The Sun. — London, England, 1833-08-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE - PUBLIC JOURNALS. We are sorry to perceive that the Bank Charter Bill passed the House of Lords last night, without any modification of that most pernicious clause which makes Bank of England notes a legal tender. To look at it fairly, we need but ask what difference it makes in the existing state of the currency ? It is not so much with regard to notes of the Bank of Eng land only that we complain, because even at present they are convertible into gold nowhere but at the counter of the Bank itself, or at those of its several branches. But what is the actual condition of the country banks ; and what will it be after the passing of the present bill ? Now, they are all compelled to pay draughts upon them in gold, if required. In many parts of the country, perhaps in most, the notes of the local banker are preferred to those of the Bank of England, because they are convertible into gold on the spot, whereas those of the Bank of England are not so convertible anywhere but in Threadneedle -street, or at the respective branches whence they have been issued. Under this system a constant and full supply of specie is preserved throughout the kingdom, and the country bankers are the parties by whom it must of necessity be provided. But when under the enactments of the present bill a country banker has to make a payment to a customer, he is no longer bound to deliver more in gold than such fractional part of any given sum as may constitute a balance be tween 5/. and 101. If, for instance, a master manufacturer, having an account with a country banker, wants a thousand and seven pounds to pay his journeymen of a Saturday night, the country banker is under no obligation to fur nish him with more than 40s. in specie ; all the rest may be in his own notes or in those of the Bank of England, the first being le gally no otherwise convertible than into the latter, and the latter not convertible at all but possibly 300 miles from the spot ! Now we would put it to anv honest and clear-headed man, whether it will be possible under such circum stances, to maintain the quantity of gold in the country districts essential to the carrying on of manufactures ? During the reign of 11. notes, which, by the way were as much convertible into gold as those of 501., and whether issued by the country bankers, or by the Bank itself, still the specie was driven out of the country. It was then argued, as it now is, that the state of the exchanges would set all to rights ; but the wisest members of the legis lature were of an opposite opinion, and two vital conditions were imposed upon the banking interest,—lst, that the lowest limit of bank notes should he N.; 2dly, that every bank note throughout the realm, whether of the Bank or of private bankers, should be instantly conver tible at the shop from which it issued. Lord Lansdowne says that perfect safety is ensured where the paper circulation is convertible at pleasure into gold. Be it so,—but are notes convertible "at pleasure," where the holder must send 300 miles to realize that converti bility , A pretty sort of " pleasure" to be sure. Lord Lansdowne contends for a " perfect" con vertibility; but the new bill makes that conver tibility less perfect by a great deal than it is at present : it makes a Bank of England note more valuable in London than it can be anywhere else, by the risk, and trouble, and expense of sending it up to the metropolis for conversion. So it makes the same note more valuable at the distance of 50 miles from London than at 100 miles' distance, and in fact creates a variation of prices and a confusion of standards all over the country. The pigheaded folly that could induce any Minister to persist in such a clause is to our minds utterly amazing ; and now it will be six or eight months, if not more, ere the mischief, however palpable—however intolerable—can be cured.— Times. The Earl of Warwick plunged last night like an Arctic whale with harpoons in his back. The British and Foreign Press stung his Lord ship to the quick. A more futile or bungling " explanation" was n ever a tt em pted. The Noble Earl is a perfect Non mi ricordo. He admitted pecuniary advances to Sir Charles Greville for the purposes of the .Registration and the election ; but his advances were solely for the " legal expences !" Nay, the Noble Earl had taken singular pains to be able to prove an alibi at the election, for he purposely quitted his house during the period of the contest. All these segacious precautious, however, did not avail Lord Warwick, and only render his con duct more suspicious. His Lordship judi ciously confined himself to the letter of Lord Melbourne, and did not venture to reply to any single allegation of the Special Report of the Commons' Committee. We shall see how far the the bold and incredible declarations of the Noble Earl are borne out by the evidence. Public rumour says that more complete proof of culpability never was accumulated. A few days will furnish this test of his Lordship's confused defence, and we Anil shortly know whether the reformed House of Commons will tamely and pusillanimously submit to the impudent violation of their stand ing orders by Lord Warwick, or consider his confession an apology, that he—a Peer of Par liament and a Lord Lieutenant--provided money for the registration and " legal expenses" of the ele c ti on . W e suspect th a t hi s Lordship's pro vincial partisans will not thank him for thus leavin g them in the lurch ; and public opinion has intimated to the Warwickshire borough monger and Lord Lieutenant that he will best con sult his personal interest and character, and that of his corporators and agents, by resigning his municipal offices. If he does not resign, the reformed Parliament will degrade itself should it iuietly submit su c h a cock and bull" defence, withOlit next session immediately voting an ad dress to the Crown to remove him. Such a defence" will not deceive the guardian of geese on a common, or impose on the driver of a rackass.—Morning Chronicle. P o ap re r indul ges i n The Evening Treasury correspondence some nibbling comments on u from Turkey. Such corresponden ce can bear to he nibbled at. It is easier for our t e porary to assail than rival it. Those journalistsc°nn whose information is not remarkable fur bein g either very early or very authentic, can, at least, depreciate what is beyond their attainment. It floes not cost quite so much to rail at priority of intelligence as to procure it. In such as the Cod-fish discovery and the Steam boat partnership of the Holy Alliance, we allow the superiority of the Globe. With regard to our foreign correspondence, our facetious contemporary must pardon us if ive do n ot think the worse of it because it not unfrequently dispels the mystification in which the Foreign Office studi ously envelops public affairs. It is II o t long since our correspondence from Madrid dissi pated the " darkness visible" which hung over Sir S. Canning's mission to the Escurial. We announced the failure of that: mission when'.the Government prints were delusively preparing the public mind to expect great and beneficial results from it. On the no less " palpable ob scure" of the affairs of the East, we have thrown some illumination—Hincillce lachrymce. While the evening oracle of the Trea sury sneers at the intelligence from Tur key, which we exclusively gave, and which has put the public in possession of the astounding triumph which the genius of Rus sian diplomacy obtained over our own, it care fully suppresses the name of the Morning He rald in connection with that c orrespondence, and, like the Morning Ministerial Paper of which it is the satellite, expunges that name also from the debate in Parliament. It is not because those Journals believe that the correspondence in question is untrue, or in any way discreditable to our columns that they suppress the name of the Paper which was the medium of its com munication to the public : it is because they are convinced its truth cannot be substantially im pugned any more than its priority, even over the Government intelligence cannot be denied, that they act, as we never act with regard to them or any other of our contemporaries, by suppressing the name of a Journal honourably alluded to in Parliament, while they pretend to give a fair and accurate report of Parliamentary proceedings. Such was not the manner in which we acted when the Morning Paper to which we have alluded was very recently engaged in a con flict with a Member of the House of Com mons touching alleged misrepresentation in the reports. But sordid jealousy is superior to the weakness of feeling either gratitude or shame. When the Treasury Journal represents our infom ation respecting the treaty offensive and defensive between Russia and the Porte as merely conjec tural, it forgets that the Allgemeine Zeitung has already confirmed, in substance, what our cor respondent stated as to the contents of that treaty. Even Lord Palmerston's negation of being able to make any official communication on the subject was so expressed as to convey anything but a feeling of incredulity on his part. He admits that a separate treaty has been signed between Russia and the Porte, but adds that he is not officially acquainted with its contents, and therefore cannot officially communicate them. We recollect when Lord Althorp stated that his Majesty's Ministers had no official information touching the destruction of the nationality of Poland, and its incorporation with the Russian empire, although the ukase by which that noble nation was blotted from the map of Europe, and the organic statutes which remodelled it as a Russian province had been published in the Gazette of St. Petersburg some time before. So much for what is meant by official informa tion. But in the present instance negative tes timony goes a great way. The very circum stance that no official information has yet been received by his Majesty's Ministers of the con tents of the treaty of Constantinople, proves that Russia has acted with exemplary secrecy in bring ing this treaty about, and has had reason for this secrecy, There can be hardly any doubt that Lord Palmerston knows the contents of the treaty, at least its principal features. If not, Lord Ponsonby, and the whole of the Em bassy, which stands the country in about twenty thousand pounds a-year, must be just now on the shores of the Bosphorus in the situation in which swallows are sometimes found on the banks of rivers and in the trunks of rotten trees in the winter—that is, in a torpid state. It is impossible to conceive the Embassy in an animated state of existence, without being able to furnish some information touching a treaty on which not only the destinies of Turkey, but the political influence and commerce of England in the East depend. The admission made by Lord Palmerston that the Porte had sought for succour from England before it applied to Russia, is a most important fact. Our corres pondent also alluded to this circumstance, and we said the other day, in commenting upon the subject, that a few line-of-battle ships sent at the proper juncture to the Bosphorus, would have prevented the ascendancy which Russia has gained over the mind of the Sultan. We send him, indeed, a present of twenty brass cannon when the battle is over, and the Emperor Ni cholas is installed in his new capacity of " Pro tector of Turkey." The Treasury Journal says, however, very sapiently, that the assistance re quired of us by the Sultan being naval, it could not, in the then stage of Ibrahim's progress, have been effective. Well, but would it not have satisfied the Sultan that we did all he re quired of us ? Would not our maritime as sistance, at that crisis, have produced a great moral effect in the East ? Would it not have have prevented the establishment of the supre macy of Russia at Constantinople ?—,iWoriz. ing Herald. On Saturday the Conference on the affairs of the Netherlands postponed its sittings sine die_ The King of the Netherlands, as we have be fore stated, has refused to apply to the Diet at Frankfort for the consent of that body towards the dismemberment of his dominions by the transfer of a part of Luxemburg to Belgium. This refusal on the part of the King of the Netherlands has led to the present decision of the Congress. His Majesty, we understand, has given strong reasons for his refusal to accede to the request of the Congress upon this point, or rather we should say for rejecting the demand of the French Cabinet, in combination with that of Great Britain. If we are rightly informed, the other three Powers composing the Confer ence have taken but a slight share in its late discussions ; and one reason assigned by the King of the Netherlands for his refusal to com ply with the wishes of Prince Talleyrand and Lord Palmerston is, that he cannot take the step in question, without running the risk of giving umbrage to his allies of Austria and Prussia. The consent of the Diet of Frankfort might have been obtained, if it is to be obtained at all, by an application from the Conference, without asking William of Nassau to request the favour of that body to consent to the dis memberment of his dominions. His Majesty has declared that he will ratify a treaty contain ing such a clause.—Morning Post. HARVEST.—The wheat harvest is, we may lay, Completed in the vale of our county, and we sincerely congratulate the farmers in having got it in so cheap, so good, and in so much abundance. Barley and oats are cutting, and will b e i n f ul l h arvest next wee k , an d w e are happy to say that the crops appear abundant.-- Cambrian. HARVES T clachlan, M essenger IN GLENLIVAT.—Mr. Ma quarter, by cutt i ng a at Arm s , commenced harvest in that small ' field of Barley, fully ripe, unprecedented i n the annals of on the 17th o f this month. the most inla n d and mountainTouhsil of the pari s h o f Glenlivat, partis ofa Banffshire.-- Elgin Courier. SCARCITY or SILVER. W e are informed that at Llanelly it is very difficult toobprtaeimn.c ium has beenhange for a sovereign, and in some instances a given for silver in exchange for a 51. note. We advise them to send to Carmarthen. - IVelshman. mercial gentleman assures us of the correctnes s ot O t m h; above, and says that he lost taking money at Llanelly i L , consequence of the scarcity, 1.., Cambr;an. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. AtARLB ORO( i GH-STREE T. A CHOLERA SUBJECT.—A tall muscular fellow, named Ladding, in the dress of a bricklayer's labourer, was yesterday placed at the bar, charged with being drunk and disorderly. The defendant was creating a considerable noise in the street at about ten on Sunday night, and was taken to St. James's station, where he was locked up. At about one in the morning the most horrid yel ling and groaning were heard from the cell, and Drew, the Inspector, went down. On opening the door defendant plunged about desperately, and his answers were indistinct excepting the word, " cholera." The divisional surgeon was sent for, and lie without more ado pronounced it a case of cholera, and that it would be dangerous for the man to remain. Seven or eight men succeeded in placing him in a hackney-coach, and conveyed him to St. George's Hospital, where they left him. The surgeons immediately after made their appearance, and inquired what he was brought there for ? De fendant, whose disorder had flown with the police, called all the saints in the calendar to prove that there was nothing the matter with him, and that the police had deceived him by telling him that St. George's Hospital was the station-house. The defend ant was accordingly turned out, and walked towards his home comfortably. He had not proceeded far ere he encountered the constable who had locked him up, who naturally inquired whether he had been bailed out, to which the defendant replied in the affirma tive, and he was suffered to go home. Two or three hours afterwards the constable was at the watchhouse, and mentioned that he had met the man. " Met the man !" said Drew, " why, you must be dreaming ; why the man is dying of cholera." Each explained, the trick was discovered, and a second capture was determined on. Accordingly, at eight in the morning, the constables went to the house, but somebody got sight of them ; and the defendant, who was in bed, had evidently suffered a relapse. One of the officers concealed himself on the landing, and in the midst of the groaning heard the dying man say, " Mike, is the officers gone ?" to which Mike replied, " Yes." " Ah, then, Mike," says he, " we'll have some purl." The officer im mediately entered and captured the fellow. Mr. DYER inquired what he had to say ? Defendant, who pretended to support himself by the bar, said, in a low tone, that he'd not yet re covered from his dreadful illness. Mr. DYER was determined to punish the imposi tion, and held the fellow to bail. QUEEN-SQUARE. ASSAULTS ON THE NEW POLlCE.—Yesterday Robert Jones was placed at the bar before Messrs. GREGORIE and WHITE charged with violently ag saulting police constables Edward Cook, No. 61 of the L division, and Robert Blake, No. 124, in the execution of their duty. The MAGISTRATES asked him what he was ? Defendant—l am in a profession. MAGISTRATE—What profession ? Defendant— I am a dealer in baked sheep's heads, which I sell about the streets. The MAGISTRATES, having consulted together, fined the professional dealer in baked sheep's heads in the penalty of twenty shillings, and in default of payment he was committed for fourteen days to the House of correction. HA TT ON- GARDEN. Yesterday Michael Irwin, the proprietor of a re tail beer-shop, known by the sign of the Albion, Albion-fields, Islington, appeared at this office on a summons, charged by Rawlings, the informer, with suffering gambling on his premises. Joseph White, of Islington, in the employ of Rawlings, went to the house of the defendant on the evening of the 12th of August, and on entering the garden at the back part he found a place so constructed as to enable a number of gentlemen to play at a game called " four corners." He called for a pint of ale, and while there saw the parties playing and betting for several hours. Mr. Sergeant SELLON inquired whether the game complained of corresponded with slcittles ? Mr. FLOWER, solicitor, who attended for the de fendant, replied that it was. Mr. MALLET; the clerk, said it was deemed a more robust and healthy game than skittles. Mr. Sergeant SELLON—And were they gentle men whom you saw playing ? Witness—Yes, judg ing from their appearance. Mr. FLOWER—Is not the ground visited by the Albion and other cricketers ? Witness—There is a cricket-ground, and there are cricketers there every night. The defendaut tated that the gentlemen of the Albion Club-house were in the habit of getting up a party to have a little amusement at "four corners," but they certainly never gambled, but played for re freshment. Rawlings— It has been before decided, in this and other Police•offices, that skittles and " knock-'em downs" and " four corners" were illegal games. Mr. FLowEß—Never ; but, on the contrary, they have been viewed as a source of healthy amusement. Mr. LAING—The only question to be decided is whether there was gambling. Mr. Ft.owEß produced the defendant's brother, who acts as an assistant, to prove that there was no gambling on the 12th instant. He saw no one bet any money. Mr. Sergeant SELLON said that the informers ought to produce credible witnesses to corroborate them, and he discharged the defendant. Several Paddington omnibus drivers were fined 40s. and costs for furious driving and negligent con_ duct. UNION-HALL. SUSPICION OF MURDER.—Yesterday Mr. Collier, the foreman of a jury which held an inquest on the body of a young female named Sutton, who was found drowned in the Surrey Canal, and a verdict to that effect returned, waited on Mr. CHAMBERS, in consequence of a statement which had appeared that day in one the Morning Papers, relative to the circumstance: attending the deceased's death. Mr. Collier then proceeded to state that the inquest on the body of the deceased was held on Thursday , last, and, in the course of the examination of wit nesses, the surgeon, who he believed was not exa mined on oath, had stated that he saw no marks of violence on her person. As there was no evidence adduced to implicate any person as having been con cerned in causing the death of the young woman the jury came to the conclusion, and the only one he was of opinion they could arrive at under the circum stances, that of returning a verdict of " Found drowned." And the deceased was subsequently interred. Since her burial rumours have gone forth that cries of " murder" were heard from that part of the canal where the body was found on the same night that she was supposed to have been drowned. In addition to this report, another equally important, as regards a further inquiry int o the affair has gone forth, namely, that when taken out of the water bruises were apparent on one of her arms, and one of her fingers was broken, as if engaged in a severe struggle with some person. The newspaper alluded to was produced, and the statement perused by the Magistrate, and it de scribed that violence was strongly suspected to have been used towards the deceased ; it also men tioned that considerable excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood where she was known, and where it was rumoured a young man had been paying his addresses to her for some time. Since the holding of the inquest, the jury, upon hearing the various reports respecting the cause of the deceased's death, drew up a requisition calling upon the Coroner to have the body of the deceased disinterred, for the purpose of holding another inquest. This proceed ing, however, could not be adopted ; and Mr. Car ter, the Coroner, waited on Mr. Chambers, in order him of the circum stance, an d to l ay t h e e to vi a d p e p n rze e i eproduced before the Jury before him, in the event of a further investigation into the myste rious circumstances of the you ng woman ' s d eath. Mr. CLIAMBERZI intimated lira willingness to in vestigate the matter still further, and, addressing the foreman of the late jury, said that it would be indispensably necessary to procure the residence of the man who was alleged to have heard screams of murder proceed from the direction where the de ceased was drowned on the night in question ; 25 also that of the surgeon who had attended before the jury when the inquest was held. By direction of the Magistrate summonses were according issued for the attendance of the parties named, and the affair will undergo a minute investigation into all the particulars connected with it. James Dubbins, a young man, holding the situa tion of messenger in Messrs. Barclay and Perkins's brewery, was brought before Mr. MURRAY, charged with stealing upward of 1001., the property of his employers. Mr. MURRAY asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything on the subject of the alleged robbery ? The prisoner replied in the negative. At the request of Mr. Hodges, belonging to the brewery, the prisoner was remanded, in order to give Mr. Barclay an opportunity of attending the next examination. THAMES POLICE. CONDUCT OF PAWNBROKER9.—Yesterday a wo man named Elizabeth Harman was brought before Mr. BRODERIP, charged with robbing her ready furnished lodgings, and illegally pawning a quantity of work entrusted to her to finish. The charge of robbing the lodgings could not be gone into, owing to the absence of the pawnbroker; but the case against the prisoner of pledging six pairs of kersey drawers, the materials for which were given her to make up by a slopseller, was clearly established; and Mr. E. Vesper, a pawn broker in the Commercial-road, produced the arti cles, a portion of which were in an unfinished state. Mr. BRODERIP said the pawnbroker had better take care what he was about, and told him he was clearly liable to a penalty for taking in work in that state. The prisoner in defence was very sorry for what she had done, and if time was given she would re turn her master's goods. Mr. BROPERIP said this sort of thing had been carried on to such an extent, and it had been proved by cases that had lately been brought before him that tradesmen who gave out materials to make up suffered so much that it was necessary to make an example of the prisoner, and he adjudged her under the Act of Parliament to pay a penalty of 5!., and also the value of the property, and in default to be imprisoned three months and kept to hard labour. The worthy Magistrate, addressing the pawn broker, said, " With regard to you, Sir, you must give up the goods to the owner, and I am not quite sure that you ought not to be proceeded against for the penalty of 10/. to which you are liable. The little caution exercised by pawnbrokers generally in taking in property of this description renders them a nuisance instead of a benefit to society." The pawnkoker would be more careful in future. Mr. BRODERIP—I hope you will, or I shall cer tainly put the law in force. Society must be pro tected from this sort of thing. Now let the things be at once restored. GUNPOWDER ON BOARD SHlPS.—Captain Thomas Laughtoit, the master of the ship Elizabeth, in the London Dock, was charged with having a quantity of gunpowder on board contrary to the Dock regula tions. Craigie, a surveyor of the Thames police, found 71b. of gunpowder in a locker in the cabin, which the Captain said he was about to deliver to a ship chandler. The Captain in defence had been indisposed, and unable to attend to the business of his ship. He was also ignorant of the law on the subject. Mr. BRODERIP sail every one was bound to know the law, and it was highly necessary that the Act of Parliament relating to gunpowder should he put in force, for there was no knowing what might be the consequences of an explosion in a closely-packed dock, where so many ships were lying. Property worth millions might have been destroyed by the ignition of the powder in the defendant's ship. Captain Laughton knew what gunpowder was many, many years ago. When he was in the Navy, it had been the ruin of him, owing to an explosion. Mr. BRODERIP said that a burnt child was said to dread the fire ; but this did not appear to be the case with the Captain, and he was surprised he had not got rid of the powder before he came into the dock. Captain Laughton said it was the first time he had been in this port, and the dock regulations were not put on board. Mr. BRODERIY said that was a mere matter of courtesy ; the Company were not bound to do it. He fined the defendant twenty shillings. Captain Laughton grumbled exceedingly at the decision, and said it was a devilish hard case, and exclaimed loudly—" I tell you again, Sir, gunpow der has been the ruin of me." Mr. BRODZRIP—Stop I don't you go away with the impression that you have been hardly dealt with, for you are not. It was in my power to have in flicted a fine of ten pounds; but in consideration of your being a stranger here, I reduced it to the very lowest possible sum. CLERICAL LIBERALITY.—An aged and highly respectable female having died at a village near Leicester, on the Uppingham road, a few days ago, whose long known wish was to have her remains interred beside her husband and children in the churchyard, application was male to the clergyman of the parish on the subject. To the surprise of the deceased's relatives, however, they were informed that owing to the good lady " having re nounced the baptism of the Church of England," the parson would not admit her remains to be carried into the church ! In other words, as she had thought right to think for herself, and no longer listen to what fell from his pulpit, he would not allow her remains to be inerred without showing them disrespect. Her friend, indignant at such conduct, very properly refused to afford him the opportunity, and her body was decently and respectfully buried in a dissenting chapel.—NorthamptonFreePress. HALIFAX RACES.—This modest festival of decency took place on Monday last, and consisted of races through some of the principal streets, by naked boys!— Halifax Express. AFRICAN EXPEDITION.—Letters have been received from Richard Lander, dated the Sth of May, from Fernando Po, where he had been obliged to go for the re covery of his health. Ile had been seriously ill, but was so far recovered that he intended to return in the Albeit man•of-war in a day or two to the brig at the mouth of the Niger, where it had been arranged that the steam boats from the interior should meet him. The steam. boats had been detained up the river for want of water. Colonel Nicholls, the Governor of Fernando Po, had kindly furnished him with a supply of wine and medicines for the invalids. Lander expected to be in England in September or October. The expedition had suffered severely from fever, having lost 25 men. It is, however, gratifying to learn, from other accounts received about the same time, that the reports of the failure of the expedition iu its commercial objects have been much ex iggerated, for the quantity of ivory they had procured would, it was believed, be at least sufficient to defray the expenses of the expedition.—.Athenceum. EXETER, AUG. 22.—A rumour prevailed in this city lately that the venerable and respected Etrl FoaxEseuE had breathed his last ; and as it is probable that the same rep irt may reach town, you may he glad to be informed that no such information has reached the par ties here who would be most likely to have the earliest information on the subject, and therefore it is fairly pre sumable that the report is not true. I regret to state that the Noble Earl is most alarmingly ill, and that the fatal event is with too much reason anticipated before any great length of time shall have elapsed. Lord EBRINGTON has for several days been watching the sick bed of his noble father. The Hon. NEWTON FELLOWES, his brother in-law, who married a daughter of the noble E irl, has been equally attentive, and last week refused to attend the Exeter races [rain the same cause. Bishop Pritr,Lrorrs yesterday held his primary visitation at the Cathedral. Not content with his numerous speeches in Parliament, h e gave his clergy the benefit of a charge two hours and a half in length, almost exclusively on the temporal affairs of the church. He expressed himself favourable to a co mmutation of tithes, but was decidedly hostile to any t hi n g approaching to an equalization of the value of liv ings, or, indeed, to taking any thing from the larger livings whereby to eke out the small pittance of the petty rector, vicar, or curate: but his view is to increase the value of small livings by joining two or more together. His Lordship also spoke strongly and feelingly against the spo liation of chapters and other ecclesiastical corporations. MITTEE. COLD BATH-FIELDS MEETING CONI- The Report and Minutes of Evidence of the Cold Bath-fields Meeting Committee were brought up on Friday night in the House of Commons. The Resolutions were read as follows : " That it is the opinion of this Committee, regard being bad to the knowledge possessed by the Commis sioners of Police of the character and avowed intentions of the persons by whom the meeting was convened, that no blame attaches to them in the arrangements which they made for carrying into effect the instructions they received from the Secretary of State on the occasion in question. " 2. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the conduct of the bodies of police employed in the actual dispersion of the meeting was not attended with greater violence than was occasioned by the resistance they met with from a portion of the meeting in the execution of their orders. " 3. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that, after the dispersion of the meeting, some of the police em p'oyed in clearing the surrounding ground were suffered to follow persons to a greater distance than was necessary, and that, under these circumstances, they were nut sub jected to that efficient control which, in a moment of excite. ment and irritation, and after much provocation could alone prevent individual instances of undue exercise of power. " 4. That it is the opinion of this Committee that the meeting was held with a full knowledge on the part of the leaders that public notice had been given by the Go vernment of its being considered illegal, and that inter ference from the police might he anticipated. And your Committee are further of opinion, that resistance in case of interference was contemplated, and that, for the purpose of such resistance, offensive weapons of a dangerous nature were carried and used by some of the persons com posing the meeting. " 5. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the police did not in any way interfere with the meeting until they had fully ascertained its identity with that which had been convened by a public placard, purporting to be by order of the Committee of the National Union of the Working Classes, for the purpose of adopting preliminary measures for holding a National Convention; that the police then advanced in two directions only, not occupyi❑g the ground to the north or east, until after the meeting had been dispersed, and that opportunity was given for any persons, not taking an active part in the business of the meeting, to escape. " 6. That it is the opinion of this Committee that none of the police were in any degree intoxicated, and that no dangerous wound or permanent injury has been shown to have been inflicted by them on any individual, while, on the other hand, one of their own number was killed with a dagger, and two others stabbed while in the discharge of their duty. " 7. That while it is the opinion of this Committee, that the conduct of the police as a body, on the occasion in question, affords no just ground of complaint, they feel it a duty to advert to the importance of the utmost cau tion and vigilance on the part of the superintendents and other officers of the police to check any approach to un necessary viole❑ce among their men on all occasions, but more especially where large bodies of them are employed in the prevention or suppression of disturbance, and the maintenance of the public peace." Report to lie on the Table, and to be printed. The editor of an American journal has the following apology for the non-appearance of his paper on the usual day of publication :—" It will be noticed that the outside of our paper bears the date of Friday, and we verily intended to have published it on that day, but the arrival of the President knocked all our compositors into pye,' and we were not able all Thursday to get more than one of them together at a time." A FEMALE DANDO.—A lady-like young woman, named ANN ES EKE, was charged at Gui!dhall, on Tuesday, with having defrauded the chief waiter of the Swan with Two Necks Tavern, of 9s. 9d. The com plainant said that the defendant, after partaking of an ex cellent dinner, a pint of sherry, and a " nice little dessert," in a private room, asked if she could be accommodated with a bed? On hearing this, the truth flashed on his mind that she was the female cheat of whose doings he had read in the newspapers. He presented his bill, and, as usual, be received a reference for payment to the solici tor of a gentleman on the Continent, named MEYER, with whom she had been living. The solicitor, as usual, would not pay the account. She was brought up to Guildhall a few days ago for running up a score at the Bull Inn, Holborn, which house she had honoured with a call upon being prevailed on, by a present of a new bonnet, to quit the Bell and Crown adjoining, where her reckoning amounted to 9/. The defendant frankly admitted that she had no means of paying, and Alderman HARMER, there fore, called on her for sureties for her good behaviour, and in default of which she was committed. IMMEDIATE RELIEF OF TOOTHACHE.-- Dr. RYAN observes, that the application of pure nitric acid to carious teeth procures almost immediate relief of toothache and faceache, without producing the slightest pain. The acid must be applied to every part of the decayed surface, and care taken not to suffer it to touch the gum, cheeks, lips, or apparel. The mouth should be washed after the application with tepid water. It is much easier to touch the teeth in the lower than in the upper jaw ; but I have never known a single instance in which the acid was fairly tried, and completely applied to the decayed surface, without procuring almost immediate relief, and without any pain. When the upper teeth are diseased, it is very difficult to touch the nerve in a small opening, and this is the cause of failure. The remedy may be employed however delicate the patient, even to children.—Medical and Surgical Journal. FERNANDO Po.—Extract of a letter dated 2d May, 1833, from Mr. Wooler Knapp to Mr. G. Knapp, College Hill :—" The island has a very beautiful appearance, palm trees almost down to the water's edge, and the yarn plantations are very neat. In the evening two vessels came in sight, which on Monday morning proved to be the Curlew brig of war, with a fine Spanish slave schooner she had made a prize of, which they could not send down to Sierra Leone, in consequence of having no provisions on hoard, and scarcely any water ; she was taken at anchor at New Calabar, the day after the slaves were on board. Mr. Buroft took me on board of her, and the eight was horrid ; she was literally crammed with people, having 290 on board. If the establishment had not been here they would riot have known what to have done, as the slaves had no provisions on hoard and the brig very little. Richard Lander arrived here on Wednes day from the steam boats which are up at Curtain Curafee, a short distance below the river Tsnailda, having been obliged to come for provisions, and also for the recovery of his health. The brig Lord Byron, of Liverpool, lost her masts off Cape Sr. Paul, on the Guld and Ivory Coast, and came in here to-day to refit. Mr. —is very well, and so are all of us here." -- MEN AND BOOKS.-TO PoRSON I never could take kindly, wag though he was, and Grecian too; and able to " think in Greek." I wish he would have thought a little more in the Greeek of PLATO, instead of the Cynics. He was too sordid—l do not mean in point of money—but he had a scurf on him of want of moral grace and decent companionship. Your later " magna nimous heroes" were too much given up, either to an orthodox worldliness, or formality, or buffoonery. All their poetry was in the books they edited—they had no real share of it themselves—they had none of the right faithof the WARTONS and such men, who loved a tree, as verse, a companion, or a cathedral window, as much a the poets who talked about them, and loved the poets truly for that reason. The generation that have been lately quitting the university, have left some behind who may revive the right stock, and even improve it—thanks to an age of greater poetry and philosophy than existed then. Yet they will hardly have the snugness of the old times. Narrownesses of all sorts, even of the better kind, are breaking up. The world is demanding the assistance of all her children. We must be content to have old things in old books; luckily, they will remain there for ever, so that we need loose nothing, as we advance. We may be as public as we please for the public good, and retreat for refreshment into all the nests of literature. Furthermore, we can create new ones. I confess this though I aman ardent reformer, because the good of the many requires it, I am so content to be one of the few in certain respects, that with the exceptio n o f living by myself, and of having no books but phil oso p h y , I could lead just such a life as Chaucer's Oxfor d sch olar. lam roenawt n man benefice. n t for eleae fir , nc ‘ an e;l I could amoffice"s willingptel d to learn, an d to than allhe m was. a m s . 0 n e y I u s p h o a n l l chat n certa o inly i u n u p l y ge boundoooknsdr,lt h a in n dt,,ler)ci "black overkldnn r have rreyd , s fi, h r e es l_ o v pt e nic s ae o ea f r;o them annod t a if t my bed's b ea d. I do o bound at all, they an,i are not a ll some look as if they had been bound i n CHAUCER'S time. If this is to be one of the few, it wil l be acknowledged that few of the few wi ll be dis po s ed to envy me. Nor do I envy them : there are reasons why I should fain possess some of the adva nta g es, whic h they know not how to enjoy tiui,:ib i;e fireside,but verty, fur their chariots, their ennui, and their gaping about for a sensation—by heaven s ! I wo uld as soon be a blank sheet of paper in preference to a page of Theocri a to andexchanging e rich imaginativeness of my P°- my o ld b oo k s , a nd m y tus.-New Monthly Magazine, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 2 4,—The S tentor transP be i Lieut. Davison agent, arriv e d on M on day fr° llort iso Pacific Ocean and Rio Janeiro. She left N r aT.l i ne. on the 17th of M arc h, a nd Ri o on t h e 6th 0 1 " 0 " i f Things were pretty quiet at the Brazils, but asp strong party was rising up, who were deterrn ill " recall Don Pedro. With this view two li j e rof came to Europe in the Sheldrake packet, sa a ' are now at Lisbon urging their request. fi t The Atholl troop-ship, Mr. A. Kartey, Ili ei arrived on Monday from the West Indies, la l e s ~ on board stores, i nva lid s , so ldi ers , an d pagse l * She left Barbadoes on the 6th of July, St., 0 on the Bth, Tortol a on t h e 12 t h, an d Berrntoo the 22d. Every thing was quiet, and the s9 a3 very healthy. h e* The sheers on the new basin at Woolwich " . 0 nearly completed, the Monmouth sheer hulk ig be d dismantled, after which she will be sent to Dee t . O to try the experiment of heaving her up on CAro Brown's railway slip. The Solebay friga te S hove up on the same railway a few days ag° perfect ease. , g d STEAM VESSEL S AT Woormlett.--Satarn - Flamer, Firebrand, Carron, and Lightning. ,it The Xariffa brig yacht, Hon. Captain ar e ,i g il q, arrived on Mond a y l a s t o ff B r i g h ton , i n t wenri"" from Halifax. e el ' AT SPITHEAD.—VestaI, Atholl, Raven ca toll' and Stentor t ran sp ort . I n Harbour.- - V ie id f Royal George, E xce ll ent , Ch a ll enger , Race, l'" Favourite, Rapid, Etna, and Sp arrow c utter. de PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS'.--COMO - t y Sir William Dickson, Bart., is appointed ti ) , 0 Orestes ; Mr. Cha r l e s Th omas Hill i s ptomo t ld the rank of Li eu t enan t, a f ter h av i ng been qua for such a commission eighteen years; Lietite' O W. Shallard, t o b e supernumerary Lieuterla il i o the Victory, for th e p ur p ose o f serv i ng his sea f ei r 'itil having been r ecommen d e d f or promot ion f Of , active service while i n th e C oast Guard; I lls. til'' A. King, Master to the W as p ; M r . G e orge L a 1 3 5 , 101 Assistant-surgeon of the Curlew, to be Acri n A g i detl;; geun of the Trincwlo, vi ce M'D ona ld, ill"" ( tbt Mr. Joseph Steavenso n , A s si stant - sur geon °' Favourite, to the Curlew. l LONDON MARKETS. BREA. 0 1 • The highest price of PRICE Bread OF Min the etro D is 934 c Metropolis is 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from }id. to 1 7. that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—Aug. 26. few English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. —s. Old Ditto Ditto —s. —S. Eno New Foreign Diti 0:d Ditto .—.—. -.8 fine : A , __ s " fine . . e - 0 0, --9. fin e 255. 28s. fined —s. fine fine Ar o 740. 1-, —s. 735• —s. 14s. fine 4 6,1, .(per 423. 445. fine 00;p —s. —s• ne .,, . 41,1 50s. fine f oe 445. 503. ••' B ' 60e 7fio _ s . tip s•-„ —s. ' ape: !, Old Ditto Ditt New Trefoil . 3ld Ditto Rib Grass English Carraway Foreign Ditto coriander St. Foin Rye Grass __ Pacey Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing.... Canary Seed, New... ! 'itto Old White Mustard 5eed..........(per —s. 12s. 0 - 0. 9 Brown Ditto...—. —s. 20s. 24 '• tint Turnip Seeds:Rounds Green and Red Ditto 'fares, Old _ Ditto New. —s. --s• 611 —s. 41. —s. 44. 1 1 n" 64., —B. 54. fin e 4251.' Rare Seed, PRICES OF HOPS.—Aug. 23. 5!. New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) 41 4s. 0!. Os. to 6/, Choice — 5 l 10s, 01. Os to 0 /, . 0 , Eastnt „ Choice 71. 44 es Os.. 01. 0 0 1. 05 5 .1 0 0 ;61 1. Choice 01 Os. 01. 05 " 01. 0/ New S,.ssex Pockets 4l. Cs. 41, 10s. to 01. Superfine Ditto The Hop Duty is estimated at 195,000 i. PRICE OF OIL. 02,./ Rape 011, brown Oa. ...moo Refined , Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton ,„ - 9 5 . WH ITECH A PEL HA)/ 51 ARKE'I.--A" , .: 600. 703.0 d. to 803. Od. Clover.... 75:. 1h1• 6 " Straw 22;. Od. to 27i. Od. PRICE OF POTATOES.—Aug. 26. e r CO' New Ware Middling Chats LEATH Elt• oP Per 0 English Horselb. Hldee, Spani s h Ditto ' g Per dozen. 0 Calf Skins, 30 to Or: 0 q Ditto 40 to , 1 “`" Ditto 70 to Vinj 0 it Small Seals, Greenl an Large PRICES 0: Per lb. CCit; d. Butts, English 15 25 Ditto, 14 21 Dressing 12 15 Ditto l3 15 Ditto, light Crop Hides, light —.. 12 14 to 50Ib. 13 17 Ditto _ 14 10 P INS. Polled Lambs 3s. Od. to S 4 H s Gd. SK led Skins o 070 Down Lambs 2 l Po 6 3 6 Downs 2 t o PRICE OF TALLOWY, SOAP, Sc. per 1 121°. 0 ,1 Town Tallow 495. Od. Yellow Soap 0.0 Yellow Russia 48s. Od. Mottled Nitite - —e. Od. Soap Ditto —s. Od. Graves Melted Stuff 37s. Od. Good Dregs Ditto Rough— 2ls. Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone 0 1 Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melter PRICE OF CANDLES. , 011 0 1 The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is Candies, per doz. 7s. Od. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per (la J .ET.—Aug. 26. d 0 Per Tan Ditto Clarke and c o' __„,•• 4 Walls End Hilda ,"7„,,,, 1 , Walls End Hotse> , ' 4 0 Ditto Killingwort.l c r i , 0 Walls End New 10 3,!1, 0411 4 Ditto NorthuMbe' s CO' 0 Walls End Perkil. 0 , 0 Walls End Walls End Walker„/ 6 Lambton's Prinarosv__,,, 5 9 Walls End Hettoo,;l-0,.." 6 9 Ditto Russell's Le n ' Walls End I.arnbgeoo °, W E. Russell's Walls End Stew W. W. E. Musgrav W. E S ou th Dur ,.. „..." Walls Yi 6 4 Hartley Neville's 11anel 1 Tan field Trader., last market -day, ti" COAL MAR Per TOIL s. d. Adair's 13 6 Beaumont l3 0 Charlotte l 3 0 Chester 12 0 East Percy.... 14 0 Ellison Low Main 12 6 Felling 12 6 Hebburn Main -- 14 3 Holywell Kenton West 14 0 Ord's Redhugh 12 6 Picton Main 12 6 13 3 Sh 12 6 Canfield wow* 15 0 Pownley - 13 3 West Hartley « l5 6 Wylam Walls End Bell & Brown 14 9 Ditto Bell, ltobson, & Co. 14 3 Ditto Burraton 14 0 Ships arrived since MEETINGS OF CREDIT O , I / 5 0 AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-Sv- (From the London Gazette.) 0' r'4 I V TO- MORRO W, Auc. 25. H. K. Eyles, hatter, Canterbury._ ......................... I Z. Delcroix, milliner, New Boncl.street. .......... DIVIDEND. H. Compton, stage-coach-master, Battersea .......... 1 ,1 TURN-OUT OF JOINERS AN D J3u b-, e „c • The turn-out of joiners and builders in Lan c t ilta l ; s t/ exists without the slightest approach to a 'e be differences, The masters are determined t ° 00" 0 , and all works of building are standing in ° i n s . / 0 1, 14 e state, excepting in some instances where a e r u, belonging to th Union, are persuaded to 7 ° 0 4 o ili o r who do resolve to work are invariably al ° e o ole turn-outs, and scarcely a day passes withou t b oil being committed, which has furnished a 0431 : q the Magistrates of the Manchester New Ilf;„,i Ai l v BIRTHS. d,' of o. ti ' On the 2la sth inst., at Alde n h am Abbey, the li p Somers Cocks, Esq., of a still-born daughter. je oil o il , On the 24th inst., in Dover.street, the Lady 1101/' of a daughter. Of t" i On the 26th in s t., a t St orey ' s G a t e , the la d y 0 C. Norton, of a so n . el' lit MARRIED. ,tr• t pe 1, On the 24th in s t., a t T r i n it y Ch ur ch, Islingtor ter of • i Wood-street, Ch ea p s id e , t o E m ily, third &ug h ~of,P , r Mr. John Steventon, of Amersham, 13ticks. e , ' A Y DIED. f e 0' ,' t ie '6l 0 ,t l, On the 26th inst., after a short illness, in - o ' f ra or iO• age, Mr. Paul Colnaghi, principal of the firn l „ .o sl, ' 9 minic Colnaghi, printsellers, No. 14, Pall • 4 g t Cockspur-street. f v o r o I Vscl, pfP On the 26th inst., Joseph Mortimer , street, Mayfair. ga te, On the 21st inst., at the Marine Parade, 1131. 6 , 0 f Strachan, of Long acre, in his 62d year. WOO' On the 24th inst., in Great Portland -street. ; 1"4 t' Esq., aged 65. g e C tb ri On Tuesday week, at the advance,- isch o,` e ar' George French, Professor of Chemistry in - e dicin oe , re ct• e( The deceased was the oldest practitioner of T. t he P r Pi, do deen ; and several eminent medical me n , ° ,;Greg e ., r 'dieo li f P o him. By all who knew him, amongst whom we may mention Sir James 4" o y , 5 tV 4 ,4A r General of the Medical Department of the I". Vei l tt r' c al ; many private virtues, and his loss will he deeP e ma in „ l ", funeral took place on Tuesday, when hi s r chatc""e s ,,et . 0) veyed from the College Hall to St. Nicholas ofo gol l ( tit!' Lord Provost and Magistrates, and th e boa and Maris ch al Colleges, together with a 13 ,1 1 ;;Greg ° '' spectable gentlemen, including Sir James 0. the procession. --Aberdeen Herald. Dr. French wly 7,0 r.----,iar'i 0 — 0 . 11.- PRINTED AND PLIBLIstiED BY MU R 1-) I( • SUN OFFICE, 112, STOOP CONDO hE dot Deposit der parts Geotlern e 4:r . !he n , t. o, lt is intend, ::: V scale 0 . 114411:est parts ~, ere w i ll I facilities, ji totlatld, tt a tit al k'etitly formnde t r ° give Pei i button of 6 ° C 10 ,000/ "Posit of Manes furtbe r nd pplicathi e nn t for secrete tetra 11'444, Th e Sir N EYRIc GE mu ob R N , ,, ( -41 WI Rl litN„ A Pp Ar t . 4 WI% ,0441der. 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