The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Sept. 5. ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS OF CONGRATU- L A.TION. The Earl of DELAWARR brought up her Majesty's gracious answer to the Address of Congratulation on the birth of a Prince, which was agreed to by their Lord ships on the 6th August. The answer was as follows: " I have received with extreme satisfaction your loyal address ; I heartily thank you for your congratulations, and I receive this address as an additional proof of your loyal attachment." Th. Duke of WELLINGTON moved that her Ma jesty's gracious answer be printed with the Votes. — Agreed to. TREATY WITH MECKLENBURGH. Viscount CANNING laid upon the table treaties which had recently been entered into with Mecklen • burgh-Schwerin. ROYAL COMMISSION. The LORD CHANCELLOR then directed the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the House of Commons to the bar. On their arrival the royal assent was given by commission to the undermentioned Bills : The Joint-Stock Companies Regulation Bill, the In solvent Joint-Stock Companies Regulation Bill, the Joint-Stock Banks Regulation Bill, the Art-Unions In demnity Bill, the Merchant Seamen's Bill, the Courts of Law (Ireland) Bill, and the Irish Fisheries Bill. The Commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Delawarr, the Earl of Dalhousie, and Lord Wham cliffe. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Majesty's most gracious Speech (for whioh see another column). After which the Commission fir proroguing Parliament was read, and the Lord Chancellor declared the Parlia ment to stand prorogued until Thursday, the 10th of October next. The Royal Commissioners appeared in their robes. There were a few ladies present, who occupied the front Opposition bench. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Sept. 5. (Continued from our Afternoon Bdition of yesterday.) Mr. HAWES moved for returns relating to the late disturbances amongst the negroes in Dominique. POST-OFFICE INQUIRY. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that, next session, he would call the attention of the House to the unsatisfac tory nature of the report of the Secret Committee of Inquiry into the opening of letters in the Post-office, and that he would submit a specific measure on the subject. He would also more for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses in the Reform Bill. FR ANCE—OTAHEITE—MOROCCO. Sir C. NAPIER had to put a question to the Right Hoe. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) which he hoped it would be consistent with his duty to answer. In the course of the session the Right Hon. Baronet had stated, with the frankness which became a British Minister, that a gross outrage had been offered to a British subject in Otaheite, and that he had no doubt the French Government would disavow the conduct of the Admiral. Since the affair at Otaheite a French squadron had been employed upon the coast of Africa, and had bombarded Tangiers. Another squadron had since been dispatched to Mogadore, and had taken possession of that place. Another squadron had been sent to Tunis to prevent the french fleet from intimidating the Dey. Independently of that, they had put several new ships in commission, and augmented their naval force, whilst we were dimi nishing ours. We had called kome and paid off one of our ships from Otaheite, and, in the meantime, the French augmented their force in the South Seal. We had since paid off two other ships. The question he wished to ask was, whether France had mad. any reparation for the gross outrage at Otaheite ; and, if not, whether we were to be left in the unprotected state in which we were in all those places where the French were exercising their naval forces ?—(A laugh.) The Gallant Commo dore then made some allusion to the French seizing the " Queen," which excited laughter, but was not heard distinctly in the gallery. Sir R. PEEL said he would make as frank an an swer as he could. With respect to Tangiers there was no reason to doubt the assurances of the French Go vernment, often repeated, respecting Algeria and the countries adjoining, including, of course, Tanis and Mor roco.—(Hear.) With respect to Otaheite, I have to state, that a discussion has taken place between her Majesty's Government and the Government of the King of the French as to the occurrences in that quarter which were calculated to disturb the friendly relations of the two Governments, and I have the satisfaction to state that these discussions have been brought to an amicable and satisfactory termination. The negotiations which have passed will be communicated to the House, and I trust that for the present the House will not ex pect me to enter into detail. Mr. HINDLEY (amidst cries of " Order ' order") begged to ask what was the Right Hon. Baronet's opinion of the conduct of the French Admiral to Mr. Pritchard, and whether any reparation had been made for that conduct ? Sir R. PEEL—Sir, I have already stated that the dis cussions have been brought to an amicable and satisfac tory termination—(Hear, hear)—a termination satisfac tory to both countries—(Hear, hear)—l mean, per fectly consistent with the honour and the interest of both countries.—(Hear, hear.) LORD STANLEY. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, that having heard a new writ moved for in the room of Lord Stanley, he begged to ask whether the Noble Lord was still at the head of be Colonial Department ? Sir ROBERT PEEL said that his Noble Friend's Position in the Cabinet was not in the least a ff ected by Isis acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds.—(Hear, hear, end a laugh.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that the answer was Pot sufficient, although it was given with such pleasure and facetiousness by the Right lion. Baronet. The noble Lord held an important office in the Cabinet, and -be thought the people would desire to know why he re linquished his seat in Parliament, and, therefore, the question was a legitimate one.—(llear, hear.) Several petitions of course were laid uron the table ; men Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, who was interrupted by cries of " Order, order," said he did not wonder at the im patience of lion. Members opposite, as they must be aired of wheeling about so much during the past session. ,—(A laugh.) Although he knew he had not much time, as he expected the Black Rod to make his appear ance every moment, the motion he had to make was of importance, and he would take the opportunity that remained of making it. It was for a copy of the opinions adduced by the judges on the questions of law propounded to them in the case of "O'Connell glad others against the Queen," with the copy of the notes of the short-hand writer appointed to report the roceedings. Those opinions ha d alread y been laid t efore the House of Lords, and were by this time circu lated throughout the country; and there could be no objection to produce them in that House. He un derstood that Mr. Gurney had taken notes of those opinions, which, he believed, were cor rectly reported by the press; and it would be seen that so me of them reflected the highest credit upon the udgea.—(Hear, hear.) The opinions of one judge (Lord . Menman) ought to be laid on the table and printed in letters of gold.—(Hear.) It was still recollected what bad taken place in that House last session, and all the vapouring there had been about " convicted conspira tors," and how the Right Hon. Baronet took credit to himself for having brought the convicted conspirator to condign punishment; now it proved that he (Mr.O'Connell) was no conspirator at all—( Hear, hear, cheers, " Oh," and laughter)—and that they (the Ministers) had been guilty of the greatest injustice. He (Mr. Duncombe) had been called to account in that House for having denounced the manner in which the prosecution of Mr. O'Connell had been conducted when he laid the petition from his constituents on the table. It proved now that the only conspiracy which had existed was concocted in the Home-office and carried into effect in the Queen's Bench, Dublin—(Cheers, laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh.") When he looked at the unfair advantage taken of Mr. O'Connell—(Cheers) —the fraudulent jury list—(Cheers) —the packing of the jury—(Cheers)—the partisanship of the judge—(Cheers)—the employment of spies and the suborning of the reporters, he felt that the question bad ended as it ought to end, in the disgrace of those gentlemen opposite, who had engaged in this conspiracy against the due administration of the law and the rights of the Irish people.—(Cheers.) Those persons had had three months' false imprisonment, and a vindictive feeling, and a sort of part malice and ma lignity were exhibited by the Government towards those individuals.—(Hear.) When a Bill was submitted by Lord Campbell to the other House of Parliament, for the purpose of suspending sentence till the validit y of the judgment was ascertained, it was rejected bec ause it wai supposed it might be favourable to Mr. O'Connell a nd the other entlemen who were illegally convicted. 'This lookedlike a vindictive spirit on the part of the Government, and what the people of this country had LOW a right to expect was, what they meant to do for Irelend—(Cries of " Hear, hear")—what re paration and atonemen t they were to make for the gross insult o ff ered to the le ade rs of the Irish people, in whom they placed their confide nce . tad Talk of the question of repeal, the Government l ould fin promotedd i t and di ffi g e i u v l e t n no a l n v impetus to repeal, which they w to stop.—(Hear, hear.) They created an impression among the English people, that if they themselves were Irishmen they would be re p eale rs , in onegl misrule of the cou ntr y .—(Cheers .) Thesyitiaed7 of the the Iris Ireland, and it would never be forgiven by t i ll w t o r u is l i people. It was a dis g raceful proceedin g , an ( i i never be forgotten by the people of England. He in tended to move tha t a message be sent to tho House of Lords for a copy of the opinions of the judges in the case of the Queen v. O'Connell, so that it might be hid on the table of the House, and might be ready for next session of Parliament, when tie hoped and trusted, whatever might be the majority by which the Right Hon. Gentleman was supported in that Mouse, that there would be found a sufficiently independent body to express the public opinion with regard to the baseness, illegality , injustice, and cruelty ' of the incarceration of those gentlemen.--(Hear,bear.) Mr. OTWAY CAVE seconded the motion. He re gretted that Sir R. Peel should have allowed to pass without reprobation the principles acted upon by his Irish Attorney-General—viz., that of taking - the law into ivy ... Hs owni a a t ncls. a He (M t r. Otway Cave) lamented it the • ' -r \,.,. : h .ttl i i ii r9t il 4 tre n it c wu oun of r t y he so utin ci e rc st ur . i j a m s p ta o n r c ta ed nce as th l a r t el o a b n e d Al i g' > j. 4ll tiftiF, tO •' the law should be inculcated, an ;•:`,,, , :i . 4 /, 4 ,1 11 ‘ , p ‘ so contrary a tendency should be set r , , ~,, 3,112 ~ ,w . . laces. He greatly feared that such an ex -0 -`tz , -, .--, _ , as no other than that of appealing to ~ .7.: v .._.,.., tutu ri r" tend of reason and argument, and consti tes tat - 6 the Irish peasantry, -.. Y 0 to be jud ge i n andco c n as s e id , e m re i d gh a t a be a your own • AV 1 4 11 IT them of th e resortin g ju to stie w e h o a f t lead been called by Mr . Grattan o " f thewild teriDge." The motion having been put, Sir R. PEEL said that nothing could be more incon venient than, under present circumstan ces, to enter into a discussion which could not be brought to a close. lE was probable that the proceedings of the House would be interrupted even before he had concluded his address, even if he thought it proper to enter into a discussion. He should only say, that whenever t he opportunity arrived, he should be ready to vindicate the course taken by her Majesty's Government. The Hon . Gentleman seemed to forget that seven out of the nine judges were of opinion that the proceedings were in conformity with the law. He should not provoke nor enter then into any partial discussion of the subject, but should content himself with saying, that whenever the period arrived he should be prepared to vindicate the course taken by her Majesty's Government. Her Majesty's Government had recourse to the ordinary course of law—they asked for no extra ordinary powers, and though it was admitted that the period was one of danger, they only looked for a remedy to the ordinary tribunals. With regard to the particular motion he should not offer any opposition to the production of the papers ; and though there would not be time to send a message to the House of Lords, he would take care that that should not prevent the communication being made to the House of Lords in the usual manner. With regard to what the Hon. Gentleman had said respecting his Right Hon. Friend the Attorney-General for Irelantl, he thought, after the manly explanation he had given of his conduct, and the provocation he had received—which few might have been able to resist—the Hon. Gentleman should not have adverted to that circumstance. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Finsbury had used very hard expressions in designating the conduit of the Go vernment. He denied the charges implied in them, but as that was not the occasion to enter into a discussion on the subject, he should wait until another opportunity arrived.—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL felt the inconvenience of entering at that moment into a discussion on this sub ject, but he should reiterate his opinion that the trial which Mr. O'Connell and the others had received in Ireland was not that trial which would give an impression of fairness and justice. He should be pre pared to enter into a discussion with the Right Hon. Gentleman on the subject, more particularly since his opinion had been confirmed by that of the House of Lords, who decided that the 'conviction was not accord ing to law.—(Cheers.) He should contend that it was not a trial by a fair jury—(cheers)—but by a jury elaborately put together for the purpose of • conviction— (Loud cheers)-s-charged by a judge who did not allow any evidence of any weight in favour of the accused to come fairly before his mind, but who charged more violently than the Attorney-General accused—(Loud cheers)—towards a prejudiced jury, in such a manner as to prevent justice being done to the people of Ireland as it was to the people of England. He trusted the effect of those proceedings would be to prevent any similar proceedings from taking place again, and to give an assurance to the people of Ireland that from the highest tribunals in this country they would obtain that justice which was denied to them at home. —(Loud cheers.) Sir T. WILDE thought it would be inexpedient to enter into discussion then, but as the Right Hon. Gen tleman had said that seven out of nine of the judges were of opinion that the proceedings were in conformity with law, he would state what the effect of those opinions would be in the law and Legislature of the country. An objection was taken to certain counts of the indictment in Ireland. The judges there were unanimously of opinion that the sixth and seventh counts were good beyond any doubt. They referred par ticularly and expressly to those two counts, and more particularly under them the traversers were punished. There was no principle of law more settled, more so lemn, and more important, than that every record must speak for itself ; and that no proof, however clear, or however cogent, could be received to contradict a record. There was another principle, that that which they could not disprove they were not allowed to presume. The main ground on which it was attempted to support this judgment and this conviction was, that the Irish judges did not act upon the 6th and 7th counts, on which every judge who had pronounced his opinion, and every man who had looked into the case knew that they did act, and upon a presumption against a record which never yet was made in any court cat justice—a presumption which could not be made even where it was proved. The foundation on which it was asked to support this conviction, and to continue the punishment, was, that the judges had not acted on two counts which they had acted upon more than all the rest. If that principle were acted upon, the effect would be to neutralise every writ of error in the House of Lords. How was the House of Lords to know what had been done below, except from the record? The record was sent up to inform them of it, and was to be considered as conclusive. How, then, could it be pre sumed that the court below had necessarily done what was right ? If that was the case, where would be the use of a writ of error ?—(Hear, hear.) Every text book told the student that if he wished to learn the law, he must look to the judg ments of the court as they were collected from the record. There was not a single authority of the slightest weight which did not lay down that doc trine. Yet to his astonishment he had been told in that case that they were to guess and presume. If every court was in its turn to presume this sad that to be good, the effect would be to embarrass every man who was placed on his trial. The Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford, here attended at the bar, and summoned the House to hear the Royal Assent given to certain Bills by Com mission, and to hear Parliament prorogued. On the return of the SPEAKER to the House, attended by several Members, the Royal Speech on the proroga • tion was read from the Chair, and the Members separated. ELECTION OF CHAMBERLAIN FOR THE CITY. Yesterday being 'appointed for the nomination and election of City Chamberlain, vacant by the death of Sir William Heygate, the approaches to Guildhall were crowded at an early hour. Placards setting forth the claims of the rival caniidates, were marched up and down King-street, and the other great thoroughfares leading to the Common Hall, and the other appearances denoted the interest that was excited by the expecta tion of a contested election. Precisely at twelve o'clock the folding-doors leading into Guildhall were thrown open, and Mr. Alderman Brown, with the gentlemen composing his Committee, and many personal friends, passed into one of the coun cil chambers. Mr. Alderman Humphery and his friends arrived at twenty minutes to one, and were received with cheering. A strong force of the City police attended to keep order ; and the arrangements were so admirable that but little exertion was demanded from them. The Lord Mayor took his seat. Among the Aldermen present were Sir Peter Laurie, Gibbs, Famcombe, Sir John Key, Challis, Thomas Wood, John Johnson, and Mr. Hunter. The COMMON SERGEANT, in the absence of the Re corder, explained the purpose for which the Court was called—namely, to elect a Chamberlain in the room of the late Sir W. Heygate. Sir P. LAURIE rose amid cheers and hisses. He had a very pleasing duty to perform. He had to propose his excellent friend Alderman Brown.—(Great cheers and hisses.) There was no pleasure without a mixture of pain. He regretted personally the death of Sir W. Heygate. He introduced him (Sir P. Laurie) to the Corporation.— (Cries of " What a pity.") The office of Chamberlain appeared to him (Sir Peter Laurie) to be very much misunderstood. It was supposed to be a mere place for shelving a man upon a fine annuity, but he could assure them it was a most laborious office. He had usually from two to three hundred cases of master and apprentices disagreeing, and about 700,0001. passed an nually through the Chamberlain's hands. This was no political struggle. If it were, he (Sir Peter Laurie) would not be there to propose his friend Alderman Brown. He had been now for twenty years with Alderman Brown in the Livery, and when their franchise was in danger, they put Alderman Brown at the head of their party, and succeeded in securing their liberty.— (Tremendous confusion, and cries of " No, no.") One word more. He was glad to see so much uniformity among them.—(lncreased confusion, laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh. ') The Chamberlain of Loudon was not so well off as they were. He had only one days holiday throughout the year.—(Great laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh.") When they saw his friend walk the streets as Chamberlain, they would say, "he is an honour to the City," and they, like him, would feel proud that they had assisted to make him so.—(Loud cheers and groans.) T. A. HANKEY, Esq., rose amid tremendous confusion, and said he was proud to second the nomination of Al derman Brown, whose character and station was a suffi cient guarantee for a due attention to the duties of that important office, the City Chamberlainship. His cha racter was unimpeached—it was unimpeachable. He had filled his Aldermanic chair as none had done better, and in every station to which the City had called him he had proved his public worth and his private virtues.—(Tre mendous uproar, and cries of " Out, out.") He thanked them for their kind attention—(Great laughter)—and would conclude by secondinglhe nomination of Alderman Brown. Alderman HOOPER rose to propose to them his friend, Alderman Humphery. In doing so he was proposing a man every way qualified, if honesty, talent, and in dustry could entitle him to it.—(Great cheering.) He should be sorry if Alderman Humphery's appearance in the field so late, and the very inefficient personage who now proposed him, should operate against him. The duties of the Chamberlain had been alluded to by his friend Sir Peter Laurie. He would not recapitulate them, but he would say, without fear of contradiction, that no man was more fitted fur the office than his friend. He Was a thoroughly practical man. He had served in the offices of Alderman, Sheriff, and Mayor, and he had re presented the City in six or seven Parliaments. He would again propose to them Alderman Humphery.—(Cheers.) _ T. SIM PSON , E sq., rose to secon d t h e nom i na ti o n. He found himself i n a pecu li ar s i tuat i on , f or h ere were two a ble and honou ra bl e gent l emen i n t h e fi e ld. B u t th e y all knew that there were degrees of comparison. Alderman H B r u o m ‘V p n h l e v r o y u w d o u make ld m a a k g e o oa d b Chamberlain u , d bu A cheers.ld r m H a n ) e stood there, not as a political partisan, but as the friend of Alderman Humphery, and he was sure the more they knew him, the more they would appreciate him. PETER ALFRED TAYLOR, Esq., said he would detain them but a few minutes, as he thought that anything said from that hustings would have but little influence on their vote. He would merely mention the gentleman whom he meant to propose—Mr. G. H. Hepp(l—(Loud laughter, cheers, and cries of "Oh, oh.") Whatever talents may be claimed by others, he was certain might be claimed for Mr. Heppel. He thought it was high time that this office should not be a prescriptive right to the Court of Aldermen. That Court did not at pre sent stand so high that they should select a person to fill this important office from it.—(Loud cheers.) Wm. WANSEY, Esq., said he seconded the nomination of Mr. Heppel. He had known him long, and held him in high estimation. He did not think that the Court of Aldermen was the best school to select the public ser vants from. Aldermen were taxed somewhat with spending the public money, and he thought the duty of the Chamberlain was to keep it. The speaker then passed a high eulogium on the late J. T. Travers, Esq. He was sure that if that lamented gentleman were alive, he would vote for his friend, Mr. Heppel.—(Cheers.) D. W. WIRE, Esq., said he was not about to make a speech, but to ask a question of each of the candidates. The question he had to put was this, and he put it to Alderman Brown first. If elected to this office of Cham berlain, would he resign his gown ; and would he con cur in any reduction and regulation which might be pro posed hereafter ? The same question he put to Alder man Humphery and to Mr. Heppel.—(Loud cheers.) Alderman BnowN returned thanks to all in that Hall, and particularly to the seconder of his friend, Alderman Humphery, for so he was proud to call: him.—(Cheers.) He wished that this Hall had not been made a political arena, and however some gentlemen of the Wanseyan school might wish to do so, he was certain that the attempt would meet with their reprobation.—(Cheers.) While returning thanks to Alderman Hooper and the gentlemen who had seconded Alderman Humphery, he begged to remind them, that their assertion that that gentleman was more fitted for the office of Chamberlain, was a matter of opinion only, which were better left to the Livery to decide. He was aware that his political opinions differed from many of them, but he claimed the right that they themselves exerted— the right of every honest Englishman to retain his own opinion. He had not the slightest doubt of the issue of that election. He had received assurances of success from his friends, which it was for them to realise. In answer to Mr. Wire, he would say that that gentleman had acted with his usual candour, in giving nobice of his intention to put the question. If by their kind opinions he was called to the vacant office, he would not retain his gown on him, and he had such confidence in the recti tude of the Court of Common Council, that whatever course they would adopt he should have no hesitation in following.—(Loud cheers.) Alderman HUMNIERY rose amid loud cheers, which lasted a considerable time.—His friend Alderman Brown assured them of the certainty of his election. He (Mr. Alderman Humphery) had only arrived in London a few days ago, or he would have been as prominent as his friend had been in asking their support. When Sir William Heygate was very ill, it was well known that a canvass was ready to be set on foot, and when that gentleman died—on Wednesday—upon the Thursday notices of candidates were in the newspapers.—(Shame.) The speaker then referred to the mis-statement as to the day of election. He had no doubt it was a mistake ; but it was in print.—(Laughter.) However, there he was, and he offered himself as candidate before them. lie (Alderman Humphery) thought that he was fitted for the office, if integrity and business habits, equal, he hoped, to his friend Alderman Brown, would be sufficient for it. This was no political office, and he did not mean to make it a political question. The office, most unfortunately for Sir William Heygato and for his family, was held by him ; and he was very sure that the excitement had assisted to injure his health very con siderably. He hoped, however, that excitement would not have any ill effect upon himself or Alderman Brown. —(Loud laughter.) He would not recommend his friend Alderman Brown, however, to depend upon the scouts sent out to ascertain the sentiments of the Livery. They ' were obliged to return a good report, or they would not be paid. Whatever was done on this occasion would be done good humouredly, and he would not be the worse friend to any man if his vote were recorded against him. With respect to Mr. Wire's question, he would at once lay down his gown in the event of his being elected. To the second question, he was at once pre pared to accede to the wishes of the Council, or to give up his office.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. lIEPPEL said that Alderman Brown had said that this was likely to degenerate into a political question. It would not be made so by him, but he wished to rescue this office from the domination of the Court of Aldermen. The speaker then adverted to the history of the Cham berlain's office as connected with the Court of Aldermen, and he camp forward to contest the principle, that the office should of necessity devolve upon an Alderman. Having done so much, he would now go to the poll, and let the Livery record their votes wherever they willed it.—(Great cheering.) He thanked them for their patience ; and with respect to the second part of Mr. Wire's question, he would at once accede to the wishes of the Council.—(Cheers.) A question was put by a gentleman in the body of the Hall to Alderman Humphery, whether he had been a party to the taking away of Mr. Wallis's license ? Alderman HUMPHERY said he had nothing to do with it; afterwards he had given him his vote as a magistrate. 1). W. llAnvEy, Esq., said that ho had an unconquer able aversion to fruitless contests. He perfectly agreed with the principle enunciated that day by Mr. Heppel. If the office of Chamberlain was an appendage of the Aldermen's Court ; it would save public time, were the form of business they were enacting that day to be avoided. Why should they not merely send out their heralds and their marshals, and their men in gold—(Laughter)—to Aldgate pump — (Laughter)—to Temple-bar, and to Newgate—(Roars of laughter)—and let them proclaim it with flourish of trumpets, from the house tops, that their brother Hey gate is dead, and that Alderman Brown, as senior Alder man, is elected to the vacant office.—(Laughter.) The speaker then, after referring to John Wilkes, said he would refer to a nobler and a finer instance—Who elected the constitutional lawyer who, within the lest forty-eight hours, vindicated the purity of trial by jury in the person of Daniel O'Connell ? It was upon political grounds that they elected Mr. Denman ; then why should they say that poli tical questions should be kept in the back ground ? There were twenty-six magistrates sat at Guild hall, and, with a little calculation, they would find that the labour of each Alderman was but three hours in fourteen days:' Were they paid for this? —(Cries of " Oh, yes.") But was there nothing . else ? The speaker then enumerated the gifts in the hands of the Court of Aldermen, and, in a strain of the raciest satire, enumerated the " good things" and the feast days of the Civic body, and he then concluded with the celebrated quotation from Junius—" That even property, would be precarious, if their possessors had not the spirit to upkold it." After a few remarks from Sir JOHN KEY, in reference to a personal matter, The show of hands were taken, when the num bers seemed 'pretty equally divided between the two Aldermen, three or four hands only being held up for Mr. Heppel. The COMMON SERGEANT said that the Sheriffs were of opinion that Anthony Brown, Esq., bad the majority of the Livery. A poll was demanded, and the poll commenced at four. CLOSE" ' OF FIRST DAY'S TOLL. Alderman Brown 464 Mr. Heppel ' Majority.— •. • • -4 53 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EYBNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—On the very day it was announced that O'Connell and the repeal leaders were to be prosecuted by the Government, we commenced an article in the words of the Eastern apophthegm—" Begin nothing of which thou hest not well considered the end." The difficulties which would attend the course of such a prosecution ; the dangers of success, no less than the dangers of defeat were manifest to aIL We counselled. Sir Robert Peel to pause ere he commit ted himself to a policy surrounded by such perils. We insisted that the Proclamation against the Clon tarf meeting ought to have been the commencement of a new era. If the public peace were perilled —as it was assumed to be—by the " monster meetings," the proclamation, if obeyed, would put an end to the apprehensions ; if disobeyed, the force which the constitution places at the disposal of the executive, might have been lawfully employed to enforce obedi ence. Those who called the meeting, as well as those who persisted in assembling, after the prohibition was issued by the Government, would have been liable to the pains and penalties which the law provides to punish disobedience to its commands. The Government had connived at the previous meetings. It had thus induces a belief in the minds of the people that they were within the protection of the law. Every act of the Govern ment tended to this conclusion. The removal from the commission of magistrates who attended the meet ings, and other summary acts of the prerogative, by which the executive expressed its disapproba tion of proceedings it had not the power to pre vent by the means vested in it by the constitution, gave encouragement to the repeal leaders. Week suc ceeded to week, and month to month. One " monster meeting" after another, to the number of nearly a hundred, was held. No actual breach of the peace was committed at, or followed, one of those meetings. A new light suddenly broke upon the councils of the Govern ment. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland was dispatched from London with headlong haste, with a copy of the pro clamation against such assemblies in his pocket. Upon his Excellency's arrival in Dublin, a meeting of the Privy Council was instantly convened ; and, while the multitudes were on their way by the various roads to the place of meeting, printed copies of the proclamation were posted at the various approaches to the spot. A formidable military force, consisting of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, took up the best-selected positions, to act against the multitude, if it did not instantly dis perze. The prompt obedience paid to the authority of law, and :he quiet dispersion of the people to their homes, prevented the calamitous consequences which even an accidental collision between a single peasant and a single soldier might have occasioned. The prompt and earnest efforts of O'Connell, and the influence which his name and character exercise over the popular mind in Ireland, prevailed. He prudently dispatched messengers in all directions to meet the people on their way to the meeting. A printed ad dress, bearing his well-known signature, informed them that the meeting was prohibited by the authority of Gorarnm( nt. He exhorted to obedience, and was obeyed. We do not suppose that the Government, by delaying the proclamation to the latest moment, contemplated, much less desired, a collision be tween the ropealers and the military. But we do say, that had not O'Connell interfered, large numbers of the peasantry would have arrived on the ground, without knowing of - the proclama tion ; and that some act of unpremeditated violence betw , ?en individuals might have led to an attach, in which life would probably have been sacrificed to a lamentable extent. The obedience thus paid by the people to this suddenly-determined on, and clumsily-enforced, interference of the Government with the long-permitted monster meetings, was a pledge and earnest that there was no disposition to hold such meet ings after they were denounced as illegal- The Govern ment had thus asserted its authority in a legal manner ; its proclamation was obeyed, and its purpose was effected. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1844. Had a conciliatory policy been adopted, simultaneously with the suppression of the " monster meetings," there would have been hope for Ireland. Instead of this, the evil genius of the Cabinet counselled further acts of coercion; was listened to; and prevailed. The Arms Registration Act was introduced. The prosecutioh of O'Connell and the other repeal leaders followed. At every step, this ill-advised proceeding involved the law advisers of the Government in disgrace, through the blunders they perpetrated in its :management; and the Government itself in difficulties, contempt, and odium with the nation. The proceedings were fraught with glaring inroads upon the securities with which the law surrounds accused parties while preparing for and upon their trial for alleged offences. The dignity and so lemnity of a court of criminal jurisprudence were out raged by the highest law officer of the Crown. The proceedings, from their commencement to their close, were calculated to bring the administration of the laws under suspicion, rather than to strengthen their hold upon the affections and obedience of the people. A verdict of guilty was returned—as every , one knew it would be returned—by the partisan jury which had been secured for the purpose of obtaining a conviction. The motion in arrest of judgment was re fused. The indictment, in every count, was pronounced perfect. Sentence was pronounced; and O'Connell and his co-defendants consigned to a goal for various periods; ordered to pay heavy fines ; and to enter into still heavier recognisances, at the termination of their re spective term. of imprisonment, ere they could be re leased.. The House of Lords has reversed the judg ment. At the moment that we write, O'Connell and his co-agitators are at liberty. His political in fluence in Ireland—heightened, as it was, by the State prosecution against him—is enhanced to an incon ceivable extent by the reversal of the judgment, and the triumph hiwhich he it is him, and on the cause of Repeal was indebted to Sir w the has leader. conferred Ro bert Peel's accession to office for animation ; it derived strength from every measure of his Government ; until it filled Ireland with its converts ; drew the revenues of a Ger man principality to its coffers ; and excited apprehensions for the public safety from the increasing numbers and influence of its confederation; which were daily increased by the impolitic measures of the Government. Sir R. Peel at length assented, rather than cordially agreed, to the dangerous counsels of those who thought that to in carcerate O'Connell was the best way to encounter Irish difficulties. The experiment has been made. It has failed. Defeat has succeeded to disgrace. Sir R. Peel, who declined in 1839 to undertake the government, and assigned as an apology for relinquishing the undertaking—" My chiefdif ficulty was Ireland!" has now to meet that "difficulty," increased, by his own acts, in a tenfold ratio. That he will be able to encounter that difficulty, and to overcome it, we deem impossible. We scarcely think he will have the temerity to try. One false step may environ the nation with perils, and convulse it with apprehensions. That O'Connell will employ his ac knowledged powers of effective persuasion, and now multiplied force of influence, with his followers, to re strain them from any violent outbreak, we have reason to believe. His conduct in the fearful crisis created by the Proclamation against the Clontarf meeting affords ground for believing that he will now be prudent—we will add, patriotic. The course which Sir R. Peel will take is far more problematical. That the Government has felt the shock of this defeat of its coercive policy, is plain. It was announced at the meeting of the House of Commons this morning, that Lord Stanley has ac cepted the Chiltern Hundreds. What does this indi cate? Is the Cabinet about to break up? All manner of rumours are afloat. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROX THE MORNING PIPERS OF TWIS DAY. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. TIMES.—On Monday last the new Bank Bill, which directs the separation of the issue and banking depart ments of the Bank of England, came into operation. The triode in which the separation was to be effected was then described under this head. The first measure to which it has given rise on the part of the Directors is the following notice, which was posted this morning in the discount-office : " Bank of England, Sept. 5. " At a Court of Directors, held this day, " Resulved,—That the rate of interest in London for bills and notes discounted for the Bank of England be as follows : " Bills " Notes " Such bills and notes not having more than 95 days to run." By this notice the Directors plainly intimate to the moneyed interest that they intend to place the Bank of of England in future with regard to pecuniary accommodation on the same footing as any private banker. Before the passing of the late Act, and when no limit was fixed to the issues, they were re strained from entering into competition with the ge neral discount market. by the consideration that they were the regulators of the currency, and accountable for its excess. Now that the Government have fixed the limit of 14,000,0004, and also separated the two func tions, they no longer think any such precaution neces sary, and intend, in fact, to consider all the funds placed in , deposit with them entirely at their disposal for the benefit of the Proprietors. Although this would appear to be almost a natural consequence of the new Act, its announcement to-day seems to have taken the moneyed interest by surprise ; in fact, we have not found in any quarter the least anticipation of it. The distinction made in the notice between "notes " and " bills " is not perhaps generally intelligible. In Bank practice, by "notes" is meant bills of exchange drawn by merchants and traders in or near London, while by " bills " is meant likewise bills of exchange, but drawn out of Lon don, and preferred because a greater number of names is usually attached to them. We only speak of Bank practice in this distinction, for out of doors it is rather laughed at as a distinction without any essential dif ference. The object of this notice, without doubt, as already hinted at, is that of advantage to the proprietors of Bank stock, but it does not follow that the great discount houses, who combined are scarcely less powerful than the Bank of England itself, will allow the business upon which they depend to be thus taken from them, and it is generally anticipated, therefore, that they will now adopt still lower terms than those they at present re quire. As the Bank cannot in any case take the posi tion of a regular discount broker, who receives money on the one hand and lends it out on the other, they can not encroach upon their transactions ; and the chief dis advantage will therefore fall upon those who send money for temporary employment to the discount-brokers, and who will now receive a lower rate, the broker's profit consisting in the difference between the rate at which he borrows and the rate at which he lends. Hence it be e discount broker what rate he receives, and makes his competi tion with smatter the Bankof secondary a co very formidable -importa nc e to the ormidable hone. On the pri vate bankers the measure might be supposed to have a s e more serious effect, but borrowers generally are willing to pay something for secrecy and confidence. Hence it is surmised altogether that the Bank of England will not derive any great increase of business from this measure. SUN. _There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liver pool yesterday. Sales 2,500 bales, including 500 for export. Prices were fully Id. per lb. lower than last week. A good deal of steady business was done in Shares, especially in London and Dover and the French lines.—Bristol and Exeter, 111 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 561 ; Dublin and Belfast, 31 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63 ; Glasgow and Greenock, ; Grand Junction, Half ssj ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 35 paid ; London and Birmingham 321. Shares, 33 ; Manchester and i ng Birmiham 51 x. div. • Mdland ; North Union , e , 126 ; Sheffield and Man- Counties, 109 chester, $7 ; South-Eastern, 39k. Trent Valley, 121 ; York and North Midland, 10 ; Paris and Lyons, 2 ; Paris and Rouen, 38k. The following is an extract worth notice. It is taken from the Toronto Patriot :—" The rapid increase in the size and population of our flourishing city of Toronto, cannot fail to strike with surprise and pleasure every person who has returned to it after an absence of two or three years. The last ten years have witnessed changes which half a century would hardly bring to pass in other less favoured localities. In 1834 the population was just nine thousand. It is now at least twenty thousand. This rapid increase has been chiefly the work of the last four or five years, and, strange to say, more particularly visible since the much dreaded removal of the seat of Government. The latter event did unquestionable mis chief to the interests of Toronto, but the resources and advantages with which Providence has blessed her, have made ample amends for the losses she may hare sus tained from the caprice or chicanery of political jugglers. " King James arrogantly threatened to remove his Court from London, and divest that renowned metropolis of its character as the seat of imperial power. " We, poor citizens, ought to be grateful, was the bold answer of the stout-hearted Lord Mayor, that your Majesty cannot remove the Thames from London.' " A representative of our Queen despoiled Toronto of her political supremacy, but her noble harbour, and splendid agricultural resources in the rear, were pos sessions of which no Executive caprice or tyranny could deprive the loyal old city ; and so she has continued to increase and flourish, uncheered by a solitary ray of official favour or Viceregal sunshine." Of colonial arrivals, later in point of date than those before received, there are none to-day. A large p urc h ase o f C onso l s was made this morning —namely, 100,0004 by a trading broker, and the prices advanced from 98i- to 99 ; 1 for the Accou nt, and from 99i to 991 for Money 4 The Government brokers The Stock Market did not make any purchases to-day. is extremely firm, the decision of the Peers on the writ of error having given. much satisfaction. For Ex chequer Bills the premium is a trifle lower. India Stock was at 281. The Foreign Market is rather buoyant for Spanish, Brazilian, and Danish Bonds, but not much business is doing. Railway Shares are in good demand. MARKET NEWS. (YESTERDAY 31 15s to 4143 ; , 11 Cs to per load. A Prices about UsSellfiuilTdilitFtioE,l4Dl.-6sllCtooika4l:/sell:4l;:fidniote Upland ditto, 41 14s to moderatesll/38s s pt I Hay, ystai, na 4 dw l , l a o l s is t t oeBas steady 06sl; demand.Ol lOsa t Str stationary. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 41 6s ; Useful ditto, 418 s to 41 16s; fine Upland ditto, 41 17s to 5/ 6s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 16s to 6/; Oat Straw, 118 s to 11 10s; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. Sup ply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. — Coarse Meadow Hay, 3110 s to 418 s ; Useful ditto,4/10s to 41 15s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 16s to Si 3s ; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 61 lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade throughout dull, at the above quotations. MEAT MATLXE'I'S. HAILSTIAM, SEPT. 47-7E; --- general demand here to day a as heavy, and prices were not supported. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 8d to 4s; Lamb, 3s qd to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Sibs. ARUNDEL, SEPT. 3.—Prime Downs sold at full cur rencies. In other kinds of stock next to nothing was doing. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s Ed to 4s ; Lamb, Sc 6d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per Bibs. CHICHESTER, SEPT. 4.—We had a very dull trade this morning, at barely late rates. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s; Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Milch Cows, with their Small Calf, 161 to 18/ 10s each. SOUTHALL, SEPT. 4.—Owing to the supply of each kind of stock on sale to-day being large the demand was throughout heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 35 8d per 81135. Supply : Beasts, 54 ; Sheep and Lambs, 3,048 ; Calves, 60 ; Pigs, 57. ItODIFORD, SEPT. 4.—With the exception of the primest Old Downs commanding a steady sale at full prices, the demand here to-day was heavy, on the fol lowing terms :--Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 32s ; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended August 31,1844, made up from the Returns o the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat......... 50s. Ild. I Oats Beans 37s. Od 311. I Id. Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks end in xi lIVH 16 AT. !BARLEY., July 27 Aug. 3 10 ..... 17 00000 ..•, 24.....». N II 51 • 5$ 10 OATS. I ILYE. I BEANS. I TEASE. ii ::::::::1 so ii 34 2 34. 0 34 6 34 II 20 10 20 3 20 1 33 9 %37 1 57 6 34 7 35 9; 35 0 (i 35 11 il 7 iii i 40 4 34 6 33 3 20 0 21 4 36 8 35 10 34 2• 37 0 33 10 istricraAL AGOILIGIATIC AVIKAGIS or TI!I SIX WISES Wheat......... 50s. 6d. Oats 8ar1ey..„„... 345. 3d. 1 Rye DUTIZS OX FOILIIGX COEN. Wheat (14 Oats ..... 04.1 7-- 6k Barley I 4s. OIL Rye ••..•«•., 7s. 6d.1 Pease • •• S . LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Sept 5. APPEALS. CARRILL V. GLEESON. In this case the judgment of the Court below was affirmed with costs. SEAFORD V. MORRIS. The decree in this case was affirmed as to the copy hold property, and reversed as to the freehold, with liberty to enter another appeal. THE CASE OF MR. O'CONNELL. Lord CAMPBELL moved that the reasons given by their Lordships in giving judgment in the case of the Queen v. O'Connell, be printed.—Agreed to. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAIIYLEBONE. Yesterday a young woman, named Emma Tierback, in the service of Benjamin Badger, Esq., a barrister, re siding at No. 22, Cambridge-street, Edgware-road, was brought up in custody and placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged with having stolen articles of jewel lery and other property of much value. Prosecutor deposed that the prisoner had been about six months in his family as cook. On the same morning (yesterday) he missed a silver thistle, and suspecting that she (prisoner) was the thief, he, accompanied by Mrs. Badger, went to her and desired that her boxes might be searched, but she objected to that being done unless in the presence of a policeman. A constable was accordingly sent for, and on his arrival the said boxes were opened, when a great quantity of property belong ing to prosecutor and a young lady, the governess, was found there and in other parts of her (prisoner's) room. When her guilt was detected she begged for forgiveness, and promised that in the event of her offence being looked over she would be a" good girl" all the days of her life. Sergeant Walker, 5 D, produced a gold seal, ring, brooch, and the silver thistle before alluded to, together with a number of tableforks, and a quantity of tea, sugar, soap, and other things, many of which were dis covered secreted under the prisoner's bed. On witness telling her (prisoner) that she was in charge for the robbery, and must go to the station-house, she exclaimed, " Oh, what a foolish girl I am, and I wish I may die before I get there." She fell upon her knees, crying, and several times kissed a letter which she had recently received from her mother. Mr. Badger identified a great portion of the property brought forward as being his, and the prisoner, who had nothing to say, was fully committed to Newgate for trial. UNION-HALL. Yesterday, Sarah Drew, a woman advanced in years, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with ad ministering poison to Richard Drew, her husband, with intent to deprive him of life. The complainant, who is also advanced in life, and very sharp, stated that he keeps a circulating library at 3, Castle-street, Kent-street, and that the prisoner occu pied a room up stairs, but did not take her meals with him ; that she was in the habit of quarrelling with him, being of a very violent temper, and that was the reason they did not lire together in the house, she occupying a room up stairs, and he allowed her a weekly sum of money to support herself. On the preceding day, he sold a small chest of drawers, that he did not require, to his son, and this gave great offence to the prisoner, who came down from her own room, and began to abuse him, and while he was afterwards assisting his son to take away the drawers, the prisoner, from an up-stairs room, intentionally dropped a heavy piece of wood on his head from the window. The same afternoon, she (prisoner) came down into the parlour, where he was preparing his tea, and began to abuse him for selling the drawers, during which a customer came into the shop. He took the teapot off the table, and placed it on the grate by the fire side, while he went into the shop to attend upon the customers, and on his return into the room the prisoner was still there, and he took the teapot and poured out a cup of tea, and when he had taken two draughts he experienced a burning sensation in his mouth and throat, and immediately began to vomit. He complained to the prisoner of his sensations, saying he was certain there was something wrong, but, instead of procur ing anything for him to abate the sickness, the prisoner seemed rejoiced at his sufferings, and ejaculated that she hoped he would throw up his heart, and used other language of a similar description. She then left the room and went up stairs, when soon after her departure he perceived a piece of paper on the spot where the prisoner had pre viously stood, and on opening it he found it to contain a lump of white stuff resembling chalk in its appearance, and on pouring the remains of the tea out of the cup into a saucer, he discovered a quantity of white sedi ment at the bottom of the cup. This convinced him that poison had been thrown into the teapot while he was ab sent in the shop, and as there w as no o th er p erso n in . the room but wife, he concluded that she had put it there. As he still continued very ill, retching violently, he and his son proceeded, without loss of time, to Mr. Maize, chemist, of 274, . Kent-street, and having exhi bited the sediment left the cup, and also the paper containing the lump of white stuff, they were pronounced to be arsenic. He was still suffering from the effects of what he had drunk, and an antidote having been admi nistered, he recovered sufficiently to be enabled to attend the court that day, although he was still far from being well. In reply to Mr. Col'Trriammit the complainant said that there was no person but his wife in the parlour when he went to attend on the customer; that he made the tea himself, and was confident the teapot was quite clean at the time; that he recollected now that his wife said on his entering the room from the shop, taking up the teacup, "This will be the signal for your whores, youl old serpent." She made no remark when he was pouring out the tea, but was using abusive language when he commenced drinking it, and, amongst other things, said that she hoped it might bring up his heart, when he be gan to get sick and retch; that while he was sick she came down stairs with a stuffed bird, which he kept in a case in one of the rooms, and threw it at his heal, and again repeated her abusive language, but did not attempt to give him anything to assuage the burning sensation and sickness which he felt. Mr. COTTINGHAM —Was she sober ?—Perfectly so. Mr. COTTINGHA.H —HMS she ever threatened you be fore? Complainant--Yes. She has sworn that she would get hanged for me before long. Not a week ago she made use of that threat. After some further evidence, Mr. COTTINGHAM, addressing the prisoner, said that the charge against her was one that affected her life, and that at the present stage of the inquiry he would recom mend her not to say anything in answer to it ; and that having given her that caution, she however might use her own discretion, but that she was to remember that whatever she did say would be taken down, and probably used hereafter as evidence against her." The prisoner said—l put myself in the hands of the Lord. All I have to say at present is, that I am inno cent of the charge. Mr. CorriNcmot said that he should remand the pri soner until next Wednesday, and in the meantime he directed that every exertion should be used by the police to trace out where the arsenic was purchased. WANDSWORTH. Hannah Hogan, the young woman who was charged at Wandsworth Police-court with creating a disturbance at the house of her late master, Mr. Gray, No. 7, Dorset terrace, Clapham road, and who was afterwards charged with attempting to drown herself, was yesterday removed to Peckham Lunatic Asylum, a confirmed maniac. LAMBETH-STREET. James Smith, a labouring man, residing at No. 2, James -street, Commercial-road was charged with com mitting a most dreadful assault on James Deans, in the Commercial-road, by stabbing him in the thigh with a knife, by which means he inflicted a serious wound, and the prosecutor lost a large quantity of blood. The prosecutor, who appeared to labour under the serious effects of this un-English mode of attacking an adversary, stated that on Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, he was proceeding along the Commercial road with a truck, on which was placed some timber. The prisoner, who knew the prosecutor, was passing at the time, and called after him, " Captain," which the prisoner well knew would be a source of annoyance—the prisoner called after him Captain several times, and which he was continually in the habit of doing, for the purpose of annoying him. The prisoner still persisting in the annoyance, he turned round and struck him, when the prisoner, who had a clasped knife in his hand, aimed a blow at his stomach, and swore " he would rip his guts open." The prisoner missed his aim, but at the same time stabbed him in the right knee, by which means he inflicted a most severe wound, and the prosecutor fainted from loss of blood ; the prisoner then coolly wiped his " knife, and said if he dared to strike him again, he would rip him well up." The prisoner was t hen re- I moved. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. THE PALMYRA-LONDON TO CHINA. As fears are entertained in private circles that some accident has occurred to the Palmyra, Captain Campbell, which sailed from London on the Bth of November last, for China, it will be satisfactory to those interested in her safety, and who have relations on board, to know that there is no apprehension entertained at Lloyd's, or in commercial circles, as to her having received damage, or otherwise. It will be no less satisfactory to such per sons to learn, that accounts of her having arrived at Hong-Kong are looked for by the Overland Mail, now hourly expected. The Palmyra had, besides other cargo, a quantity of Government stores, and amongst her pas sengers several officers, newly appointed to _certain official stations at the lately-acquired English posses sion in China. NOTICE TO MARINERS. ALTERATION IN THE LIGHT OF FAKKEB- JERG, ISLAND OF LANGELAND. Admiralty, Sept. 2, 1844. Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that the light of Fakkebjerg, on the south point of the is land of Langeland, Denmark, has been strengthened by additional lamps, by order of the Danish Government, by which means it will be rendered visible at the distance at which it was originally intended.—l am, Sir, your very obedient, humble servant, (Signed) JOHN BARROW. W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's. DEATH OF THE GIPSY KING. A few days since, died, near Beaulieu, Joseph Lee, the acknowledged monarch of that mysterious class of people, the Gipsies. He was a native of Brocken burst, in the New Forest, and was, it is said, in his eighty-sixth year. He was the progenitor of a long line of descendants, having left behind him a large assemblage of aged children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. He is reported to have died worth a great deal of money. Indeed some years ago, when Charity Lee was married to one of the Stanleys, old Joseph Lee presented her upon the occasion with one hundred spade guineas, besides trinkets, and several pieces of plate furniture. About sixty years ago he was in the habit of travelling the country around Southampton, Ramsey, Lymington, and Ringwood, as a razor-grindei., and was well known in those neighbourhoods under the sobriquet of Gipsey Joe. It is observed that " Joe" in his day had dabbled in almost every department of the Black art, and with the exception of having upon three or four oc casions mistook his way into Winchester gaol, he had managed to play his cards with more than ordinary suc cess. He was the boon companion of the notorious Peter Warren and Billy Dear, the two greatest contraband adventurers that ever risked life and property in the pursuit of hazardous and perilous undertakings on the South-Western coasts of England. The prodigious freights of illicit spirits this gang used to work some fifty years since is incalculable. Sometimes they would be accidentally met with a caravan of one hun dred ponies and upwards, laden with tubs, passing into the forest, where they were wont to conceal the traffic until a favourable opportunity presented itself to them to remove the same with safety to some more inland mart for the sale of it. Nor were the " Wal tham Blacks" in their day more formidable for deer stealing in Waltham Chase than was Gipsy Joe and his party in the New Forest. Smuggling, deer steal ing, poaching, and occasionally selling a few ponies at the various fairs, were Joe's mottled avocations. His artifices and manoeuvres were so skilfully managed, that he successfully eluded the vigilance of the New Forest keepers, and no farm. house larder lacked a haunch of venison when Gipsy Joe was at hand. He was in the . forest what Jonathan Wild waa on the town—up to every trick, and down upon every move. In his political adminis tration he was remarkable for one act which took place in his reign, viz., that of excommunicating, in person, about three years ago, a gipsey of the name of Lee, from the sybilline fraternity, for some act the latter had committed against the rules and regulations of the order. The ceremony was performed before a very large assembly of the various tribes, and though extremely novel, had a very imposing effect. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDES IN SUFFOLK. The suicide of the Earl of Stradbroke's head game keeper was announced in The Sun this week. Scarcely had the sensation caused by the act somewhat abated, than the neighbourhood of Henham-park was thrown into a renewed state of excitement by the report that another of the Noble Earl's keepers had destroyed him self. The situation held by this second suicide was de seribed as that of superintendent of the other game keepers, including among his duties the supervision of the horses, dogs, &c., belonging to the Earl of Strad broke. His name was Cruxey ; and from the few facts that are to be gathered from the many rumours, it would appear that on Sunday afternoon (but little more than 24 hours after the frightful death of his fellow-servant) the unhappy man went into the lower apartment of his own cottage, situate in the park, and with his gun de liberately shot himself. At the time of the act one of his Lordship's grooms was lying in the room imme diately above that in which it was committed, confined to his bed from the effects of a serious accident he had met with but a short time since. Many rumours are about professing to account for the melancholy deed with respect both to Cruxey and Easey, neither of whom seem to have had any domestic incentive to the com mission of so rash an act. Cruxey had been seen but a few minutes previous to his death in excellent spirits. One report attributes the death of both to their anxiety and dread of meeting their master (who was expected at Henham-park on Saturday, on his return from his Irish estates, but who is not now looked for till this week), fearing his anger that such extensive depredations should have been allowed among his preserves as have lately thinned the numbers of his pheasants, &c. Another rumour states that Cruxey had robbed Easey's portion of the preserves of many pheasant's eggs, &c., and laid them under the birds on his cover, so as to figure before the Noble Earl as the more prosperous and worthy steward ; the conse quence of these acts was the suicide of Easey from vexa tion, and the subsequent imitation of his rash example by Cruxey, who feared that all would transpire and his delinquencies be detected. He did not bear so good a character as the head keeper did. A third cause as signed is, that both the deceased have for some time past been carrying on a system of plunder ; robbing their master's preserves, and sending the game to market for sale. It is supposed that the inquest which was to have been held on Easey's body on Monday will have been postponed to allow of both examinations taking place on the same day, many of the witnesses in the one case be ing equally necessary to the other. A third suicide has just been committed in the vicinity of Halesworth. The unfortunate individual in this instance is a young lady named Burgess, who possessed considerable personal at tractions. She is said to have been excited to the fatal act by disappointment in love. She effected her purpose by throwing herself into the river about a mile below the town. These melancholy occurrences so rapidly succeeding each other have naturally caused a great and painful sensation and regret here. LOUIS PHILIPPE AND LADY ALDEOROUGH.—One of our Paris letters contains the following instance of gallantry on the part of his Majesty the King of the French, for the truth of which the writer pledges him • self :—"On Thursday or Friday last Lady Aldborough (who, if any lady ever was old, conies into that cate gory) wrote to King Louis Philippe, begging his Ma jesty would have the kindness to inform her was war imminent ? The King delayed not a moment to reply to her Ladyship, through his first aide-de-camp, that she might make her mind perfectly easy. No war be tween France and England was imminent, nor indeed likely." THE HORRORS OF A DEPARTURE.—" Your letter found us in what have been termed, with scarcely any exaggeration, the horrors of departure.' All the callings, the leave-takings, the apologies for the omission of both, and all the other external and internal variety and complication of social contrivances for manifesting civility, and wasting time, and diminishing comfort ; and, to close the whole, bill upon bill, and new claims coming forward, when you supposed all had been satis fied, while the supplies which you expected to carry away with you grow less and less, and you doubt whe ther you shall have enough to go off like an honest man."—Letter from Wilberforce to one of his Children. STATE OF TRADE.--SOUTH SHIELDS.—The ship ping interest in South Shields, during the last two or three weeks, has undergone a complete reaction. Freights, from being a losing affair, are rising up to the average of the best times. During the last two years, they have, in the coal trade, fluctuated between five and six shillings per ton, and they have now risen to eight and nine shillings. The continental trade is in the same excellent condition. The seamen of the town are mak ing an effort to get higher wages--and will get them ; already they have risen ten shillings on the voyage.— Tyne Mercury. Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected to any deviation of equable temperature, will find in Rowlaad's Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, dispel ling the cloud of langour from the complexion, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the skin. The distressing and unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions are also promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spots, pimples, freckles, discolourations, and sallowness, yield to its specific qualities, and are succeeded by a smoothness and transparency of the skin, giviag rise to sensations of the utmost pleasure and surprise. Its universally great de mand excites the cupidity of unprincipled s ho p kee p ers, who give the title of " Genuine" Kalydor to some com pounds of their own manufacture, of the most deleterious character, containing mineral a-tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant action endanger ing health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see that the words " IZowland's Kalydor" are on the wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits !1 I BARNET FAIR _Wednesday this ancient and popu lar fair opened with every prospect of a fruitful harvest to the speculators in booths, tents, and amusements with which the green was crowded. Notwithstanding the attendance of a numerous body of police to prevent a repetition of the disgraceful conflicts that have been enacted during the last two years, through the gamblers that infested it, the thimble-riggers, and other members of that class of blacklegs, were to be found in all direc tions, having scouts to give notice of the approach of the police. From an early hour in the morning until late in the evening, the roads from the metropolis were crowded wtth vehicles heavily laden with patrons of the fair, who seemed resolved " to make a day of it." EXECUTION OF FISHER FOR MURDER. TAUNTON, SEPT. 4.—This wretched man under went the extreme penalty of the law this day, on t he new drop outside the walls of Wilton gaol, near this town. It is scarcely necessary to remind our readerf that Fisher was convicted at the late Somersetshire assizes of murdering his wife, at Weston-super-Ma re ] in June last, and that the deed was one of frigh tful atrocity. It will be recollected that the night prior to the morning of the murder, Fisher and his wif e had quarelled ahout some lodgers, on which occasioo great warmth of temper was evinced by both, the husband remarking that " She was asking for it, an d ; he would give it to her by and bye." Deceased sol d ' she would not sleep with the old rascal any more, °n retired to rest with the servant. After they were 1 0 bed Fisher went up stairs, thumped at the door, say' ing, " I may as well kill her to-night ,as to-mgrr e T for I am bent on doing it." At midnight the qua rre ' ling ceased, but at five o'clock in the morning Fisher had forced his way into the room, and with a hug e iron bar he struck deceased three violent blows e ll the head, and afterwards fetched a carving knife fib l d another room, with which he nearly severed her he°, from her body. He then said he knew he sh oal ° be hung for it, and gave orders for a policeman to be sent for. The following short sketch of -the wretched In° life, given by himself to the gaoler, may prove int e. resting. He was born at Wick, St. Lawrence , t . ). , mersetshire. He enlisted in the 7th Hussarsl i l 1811 ; joined his regiment in Dublin, a,ccompanie u a to Spain, was present at the battles of Ortbes so t Vittoria, and the other actions in which the regi men was engaged until the peace, in 1814; was afterw ar d s at the battle of Waterloo, and continued in the rer ment until the year 1826, a period of twente-th tee „, years, without a single blot or stain on his claraew" as a man and a soldier. The colonel leaving his re' giment, Fisher, having an opportunity of becoolOe his servant, left also, and lived nine months with Ws colonel. He married at Weston-super-Mare, but.lo, wife died in about four years ; he afterwards 'nerve.'" at Bristol, Mary Hyatt (the deceased), considered to be the widow of Thomas Hyatt, a labourer. pt.' then resided at Blackwell. Some months after marriage a quarrel took place, and the wife left kie, t home. She returned with a man named Hill, w h o turned out to be her husband before Hyatt. Hill cot° and demanded certain articles of furniture which F ish' had received with Mary Hyatt when he married b e , t . This demand was refused by Fisher. Hill left that Et of the country, and after a separation of two mow' Fisher consented to his wife's return. After two or al, removals they settled at Weston-super-Mare , 1 : 4 , 4 pying the Devonshire Inn, where the murder perpetrated. At this place the quarrels becameln; frequent and violent. The woman on several e . he r sions packed up a quantity of things and left F l ' en t entirely alone. Upon one occasion she was 0 40 fur three months. About twelve months since ea left her home, taking with her a quantity of ' l O and other articles, also 201. in money. Fisher lowed her to Bath in company with a polic e:0 ; found her, and ascertained that she had placed., • money in a bank in Bristol, and had reces s cheque for it, which was found concealed i fl on e stays. After this, Fisher advertised that no, 00 1 should trust her as his wife, and that he sha le be responsible for her acts. On her promisingio amend her conduct Fisher again consented to reee be her into his house, but only for the quarrels %If again renewed more frequently, which unfortu nil terminated so tragically. 'al his Previous to his leaving Wells after his trf i oe , two sons, one about ten, the other seven years 01 1;0 took leave of him. The parting from the parent,bl agonising. To the eldest he gave his Waterloo mejl orn (which, with soldier-like pride, he had always v ol about his person), exclaiming, " Oh, John, that I had died at Waterloo ; you then never le°o have been born to this disgrace, and I never she have committed this dreadful crime!" be ° The chaplain of the prison stated that .. -ls ost conduct since his condemnation has been i l ls exemplary. The Rev. Gentleman has be ho cessant in his attentions upon the culprit, 144.1 , - 0 1. 5 fully alive to the awful situation in which u e placed, and evinced the deepest contrition. ebe 4 On Sunday the condemned sermon was Pr e !, from a text selected from Ecclesiastes, x. 3 ° , .1, and also the heart of the sons of men is full of e ll " t hat madness is in the heart while they live, and after they go to the dead." A more suitable or son e , 0 1 peal to the prisoners could not have been n"' the effect was discernible. 0 04 On Monday Fisher was visited by his brotherl,ies an old comrade, who had travelled one hundred leo to see him. His old companion declared that he st iti in the regiment with Fisher for twenty Yea rs :ol s ' that he was a clean, well-behaved soldier, of i re' trious and sober habits—that he was never 00' .. .00 ported for misconduct, and was servant to the officer when when captain, major, and colonel. s lep t At intervals during Monday night Fish er to his soundly, and on Tuesday evening he retireol the cell early, in order, as he observed, to devto to whole of the time that nature would permit o' prayer. At an early hour this morning there w'so IL . c gre t s to influx of strangers from the surrounding di,s tr t l o witness the execution, which was appointee' place at eleven o'clock. The culprit rose ear,_„J' fi tie° with great composure expressed his entire reollrovee, to his fate. The chaplain was early in at e° _ A and the unhappy man joined i n prayer. mov ed Shortly before eleven the solemn processOf, stye towards the scaffold; Fisher walked with a wir d eer again did not evince much dejection. On th e • t h de e r again entered into the devotional exercises ryi feeling. The remainder is soon told—the executil ea r rot; formed his office, and the murderer was la tine Pot eternity. He appeared to die very sop . f h l e. for d i slightest convulsive struggle being pereePni v seo hanging the usual time the body was cut Jor eeow buried within the precincts of the prison, ocum with the sentence. wit ness At least 5,000 people were assemble d — thsisfor j the execution. e vent There is a circumstance connected b ts which, but for the high authority that vouche ntb cell o ; accuracy, we should deem—in this, the ninet ee licati!, 4 tury—to be next to impossible. Several oPP ve rsu';, were made to the Governor of the priso n bf tor P e ,3 afflicted with the king's-evil and rheumatic be oboia mission for the hand of the dead man to ,"boa over the parts effected, with the idea that tse6o•o°"- be cured. It need hardly be said that the aPP were refused. Oa _-------- ciancf PRIZE ESSAYS ON INSANITY.—The Lord du et of Ireland has declared his intention to gio teli t g o ll4 l o early, during the next-ten years, for the be.% 6 to .a •canected with the treatment of mental dis ;"; os le selected alternately by the College of r b•Y s `,. i c • - ze t ° ,„b• College of Surgeons of Ireland, and the P„ - the ' - 4 1je awarded by the Council of the College by belong to ' b e lo.t , ject was chosen. The first turn to College of Physicians.—Dublin Evening P , St . 13, $54. : 1 Capt. Ormsby, Captain Chambers, 1 11. 4 g. e ff c artb , : i rs and family, Lenox Cunningham, Esq. Dr• "`" - ...45g e 0 4 Captain Willams and family, were among the r - on bo or that embarked at Blackwall 'yesterday mornil3giouii the General Steam Navigation Company 9 Soho, for Antwerp. of coAt BIRTHS. On the 31st ult., at Regent-street, Mrs. Ch Arles of -rit.. a son. v Forre 94 of On the 3d inst., the wife of Mr. H. .v. - terrace, Camberwell New-road, of a son. Robinson, 944 t On the 3d inst., the lady o' f Henry - ~ tautenalli Knapton-grove, Norfolk, of a daughter. , , h , of ' E• C . Co ( 4 n do th n e , go. Bra intree, it.(lkLi,nosft.a, son.at Woolwich,the st.-., 'ell* On the 3d hist , at Mount House, - the 4th inst., at Mount lir.x" inl • - ' Craig, of a son. . On o f a - 0 / Mrs. Thomas Smith, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Maidagale,Mrs. J. 3ihrra"' f 0 5 °' lady ° On the 4th in t C Delano Osborne, Es ' q., of a son f 1 0131/ _On the sth inst., at Richmond-bill, the lady 0 Tunbridge If On the 3d inst., at .1---"----------------- S Y t A . GRellorargEe'lls, 'Ha ~,, th e N R euvn.nJe Nunnery, Southu s se 1 i s , 1, 1 J o ' 7 t n o . n , , R t u o s s el 1 1 a ß r i i a a Marlyn n o n R i late Richard Hamer, Esq., of Kennington. on, ? P. to T. O ]l n ia t e l i i i e re t ia th , i o n f st u ., p a p t e t r h l e l p ia a in ri e sh s.s c t h r ur eet, c:, ;y edrni : s4 ; li'sre:os .: 4 : yi,ccdrarduiter of t i ,i,k50..? r Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry '-' o f former place. ii r s te , On the 4th inst., at Marylebone Church, \I/ c r aae l 'ot Cirencester-place, to Anne Maria, widow aF. I` vi tt istef i of Naopnlest,hcea2pltsatintilLt.,oracitwtrihlleiahmoucseornopfth,e R n . ri lsi t . i ; B ll l : te i:ou o li f Pr the Marquis of Northampton, to Eliza, claua .n. 0' Ad o m n ir t a h l e t 3 h o e t l h io u n ft. ? e a o t rg s e t E . Di a o r t g . arees, weati ,i_ r _ster;jsc . B l ` l Robinson, of Paris, to Sophia. eldest daught er of ..311 Mogg, of Covent-garden publiiher. E t On e n r e t d l , 7 e , 3d E i s n g s t ;t „ o a tmAa Covent-garden, e s N fo a r s 'cl h , C c h; d u lc 8 111 , 1 i r g e b d t e a r r i c o ' f - T.ll o ' ' t e i Spong, Esq., of Mill-hill. n3 3.0 1 1 15 0+ On the 3d inst., at Old Widcombe Cerschtibadrcahru, Tin, ,' t ie Mansford, Esq., of Entry-hill, solicitor, to , --- - L ietite e eldest surviving daughter of A. S. Spoos , 135 q tr Royal Navy. ay Jo Ste On the 34 inst., at Abbot's Langley, Harts, WI the Is t'o son, Esq., of Highgate, to Elizabeth, daughter 0 Abbe Captain Milbourne Jackson, R N of Hill - s ide ' ~ Langley. -- :2----------- of DIED. On the Ist inst.., at Leamington, Campbell. Ye uligegt 9411 of Sir George Sitwell, Bart., of Renishaw, Chesterfield', pg., On the Ist inst., Emma, the wife of John Raphil e " oe Frances Finsbury-circa:;. El llll3* On the 3d inst., at Shirl ey, Surrey, wife of the Rev. M. T. Ferre r : M Vicar of dingt0n7,....0 ' . ,A, On the 24th ult., at Bright on, Miss Frances Any" eci' ' o f P On the Ist inst., at Wey mouth, W. 11. Baker, .L. monton, aged 62. Grifl r ' ' On the 3d inst., in Trafalgar-square, Mrs. So-san n o l ,:al.. - On the 4th inst., Edward Kellett Green, Esq ., / anipton-row, Russell-square, aged 3_6:________.---. --- - f l, Qf .......„ __________ , ii s,,, f p London : Printed and Published by WIRD() v Is To. 1 1 4 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun. Oftlee , rA orr Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, la the '''' Middlesex, Friday, September 6, 1844. nistoun, Esq., 111.1"., of a son 37 41 3d 5 34 2 C Or IV4 t t et k tro, t i 1 %7 4 the hi , o] Itivi V To ~'`Oq