The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TEE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. C-LOBE.—Our French neighbours certainly are cur Lolls fellows. The position they have assumed, am the voies de fait by which they have followed it up. may be considered as in some respects parallel to our own in 1840. They have acted is reliance on English neutrality—and with the covert zest of a rei anche against English policy. They have mainly laboured to demonstrate to Abd-er-Rahman (the Pr, nce de Joinville's dispatch, which our readers will find elsewhere, says it in so many words) that they could " hit him hard, for he had no friends." That is to say, that England could not, or would not, befriend Lim. This is precisely what offended them so sorely in our proceedings towards Mehemet Ali. Well !—having had their revanche—having demon strated to the Mussulman the only truth that Chris tian Powers ever take the trouble to demonstrate to Mussulmen—namely, that they, the said Chris tian Powers, are able to drub them at discretion— having taken this very cogent method of over coming the Moorish repugnance to the new reli gion of Algiers (the opera, and cafés d trois bil ds)—one would think what our neighbours face tiously call their public mind might rest on its laurels. They might remember how very coolly . we took their wrath and our triumphs at Acre. Nothing mambling any sort of effervescence in the way of glory or anti-Gallicanism appeared anywhere in the haunts where cocknies most do congregate. The veni-ridi-rici feat of Acre, and the prompt clearance of Syria, were matters which seemed to be deemed worthy of business-like entry at most, as accounts settled ; and as regarded any triumphant memorial of them, we remember none but the metrical log of a Jack Tar— " The Castor's guns were thirty-six, Not one of them a quaker ; The Castor's man they fought like bricks — And so we took John Acre." OTir French neighbours manage things differently. Nothing will serve them—apropos of this last proof of what was already indubitable—namely, that semi barbarous courage cannot withstand courage, tactics, and discipline—nothing will serve them but chorussing with immense enthusiasm that opera-song of theirs which sets forth that Englishmen never shall reign in France ! " Jamais en France, Jamais l'Anglais ne regnera !" Ile French bully Morocco, and thereupon sing " The English shall not reign in France!" There may be more of logical sequence than we can trace in these facts and . deductions. We can only say that we think such sallies very silly, and very undignified. So, we are satisfied, the whole reflecting portion of the French public must think them. The English never shall reign in France ! As if the English, these three centuries, had ever shown the slightest ambition to reign in France ! As if the English had ever engaged in such schemes of empire as Timis XIV., who took the House of Stuart into pay—and had his purchase sent home to him accordingly. As if the English had ever indulged in such day-dreams about remodelling the Rue Vivienne or its passages as Na poleon favoured us by doing about the Strand, which he magnificently meant to have greatly widened for us—a feat we have in some measure ma naged to achieve without him. The external greatness of England in modern times has arisen from no policy of external domination. Her mer centile and colonial enterprises have required sup port and protection ; and she bas given them. Eng land has not begun by conquest, in order to found new empires; but conquests have been forced upon her—factories have become empires against her will. Europe knows well, or ought to know well, that it has no inroads to fear from England. Does it know as much as regards France ? Do not our spirited r.ghbours indulge is remembrances of conquest and domination, which England has not indulged in these V. , ..ce centuries ? Is there not something ludicrous in reviving recollections of English rule in France; when t's it which is fresh in all Europe's memory, and in her own, is the European empire of France ? But acre is nothing sincere in this stanza; except the vulgar ill-feeling of it. It is not that England wants to rule in France, or that the worst-informed. Parisian es sn thinks so—but that England does not want Fotnce to threaten her and others in the safety of their dominions. The policy of England is that of European independence and peaceful commerce. Is that the policy dictated by the present war party in France ? The National, for instance, is calling out loudest for war with England. Not very long back, the National declared that its patterns of foreign policy were Louis XlV.—and the Cemmittee of Public Safety. The juxta-posi ti n of these names was a sufficient proof of the real nature of that liberty which revived Jacobin republicanism really means, when it uses the word. Ib is not the liberty to do as they }Passe : that is a mere English shopkeeping doctrine. I: is the liberty to make every one else do as they ple.tse—the doctrine followed out alike by Louis , and the Committee of Public Safety. The Times dismisses us follows (without mentioning) ti!l supposition that otr Government had interfered Nrlith French occupation at Mogadore :—"Having a !mated that a legitimate cause of war exists between these two independent States, it would he puerile in • to cavil at every incident which may take place in the course of hostilities. Our business is simply to take care that the cause of the war is not converted into a cause of aggrandisement, and that the issue of the contest be not such as to infringe upon our own national interests, and on the balance of power." Cer tainly it is our business to put salt on the bird' s t a il ; fur then we shall catch it. THE «SEVEN NICOLLS." (From the Kaval and Military Gazette.) We recently published an article relative to the " Three Napiers, ' and a eorsespondent in Dublin has c::11ed our special attention to another family of gal lant men. He says very justly, if the honoured another of the `rapiers had reason to be proud, of giving birth to three such sons, and Scotland has felt herself honoured in their having sprung from her soil, hew much more proud ought she to be who claims tha maternity of seven officers, distinguished for their brsvery, and many of them for their wounds, in their Sovereign's service; and how much greater honour rimy that town, or that kingdom, lay claim to, who liftve fostered such sons? That pride justly belongs to the venerable and respected head of the Nicolls' family—that hono*r unquestionably attaches to Cole raine. Mrs. Nicolls, now nearly ninety years of age, is si ,, ter of the late General William Cuppage, of the R )val Artillery. She has had seven sons, all of whom were in the united service at the same time. The eldest R.M., has been in 102 engagements, and was 23 times wounded— orce shot through the body, an eye shot out, and his skull fractured. In consideration of these services, her Most Gracious Majesty, on the recommendation of the authorities, has granted him a pension for the remainder of his life, besides full-pay. Liout.-Col. W. B. Nicolls, who died at Jamaica on 25:h May last, left Coleraine in 1792, and was ap pointed ensign in her Majesty's 78th Regiment in the East Indies, and shortly afterwards in 72d High landers. He was present at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope, and at the taking of the Isle of France, Bourbon, &c. Shortly aftenvards he received his majority from the 72d to the 2d West India Regiment, of which, in due course, she became lieutenant- colonel. Had he survived uLtil November he would have been fifty years in the army, during which period he was constantly em ployed in tropical and sickly climes, and never on half-pay for any period of that long and arduous werviee. He devoted five sons to the service, all of whom had her Majesty's commission. His two eldest died-in Africa, while on duty in the Gambia. Four survive him ; the eldest now resides in London ; one a l'eutenant in the 25th Regiment in India, and two arc captains the 56th and 2d West India regi ments. He has also left behind a widow, three daughters, and a grand-daughter. The late Colonel W. B. Nicolls was the second son of Mrs. Nicolls. As an officer he was universally esteemed and be loved by all with whom he was professionally con nected. In him the soldier had a warm and perserer ing friend and advocate. ‘i9oFgs Cuppage Nicolls, third son of Mrs. ticorgiana Nicolls, of Coleraine, joined the Royal vy, on b oar d her Majesty's ship Nassau, as a mid shi,tman, i n 1795, commanded by Captain Thomas Be: tie, who • ' being, after due course, appointed to her Alvjsty's ship Ardent, took him him, and, while serving in that ship,was killed by a fall from the mi;:9ntop-sailyard-ar m , in the act of putting an ear -ice, 1798). in the sail, off the Texei (while on her Majesty's ser Lieutenant Abraham Nicolls, fourth son, served as lieutenant in the Royal Marines, also as ensign in the Westlndia Rangers, and latterly in her Majesty's WI Regiment, as lieutenant. Havinglost his health white Bergh:lg in the West Indies, he returned inva lided to Europe, and died 18th May, 1810, at Coleraine. Robert Nioolls, fifth son, went abroad, as mid shipman, on board her Majesty's ship Standard, and, in due course, was appointed, Admiralty passed, mid shiprsan to her Majesty's ship ,and served in th e Weptlndies, He died at Kingstown, Jamaica, 4th Aril, 1819, of yellow d fever. - William Nicoll*, sixth son, joined the Royal Ma lin's, as lieutenant, 1812, and served on board her biriesty's ship Chatham, on the Walcheren expedition, and afterwards in the West Indies, whence he was inydided, having lost his health at the island of Ber tou.la, and died soon after in Coleraine, May 18, 1819. Commander Jonathan Nicolls, R.N., the youngest surviving son, now living with his mother in Oolcraine, has also signalised himself in defence of his country. He bore a part in several of the- hard contested ' engagements under the imme diate eyes of Lord Nelson Sir H. Parker, and B#;T. Graves, a n d received a wound at the Duda.. nelles, the effects of which have been the shelving or exfoliation of the bones of his leg, and increasing suppuration discharging from his wounds ever since, rendering his leg a burden to him. He is now, in consequence, retired on half-pay—a slender income for an officer of his standing and superior merit. Commander Nicolls entered the navy as a first-class volunteer, early in 1800, on board the Defiance, and was present in her at the blockade of Brest, Saints, and Laryengues, under the command of Admirals Earl St. Vincent, Lords Cornwallis and Bridport, and other gallant officers, during which period he was frequently engaged with the enemy, and was present, though but 15 years old, in that ship's barge, with the late gallant captain, then Lieutenant Mouncey, when she cut out a chasinaree between Ushant and St. Matthew, from under the fire of the field-pieces which lined the beach, and brought her off to the squadron. He also served in said ship on the Baltic expedition, and was present at the battle of Copenhagen. The ship bore the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Graves, and was under the immediate command of Lord Viscount Nel son. The Defiance was then nearly destroyed by fire from red-hot shot discharged by the great Crown Battery ; she had 102 officers and men killed and wounded, and amongst the former, Lieutenant George Grey, to whom he was A.D.C. He after wards served in the Goliah and Trent, in the West Indies, and was present in the former ship at the capture of several of the enemy's vessels. The next actions in which he figured were the blockades of Rochfort, St. Martin's, and Sable delone, where the Goliah's boats cut out the brig Rachel from under the enemy's batteries and ships of war. He was afterwards successively engaged under Sir J. T. Duckworth, Sir S. Smith, and Sir I. Lewis, and was present at the cutting out of a large Polacer ship of 500 tons, when he was badly wounded, and nearly lost his left eye ; at the captures of Alexandria and Elhamett ; and at the capture of the President French ship. After upwards of nine months' severe suffering from wounds and climate he returned to Europe. On recruiting his health, he was appointed junior lieutenant of the Superb, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir R. Keats, in which vessel he served in the Mediterranean. He again returned as an in valid, on half-pay. His health again improving, he was appointed to Malin Head signal station twice in succession, in command of the gun-boats in Lough Swilly, Donegal. The Lords of the Admiralty were graciously Pleased to appoint him a commander of the fleet in April last—after being on the list of lieute nants for nearly thirty-seven years, during the greater part of which he suffered very severely in his general health, brought on in consequence of his se vere wounds. He has been present at the destruction of upwards of 100 sail of the enemy's ships of war, of every description. It is also worthy of remark that, whilst Commander, then Lieutenant Nicolls, was engaged at the great gum during the time of action, his brother, Colonel Edward, was frequently in the same ship, commanding the marines. Seldom, if ever, has a similar circumstance occurred in the ser vice; yet, strange to say, that notwithstanding all their services, those brave officers have been compara tively unrewarded. Also, Lieutenant Hugh Montgomery Nicolls, Royal African Corps, son of Commander Nicolls, served several years in Africa, at Fernando Po, Sierra Leone, &c., and died on his passage, with his detach ment, to the Gambia, on the 25th December, 1837 was the youngest surviving son of Captain Jonathan Nicolls, R.N. The late Lieutenant and Commander Edward Nicolls, of her Majesty's ship Dwarf, was eldest son of Colonel E. Nicolls, R.M.—was drowned off Tar bert, river Shannon, Ireland, while striving to save the life of a fellow creature in danger, in a yacht, the property of the Knight of Glin, in March, 1844. Lieutenant Richard T. T. Nicolls, second son of the above Colonel E. Nicolls, is now in India, in the East India Company's service. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, AUGUST 30. There has been a rather larger amount of business transacted on foreign wools this week than during the fortnight preceding, but in prices we have not dis cerned any variation. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, AUGUST 30. We have not any alteration to report in this market this week. The manufacturers are all fully em ployed, but buy cautiously. Prices are firm and sta tionary. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, AUGUST 30.—There is no new feature in either the long or short wool market; prices are quite stationary, and although sales are not extensive, better hopes are excited by the splendid weather for harvest operations that has set in since our last week's report. LEEDS.—There has this week been quite as brisk demand for goods at our cloth-halls as of late ; the principal articles are shawls, fancy cloakings, heavy tweeds, and pilot cloths for winter demand. The supply continues to be very limited, and considerably more business would be done if there was more choice in the market. Prices continue steady. There has been a considerable number of wholesale buyers in the town during the week, and, in consequence, business has been brisk in the warehouses. HECKNIONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET, AUG. 29. This market continues in the same state as last week. On Monday there was a fair attendance of merchants and manufacturers, but to-day not so good : few samples, and little inclination on the part of either to do business. The manufacturers are looking for an advance, on account of the present price of wool. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is a fair demand for most piece goods suitable for the autumn, and the prices firm. Yarns are in steady request, and prices stationary. There is only a very limited business doing in combing wools, the market well supplied, and the buyers evidently only take what is required for immediate use. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had much less doing in grey cloth this week, and since Tuesday the heaviness has been on the increase; still a large business is doing. No one seems disposed to purchase on China account till the next advices come to hand ; and as this will probably be the case before Tuesday next, we shall then have some certain indication of what may be expected for the remainder of the autumn, so far as the India and China markets are concerne d . The dyers and printers are very busy—a good sign of a brisk home trade. Domestics are still in fair demand, at previous rates. Yarns are shipping to a great extent, but there is no real change in value.— Leeds Mercury. SUNDAY TRAVELLING. Mr. C. Phillips, churchwarden of Margaret Rooth ing, attended at Duntnow to prosecute an information against Messrs. Price and North, the proprietors of the Circus, for travelling through that parish with their waggons and properties, on Sunday, the 18th instant. Mr. James Price being present, his case was taken first. The Rev. William Shepherd, the rector, deposed, that on the morning in question, while he was performing Divine service in Leaden Roothing Church, his attention was attracted by a loud rumbling noise, which continued for several minutes, of vehicles passing along, and Enoticed, through the window, a waggon, appearing to be loaded with planks ; on his way home he found, at the King William public-house, five different vehicles, three having on them " Price and North, Riding masters, London ;" one " Thomas Barthrop, of Lon don; and one the name of a brickmaker, from North ampton • he took the names down and went into th e house, begging to be introduced to either Mr. Price or Mr. North. Not finding any person to answer to those names, he asked for the party who had charge of the vehicles, and on his remonstrating with them, one of them attempted to vindicate Sunday travelling, by violent and blasphemous (though not abusive) argument. The horses were feeding, and one ve hicle, apparently the carriage for the individuals, had a great drum behind ; witness afterwards saw two of the vehicles passing through Margaret Roothing, in the evening, loaded with planks. Ryan, police-con stable 88, corroborated Mr. Shepherd's testimony, and said he saw the vehicles, and desired the persons to go away before the after• noon service would commence. They did not, because, as they afterwards said, they did not wish to go into Chelmsford during the Sunday. The conveyances had two horses abreast; one carried a large drum, musical instruments, and several men ; saw them again at four o'clock, and they went on. By consent of the bench, Mr. Price only attended to answer the charge, as Mr. North was then (two o'clock) present in the pavilion at the commencement of the amusement. Mr. Price pleaded that he could not deny the charge of travelling on the Sunday ; they always endeavoured to avoid it, but in this instance were unable to do so ; he had hoped that by putting up at a lone way side inn they should disturb no one ; at the same time he objected to the information, their vehicles being described as waggons, which he respect fully contended they were not. They paid duty, he said, for the band carriage to the same amount as for a gentleman's carriage. lie was not aware of any Act of Parliament being in force to prevent their travel ling on Sundays, and had never heard of such a prose cution before.—The bench were of opinion that the vehicles carrying the planks were fully within the meaning of the Act laid in the information as waggons, and they must convict. The Rev. Mr. Shepherd said that this Was the first time he had brought a matter of this kind before the bench, because he had always succeeded in his object by persuasion, and remonstrance, and had been enabled thus to uphold the majesty of the law. That, he begged to submit, was his only aim, and therefore the most lenient fine the justices thought proper to impose he hoped would suffice ; at the same time, in order to show the accused he had no vindictive feeling, he should make no charge for hi s a tt en dance and expenses incurred in Wilting there, ' and he should withdraw the informat on against the other defendant, Mr. North.—Mr. Prig 'e, on finding i that the magistrates were about to deft d, on a con viction, again urged that their trave flin g vehi cles could not be described as waggons, wla en the bench ordered the room to be cleared. On Mr. P. being re-called, the chairman informed him t; h: tt they had, after mature consideration, determined 1 ap on the con viction, and 20s. fine, including costs.- —Che/msford Chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGEN' 3E, (SATURDAY.) BOW-STREET. The Hon William Ross Touchet was to- clay finally brought up and committed to Newgate to await his trial. Mr. Smith is going on as favourably. as can be expected. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Two men, names Frederick Ferrett ani 1 Robert M'Culloch, were charged with being drum k, and a gentleman resi ling in Marylebone-street w a s charged with having indecently assaulted the defer a) dant Fer rett. Ferrett was first placed at the bar. Police-constable Drane said, that about half-past one o'clock that morning he saw all the tin, ee defend ants in the Haymarket. M'Culloch caller I to him, and said, that a gentleman had attempted to take inde cent liberties with his friend Ferrett, an h' Ferrett thereupon made the same accusation. Witty a 33 seeing that Ferrett was quite drunk, and that MC' 1 1 lloch was nearly drunk, refused to take the charge , but told them all to go the station-house and make tie charge there. They did so, and the charge was tak tz. against the two first defendants for being drunk, and against the other defendant for the indecent assault The acting inspector who took the charge pro- a ed that Ferrett was drunk, and he was therefore I fined five shillings. Robert M'Culloch was next chart ;ed with being in liquor. Mr. MALTBY required an explanation of th u i term, which was, that the defendant was not so In unk as Ferrett. Mr. MALTBY could not entertain the charge 1 n that shape, and therefore dismissed it. The third defendant was then placed at th e bar, charged with indecently assaulting Ferrett. At 'ter a very long investigation it appeared that there w. as no foundation whatever for this charge. Mr. Woolf, who appeared for the defendant, oft 'ered to bring proof that the defendant was a person of the highest respectability, but Mr. Maltby said there was no occasion for any such evidence. It was altog(a then an extremely improbable case, supported by most un satisfactory evidence. Both the defendants ma king the charge had been drinking, and one of them .'was quite drunk. 111Culloch knew nothing more than what he had learned from Ferrett as to the assault, and the state in which Ferrett was at the time rendereg 3 it impossible to depend on the accuracy of his story; he should therefore order the defendant to be dismissed immediately. Mr. Woolf said it was the intention of the defe• ad ant, against whom this most unfounded charge had been brought, to prosecute the authors of it. No man's character or honour was safe if such conduct was overlooked. Ferrett and M'Culloch were then ordered to ente r into their own sureties to meet any charge brough against them. LAMBETH-STREET. Saul Fitchell, a German Jew, charged with rob bing his employer, Mr. Adolphus Lipman, outfitter, of Pearson-street, atcliff-highway, of nine watches, was brought up for re-examination. The police-officer stated he had been unable to dis cover any further facts towards the inculpation of the prisoner. Mr. Lipman, a young man of the same persuasion, and the most benevolent of his order, now solicited the magistrate on his aggressor's behalf. He said that though he had been very ungrateful to him, yet his poverty had not allowed him to withstand tempta tion, and he himself freely forgave him, hoping that a Divine Providence would recompense him and turn the prisoner's heart. He was in a foreign land, and his inability to procure work from this act would more than punish him. " The poor man," continued Mr. Lipman," came in poverty and rags to my house fur a refuge, and the temptation was too great for him." He said further things in extenuation of his guilt, but the Magistrate said he regretted he could not at tend to the benevolent dictates of the complainant, but must commit him for trial. UNION•HALL. Owen Bryan and John Caffery, the former beaten very much about the head and face, and the latter with his clothes covered with mud, were brought be fore Mr. Cottingham charged with two other men, not in custody, with a very daring attack on two gentlemen named Joseph Clarkson and Benjamin Palmer, and robbing the latter of a sovereign and some silver, on Kennington-common. From the joint statements of the complainants it appeared that they resided at Camberwell, and that, as they were returning home that morning about one o'clock, when they arrived near the vitriol works on Kennington-common, they saw the two prisoners and two other men (not in custody) standing together near the stile which leads in the direction of Camber well. The moment the complainants arrived at the stile they were attacked by the four men ; Mr. Clark son received a blow which knocked him into the ditch, upon seeing which Mr. Palmer ran to his assistance, and struck his assailant (Caffery) ' and he reeled into the same ditch into which he had previously thrown Mr. Clarkson, who, having recovered himself, in return attacked the three other assailants, and he and his friend Mr. Palmer fought them until nearly the whole of their clothes were torn off their backs, during which one of the ruffians called out, " That - (meaning Mr. Palmer) has money in his pocket," and at the same moment a snatch was made at his pocket, and,a sovereign and some silver stolen. During the conflict two of the assailants ran away, and policeman, 94 L, hearing shouts for help, hastened to the spot and secured the two prisoners, one of whom (Caffery) lay sprawling in a deep and muddy ditch adjacent to the place where the affray commenced, and it was with some difficulty he was extricated from the situation in which he was placed. The complainants produced their hats and waistcoats, which were torn to pieces, to show the violence with which they were attacked ; and they added that the two prisoners were engaged in the attack upon them, which they had no doubt was done for the purpose of robbing them. Policeman, 94 L, stated that, hearing cries for help, he hastened to the spot, and found they proceeded from Caffery, who was lying in the ditch nearly smothered in mud. The complainants were close to the spot, as also Bryan, the other prisoner, and the former related the manner in which they had been at tacked. Having extricated Caffery from the ditch, the policeman then took him and the other prisoner to thestation-house, where the complainants gave an ac count similar to that which they had given before the magistrate. The policeman added that the other two men escaped before he had time to get to the place where the outrage was committed. Bryan, although cautioned by the Magistrate as to the statement he made in answer to the charge, said that he had been out with his fellow-prisoner and another man, and that as they were passing the common they were met by the two complainants and another gentleman ; that one of the gentlemen shoved up against him (Bryan), and, on asking what he did it for, the answer was a blow, which he returned, and this led to a scuffle, in which the parties on both sides joined, and during which they (the prisoners) were beaten very much, as their appearance now testified. He added that neither he nor his com panions had any intention of robbing the com plainants, and that he earned his bread by hard labour, that of a porter in Newgate Market. Caffery gave a similar account of the transaction, and, exhibiting his clothes to view, said that for taking the part of Bryan when he was struck, he was knocked into the ditch and nearly smothered in mud. Mr. COTTINGNANI, said that as the charge was not ripe for committal on that day, inasmuch as the other two men engaged in the outrage were not in custody, he should remand the prisoners until Wednesday. Peter M' Waiter, a fashionably-dressed young Irish man, was brought up on remand from Wednesday last, charged with robbing public-houses and taverns in this district, and also at the west end of the town. The Court was thronged with parties who had been plundered, as well as by a numerous auditory anxious to hear the examination. The following additional evidence was adduced : Mr. Thomas Dobson stated that he lodged at Perry's Coffee-house, Seymour-street, Euston-square, and that on last Tuesday week the prisoner came to that house with a carpet bag in his hand, and stated that he had just arrived by the train from Manchester. He engaged a bed, and witness left home early next morning, and when he returned at night he found his room had been entered in his absence, that his trunk had been forced open, and plundered of five sovereigns, a silver watch, with a gold chain, a chesterfield coat, and two silk handkerchiefs. Upon inquiry, it was found the prisoner had decamped the same morning, soon after the departure of witness from the house. The witness here identified the coat worn by the pri soner as his property, and he was compelled to " doff' it, which he was very unwilling to do, while at the bar. The head-waiter at the Gloucester Coffee-house, In Piccadilly, stated that a well-dressed yuong man hired a bed there, and when all the inmates had retired to rest, he went into the rooms of several gentlemen who were sleeping there, and succeeded in robbing them of their purses, containing the sum of 141., a gold watch, and other articles, with which he got clear off. The witness added, that the prisoner resembled the thief, but he would not undertake to swear positively to his person Cotterell stated, that information had appeared in the Hue and Cry of six different robberies of public houses at Manchester by a man, answering the de scription of the prisoner, with § carpet bag. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he should commit the prisoner on the three first charges, and that he should be brought up again on Wednesday, and that probably when publicity was given of the examination in the newspapers, other parties who had been robbed would attend. The prisoner requested the return of a prayer-book found in his possession when he was taken into custody. The application for its restoration was opposed by the publican, who stated that since the prisoner was taken into custody he had ascertained that several rob beries had been committed in Dublin by a man an swering the prisoner's description, and that he had reason for believing that the prayer-book would be found to have been part of the produce of one of them. The prisoner, who seemed very depressed in spirits, was then conveyed back to the county gaol. CROYDON. SINGULAR CASE.—Mr. Richard Lacey, a gentleman of fortune, residing at Chelsham, and George Standen, his groom, attended before Messrs. Reid, Adams, Lucas, Sutherland, and Barclay, the presiding magis trates, the latter to answer a charge of having un lawfully shot at and wounded a setter dog, the pro perty of Mr. W. Russell, a farmer at Chelsham, and the former with aiding and abetting his servant to commit the act, for which offence, by an Act of Par liament passel in the 7th and Bth years of the reign of George IV., they had incurred a penalty of 405., besides the value of the dog. of Croydon, attended to supAplorr.tßtihcehards,solicitor, complaint. It , appeared, from the testimony of several wit nesses, that on Tuesday, the 20th of August, about eight o'clock in the evening, the complainant's setter premises, and he was heard ard str to aye gi d ve intoMrLay instructions cteo's the other defendant to get the gun and shoot him, and directly afterwards the report of a gun was heard, and the animal was seen to run limping away, and it eventually appeared that he had been very seriously injured, so much so as to render him utterly useless for the present shooting season. Mr. Russell, in answer to questions from the Bench, said the dog was a very excellent one, and at this period was worth at least 101. Mr. ADAMS inquired whether the animal was at all mischievous, or whether there was any reason for the defendant's attempt to destroy him ? Mr. Russell said he was a remarkably quiet, inoffensive dog, and he could not conceive what motive there could be, except that of mischief, to destroy him. The defendant, Standen, in answer to the charge, admitted that he shot the dog, and said the reason he did so was because he thought he was a dog who had frequently come howling about the premises at night. Mr. Lacey said the family had been very much an noyed by the dog's noise, and he certainly gave di rections that means should be taken to get rid of him, but he denied, positively, that he told Standen to shoot him. Mr. ADAMS said he supposed he only told him to keep the dog quiet, and he had certainly taken effec • tual means to endeavour to do so.—(A. laugh.) The Magistrates, after a short deliberation, ex pressed an opinion that the charge had been made out, and they adjudged Mr. Lacey to pay a fine of 405., with 31., the value of the dog, and 12s. costs. The ,other defendant, who appeared only to have acted under the orders of his master, they fined 20s. Mr. Lacey said he should not pay the fine. The Bench replied that if he did not, he would be committed for fourteen days. Mr. Lacey said very well, he would go to prison. In a short time, however, he appeared to think better of it, and he requested the Magistrates to allow the matter to stand over for a few days to give him an opportunity of producing evidence to show that the dog was not so much injured as was represented, and the Bench granted his application, upon the un derstanding that if he failed in doing what he sug gested, the original decision would be enforced. The same defendants were then charged upon another information with having unlawfully killed a terrier dog, the property of Mr. John Brown. It appeared in this case - that the dog in question was missed from Mr. Brown's premises on the morn ing of Wednesday week, and the same day it was seen in Mr. Lacey's, caught by the leg in a large rat trap, and shortly afterwards the animal was shot by the defendant Standen, and then buried in the dung hill. A search-warrant was obtained, which was executed by a constable named Tappen ; and on his questioning the defendants, they at first denied all knowledge of the dog, but when he found it in the (lung, Mr. Lacey said to Standen, " Never mind, George, don't be afraid, they cannot hurt us." Mr. Lacey, in answer to the complaint, with great earnestness declared upon his word that he knew nothing about the dog being shot, and said he was ready to take his oath of it, if the Bench would allow him. He wished the Magistrates to question his servant, and he said he would clear him. The Magistrates said they had no right to ques tion a defendant, but Standen was at liberty to make any statement he pleased. Standen then, evidently much to the astonishment of Mr. Lacey, said the truth was that his master ltneW all about it, for that when he told him the dog was in the trap he gave him the gun and told him to shoot it. The Magistrates said they had no doubt that this statement was correct, and they expressed their sur prise that a person in the station of Mr. Lacey should have pledged his word, and have offered to swear to the truth of that which he knew to be false. Mr. Lady still asserted that he knew nothing about the dog being shot. Mr. ADAMS said he did not believe him, and he thought his conduct had been very disgr ace f u l. The other Magistrates said that they quite con curred in what had been stated by Mr. Adams, and they only regretted that the evidence wa s no t suffi cient to warrant them in convicting him, without the which they could s n ta ot te a m ct e , n a t n o d f t h h i e s y c s oi l d o e u f l e d n d c a e n r t tai u po n ly a in that case have inflicted the full penalty. The information against 11.1 r. Lacey was then dis missed, and the other defendant was fined in the mitigate penalty of 20s. CEIARGE or ARSON.—A man named John Way was examined on Saturday, before J. W. Suther land, Esq., and other Justices sitting in Petty . Session, upon a charge of having wilfully and ma liciously set fire to and destroyed a stack of hay, at the parish of Sutton, the property of Francis Gosling, Esq., the banker. It appeared that th e fi re t oo k p l ace about four o'clock on 11 ednesday afternoon, and be fore it was got under, upwards of ten loads of hay were entirely consumed. The ev id ence aga i ns t th e prisoner was that, just before the fire broke out, he was seen by a little boy, named Chapman, sitting upon a gate close to the stack, and on his looking round a minute or two afterwards the prisoner was gone, and he then heard a whiz," and at the same moment the stack burst into flames. The prisoner was met by a young woman, coming in a direction from the stack, and it appeared that he gave an alarm, and assisted to e x ti ngu i s h the fire. On his being questioned by Mr. Gosling's gardener, he said that he was the fir s t a t th e fir e , and on the gardener telling him that could not be for that the gate was locked, and that he had been obliged to get over it, and fell down in doing so, and that at this time there was no one near the stack, the prisoner re plied, " There you have done me I'll allow—you have beat me there. After a very care f u l inquiry, the Magistrate said there was a very strong case of suspicion, but they did not think the evidence suffi cient to warrent them in committing the prisoner to take his trial. He would therefore be discharged, but they should require him to enter into his own re cognizance to appear on a future occasion to answer any complaint that might be preferred against him. GRAVESEND. On Friday, on the county Magistrates, Messrs. Oakes, Tickner, and Spencer, presiding at the Town hall, High-street, for the purpose of disposing of persons under arrest, the f o ll ow i ng c h arge was en tered upon against a Mr. Willi am S m ith, a gen tl e man, but who, in reality, is the sc i on o f a no bl e f a mily, and holds a lieutenantcy in one of the regiments stationed at Chatham, and who, on th e p resen tt ccas ion, assumed a fictitious name, for con d uc ting ] himself in a most mischievous and wanton manner. The prisoner not being in custody of the police to meet the charge, Mr. OAKES informed his brother Magistrates that he had been waited upon early th a t morning by the friends of the unfortunate young gentleman, in the hope that he might be liberated, as he had to mount guard at an early hour on that day, and if he was not in attendance, the consequences might prove most serious to him. He, therefore, consulted with the police as to the offence the prisoner had committed, and finding that it was one of those foolish boyish freaks, he all owe d hi m t o b e se t a t large, so that he might go on d u ty. Th ey , th ere f or e, would adjudi cate upon the case in the absence of the accused. Mr. TicKlimt—But where is the bail-book ? Was there no security given for a man's liberation from the custody of the police ? Mr.OAKES (very low)—No, no ; the police are sa tisfied. Now let us hear the evidence. John Newing, police-constable 10, stated, that be tween twelve and one he saw four young gentlemen walking up Harmer-street in rather a noisy and lively style, and p resen tly h e noticed the accused kick his heel against one of the Star steam-packet boards, placed against the rails in the crescent at the •top of the street, and broke it in pieces. He then in quired of him for what reason he had so w ilfully da maged the board. No s ati s factory reply was given and he then felt hound to take him into custody, there having been numerous complaints respecting the breakage of the several steam companies' Mr. OAKES—WeII, we fi n e the accused s s. for the offence, and if the officer will go down to- the Falcon Tavern and present my c o mpliment: , to Mr. , it will be paid. The the amount of th e fine,boards. The officer acted according to his directions, aad in a few minutes returned with the silver. THE Poon, MAN'S LAw.-A poor donkey-driver was charged with driving his ass without a badge empowering him to do so. Mr. OAKEs observed that if the laws were made they must be attended to, and the least they could fine the prisoner was the amount of expenses he had incurred, viz., 7s. 6d., which the poor fellow reluctantly paid out of his hard-got earnings, and was then allowed to depart. HAMBURGH MAIL. TIIE HAGUE, AUG. 28.—The Portafoglio Maltese of the 14th instant announces that the Netherlands frigate the Rhine and the Jason, under the command of his Royal Highness Prince Henry, arrived at Malta on the 13th, from Tunis. It is said they were to go to the Levant. Bois LB Dire, AUG. 29.—Though the river has continued to rise up to this time, the accounts from other places announce a fall, and we hope the dikes on one side of the city will not be broken through or overflowed. Thanks to the officers of the Polders, who, by constant and persevering efforts, by vast num bers of workmen, great expenses, and personal exer tions, have hitherto prevented the water from doing any damage. The water is 77 inches above the water mark in the dikes of the river Dieze. The damage would be incalculable if there should be a breach in these dikes. ROTTERDAM.-110 New Rotterdam Courant has the following article : " A respectable commercial house has communi cated the following account, dated Alexandria, the 6th of August : "Since Mehemet Ali is at Cairo, his Highness seems to he more calm, and no longer talks of abdicat ing, or of going to Mecca. Public tranquillity has not been for a moment interrupted. We subjoin the note addressed by the Consuls of the five great Powers, to Artina Bey, the chief ,Minister of the Viceroy, and his answer to it. " ALEXANDRIA, JULY 27, 1844.—T0 his Excellency Artim Bey, Minister of his Highness Viceroy of Egypt. " His Highness, Mehemet Ali, having suddenly gone to Cairo, and publicly declared that he intended immediately to set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca, we regret having been deprived of the satisfaction of personally paying our compliments to him, and re quest your Excellency to convey to his Highness the expression of our respectful esteem for his person. "We doubt not that his Highness, before he left Alexandria, had taken all necessary measures for the maintenance of public tranquility in this city, where the safety and interest of our countrymen may be endangered by the least irregularity ; and we hope that his Highness, before his departure from Cairo, will acquaint us, either directly or through your Excellency, with the measures which he takes for the government of the country during his absence. (Signed) " LAURIN, for Austria. LAVULLETTO, for France. STODDART i _ Great Britain. WAGNER, Prussia. SAIK, Russia." Answer of Artim Bey to the Consuls of the Five Powers at Alexandria : "August 2, 1844. " Said Pacha has arrived from Cairo. The Viceroy having seen the joint note of the Consuls-General, said, Return immediately to Alexandria, and tell Artim Bey to make the Consuls-General easy with respect to the tranquillity of the country; remain yourself at Alexandria, while Ibrahim Pacha shall send to Cairo, where I shall hold a council; the matters to be discussed there relate to the internal administration of the country, and must be con sidered by me and my servants. If Igo to Mecca I shall take such measures as circumstances require, and they shall be immediately communicated to the Consuls-General. My health does not permit me to receive them, and I request them to remain at Alexandria.' " NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Yesterday morning the Earl of Haddington left the Admiralty-house, and proceeded to the Royal Naval College, to hold his adjourned levee, when the - following officers, whose names were on the list yesterday, were received : Captains—Strong and P. J. Douglas. Commanders—Haynes, W. M. N. Douglas, Roche, C. A. Johnston, and T. H. Mason. Lieutenants—llon. T. A. Pakenham and W. Welsh. Royal Marines—Colonel—M`Cullum. Major—Moore. Captain—Calamy. On the return of their Lordships from the Coiling wood (after dining on board with Sir G. Seymour) to the dockyard on Friday evening, at about ten o'clock, some blue lights, the invention of Captain Stevens, were lighted opposite the Admiralty-house, which gave great satisfaction to all who witnessed the brilliant illumina tion. Their Lordships expressed themselves much pleased with them. They burned eight minutes. Yes terday morning, whilst the Earl of Haddingtou held his levee, the Hon. 11. 'F. L. Corry, and the Hon. Sid ne y Herbert, First Secretary to the Board, proceeded round the dockyard for a general view, utter which they em barked in the Fanny, the yacht of the Commander-in- Chief, Sir C. Rowley, and proceeded westward. Sir G. Cockburn took his departure by the half-past ten o'clock train yesterday morning. After the levee the Earl of Haddington went out for a short cruise in the Black Eagle, for the benefit of his health, and dined in the evening with Lord Ashburton, at Anglesea. This even ing, we believe, his Lordship will dine with the Right Hon. J. W. Croker, and return to town in time to attend the Cabinet Council, summoned for one o'clock. There are no orders issued for commissioning any ships at this port. Many are being masted, and otherwise ad vanced in a forward state ; but this, we believe, is merely to keep employed the newly entered riggers. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, will, it is re ported, be detained at Spithead for the inspection of her Maj es ty. The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Commodore Jones, arrived at Ascension on the sth July, from St. Helena, whither she had towed the Tortoise store and guardship for a supply of water. The Tortoise was expected to arrive two days after the Penelope, which was expecting and awaiting the arrival of the Ferret sloop, 6, Com mander J. Oake, when she would proceed to Prince's Island for a further supply of water. The Wasp, 16, Commander S. 11. Usher, arrived at Ascension, from Bermuda, on the 2d July. When our letters left she was undergoing refit prior to cruising on the coast. The Growler, 6, steam-sloop, Commander, C. Buckle, which left Rio on the 13th June, arrived at Ascension on the 4th of July, to assist in the suppression of the slave trade. Oa the same day (4th of July) the Star, 6, Commander R. J. W. Dunlop, arrived at Ascension to undergo refit prior to assisting in the suppression of the slave trade on the south coast. Her officers and crew had suffered much from fever. The Cornwallis, 72, Captain Richards, flag of Vice- Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., is daily looked for at Spithead, from the East Indies, to be paid off. The Emerald returned from cruising off the Sussex coast on Friday. The royal yacht, Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, is in every respect ready for the reception of her Majesty. In Harbour—The Victory, Victoria and Albert, Queen, Excellent, Nautilus, Raven, and steam vessels Black Eagle, Fearless, Echo, and Comet. In Dock—Vindictive, Prince Regent, Scourge, Athol, and Dwarf steamer. At Spithead—The Collingwood. DEVONPORT, AUG. 30.—The Clio, 16, Commander Fitzjames, has arrived in the Sound from the East In dies to be paid off. She has been upwards of five years in commission, during NI hich time she has had three commanders. . _ _ The Semiramis, an old 44, built about forty years, is ordered to be broken up at this dockyard. The Vanguard, 80, advance-ship, sister to the Coiling wood, is masted and ready for commission. The Royal Adelaide, 104, advance -ship, is alongside the jetty for muting, after having her copper examined and cleaned. _ The San Josef, 110, Captain IL M. Dickson, flag of Rear• Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., was paid wages to six months on Tuesday. The Superb, 80, was masted yesterday, and is ready for commission. The Amethyst, 26.—An extra number of hands have been put upon this vessel to expedite her launching, her slip being wanted on which to lay down the timbers of the Avenger, first class steam-frigate. The Stromboli, steam sloop, Commander the Hon. E. Plunkett, is ordered to the Mediterranean station. Mr. Richard Way, leader of shipwrights, is appointed inspector, vice Cooper, deceased ; and M r . J o h n Walker, shipwright, to be leader, vice Way, p romote d . An order has been received to enter 15 hired ship wrights at this yard, for service at Deptf or d ; 20s. each man will be allowed for travelling expenses. Since the order has arrived to enter men for " general service" very few have offered. Tho genuine " Jack " will not enter for general service as long as he can help it. He prefers to choose his own craft and his own cap tain ; and this he will do, unless driven to the alterna tive by sheer necessity. Mr. P. C. Beattie, engineer of this port, is appointed to the Tortoise store-ship at Ascension, to superintend the repair of her Majesty's steam-vessels on the coast of Africa. In Harbour—San Josef, Confiance, and Stromboli. In the Sound —St. Vincent, flag-ship pro tem. SHEERNESS, Aua. 30.—The Vernon, 50, is being brought forward for commission. The Achille, 76, was masted on Wednesday, and the Asia, 84, was taken into the basin for the same purpose yesterday. The Waterloo, 120, the Monarch, 84, and the London, 92, are also to be masted. The Vulture steam sloop, is still in the basin. She has been ready for the pendant some time. The Alarm frigate, 26, will be pushed forward for launching this year. The Amazon, razee, 24, is ready for the pendant in the basin. Several officers of long standing, and high on the list in the service, are already named as likely to suc ceed to the command of the ordinary and superinten dence of the dockyard at this port, vacant by the sud den death of Captain Peter Fisher, but we decline giving their names, from motives that they cannot but appreciate. The Ocean, 80.—Mr. Joseph Eeefl, gunner of this ship, died suddenly in an apoplectic fit on Sunday last. In Harbour—The Ocean, flag ship pro tern., and Afri- Caine steamer. In the Basin—The Vulture, the Asia, the Crocodile, and the Amazon. In Dock—The Vernon, the Monarch, the Herald, and the Beagle. PROMOTIONS. Cammander—T. Gallaway, to be retired Captain. Lieutenants—H. C. Otter, J. B. Marsh, J. Sankey, G. Wodehouse, G. M. Hunter, and P. H. Dyke, to the rank of Commander. Mates—C. Sullivan, W. Mooney, T. Cochrrn, J. C. Bailey, H. de Lisle, T. Miller, and J. B. Rice, to be Lieutenants. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—• Richard Arthur (1810), to the Victory, with the charge of the Portsmouth ordinary, vice Henderson, period of service expired. Commander—W. G. B. Estcourt, to the Eclair steam sloop; Edward Barnett, to the Thunder. Lieutenants—P. A. Halkett, to the Eclair; C. Sulli van, additional, to the Formidable; W. Mooney, to the Thunder; 11. Ainslie, to the Stromboli; T. B. Christo pher, to the Excellent; F. B. P. Seymour, to be Flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Collingwood.; Wil liam Peel, to the Thalia; S. B. Palling, to be Agent for Mails; T. Belgrave, to the Eclair, from the Excellent; H. G. Austen, to the Excellent. Mate—H. West, to the Excellent. Masters--11. D. Burney, to the Eclair; J. Scott (act ing), to the Thunder. Surgeons—J. Ferrier, to the Thunder; A. C. Macle roy, to be Surgeon-Superintendent of the Phoebe con vict ship. Chaplain—Rev. J. W. Dickson, to the Inconstant, from the Madagascar. Paymasters and Pursers—T. R. Hallett, to the Eclair; S. Wadland, to the Excellent; W. H. Dutton, to the Thunder. Assistant-Surgeons—F. M. Rayner, to the Thunder; C. M'Shane (additional acting), to the St. Vincent. Master's Assistant—J. Gowan, to tha Excellent. Clerks—C. Mills, to the Eclair; T. W. Gottlieb, of Devonport, to be Chief Clerk of Chatham Dockyard, vice Hart, superannuated; W. Thompson, of Woolwich, to the first class at Devonport, vice Gottlieb, promoted; W. Woods, of the third class at Chatham, to the second class at Woolwich, vice Thompson, promoted; Mr. W. Binstead (acting), in the Director of Works department at Chatham, to be Foreman of Joiners at Chatham. Salary 180/. per annum. Midshipmen—F. W. Gough and A. C. Birtwhistle, to the Excellent. Gunner—W. Huish, to the Eclair. Boatswain—J. Warren, to the Eclair. Carpenter—E. Crowther, to the Eclair. COLT'S BATTERY and WARNER'S SHELL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln writing my forthcoming volume, con taining the "Life and History of President Har rison," I have had occasion to allude to the treaty of Washington, wherein the free navigation of the St. John's river is given to the United States. I endea vour to prove that the English possess the advantage in the treaty, for they would blockade the mouth of the River in time of war, and capture all the vessels of the enemy. I then wrote this sentence :—" Nor could the Americans prevent it by a defence of the mouth of the river, by a submarine battery of tor pedoes—for the entrance of the river is from British waters, and consequently under the absolute control cf the English." Upon writing the above, I appended this note, viz. : —" Having made allusion to a submarine battery of torpedoes, for river defence, I take this occasion to state, that the first idea of employing the same species of defence for harbours, port-channels, and anchor ages, as far as I know, originated with myself, while on a visit in Connecticut, United States." The idea arose as follows, viz. :—I visited in 1832 the Indian graves and mounds in furtherance of my " History of Ancient America ;" and near the ruins of Fort Griswald, at the month of the River Thames (Connecticut), the position was pointed out to me of the British fleet, while blockading the harbour of New London, and consequently keeping Commodore De catur with his few vessels from leaving the river. Decatur was resolved to break through his naval im prisonment, and as he could not do it by an equal force to oppose the British fleet, he had recourse to the stratagem of torpedoes, which were so arranged as to float down the river by the return tide ; and having large arms attached, would embrace, as it were, any object within its reach, and by its contact and contu sion, would ignite the powder, and blow to atoms the vessel so approached. This stratagem had its effect, and Decatur made his escape, the British men-of war having left the harbour's mouth, to avoid the ter rible agency employed by the American Commodore. When this circumstance was related to me in 1832, I instantly conceived the defence of harbours, port channels, and rivers, and simply by reversing the order of the arrangement, viz., the torpedoes to be. stationary, and the men of war to float onwards, as the latter must do to enter rivers or harbours. And in addition to gunpowder the more powerful chemicals of modern invention should form the torpedoes ; and having these batteries sunk in the channel of entrance, and by the galvanic wires from any distance, and at any time, ignite the submarine combustibles. Thus, from the hundreds of torpedoes that could be sunk, and in every direction, and invisible to an enemy, no naval commander would be so insane as to hazard his ship, and the hundred of human lives on board, by even the attempt to cross such a rubicon ; for the ex ploding party at the galvanic wires, however distant, yet within sight of the men of war, would watch the locality of the vessels, and ignite those torpedoes only that would be effective upon the different vessels as they would be opposite certain lines or points of ob servation. An anchorage could be defended in the same man ner ; for instance:—the Prince de Joinville com menced the bombardment of Tangiers with only five and half feet of water beneath the keel of his ship. Now, had submarine torpedoes been sunk in that an chorage, and ignited by the galvanic power, an in stant destruction of the gallant Admiral's ship would have been the consequence ; but, even without tor pedoes being placed there, yet the belief that they were there, the commander would not come within bombarding distance. A safe result to a city would obtain from even that belief by the invading naval commander. After I had written the above, and read it to a friend, he called my attention to the Athenceum of August 17, wherein allusion is made, and description given, of Colt's Submarine Battery, as exhibited in New York Harbour ; I beg to answer that account by the following statement, viz. :-- In 1837, I visited Hartford, Connecticut, and was introduced to Mr. Samuel Colt and friends. Mr. Colt showed and explained to me his newly-invented ten-chamber rifle, which hal been so successfully used in Indian warfare, by causing almost instant treaties of peace with the Leminole Aborigines. It was at this time (1837), and as a return courtesy, th a t I un folded to Mr. Colt my own invention for the defence of harbours, rivers, &c. He seemed much struck with the idea, and especially in regard to the means of ignition, and from any distance. This was in 1837. I made my arrangement in 1832, five years pre viously. Upon my present visit to my native land in 1841, I mentioned it in London, in confidence, to two scientic gentleman. In 1842, Mr. Colt made the experiment in New York harbour, exactly as I un folded the manner to him. He was most successful, and in the presence of naval commissioners and Adjutant-General Jones blew a large ship to atoms, and while floating into the harbour. So per fect was the destruction, that the harbour was not clogged, but the fragments of the ship floated into the port with the tide, as, also, the remains of the wooden frame of the torpedo. I do not charge Mr. Colt with any breach of confi dence; my secret was given in courtesy, and I re joice in his prosperity. He might eventually from his own brain have made that discovery which I thus claim, in the most unqualified manner, to be my own. In 1840, I received from a naval offi2er an account of the destructive qualities of the Paixhan shell-shot —that one was sufficient to sink a frigate. Within a short period, I made a defence against the terrible effects of that projectile, and also a defence against injury to the masts of a ship in ac tion, either from round or chain-shot. This I unfolded to a naval officer, in confidence, for his opinion of the practicability of my defence. His answer was in the affirmative—" That the vessel would be saved." I have, therefore, taken the legal proceedings to secure by letters patent my right to the above defences. Having, therefore, found means to defend a ship against the Paixhan shell-shot, I have no hesitation in declaring my belief that I can defend " the line-of battle ship" against the destructive effects of Captain Warner's " projectile," be it; " five," or only one mile off. This counter-challenge is given in the belief that his destructive missile is an horizontal projectile. If the projectile, and the power of its propulsion, are worth 300,0001., the prevention of the effects of the former surely is worth twice as much. As an Englishman, however, I should be happy to know that I could prevent the loss of human life, and should feel honoured (should the occasion call. it forth) in being permitted to present gratuitously to my country the secret of my defence.—l have the honour to be, Sir, yours truly, GEORGE JONES. British and Foreign Institute, Aug. 27, 1844. DICTIONAIRE NATIONAL FRANCAIS.—The num bers which have already issued of this critical dictionary of the French language are sufficient to found upon them the judgment that, when completed, it will form not only a most valuable work, as comprising all the new and acknowledged words lately introduced into the French tongue, but:a repertory of the critical and analytical notes of all the other most esteemed dictionaries. M.Bescherelle, Aine, the author, has evidently bestowed on it great labour and attention, as well as talent ; and his Majesty the King of the French never showed greater jugdment than when he took this great national literary work under hi immediate patronage. Tice publishers, M Simon, Rue des .I?,,sses do Temple A Paris, and Messrs. L. and A. Ber and Co., of Blenheim-street, in this city, have every reason to be satisfied with the success of this undertaking. AGRICULTURE. PRICES AT HOME AND ABROAD. (From the League.) We observe that Mr. Baker, of Essex, and the other leaders of the protectionist party, are claiming the support of the farmers o n a nove l grou nd, "It is true," say they, " that we cannot guarantee you (the tenant-farmers) 565. a quarter fur your corn; true that the price for Huntingdonshire averaged only 435. 6d. a quarter last week, in spite of the forty editions of Mr. Game Day's pamphlet, whilst Essex, Kent, and Oxfordshire, fared but little better ; all this is true, but what would the prices have sunk to had there been no corn-law ? Are not the foreigners actually paying the 18s. duty, and still competing with the English grower ?" This is the argument' which is now industriously put f or th by th e farmers' friends, and which we call upon the free traders everywhere to prepare themselves to answer. It is true that a certain portion of the foreign corn in bond has been entered for consumption at a dot! of 18s., and even 19s. per quarter. It is equally true that many thousands of quarters were in one year taken out of bond and thrown into the river. In both cases the object was the same; to escape the risk of greater loss from keeping the -wheat i n the bonded warehouse without the prospect of a sale' And it would be just as fair to assert that it is profitable for the foreigner to send his corn here to be cast into the Thames, because such a transaction has occurred, as to allege that wheat can be sot from abroad to pay 18s. a quarter duty, because cer tain individuals liberated their grain from bond St that rate last week. It is a well-known fact that the • foreign corn so imported has brought heavy losses upon its owners. It is notorious that it is not Po' fitable to bring wheat from abroad to pay 18s. duty. If any man be bold enough to assert the contrary, let, him try the experiment. The point to which we would direct the attention of the farmers at the present moment is this: there are two descriptions of prices for foreign corn, the, real and the nominal price. Th e rea l p r i ce is that at which the foreigners supply us when we are et" lowed by our law to buy from them for our consume' tion. When corn is lying in bond, with our sliding scale up at a prohibitive point, and no prospect of A market, then the prices are merely nominal. Th e question frequently asked,. under such circumstances* by the unfortunate hold e r i s , " h ow muc h -had better consent to lose, to e sca p e th e r i s k o f still heavier sacrifices ?" It is undoubtedly of importance to the farmer to ascertain what the real price of foreign wheat would be under a free trade. It is of no consequence to him what the nominal price now is, because corn never enters regularly, and in large quantities, into consumption at the nominal price. We are able , liy referring to the Parliamentary returns of the prices of wheat at Dantzic and in England, during $ period of continuous importation for consumption to this country, to form a fair estimate of the price at which foreign corn can be regularly purchased. In the return ordered by the House of Commons, 3d May, 1841, we are furnished with the weekly prices of wheat at Dantzic, and in England, for a series of years, embracing periods of high and IoW prices. We will first' give the prices during f° lll* cheap years, when the duty, under the old law, O s prohibitory :- Price per Imp. qr. English Ga zette at Dantzic. price, same till: 1835, Ist week in Jan. 19s. Od. to 295. Od. 39 5 . 2 ,A 1836, - -17 s. 10d. to 2! - 's 11d. 355. ‘,-; 1837, - - 275. 4d. to 40s. Od. 573. ~2 , 7 1838, - -20 s. Ild. to 275. 3d. 503. O "' During the above period the duty ranged from 2 ° s ' to 50s. a quarter, and precluded any regular or pr °- fitable importation for consumption. Whatever put . chases were made were speculative, for the parPl of storing up with the view to a d e fi c i en t harvest, 513 with the risk of loss for warehousing and other er. penses. It will be seen that, in the first week of January 1838, the price of wheat at Da n t z i c range d from 2 '„' 11d. to 275. 3d.; but as the English G aze tt e price 01 the same time was 50s. 9d., and the duty on foreig n corn 355. a quarter, the price at Dantzic was merely nominal, so far as England was concer ne d. But et now come to a period of real p r i ces . I n th e summe r r of this same year, 1838, alarm b egan t o b e felt fo r the English harvest. The c onsequence was that prices rose here, and the f o ll ow i ng ex t rac t from the same Parliamentary return will show how instant n i : neously the Dantzic market f e lt th e e ff ec t s o f an of fective demand from England :- Gee price, Price per Impl. qr. English ~ e . at Dantzic.sago t rid, 1838, Ist week July, 345. 10d. to 435. Id. ... 655. 'O. - - Aug. 375. 2d. to 455. 11d. ... 6 75 . o d. - - Sept. 495. 6d. to 51s. 4d. ... 6 85 . id, Oct. 40s. Bd. to 495. 7d. 625. d. - - Nov. 475. 10d. to 58s. Od. 675 ' 2d, - - Dec. 495. 2d. t o 63 5 . 3d. ... 733 * e f In the interval b e t ween J anuary an d D ece mber 1838, the prices of wheat in Dantzic was more tliani doubled, in consequence of the demand for autos„ consumption in England. In the three years, dari :n P, which this demand continued, the f o ll ow i n g quail% ties of wheat were imported from P russ i a , o f Whi c Dantzic is the principal port :- Wheat imported from Prussia. 1838 1839 1840 800,508 „ The same Parliamentary return from which 7 0 1, have already quo t e d, g i ves the prices per quarter fr• every week during the whole of thi s p e riod. ,' O f Baker and the other "farmers' friends" are fon ° rt asserting that they could, on ce u p on a time, itor t) d a foreign wheat at 255. a quarter, forgetting t° t he that it would have been a speculation for warehouse, w ith a chance of having to thr n ts, the purchase, or so much of it as escaped the I to into the river, t o avo id th e payment o f duty. - `r i ,t we recommend Mr. B a k er an d hi s m onopo', patron, Lord A s hb ur t on , w h o , t o hi s s h ame , has c°o nf descended to like fallacies, to study the prices ti , foreign wheat during the above three years of CO7 O nuous demand for consumptio n i n E ng l an d, and, . o f will find that, duri ng a ll th a t p er i o d, the pll e the wheat at Dantzic averafred more than 40s, a n i ,`:,,e price at which it sold in ° England alongside . the J -1 " ' lish grain was upwards of 60s. With the present abundant har v e s t i n England , ti o n e , cl the duty fixed at 20s. fur perhaps a year to c 0• al the prices of Wheat at Dantzic will become nc' in tor , again, and may sink probably t o 20 s . o r 255. a ( I, lhi g ter. But we hope th e f armers , w h o w ill be Fe Pe t their wheat at 405., and payi ng r en t s a t 565., will suffer Mr. Baker to divert them from the true se e t be by his solemn predictions of w h a t th e p r ice migb without a corn-law. Sin HuDsort LowE.—The will and codicils of the late !Sir Hudson Lowe, Governor of St. Helena "Id the Emperor Napoleon was there, have been just Pr°, l o f in Doctors' Commons, by Edward William De l , u- t be Lowe, Esq., one of the children of the d e ceaseu,' ;n - ec i other executor, Sir Thomas Reade, having de e ,„7 o o proving. The will is dated in 1816, and contai n legacy of public interest, inasmuch as the whole °L ihs proporty is left to his wife and children ; but second codicil, which is in the deceased's handvw•-11„iy the following remarkable passage occurs :—" wife will apply to the King for a pension (° 4 T - t hat at led to expect) of not less than 1,5001. a year, SU' w — O l to her death a pension of half th a t amou nt begrant s my children. I also wish her t o a pply for the aPd ell iCil of my outfit to St. Helena, a b ou t 2,000 L" This c- The is dated from an hotel in Paris in the year 1824. personal property has been sworn under 3,000 BIRTHS. ,-, ha rleg At Boone/I-place, Plymouth, the lady of Captain ','." o f 0 Frederick Havelock, of her Majesty's 53d Regimen', daughter. of On the 24th ult., at Paris, the Marquise de la Be li ll a l e ' a son. t 13 111111 ' . On the 26th ult., the wife of Alexander Allan , a wick-terrace, Hackney road, of a son. DO * On the 28th ult., at Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenh am ' N. Ogle. of a daughter. 0 , 0 1019 of In - Major the 28th ult., at Wing Rectory, Rutland, '7. ve H. M. Graves, 16th R eg i men t o f Bengal l '' ati fant of a son still-bon. O3 OlO C M.- On , , r the 29th ult., at Brighton, the lady of penter, Esq., of a son. On the 29th ult., the lady of W. A. Valour , r' s ' dington House, Middlesex, of a daughter. of Ted- MARRIED. On the 31st ult., at St. Marti n 's-i n -the-Fields , 1-1- C t i lle pi n el e t v°. T. F. Stookes, Adam Bittleston, Esq., of the Inner ?p ri nce' Rebecca Ann, eldest daughter of M r . G. H. IlePP el ' ° street, in the City of London. DIE. t r On the 27th ult., Edward Jo ne s, q.,oses, Es M IY -5--eet ' D i r . mingham, aged 66. On the 27th ult., Mrs. Sarah West, of Berners-s of the late Moses West, aged 90.10 1 l Samuel Ao O n n t Et t i h ireiD e t3l 2 :o B ,l et t ks i l i , elKin u i tt!.,Ht: James, A. a , n t a ng G ,e dtrheBeo4n;ll Page,l wife e , on K f . Lieutenant,:Einrst.,q7.a Lieutenant-General—Curd - -G TH en L era Y I— M L I o L rd IT K A ea Rr e, O O B .c U I .I3 7 : 44 11 ,, 1f ir Col. of 43 F. Lieutenant-Colonel--J. A. M. Skerret, local rank;., N e w port, E. I. Comp. Serv. ; J. J. Anderson, Majors—Chuden, h.p. 7 Line Batt. Ger. Leg.; 1 0 F./ Knight of Windsor. T l o welN Adj. to Glamorgan Mil. h.p. 77 F. ; Travers, Captains—Eliot, 4 Drag. Guards ; Evatt, 62 F.; .--.- for '7ceGcr„,„° . , l , r aG . i e l e , - e t ,:',.. r tt- e 1 i : 1,,- ce .. ti R. Mar. ; De Schade, h.p. Ger. Leg. ' E. I. Comp. Cork ; Logan, late 9 R. Vet. Batt. A p puhn, ' r Art. , Ervr. do. d; 1 1 tall g Aeuteuants—Montgomery, 13 F., on passage Shakespear, 49 F. ; Shewbridge, h.p. 60 F.; F.; h.p. 5 Line Batt. Ger. Leg. • Alex. Brown, ___1(.1.1., late of 42 e _d ; Cart, h p. S 4 F., and Barrack ' Master at Newcastle, Ir 14 ' J. Crowe, h.p. 2 Garr. Batt. ; De Furer, h.p. 151111 - Second Lieutenants, Cornet, and Ensigns—Vizard,, iv. ears ; Edwards, 94 F. ; Waite (Adj.),. 94 F. • Whelan , ,6 " I. Beg. ; Colley, Ceyl. Rif. Reg. ; Currie, h.p. 60 F. . _. , Mac- Paymasters—Daniell, 55 F., on passage from Clumi• beath, Edinburgh detach. Quartermaster—Gallie, late 9 R. Vet. Batt. Surgeon—Goodrich, h.p. 6 F. IV Laidllt Commissariat Department—Dep. Corn. C en. • h.p.; Dep. Assist. Corn. Gen. J. Gillespie, 112.,.,__,,.... b MURDO TO „4 London: Printed and Published y 4 - 0. 11- h.p.enbet No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Oface, 0 , 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the liiddleatz, Monday. September I, 1144. G~ ~ ° ~-1 Sta r ( Cr l Aeri e , . 4 Stcretein tithu r ,. ADDI Office f until Qrei t i THE SUN, L, ONDON, MONDAY EVENI NG, SEPTEMBER 2. 1844.