The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-12 00:00:00

EVENT N G FP TION. _4 f DY.VENTIONT AND THE .iii :ODLE CLASS S. ( TO THE MEM .BEtiB-OE-t'HE GENERAL CON , It has long ' ' recom mended VENT fON. been foreseen by the middle c l asses t h at the objects y o a leave in v ew can never b e attained, by the me ans p i , a have s o f a r proposed, the truth of which must now 00 painfully evident t o th ose w h o have such short-sigiated and shallow means for t he ar"tainment of such truly gigantic objects. J. do not for a moment question your sincerity, but I rr.ost vehemently protest against any man or set of men iallowing themselves to be carried beyond the depth of reason and practicability by their own enthusiasm. I d o not deny t h at your ultimate objects are just, rat;nnal, and practicable ! but ti , at, so far, you have failed in pointing out any practiead course of attainment s eems to me equally undeniable . As I am anxious my intentions shoul:' a not be mis understood or misce nstrued, I will just, take a brief re view of the ceise. " You complair. that so far from your class reelia , ing any equivale-at fat. the services they re nder t o society .hey are. not only depri ve d o f anything likes recompense, but in innumerable in- stances arc actually debarre,:t from the common necessaries of life, and are I ..hus left no choice be lt tween starv a Lion and the corn mission of crime, which is Punished wit h the utmeist ri'i,our ; and that, in addition to all this, : , ,-ou are s.).thjee.'ted t o every species of insult and degra elation." How far this is correct, you arc perhaps the best judg,es ; but, granting it to be true, 1 ! ea dilY admit you t . re str i ctly right in ascribing its ex , I stellee to the fact ~f your not teeing represented. You show, then, that those of whom you complain are intolerant, despotiee, ar.a oppressive, and you f ur th er compl a i n t h at thin; grievous system is enforced by the 'bayonet and the 1- 'audgeon. But here let me inquire, Whence not the coneent came b a'yonets and bludgeons ? Are they which you r , rated results o f y our own k..bours, , a dit y again - give for money, that you may Own judo for other p ro d uce of your re-e ,change 'ry to save e ? n s, h I cannot alai. , f e o , 'A° ; my businesslif is, with}ur i prescribed remedies r fr,ur long catalogue of complaints. yon say, " Run for Gold," which, of course, can only P P Ply to such as have gold to ru n for, and from your teAvn showing, in a very limited faegree to yourselves. ' " Deal exclusively," which may be readily done by 1 t hose who, having plenty o f money, are not affected by high prices or want of credit. v" Possess yourselves of arms," which are no doubt ery usef u l an d effective flings to those who know how use them, and have pl enty of ammunition. „ "Abst a i n f rom work, " which is all very well for th ose who • have e.ny other dependence, otherwise it might cause theY.n to help themselves, get them tran sported, and th'us rob them of th e i r w i ves an d fittni -1 li es. in addition to, their other privations. Now, my friends, for even in the middle classes there ar e some honest enuugh to consider you as frkaids, despite, your sweeping d enunc i a ti on o f t h em en masse, and who . ', but fo r c i rcums t ances t h ey cannot control, would openly ally themselves with you, we, too, have ample cause of complaint. Small profits, long credits, and bad debts d' not at all accord with high rents, ex orbitant taxes, •and enormous extrences 7 . it is true we e.ari, and rem:illy if we choose., ava il ourselves of the facilities offere A us in the sha,T,e of bank ru p tcy an d in thsolvency, but suc h resource ; are far from congenial to e feelings of an h onest • man. I ' hope, therefore, you to ill admit that y ou h ay e not quite all the grievances yoursri ves. Weld,, f or the remo val of all this you ask—nay, you . tl r eaond !—" t h e full t attai .eat Ext ens i on o f t h e S u ff rage, " b ut n this, I air, sorry to find you resort to the self- Same expedients of which you so loudly complain. Yes ; , t n isro Y , ou a r nor plans may he traced intolerance, despo- Oppression, added to a recommendation to 4arm to eraforce. Can welt means avail you ? Never !! tiiesietzet you recomnie'ad the abstaining from excisable which is a most important suggestion, and would In itAtielf (if acted on to any extent) be amply sufficient to accomplish all yoo. desire. The taxes collected amount 'Annually to 53,000400 W., of which tea, sugar, spirits, beer, and, tobacco, pri.nhysie 27,000,000/., the bulk of which is consumed by Cite working c l asses . H ere, t h en, i n one twelvemonth , might be sav e d 20,000,00)/ . — w h ere, let me ask, is the ; power that could cope with the working millions, ir. once possessed of 20,000,000/. of money ? Tehen,. 'indeed, y ou cou l d do without the co in °Prat' 400 of th e m idd le classes, besides being a condition to maintain and make a pro -1?f. .r sirs of the advantage. Let me, therefore, in treat you to give this subject your undivided and serious consideration. Be assured that sobriety, intelligence, and morality, prudent economy, discretion, and'a steady and persevering determination, are the only weapons necessary, and they are, besides, indispensable, But, I shall perhaps be asked, can such as have starving wives and famishing children wait for the almost Imperceptible growth of sobriety and intelligence, and that in a land, and under a system, w h ere i gnorance an d ie:imorsility have arrived at maturity, while they quietly "witness the many heart-rending terminations which must naturally intervene from hunger and destitu tion. Sorry am I to see such fearful proofs of the urgent necessity of the required change, and the importance of men thinking for themselves to enable them to produce, instead of adopting the hypocritical and pretended opinions of others. However, to return to my task, I shall endeavour to show that I have some practical object in view. In a word, you presented a petition signed by 1,280,000. Ne,w, as soon as you can produce r 1,000,000 o f your own c l ass, l eav i ng the remainder for ours, wh o can , eac h s h ow twenty b r i g h t gold sovereigns l l of, hi s own; and in his own possession .. then (and I mu c h quest i on i f ever i t w ill b e d one b e f ore ) , then I Say your success is certain. Torches and daggers, exclusive dealing, and running for 1 , , ,,i A u, will then be altogether unnecessary, and the d ticat of such a plan is morally impossible. Its practicability may perhaps be questioned by t hose who do not think—but let these men ask themselves a few questions. Let such as have bad the misfortune to have been long out of employ, or shut a 4 P in a workhouse or a prison, answer me if they have nt d known. the time wh en p o t atoes , b acon, oatmeal, water have even been acceptable. Without going to extremes, then, for which there is no necessity, who is there that would not readily forego all unnecessary Pleasures and enjoyments, and limit himself to bare necessaries to enable him to save, mind, for himself! in 1 1;.t ovvo, keeping! the required twenty sovereigns, particularly when he saw that it would be the certain means of terminating his miseries for ever ! I hope, for the credit of the Chartists, such an individual will never be found in their ranks. The advantages of such a plan will, I trust, be so completely obvious as to rende r all enumeration unnecessary ; if it so appears to you I trust it will not be slighted because it emanates high• band, and p re t en d to sneer at our co-operation, tr.o longer headed of you must see that without as (or some plan equal to our assistance) you are compa ratively weak, but that with us your success would not only be certain but easy ! Hitherto your demands upon miliaie been unfair. To have identified ourselves with Yo9r:eanse would not only have lessened our prosperity, Ina in many instances have been our ruin. This was too much to expect, but from the above:hint you may devise a plan, in which all (no matter what class) who are Well-disposed towards you can lend their aid with out any of these dire effects. Trusting you have too much good sense to disregard the advice of the middle Masse s for whom, though perhaps not qualified, I ven ture to reply to your appeal, and with the conviction, tha t any reasonable and practicable plan will never Want for support, I remain, at all events, for myself, Your well wisher in any plan that will add to the ad vancement of Truth and Justice. ONE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES. 0, TH E Q UEEN DOWAGER.—.«'e understand that `,* Queen Do wager w ill occupy T or Abb ey H ouse, s h ou ld age finally decide on residing at Torquay during the ap proaching winter; negotiations have been already entered into for that purpose, which, however, are not yet com pleted. The sum demanded for the rent of Tor Abbey for six months, is said to be 800/.—Devonport Inde pendent. ---"Th-e Animal's Friend Society last week caused the hackney. coachman, 622, to be fined 20s. by Alderman Gibbs, and the Paddington omnibus driver, badge 1,711, to be fined 10s. by Alderman Copeland, for having whipped their horses on sores till they bled. The former was com mitted in default. The omnibus driver 513, and the drover B. were also charged by the Society with cruelty to their cattle, but they failed to appear. LIVERPOOL POLICE.—An Act of Parliament Was passed last session, providing generally for the pay ment of police in boroughs throughout the kingdom, and !pecifying sixpence in the pound as the maximum of the Impost to be levied for the purpose. According to the ° Pinion of the Town-Clerk, in which he is supported by Messrs. Cresswell and Wightman, it is imperative on the Council to order this rate to be laid, notwithstanding the Police is already and only provided for out of the Corporate fund s - -Liverpool Paper. SUDDE N DEATH AT ROCHESTER.—Madame anornta had announced a concert to take place at the Sun 'nu yesterday evening, and her husband, who had been in exc ellent spirits a ll d a y, was anxiously waiting the arrival °f their son from London to take part in the concert, anti watching from th e i r res id en ce on St. Margaret's Bank the arrival of the vans from Gravesend, he suddenly caught light of him in one of them, and exclaiming " there he is," instantly fell dead.—Rochester Gazette. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SR "' 9.lThe market to-day has not been so brisk as that of l ast Monday, 'et there has been a fair quantity of business d one at former yet prices. In wool there has been but little d o i ng, and itseems to be the general opinion stung manufacturers that prices will be lower. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 10.--Th is 12 mark et was more animated to-day than last week, and opes ar e entertained that the autumn trade will be better than was anticipated ; stocks being low, and orders pretty numerous and extensive. Much depends on gathering the remaining crop, so th at should we be favoured with f i ne weather, the prospects for the winter will improve. The Principal d emand is in heavy fancy woollens, and plains of remain middle mu q s uality. Prices are firm in new goods. Wools much the same. M ore activity is observable in the warehouse generall SUICIDE BY PRECIPITATION PROM THE MONUMENT. Wednesday mern i ng a repert be came preva l ent i n t h e neighbourho o d of Fish -street-hill that a female had committed suicide by throwing herself from the galle . ry at the summit o f th e M onument, which on inquiry proved true. Shortly after the rumour hod gone abroad Mo nument-yard was thronged by persons anxious to obte]:, a sight of the spot where so remarkable a cf., s t ro ph e occurred, but a force of the city police 1 end pre serve d or d er. Various :e the versions circu lated of th e melancholyufekly arrived - °- eurrence ; but from inquiries made it w o uld an Pee.r that the following is the real out line of th e f ac t s,. questior l About a qu ar ter before 10 the female in the ;" presented herself a t th e door of the entrance at -stenutnent and paid the admission fee, being seem ingly unembarrassed, and was directed the way up by the attendant. She had not been up more than 20 minutes when the porter was alarmed by a cry from settle per sons passing through the yard, and immediately he heard a crash, as if of a heavy substance falling. On gaining the doer he was amazed to fled a body huddled up, blood flowing profusely from the back part of the head, and from the left arm, but life was extinct. On rais ing the body he immediately recognised it as that of the female he had but shortly before admitted ; a shell was speedily procured, and the remains removed to the watchhouse of St. Magnus-the-Martyr, Upper Thames street. Crowds followed with the removal of the body, but very few gained admittance into the watchhouse. The appearance of the body is that of a fine young woman, of about 25 years of age, height about 5 feet 2 inches, fair complexion, with auburn hair ; the hands have not apparently been ever engaged in rough labour, and the dress denoted that the unfor tunate wearer ',lad moved in a circle above the middle class of life. It consists of a good black silk dress, under garments of fine linen, silk stockings, and worked habit shirt ; on the fore finger of the left hand there was a gold signet ring. It was said there was a bonnet, shawl and shoes, but a description of them was not attainable. Upon examination of the body, it was found that the spine was fractured, as also the back of the cranium, but the features are in no way disfigured, save by the ap pearance of coagulated blood forced from the nostrils ; eyes, and mouth, by the sudden concussion ; the left arm is severed just above the elbow, and is only retained in its place by the integuments and the sleeve of the dress. On viewing the spot where the unfortunate woman fen, it seems she must have narrowly escaped the coping and abutment on which the ornamental griffins have their base, if she did not strike them as she fell is ithin the iron palisades on the left hand of the entrance to the Monument as coming up Fish-street-hill. An idea may be formed of the violence of the concussion, as it appears her weight bent one of the rails, which at first intercepted her reaching the ground. A rope, it is said, has been found, but in what way it is connected with this trans action is not at present known ; one rumour is, that the unfortunate creature elevated herself above the iron palisades which encircle the gallery at the summit by means of this rope, and thence threw herself. over ; a second is, that, fastening the rope outside, she formed a noose, and after fixing her feet in it as a support for the moment, threw herself backwards ; and the third is, that she attempted to hang herself, but failing in the execu tion of it, precipitated herself f ro m th a t height in de spair. Information has been forwarded to the Coroner on the subject, and the inquest is fixed for this day. The deceased's connections have been discovered, and a communication made on the subject to the Lord Mayor. About 6 o'clock in the afternoon, a gentleman informed his Lordship, who was then at the Monument, that he knew the deceased, and requested that the body might not be any longer publicly shown. His Lordship immediately gave directions to that effect. The gentleman stated that the deceased was Miss Margaret Moyes, of No. 3, Hemmings-row, Charing-cross, one of four sisters ; that she bad breakfasted at home that morning, and had gone out soon afterwards. That she bad been in an excited state for above a week, frequently crying, and that she was observed to cry before leaving home in the morn ing. The gentleman added, that about an.hour before her friends heard the report that a lady had thrown her self off the Monument, they found a piece of paper, on which the deceased had written, that they need not ex pect to see her again, as she had left home for the purpose of destroying herself: Her father is an old man, confined to his bed. Thi s i s th e secondin stance of suicide by leaping from the Monument on record. The former occurred as far back as the year 1810, on the 18th of January, and is thus de scribed in the Times of the 19th January of that year:— " Remarkable Suicide.—Yesterday Mr. Lyon Levi, a diamond merchant, of about 50 years of age, precipi tated himself from the top of the Monument, and was literally dashed to pieces. Mr. Levi attended to several appointments in the city about eleven o'clock, and trail acted his usual business, and at twelve obtained ad mission to view the Monument. He walked several times round the outside of the iron railing before he sprang off, and in falling the body turned over and over before it reached the ground. When near the bottom it came in contact with one of the griffins which orna ment the lower part of the building. A porter with his load on his back narrowly escaped the body of the deceased, which fell a few paces from him in Monu ment-yard. It is said that two days ag o M r . Le v i visited the Monument and continued at the top for some time. Nothing has transpired from which the friends of the deceased can judge of the cause which led to the sad catastrophe. Mr. Levi has left a wife and eight grown-up children." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—The aspect of affairs in the City continues to improve. Money bears a good rate of interest, be cause the employment of it is in few bands, but it is by no means scarce. While the amount brought forward by capitalists, tempted by the late rise, has increased, the quantity of bills in circulation, owing to the pressure by the Bank, has diminished, and people suddenly find themselves comparatively in a state of case, not reflect. ing, however, that it is produced by a prostration of the commercial vigour of the country. Among the events which are supposed to have had influence in producing a change for the better may be mentioned the recent importations of gold, which were quite unexpected, from the United States ; the bills on Amsterdam and Ham burg produced by the operations of the United States Bank adverted to yesterday ; and also the late exten sive rise and eager speculations in Spanish stock. The latter, in all prohebility, will now be employed usefully as an instrument in turning the exchanges in favour of this country, under the varying fluctuations which occur in the other money markets of Europe. Thus every thing thing tends at present to relieve the Bank from the necessity of continuing its restrictions, and people here firmly rely that when this is felt to be the case in the Bank itself, there will soon be another expansion of the circulation. POST.—We understand that good commercial bills have been freely discounted by the large money houses at six per cent. interest, without commission, and, upon the whole, the comparative easy state -of the market observable yesterday and the day before has undergone no change that may not be considered for the better. The public funds in the meantime continue a little upon the advance, although, in the English House, the variations have proved of no importance. Consols left off at 91k, sellers for Money, and 911, buyers, for the Account. Exchequer Bills were done at 7s. to 9s. premium. In the Foreign Market, Active Spanish Stock began at 28, and from this it advanced to 281. Later in the day it retrogaded to 27k, showing that, what ever may be the efforts of those most deeply inte rested, and it is well known that they are indefati gable, they must prove unavailing. Yet befora the close of business a rally was effected, and the bonds were finally quoted 283 to The long-looked-for speech of Donna Christina on the opening of the Cortes at Madrid has at length arrived, but that portion of it which relates to the claims of the bondholders appears to us, as we presume it must do to them also, and to everybody else, miserably lame and unsatisfactory. The Spanish Government never fail, on occasions of this kind, to repeat the boast of their good faith, A " good faith, which has never been denied," is what they per sist in taking credit for. It must have required a con siderable share of impudence on the part of the Minis ter to make so ridiculous a boast in the present instance, for it is now notoriously a very long time that the good faith of Spain has been not only everywhere de nied, but nowhere admitted ; and such will assuredly continue to be the case as long as the same iniquitous system of finance which her Ministers have adopted shall be persevered in. Five per Cent. Dutch Stock was quoted 1043 to s ; Colombian, 32 to ; an d Fi ve per Cents. Portuguese, 32 to There is little or nothing doing in Shares. London and Brighton Railway are marked 13k to 13 dis. ; Lon don and Blackwall, 3-I to 3 dis. ; London and South ampton, 42 ; and London and Croydon, 10k per share. HERALD.—Money for commercial purposes f is decidedly more easy to-d a y th a n it has been for some days p as t ; t h e rate of interest on fi rs !-rate paper is about 4 p er cent., with an advancing scale according to circumstances ; these rates out of doors appear also to have governed the value of money upon the Stock Exchange to a very considerable extent. Lieutenant- General John IVlaister has been al pointed to the command of the forces in the Windward and Leeward Islands, in succession to Lieutenant. General Sir Samford Whittingharn, K. C. B. and K. C. H. The Earl of Morton has returned to Dalmahoy Castle, the family seat, near Edinburgh, from a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen, at Haddo Castle. Earl and Countess Cadogan, and the Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan, are still residing at Cowes, Isle of Wight. It is not yet positively determined whether they will pass the winter in Paris or in Scotland. The Earl of Eldon is causing considerable it - n provements and alterations to be made itt the elegant mansion left to his Lordship by the late Earl, at the corner of Hamilton-place, in Piccadilly, where his Lordship has determined to reside. THE LATE RIOTS AT BIR MINGHAM, 1 1 On Monday lit the Committee appointed by the Town Council to investigate the cause of the late riots, l cid their first meeting for the examination of witnesses, in the Committee•m,m of the Town Hall. A r lCraillo. '2 ; I :URGE opened th e p rocee di ngs b y stat i ng that., at a preliminary meeting of the Committee, he had been elected chairman, and Mr. Pare secretary. Before commencing the examination of witnesses, he wished to make a few observations. The unhappy occurrences which had recently taken place had given through the kingdom a very unfavourable impression of the conduct of the working classes of Birmingham, and was likely to be made the ground for permanently fix : Mg in the town either a civil or military force, uncon nected with the inhabitants ; and it appeared of the last importance that the public should know how far, as a body, they were really to blame—that the character of the people generally, who, up to the recent events, were remarkable for their peaceful conduct aad obedience to the laws, should not rest permanently under this impu tation, unless facts proved such imputation to be just. Although Government had expressed their intention of instituting an inquiry, it was understood that it would be confined to the conduct of the Magistrates. It was not known whether the evidence would be published or not, and it appeared naturally to devolve upon the Town Council, as the representatives of the ratepayers, to in stitute an inquiry into the whole of the circumstances, which not only so deeply affected the character of the town, but which were likely to be followed by so large an increase of their rates. It was thought that it would METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Morning Chronicle refers again to the subject of the Corn-laws in the following termi:—" The battle between the Corn -law monopolists and the rest of the nation is about to recommence ; and as, since the sub. ject was last agitated in Parliament, the working people have had, to their woeful cost, a practical refutation of the doctrine of the landowners, that they derive no benefit from a low price of food, we may expect that they will make common cause with the middle classes in one great effort to be made for the abolition of the corn monopoly. Great pains were taken to persuade the operatives that a repeal of the Corn-laws might swell the profits of their employers, but would be of no practical benefit to them, as their wages would fall with the price of corn. They were told again and again, that the master manufacturers were anxious to reduce be more generally satisfactory to have the public admit ted while the inquiry proceeded, and the Committee ap pointed bythe Town Council forthat purpose, had decided upon that course. They were now ready to enter upon the inquiry. Their sole object was to elicit the truth ; the evidence tendered would necessarily be voluntary, and their fellow townsmen would see that if all was not pro duced, that might have been, the Council will have done all in their power, when they have afforded every one an opportunity of coming forward to state what they knew upon the subject. Should any parties, in the course of the investigation, think the statements of any witness incorrect, or that the conduct of any one had been im properly called in question, they would be at liberty, either personally or by deputy, to have any suitable written questions put through the Chairman to such witness. The Committee would prefer witnesses coming forward to give evidence, as far as possible to speak to facts in the following order : " 1. The character of the Bull Ring meetings, prior to the 4th of July, and the measures taken tc prevent the holding of such meetings. "2. The character of the meeting on the 4th of July. " 3. The state of the town in the interval, between their wages to the Continental level ; and that all they cared for was to swell their own profits. It was answered, that the employers could not possibly reap the whole benefit of the repeal of the monopoly ; that the increase of demand for manufactures, the consequence of a free trade in food, would necessa rily add to the demand for workmen, and raise the rate of wages ; and that, therefore, the wages would not fall into the, ratio of the diminution of the price of food. It was . also shown that wages, so far from rising with the price of food, often fell when food was dearest. Some of the Chartists, too, seemed to enter into the views of the monopolists, though it is but fair to add, that the chief ground of the Chartist opposition to the late attempt to obtain the repeal of the Corn laws, was the idea, that, by standing in the way of all prudent reforms, the middle classes might be the sooner induced to co-operate in agitation for the Charter. But expo [knee is the best instructor. The price of food is, and has long been, excessively high ; while the workmen have found that wages have for some time beep unu sually low. The cries of their children for bread bring home to the workman the all-important fact, that his condition can never be benefited by what is injurious to his employers." The Morning Post, in default of some more attrac tive theme for argument or speculation, launches the following rodomontade phillippic against Ministers " It is said that Sir It. Peel has blundered himself into such a position with his Sovereign that his elevation to office must be her degradation. No ; he has not done this, but the Whigs have done it. They it was who, after having acknowledged that they had lost the con- fidence of Parliament, advised her Majesty not to ap point the Leader of Opposition to be her Minister, because he wou ld not acce d e t o a p o i nt w hi c h h er Ma jesty considered one of personal feeling, but which he considered to be one of politisal duty. It was the Whigs who advised her Majesty to prefer the gratification of her personal feeling to the warning of Parliamentary divi sions. It was they who placed her Majesty in such a position that she must either overcome the Parliament or allow th e wor ld to see t h at she h as b een overcome by the P ar li ament. This the Whigs basely:and treacherously didolefthe ofrthe A . ss for the promotionosneacrucrhi . security oAfn of their e nrno ow u personal rnedtr theitrying advantage,to happinessh h e e e dip their Sovereign and themselves out of the difficulty, by affecting contempt of the authority of Parliament. They talk of the wild scheme of storming office by Parliamentary preponderance.' What signify such words as ' storming office ?' The constitutional way to obtain office is by Parliamentary preponderance, and we see nothing ' wild' in that plan which has been adopted when there were wiser Courts to be dealt with the 4th and the 15th of July. " 4. The circumstances of the riots on the 15th, more especially how far it was premeditated—how many and what kind of persons they were who took a part in it—what was the conduct of the police, mili tary, &c., and what measures had been taken to pre vent. the disturbance." The Committee did not, however, impose any rule on this subject, and would take such evidence as parties tendering it could give of their own knowledge, calcu lated to throw light upon the subject. It was intended that the investigation should commence precisely at eleven o'clock each day, that the examination of no fresh witness should be began after one o'clock, and that the Committee should adjourn not later than two o'clock. Thomas Lucas, of Bristobstreet, surveyor, examined —I had noticed the meetings in the Bull Ring about a fortnight before the 4th of July ; they generally com menced between tight and nine o'clock every evening except Saturday and Sunday. There was no regular chairman appointed. The persons who addressed the meetings were all strangers to me, except Mr. Fussell. Extracts were read from various London newspapers, and from the Northern Star. The people were always very quiet. Two men were placed to keep the horse-road clear between Nelson's monument and Mr. Ford's. I do not know of any obstructions which were offered to passengers or others, by the persons com posing the meeting. There was no attempt, on the part of the authorities, to disperse the meetings, that I know of. On one occasion I heard some comments made re spectinc, the Corn-laws. I heard no inflammatory lan guage of any kind ; no recommendation to arm. I ob served these meetings about half a dozen times previous to the 4th, but did not generally stop. I was in the Bull Ring about a quarter before nine on the night of the 4th. There were several hundreds of people in the lligh-street, principally about Nelson's monument. I observed two of the London police attempting to seize a banner ; the people endeavoured to prevent them ; the staff of the banner broke. I also saw many others of the London police there. The police were driving the people in different directions. The canner was lettered, but I do not know what it was. Soon after the scuffle for the banner took place, I saw the police driven away by the people ; some of them took refuge in Peter's liquor shop. The persons defending the banner took the pieces of the staff, when broken, and struck the police with them. The police struck the people who had the banner with their staves. I saw several blows so stuck. I was standing by the corner of the Swan-yard, in High street, and the police were within four or five yards of me when they struck the blows alluded to. The ban ner was seized within a few yards of the Swan-yard. I than the present. What is the Court to do against Parliamentary preponderance: however wild' the scheme may be of obtaining the Government by that means ? Shall we be told that the Court will govern 'by appointments in defiance of Parliament ? That is impossible. It were better, therefore, for the Whigs to be wise in time, and not, by their insolent swagger, to bring more pain and evil than need be upon those whom they should reverence, but have duped." The Times contains a leading article on the subject of the recent Ministerial changes and appointments, in the course of which, alluding to the retirement of Lord Howick and Mr. Wood, our Contemporary says : " In ordinary times, the secession of such a nobleman as Lord Howick, even though he were followed into privacy by a gentleman of Mr. Charles Wood's preten sions, would hardly excite any other remark than an expression of surprise that two men, so long accustomed to office, and both of them connexions of Earl Grey, should quarrel w ith t h e i r bread and butter. But. at a juncture like the present, the smallest outgoing may be material in the way of indication, as empty bottles set adrift reveal the direction of the under currents. Some have conjectured that Earl Grey, who himself quitted offi ce with a parting caution to his colleagues against the pressure from without,' has grown out of all patience at their continued con tempt of his warning, and is resolved at length to with draw from them all concurrence, countenance, or aid, mediate or immediate, direct or indirect. There is extant a considerable number of persons with whom the opinions, or at a ll even ts the name, of Earl Grey possess considerable weight—men long dissatisfied with the downward tendencies of the Melbourne Cabinet, and who are said to be desirous of some decent opportunity to quit a connexion which brings them so often into low company and into shabby scrapes ; and if this be so, there seems to be a very near probability that these gentlemen, setting sonic value not only on the property, but likewise on the character, which they have to lose, may regard the secession of the Grey family as giving a fit signal and a convenient opportunity for their own separation from a distrusted and a disgraced Ministry. In this view the loss of Lord Howick and Mr. Wood may be a very severe one to the survivors of the Mel bourne party ; but we confess we find it difficult to bring ourselves to concur in the conjecture upon which the view is founded." was not in the High-street more than five minutes. The man who was carrying the banner seemed to be going away with it. About eleven o'clock I was in Worcester-street, and heard a cry of " To Holloway- head—to Holloway-head." There were then many persons going in the direction of Holloway-head. I left the High-street, because they said the sol- diers were coming ; and as I observed the police were becoming indiscriminate in their attacks, I thought it was not safe to stop. I saw, the police striking persons indiscriminately. I saw stones thrown in all direc tions. I believe they were thrown at the race. I went to Holloway-head a little after eleven o'clock. There were seven or eight groups of persons then collected on the ground—probably 2,000 in the whole. I remained there above half an hour. The people remained in groups durinc , the whole of the time I was there. A person ad dressed' one of the groups, consisting of about three hun dred. I heard him say—" We are come to a pretty pass ; rather than be under such a system as this (meaning the police) they would prefer for the sake of economy to live under a military government, and then they should know what to trust to." Some person around inquired of the speaker if he was one of the Convention. He said they would have one or two of the Convention there presently. Soon after, some person addressed the same group, and said he was one of the Convention. He said, " We shall meet again in an hour and a half." The persons he was addressing were mostly stout lads, and young men ; I did not see any women. No other person addressed them while I was there ; the people were very quiet. The first speaker said—those who were not pre pared to follow him in a determined manner to meet the police, let them go quietly home. The people said, " We are ready," and appeared very determined. Same persons came up and said, '° Are you now satisfied they are the London police, and not the Railway folks, for they have got their cutlasses?" Directly after this the groups moved from Holloway-head towards St. Thomas's Church. I moved with them. 1 saw a man take a stone and strike the palisades of the churchyard wall at the bottom, near the stone work. He continued to do so until the palisades were broken. About a dozen persons then stood upon the stone work, and with their hands rocked the palisades to and fro, until they pulled them down. I heard no one direct them to do this ; it seemed to be a spontaneous act. They broke the pali sades into pieces, about the length of a constable's staff, and then armed themselves with the fragments. I should suppose fifty did this, who then went down Exeter-row The Morning Advertiser puts forth the following re marks, suggested by the Tory attacks on Ministers for their conduct on the Slave Trade :—" When a party be disposed to find fault, it is impossible for human in genuity to devise a course of policy to which an ingenious malevolence may not take exception ; and such is pre cisely the position of the Tories in reference to the late proceedings of Ministers for the suppression of the Portuguese slave trade. It would be prudent, however, in those making accusations not to forget, as the Tories in their vindictive zeal have done, how far these accusations may recoil upon themselves. Had the Tories reflected upon this, after. allowing, while at the head of affairs, years and years to elapse without the least attempt to suppress the inhuman traffic for which they had themselves given com pensation and stipulated by repeated treaties, they would not now found their chief accusation against Mi nisters on the grounds that, without consulting Parlia ment, they ought at once to have blockaded the port of Lisbon, an d thus having commenced hostilities, made the resto ra ti on of peace contingent on the aboliti on o f the traffic. It is singular that the Tories all the time with engaged t o a b o li s h thee intenti on o f en f orc i ng they were in power, after the Treaty of Vienna in 1815, traffic ffiewl:ic h never Portugal on e once movedspecifically the equivalent for which they had remitted hundreds of thousands of British pounds sterling. N ow their new born zeal in the cause of humanity is so furious as to brook no delay ; and they accuse Ministers for not de claring or rather commencing war for the enforcement of treaties, the violation of which they themselves bad for years witnessed with most peaceful compl acency : , The Morning Herald, speaking of the conduct of the pon Do n C ar l os Spanish General Maroto , says—" We hop e t h e Morn ing Post and Mr. Peter B orthwick a re at length con vinced of the treachery of the cold- blooded murder er Marnto ; a wretch who evid entl y was ' planted,' to u se f t ßo h ar e stq l h a ue n e g pp u u a ero g pp e olse o e, f aotnfhde betraying London thieves, nghfiosra ti cause,sn and th at o f t h e p ulated pr i ce the infatuat e d Prince who trusted him into t h e h ands of his enemies. That the whole of th is nefarious tricke r y was not o f Donaccomplished Car Carlos. did not ar a i p sef a ro r T to i any sagacity on the parthave been i n th e hands of his Iscariot General , as a sheep goin g t o th e slaughter, ' That licks the hand just rais'd to shed its blood.' It was owing to the awakened suspicions of some of the faithful Navarrese, who, on .c, • Leing one strong place after another given up without a struggle to the enemy, raised the standard of revolt, and preci pitated the plans of the traitor Maroto, who, we hope, like the wretch Moreno, will meet with another reward of his atrocities than that which the Christine Govern ment has promised him." The Courier of last evening, in remarking on the domestic policy of the present Cabinet, and esp ecially of its foreign policy, thus alludes incidentally to the state of the country at the time when the Tories , quitted ()face in 1830 t-,-" When the Duke of Wel lington and Sir Robert Peel retired from .office,. in i November, 1830, they left the forei gn an d - do, in a body. The great body of the people who had he en previou;:y at Holloway-head had go - netowards the town before the breaking of the palisades. They were not w& i t ia t t he l t s i a it ‘ e v et a i n oe d s li o e f a t r h d e , C ti o m e t . e m d forsotom what they d o w n . e . n r t r g o h a t e t e e p r t e c o r: broke the palisades and armed themselves were chiefly strong youths. I went with them in their rear down Holloway-head, as far as the corner of Suffolk-street. Some of them stopped there. I then left, and went along Bristol-street home. Between the 4th and 15th of July, I do not recollect being in the Bull Ring any night after eight o'clock. I had no connection with any parties on the occasions I have been speaking of. I made my observations from curiosity. On the 15th of July, about two o'clock, I heard a person ringing a bell in the streets ; he ap peared to be a bellman. I did not know what he said, but was informed, that he was giving notice of a meet ing to be held at Holloway-head, at five o'clock that evening, to consider what steps should be taken. About a quarter past nine that night, I was coming past the Town-hall, and saw a fireman running towards Con greve-street, where there is an engine -house. I went down New-street to near the Hen and Chickens, when I saw three or four dragoons on horseback. The street was pretty clear. I went to the Seven Stars in Wor cester-street, where 1 remained about an hour. I then left to go home. The streets were clear, and I went along Bell -street, and down Lease lane, because the bottom of Worcester-street was blocked up by the mili tary. While passing down Lease-lane, I met about five of the London police. I stood aside to let them pass, when, suddenly and unexpectedly, the policeman in the centre struck me upon the left side of my forehead with his cutlass. My hat was cut through, and a wound, nearly two inches long, inflicted on my head, from which the blood flowed.—(The witness showed the wound, which was quite apparent.) No words passed, either from them to me or me to them, before I was struck. There were no other persons in the street that I saw. I was so alarmed, that I did not notice a blow which I must have received on my right arm, it being much dis coloured next day. The bruise wes such an one as might have been inflicted by a staff. After the man had struck me with his cutlass, he said " Who are you ?' I said, " How could you be so indiscriminate ?" I heard ono of them say something about a mistake. I took up the word " mistake," and said, " I think it is a mistake done on Purpose." A special constable, whoin I ltave r{ P, SUNT, LONDONT ITURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1 - 2 1839 teen since at Knott, Hawker, and Coburn's, and who I I niestic affairs of the country in a condition border believe to be a partner in that house, came up after the ing on social dissolution. There never nits a pe blow I have spoken of was given, and after the police- riod of history at which England had been ruled by man had left me ; he assisted me as far as the Rose and I a Ministry more utterly impotent, more universally Crown, in Edgbaston-street, where I got my wound I disliked. The Tory party did not attempt to disguise their dressed by a surgeon, an d t h en went h ome . I had no sleep hostility, and the lower classes were i n a state o f open insur that night. The next morn i ng I went to Lease-lane, rection. Within a few miles of the metropolis armed mobs and observed blood on t h e spot w h ere I w as s tru c k. were laying the man s i ons o f thegentry under contribution, About nine o'clo c k t h at morning I was i n B u ll- s t ree t, and what, we ask, was the protecti on w hi c h t h e H ome and saw a person who appeared to be a workman, Secretary had to tender to the affrighted inmates ? Why, bleeding from a wound at the back of his head. I went from his place in the House of Commons he actually with him to Mr. Southall's, to have the wound dressed. told the m , n ot to rely on the constitut e d au th or i t i es f or He stated he w as a stranger, and had never b een i n th e protection, but to offer ' resistance' to the assailants ! town before that morning. On this same morning I Had the Peel and Wellingto n Mi n i stry continued in went to the publi c o ffi ce to omplain, before the Magis- power two years longer, England must have gone back trates, of the injuries I had received the previous to the customs of the midde ages ; every substantial evening. I saw Mr. Shaw, the Magistrate, at the farm-house must have had its moat, its drawbridge, and Public Office gate, to whom I stated the facts, and lie its watch towers, and all the mansions of our nobility said he was afraid the police could not discriminate must at least have been secured against a coup de who they struck, and it was well it was no worse. main. We have had riots in Birmingham this year, in He then left me and went inside, and ordered the gate consequence of the incendiary declamations of Tory to be closed. I went again in about half an hour to underlings against the Poor-laws, but those riots were in make my complaint, but the entrance to the office was stantly s upp resse d ; i n Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire, blocked up ; and I could not get near. in 1.8:30, the fires were blazing in every quarter, and The examination of this witness here closed, and the S!r Robert Peel, then Home Secretary, not only did Committee adjourned. not suppress the peasant warfare in which they ori ginated. but was reduced to the humiliation of admitting Isis inability to suppress them, and yet had the meanness to cling to office after so disgraceful an admission ! Such was the internal condition of the country when its incompetent rulers were driven from office in 1830. What was the state of affairs abroad ? Russia, in violation of her agreement, had been allowed to ' appropriate to herself a large portion of the Turk ish territory, and to extort from her an enormous sum of money, as an indemnity for the expenses of the war. Persia had been allowed to fall into the hands of the same power, without a single effort to prevent an occurrence so perilous to our Eastern Empire. In Por tugal a sanguinary ruffian had not only been allowed, but had been assisted by the presence of British troops, to usurp the Throne of his legitimate Sovereign, and had been permitted, with undisturbed impunity, to offer a series of the most revolting insults, to the British Monarch and the British people. The French Government with a finesse too transpa rent almost to baVe duped a schoolboy, had gulled the Prime Minister of England on the subject of Al giers, and that Regency had become an integral portion of the territory of France. English influence abroad had sunk to the very lowest ebb which it ever reached, and so entangled and perplexed were all our foreign relations, that the Tories themselves derided Lord Grey, when he proclaimed the preservation of peace as one of the principles of his administration." The Globe makes the following observations on Mr. Wyse's recent appointment to office as one of' the Lords of the Treasury:—" Her Majesty's Ministers have given great offence to the opponents of popular education by the appointment of Mr. Wyse to office as one of the Lords of the Treasury. Thie appoint ment is not only a source of satisfaction to the public, as securing the services of a gentleman of high talent and Liberal principles, but as evincing- a determination on the part of Government to concede nothing to the senseless clamour, raised by the conservators of ignorance, against the education of the people by the only means which can accomplish that essential preliminary to national improve ment. The No Popery' cry, which was substituted for argument against the measure, although uttered with a strength of lungs equal to any former occasion when re course was had to it for similar purposes, has been raised in vain. The Government has fearlessly opposed the cry, strong in the strength of the excellence of the object, and in the efficacy of the principle they have introduced for its accomplishment. The delu sions and misrepresentations, industriously circu lated and enforced by bigotry in high places, will rapidly pass away ; and those who have become their yictitns will then be astonished they were ever brought under their influence, and will hasten to atone for their temporary error by cordial co-operation with those they now oppose. The Government can afford to wait, and is eridentlydisposed to wait, with calm confidence for this re sult. The electors of Waterford are, as may be supposed, highly gratified by the introduction of their justly popular representative to office ; and have re-elected him with an unanimity so cordial as to deter the Orange party from even a show of opposition. Mr. Wyse's speech at the hustings on Friday last contains senti ments highly cheering. There is no shirking of those questions which interest the public mind, because the changes they involve are essential to the attainment of popular improvement. It will be seen that Mr. Wyse is a firm and intelligent advocate of the Ballot ; as necessary to the preservation of the franchise from the baneful interference of those who have recourse to fraud or force to;corrupt or, intimidate the voter." The Standard recurs t o the appointment of Mr. Poulett Thompson in the following terms :—" The merchants, manufacturers, shipowners and others of Glasgow are, it will be seen, about to forward an address to her Majesty expressive of the regret and alarm with which they have heard of the ap pointment of Mr. Poulett Thompson to be Gover nor-General _of __Canada. _and ;earnestly entreating her Majesty to rescind that appointment, and to confer it on one not inimical to those, great in terests which he is sen t to protect. " T h i s Address is signed by Gentlemen of all political parties. But what signify the merchants, the shipowners and traders of Great Britain, or their opinions, so long as the Court and the bedchamber arc on the aide of Lord Melbourne and his protege. Even although the ground on which he pretended to justify this appointment has been cut away under his feet, what does he care ? He is a small autocrat in his way, and must persist in his privilege of doing mischief coule qui (Joule." The King of Bavaria signalised his fete-day on the 25th ult., by the free pardon of three students, who had been condemned for high treason to an indefinite impri sonment. THE LATE ALLEGED MURDER ON THE THAMES. —Tuesday afternoon the jury empannelled to in quire into the circumstances connected with the death of a young woman who was found in the Thames six weeks back, re-assembled for the fourth time to prosecute the in quiry. On the last occasion of the jury assembling, a woman of the name of Wallis made a charge against her husband of having caused the death of the deceased, or some other fema!e unknown, by knocking her off the brig Eliza (on board of which he was employed) into the river. Tha man denied the accusation, and said that he left the vessel at half-past nine o'clock on the night in question, and did not return. The Coroner, under all the circumstances, sent Wallis before the Thames Police Magistrates, who, after hearing the woman's statement, ordered the man to he dis charged, not believing a word she said. Tuesday Waller, the beadle, said he had no more evidence to produce, and gave an account of his taking the man Wallis before the Thames Police Magistrates, who behaved in an uncour teous manner, and immediately dismissed him. The Co roner, in summing up, remarked on the strange conduct of the Magistratcr,and said, " He, as an Officer of the Crown and conservator of the public peace, was justified in send ing; the man to a police-office to be examined before the Alagistrates." After some further remarks the jury re turned a verdict of—Found dead. ENGLISH AND IRISH WIVES.—At an inquest held on Tuesday in Lisson-grove on the body of a child who had been overlaid by its mother, Mr. Wakiey, the Coroner, was examining a witness as to the conduct of a mother towards her children, when the latter said that her conduct was generally affectionate, but she was in the habit of hallooing loudly at them. Mr. Bell (the Coroner's clerk)--Oh, that's nothing new with Irishwomen. A Gen tleman (addressing the Coroner with somewhat of enthu.. siasm)—lrishwomen are the best wives and mothers in the world. The Coroner (in an ironical tone)—And they produce the best sons, too. The Gentleman (modestly) —I don't say that. The Coroner—On what grounds do you form your opinion ? Gentleman—On prison statistics. I know from experience that more than two-thirds of the persons confined for want of bail in the New Prison, Cler keowell, are there for alleged assaults or threats of assault• against their wives; and those wives are almost invariably Englishwomen, who, when their husbands are so impri soned, seldom or never trouble themselves after their welfare ; whilst, on the contrary, if it happens that an Irishwoman causes her husband to be incarcerated, no matter how cruelly he may have t reated her, she is sure either to visit him or send him money or food. Coroner _Well, there's some truth in that. I recollect when I was overseer of the parish of St. Giles in the Fields that an Irishwoman was pitched out of window by her husband, and that he afterwards beat several large holes into her head with the point of a smoothing-iron, and that, not withstanding this ruffianly treatment, when he was taken before the Magistrates to answer for the assault, the too faithful and affectionate creature could not be persuaded to say one word against her husband. Several of the Jury bore testimony to the conjugal affection of Irishwomen, but none of them would allow that they were better mo thers than Englishwomen. The Coroner slily intimated that he feared the Irish gentleman had caught a Tartar on this side the water. The Gentleman—Well, after all, if I had it in my power to-morrow to chose a wife, she should be an Eng lish woman. Laughter. ) FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENTS.—On Tuesday morn ing, while Daniel Sweden, a carpenter, employed by Messrs. Miller and Co., engineers, at the Orchard House, Blackwell, was engaged in chipping off a portion of a beam of timber, his adze by some means slipped off the wood, and hit him about midway between the ancle and knee, in flicting at the same time a frightful wound on the limb. After the wound was partially dressed, the poor fellow was removed to the London Hospital, where he remains in a very bad state, both from the loss of blood and the extent of the injury. Lewis Philips, a fine little fellow, six years old, the son of a Jew, was received into the same institu tion, he having fallen from the second floor window on to the pavement. His injuries arc of so serious a nature that little hope is entertained of his recovery. On Saturday night Mr. Hamilton, of Killyleagh, with his brother of the 88th Regiment, Sir G. Cockburn, and Mr. Fletcher, were returning to the Castle from a dinner at R. Heron's, Esq , in an open carriage, when the horses took fright and ran away with them. The carriage was upset; the Messrs. Hamilton and Sir George Cock burn were pitched out, but received no material injury. We are sorry to add that Mr. Fletcher fell under the car riage, was, much bruised, and had his left shoulder dislo cated ; for some time it was feared ho was killed. The carriage was almost broken to pieces. —Dublin Evening Post. - _ - Tomorrow will be the anniversary of the death of three distinguished indiyidnals.—Lord Burleigh, who diethia-16113.—Gttivral, Wolfe,-k eft in 1759—and Charles James Fux, who died in 1806. NATIONAL CONVENTION. !eyed o'clock; The Convention met '..7estcriay at e Mr. FROST in the chair. The SECRETARY read the letters received that morn ing. One requested the payment of an account to the writer's agent, previous to the desolation of the Conven tion. The letters generally agreed in the expediency of the dissolution of the Convention at the present moment. One was from Dr. Fletcher, complaining loudly of the intrigues of Mr. F. O'Connor, and his party, in the Convention, respecting the payments made to the Council. One was from Dublin, denouncing the parties who had prevented the success of Mr. Lowrey's mission to Ireland for the purpose of extending the principles of the Charter, and defending the character of the Coal Porters of Dublin ; who, he said, were a body incapable of acting so low as the drunken ruffianly crew who as saulted Mr. Lowrey. Mr. TAYLOR moved that any balance remaining in the hands of the Treasurer at the dissolution of the Convention should be paid over to the Treasurer of the Defence Fund. Mr. BURNS seconded the motion. Mr. BUSSEY did not think the Convention had the power to part with their funds ; they were raised for the purpose of assisting in obtaining the Charter, and it ought to be left in proper hands until the people had determined in what way it should he applied. He moved " That the money be lodged in the hands of some gentleman who should be called upon to give se eurity for the same." Mr. PITKEITHLEY said the sum would be very small, and if it was carried that it should be given to the de fence fund it might stop the subscription to that fund, which was going on very well. There would be a new Convention, no doubt, and a small sum in hand at first would be of very great assistance to it. The ritAtitmAN was of the same opinion as Mr. Pitkeithley, and if he had occasion to vote at all be would vote for the amendment of Mr. Bussey. The vote was then taken, when there appeared— For the motion -. 3 For the amendment - Majority One did not vote. The names upon the division were ordered to he published. Mr. CARPENTER said, as they were not a legalised body—he did not say they were an illegal body, but they were not recognised in law, and could not take any steps for the recovery of the money. They must either make a transfer in the funds, or make a gift of it. Transfer them they could not, for they had no power. Then, as they had decided that they had no power to give the funds to the defence fund—surely, then, though it would, he had no doubt, be safe in the hands of any one member of the Convention, they had not the power to make a gift of them to any one of themselves. if they were to do so, what sort of instrument would they have, and how was the new body to whom the funds were to he given to be described and defined in the in strument? The party entrusted with the funds would put what construction he pleated upon the word " Conven tion." If the difficulties which suggested themselves to his mind were not overcome, he should propose as an amendment a reference to the Finance Committee, or some Committee appointed for the purpose, to ascertain whether the funds in hand at the dissolution of the Convention could not be equitably distributed among the several constituencies, virtually or actually repre sented in the Convention, with a recommendation to them to appropriate such funds to the defence fund. Mr. JAs. TAYLOR seconded the amendment. Mr. HETHERINGTON opposed it. He thought the money might well be entrusted to two individuals, mem bers of the present Convention, who would be able to judge whether the next Convention was a Convention really representing the people, or was merely a spurious body. - Mr. PITKEITHLEY would oppose any division of the funds. He thought the plan proposed by Mr. Car penter, and the expense of distributing the money would swallow up the whole sum now in han.—( Hear.) Mr. CARDO suggested that the better way would be to expend the balance in distributing tracts among the people in the country for the purpose of enlightening them on the principles of Chartism. A show of hands was then taken. Only two were held up for the amendment, and the motion was there fore carried by a considerable majority. Mr. CARDO moved as another amendment that the Finance Committee be requested to consider and report on the best way in which the funds of the Convention could be employed to further the principles of the People's Charter. Mr. BURNS seconded it. After a desultory discussion a division took place on the motion of Mr. Bussey and the last amendment, when there appeared For the motion l4 For the amendment 3 Majority for Mr. Bussey's motion —ll On the motion of Mr. Skevington, seconded by Dr. Taylor, the Finance Committee were ordered to con sider and report on the -best means of carrying out Mr Bussey's motion.—Adjourned. We understand that — the Wesleyan Conference have appointesLNclay_ .4' October next, for delebratnirttbroug out the connexion, by religious ser vices, the centenary of Wesleyan Methodism. It has been determined that the next Wesleyan Conference shall be held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. STATE OF TRADE.--There was a fair demand for yarn yesterday, and a considerable amount of business was done, chiefly, we believe, for Russian account, at about the prices current a week ago. Some descriptions of goods, however, were in less demand, and rather lov,er than last week.—Manchester Guardian. THE WEATHER.—GIoomy as the metropolitan aspect of the heavens has been for some days, we learn with pleasure that the unfavourable symptoms have not been universal, and that in the provinces the harvest work has proceeded with little interruption. Many of our corre spondents assure us of an average crop ; and the notices on this subject which we glean from the country newspapers are, on the whole, far from discouraging.—Dublin Evenzny Mail. DREADFUL GIG AcciD EN T.---Yesterday morn ing, between eight and nine o'clock, Algernon Capel Stevens, Esq., accompanied by his lady, was proceeding to town from Barnett, in their gig, when the animal became unmanageable, and Mr. Stevens, in his alarm, jumped out of the vehicle, fell on his head, and received so severe a concussion on the brain that but faint hopes are given of his recovery. We state with much regret that one of the most extensive spinning and weaving establishments near Glas gow, has this day (Monday) commenced to work short time, the workers on Saturday having been told that their services would in future only be required for four days in the week. Glasgow Chronicle. HINT TO EARLY DRINKERS.--AI an in quest held on Tuesday morning, in Somers town, Mr. Wakley, M.P., said that nothing tended to destroy the ap petite more than drinking in the morning ; and that when persons began to drink early in the day, such was the na ture of the human system, that thirst instead of being all layed by so doing, was augmented. A man who felt dry in the morning had only to resist the temptation of drink ing for an hour or two, when the desire for fluids would be totally assuaged. In the morning the lacteal vessels were, if he might so speak, gaping for moisture; but when they were refused it for some time they grew tired, and the ex citement ceased in them, and the wish for drink disap peared. Drink always caused secretion through the pores of the skin and other passages of the body, and that external secretion acted internally, and, by exhausting and irritating the vessels of the throat, the stomach and the duo denum kept perpetually alive a sensation of thirstiness. Obsta principiis ; that is, in the beginning resist the craving of the lacteal vessels, and their absorbing propensi ties would speedily be overcome._ A MAIDEN SESSION.—On Tuesday the eighth maiden session for the precinct and liberties of the Tower of London was held at the Court House, Wel!close-square, when several Magistrates for the liberty attended. After the usual forms prescribed by the late new Acts had been gone through, the Chairman, J. Burnell, informed those of the inhabitants who attended to be sworn, if necessary, on the Grand and Petty Jury, that there was no business be fore the Court to require their attention, and that there fore they were discharged from further attendance. The farce of keeping up these sessions is perfectly ridiculous ; for since the passing of the Central Criminal Court Act, which of course comprises the whole of these precincts viithin its jurisdiction, no prisoners have been tried here, and the only object in perpetuating them appears to be to prevent the inhabitants being called upon to serve as jurors either at Clerkenwell or the Central Criminal Court NEW TRAGEDIAN.-Our highly talented towns man, Mr. Moore Stack, has been playing with diitin guished success in Dublin, Edinburgb, and Liverpool. He is represented by all the papers we have seen as having attained the highest and chastest style of the art in the profession of which he has so lately made his debut. His Virginius, on Thursday night, was a most classic and faultless piece of acting ; and his representation, last c d ar d i n g i 1 ene Virginius,and which Robert, hic h evening, of Jaffier, in Venice Preserved, was a highly finishe development of that difficult character. Mrs. Yarnold's bn performance of Brlvidera, it is not possible to describe adequate language. Her reputation is alreadwelofesetrie blished as one of the most d lEd is d t ni i n n ob g tu u r i g sh hi e ,pn d tragedians present day. We feel so interested in the s uccess e of g o r u e r . young townsman, that we cannot deny.ouersn 1 h x of his talents tification of inserting the following testimony from the pen of Sheridan Knowles, matic writer, and the author of Virgin? , . t F 1 s : celebrated discharge lth . a nt ! allow w humblelllr A te ) s o t r i e . " My DEAR ---, I should gsetnactlkentlean,enalinudpaonmyaonn owfitmbeenr.itt,b as • ' sucheffect which m° nto he his performedeo il)successewinan6di. he played here twice, and with as to induce lete nt ti _ g Nlr Murray to propose the third repetition. Candidly speaking, I do not know the actor whom I should put be fore him, with one single exception—and, I am persuaded that, with the influence which he can command in Dublin, hi s appearance on your boards wo u ld b e mutually credit able and productive. 4 , Witb kind regard to Mrs. -- and all good wishers. lam very sincerely your's, "J. S. KNOWLES." " Glasgow, March 1, 1839. MY DEAR ----, I can introduce to you a new actor, ago, I am persuaded, would make a great impression in London—without exaggeration, London a man after a man of' powerful talent— a tragedian. i s not in Let Lo m n hear from a yo e u r without Alacread l y ofwiosslo is fi time. Theret .1 to hold a candle to him. " Yours truly, "J. S. - KNOWLES."' 1 . : I —Southern Reporter. EVE N ING EDITION. DUTCH AND HAMBURG PAPERS. THE HAGUE, SEPT, B.—His Royal Highness Prince Henry went the day beford yesterday to Flushing, to be present at the inspection of the crew of the Rhyn fri gate, and is expected here to-morrt;W: We hear that the Prince will leave the Hague oa the 13th to embark at Flushin g in order to put to sea with the first fair wind, and that his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange will accompany him to that port. His Excellency the Count Schernmelpenninch, Mi nister of State, and Ambassador of the Netherlands at the Court of Russia, has arrived here. Among the men of-war which are shortly to go to the East Indies is his Majesty's frigate Bellona, Captain Geesteranus, now lying at Willimsoord. His Majesty has ordered that the second general de cennial census of the population sisall begin on the 18th of November, and be completed by the :3!.st of December next.—Dutch Papers, Sept. 10. HANOVER, AUG. 27.—For the last two or thiTe days we again hear a great deal of a decision by a high authority, which it is said has now been given. The reports arc favourable to the Government, and it is reported that very general satisfaction has been ex pressed in conversation at table. There has hitherto been so much uncertainty about this important question that these reports cannot be implicitly relied upon. M. Ruhman and the chief members of the Magistracy have had a conference at Brickedorfburg with the Bur gomaster Stuve. The Magistrates continue to receive letters of sympathy from all parts of the kingdom. HANOVER, AUG 30.—The report of a division of the Diet of the Confederation in favour of the Cabinet con tinues to prevail ; undoubtedly they are so far correct, that with respect to the new negotiations on the Constitu tion, which are now preparing, the matter will be left to be amicably settled between the parties. \V C near that a new proclamation is now in the press, which it ;., be lieved will afford some information on this subject. STOCKHOLM, AUG. 30. Count Matusewicz, the Russian Ambassador to this Court, arrived here on the 25th, from St. Petersburg., and had his first audience of his Majesty on the 28th. Baron Stjernold, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has addressed the following letter, dated the 1 0 th , to M. Anastasy, the Swedish and Norweg;an Consul- General at Alexandria, which has been consmQnicated as well to all his Majesty's Ministers at Foreign C6Prts, as to Foreign Ministers here:— " Smyrna Gazette, No. 4, of the 27th of July, contains a statement of so important a nature, that I have his Majesty's command to apply to y o u f o r a positive explanation. It is expressly stated in that Journal, that on occasion of the arrival of the Turkish fleet at Alexandria, and the landing of the Capitan Pasha, the Swedish and Norwegian colours were hoisted on the Hotel of the Consulate, either as an expression of rejoicing, or as a mark of honour to the Admiral. The King who was naturally displeased at such a report, which his Majesty still hopes may prove to be unfounded, hereby commands you, Sir, tO send to me as speedily as possi ble a satisfactory explanation, by the most positive denial of such an act, which, on account of its apparent ap proval of the shameful treachery of the Capitan would disgrace a flag which has at all times been the symbol of honour."—Hamburg Bursenhalle, 411 E and 51/s September. ST. PETERSBURGH, AuG. 31.—The Emperor set out on Tuesday last to Moscow and Borodino. His Majesty is expected to be here again in two, or at most three weeks. The Empress, and other members of the Imperial family, are still at Zarsk:lle selo, but are expected very shortly in the island of Yclagin, or in its immediate vicinity. PETEBSBURGH, AUG. 31.—We learn from Neschncy Novogorod, that, up to the 17th of August, there was, on the whole, not much doing at the fair, but in some articles there had been extensive sales. All the lead had been sold at 5 per cent. higher than last year. Iron was sold at an advance of 10 per cent. The demand for manufactured goods is beginning to be more animated, as several buyers had lately arrived. Oa the whole the fair promised to be a good,one. THE ENGLISH IDPERA-HOUSE.-A ballad opera, called Thi Lass o'Gowrie, was produced on Wedtss day night. The music chiefly consisted of songs, which were of an unpretending kind, some of them mere ineffective common-place, while about• others there was a popular character, which rendered them generally pleasing, and procured them an encore. Such was a song called " Scot land, Freedom's Glory," sung by Mr. Franks, which, with the aid of the drum in the orchestra, told exeeedingly well. Mr. Franks and Miss Collett, who were the prin_ cipal singers, got through their parts creditably. Corvi dered in a dramatic respect the piece is a .heavy a air, being one of those interesting produCtions where scenes are shifted and characters walk on and walk off apparently for no purpose whatever. Lyon's Laird o'Gowrie melodrama melodramatized. " I wish you would give me that gold ring on your finger," said a village dandy to a entintry girl, " for it resembles the duration,of my lore for you—it has no end."—" Excuse me, Sir," said She ; " I choose to keep it, frit is likewise cmblefila ;s ticil of mine for you—it has • .0 beginning_" PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.—A man named Evans started on Tuesday morning from the Ele phant and Castle, Newington, for Brighton, on foot, for a wager that he should arrive at Brighton twenty minutes. before the fast coach, starting at nine o'clock, both start ing at the same time. Betting much in favour of the man Evans. -IMMENSE HERD OF CATTLE.—Towards even ing. on rising a hill, we were suddenly greeted by a sight which seemed to astonish even the oldest amongst us. The whole plain, as far as the eye could discern, was coeered by one enormous mass of buffaloes. Our vision, at the very least computation, would certainly extend ten miles ; and in the whole of this great space, including about eight miles in width from the bluffs to the river bank, there was apparently no vista in that incalculable multitude. It was truly a sight that would have excited even the dullest mind to enthusiasm. Our party rode up to within a few hundred yards of the edge of the herd before any alarm was communicated. Then the bulls, which are always stationed round as sentinels, began pawing the ground, and throwing the earth over their heads : in a few minutes they started in a slow clumsy canter; but, as we neared them, they quickened their pace to an astonishingly rapid gallop, and, in a few minutes were entirely beyond the reach of our guns, but we were still so near, that their enormous horns arid long shaggy beards were very dis tinctly seen. Shortly after we encamped, our hunters brought in the choice parts of five.— Townsend's Journey acrocs the Rocky Mountains. hustr GRATITUDE.----The Rector of the parish my friend lived in was a man who added to the in come he derived for his living a very handsome private fortune, which he entirely devoted to the benefit of the poor around him. Among the objects of his bounty, one old woman, a childless widow, was remarkably distin guished. Whether commisserating her utter helplessness or her complete isolation, he went farther to relieve her than to many, if not all, the other poor. She frequently was in the habit of pleading her poverty as a reason for not appearing in church among her neighbours ; and he gladly seized an opportunity of so improving her condition, that on this score at least no impediment existed. When all his little plans for her comfort had been carried into ex ecution, he took the opportunity one thy of dropping in, as if accidentally. to speak to her. By degrees be led the sub ject to her changed condition in life—the alternative from a cold, damp, smoky hovel, to a warm, clean, slated house—the cheerful garden before the door, that replaced tho mudheap and the duck-pool—and all the other happy charges whicks few weeks bad effected. And he then asked, did she not feel . grateful to a bountiful Providence that had showered dovia so many blessings upon her head ? " Ah, troth, it's thrue for yer honor, I am grateful," she replied, in a whining, discordant tone, which astonished the worthy paradn. "Of courso you are, my good woman—of course you are—but I mean to say, don't you feel that every moment you live is too short to express your thankfulness to this kind Provi dence for what he has done ?" " Ah, darna,' it's all thrue, he's very good, he's mighty kind, so he is." " Why, then, not acknawledge it in a different manner ?" said the parson, with some heat—" Has he not housed you, and fed you, and clothed you ?" " Yes, alanah, he done it all." " Well, where is your ejratitude for all these mercies?" " Alt, sure if he did," said the old crone, roused at length by the im- pertunity of the questioner—" sure if he did, doesn't he take it out o' me in the corns ?"—Confessions of Harry Lorrequer. WM. A.. V A DESCENDANT OF SIR . ALLACE.-- At Baltimore I met and conversed with an elderly gentle. man of the name of Wallace. In early life he had attended the classes at Edinburgh, and studied under Dr. Black and others. He H e h m oa Ee s ni t di s tiiisno o bn i suce b ard e gl i ,th n o g m t h e e t o h n ga l t y 1 tl l eh i lineal was .a ar l descendantsegoun requisite tein an in structionsn of Sir William Wallace, and still uses the arms an d motto ' wh g e i n vin t — he Earl of Buchan, who eo nf gtl ri aa was 't.ebr e' srf.shopr i cuttin g n y present, examined the arms and mo tto, and said, " Sir, ther e i s on l y ore family rewlaining i e ntitled to these, and -th a t family sin Virginia. " The friendly confirmationrreioeitildeltnyhle lips s a grasp a id of I r ap o i f his inn ocent an d pra i sewort h y c l a i ms a stranger m us t h ave g i ven hi m grea t satisfaction. H e i s a very cheerful communicative old with a wa h s ah r d e , al t l i y ie p v l e e i a n s s ed of to w hichmi ght interchange b a enriched even with a drop of the Wallace blood.—/Ifer ray's North America. Oh Sunday Mr. Owen, author of " A New View of Society," delivered a lecture on the new moral world, i n a l arge hall recently erected in Trongate, called the " Hall of Science." About four hundred persons sat down to tea in the afternoon, who were admitted at sd. each, and such WB3 the demand for tickets, that hundreds could not gain admittance. The " Hall of Science" ia very neatly fitted up, and there is likewise an organ in the place. It is said that the 44 Socialists have taken the hall for three years, at a rent of 701. per annum. During the whole day the place was crowded to excess, and a great number of people came from Paisley for the occasion._ Glasgow Chronicle. Yesterday mornina an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, Coroner, on view of the body of Mrs. Mary Glascock. who suddenly expired in her shop, No. 439, Oxford-street, whilst she was serving a customer, app s . rently in her usual health and spirits. Verdict—Died by the visitation of God. RAMSGATE.—A Belgian vessel was run into the fivi nngewanslip;roan, Thursday rigged. fr repair. S To an he ds had h of persona colours s otls as sembled on the cliffs to w?triess the interesting spectacle. Sir William Curtis and other gentlemen went on board.. Tli6 foomma;t is nearly on o level with the east clip utider which she is safely moored.—Kentish Gazette. _,.~.- 1 I I