The Sun. — London, England, 1839-08-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR Tie Queen wi:l hold a Privy Council, this aftornoon, at Pa'ore. Her :ii , jet,ty rune out on horseback yesterday afternoon, aceont awed I v thiir Serene Highnesses the Duke Ferdi nand of Saxe Cc.iinurg, and Prince Augustus and Princ e doff. cf S,xo Cobourg, and Count Alexancicl• Mens- The unite included Baroness i,ehzen, Miss A Colonel B uc klP MurrAy. ,y, and the lion. C. l . Ti.e Alarquia of N°"""l3,v Viscount Melbourne had audiencos y eet . r d ey of the t-lueen. The 11 "Yal tiaLer h i n.last evening included the Duke the - Duchess of Sutherland, Earl and I, te ' s ( . 4 Gree,:ille, E ar l o f Mi n t o , Vi scoun t Ma. our ne sr; tl,. Lon. General Upton. b liv j • of the Coldstream Guards attended at the Pl ac e wing the evening. ThL Duc!cis cf Kent honoured Mr. Hayter yesterday, ktl3u::kinghani P.:.iace, with a sitting f or h er p ortra i t in s petur e of her Majesty's Coronation. Ponlett Thomson had an interview with the Mar quis of Normanhc yesterday at the Colonial-office. Prince Augustus of Saxe Cob o u rg an d C ount Al exan d er nicrisdorf htteneed toe inspection of the troops at Worm. wood Scrubs osierday. Viscount liancannon has left town for Ireland. The French Charge d'Affaires, and Vernon Smith, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office. Viscount Palmerston Mt town ye%terday for Tiverton. FASHIONABLEINTELLIGENCE - DEP '....RTURE S. from Lord and Lady Fivroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, Great Stanhor,e-street, on a visit to the Duke of NV ii• e Ington, at V. t ralmer Castle; Lord Canterbury, from the Clarendon * Hotel, Bond -street, for ditto; the Right y l lin. Henri and Lady Harriet Corry and family, from rosvenr-square, for the Isle of Wight Lad Augusta Jaterset from Park-place, for ditto; Lord Dec y ies, from hi s . ? • "1] 1 11 the HA - row-road, for Northumberland; Mjaor_ ticrerA Sir F re d er i c k T rench, on a continental tour; °it ' th 4 nd Lady Sussex Lennox and f am ily, on a tour u p rt• Rhiue; Lord .ind Lady Geor ge L ennox , by th e S o h o e " n Packet, for Antwerp, en roue for Baden Baden ; Bart., from Belgrave-strect, for Den !l'iuse. rear Grantham; Mr. Robert and Lady Mary Ce -4.l cl)her, from Ea ton square, f or Bl ox h o l me H al l , their rin Lincolnshir e; M r .' B a i n b r id ge , M . P ., f rom Gros ;eo,-quare, cite Moors ; the Marquis Camden, f or v ` r ; G.:oi . oe and Lady Pocock, from York -street, t c 'orcan..- . Middleton Biddulph, for , k a tour; Mrs. Cz3tic, near W rexham; the Indian Prince of Ondo ;''d suite, f= ore Sussex. lace for Paris; Lady P oore , tae Burlington Hotel, Cork -street, for Cuff ne l s , Mr. an,i Mrs. \Vvndliam, from ditto, for their s eat, 115"1° " House, ter Salisbury, Wilts. CHANGES. ‘‘,The Duke and P_:tothess of Beaufort and the Marquis of f ',reter, Et Bolen Baden, from Frankfort-on-the ce ; 1.,-,r,tand Lady Jersey, at th e sca t o f L or d Shrews ! 4!. Y' Altort.Torecrs. Staffordshire, from the Duke of Rut. ; the rs - 'arl and Countess of Cavan_ at of tkL.,r.-(!tdt Ledge, -.a the New Forest, from Cowes., Isle , 'ilgett ; the Countess Flahaut and the Hor, Misses r Ph , jr :'tone, from the Rose Hotel, Sittingbe - orne, for the ne nt ; Lord end Lady Poltimore, from ditto, for d e 4eoeo-cresce4t, Dover; Lord sad Lady Willoughby p '''roke, at their :eat Comon Verney, Warwickshire, rn,a tour ; the Areht,i4ttp of - Dublin and Mrs. Whately, itltaßedeadale, theit•at, near Dublin, from a tour in Gut-- colt, Prince i;:tt ward df Saxe Weimar, at Sandhurst at 1 3 ( : 1 4 : h e ' frorn a, ro her Majesty the Queen Dowager, lute ; the Hon. Lady Noel Hill, at Chelten oflNV, 'lPar, Lady, and Miss Rivers, at Cowes, Isle Lad, 'g ql., frora their seat, near Hertford Bridge, Hants ; L a. . I lithc.44 Iliachford, at Osborne House, from Cowes; Win_Weaughbv d'Eresby and the Misses Willoughby, at f ,„,"'" 4 sna, from Heidelberg ; the Duke of Richmond, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, for Gordon Castle. The Commons sat, during the Session just ex , Tired, 133 dais; the Lords, 111 days. hlic enthusiasin with which the Quee n was re- Zceived on her way to Parliament, and on her return, ex !_eds all belief. One luckless individual, attempting a in the neighbourhood of the House of Lords, was in. V""tle knocked down by an indignant byst an d er . Th e Posure of th e agency by which an attempt o f t h e same was ! h eir ggotuar up near the P a l ace , pro b a bl y put the parties d ; and so the individual who hissed yesterday, 4 y , o oopes prob a bl y o f o b ta i ning the countenance of some Lord, was unf ortunate i n hi s speculation.—Morning Chro n i c l . Taft MARCH OF IMPUDENCE,--AS the Queen *as r eturning on T ues d ay f rom the House of Lords, a fellow w e lts ng " The N ew P o li ce Act, contain the ')Priech, price only on e p enny! " g Queen's - Al ARC H OF MIND AND MAJESTY I—ln a Conservative-coloured account of her Majesty's procession to Parliament on Tuesday, the Morning Herald furnishes the following; pro f that even the sight-seeing populace have become less noisy :and irrational than they formerly Were :—" With the exception of three or four faint cheers from a number .of persons who k e p t pace with her Ma- I s st)'s carriage, *.de Y)rocession may be said to have passed in soli mn fr . om its egress from the Palace to the ItiorFe_gitneus, " Yet" (continues our, in this instance, leannditi 1 2iettemporary) " this comparative silence was Be. lin,l:ed with the greatest personal respect towards her WaP j e st3 , '', not a solitary offensive gesture or observation indelged in, and throughout the whole line of prom esi" the spectators uncovered immediately her Majesty's sAr Vage came al:reast of them." tate I n a lett er rece i ve d f rom O porto last week, it in44ha thet th e h eat has b een so excessive as to prevent the steed ittetBo. ts front bathing. At m id n i g h t t h e thermometer Dublin City Tories claim on the present re e"'!,, t i.i . up to Saturday last a majority of 179, composed ".ew Vol..r s and 132 re-registrations. The greater Part e t , p latter are the old freemen. 1 0 6 1ti b e l 'iest thing for stopping 7., leak in a cask, is t ur ,ig neaten up with cote) yellow soap ;if this mix it aff ' well rubbed the leak, it will be found to stop everythirr else has failed. t. aAr°l-e rye-grass seed has been cured this year p was be t' known in the south of Scotland. v or e ever , ; 1 for exportati on i t h as b ecome an ar ti c l e o f traffic, as 1 4 ) 1. is said, as. the United States and British America, 3: . 1c 8 0 ,1 5 the beginning varied, for good samples, from since tetees. per bushel of 241bs. ; but they have receded ee te about 3s. &1.--.Dumfrie.s Courier. AB E R NETIIY AND HIS PUPILS.—Mr. Aber nethy hcid alcud. Oh a most fearful practice of thinking wh en On the day of one of his introductory lectures, N s : • theatre of St. Bartholomew was as full as it t e 4 11 : 3 . 1 ere uld be, and the cheering on his entrance had ell. : he was observed to cast his eyes around, seem ;Lert.:LY • 'insensible to the applause with which he bad been tt ed, and exclaimed with great feeling and pathos, odlhelp vou all I what is to become of you ?" evidently tut , ch moved - by the appearance of so great a number of t r.ediesl students, seeking for information to be fitted for practice.—Phy,ie and Physicians. GIGANTic while It ENIAINS.—On Monday the 12 t h inst., Mr. John Bremner, farmer, Toffkemp, in the parish of flower, was digging for merle in a moss on the estate of Thura, he discovered the bones of some animals of the ox epeeic e , of a size, we believe, unparalleled in Caitlinere The remains were upwards of three feet under b th e sus race, end were in a high state of preservation. Two eadswere found lock e d toget h er b y the horns, as if the : 11n ual'‘ had kill e d eac h other. One of the heads is pre tervett► end, e i t h var i ous other bones, was measured in the r oit t lse'iee of several individuals. The sloughs of the horns .I,IIY r emain. The f o ll ow i ng are the exact measurements : ..Vee cur f orm a graceful curve, but, if distended, Inca five f eet ten i nches from tip to tip ; breadth of the till c eesoss the eyes, one foot six i nc h es ; one o f the ribs Rsures three and a half inches at the broadest part, and exceeds thtee ft et by little more th an an i nc h in length tel?e lar rest joint of the leg b one measures nine inches in °llk 'of ranee,hut the bone i tse lf i s compara tivelyshort.— 0' Groat Journal. LSOUTH SEA EXPEDITION --During the last e tl eight the visit ors t o Ch at h am dockyard have been very uorn eroue, to inspect a vessel, t h e E re b us, fi tt i ng out for a t ey, h ee ''ears' v ovag e to the South P o l e an d P ac ifi c O cean. Th e P.rebus has been in dock several months. She was Put out last week, end is rigging with all dispatch. The Terror komb will accompany her. Both these vessels are t fi e tte , t , l he Gevernment, but are only lent by the Admiralty a T e '' 3 o Boa r d of Aqs and Sciences for the expedition, by ;nom the whole expense of stores, &c. is to be defrayed. tees, ship s arc ma d e excee di ng l y strong , to encounter dis ,o 0 1 weath er. Th e wa l es are d ou bl e d w i t h I- i nc h oa k t rice and th e b ottom with plank of 3 inches: the holds, oe n ceilin g o f wh i ch is doubled with two thicknesses li-inch Af r i ean teak, crossing each other at right 'riffles. the bulkheads in the holds are built in like mariner R a nd made weter tight, so that should the bottom be stove i f t any p art b y the sheets of ice, the safety of the ships not be endangered. Tbo pumps fitted are th of Massie's patent. The weather deck is also doubled ese with 3 -inch fir plarike, with fearnought dipped in tallow laid be tween them. It is stated the two ships will sail on Sa turday, the 31st inst. Many persons, however, think the Erebus cannot be ready for- a fortnight. The Erebus is commanded by Capt. Ross, nephew to Capt. Ross, who attempted a North West passage. The Terror banded by Captain Crosier.—Kentish Gazette. is cam SERIOUS COACH ACCIDENT. —On Saturday evening, a very distressing accident occurred at Ingliston tu tishar, about six miles to the west of Edi n b urgh, on the bathga'te road. The Enterprise coach, which left Gies gcvv at four o'clock in the afternoon, came up at a rapid L r a,te, the fore-wheels ran clear of the Fate, but one of the "11c1-wheels struck against the stone pillar of the gateway wit h such v i o l ence , t h a t the concussionur inside and notnnly fifte en unseat e d „ the Passengbut carriage of whom there were f o,l,l'..side, exclusive of the driver,) also broke th e Wn, the h orses runn i ng off with the fore-wheels and ec driver' s b ox , toeet h er with the entire front of t h e eo2ch, while the body, which remained with the hind t v iheels, was nrecin'tated violently forward , and the in i ' armade peiscne. ers also thrown out. One gentleman Acl his ' fractured, another his shoulder joint d a le'?) , was cut across the face, three gentlemen r ece i ved severe contus i ons, an d the remaining hirteen passengers were all more or less hurt, the coach men alone escaping without injury. Dr. Craig , from iti tthe with his a-sistant, Mr. Welsh, were on the spot ' w on af ter the acci lent, and rendered all the aid in their - dissa '' t . e. A messenger was despatched to the of fi ce in Ein bu rg. to pr ocure conveyance for the passengers, and much tisra ct i on was expressed when only one coach was sc ri,., the injuries of several being such as would have required_ irate conveyances for each, and these must have suffered peel much from the cramped position in which they were corn- Two or three weeks ago, the Defiance coach, Which leeve e this fur Glasgow at two o'clock, was upset at Ilttbridge, when a lady, an inside passeenger, was . severely u and most of those on the outside were also injured,— •EdieLitryls METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Courier of last evening contains the following cursory remarks on the Queen's Speech :—" In the Speech itself there is little to challenge remark. At the close of the Session, the character of the Royal Speech must necessarily be retrospective, and where there is little that is cheering to look back upon, the emptiness of the topic cannot but infect the discourse. The matters on which her Majesty congratulates herself, relate, almost exclusively, to the foreign policy of the country. This branch of the public service is that which faction can do least to impede, and the Pa:lia mentary labours of the Session, bearing upon it, are somewhat less barren of result, than those bearing upon our domestic and colonial interests. The only two Acts relating to home affairs to which allusion is made in the Speech are, the Postage Act and the Metropolitan Police Act. But how comes it that her Maje-:_.l was not able to comment on many other subje at of congra tnlation ? Had the Tories not put sures proposed by the SoveTelgr `:heir veto on mea and approved by the people, the Queen wo .. to congratulate he "et on Tuesday have had :eelf—on the adoptiom of a measure to e"..:itarge the constituency of the country, I '4 a more satisfactory registration of voter: ; on the adoption of a measure to enable .ier Majesty to secure to the negro population of Ja maica the full enjoyment of all the advantages of eman cipation ; on a measure for the reform of municipal corporations in Ireland ; on a measure for the cor rection of some of the most crying abuses con nected with Church discipline ; on a measure for correcting many of the defects of our existing system of Prison Discipline ; on a measure to allow inland towns the facility which seaports now enjoy, of erecting bonded warehouses for the temporary reception of foreign merchandise. These are a few of the measures of Reform brought forward by Government during the present Session, sanctioned by the House of Commons, and scornfully rejected by the Tory majority in the House of Lords. Had Fac tion not been allowed to rule triumphantly, the Queen would not yesterday have lacked topics of congratula tion on matters nearer home than Teheran and Mexico." The Globe, commenting on an article that appeared yesterday in a Morning Contemporary respecting the conduct of Ministers, puts forth the. following sug gestions :—" On the whole we contend that no blame is deserved by the Ministry for not bringing forward plans of experimental change in our institutions. To pacify the discontents which have been stirred into tumult amongst the workpeople, such changes would be worse than useless. They are not what they ask for. The projects founded by Honourable Members on their own theories, and the scheme for sheer delegation demanded by tl.e People's Charter, are totally different, as well in tlae principles on which they are founded, as the practical objects at which they aim. It is useless to give what has no resemblance to what has been asked for; if you give it for the mere purpose of satisfying the popular claims. There are indeed amendments in the machi nery and details of the representation, which we con ceive may properly, and ought to be undertaken by Go vernment. But the main responsibility which at pre sent rests on them is not so much, as it appears to us, in that department of measures (though we do not un derrate their importance) for perfecting the reform of Parliament, as in the use which they arc called upon to make of their power (a power which their op ponents have been offered, and have feared to take from them) for the promotion of those measures which are of most real practical ur gency. The adoption of the penny postage is a large instalment' in this department. There are other mea sures of greater importance ; as they press more directly on the circumstancea of those classes whose distresses turn them to politicians. It matters not that many of them may not discern the origin of their own evils, and may evEn call for dangerous remedies. It is the office of a Government, deserving the name, to discern and seek to remedy the real sources of social uneasi ness. Amongst these we have never ceased to pro claim the burtheus which press on commerce and in dustry. To all of these the eye of the statesman should be anxiously and closely directed ; and his hand should neither be slow nor timid to relieve or remove them." The Standard makes the following animadversions on the Queen's Speech :—" The very assertion with which her Majesty is ma d e t o se t ou t wou ld b e amus i ng f rom its absurdity, were it possible to regard so gross an at tempt to practice upon th e y ou th, generos i ty, an d inex perience of a Sovereign with any other sentiments than those of pain and regret. Her Majesty is advised to say that she performs the ' satisfactory duty of releasing Parliament from its long and laborious attendance,' because the public business has been brought to a close.' Now, there is not a single reader of newspapers throughout the kingdom who is not fully aware that the Session has terminated—two-thirds of its legisla tion having been hurried over with the most indecent expedition during the last few weeks—not because its business has been concluded, but simply because the period has arrived at which the Members of her Majesty's two Houses of Parlia ment are usually dismissed to their homes ; an excuse of which Ministers have most joyfully availed them selves, to escape for a time from the difficulties by which they are environed. Not only has much of the business which Ministers h.d prescribed for itself been left unperformed, or performed in so slovenly a manner as to render their measures nugatory and inoperative, but it has absolutely failed to redeem any one of the pledges conveyed in the opening Speech of the Session. The four chevaux de bataille to which public attention was directed on that occasion, would appear to have been mere stalking horses, pressed into the service of her Ma jesty's Ministers, to enable them to bespeak the confidence of the country for their policy. The Irish Municipal Reform Bill was abandoned by its progenitors, because it was deprived of some of its most obnoxious features by the House of Peers, and had received at their hands such amendments as were calculated to ren der it a practical measure. But what of that ? tug have afforded her Majesty an opportunity of congratulating the country on the " conclusion of a definite treaty between Holland and Belgium !, GREECE. ATHENS, AUG. I.—On Sunday evening last a very serious outrage took place in this city, and which threatened nothing short of insurrection. On the even ing in question a number of Greek soldiers made an at tack with their swords on a Mr. Odell, an English traveller who was quietly enjoying a walk among the ruins of the ancient Athenian temples. Mr. Odell, utterly at a loss to conceive the reason of this attack, and being unable to defend himself, to save his life took to flight, and providentially succeeded in reaching the residence of Sir Edmund Lyons, the English Minister. His pursuers - then retired to their bar racks ; but the officer on duty, perceiving that some thing was wrong, and it being past the time allowed for their return to quarters, gave orders that they should be put under arrest. This they resisted, and, having caused some of their comrades to join them, the muti neers shouted out, " Down with the Bavarians." The drums having beaten to arms, the garrison was imme diately on the spot, but on attempting to surround the mutineers they were fired on, and several were wounded, one having died since. The mutineers were, however, soon secured, and then declared that they had only en deavoured to render good service to their country by endeavouring to get rid of Dr. Wibmer (a Bava rian, one of those who had signed a certificate respect ing King Otho's imbecility), and for whom, it thus appeared, they had mistaken Mr. Odell, who much re sembled the doctor in appearance. This is not the only occurrence which proves Greece to be in a very un settled state, in which it is likely to continue while so miserably misruled. The people appear determined upon bringing about a eifferent state of things, and the demands for a Constitution become more urgent and more general than ever. It is, indeed, quite evident that something ought to be, and must be done, as re gards the establishment of an efficient and strong Go vernment in this country, until when everything will continue to go wrong, as it has done for such a long time past. TURKEY AND EGYPT. We have received the Augsburg Gazette of the 22d inst. The following extracts from it include all the intelligence received to-day from the East. Extract from a letter dated the 7th inst., preceded by the diplomatic double cross " We hear that Mehemet Ali, notwithstanding his pro mise to give up the Turkish fleet, still retains it, pretend ing by this to hasten the negotiations with the P orte . A Cabinet C o u nc il has taken place, in which it was decided to order Admiral Stopford to summon Mehemet Ali to give up the Turkish fleet without delay, and, in case o f refusal, t o bl oc k a d e t h e E gy ptian coast; and, should thi s not succeed, t o a p proac h if p o ssible the port of Alex an d r i a with all the ships under his command, to enter the port, and s e i ze by main force the Turkish squadron from the hands of the Egyptians. A state messenger has started for Constantinopl e with this order." .- " CONS TANTINOPLE, AUG. 9 Letters from Alexandria of the 21st state, that an English frigate bad entered, and was to re ma i n t h ere. The Count dc Lourdes, Secretary of the French Legation, arrived here from Alexandria, says that Mehemet Ali answered Count Modell, the Rus- Sian C onsul, who advised him to send back the Turkish fleet, th a t h e was positively certain that the Russians would shortly take possessio n of Constantinople. " We continue to have satisfactory accounts from the European provinces. A t Smyrna a panic had caused a fe ords, and near Volo some Greeks had uommitted some excesses. It appears that at Cesarea the news of the defeat of Neal) had created a deep impression. The people openly declared for Mehemet Ali. Clic srevr Pacha had declared that if Mehemet insists on his removal he will resign his functions as Vizier." ( From the Turkish Frontier.) Letters from all the great towns of European Turkey, especially Macedonia and Bulgaria, where there are some Greek families, and even from Constantinople, state that recent events have created a deep impression, and have I given birth to some chimerical h o p es amcng the credulous Greeks. They already imagine the ruin of the Turkish empire, and that Greece will rise up f rom amidst the ruins in all her pristine splendour. A distinguished Greek says en this subje:t, " Diplomacy proposes, but God disposes." A letter from the Danube states that Russia will act on her own account on the Eastern question. The French and English Ambassadors in Vienna have, therefore, re cived the most extensive instructions to act in concert with Prince Metternich on all the measures to be adopted; and Lord Ponsonby and Admiral Roussin, at Constanti nople, will receive their instructions from Vienna. THE TOURNAMENT. EGLINTOUN CASTLE, AYRSHIRE, SATURDAY Nlc'ri r. Earl of Eglintoun is now surrounde:! , a select circle of visitors at the Ca s tl e . The Marquis of W^. from A r drossan. ...erforci has arriv e d a t I rv i ne eda y, n, - v - here the Noble M arqu i s l an d e d yes - I - -.;comparned by L or d G eorge B eres f or d , Mr. tr _,:ctiemere, and party. His Lordship's stud arrived by the same steamer. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose arrived at the Castle yesterday from Buchanan Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry ar rived this morning from Wynyard Park, their scat near Stockton-on-Tees. Lord and Lady Seymour arrived this afternoon. The Dowager Lady Rendlesham and the Hon. Misses Thelluson, who have been residing at Ardrossan for a few days, arrived this morning. Lord and Lady Belhaven arrived yesterday morning from Wishaw. The other arrivals at the castle during yesterday and, to-day were—Viscount Chelsea, Sir Charles Lamb, Lady Montgomery, Sir George Head,Sir Francis Head, Lord Archibald Seymour, Mrs. Upton, Misses Upton. Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow, Mr. C. Lamb, Mr. Grant, Mr and Mrs. Macdougall, &c. The dinner party this evening consisted of the above personages of distinction. . _ Lady Montgomery, the Earl of Eglinton's mother, does the duties of the hostess on this occasion. The preparations are very extensive, but arc not so forward as they ought to be by this time. The ball and banqueting-rooms have only just been covered in, and have to be decorated, which will necessarily oc cupy several days. The lists and galleries are nearly completed ; and the encampments and pavilions were being erected this morning, but owing to the rain falling fast, only four out of twenty-two were put up. The castle, a small irregular building in the old Anglo-Nor . man style, was built by the eleventh Earl of Eglintoun, grandfather of the present Earl, about fifty years since. The interior is elegantly fitted up. The whole, how ever, being incomplete in its decorations and embellish ments, a descriptive notice here would be premature. A party of noblemen and ladies drove round the lists this afternoon, to witness the progress the workmen were making. The Earl of Eglintoun, the Marchioness of Londonderry, the Marquis of Waterford, Lord Geo. Beresford, Mr. Lechemere, &c., were of the party. Up to this evening the weather has been unpropi tious, and doubts are entertained, if it should continue, whether the Tournament will take place on Wednes day, the ground being now extremely wet.—Mornin Post. EXTRACTS FROM A JUSTIFICA TORY MEMORIAL FOR PORTUGAL IN HER DISCUSSIONS WITH ENGLAND ON THE SUBJECT OF THE FINAL ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. LISBON, AUGUST 13.—The allegations advanced in Parliament in support and justification of the hostile measures proposed to be adopted towards Portugal having been brought f orwar d i n a manner ca l cu l a t e d to excite doubts as to the good faith of the Portuguese Go vernment, it becomes necessary to exhibit the facts in their true light, and to correct the voluntary errors of the British Ministry. Portugal has no fear of the verdict of public opinion, provided it be duly instructed and founded on facts such as they really exist, and not such as the re presentations of mercantile interest and an inexplicable passion have made them. Portugal looks for nothing more than the respect due to her independence, and in her dispute with England she has had only in view to defend that independence from the severe attacks directed against it ; and to withdraw herself from that unheard of humiliation of submitting to that law, which a foreign Government assumes the pretension of imposing upon her despotically, as on a conquered nation. Under these circumstances, the Portuguese Government con siders itself entitled to claim the support and to deserve the sympathy of every Cabinet, whose interest it like wise is not to view with indifference an attempt to trample on the independence of nations, and to destroy the basis of their real security. We commence by declaring that we do not defend the slave -trade. We are sensible of our inability to contend against public opinion—against the general sentiment of civilized nations. In theory the slave trade is an abomination, and its defence an absur dity. Public opinion loudly demands the abolition of the slave-trade, and Portugal ardently desires the abolition. Joseph I. rendered free, §ig :a decree, every slave who set foot on Portuguese soil. The horror of slavery is, therefore, of older date in Portugal than in any other Christian country. Portugal will not press on England the recollection of the famous treaty of the As siento, signed on the 26th of March, 1713, and con firmed by the Convention of May 26, 1716, which grants to that power the exclusive monopoly of sup plying the Spanish colonies with slaves for 30 years. Portugal does not wish to take advantage in her own favour of this manifestation, single in its kind, of the absence of every sentiment of philanthropy in the Eng land of that period ; but she cannot permit England or any other power to question the morality and feelings of humanity of which she was the first to give to the world a brilliant and honourable proof. But, to come to the point. During the Congress of Vienna, the English Plenipotentiaries made propo sals to the Portuguese Plenipotentiaries with a view to the abolition of the slave-trade. In the conference held between those Ministers on the 11th • of January, 1815, the Portuguese Plenipotentiaries offered the total abolition within the term of eight years in return for the abrogation of the deplorable commercial treaty of 1810; but at that time mercantile interest silenced the voice of British philanthropy. This, however, is by no means surprising, for British philanthropy is really nothing but a modification, an adroit form of mercantile interest. The liberal proposition of Portugal having, then, been at that time put aside, others were taken into conside ration. Finally, the following points were agreed upon : " 1. That the treaty of alliance of February 19, 1810, dishonourable "for the Crown of Portugal should be declared null. ~v "2. That Portugal should immediatedly relinquish the slave-trade on the north of the Equator. "3. That Great Britain should pay the residue of the Portugese loan (450,0001.) contracted in London in 1809, undertheguaranteeof England, towards the ex pense of the Peninsular war. It was expressly declared in the note of the Portuguese Plenipotentiaries, dated January 12, 1814, drawn up under the eyes of Lord Castlereagh, and by agreement with him, that the sum of 450,0001. should be ceded to Portugal, not only in compensation of the sacrfices and losses occasioned by the immediate abolition of the slave-trade on the north of the Equator ; but, particularly. and more especially as equivalent for the restitution of Guyana to France, to which restitution Portugal was obliged to submit in consequence of the stipulations of the treaty of Paris concluded by Great Britain without the knowledge and without the authority, or previous consent, of the Portuguese Government. Thus, Portugal was then treated as a country under the sovereign tutelage of her ally. She was bound by a secret article to make this restitution, and it was for the purpose of mitigating whatever there was in this article offensive to the Portuguese Government, and the inde pendence and honour of the Portuguese monarchy, that Great Britain took upon herself the said debt 01 450,0001. ; but, moreover, promised by the same secret article, her mediation for the settlement of ques tions of boundary between the French and Portuguese possessions in America. " 4. In fine, that Great Britain should pay to Por tugal the sum of 300,0001. as indemnity for prizes ille gally made by English cruisers previous to June 1,1814. These different points were embodied in the Conven tion of January 21, 1815, and the treaty of the follow ing day between Portugal and Great Britain. It is then false, as has with incredible assurance been said, that Portugal received 600,0001.. on one hand, and 300,0001. on the other, for the abolition of the slave trade, or for concurring with Great Britain in that abolition. It is equally false that Portugal has not observed the stipulations of the treaties concluded with Great Bri tain for the said abolition. Portugal has conformed thereto in every point, and no well founded complaint can be alleged against her in this respect. Great Britain, always pursuing her object, concluded with Portugal, on the 28th of July, 1817, a convention additional to the treaty of the 22d of January, 1815, " for the purpose of preventing thei r su bj ects f rom en gaging in any illicit traffic in slaves." This convention (article 2) allows the slave trade by Portuguese vessels to subsist as lawful— " 1. In the territories possessed by the Crown of Portugal on the coasts of Africa to the south of the Equator ; that is to say, on the east coast of Africa the territory situated between Cape Del ga d o an d th e b ay of Lourence Marques, and on the west coast all the terri tories situated between the Bth and 18th degree of south latitude. " 2. In the territories to the south of the Equator, over which it is declared his Most Faithful Majesty reserves his rights—namely, the territories of Molembo and Cabinda on the east coast of Africa, between the sth and the 18th degrees of south latitude." By this convention (article 5) P or t uga l conce d es to England the dangerous right of visit on P ortuguese merchantmen by vessels of the British Roy a l N avy , w i t h a reciprocity evidently illusory and false—a concession which England never could obtain from the United States, though all the world knows that American ships in considerable numbers are engaged in carry i ng on the slave-trade, and that reciprocity would hot be an idle word in reference to the navy of the United States. a separate ar ti c l e signed September, followed t e rriber, b oft y he same y ear , w hi c h This the convention llth of was we transcribe here in the original English, as it was pre sented to Parliament in 1818 " As soon as the total 4 belitido at' tli`e slave-trade for the subjects of the of Portugal should have taken place, the two high contracting parties by corninon eon , sent to adapt to that statb of ciretutistanect the stipu lating of the additional Convention concluded at Lon don on the o,th Of july last ; but, in default of such alterations, the additional convention of that date shall remain in force until the expiration of 15 years from the Cal which the general abolition of the slave-trade shall so take place on the part of the Portuguese Go vernment. " The present separate article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the additional convention aforesaid. It shall be rati fied, and the ratification shall be exchanged as soon as possible." The Portuguese Government abolishes the slave trade in all the dominions of Portugal, by decree of December 10, 1836 ; and, consequently, a ccordin g to the separate article abo ve transcr ib e d , t h e two Go vernments, the Portuguese and English, not having of common accord adapted to this new state of things the stipulations of the additional convention of July 28, 1817, the said convention remains in vigour until the expiration of the term fixed by the separate article, that is to say, until December 10, 1815. Such is the justice of the case, The Portuguese Government has always been favour ably disposed to the negotiation of a new treaty with England on the subject. It was under consideration at the moment of the publication of the decree of the 10th of December ; and Portugal, considering it neces sary to modify the stipulations of the treaty, in order to reconcile it with the provision s of the said decree, presented a counter -project to the British Government, framed according to the convention recently concluded between France and England for the same object, to which Denmark, Sweden, Naples, Sardinia, and the Hans-Towns acceded. Portugal, however, inserted therein the guarantee by Great Britain of the posses sions of the Portuguese Crown in Africa—a guarantee rendered indispensable in consequence of the dissatis faction produced by the immediate abolition of the slave-trade in those possessions —by a sudden change in their internal and external economy, which injured the most direct interests of the inhabitants—by a crisis, in a word, which threaten e d t o t ear asunder the ties which attach them to the mother country. This gua rantee England was, in common justice, bound to give to Portugal, as it was for and on account of England that Portugal was about to expose herself to such dangers, and to incur such great losses. The English Government, however, accepted all the stipulations of the counter-pro ject, which were favourable to itself, rejected those which were favourable to Portugal, and added new conditions still more rigid and less acceptable than the preceding. Finding that Portugalacceded t o some o f t h e d eman d s , the British Cabinet did not hesitate to present to the Portuguese Government the famous ultimatum in which all the preceding pretensions were aggravated, in order, it was said, to be signed without the least delay or al teration, for otherwise, Great Britain would proceed to accomplish by her own means the object of the Treaty. It required much self-presumption, and a very low estimate of the Portuguese Government, to make such a demand in terms so outrageous and insulting, and still more, to suppose that it would be conceded. It is not necessary to say, that the Portuguese Government rejected it ; but, in so doing, knew how to control its just resentment. The refusal was made with dignity, but without bitterness. The Government endeavoured by arguments incapable of refutation, to manifest its justic e an d th e l ega li ty o f i ts proceeding, and to bring back the Cabinet of Great Britain to sentiments more conformable to the principles of justice, as well as to the a nc i en t re l at i ons o f f r iendship and alliance between the two countries. Unfortunately, the Portuguese Government did not succeed, and the British Ministry carried their menaces into execution by presenti ng to P ar li ament a bill, conceived in terms most injurious towards Portugal, and the obje c t o f which w as not hi ng l ess t h an l eg alising hostilities in the midst of peace, the most flagrant infraction of treaties, and the subversion of all the recognised principles of public right and the law of nations. The British Mi nistry by this proceeding gave, however, without being aware of it, the most evident proof of their want of right, as they wished to supply for it by Parliamentary sanction the power of the stronger. Fortunately, the House of Lords perceived all that was odious and un just and eminently revolutionary in the proposed mea sure, and rejected it. The British Ministers did not think fit to yield the point. They persisted more than ever in their idea, as if their defeat in the House of Lords had excited still more their animosity against Portugal, which was pe!- fectly innocent of it. They now pretend to attain their object by re-introducing the rejected Bill disguised under a new form. The result will still be the same—the le galizing of force against right, and the destruction of all the principles of justice which govern the world, and which form the protection of States. There results from what we have said— 1. That Portugal nercr received from England any sum of money for the general abolition of the slave trade, or for concurring with that Power in the said abolition, as has been boldly affirmed, in spite of the evident and official proofs of the contrary. 2. That the convention of the 28th of July, 1817, is in full force, and that it is it which regulates the relations between Portugal and England on the sub ject of the slave-trade. _ _ _ Cabinet,notreeof the being stipulationsable dis of - said convention, etghaelaßnrditish existing force pretends to sanction th e i r i a n l f o r 3 a wt.he ct T i t o bilat l n e by an Act of Parliament—a proceeding which never can abrogate public law or legalize injustice. 4. That the scandal of such a sanction, if ever given, would menace the independence of all nations. 5. That the Bill, as well as the measures which the British Cabinet proposes to substitute, would be hosti lity in full peace, aggression unprovoked against the most ancient, the most faithful, and the most useful ally of Great Br:tain. G. That Portugal never refused, and does not now refuse, to enter into new stipulations with England for the total abolition of the slave trade, provided that such stipulations do not wound her independence and the dignity of the Portuguese Crown, and do not compro mise in a manner too dangerous, the preservation of the few possessions which remain of that great empire lacerated in part by the interposition, and for the profit of the mercantile interests of Great Britian. CRIME IN FRAN CE. The Monilcur contains a report to the King on the administration of justice in France during the year 1837, which shows that crime was considerably on the increase in that country. It appears that in the course of that year the number of criminal cases brought before the Court of Assize amounted to 5,873, thus exceeding by 573 that of 1836 ; in 2,630 of these, full conviction fol lowed ; in 1,516 cases, modified verdicts were returned ; in 1,727 the accused were acquitted. The number of crimes against the person remained stationary in 1837, having amounted to 1,555, or three cases less than in 1836 ; but the crimes against property had increased 15 per cent. There was a falling off, we are told, in the crimes of " murder" and " assassination," of 21 and 11 per cent. respectively ; but " poisonings" increased 42 per cent. _ The number of prisoners tried by the Courts of As size was 8,094, which gives one accused for every 4,638 inhabitants ; of these, 1,425 were females ; 4,601 of those 8,094 accused could neither read nor write ; 2,530 read, but wrote imperfectly ; 709 could read and write ; and 254 had received education ; 33 were capi tally convicted ; 177 were sentenced to hard labour for life ; 782 to the same penalty for limited periods, and the remainder to various terms of imprisonment. Had not the Jury brought in a verdict of " attenuating cir cumstances" in 150 cases, 183 would have been con demned to death ; 25 were executed. The Tribunals of Correctional Police tried in 1837, 140,247 affairs, comprehending 193,06.5 individuals, or 11,758 affairs more than in the preceding year. The Courts of simple police decided, in 1837, in 137,737 cases, or 9,455 more than in 1836. There were 206,093 citizens inscribed on the Jury list in 1837. The number of suicides committed in the whole king dom, in 1837, amounted to 2,443—viz., 1,811 men and 632 women ; the single department of the Seine offered 437. The greatest number of suicides occurred in the spring and summer months, as will be seen by the an nexed table : In December, January, and Febru ar y 490 In September, October, and November 514 In March, April, and May 6 83 In June, July, and August 7 56 'The tragedy of Laurent de Medicis, so l ong i n pre . paration, and interdicted by the p olice, w as at length produced, and with success , at the Theat re Francais, last night. The author, M. Bertrand , was proclai me d usualwith the eclat. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of th e General Steam Navigation Company, was held on Tues day at the office of the Company in Lombard- street. The chair was taken by Mr. W. Attwood, M. P., at 1 o ' c l ock. The report and half-yearly account s were r ead , and very full explanations were given to the p ro p riet ors , upon the present and prospective state of affa irs, wh ich appeared to give great an d gen eral satisfaction . The dividend wa s declared, and, a fter voting the thank s of the proprietors to the Ch a i rman an d Directors, the meeting separat e d. «'e regret to learn that with in the last few day s one of the largest cotton manufactu rin g houses in tow n have dismissed a bout four hundred of their hand -lo om weavers. In previous cases of du lness of trade this Com panylik ely only put present their dulness h weavers Glasgow Chronicle. VALUE OF PATRONAGE IN shortlßELAND.—Theontiue for Borne ti me.— n time, so th at i t i s introduction of the Poor-law into Tuatn has already put the candidates for situations, particularly the professional men of the town, on the qui rice in real earnest. No less than from eighty to one hundred gentlemen, for the most part men of influence, eligible to act as Guardians, were entertained by two medical gentlemen alone on the one evening —Limerick Chronicle. ['GUST 25, 1i!.39 THE MANNERS SUTTON FAMILY. (From the Cambridge Advertiser.) SUTTON THE. SINECURIST.—Mr. Manners Sutton (whose real name is John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton) holds the situation of Registrar of the Office of Faculties, which, as far as he is concerned, is a com plete sinecure—that is, other persons do all the work, whilst he receives the greater part of the fees, amounting to about 1,0001. a-year. The office was conferred upon him for his life, when he was little more than fourteen years old, by his grand father, the late Archbishop of Canterbury, who, ludi crously enough (though somewhat blasphemously) states, that he granted it to him " having special con fidence IN THE LAD, in his integrity, morals, probity, circumspection, industry, and ability "Tlll/ DR. SUTTON, grandfather to our can didate, held the BiThopric of Norwich, and with it the rich Deanery of Windsor. He was afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. He may be fairly said to have received from the revenues of the Church at least £600,000 LORD MANNERS, the Archbishop's bro ther, was successively Baron of the Ex chequer in England and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, from which latter office he re tired with a pension. The amount of pub lic money received by him is at least £250,000 LORD CANTERBURY, our candidate's father, was for many years Speaker of the House of Commons, and has now re t iring pension of 4,0001. a-year. He also held the Registrarship of Faculties for some years. He has received of the public money no less than £150,000 .£1,000,000 A million of money received by three persons of this one family ! Mr. CHARLES SUTTON, the elder brother of our candidate, has the Reversion of the office of Registrar of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, the duties of which are exclusively performed by deputies, although the sinecurist will receive 3,0001. a year for doing nothing. Air. J. H. T. MANNERS SUTTON, the candidate, in the event of his elder brother's dying in the life-time of Lord Canterbury, will be entitled to a pension of 3,0001. a year. Dr. PEIRCY, who married one of the candidate's aunts, holds the following preferments in the Church : Bishopric of Carlisle £2,213 Prebend of Finsbury in St. Paul's Chancellorship of Salisbury 250 Per Annum. —...X3,952 Before Dr. Percy was a Bishop, he had eight dif ferent preferments in the Church, in the course of about as many years ; four of these preferments were given to him in one year. The Rev. JAMES CROFT, who married another of the candidate's aunts, holds the following prefer ments : Prebendary Stall at Canterbury £1,026 Archdeanery of Canterbury 153 Rectory of Saltwood, with the Curacy of Hythe, Kent 734 Rectory of Cliffe, at Hoo, in Kent 1,297 Per Annum £3,210 The Rev. J. M. SUTTON, a relative is Sub-Dean and Canon Residentiary of Lincoln £1,463 Rector of Great Chart, in Kent ...... 668 Rector of Tunstall, in Kent 479 Per Annum £2,610 Can any one wonder Mr. Sutton is opposed to re form, and the Liberal Government of our youthful Queen ? REFORM OF THE POST-OFFICE OF GERMANY. The following is an extract on this subject from the Central Blatt, a Berlin newspaper. We may state at the same time that at the present meeting of the dele gates from the different States of Germany to consider the tariff on imposts, &e., Dr. Bowling has brought the Postage question before them with a favourable recep tion : M. Piron, the Deputy-Post-master, considers it the duty of every Government to increase to the utmost the facilities afforded by the Post-establishment, as a means of promoting social and commercial intercourse, which is its true office ; but should the Government persist in re garding it as a source of revenue, M. Piron still recom mends this increase of facilities, because any diminution of direct receipts will be more than counterbalanced by the additional indirect receipts caused by increased commer cial intercourse. The Allgemeine Zeitung proves that the post reform in England must be inevitably followed by a more intimate connection with Germany, and ulti mately by the repeal of her Corn-laws ; and when it is considered that this would, in the general opinion of every German, bring back the ancient golden days of Germany, it is clearly the duty of every friend of his country, to aid in extending this re form so favourably begun in England, which must necessarily have equally important effects wherever introduced. In Germany there are two modes of Post-office reform proposed. First, either by each separate State amending its own postage ; or, second ; by carrying out a general reform, and establishing an uniform postage throughout the Confederation of Ger many, as the tariff has been so rendered. The last seems most advisable for the same reasons which ren dered the general commercial union of Germany neces sary, and the best means of preserving the unity of the German Confederation. Such a measure can only be carried out by a general post congress, which should be forthwith held, and should consist of deputies from the post and finance departments of each State ; and, likewise, of deputies from each trade (commercial class). The admission of these last would be useful for prac tical details, and also for popular improvements. The general receipts of an uniform postage should be added to the general stock, as in the Customs' treaty, and the Congress should decide the proportion of the postage which each State should receive. The Congress must also decide— The price for each letter (which ought not to exceed 3 Alg,r ) The weight to be allowed for each letter. The conditions for conveyance of periodical literature (which ought to be but a small per tentage on the cost price, and should be charged to the publisher not the buyer). Also the plan under which this general post adminis tration should be conducted. A number of minute regulations are proposed for con sideration by the writer, and extensive statistics (which are admitted to be imperfectly grounded) showing the probability of an actual increase in net (not gross) revenue. Also a number of the usual arguments in favour of the measure, and an assurance that the German people will have it now or soon. Lord Waldegrave corroborates Lord Castle reagh's denial of the occurrence of any fracas between them. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.— On Tuesday, a special general meeting of the Donors of the above praiseworthy Institution, was held at the Asylum, MI Kent-road, for the purpose of confirming the minutes of the last half-yearly meeting, and of electing occupants to three houses, now vacant in the Institution. Upon this occasion there were no less than twenty-one candidates, all of whom had been donors to the Institution, and were re commended by the most respectable and influential mem bers of the trade. The following are the names of the successful candidates, with the number of votes given for each :—Mrs. Colville, 4,48: ; Mrs. Kent, 3,596 ; Mr. Castleman and wife 2,931. HINTS TO THE CLERGY.—At the archdea conal visitation, held in the Abbey Church, Bath, last week, the Venerable Archdeacon Brymer took occasion to enforce the necessity of following implicitly the forms of canonical discipline, as the best means of rendering the Word of God triumphant. Entertaining as he did this opinion, he should not discharge his duty if he did not allude, with the sincerest regret, to a deviation in the mode of administering the Lord's Supper, which had obtained in some churches—that of delivering the consecrated ele ments to more than one person at a time, and substituting the plural for the singular in the form of words which the minister was directed to use ; and he must further state that the same opinion was contained in the recorded senti ments of the Bishop of the Diocese, who had a deep and deliberate conviction that the Church doctrines, discipline, and ordinances were but parts of one coherent whole, and that none could be safely separated from the rest. Oa the subject of psalmody, the Venerable Archdeacon said that no books could be lawfully used in the Esta , Aished Church unless they had the stamp of public authority ; and until the Royal permission was obtained for the adoption of other versions, none could be legal except those printed at the end of the Church Prayer Book.—Herald. DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO OF KNIBB'S COYGKEOATIOS.—HOW d'ye, broder?—Soso, me tank ye; how you bin dis long time?—Quite well, tank you. How you pass your time now, broder ?—Oh ! me no pass me time at all, brodcr ; me cock up me foot, so let time pass himself.—Jamaica Standard. ..... Since the beginning of the fine season the num ber of travellers along the Rhine has been so considerable that the steamers convey daily about 1,200 passengers to proceeding to most of whom arcroceeding to Frankf or t. Commerce. F ATAL ACCIDENT.—A coroner ' s i nquest was held on Tuesday at the Brewer's Arms, Milbank-street, Westminster, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body of David Casey, aged 36 years. It appeared from the evi. dence that the deceased and another man were last Satur day afternoon unloading a sloop laden with Yorkshire stone at the wharf of Messrs. John and William Freeman, Milbank, and that the deceased having carelessly knocked down the prop by which four large stones, weighing about 2 . i ton s, were supported, the stones fell on him, and killed him on the spot. The Jury. having been fully satisfied, by the evidence of Messrs. Freeman's foreman, that the stones had been securely propped up, and that the acci dent had been occasioned by the carelessness of the de ceased, returned a verdict of " Accidental death," with a nominal deodand of 1 a. ASSIZE INTELIGENPE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIrEBroor,, Auc. 06. THE CHARTISTS. This morning the cases of some of the Chartists who bad pleaded on Saturday were brought up for trial. John Holmes was indicted for a seditious conspiracy and riot ; the offence is alleged to have been committed at Manchester on the 12th of August in the present year. It was proved that the defendant had carried a pole with a red cap at the top, and a flag bearing inscriptions, and had thus walked at the head of a concourse of people. Guilty.—Sentenco deferred. Edward Riley stood indicted for military training and riot at Newton, near Manchester, on the 3d of May. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, Attorney-General for the County Palatine ; and Mr. Wilkins appeared for the defence. Daniel Higginson, the first witness, stated that on the 3d of May he was sent, in consequence of informa tion received, to watch some parties who were meeting together in a lane at Newton. He approached them at about seven o'clock in the evening, and found about twenty-five persons, who were drilling. The defendant stood in front of them and commanded them. They were standing in a row, and he addressed them with the various phrases of " Stand at ease"—" Pay attention" —" Stand back ;" and they at one time obeyed him by putting the right heel towards the left foot, and ulti mately they were marched off the ground towards Man chester, " falling in" four abreast ; and in that way pro ceeding all the way to the Oldham-road, in which there is a lock-up, where Beswick, the deputy constable, had p'aced a party of policemen in ambush to stop the party from Newton when they should arrive. The policemen sallied forth when the men approached, and laid hold of eight of them, the present defendant included, all of whom were identified by witness as having been present at the time when the drilling was proceeding. At the end of the drilling Riley told them that they only wanted their muskets now, and then they would be readv. • On cross-examination the witness said he had been in the police about five weeks, and that he went to the meeting in plain clothes, in order not to be known. He also stated that he had joined in at the head of the ranks in the march to Manchester, but did not continue with them for more than about a hundred yards. He walked arm-in-arm with the defendant and two other men till they came near the lock-up, and then, on his making a sign to Beswick, that officer seized the men and pushed them to the lock-up. The jury retired for about twenty minutes, and, on their return, delivered a verdict of Guilty generally. The higher offence charged in the indictment against Riley may subject him to transportation for seven years, under the provisions of the statute 60 Geo. 111., and 1 Geo. IV., c. 1, which is one of the ",Six Acts." TUESDAY, AUG. 27. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) THE QUEEN V. RATCLIFFE. T. Ratcli ffe, a tall meagre-looking man, was indicted for seditious conspiracy and riot, at Aspull, near Wi gan, on the 14th August instant. On the 14th inst. a mob of four or five hundred people, being one division of a body of rioters who had separated into three parts, went to the factory of Mr. Dickenson, at Aspull. The other two divisions of the rioters had gone to Hulton and to Winyates. The ringleaders of the mob called for Mr. Harris, the ma nager of Mr. Dickenson's mill. They waited for the latter with bands of music playing, and it was observed that most of them were armed with bludgeons. When Mr. Harris appeared the music ceased, and he was peremptorily ordered to stop the mill. He at first re fused, bat, after much remonstrance, many threats, and some demonstrations of violence at the gate, he felt himself compelled to comply, as he apprehended serious damage to the mill if he did not. One of the crowd said that some people were so stupid that they would rather have their mills burned than they would stop work. Several persons swore to having seen the priso ner amongst the crowd, armed with a stick. The con stable of Wigan swore that when he went to the priso ner's house to apprehend him he saw him run away with a pike-head in his hand. The prisoner alleged that the instrument which he hail in his hand was not a pike, but a common table knife. He merely went into the crowd to bring away his sister. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of riot.—Sen tence deferred. THE QUEEN V. COUPE. ILLEGAL TRAINING TO ARMS.—J. Fairplay, alias James Coupe, was indicted for havinc , in the month of May last, at Newton, near Manchester, attended a meeting and assembly of persons, for the purpose of illegally drilling and training to arms, and having then and there trained and drilled divers persons to arms, witheut any lawful authority. The jury found the prisoners Guilty.—Sentence deferred. (Before Mr. Baron MAULE and a Spechi Jury.) RUTTER V. CHAPMAN. Mr. Creswell, Mr. Wightman, Mr. Cowling, Mr. C. Peel, and Mr. Wilkins, conducted the plaintiff's case ; the Attorney-General (who had a special re tainer), Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Brandt, appeared for the defendant. The declaration stated that the plaintiff, as one of the six coroners of the county palatine of Lancaster, was entitled to sit as coroner on the body of one Bridget Garatty, and to receive the fees and profits resulting therefrom ; that the defendant had taken upon himself to officiate as coroner on the body of said Bridget Ga ratty, and appropriate to himself the fees and profits to the detriment and damage of the plaintiff. Ihe de fendant pleaded that he had been appointed coroner by the town council acting under a charter of incorporation granted to the municipal borough of Manchester, and therefore presided in the execution of his duty, at the inquest holden on the body of Bridget Garatty. The plaintiff replied, denying the existence of the charter, and thereupon issue was joined. The affirmation of the issue, quood the validity of the charter, being on the defendant, the ATTORNEY-GE NERAL stated the defendant's case, in the first instance, to the jury. The question they had to determine was relative to the validity of the chatter, which her Majesty, by the advice of her Privy Council, had thought proper to grant to the important borough of Manchester. The Learned Gentleman then gave the history of the grant of the charter, and proceeded to state that the charter having been obtained, all the acts necessary to be done under it were carried into effect. The new corporate body appointed a watch committee, and hired the new police, to the number of 400, to act over the different townships. The Municipal borough was not, quoad ter minus, the same as the Parliamentary borough. All the townships surrendered without any difficulty to sup port the new police, except the single township of Manchester proper. A petition was afterwards pre. sented to the Crown by the new Town-Council for a grant of Quarter Sessions. The Crown granted the pe tition, and a recorder was appointed. Quarter Sessions were aftererwards held, and his Learned Friend, Mr. Armstrong, having been appointed Recorder of the bo rough, presided as Judge. Coroners were subsequently appointed, and the defendant, with another gentleman, was selected to fill the office ; and various inquests were afterwards held under the new appointment. All these arrangements having been made, the borough of Manchester was in every respect under the govern ment of the Corporation, chosen and appointed under the charter. It was contended on the other side that, notwithstanding all the appointments of the various municipal offices had been made under the charter, in :point of fact the charter did not exist, because it had not been granted upon a petition of the inhabitant householders of Manchester. There was not, however, she slightest pretence for such an assertion. The peti tion against the charter was full of irregularities. He apprehended that if he showed that a bona fide petition was presented to the Crown, and the Crown, by its responsible advisers, considered that petition was sufficient, and granted the prayer of the petition then no inquiry could be entered into here as to which petition had the majority oh signatures of house hold inhabitants. The Act of Parliament did not say household inhabitants duly rated, but merely household inhabitants. Whether the charter had been properly granted or not was not the question. Lie confidently submitted, that as soon as the charter was granted, it became to all intents and purposes a valid charter, and all proceedings properly adopted under it were legal. He should, therefore, call witnesses to show that a pe tition was presented to her Majesty in the form and manner in which he had stated, that her Majesty granted a charter according to the prayer of the petition, and that the defendant was acting under the authority of his appointment as coroner by a duly constituted body, and having done so the defendant would be clearly en titled to a verdict. Evidence was then adduced in support of the state ment of the Learned Counsel, and, after a few wit nesses had been examined, a conversation took pace between his Lordship and the Learned Gentlemen en gaged on either side, in order to an arrangement to take the case before the Court in banco. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested that his Lord ship might remove difficulty, if he would express his opinion as to whether any proof of the majority of peti tioners, one way or the other, was material in respect of the grant of the charter. His LORDSHIP intimated that he did not think such proof was material. The Crown, acting under the ni i provisions of the Ist Vic. c. 78, sec. 49, had power to grant a charter to any borough , where the inhabitant house holders presented a pet ition. And this p etiti on was one on which the Priv y Council might advise, and the Crown grant a charter . Some further disc ussion then ensu ed , in:r•r i . g the hiei I\ r . , Creswell admitted , for the p ur pose of c cause into the Court above, that the petition in favour . of the Charter had 4,000 na mes , and the Attorney- General admitted , for the same object, that th e co unte pe tition had 6,000 signatures attached to it. His LORDSHIP then held that, notwithstanding the majority of names in the counter-petition, the Crown c ould act on the original petition, and gra n t. the Charter, and therefore rejected the evidence tendered by Mr. Cresoll in support of his allegation as to the inajoritY of petitioners. His Lordship baying se ruled, the verdict was re turned for the defendant ; a bill of exceptions to the ruling of the Learned Judge to be tendered on the part of the plaintiff. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S. _,.-- DEAL, Ava. 27.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Char lotte Adams, from Turk's Island ; and Grace, Mediterra nean. Sailed the Isabella, for Rio Janeiro; Duke of Ar gyle, Bristow, Madras; Susan Crisp, Fleming, Cape of Good Hope; Hebe, Todd, Vera Cruz ; St. James, Howe, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, Arc. 27. Wind W. N. W fresh.— Arrived the Troy's Wife, and Robert, H am ilt on , from Savanilla; Heart of Oak, Demerara ; Powhattan, Briggs, Virginia ; Orpheus, Bailey, and Southener, New York; Satis. ution, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Romulus, M‘Farlk.sne, pictou ; Columbus, Purtrcath, Quebec ; Maria, Krone,. Wolgast. Sailed the Mary Willie, Miller, Madeira. Off port, the Independence, from New York. Sailed on the 7th inst. the Tenamara, for Laguayra ; and Richard Ander son, Virginia. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 27.—Wind W. N. W.—Arrived and sailed, the Westminster, Mollison, Port Philip. FALMOUTH, AUG. 26.—Wind S. S. W. to W.—A rrived the William Alexander, Howes, Memel. Off Pont, the Ocean, Rattray, Odessa. SALCOME.E, Arc. 26.—Off Port, the Fairy Que, n, Cousens, sailed 3d May, St. Helena 4:1 ult. ; Erin, -- Quebcc. BRISTOL, AUG. 27.--Arrived Scio, Johnson, Quebec. PWLLHRLI, AUG. 26.—Arrived the Cherub, Duggan, Quebec. CREEK, A uo. 27.—Arrived Elizabeth, Phelps, Odessa. DUBLIN, AUG 27. Sailed Industry, Stevens, Quebec. KlitiOsToWs, AuG. 26,—Arrived Perseverance, Scott, St. Andrew; CORK, AUG. 26.--Arrived the George, Barker, from St. John's, N. B. ; Royalist, Dixon, Pictou. Sailed the Isa bebella, Meredith, for Quebec. Off port, the Sisters, Adamson, from Odessa. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 26.—Arrived the Cypress, Farmer, from Quebec. WHITBY, Arc. 26.—Arrived the Isabella, Gray, from Quebec. HULL, AUG. 27.—Wind W. S. W. LOWESTOFFE, AUG. 26.—Off port, the Eliza Jane, Scott, from R;ga. MARGATE, AUG. 27.—A brig, reported to be French, coal laden, sunk to-day off Margate Sand Head. VESSELS SPOKEN Harmony, Waterford to Quebec, 13!li inst., lat. 48, lon. 3 9 ; Alameluke, Bristol to Richebucto, 20th, lat. 49, lon. 10; Harvest Home, Fal mouth to Miramichi, lith inst., lat. 49, !on. 20, by the Erin, arrived off Sa:cornbe ; Liverpool steamer, Liverpool to New York, 12th inst., lat. 45, lon. 49, br the Orpheus, arrived at Liverpool ; Garrick, Liverpool to New York, 21st, lat. 50, lon. 23, by the Powbattan, are i ved at Liverpool; Maria, from Liverpool, Bth inst , oh — Capo St Vincent, by the Fanny, Connell, arrived at (...: 9 rk ; Carleton, of Glasgow, for Miramichi, 22d inst., lat. . 51 * lon. 12, by the Loyalist, Dixon, arrived at Cork. POPULATION OF FHANCE.—Between 1815 and 1835 the population of France bas increased from 29,500,000 to 33,540,9! 0. The quantity or corn in France has increased in a corresponding manner. In 1815 it was 30,460,971 hectolitres, and in 1835 it was 71,684,484 hectolitres per annum. STATE OF TRADE.—There is no change to no tice in the market this week. The demand for yarn con• tinucs good, and an extensive business has been done at the rates current last week. For goods of all kinds the demand is rather limited, but there is no change in prices• —Manchester Guardian. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, . AUGUST 27. Appearances have been better this week than last ; there being more inquiries, and a larger num ber of buyers in quest of new goods and new styles ; but few large sales were made. Plain woollens of middle qualities, and heavy Tweeds, and other fancy goods, fit for the winter trade, were most in demand. Ordeis for exportation are not so numerous ; but the demand for the home trade is improving. Prices remain firm ; sacrifices being made only in old styles. On the whole business is tolerably good in the warehouses, and for the season a fair general trade is doing. A labourer, named Dale, employed on the works of the Thames Junction Railway, was on Tuesdary charged before the Kensington Magistrates with having . thrown a woman with whom he cohabited into the Kensingtort with intent to drown her. There could be little docbt that the rufSan had been guilty of the of f ence, but thew men endeavoured to screen him, and said she had fallen into the water in the course of a struggle brought on by her " ah' - gravating tongue." Other evidence, however, went to show that the fellow had deliberately thrown her in, and he was remanded for further evidence. Canal, INCENDIARY FIRE AT THANIES BANK, PIMLICO-5001. REWARD.—It will no doubt be in the re collection of our readers that early on the morning of Thursday, the 25th of April last, a fire took place in the extensive Other-yards of Mr. Cubitt, situate at Thames Bank, Pimlico, which was not extinguished until damago to the amount of 2,0001. and upwards had b7en done. After the extinction of the fire several small quantities of tow, steeped in oil and turpentine, were found deposited between several of the stacks of timber remaining unin jured, and this circumstance induced a belief that the fire must be the work of an incendiary. Accordingly Mr. Cubitt offered a reward of lOW., to which the Secretary for the Home Department added ani.ther 1001., and her Majesty's free pardon to any accomplice not being► the per son who actually set fire to the property, or other person who should give such information and evidence as should lead to the discovery and conviction of the party or parties who set fire to the property. Since this reward was of fered it appears that circumstances of a still stronger na ture have come to light, which confirm Mr. Cubitt in his opinion that his premises were wilfully fired, and in con sequence the reward offered has been increased from 2001. to 5001. POCK ET - PICKING. -- Upwards of a dozen thieves were on Tuesday apprthended for picking pockets amongst the crowd assembled near the 1-louEe of Parlia ment. Some were committed for trial by the Queen. square Magistrates ; the others sentenced for various periods as suspected persons. • A FOUR I EARS FAST.—The subject of the narrative is a young woman, of the parish of Lsrgs, at present in her nineteenth 3ear, blooming with in-alth and beauty. When about nine years of age, she fell into bad health, the most prominent symptom of which was a head ache of the most painful nature, very inveterate, and dial cult to relieve; along with the headache, there were other symptoms of di,o7dered constitution—a rapid pulse and deficient appetite, &c. But to detail all the varying symp. toms of her lengthened illness is not the object of this letter—that description f , lls more properly under the pro vince of the physician. It is enough to mention that at one time she was supposed to be threatened with water in the head—at ano:her the liver and bawds were supposed to be the seat of her disease. After bein; seen by many medical men, end undergoing various modes of treatment for two or three years, without any amelioration of her disorder, it was candidly admitted, by the usual medical attendant, that the only hope of a cure rested in the change that might be produced on the body at that period of life ushering the subject of the case into womanhood. At this time she was from eleven to twelve years of age, her appetite had completely failed, and her whole sustenance began to be denied from a glass of whisky in a tea cupful of hot water, sweetened with two tea-spoonfuls of sugar. This quan tity was taken three times daily, with not so much as a mouthful of solid food or milk, everything when swallowed being immediately ejected from the stomach, with the ex ception of the above mixture of whisky, water, and sugar. There might, at long intervals, be a slight deviation from the above, when a single mouthful of solid food occasion ally rested on the stomach ; but, without exaggeration, I must say that for four years her whole sustenance was derived from the above mixture of whisky, water, aged sugar ; and although her form was slender, yet she grew in stature, was never confined to bed, nor within doors, ex cept for a few weeks, when the spine becoming slightly affected, she was obliged to take a recumbent position, to prevent curvature of the spinal column. Suffice to say, that in process of time, nature did what neither man nor medicine could accomplish. The young woman is now well, hale, and hearty. The being accustomed so long to the daily use of ardent spirits, has left no baneful habit— she is as abstemious as the most mural of her scx. Al though a moderate eater, nothing comes wrong to her in the shape of solid or liquid nourishment. If any feel scep tical of the truth of the above statements, they can be tes tified by the family of the young woman, who are respect able—by the medical gentleman who attended her—as well as by many individuals in the neighbourhood, who, aware of the above facts, were induced to visit the young woman from motives of curiosity.—Ayr Advertiser. On Tuesday a gentleman compl ained to the Ma gistrates, that for several months past a neighbour's dog had kept barking throughout the night, so as t o deprive a} _ a alm a lmost wholly of rest. The owner eq uested to remove the nu i sance, b o he liked to hear the barki ng o f hi s i f :: l his i he c a animaltri e t p a l n y d wass d t familythat been at r dog at night." M. Hardwick admitted that the nuisance must be most intolerable, but could find nothing in the new Police Act, or any statute at present in force, that would enable the Magistrates to interfere in the matter, cr remove the cause of complaint. The only remedy left was that by indictment at the s-.,ssions,as a common nuisance, and in that he should have his neighbours to join him. He (Mr. Hardwick) would, however, send an officer to the house of the party against, t o i n f orm hi m t h at h e was liable indictment and seri o us p ena lty, an d that this, rto a complained n perhaps, would have the effect of inducing him to discen tinue the nuisance. TWICE NOOSED.—.A voting man, in Georgia, named Barber, got married on the 20th ult., and hanged himself on the 21st. CAMBRIDGE.—S:r ,John M. Doyle has pub lished a placard, stating that having received a requisition, signed by man of the electors, setting forth approbation of his political'opinions, requesting him to allow himself to be put in nomination as a candidate for their Representa tive ; he does not hesitate to yield to their wishes, and de clares his fixed determination to afford them the opportu nity recording their votes in support of their o s wn he inde pendence and influence, unless such concession as rig suggested shall he made, recognizing the co-equal right the hthoa; the requisitionists. So Sir John means t , THE FALL OF THE BANK Li beral party. and insure the return of Mr. passing ne ofb u t t h t e . Emancipation cons e ry atve mer chants 38fuC;NwOmPOLY. has ill, No g measure, ivehsuch si neral delight as the defeat of monopoly. Every The joy i s s n i e n e c e t r l e e and g " fc a lt their trade chants and traders, wh o .growing worse the districts along the the people almost mt n h o ai t sn c , o we nfi t• eh n re e yr d i paper, n t g o , R b ef l o aes r v m tei rneyi; nelg bigsetei nmgs joyful. amounts to north c . 'hit Pilot. ph renty.—Dud whilst ibis Bank d g e r l e i g vc h t r l o c f h'e r k \ ' G EDIT" ow. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, A 14,WIININi; EDI TION.