 2/, upon a silver watch, d'ye see, as he pied his eye, and said he was oo lee shore; here jack gave another twist of the " Imekey," and shook is head us if he was afraid of a tear. " I've known what it was to be hard.up myself, and my timbers are shook, and when I found them creaking, I says to Poll, " take care o' that 'ere, for I'm blow'd if I hav'nt lost the key of my locker;' she did take care of it, God - bless her, and here am Ito say so.. " Poor Jack having given this explanation, he and his brandy face, together with P.ll (there being nothing further against her) were dismissed, and arm-in-arm they toddled to an inn, w h e re Jack made a present of the watch .to his dozy, got most comfortably fuddled, and staggered off to find a steam vessel to " run after" hi s ship, by that time at Gravesend. lie it remarked that the watch was " Liverpool runner," worth about 155.: Worcester Grand Musical Festival takes ! Lice on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 'Sept. 14th, lath, anti 16th, antler the patronage of the KING. The Duchess of Kmwr, the Princess VICTORIA, Prince Lsorotn, and a large assemblage of the Nobility and Gentry, will be present. DESTRUCTiVE FlRE.—Between seven and eight o'clock last night a fire of a very alarming kind broke out in the large workshops of Mr. VAtur, a earpen ter;of Little Guildford-street, Borough, which, from the nature ef-tbe material*, burnt with amazing fury and ra pidity, and in a very little time the whole of the car penters' shops and timberyard belon g i ng to Mr. VAIL% were reduced to a heap of ruins. The tire next commu nicated to an' adjoining house, let out in different tene- Meets to industrious, hardworking individuals, which, with tbeirlittle furniture, .has shared the same fate with Mr. VAILIeII valuable property. The premises of Mr. p vi giNv, the bat-block-maker and hardwood turner, has been considerably damaged, as well as three or four houses in Guildford -court, but by the great exertions of t h e firemen, with the different Assuranee.otlice engines, and a good supply of water, the fire was prevented from proceeding farther. It is said that no part of the property consumed was insured. We could not ascertain bow the fire originated, but it was got completely under before ten o'clock. It is gratifying to add that no personal acci dent took place on this occasion. POREIGN ,INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the National of Sept. 3.) PARIS, SEPT. 2. " To-day bodies of journeymen printers have been to the offices of several Journals which are printed by machinery, and demanded that those Journals should be printed with the ordinary press, in Order to employ a greater number of bands. The Journal des Debugs, as well as the Courrier, cannot appear to-morrow, being hindered by this circumstance. The Constitulionnel entered into a parley with the deputies of the „journeymen, and was obliged to promise not to employ its mechanical press after to-day. On this condition it will be able to appear to-day. " This is not the first time that workmen attribute to machinery the want of work by which they suffer. At all times it has been very difficult to make them understand that for one machine which they destroy they cause 20,ateliers to be shut up, because their riotous proceedings spread alarm among the masters. For or 20 days' work which they may gain on the.one hand by the suppression of one or two machines, they will lose 200 on the other by the blow struck against public security. " The journeyman printers desire, they say, only to obtain from the King an ordinance against the use of machinery. Have they already forgotten that they took arms only a month ago to repulse the or dinances of Charles X. against the Press, and that in the Constitution which they have so gloriously defended, the King cannot make a law without the concurrence of the Chamber ? " The journeymen printers in their executions to day have proceeded with much temper. Do they think that their conduct is therefore the less repre hensible ? Does violence cease to be violence be cause it is exercised with civility? We exhort the printers of Paris to reflect maturely on their con duct. They are heard to say to the proprietors of printing offices, You are rich, you have money, and we want bread.' Can any one, then, keep up a printing-office, and without considerable advances of money ? The proprietor of such an office has the expences of the rat establishment, of rent, appara tus, lighting, which always continue even if he has ,no work. He pays his workmen every evening or every Saturday for work which he will not be paid for in less Ethan nine mbnths or a year, besides run ning the risk of not being paid at all. He must ne cessarily be in good circumstances to expose himself to losses which would ruin him and dishonour him at once. Those, therefore, who say to the journey men printers, You are poor, and your masters are rich,' are ignorant, and bad citizens. They would do better to employ their influence to persuade their comrades, that the more order there is, the more work there is for the workmen, and that the less security there is for the masters, the greater will be the number of the establishments that will be closed. " Perhaps there was some appearance of founda tion for the demands of the journeymen printers as for as the Royal printing-office was concerned, where the order to restore the mechanical presses had been given prematurely, without doubt, after events the effect of which has been to stop or to delay several speculations of printers or booksellers; but a bare remonstrance of the workmen would have been suffi cient to get this order revoked, and it is to be la mented that they did not content themselves with this. Undoubtedly it is honourable to ask for work, but he who asks for it with threats is liable to be considered as loving disorder more than work." (From the Journal du Commerce of Friday.) " PARIS, SEPT. 2. " A courier, who left Naples on the 24th of August, has arrived at Paris, and states that that capital was perfectly tranquil at the time he left it. " The delay of the measures to be taken to avert the commercial crisis, and the rigidity of the Bank, bear their fruits. Two houses have stopped pay ment to-day, and one of theth in particular is under this hard necessity with good bills to the amount of 400,000 francs in hand, which it found it impos sible to negociate. The number of bills protested yesterday is immense, and we know one huissier who alone had 160. This distress among the mer chants of the second and third class calls for more promptness and energy in the relief which it seems intended to give them. (From the . Gazette de Prance dated Saturday.) " EXCHANGE OF PARIS, SEPT. 2. " When the events of which Belgium has lately been the theatre became known, it was easy to fore see that Prussia would not behold with indifference the serious disorders which have been committed by is population hitherto tranquil and faithful. It is affirmed to-day that all the troops of that nation begin to make demonstrations towards the frontier, and though these movements do not in any manner threaten France, they are calculated without any doubt to excite uneasiness in men's minds respect ing the consequences which may result from them; accordingly, all the funds have been heavy, and have lost part of the ground which they gained yesterday." FIiENCIf FUNDS......PARIS, SEPT. 9, Filre per Cents., 102 f. 10If. 90e. (30c, 70c. 60c. 65e, 80c. 102 f. 101 f. 90c. 1021. 1011. 90e. 85c. 80c. 75c. 102 f. 10If. 90c. 102 f. 102 f. 20e. 10c. 15c. 102 f. 20c, 80c. 850. 80c. 40c.; Four and a Half per Cents., 98f. 40c. ; Four per Cents., 722 72f. sc. 72f. 71f. 05e. 72f. Me. 72r. 20c, 25c. 95c. 40c. 45c. 40c. ; Bank Stock, 1,750., 1,780.; Rentes do Naples, 09f. 75c. 80c. 90c. '7Ol. 691. 95c. 70f.; Rent , * d'Espagne, 20 19i ; Royal Spanish Loan, 4.9 48i ; R eu t es Perpetuelie d'Espagne, 43 42 42 421 42 42k; liaytian Loan, 9901. 8701. Exchange on London, one month, 25f, 10c.; three months, 251. 20c.- Cours Authentique. NAVAL INTELLIGENCB. DEvONPORT, SEPTiaiItER 4.--The Wmle 10, Commander Charl es Belden, arrived on Wednesday ' from Portsmouth, t o be 'maul!: Lieut. James Harvey, (1809) Mr. P. Coleman, Assistant-Surgeon, (1810) and Mr. Haswell, Acting-Muster, are re-appinted to the Bramble, 10, cutter, in Hamoaze. Lieut. D. Curry, (1829); Mr. William Craig, (1810) Surgeon ;and Mr. S. Giles, (1810) Purser, are appointed to the Itainboi., 28, Captain Sir John Franklyn, fitting for foreign service at Ports. mouth. The Winchester, bearing the flag of Ad m i ra l Colpoys, was at lit:lifax on the Sth ult.--all well. Ilia Majesty's ship Herald, Commander G. B. Maxwell, which had been detained at Portsmouth several days by strong westerly winds, sailed on Monday for Quebec. His Majesty's sloop Wolf left Portsmouth for this port on Thursday, on her way to the East Indies. That gallant officer Admiral Sir Sydney Smith, K.C.11„ left this town last week, after a short stay, during Which he visited most of the public works and attractive scenes in our neighbourhood. The Dreadnought, lazaretto, is rigged with jury masts at Illilford, and is ready to proceed to the Thames. She will have aasidtance round from the Cdrron steamer. _ ..... The Netley, tender to the Caledonia, sailed 'on Friday f or P ortsmout h , ' taking Captain Dixon to join the Pallas. Mr. J. C. Schetky, Drawing-Master of the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, is appointed Ma rine Painter to his Majesty.—Devenpert Telegraph. PORTsMOUTII, SEPT.. 4.—The Wellesley, 74; under the command of Rear -Admiral F. L. Mait land, C. 8., arrived on Monday, from Malta, from whence she sailed on the 29th July, five days before the departure of the Hermes steam-vessel, whose arrival at Plymouth we announced last week. The passengers by the 'Wellesley are Colonel Firs- Clarence and family, Captain W. B. Hamilton, Hon. Capt. John Gordon, Lord Sydney Osborne, Mr. Davidson, the tourist, and Lieut. Dickson, of t h e 95 t h Regiment, The high state of discipline of this ship, embracing all the attributes of an dial ent British man-of-war, has since her arrival here been a theme 'of universal ; prais e . sh e was towed into harbour this morning. The Dryad, 42, for the broad-pendant, on, the Coast of Africa, of Capt. J. Hayes, C.D., arrived here on Thursday, under ennisninAnt Turner, from Plymouth, She Will `pronend lOW , coast in about ten days. The Columbine, 18, Commander towed out of harbour on Wednesday. ,She , sail for Halifax on Monday next: . His Majesty's ship Semarang, 1 61 Martin, is on her return from the Mediteinno4 ,:o The Krotkoy, Russian stere-ship,arrived 0! 1 ' OP , day, from Russian America. She will proofing( St. Petersburgh as soon as the wind is favourable. On Sunday sailed the Sylvia cutteGtai sentio —On Thursday sailed the Raven cutters fat Nor' haven.—Yesterday arrived the Hightlyur,. 81104: and Netley cutters.—To-day arrived the BOA 10, from Plymouth, with a few supenuitheil# 4 : , she returned in a few hours. At Spitliead—Dryad, Columbine. In the Jr aP hour—St. Vincent, Royal George, ,WOlig00: . Ganges, /Etna. The Marchioness of Queensbury mouth dock- yard, has had her name ehang o i lo Scorpion, and is to be fitted for the •Coloaiii.Bofti vice, Gibraltar, under the chief commanktot taro Sherrill, R.N., late of the Warspite:r At ll 7 ' tenant `of the Navy will have the -ittimediatg l ; mend of the vessel, but the men eiiinpelegp,Lr ' crew will have a salary of 50/. per annutnn '4 , of all other allowances. The Clyde convict ship, sailed on Mva d si New South Wales; the Britoroart ,ttp4 • AlOl transports sailed on Wednesday, for Choir' Woolwich, and Deptford; the Lord-, Wes; Bentinck transport sailed to-day with loitlit! f , iskii/1 , for Deptford. •itieeed The Lord Wellington freight-Air to be fitted to take troops from Cork to BTilitt, The ship Fergusson, for Cited* " fits Spithead this afternoon. She will °gal the wind. The Ontario, New York packet, Hebard, O sailed on Thursday, with a full complement:PA ' 7 " angers. , The following traders have faded frg 9 ,1,„ 0 , this week for Indi a : on Snack 0 1 s . 'eek Madras; on Monday the Neptune for MochilL,: Calcutta; yesterday, the Brunswick kr 112 ,7 r. and this morning, the Wellington for Madrili, Sir T. Byam Martin, Comptroller of tbd is on an official visit to this pert. Nhi,ble Lieutenant Sherer, late commanding*, orr fism s o l a h ieLtn o udi o teole t au t fr e tt : e.:(bot h irie a goi s hnhdgit b gss; e e.a e c n t vty promoted in the to e w t e h s e t 1 44 ,: , g: it ; capture of vessels employed in the slave ark 0 ;;Iii within eight months taken three 10rft... 1. destined for Cuba, freighted with 7430 11 '7 Guard, Prawl rA•mt e p Mr. James Griffiths to Pr' L is ie a u p t p . oi H nt u ed tch w ins t o u n e , --- tOtl.p o n2d— r :rj of the Rainbow. s i ted* , At about five o'clock in the afternoon u& ' last, the Pearl brig, laden with coals, Itlit 4 olli4 and went down at h er anc hors in St. He bet, It blew a fresh gale from the S.W. at the 0 0 20 $ the crew fortunately took to the boat, god r a 0 of brig that lay about a mile to the leeward.'' b o o the sparehave been picked up and broufils l M'oll by our pilot boats; but it is feared do ll " cargo will be totally lost. ceite d The 47th Regiment in this garrison hno fe rt .., w ; orders to be ready to march to . L anc ashiree%7, o 27 shire Telegraph. COUNTRY CORN MARKBTII Imams sr WISIT DURINO LAST WSNICs Wheat. Barley. Oat& 4 1011••••1101.1.•10.1111 41..... M••••••••• t i P Ter Quarter. s. to s . s. to s. s. 0. 1,, t N Carmarthen...-. 65 - .40 -- 23 el . o'''' ' lII ' H0zham............. Y. 2 '72 al 31 Z 1 . nt i-' 0, , - UorPeth...--....... 60 70 al ad 30 R' ' ;4 rit e e n tfi ri e th 1d....,...,..,... ...- 6 7 8 1 -...' 11 -- l aw -- ';'.l' g. t w ....,:: c tis r d:: . r ....... 58 68 27 IS 01- 1 s ' , 1 1 - 6 Per'llushel, s. d, s. d. a. d. a. d. 1. d.. 41 a i 60 Coventry ~....-.. 7 0 9 0 4 - 8 5 4 3 . 0 . ' , , 4: - Newcastle (Stag) 110 11 6 0•0 00 45 119 1 , 11 Warwick ---- ' . # 1 - - H 3 .....,. . . . . . .t ale n : 1 9 6 1 ! , ao o S° , : cow l 99 3 3 0 443 , I on ! , ii 0 4 6: 4 1 ' 1 13 , 1: 1 3 :, ‘ : 1 1 1 ' D ne i ii i °6 : 4 6 : I '' ' , 1 1 . ! I : l e! Richmond ..-.,.- 16 020010010 8 7 tl " „ g . Stockton ' -.16017310 0 10 6 7 0 u., ~. , foreign. Therer g e has s p h p e C l e y ° n o l I f: 1 Wheat M ARKETei t olerabl e here ta " 8 °I4 fit`att o ti 0. 0 da y , , ~:':,_. f : other epi qualitygm Wheat insoin retso rt s meet Whe a t t:heeoea I,: r ate heavy u t i s e h s fte ratesa nd sale, o I d a* t th F_ri e da i y; ____. but 4 lnt r eied lir.,,. . for. middling samples of English ; a umAll 'Pi' . 6. 1 A th l e u r nit ha o B n inquirybe b est ar e are for r l uea l sale, at an a de d° d eeth e st l a c: yy li i n a d a ar e a . rye a o e :f aelna ' r bire6 l 4 2 l o .:? B . r a i ng .d i g i es PulBS* rer ar :f ul: ib li i : 4 l ,oo o o'ib. much heavy rain last Friday evening, since w " - A bonol ii boUrbood is now cut ; a little of the Whea t ' but the Barley is all abroad. 110 , Wheat, Red, Norfolk and 5up1ic...4414.1 5 0. t ° Pt t g: f ai t Lin. and Cam. ..... ....50s. bf 4. -° ex 60 0 .4 6 L • ebee_thoirdtoolefratbhleyfine, Wheat 7tnitdb nesinrcarieylo.i.:4ol2,ooo:l: Yorkshire 5/o. b7s. t o e x ------- 17 - rley, N WF o o r h i r : it l i k ei an ;.: rt i: u ; tl t*e ;k : .......; ......... .................. 1E . .: r-i7 l .o o l6ll :,:e .l :oSa ii44iiil'Sa : '"'"•"---• Lincolnshire 3, 2 1 . t o o X 4 ~ 2 _,..0. 4 : 4.....- Yorkshire Wokl .--44 Foreign r ti gt . of f ,.., gmo ...... .... Oats, ratato .........."........" Oa ioit s '.firte o9° ' --.4 Poland --,,isiesland and Small . ...... :-.1. 91,14.: r e. °114311.: ; --.--4 Mealimg . lolitli tio l3 l4.o t ir t t l ei Shelling • " 'ihs tO 3 4 0. -se Malt - 90s. 451. titl!,4o4',ike j4oos* RaPeleed ...,.. - . 014 cis 331 al. 4m.-”'" . . • ..............•". - - ' • MIN. WAr.l. MARKETI4 .I)I•II I I. :b."' Tatnto—Wh eat ( average ) :la. Marley. ilt. ST. Ails - mt.-Wheat, Ws. 10601.--13gritYt Itu• to • Os. to Hs. o.i. 151.111 ,1 BOOMIN-Wheat (average) 94a. Lima c ESTON--Wn eat (average) - • • 12. W.--Reef &1.-Notion, &I. ,4010 1 4 flutorom.-Wh ea t, 3,1,-.Barley„ , t o 140;;00, 0 Perszasct-Wheat, P.Ss. to 275.--liarllys •" - on • rk t Os. to M. and Mutton, NI. to nt ‘` . 01 00 " Butter, 7d. per lb. 0 ° ei, Sr. l CoLusta-Wheat, 254. to 144 • tod o 4 and Mutton, &I. to ficl.-Nrcal and I.arnb. 4 d• Ltaxcanu-wh oo t, 2 50. 6 4 1 , to 93,„ 6d.. -parley , to 11x. Od. yh IVO 0 MINING IN CELLI° ENCa & els 0 Quantity at Copper O re sold at Iledruth last T hera .. .2 0. Average Produce ............... ........... .... $ 0 4 4 ,00' Quantity of fine Copp er t ..... 51.1011. Amount of 540,2:49904 19s. Od.-Average O the 3+l f . " s i v )r . o" A n to u t r i l i i r e e E :S . .d ri E l ' u . s i g o t n .. fa i a a t' o t d r a S ini a t ill a g so t il ti :tere n fo r . r ee ;: v h al ill, tre : l4ll' . : II:411V , 1.1:1: 1 4. t ' , , th. .. 4 4 iff r. daughter , o O n n t t h h e i 2 3 . 8 d t l i s il t: n b° 1 5 1 t 1 . r t. n a . t at A N c li t et o i n t , 131allilt,miSeseurirey, - oh - .40, o E f . Il O w n s :t i ll e r, 2 9 E t s h q. t:1 t n . f a n t d F n a u r g m h i t n er g, m Lodfi ' et ' " ' i ll. ' M C lus? " thee, IDA " Oroo;n,On• ' ' lifts MARRIED. ha th o e f A 4t i l d i er i ng na n t. tn. a nt t ree fi t, t. t l o iot s ol n p n li n ,n_A ... mi Ut. ~1 0 l ' of nek ' youngest daughter of .Jr. Reynolds, of Stet" — . ifsilit t ?,,, - 1 On the 3d inst. at Brixton, the Rea. A...; rig ilinotead Parsonage, Isle of Wight, to Chirtrii i ii ' 0 ,,,,• daughter of the late J. Key, Esq. of Dentroo'hiajoit;') On the 4th inst. at St. Andrew-W l ''' . btr'o,ls Blackfriars, Mr. I'. M. King. of Esselootreetto giii.v• Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr. Collet', d to Temple. ons 941 ;,q ' On the 2tl inst. at Uppingham, T. nr.,„ y a p, Mary Anna, eldest daughter of the late . r al. . 0 0 8 DIED. t tellei On the 3d inst. at Clapham, T. Str D 0 , ~,, 0 41 1 80th year of his age. _, - z lielf t On the lot inst. at Nottingham, Airs. .. 44°.' Esq o . u ng t e l d ie 7 3 3 ( . 1 just. at Peckham, T. o f f r i e l e ls o. W.Y . ; - 0 Waltliamstow. 4 88, A. On the 3d inst., of typhus fevers lig ...•: , e r i i t4 ten. of Crutehed-friars. On the 2.1 inst. T. Marshall, r' '+ " nor . road, aged 78. &Oak , I - d.tio On the 29th ult. at Ilawleigh Parks , .t.:4A place, ford li::snill.iisth4eBetlaid"yetat".Qn of W. ' Cralvt6rus ' r PM/MD Aim Pitio.ssitga iIVaPO . 1 1114°1 1) th TH E SUN Orrler, 1129 0111ArIP9