The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-20 00:00:00

E'EN LNG EDITION. CITY OF LONDON REGISTRA TION.-(THURSDAY.) (Before 1111'. CRAIG.) Michael Seward, of 9, Chatham-place, was objected to by the Tories. Mr. Goodeve said the ground of objection was, that Mr. Seward occupied permissively as the Secretary to the Promoter Fire and Life Insurance Company. Mr. Holmes, in support of the vote, said, there was a material distinction between Mr. Saward's case and those of the clerks to other Companies. He then called Mr. Seward, who stated that he occupied the premises in question on the 31st of July last, and had done so for twelve months preceding, as tenant. The value was considerably more than 101. a year. The premises were sated in his name, and all the rates had been paid. By Mr. Goodeve—l am Secretary to the Promoter Company, and the business is carried on there. By Mr. Holmes-4 am the lessee under a lease for fourteen years, direct from the Bridewell Hospital, at 1381. a year. No other person is mentioned in the lease. lam subject to all the responsibility of tenancy. Although the business of the Company is carried on there, it is under an arrangement with me. By Mr. Goodeve—The payment of rent and rates is by my own hand. The amount paid by the Company to me is 1381. Mr:. Goodeve submitted that Mr. Saward held these premises only as the officer of the Company, and that the case was similar to those already decided. Mr. Holmes contended that Mr. Saward stood in quite a different situation from the clerks to other Companies. He was clothed with the title of tenant, and in that position of independency which actual tenancy gave, ad which was contemplated by the Act. This case was directly the converse of the cases alluded to, in which the taking of the premises had been by the Company, and through the medium of its Trustees and Directors, and the Secretary was permitted to enter as their servant only. In this case Mr. Seward occupied as tenant, and permitted the Company to use the pre mises for the purpose of carrying on their business. Mr. Craig, after consulting with Mr. Mylne, said that he considered Mr. Saward as the tenant of the premises in question, and therefore the vote must be retained. ST. JAMES'S, CLERKENWELL. ELECTION OF INCUMBENT TO THE PERPE TUAL CURACY OF THE PARISH. Yesterday slamming at eleven o'clock, a public meeting of tte inhabitants of the parish of St. James's, Clerken well, was held, pursuant to notice, in the Vestry-room of the Parish Church in Clerkenwell Green, for the purpose of receiving the report from the Committee appointed by the Vestry on Thursday last, as to the right of presentation to St. James's, St. Mark's, and St. Phi lips's, Clerkenwefl, and to proceed to the election of a Minister, in the room of the Rev. Thomas Sheppard, deceased. FRANCIS LARARD, Esq., Senior Churchwarden, having taken the chair, it was moved and carried, " That in consequence of the crowded state of the Vestry ' room, the meeting do adjourn to the parish school-room in Amwell-street." The meeting having re-assembled in the school-room in Amwell-street, the report, which stated the presentation to be in the parishioners, was received. A long, stormy, and most disorderly discus sion their ensued. Each person present seemed desirous of speaking, and provided the came/hes Icquendi were gratified, cared very little whether others listened or not. Listeners were, during the whole morning, at a high premium ; in fact, with the exception of ourselves and our brethren of the press—all, of course, lis f teners by profession—we much doubt whether / there was a silent individual in the assembly. Even a / large bull-dog which had by accident obtained admis sion, seemed to have caught the prevailing infection, and joined in the general discord with his deep-toned I ay. The Cnairrnan, unable to restore order, at length resign.. d his seat to his brother churchwarden, Mr. Ben nett, who seemed quite as unable '. to ride the whirlwind or direct the storm" as his predecessor. During the conftk,i.n we saw several gentlemen rise, and after sAwing, the air with their hands most ener getically, and moving their lips for a certain space of time, sit down again, looking very hot and red, and then a questio❑ was put from the chair, and hands were held up, and then the ceremony was repeated. The meaning of all this was understood to be, that Mr. Lovell propose?, the Rev. R. C. Dillon, D.D., as a proper person to he elected t,) till the vacancy, and that Mr. Paris seconded the nomination ; and that Mr. Nicho lson proposed the Rev. W in. Elisha Law Faulkner, M.A., and that some parishioner seconded that nomination, t'iat thereupon a show of 'lauds w .s taken, which was declared to be in favour (Attie Rev. R. C. Dillon, D. D, I whereupon the friends of the other candidate demanded Ia pull, which was appointed to commence this morning at nine o'clock, at the Clerkenwell workhouse. ELOPEMENT IN DUBLIN.—A very interesting oung lady, niece to a Q. C., eloped a few nights s;lice with a follower of Esculapius. At a late hour a hearse drove up near to the mansion of the lady's father, and on a given signal the-fair one fluttered through the shrubberies troth-Lke, and reached the ant s of her adorer in safety, ensconced as he was in the hearse. Pursuit was unavail ing, fur the hymeneal knot was tied before the locus in quo whither they had fled was discovered. —Post Correspon dent. ' THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS AND SIR i .I„aants Cisaers.—A correspondent inquires, as we have beard several other persons inquire, wby the Marquis of i Hastings did not horsewhip Sir James Clark, the prime 1 offender against Lady Flora, instead of wrangling and Ibeing wrathful with Ladies Portman and Tavistock ? We suppose the reason was, for we can see no other, that be might have violated the etiquette of the Court. 4tEPRESENTATION OF THE INVERNESS Bypans.—Mr. Mackenzie of Scatwell, has signified to his friends that he will not contest the Inverness burghs at the next election. The Honourable Gentleman is understood to be on the eve of his departure for the Continent, where he will reside for some time. The present Liberal repre sentative of the burghs, Mi. M'Leod, of Cadboll, is not, however, to be allowed to walk the course. A requisi tion is at present in course of signature, and has been signed by a number of the Conservatives, to Mr. John Fraser, a gentleman long resident in India, as a merchant. Mr. Mackenzie, of Scatwell, has issued an address to the electors, in whichhe states that a circumstance of a domestic nature has occurred, which be could not control, and which will oblige him to sojourn in Italy for an indefinite period. We regret to learn that the circumstance alluded ' to is the delicate state of health of Mr. Mackenzie and his i lady.—Glasgow Courier. MR. PAULTON.—This gentleman has now al most completed his tour of Scotland ; and we observe he lectures in most of the towns in the stewartry of Kirkcud bright before he crosses the Border. We are sure we speak Mr. Paulton's mind, and that of the patriotic gentle men who sent him here to enlighten and rally our popu lation against the hated bread tax, when we say, that his success has come up to, if it has not exceeded, their most sanguine expectations. Here and there he has met with opposition from ignorant or infatuated individuals, but that opposition has been so paltry, and based on grounds so futile and irrelevant, that it has only helped to place in more favourable contrast the determined and increasing zeal of the great mass of the intelligent middle and work ing classes to pull down the leviathan grievance. We augur, from Mr. Paulton's reception, their hearty co-ope ration with their English friends to save the commerce of the country from ruin, and its trade from the paralytic shock which every now and then attack it. The lectures of Mr. Paulton, and the events of the last few weeks, have made many Corn-law repealers in Scotland.—Scot tish Pilot. COACH ACCIDENT.-011 Tuesday afternoon, as a two-horsed Southampton coach, loaded with passen gers, was proceeding to town, it suddenly came in contact with a cart belonging to M. Clark, limeburner, of Brent ford, when, by the force of the collision, the pole of the coach was broken, and the coachman and an outside pas -1 senger were precipitated with great force to the ground, but were not seriously hurt. Another pole being procured the coach proceeded to its destination. SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was taken on Tuesday evening before Mr. Wakley, at the house of Mr. Taber, banker, No. 58, Russell-square, on the body of Ann Newman, aged 51, a nurse in the above gentleman's family. It appeared that about eleven o'clock on Monday morning the deceased was in the act of dressing Mrs. Taber, when she suddenly fell with her head across her milottess's shoulder, and before medical aid could be pro moted life was extinct. Verdict—" Natural Death." b CARGE OF ROBBERY.—Jeremiah Humphries „i I'll*tit A - Clarke, „..„ . a and George Langley Clarke, were finally 7m l t Hatton-garden ;on Wednesday, charged with /C2_ ll . wtmeerned i n ro bbi ng T homas H enry R o p er , E sq ., o f full;Pezdeteekt-ilecilt.ill. The particulars of the case have been prosecutor' s Roper alight at and another witness fro possession of a post.boy new proved that he saw the t e t t b t a h g, containing the property, when Mr. e Bell Tavern, Henley-on-Thames ; e proved having seen them on the road committed for trial. ma rg e li s e s a!ed in the above eha,:ge Ap m et ai l implicat e d . The prisoners were fully recegsly died in a state of as ißler lerk.enwell prison. OPil Wednesday mornin g in hischaise - Richard Gude, Bagshot where of the Gity, was driving tdumbledvery , and lt , lr he is building a shooting box, the ho'rsneear much Gude was thrown out. His face and hea s lacerated and bruised, but we are glad to thatstatweer he has lost a great deal of blood the injuries although he sustained i are not dangerous. MURDER OF A WHOLE FAMIL Y . 0 n the ilO6 instant a man named Romain was conv i cted b Court of Assizes for the Indre et L oire of the murdery the i ofe family namedßoileau, at Rifle, near Tours, consisting of the husband and wife and they daughter, in January last; an d also of a previous attempt to murder a M. Petit Nau, w i t h whom he had, two years before, lived as a servant, as he afterwards did with the Boileaus. The latter crime was an act of revenge, M. Petit Nau having failed in Aging Remain some wages that were due to him. The second crime, first mentioned, was attributed to the insti gation of a man and his wife, named MirAcau, who had complained that a robbery had been imputed to them by the Roileaus, and had declared that if tney heard any one murdering them they would never come forward to give Fevidence. Th e Mi re b eaus li ve d i n the house adjoini g that of t h e B o il eaus, and the wall b etween t h em was so thin that no noise could take place in the one without being heard in the other. The Mirebeaus confessed that they heard a noise in the night h hthe murderof the Boi leaus,,on w e was co • which frequently occurred 1 committed, but attributed it to a family quarrel, I the .till-cheaus could he their trial. Romain wa s adduced, _ As no positive evidence eg,,inat they were not put on ; '4 condemned to death. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES.—FURTHER PARTICULARS. WEDNESDAY.-This is usually a very dull racing day at Doncaster, and nothing occurred this afternoon to change its character; the actual business was confined to the settling at the Rooms, and the sales at the Salutation Inn, and large sums changed hands at both places. As the first-mentioned proceed ing has an important reference to the St. Leger, we sha t dis pose of it at once by stating that it war " Slow " but quiet, and comparatively harmless ; thanks to the dead heat, which induced Charles the Twelfth's backers to adopt the prudential course of hedging their money to a considerable extent. Had he won the first heat we question if our report would have been so fa vourable. We did not hear of any great winners or losers. Scott's party, of course, netted a good, but, for the reason we have given, not a very large stake. One person, we understand, was absent, but there are grounds for expecting that his deficit (a small one) will shortly be made good. In our account of the two beats sent yesterday we did not give the time in which they were run ; the first was three minutes and twenty-five seconds; the deciding one, three minutes and forty-five seconds. The stakes, clear of deductions, were worth 2,9251. The winner is got by Voltaire, out of Wagtail (Laurel's dam) , by Prime Mi nister, her dam by Orville, out of Miss Grimestone, by Weazel, her dam by Ancestor—dam Arabian—Sampson—Oronoko-- Sister to Mirza. Mr. Tattersall's sale was attended by a great number of No blemen and gentlemen, and several lots excited much compe tition. The following is a list of those sold : MR. NOWELL ' S YEARLING FILLIES. Guineas. Chesnut, by Muley, out of Rosalia (in the Oaks) ... 7l Chesnut, by Peter Lely, dby Muley, out of Rosanne ( do. ) 25 Chesnut, by Peter Lely, out of Young Sweetpea ( Oaks) 25 Bay, by Peter Lely, d by .Muley, out of Lady Earn 3O Brown, by Muley, out of Miss Orville 4O Chesnut, by Peter Lely, out of Young Mignonette 2O Bay, by Peter Lely, out of Bequest Brown, by Peter Lely, dby Muley—Prima Donna's dam 18 MR. WALKER ' S YEARLINGS (ALL IN THE DERBY ) Escort, b c by Voltaire, out of Velocipede's dam 360 Giaonr, ch cby Sultan, out of Pauline Kaiser, b c by Sultan, out of Francesca Linby, b c by Langar, out of Cotillon Mustapha, ch c by Sultan, out of Velocity YEARLING COLTS, FILLIES, ko. Bay colt, by Sheet Anchor, out of Valentia (Derby) 2lO Bay colt, by Sheet Anchor, out of Lady Fulford (Derby) 100 Black colt, by Sheet Anchor, d. by Emilius—Brocard (Derby) Bay, by Sneet Anchor, out of Harriet (in the Derby) 52 Chesnut filly, by Sir Hercules, out of Ulrica 33 Celt, 4 yrs, by Phillip the First, out of Princess 195 YEARLINGS, TWO-YEAR OLDS, SCE. Bay yearling colt, by Langer, d byPartisan (in the Derby) 80 Bay yearling colt, by Langar, out of Sliss Julia (Derby) 115 Chesnut yearling filly, by Labgar, out of Emigrant's dam (Oaks) Bay yearling, by Voltaire out of Annot Lyle (0ak5)...... 40 Bay colt, 2 yrs, by Langar, d by Partisan Brilliant, 5 yrs, by Langar, out of Emigrant's dam 255 BY MR. TILBURN. A Chesnut yearling colt, by Laurel, out of Shoehorn .. 140 Chesnut yearling filly, by Langar, dam by Confederate lOO Chesnut colt, 2 yrs, by Langar, out of the Confederate mare 130 Black filly, 2 yrs, by 3lambrino, out of a Mulatto mare Mr. Tilburn sold some of Mr. Attwood's stock at low prices. The attendance on the course was about the same as usual, and the weather, excepting two or three showers, tolerably fine. The following is a return of the sport : The Foal Stakes of 100 sous each, h ft for three-yrs old ; colts, Sst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Mile and a half. (7 subs.) Lord Westminster's Sleight-of-Hand The Doncaster Stakes of 10 50 1 79 each, with 50 added by the Corporation ; three yrs, 6st 101 b ; four yrs, fist ; five yrs, fist 91b ; six yrs and aged, 9st. Two miles (7 subs. ) Duke of Cleveland's Kremlin, 3 yrs, carried 6st 121 b. (Lye) 1 Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, 5 yrs... .. 2 5t04 on Kremlin. The Cardinal made play to the stand, where Kremlin went up, and, after a good race, won by a head. The Selling Stakes of 10 soya each, with 30 added ; three yrs old, Est 121 b ; four yrs, Bst ; five yrs, Bst 71b. ; six yrs and aged, Bst 101 b. The winner to be sold for 2001, &c. St. Leger Course. (5 subs. ) Mr. Etty's b c The Quack, by Physician, 3 yrs (Lye) 1 Mr. Smith's br f Memento, by Voltaire, 3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's bf by Priam, out of Row ton's Dam, 4 yrs 3 Mr. S. King's b f Tivy, by Langar, 3 yrs 6to 4on Memento, and sto 2 agst Quack. The Priam filly made nearly all the running to the Red House, where The Quack and Memento went by her; after running together to the distance The Quack took the lead, kept it, and won easy. The Corporation Plate of 601. ; three years, 6st 10lb • four years, ist 121 b : five years, Bst 51b ; six years and aged, Bst 12.1 b ; mares allowed 31b ; tile second to receive 15 guineas. Two-mile heats. Lord Eglinton's ch f Opera, by Actaeon, 4 yrs Lye) 1 3 1 Mr. Milner's br c Humphrey, 4 yrs 3 1 2 Mr. Golden's ch c The Diver, 3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's bc by Priam, 3 yrs 4 2dr The betting was 6 to 4 on Opera for each heat, and 3 to 1 agst Humphry - , after the first ; won easily each time. After passing the distance in the first heat, The Diver, on being pulled up, plunged, kicked. and threw his rider, fortunately without doing him any injury. THE CUP BETTING-(TEN O ' CLOCK.) 6 to 5 agst Charles the Twelfth 2 to 1 egg Bee's Wing—taken THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael—taken 20 to 1 agst Launcelot—taken 20 to I agst Gienorchy—taken 30 to 1 agst Emigrant's dam—taken 30 to 1 agst Perseus—taken 30 to 1 agst Margellina—taken 30 to 1 agst Angelica—taken 30 to 1 agst Maroon 3: to 1 agst Reindeer 33 to 1 agst 3lolyneux—taken 33 to 1 agst Black Beck—taken 40 to 1 agst Sister to Cactus—taken 40 to 1 asst Brother to Melbourne 50 to 1 agst St. Andrew—taken 50 to 1 agst Emilia—taken The ball last night was attended by—Lords Eglinton, Mil ton. Alford, and Seymour ; Lady Mary Thompson. Colonels —Westenra, Hill, and Thompson. Captair.s—Crosby, Elm sail. Ramsden, Grey, Bushe, Lumley, &c. Sir G. Armitage, Hon. A. Jocelyn. Messrs—Brandling, Milbank, Thompson, Cholmeley, Fullarton, Dundas, G. Ramsden, Ferguson, Beau mont. Mesdames—Elmsall, Ramsden, Fayne, Beaumont, Hill, &c. Misses—Hilton, Fayne, Seholefield, &c. DONCASTER, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 12 o'CLocK.-5 to 4 on Charles the Twelfth, 2 to 1 agst Bee's Wing (taken), and 8 to 1 agst Lanercost. Only three or four expected to run. REDDITCH RACES—MoNDAY. The Cavalry Cup was won in two heats by Mr. J. Brown's bl. g. Sir Harry (Mr. Parker), beating four others. The Hewell Stakes of 5 sovs. each and 50 added, the second saved his stake. Mr. Walmsley's h. g. Catamaran, aged (Wadlow) 1 1 Mr. Bradley's b. h. Exorable, 6 yrs 8 2 Lord Warwick's b. c. Melodrame, 4 yrs 2 3 Two others started. The Hack Stakes, with 15 soya. added, were v, on in two heats by Mr. R. Page's Jim Crow (Mr. Bradley), beating several others. The Galloway Stakes, once round and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Eccles' Snowball, beating three others. TUESDAY. The Hurdle Stakes were won by Mr. J. Redding's Louisa, and the Consolation Handicap by Mr. Green's Maid-of-all-work. SHREWSBURY RACES-WZDNESDAY. The Tankerville Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5, &c. ; two miles. Mr. Griffith's Lugwardine, 5 yrs (Chapple) 1 Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Meiklam's Modesty, 5 yrs... Mr. Collins'4Query, 4 yrs 4 Mr. Price's Captain Pops, 4 yrs 5 Mr. B. Borough ns. Black Prince, 4 yrs The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each ; mile and quarter. Lord Stanley's b. f. Velocity (Jones) 1 Sir T. Stanley's Apothecary 2 The Innkeeper's Purse, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; mile and quarter heats. Mr. Holker's Maid of Mouton, 5 yrs... (Clarke) 1 1 Mr. Blake's Normanby, 6 yrs 4 2 Mr. Massey's Tubalcam,3 yrs ... 3 3 Mr. Collett's The Dean, 3 yrs ISLE OF THANET RACES-WEDNESDAY: The Ramsgate Plate of 401., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soy,. each ; the winner to be sold for 1201. ; two mile heats. Mr. Holmes' b. m. Slang (Brick, Jun.) 0 1 1 Mr. Falconer's b. m. Slender Mr. Bacon's Maid of Kent 0 0 3 Mr. Dockeray's Lyster 0 2 4 Captain Gardnor's c. by Reveller, out of Scurry.. 2 0 0 Mr. Monro's Stag 3 0 0 Two others started, but were not placed. The Powell Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 30 added ; the winner to be sold for 1201., &c. ; two mile heats. , . Mr. Simmond's ch. g. Cadland, aged (Owner) 4 1 1 Mr. Clifton's Whalebone. 2 2 2 Mr. Turner's Sir Felix 1 fell Mr: Wootton's Susan Watch RETURN OF THE VERNON, BLENHEIM, AND EDINBMIGH.—These ships on Sunday afternoon expe rienced much fresh weather, and which towards night blew a gale, which compelled the respective commanders to return to Spithead. The Vernon sailed again from Ports mouth on the 17th snstant. THE QUEEN, SIR J. CLARK, AND SIR H. HALFORD.—Prior to the demise of the late King, Sir J. Clark was physician to the Duchess of Kent . When the ___ Princess Victoria ascended the throne, Sir J. Clark was requested by her Majesty to make out a list of the physi cians and surgeons, ordinary and extraordinary, to the Court, and submit it to her for approval. He accordingly obeyed the command of her Majesty. Though Sir H. Halford had been principal physician to William IV., and was Lord Meibourne's private physician, his name stood second or third oil the list; and Sir J. Clark, because of his professional coonection with the Duchess of Kent, thought himself justnsed in placing bis own name first. Sir Henry Halford considering, from the position which he had held for so long a time in the medical profession, as well as from the circumstance of his being President of the College of Physicians, that be was fully entitled to be nominated as the Queen's principal physician, had an inter view with Lord Melbourne on the subject, who promised to mention the matter to her Majesty, as well as to Sir James Clark. He accordingly did so, and Sir J. Clark's r e ply was, that he had no personal feeling in the matter, that he had a high respect for Sir H. Halford's eminent p r ofeasioi:al talents, and he had no objection to his name being placeti at the head of the list, and if that was agreed to his name shoo, d stand at the bottom. The subjectwas brought under the node.' of her Majesty,. both by the Prime fi t ueen exp ressed nister and by Sir' J. Clark. The ' Q ishes complied wi her th. resolute determinatl:in to ha v e her vc/ expect that my She observed, A s lam now Queen , view s and private feelinjs should be cOnsu:ted—Sir J. Clark has always been my physician, and sholl A:main so, in spite of all o pp os ition, from whatever quarter it may oriFinate."—Physic and Physicians. The railro a d excavat i ons are daily bringing to light records o f past Ewes for the gratification of the antiquarian, and the advancement cif godingical science, or the confirmatien of previously established geological troths. Last week the barbed head of an arrow, supposed to be part of a weapon of the ancient Britons, was dug at Pang dean, from a de to have been depth of n ear l y e i g h t f eet, w h ere i t a ppeared covered by from the adjacent hills the soil washed into the valley brass coin of Germanic' Near the same spot were found a and a smaller coin of Zs, about the size of a halfpenny, Otho. A small bra ss coin of me metal, bearing the e ffi g y of coverod since. The coin , . are Nero has also been dis vation.—Boyhton Gazette. all in tolerably good preser- R EFORNI REGISTRY ASSOCIATION,--._A meet ing of this bmy was held last Monday at the Corn Ex change, THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1839. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Courier of last evening speaks of Mr. Sheil's speech at Tipperary in the following terms :—" It will be seen by our account of the Tipperary elec tion that Mr. Sheil has been re-elected for that county. It was so well known that this result would take place, that although in the present balanced state of parties in the House of Commons every new election is calculated to excite the greatest national interest, on the present occasion the public curiosity was allayed by its foreknowledge of the event. Not so however with the speech which it is the custom of the elected candi date to deliver on the hustings. On this point the public curiosity was much excited. What would Mr. Sheil say in ojice A How would he deal with those perplexing subjects which continue to em barrass the Government? Would he avow his differ ences of opinion with the Ministry under whom he has accepted office ? Above all, would he support or de• nounce the fresh scheme of agitation put in practice by Mr. O'Connell for the repeal of the Union ? On these points, and especially the last, there existed much curiosity to learn what opinions Mr. Shed might take occasion to express. And how do our readers think he has dealt with them ? He has shirked them all. He has left every one of the political questions on which it was most expected that he would pronounce a straightforward and decided opinion in total silence. With the exception of the usual abuse of the House of Lords, and the accustomed praise of Lord Normanby, it would be difficult to point out any parts of his speech to engage particular attention, saving his approbation of Lord Melbourne's Administration, which, from its novelty, perhaps, may produce a droll feeling of sur prise and wonder, checked a little by the consideration that it was befitting to the new official, if from grati tude only, to endeavour to speak well of those at whose pleasure he holds his appointment." The Globe alludes as follows to the lamentations of the Tory journals for the successful termination of the civil contest in Spain :—" The happy turn of events in Spain has furnished another opportunity for the party in opposition to exhibit its real character. The endea vours of its journals to damp the joy which the termi nation of hostilities in Spain has diffused throughout this country, only proves that by the selfishness of party every benevolent and patriotic feeling has been engrossed. Aware that the successful issue of the nego ciations with Maroto reflects the highest credit on the Government, the base engines of a heartless faction are incessantly employed in directing their efforts to misre present the part taken by the agents of'that Government, and the means by which they were enabled to accom plish the object so long desired, and, unhappily, so long delayed. They clearly see that this event has placed farther from their reach the power to attain which they are constantly intriguing ; every event which illustrates the efficiency of its policy, while it neutralises their attacks upon the Government, renders it the more necessary for the furtherance of their schemes that they should asperse what they cannot—because they dare not—openly and indiscriminately condemn ; and by utterly unsupported and mere gratuitous assertions, coupled with most daring misrepresentations, induce, it possible, a suspicion, if not a belief, that an event which all must hail with delight has been brought about by means which honourable minds, alive to the character of their country, ought to condemn." The Standard, alluding to Mr. Sheil's speech on his re-election for the county of Tipperary, remarks as follows :—" But not content with applauding Lord Normanby and Mr. O'Connell, he proceeds to critiche the conduct of Sir Robert Peel. Instead of imputing to that distinguished gentleman that greedy anxiety for office which has hitherto been ascribe_! to Conservatives by all the adherents of the Govern ment, Mr. Sheil is pleased to attempt to deprive Sir Robert of the merit which is his due for his determined stand against the surveil/at/cc of the Bedchamber, by insisting that lie gladly seize,: upon the opportunity thus afforded him of declining :he offer'. He was afraid, forsooth, of the oppo sition which his Government would provoke in Ire land. This has been a difficulty which it 11,,5 been the especial object of Lord Melbourne to in crease by every means in his power. With this motive he desired Mr. O'Connell to get up the simu lated tranquillity of which so great boast has been made ; and this is to be his Lordship's staff end crutch in the hour of need. The Whigs will, we are told, keep Ireland (which means that they will cherish and support the predominant religion of that country at the expense of that which they are sworn to defend and uphold) ; they have in. duced Mr. O'Connell to pass the word for a temporary cessation from outrage ; but the instant the Tory (i. e. the Protestant) interest is in the ascendant, Mr. Shiel tells us that instead of diminishing the number of troop. in that unhappy country, 30,000 will be required to keep the peace ! If the Tories came into office,' ne should vote that 30,000 soldiers would be necessary th preserve the public peace! Such is the bugbear by which it is attempted to deter the Conservatives, in the event of a minority on the part of the Whigs in the ensuing Parliament, from accepting office." The Morning Post of this day, speaking of the mect ing of the holders of Bank of England Stock which too': place yesterday, says :—" The proprietors of Bark Stock have a visible and direct interest in the prosperity of that Corporation ; and as they are for the greatt r part, such of them at least as are in the habit of giving their attendance at the General Courts of the Company, mercantile men of first-rate eminence in the City of London, we suppose it is fair to conclude, from their tribute of unqualified approbation, that the Directors (,1* the Bank of England do not show by their conduct th,t they are very ignorant or very negligent of their duty, whether to their immediate constituents, or to the com mercial interests of the country generally." The Times observes, in the course of a leading ar ticle, speculating on the probability of a dissolution of the present Parliament :—" The' country having row got a remodelled Cabinet, likely to be characterized by wider departures from the Constitution than have here tofore disgraced their devious course, surely it is not too much to entreat on behalf of the constituency that they may be permitted to give an opinion upon it. What say you, my Lords and Gentlemen of the O'Connell Cabinet ? Shall we have a bout with you after the R , !- gistrations ? Whenever you make your appeal to the electors, we shall earnestly recommend them to take Lord Lyndhurst's speech as their text-book." The Iforning Herald speaks in the following spi:e ful, petulant strain of Mr. Shiel, whose re-election f Tipperary seems to have wonderously discomposed our vixen Contemporary's aged nerves :—" Mr. Rieha:d Lalor Shiel is reputed a great man in Ireland. He: he ranks as an exceedingly common-place, ignorant pre tender to rhetoric and to statesmanship. The Whi'. 4 s, however, are fain, at last, to regard him as a great card ; and their exultation, accordingly is great, at his return for Tipperary. We can scarcely imagine that L rd Melbourne and his colleagues expect to ditive any very direct advantage from elevating to office this flimsy, frothy, swaggering spouter. His appointment is, in fact, a sop to the teachers of Romanism—a ratification, after the lapse of more than four years, of the Lichfield Hou,e compact of 1835." The Morning Chronicle, alluding to the extent of the supplies of corn which England might derive from Aus tria, were it not for the Corn-laws, remarks as fol lows :—" A heartless aristocracy meet us at every step, and tell us that we must renounce these advantages, and resign ourselves to famine in adverse seasons, that their monopoly may remain entire 1 Surely the patiel:ee of the people of England will not always be proof against this crying injustice, which is sapping the foundation s of our industry, and threatens destruction to our po sperity. If the people will only unite and concentrate their efforts against the landlords, they must be over come. We warn all those who have an interest in the peace and good order of the community, to reflect on the danger of allowing the landowners to presume much on the patience of the industrious classes. In awful time is approaching." COLLISION AT SEA ON FRIDAY NIGHT LAST. —While the Princess steamer was on her voyage from the Isle of Man for Liverpool, and when off Wallasey Hole, she came in contact with the Skylark sloop, bound for t he Isle of Man, and laden with corn. The crew of the Sky lark succeeded in getting on board of the steamer, and the sloop was towed on shore near the Magazine the folio-, ing morning. She was consigned to Mr. Bristow of this town, and we understand her cargo was insured.—Manx Ad vertiser. This is the time when migratory birds are taking their departure from this country, and when others will visit us from foreign countries. Persona who have net ed these flights of the feathered race state that for years past the number of swallows have greatly diminished, as apr cars from watching those places from which they take their flight, and congregate in a flock on the coast. Woad , cocks from Denmark, Sweden, and other places wi!l rive the first moonlight nights next month ; and fieldt,res and various other birds will soon after pay us their uFual autumnal visit. Some of the birds migrate in flocks, tid others singly; some by day, others at night by moonl DISPOSSESSING POOR TENANTRY.—If ,tie are correctly informed, the agent of a gentleman in this county, recently raised to the peerage, has within the Lst week turned upwards of forty families upon the world. By the death of a gentleman who held the land they rove; ted to the landlord, and we understand that the instant the poor people were turned out by force by the stie::ff's bailiff, the agent had the houses levelled to the grot,id, and the wretched occupants turned upon the world. We fear this turn out to be a second " Ballinamuck L ' on," although the parties acting upon the occasion ti with: l Y in Pnlitics from Lord Lorton. If the circunasta.cus are suet as have been communicated to us, we will puri:.rm our part 10 the tragic scene, regardless of the posi:i.q: in w hi c h some of thos e ,h;terested may stand with the pendence of th)s county. We care not what the reli,jon or politics of any man be ; he tyrannises over a wret. !ed people, it is right that the pi.ACe should be made acquci , :ted with the cause of the misery reich ensues. This I , :oks very like clearing the lands hefore Poor-law come, iato operation. We are informed that a pow man and his wife who were in the highest stage of fever, were carried ,ut and left sitting upon the grass whilst their tpvel was r Led ee l shall, ,Ruse orn ho m vi o 'e u vti o , u v r i t e w place during the ensu in g visit to the earth We sincerely trust our inforniant may ; fallen into some mistake. lekV PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar, in Mincing-lane, and comparing the same against that of foreign sugars:— London, September 20, 1839. The Gazette of this evening will quote the Per Cwt. average price of British Plantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at The actual quantity of Sugar sold on account of the importers, in the week ending the 17th instant, according to the returns made by the West India sugar brokers, in conformity with the Act of Parliament, and on which quantity the above price is computed, consisted of 977 hhds. 121 trs. and 58 barrels, and not of 1,200 bhds. as estimated in the market. As we stated some months since, the crops of Sugar are late, but they are not unusually short. Several ships which sailed from the West Indies before the Ist August, have ar rived, and are full. On the 16th September, 1837, the landings were 88,668 hhds. and trs., and on the 14th September, 1839, 76,551 hhds. and trs. The Stock on the 16th September, 1837, consisted of 26,036 hhds. and trs. ; on the 15th, 1838, of 36,513 do. ; and on the 14th, 1839, of 38,085 do. The deliveries on the 16th Sept. 1837, were 93,275 hhds. and trs. ; on the 15th, 1838, 82,928 do. ; and on the 14th, 1839, 66,696 do. The falling off in the delivery since the Ist May last to the present date, as compared against the like period in 1838, is 16,232 hhds and trcs. The market is already lower, and if:the public abstain from the use of sugar to the extent they have done in the period named above, the decrease in the deliveries will insure a larger stock at Christmas, 1839, than was on hand at Christmas, 1838. A fall in price of at least 7s. per cwt. may be safely an ticipated. Foreign Sugars raised by free labour have, since our last report, been sold 17s. per cwt., quality for quality, less than West India Sugars. DINNER TO MR. WYSE BY HIS CONSTITUENTS. TO THE RIGHT HON. T. WYSE, M.P. SlR—With feelings of mingled pride and pleasure, we embrace the present opportunity to express our high satisfaction at your having been called upon to fill an important office in the Government of the country. In availing themselves of your great talents and statesmanlike qualities, her Majesty's Ministers have only confirmed the choice of all who have watched your useful and brilliant career as a legislator. In common with the people of the empire at. large, we be hold in your elevation to the Treasury Bench an addi tional assurance of the determination of Ministers to remove all abuses, whether in Church or State, to proceed fearlessly in the onward path of ref or m, and to grapple boldly with the Tory oligarchy, which still withhold from Ireland those rights and privileges to which, as an integral portion of the empire, she is justly entitled. Whilst we acknowledge the valuable support which you have given to every measure of practical improvement, yet with peculiar gratification have we marked your efforts in the great cause of National Edo canon. With that cause—the noblest which can occupy the attention of the philosophic statesman— your name is indissolubly linked ; •and proud indeed must be the recollection that, i nstea d of wasting the efforts of your genius on iubjects of ephemeral importance, it was your nobler aim to dispel the dark clouds of ignorance, and, in the spirit of enlightened legislation, to prepare the hu man mind for still greater triumphs than any it has yet achieved. We appeal with confidence to your late unop posed return (a circumstance for many years unexampled in Waterford), as a satisfactory proof that your private virtues and amiable qualities are duly appreciated by all parties in your native city, and we entertain no doubt that, as your accession to office has been unanimously hailed, so each succeeding year will add fresh claims to the respect and admiration of your fellow-citizens., Actuated by these feelings, we request the honour of your company at a Public Dinner, as a slight but sincere mark of our esteem and regard. Signed on behalf of a Meeting of the Citizens of Waterford. BENJAMIN MORRIS, D. L., Chairman. ANSWER. GENTLEMEN,—I receive your Address with cordial feel• logs of satisfaction and gratitude. If at all times it be to me a matter of just pride, to be honoured with your approbation, how much more so, when I consider the circumstances, under which it is at present offered. In appointing Catholics to office, the Government hare done something more than merely conferring honours upon individuals ; they have given sanction and effect to principles. The Emancipation Act was never meant to remain a dead letter in the Statute Book, but to live and work through all branches, administrative as well as legis lative, of the country. In this sense, the Government understand it : they are determined to make it a reality. If Catholics should be excluded from office, merely because they are Catholics, so also should they be excluded from Parliament. If from either, the Act of 1829 is a fraud ; Emancipation has yet to pass. In appointing Irishmen, Ministers have acted with not less justice. Ireland is entitled to her share as well in the government as in the legislation of this united empire. We have made as many sacrifices for the public good, feel as deep an interest in the public welfare, have as high P. value fur our public institutions, and as determined a zeal for their support as Scotehmeo, or Englishmen. I feel highly honoured by being associated, even as an humble labourer, in the great work of National Education. You only do me justice in thinking that I have always re garded it as the noblest object: -which could engage the at tention of the Statesman. A friend to liberty I feel that tree institutions cannot long subsist unless supported by in telligence and virtue ; a friend to order, I know from recent events that ignorance is no guarantee for its continuance: : a friend to morality and religion, it is on truth, and the knowledge and diffusion of truth, (feared only by those who have no conviction in the soundness of their doctrines) that I would wish to base them. But you feel not less than I do, that by education, I can only mean, not instruction merely, but training, and not of one portion only, but of the whole man. You know as well as I do that by " National" education I necessarily imply, not an education in the shape of a privilege for a section, but the common birth-right of every sect, class, and province, no matter under what name, of the entire British people.. The time will soon conic, when the question being bt;tter understood, the struggle will close not by a triumph over any, but by the union of all, even of those now most opposed, for the attainment of this great object. We can a fiord to wait for that day—con scious that in the interval w e are doing our duty, and have for allies the great majority of the civilised world. I deeply regret that circumstances will obli g e me to leave Waterford on so early a day, that I shall find it impossible to gratify my feelings, by acc :opting the honour, intended for me, of a public dinner. At the same time I beg you to be assured, that I do not the less appreciate the value of the compliment, and I trus t I shall evince by better argu ments than words—by rent ;wed zeal in the public service. and increased activity in Tiving effect to the principles I have uniformly professed, t he heartfelt gratitude I enter tain for your kindness and c :onfidence. I have the honour t o be, Gentlemen, Your ob , :client faithful servant. Sept. 13; 1839. THOMAS WYSE. THE EAGLE RAY.- —A small specimen of this very rare fish was found of a the shore of our bay on Wed nesday, by Robert Laml )ert of Tweedmouth, and pre sented by him to Dr. Joh: ason. It excited a good deal of curiosity from its singular. shape and aspect, which was compared by many to that of a squatted toad, but its sides are expanded into wing a. like a skate, and the body is terminated behind with a long tail, which may be aptly compar ed to a whip, but it is armed, near the root, wi th a powerful sting, toothed on the sides like a saw. T 1 to specimen is peculiarly inter,st ing, since it establishes the claim of the fish as a native species—a fact which has: hitherto been considered doubt ful; for the only evidence . we had previously of the Eagle Ray being a British fish was founded on some parts of a specimen, presumed to b along to this species, which were procured from a fishermt in at Scarborough by Mr. Trait, a surgeon in that place.- —Berwick Advertiser. THE GOLD Dus T ROBBERY.—A paragraph appeared in the newspapers some time since, stating that Ellis and Lewin Caspar, Emanuel Moses, and his daugh. ter, Mrs. Abrahams, wet .e to be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court this set ision. The prisoners cannot be sentenced until the Nove tuber Sessions, as the Judges will not meet to dispose of t he legal objections taken at the trial till that time. The Croydon Railway . Company have given a piece of ground adjoinin 1 . ; tneir station in Tooley-street for the purpose of wideni 3 ng the carriage-pavement front ing their premises in that at reet ten feet, and workmen have been some days past emp,:toyed in making the much-desired alteration in that great t lioroughfare. CONCEALMENT 0 F BANKRUPTS ' EFFECTS.--- A man of the name o f J a c k son was declared bankrupt some short time since. Th ere >< a s little or nothing for the cre ditors expected, an d a ll wits passing off without suspicion. In the course of last week it was ascertained that the bank rupt had taken apartments, and the messenger in bankruptcy thought it woult I be worth his while to visit them, and see how the oc( !upant was getting on in the world. When he arrived t here it was said the bankrupt was out ; and he then aske , 1 the female who attended him whether the bankrupt had any property? She replied, " Only that box " pointing to a small box, which the mes senger carried off to the o fficial assignee. The box was opened, and, under shoe ;,.s and other bed-linen, there was discovered an amount • a f money to the extent of nearly 1,500/ in notes and gold. . SUITABLE SOIL: I FOR TREES. —We cannot help considering it as a wise provision of Nature, that trees do not require the . richest land. The deep alluvial soils so productive of co rn and pasturage, are not so well adapted to the growth )f . trees. These seem to need a more porous surface for t he spread of their lateral root, and in near contact of amospheric influences, provided they have als o a substra turn o f moist clay, or gravel, cv rock,chalk s , ub o s r oii;th the o be fe e e ct r n o . ne The oak chalk;and almost all clay ott other forest trees affect .a lightgh from want of depth, it i 3 loam on a gravelly subsoil. Thin moor earthy soil, tough unsuitable for t h e gen ar lity of trees, is not rejected by the Scotch fir, the larc n, and several others of that tribe. Bog earth, or any other vary moist soil, is favourable to most of the willows ; • tnd deep bog earth is the natural soil of the alder, and several of the poplar, particularly the white or abele, the a, pen, and the black Italian. —7l~e Farmers' Magazine. As the Pilot coac h was running along the streets of Huddersfield last 3 .'ticsday morning from Manchester, very heavily laden, s )me persons noticed the two hi t ,d wheels to bend inward ;, and immediately called out to the coachman, who pulled up, and on examination found the axletree broken in two Doubtless but for this fortunate discovery the coach w, mid have been upset in a few yards. —Leeds Mercury. LAFONT. Among contemporary artists, none have enjoyed greater popularity than the illustrious violinist Lafont, whose death we announced in our last number. He has maintained a reputation pure and unquestioned for more than thirty years, through all the inevitable dis. orders and temporary infatuations which have marked this period of musical progress. He has not obtained it by those manasuvres of convention to which so many eminent men of the present day owe their celebrity and the high position which they occupy ; but it has been established by means, perfectly in accordance with the noble and simple character of the man whose loss we so deeply regret. Whence then is the origin of a glory now, alas r extinguished ? for, it is but too true, that in these times humble talent cannot of itself overcome all obstacles. The violinist, Lafont, was not only a great artist, placed by his persevering studies foremost in the rank, he was also an intelligent man, heightening by the dignity of his manners his claims to the title of artiste ; thus, in Germany, in England, in Italy, in Russia—in fact, wherever traces of him were found, he has nobly represented the art and the French name ; and public opinion has bestowed a large portion of esteem on the man who never gathered a wreath, during the whole course of his travels, without rendering homage to his country. Charles Phillipe Lafont, born at Paris, Ist De cember, 1791, was the son of Jean Lafont, who filled the situation of assistant in the Post-office, and not an advocate to the Parliament at Toulouse, which has heretofore been the general belief. The sister of Ber theaume, who gave him his first lessons on the violin, was his stepmother; upon this epoch of his life many errors have been committed by the greater part of his biographers, however, in later years, he became the pupil of Kreutzer and of Rode, and completed his musical education by an European tour, in the progress of which he came in contact with the most eminent masters ; his reputation was already so established, that on meeting Paganini in Italy, he feared not to compete with this king of the violin, a king without subjects and without inheritance. In 1815, the duties to which Lafont was called, in his situation of chamber musician to Louis XVIIIth, and those which a few years after engaged him in the services of the Duchess of Berri, put an end to the long pilgrimage of the art he had undertaken ; he ap peared at all the principal concerts of the capital with the success a vigorous study must always ensure. An old friendship is said to have existed between Lafont and Henri Herz ; the conduct of the latter, under the most melancholy circumstance, his grief, his pious cares, all speak more than words can. For a long time M. Henri Herz had resisted his friend's entreaties to accompany him to Cauterets, and when, at last, he consented, he wrote on his tablets, facing this memorandum, " depart pour Bourdeaux," the following words, so cruelly justified,"funeste pre sentiment." Providence sometimes endows mankind with a foresight of his mysterious will, and we cannot help bitterly deploring that the prophetic misgivings of M. Henri Herz did not deter the unfortunate Lafont from proceeding on this last artistical peregrination. Lafont has left two sons, both of them attaches to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. His musical works, consisting of concertos, solos for the violin, &c., have obtained great popularity, and are much in vogue throughout all Europe.—Musical IVorld. 44 RADICAL' AND TORY MAGISTRATES.— The Bolton Free Press contains an article in reference to the attacks originally made upon the Radical Magistrates of that borough, for an alleged want of vigour and promp titude in repressing the riots springing out of the" national hiliday," but which seem likely to resolve themselves into charges, and very serious charges too, against a Tory Ma gistrate for the county, who, even taking his own account of the matter, does not appear to have acted with any re markable degree of vigour or judgment. Indeed, as far as we can gather from the evidence at present before us, the two cases of Birmingham and Bolton are pretty much alike. In each a Tory Magistrate has information of the existence of a riot, and has military at hand or within call, end in each case he chooses to wait until one of the much vilified " Radical" Magistrates comes to help him, When we couple with these proceedings the course taken by the Tory Justices at Rochdale, and the way in which the sup pression of the disorderly proceedings in this town and neighbourhood was left entirely to the borough justices, we cannot help wondering at the folly and assurance which dictated the charges recently made In Parliament and else where against the Liberal Magistracy,—Manchester Guardian. A STRANGE CASE OF BIGAMY. Last Wednesday night, Dodgson and Davidson, two of the new police in Bury apprehended a man named Thomas Shar rocks, of Bury, overlooker of power-looms, on a charge of bigamy ; and on proof of the facts connected with the transaction being made before E. Grundy and J. Benton, Esqrs., he was committed to the New Bailey to take his trial at the ensuing Quarter Sessions. The facts are, per haps the strangest connected with a case of bigamy on re cord. About four years ego Sharrocks married his first wife, Betty Hibbert, at Radcliffe, and it appears they lived together comfortably. It seems, however, he thought another wile would make his happiness and his household complete ; and he accordingly succeeded in persuading a young woman, aged about 18 years, of prepossessing appearance, unknown to her parents, to become the second wife, and they were married on the 28th of July last. The strangeness of the transaction is, that the first wife went to her husband's second marriage, officiated as bridesmaid, and actually pulled her own wedding ring from her finger, and with that ring the ceremony was performed. This is the first transaction of the new police in which they had the hearty co-operation of the lower classes ; and when the man was apprehended, he and his two wives were living very comfortably together, all the parties apparently unaware of the degradation to which they were reduced ; for on the apprehension of Sharrocks, his wives '° thought it hard that the law should interfere with them if they were comfortable." After Sharrocks had beet► committed, arid had been removed to the station, he was visited by both his wives; and the fellow there boasted that no man ever had two better wives at once, and that when he came back he would stick to them through life, and lose his last drop of blood in their defence.—Manchester Guardian. The was trout ever known to be killed in this districtcaught on Wednesday last about 200 yards from the bridge at this place, with common hair tackle, by a well-known character ( Old Billy Urwin), who is upwards of 80 years of age. The fish was of the extraordinary weight of 2i lbs. ; it broke the veteran's rod, but by dint of expe rience he succeeded in landing his prey.— Tyne Mercury. FRANCE AND ALGIERS.-One of the Parisian opposition journals of Monday asserted that Admiral Roussin had been repeatedly instructed to declare to the Porte that whenever public opinion should cease to be an obstacle to the restitution of Algiers to Turkey, France would have no hesitation to part with her conquest. The Journal des Debats of Tuesday treats such an assertion as a foul calumny. "On one occasion," it says, "under the Ministry of Count Mole, the Porte presumed to address to the French Government a very timid representation with regard to the occupation of Algiers. The Porte received in reply a declaration setting forth, in explicit terms, that " France reigned alone over Algeria, and would not suffer either Turkey or any other power to contest her right to the possession of that country." " Those are the only instructions," continues the Debuts, " that were sent to Admiral Roussin on that point, under the Mole Adminis tration, and we do not hesitate to affirm that such have also been the sentiments of all the Ministers who have held the reins of Government during the last nine years. No, the Government never contemplated the relinquishment of a glorious and legitimate conquest, purchased by French blood, and Admiral Roussin could not flatter the Porte with the hope of its cession." The Animals' Friend Society last week caused Henry Wood and Richard Gann to be fined 103. each, by Mr. Elve, at Dover, and Thomas Dilnot 55., by the Mayor, Thompson, Esq. ; the two former not paying, were committed for a week. The Magistrates paid every attention to Mr. Yewen, the Society's agent. In London also, the Society's officer, Mr. Gibbins, brought forward several aggravated cases of cruelty, among which Clark's omnibus driver was fined by the Lord Mayor, and John Adams by Alderman Lainson (Adams was committed for fourteen days), but we were sorry to find that Alderman Kelly dismissed the case of a horse having been severely lashed with a heavy knotted whip, as the horse had no wounds to show from the blows, and the Society was therefore fined in costs by the Alderman for having brought it forward. THE LATE SUICIDE AT THE MONUMENT.— It will be recollected that the body of Miss Moyes, in its descent, struck against a bird-cage which was hanging on the side of the Monument door, and broke it into pieces. The bird escaped, and flew away ; but in about an hour afterwards returned, and perching on one of the plants in the tubs near the door, allowed itself to be retaken. Jen kins, keeper of the Monument, says he has been offered more than its weight in gold for the bird, but refuses to part with it. SINGULAR CASE.--A VIPER'S BITE.—On Monday afternoon, a boy of the name of Wright had caught a viper somewhere in the neighbourhood of Wim bledon Common, which he put in his cap, and having placed it on his head, went to the Red House, Battersea, and sold it to a person who was standing on the bank. This man had the temerity to place it round his neck, and it is supposed that from being so much handled, and per haps hurt, the viper became irritated, and while round the man's throat was seen by a person named Ledger, who lives at a cottage next the Red House, to turn his head towards the man's neck for the purpose of biting. He in stantly caught hold of it, when the reptile bit him on the second finger of the left hand before he could throw it on the ground. Wright's brother then tried to pick it up, when he alsO was wounded in the thumb of the left hand. A poker was procured, and the viper was destroy( d. Ledger's hand and that of the boy instantly swelled to an immense size. They went to a surgeon, who applied leeches, but recommended that they should be immedi ately taken to the hospital, which was done forthwith. They are now in Guy's Hospital. The swelling, though much reduced, is still very great, but no danger is antici pated. There is no doubt that if the viper had bitten the man's throat he would have died of suffbeation. As it is, his absurd conduct has placed the lives of two persons in considerable danger. The viper was about 18 inches in length. A Berlin letter of the 12th inst. states that the King has refused his sanction to the Bill for imposing a duty upon beet-root sugar. The same letter mentions a report that the Prussian Minister to the United States, M. de Renne, now at B. rlin, will be appointed the arbi trator of the differences betwee❑ the United States and Mexico, the King of Prussia having been requested by the two Governments to mediate between them. ALLEGED MURDER AT SEA. On Wednesday John Blonk, an American seaman,was brought before Mr. Broderip at the Thames Police-office charged with the wilful murder of Peter Sampson, the second mate of the brig Midas, of Dundee, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of En land. The prisoner is a very intelligent young man, and was sent home from St. Petersburgh in a steamer, which reached London on Tuesday night. Two wit nesses were sent home in the same vessel by direction of the British Consul. The prisoner was charged with the wilful murder of the second officer, by striking him on the head with a handspike and inflicting a serious wound, of which he died on the following morning. James M'Gee stated that he was a seaman on board the Midas, and knew the second mate,who was a Swede, and named Peter Sampson. On the last day of July the ship was beating up. between Elsineur and Copen hagen. The second mate called all hands up to put the ship about. The whole of the ship's company came upon deck except the prisoner. The second mate went to the forecastle soon after, and called out, " Jack, come up and give us a pull at the lee main brace." The prisoner answered from below, " I'll see you -- first before I get my dinner." Ia about five or ten mi nutes afterwards the prisoner came upon deck and abused the second mate in a very gross man ner. The second mate again told him to go and give a pull at the lee main brace, but did not abuse the prisoner at all. Blonk, however, continued to abuse Sampson, who shoved him down on the chain cable, but whether he struck him or not he could not say. The mate allowed the prisoner to get up again, and walked to the other side of the deck to let go the weather main braces. After Sampson had made the braces fast the prisoner continued to abuse him. They were then about twelve feet apart, not quite the width of the deck. The mate directly afterwards came towards the prisoner, but whether he intended to take hold of the prisoner or not he could not say. At that time the mate's hands were down. As he was advancing towards the prisoner, Blonk said, " If any one of you lift your hand to me again I'll knock you down with a handspike." At the same moment the prisoner picked up the handspike, and struck the mate a heavy blow over the left temple. The mate fell backwards, and witness ran towards him, caught him in his arms, and took him aft. His temples were bathed, and everything possible done to restore him, but l►e was quite senseless, for the blow had stunned him. Another seaman corroborated this evidence. The prisoner mad e a ver y l ong d e f ence , in which he said the mate was in the habit of treating the men on board very cruelly, and that some harsh words having passed between them on a point of discipline, the mate struck and kicked him, and that he (the prisoner) had dealt the blow with the handspike in self-defence just as the deceased was again about to strike him. The witnesses were recalled, and again examined at great length by Mr. Broderip, who afterwards said it was his duty to commit the prisoner for trial for the wil ful murder of Peter Sampson on the high seas.—The prisoner was then taken to Newgato. BREAD AND RAIN. There are events abroad ; mutations in the Cabinet, and disquiet in the country, but there is nothing half so important as the rain, which has been steadily pour ing down for several days in this, and, as we learn, in all other parts of the country, with scarcely a day's intermission for the last fortnight. The wheat is not all in as the landlords' journals assert, and a very large proportion of it is materially injured by the wet. A good deal has begun to sprout, and it is now inevitable that the quality of our corn will be very inferior. The quantity will be even below that of last year. The means of relief by foreign corn will, however, be much less than they were last year. In the first place we had large supply of foreign wheat in bond last year. We have now very little ; independently of this, it is the price of home grown wheat which governs the duty, and as this is inferior, it will be long before the price rises sufficiently to admit foreign corn. In the mean time, the people must either eat bad bread or pay ex orbitant rates for good bread. The fact is, however, for the first six or eight months the former will be the case, and we may certainly anticipate general unhealthi ness, if not absolute pestilence. Had the wisdom of Parliamant permitted us to buy bread with what we can make easiest, (for this is the true way of putting the case) we shonld be now receiv mg ample supplies of cheap and excellent wheat from America ; our cotton and iron manufactures would be increased immediately ; giving full employment at good wages, to a much larger amount of labourers than would be relea•ed from cultivating sterile soils, at star vation wages ; and land now occupied in the production of bad wheat, would have been feeding half as many cattle and sheep as we now rear ; yielding far more profit in meat, wool, leather, &c., than the farmer can possibly realise, by forcing musty corn down the throats, and at the cost of the people at large ; empoverishing the community, and not enriching himself. The farmers, aye, and the landlords also will see daylight on this subject ere long. We believe they would have done so much earlier but for the pernicious abuse instead of argument, which it has been far too much the practice of some of the Anti-Corn-law Cham pions to hurl indiscriminately at the who body.— Cheltenham Examiner. The grain mills in and about Glasgow have been grinding little but foreign grain for these two months back, and Camlachie mill for that period has been working day and night, grinding at the rate of 200 bolls every 24 hours. This week they have been drying corn that has been twelve years in bond. The public ought also to be aware that there is a great demand for third flour from the bakers, and scarcely any to be got, owing to the victuallers purchasing it and mixing it with their cheap oatmeal.— Glasgow Chronicle. A MAN CHASE.—On ascending a hill this morning, Captain Wyeth, who was at the head of the corn tphaenysu, rn su m dd it e , r a d n y d sp ov ie id d en a t n ly e ln n d d i e a a n vo s u te ri a n l g ing to c c a o u n t e i e o a u i sl h y im al s o e n if g . Captain W. directed the attention of M.Kaagylitmo glimpse ee of crouch ingh figure, who the moment he caught exclaimed in tones of joyful astonishment, A Blackfoot, by 1" and clapping spurs to his horse, tore up the hill with frantic eagerness, with his rifle poised in his hand ready for a shot. The Indian disappeared over the hill like a lightning flash, and in another second M 6 Kay was also out of sight, and we could hear the rapid clatter of his horse's hoofs in hot pursuit after the fugitive. Several of the men, with myself, followed after; but when arrived at the hill top, M'Kay was gone, though we saw the track of his horse passing down the side of it, and we traced him into a dense thicket, about a quarter of mile distant. Several of our hardy followers entered the thicket, and beat about for some time in various directions, but nothing could they see either of M'Kay or the Indian. In the meantime the party passed on, and my apprehensions were fast setting into a certainty that our bold companion had found the death he had so rashly courted, when I was inexpressibly relieved by bearing the crackling of the bushes near, which was immediately followed by the appearance of the missing man himself. He was in an excessively bad humour, and grumbled audibly about the " Blackfoot rascal getting off in that cowardly fashion," without at all heeding the congratulations which I was showering upon him for his almost miraculous escape. lie was evidently not aware of having been peculiarly exposed, and was regretting, like the hunter who loses his game by a sudden shift of wind, that his human prey had escaped him.— Townsend's Jour ney across the Rocky Mountains. MAKING BETTER THAN WEAXING THE BaExcliEs.—A townsman when in Glasgow about two months ago, looked in on Mr. Wombwell at his menagerie, on the banks of the " flowing Clyde." Mr. W., in doing the handsome to an old acquaintance, pointed out divers new acquisitions, and among others a splendid Zebra, va lued at seven hundred guineas, and in every respect as much the monarch of his tribe as the oak is of the forest. And while the twain were conversing, a rustic said—" They tell me that beast's untameable." " Indeed," said the Mena gerie master ; " then I was very wrong in driving a pair of them in a curricle round London. But they bit nobody, and I think I might manage that one too, had I a neigh bour to match him." Then it'll be that chap yonder wi' the virl on his horn ?" pointing to a Quagga a little way beyond. " Wrong again," said Mr. Wombwell smiling .; and when questions somewhat similar were consecutively pet, added drily—" After thirty years' experience, which is not yesterday, I know of no untameable animal but one." 6 6 An' what name can it gang by ?" inquired the rustic eagerly. " Woman I and do you know some of my keepers would rather face the whole wild beasts in the menagerie with their cage doors open, than their own wives when the tan trums come over them " The rustic seemed satisfied, and shortly afterwards was overhead whispering—" Did ye hear that, Kate 7—the man after a' may be pairtly right ; I've lang had my ain adoos wi' you, but I never kenned afore ye waur a' alik e . B u t th e lasses, puir things, wi' their clear e'en and innocent looks, surely they canna be half sae bad ?" "Aiblins no, Jamie, till they're married ; but yo'll ken that brawly when ye get a second wife." So much for Mr. Wombwell and a jocular censure, to which may be cited honourable exceptions. Not long ago a party of friends got a snack together at Lochmaben, while retu rn _ ing from Lockerbie Lamb Fair. They were mostly farmers and dealers, and one of the number wore a splendid p,•.ir of checked trousers, with a vest to correspond. 'Cho tex.. lure of the cloth was excellent. help cellen himself to a t, and leaked so p s l m i : o n f li and nice, that a literary p erson in q uire d where it was said un mentionables bought, fromhe m the same web. " Bought," the wearer, "our ain sheep grew the wool, which my a ife carded, span, and dyed ; the weaver, it is true, helped her a little , but tailor sh e needed none ; the trousers and waistcoat she shaped as well as sewed, and I may say put them on me." " Well done 1" roared all and sundr • • w ere the rest of us as well off as you, we might dispense' with clothes and depots of fashion ;" while the,emnadarindw(s)flowilnleibltd-- t w e e r l s L adde d, when he h ‘ I e ‘ vi ni si u ts st pu t ell m fr Dumfries t y at s t t h o e r R t o o od my Fa f i r r i ,hveoopsreastumAeutcohednoguibbtbeirtt. In it, refer place hi of arrogating,tothegoodda yourmetliq better half at once manufactures and resigns the breeches, b a d in as t y h o i s u w ar ? ainmsiastn. The insists thatyou Vicarshall of Wakefieldbeeveryiriehsaayshuhse chose his wife as she chose her wedding gown—not - for a fine glossy surface, but for such qualities as wear well ; it has been your fate to be equally lucky; and the notion, I confess, farther strikes me, that she must be connected by marriage with a descendant of poet Pope's far-named Man of Ross.'—Duny'ries Courier. EVENING EDITION. DUTCH MAIL. AMaTERDAM, SEPT. 17,—Private letters from the coast of Guinea to the 9th of May say that complete tranquillity prevails there ; that the raising of recruits, or rather the redemption of negro slaves, to serve as volunteers in Java, conti nue t o answer the expectat ions that were entertained. His Majesty has been pleased to grant a pension of 600 florins per annum to Mrs. Dalrymple, widow of the English Captain Dalrymple, at Madras, on the ground that her husband lost his life in the zealous performan ce of his duty as Master Attendant to his Majesty's fri gate Bellona, at that time under the command of Cap tain Arriens. The repeated trials that have been made with com plete success with the steam-carriages on the iron rail roads between this city and Haarem, having now sufficiently proved that the undertaking fully answers the expectations that were entertained ; the regular service for the accommodation of the public will com mence shortly, though the precise day is not fixed. In consequence of the accounts from Paris brought yesterday by the carrier pigeons, the Spanish Funds are much in demand. Ardoin's had risen 3 per cent. on the report that Don Carlos had taken refuge in the French territory. ROTTERDAM, SEPT. 16.—The officers and workmen of the docks here, who armed themselves as volunteers during the difference with Belgium, were formally a nd honourably discharged from their military duties in the name of his Majesty the King, by their Commander. The Commander having thanked them for the zeal and readiness which they had so laudably manifested in the performance of their duties, and by which they had qualified themselves in case of need to defend our naval establishments against a hostile attack, the ceremony concluded with repeated cries of Long live the King." __ Of all the advances which Spanish stock has for some time made in a single day, that of to-day is indisputably the most important. Immediately on the receipt of higher quotations from Antwerp the minds of the spe culators were favourably disposed. But it was ob served that still higher quotations of the prices at Paris yesterday had been brought by the pigeons, and scarcely had some bargains been concluded before the opening of the Exchatige at 27 4-16ths, when they rose without any intervening price to 28i /, and remained fluctuating between that price and 29. The Exchange opened at this last price, which was maintained, though several persons sold to realise their profits. The most remark able circumstance is that this great improvement in the price took place without any extensive purchases. Spanish Stock not bearing interest was likewise in de mand at considerably higher prices. Next to the Spanish, Colombian and Greek Stock especially attracted the attention of the speculators ; the rise of the first was ascribed to the arrival of the Colombian agent, Mosquera, in London ; that of Greek Stock to sonic financial plans. The particular demand for Portuguese Stock must likewise be mentioned ; the Three per Cents. rose to day, without re-action, from 24 to 251. While all foreign stocks were thus in favour, it is worthy of remark that our own stocks w ere entirely neglected and very dull, which, however, was not caused by any sales. HAMBURG BOItSEN HALLE, SErr. 14. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. ........ '1165k 106% Bank Scares An :10-Russian Loan .. leti'T 108% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 3d and 4th Se .i.s Ditto in Certificates Dutch .ctual Debt, 2! , 4 per Cent 5:314 5234 Ditto Polish Bond, - New icket Anglo- i ;anish Loan, 3 per Cent 7114 71 Norwegian Loan, 1831, 4 per Cent... PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, SEPT. 14. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4% per cent 103% 103% Prussian Eng.ish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 103% . 102% Exchange on London, three months 6 20i - -Prussian State Gazette. Sept, 15. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 18. Money. Bills. r , ct:Jat Debt, ' 2 1 ,4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A wort Svridic,4l.4 percent...... ............ Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent SO% B , ii Commercial Company, 4 , , per cent 174% 174% Ditto (1830 and 1833) 5 per cent. ....... Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 02% Two months —Dutch Papers, Sept. 18. RELOIAN 1 , UNDS—BRussELS, SEPT. IS. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Itotlitchild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per - Cent 90)4 3 per CenL ..... ~.. 71% Loan of City, 1830, 4 per Cent — Society of Commerce, 44,per Cent lO9 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7O National Society . -- -Brussels Papers, Sept. 18. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT, 10. % Five per Cents. Metalliques HS Fotir per Cents. 81% Three per Cents. Bank Shares —Attgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 15 THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. ts PP. se S. t;', S ...• --- . Per Quarter.l s. to s. 's. s. s. to s. ,s.to s. Bath '64 80 32 42 .28 35 44 50 Blandford -- 64 76 ' 36 29 30 46 48 Bridport ..... 68 ' _ Chard ~..,.. 56 ISO '4O 46 ,24 ` , B 4$ 52 Gloucester, 72 75 44 48 28 34 41 43 Exe , er Guildford Newbury --i 52 SO €4 42 25 32 40 50 Reading.,.,..,..,.; , 54 80 22 40 '25 32 39 46 Salisbury ~..M. 56 74 131 40 i 26 32 38 59 Shit - borne 164 75 32 40 22 SO 38 42 SheptonMallet 7O 74 36 42 26 30 44. 48 Uxbridge ..., — 37 43 28 32 Warminster 53 77 39 12 28 31 44 47 Winchester 64 '76 Yeovil 5B 64 36 42 : 20 22 36 40 DEVIZES CORN MARKET. Quarter. 5. d. 1 ..., d„ Per Sack. First Wheat 20 0 to 3/ v Second 4 60 d. O to 4 '4 2 ri o Oats 20 39 0 OS 6 Beans (per sack)... 22 0 97 0 Third 32 0 33 0 Flour (per bag; °„ 0 59 B ar l e y 36 0 42 0 Bread (per gum)... 1 5 -- v ....... aw., -.--- -- "" _ - - -. -, _- - - . _. -..-- ""'" ..0. ... ••••• IMMO I' e••••• - . LEEDS CORN MARKET.. Sept. 17. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffblk, 601 b. --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suttblk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe 2ss. to 275. :.` --Alealing, For.—d. to—d. Eng. 14d. to 15%d. per stony: Shelling 36, to 3 75. per 'wed- FRENCH AFRICA.— Advices from Algiers O f the 7th instant, mention that Abd-el-Kader had mfuseclS ° ratify the convention regu l at i ng t h e limits between the French and Arabian possessions in Africa, which had bee n concluded by his ag en t, B en A rac h , with Marshal Valle It was thought acc or di ng l y t h at t h e D u k e of Orleans would land at Oran, and then take the command of the trooo_ which the Govern o r-G enera l was concentrat i ng nea r thas , town for the purpose of com p e lli ng t h e E m i r to acc ept th' treaty. _ _ CROPS IN ITALY.—The Moniteur publishes letter from Milan, which mentions that the wheat crop had been extremely abundant th roug h ou t L om b ar dy, but th at there had been a considerable deficit in the o th e r grains on account of the excessive heat. 180,000 lb. of silk 0. 1 been sold at the fair of Brescia. Several car,italist! °.; Milan, considering the immense advantage to "lie derived from the spinning of flax in a country annualq produced 160,000 quintals, had formed e, society for be purpose, with a capital of 27,000/. Trio other societies, were also in progress of organization,. SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLER' A. B. SAVORY and SONS, - Manufacturing Silvers mit ,__., e for n 14, Cornhill, London (opposit e t h e B an k of E ng l an d), a n • NTA . choice in their warerooms a `Selection of PLAIN and ° lt ': I%IENTAL ICE PAILS, to which they wish to direct attentice,. The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use) , 81. 1 00 the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 101. Bs. the pair; the Victoria Pattern, 151. th e pa i r ; t h e Dresden Cooler, 19/- pair, &c., all of whic.. are strongly m ounted with Silver , a° ,. have Silver Shields f or Engraving the Crest or Coat of fkrinTi A pamphlet is published, with drawings of the ab,ove,. a . n .., other articles of plate genera ll y, w hi c h may b e had on apP'" - tion, free of cost. PATENT LEVER WA TC l ` . With silver double-bottom cases 6 16 6 With silver hunting cases This celebrated construction (the most accura te on ri e• a watch can be made) is now offered, with the latest itnP h r_ l , ments e. the detached escai2ement, jewelled in four "in, capped, hand to mark the see,onds, hard ena m el dial, and ma taining power to continue goi ng w hil e w i nd i ng up, a t dye ab ° price, at s S e e e v o e n n d d_ h oo a r n s d T. COX SAVO RY ' S, Watchmaker, Silver a n d G o ld smith, 47, Cornhill , Lo o°l ' fi lv •om ate G h r e a s c p ,,c u h re u h rc as h ed -str in e N. 8.--( On the 27th u lt ., at Napl ßßl. DI iv es TIIS u%P IL 34°- • ne , the lady of W. Esq., of a son. On the 12th i nst., at Carlsruhe, the. Lady Elizabet h Osbo rn, of a son. On the 16th i nst., at Cape'Care, Boulogne-Sur-Fier, t} lady of George Sloper, Esq., of. a son. esti .01 On the 18th inst., at Brom - oton-r2w, the wife of Lewis Patterson, E sq . , of a daughter. of On the 19 t h i nst., at Park-road, Regent's-park, the laY Edmund Brandt, Esq., of St Petersburgb, of a daughter.. MARRIED. Demm e On the 17th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Willia' /I Bath, Esq., of Bridgewater, to Ann, eldest dae,ghtcr , .4 the late Peter Guillemard, Esq., of Southern-hill, Re a ding. On the 17th inst., at Tonbridge-wells, 111 r. Georg,e Steelell of Grosvenc , r-place, Cheltenham, to Charlotte, r un g es of OnTh 'Thames -street, e es l_i' s t t r h e e in t daughter of the late Mr. M. T. Stapley. mark-hill, Surrey, to Maria, eldest (laughter ot 'William Richey, Esq., of Felstead Bury, Esiex. inst., eldestat F s () c o l s t o e f a v d : C i ii bl , , ,o r chc, Curl i r o x, Es James ci. , C o u f . rl ), i e tt . p . __------ IE D. formerly On the 16th inst., at Croydon, Mr. John Cragg, fo rrne Bunhill-row, aged 74. On the Itith inst., P.nnette, the wife of Mr. Richard Page' of Ashby-street, Nexthampton-square. er 0-, the 17th inst., at Richmond, Surrey, the D°'"'" Countess of Pomfret, aged 70. stre et, On the 16th inst., Mr. William Turner, of Ferichurch of w atchmaker, aged 41 . the On the 14th inst. , at C lifto n , Mrs. Mary tieid, sist o r late John Reid, M. D ., of Lond on , aged 7a, )lent) On the 15th inst. , a t Charles-street st, J a mes's, Singleton, Esq. , the hi gh l y esteemed r,rtist, aged 7 3 . ll On the 16th inst., at the New ' B • hton Robe oteyne, rig Hawgood Crew, aged 78. • . London: Printed anti Published by MURDO YOt l N tj, ,"„ No. I It!, Strand, at The rizot Ofiiee No. 112. St rand, the county of Middlesex.— -FriGlay, September 20, 1659. --~,..-, ~ '",