The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-01 00:00:00

EV 1-4]N LNG EDITION. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. I The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a splendid entertainment at the Mansion-House on Sa turday last in honour of the Lord Mayor Elect. Th e dinner was worthy the hospitable reputation of the present Chief Magistrate, having c onsisted of the prin cipal delicacies of the season, and the most excellent I wines. Mrs. Heath, who it is expected will generally officiate as Lady Mayoress (Lady Marshall being in a very deli cate state of health), sat on the right hand of the Lord Mayor. Amongst the guests we observed Sir John Scott Lilley, who returned thanks on behalf of the Army and Navy ; Colonel Williamson ; and a large number of military officers. The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the health of Sir , Chapmati Marshall, the Lord Mayor Elect, spoke of 1 the very mild a n d am i a bl e di s p os iti on o f th a t gen tl eman —of his business-like habits—and of the long (twenty one years') experience which had been had of his bene volent and honourable conduct in the Corporation of which he had been a member for that period. 1 Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL, in returning thanks, al luded to the indefatigable exertions of the present Lord Mayor to preserve the rights and privileges of his fellow-citizens, and to promote their best interests, and hoped that so noble an example would not fail of having its proper influence over his Lordship's succes sor.—(Cheers.) He (Sir C. Marshall) should be obliged to draw largely upon his brother Magistrates for their counsel and assistance, but under his peculiar circumstances he felt assured that it would be only ne cessary for him to ask to have.—(Hear, hear.) . He had never been backward in affording his humble aid to them, and he had observed a similar alacrity amongst his brother Aldermen to assist each other. He hoped that at the termination of his year of o ffi ce he might be able to retire with as much honour and cre dit to him self, and with as strong public approbation as the very vigilant and active Alderman who presided. He con cluded by proposing the health of the Lord Mayor in a bumper toast with three times three. The toast was drank with the loudest enthusiasm, and very gratefully acknowledged by the Lord Mayor. Sir C. S. HUNTER returned thanks for the Aldermen wbo had passed the Chair. The Recorder's health was next proposed. The LEARNED GENTLE3IAN, in a very c l e ver s p eec h, reca pitulated many of the important events of the past year, complimented the Lord Mayor for his energy,- and for the firmness with which he had acted, and said that it must be a gratification to his Lordship in after life, on reviewing the labours of his year of office, to consider that he had been Chief Magistrate at a time when so powerful and effective a resistance had been made to the attacks and encroachments of the Ministers of the Crown upon the privileges of his fellow-citizens, and that he had laid at the foot of the Throne the spirited and respectful remonstrance, which had preserved to them those rights which were so dear to every citizen of London.—(Cheers.) Alderman HARMER returned thanks for the Alder men below the Chair ; Mr. Evans for the new Sheriffs ; Sir Rowland Jenkins for the East India Company ; and Mr. Curtis for the Bank of England. Mr. MASTERMAN, in returning thanks for the Bankers of the City of London, said he had been born and bred a banker, and he thought he knew something of the bu sine's of banking, but (turning to Sir Peter Laurie on one side, and gentlemen connected with Joint Stock B talcs near him), really in the present day banking was conducted in so extraordinary a manner, that he hardly knew what was meant by the word " bankers." This remark occasioned much amusement. Tile health of the Under. Sheriffs having been drunk, Sir PETER LAURIE, in a very eulogistic speech, pro posed the health of Mr. Cornelius Wilson, the Lord Mayor's only son, and some appropriate allusions to the assistance he had rendered during the past year to his father, to whom he might always look up as an example with pride and gratification. Mr. WILSON, in acknowledging the compliment, said he had no ambition to enter into public life. Hs wish was to live a country life, esteemed and respected by his friends and neighbours. The RECORDER proposed the Lady Mayoress's health in a highly complimentary speech, and the party brae up much delighted with the evening's entertain ment. ! HARVEST INTELLIGENCE. There being perhaps at this period no subject or question which is not secondary in general interest to intelligence r:Tarding the harvest, we supply some ex tracts from papers received yesterday showin 2., its state and progress throughout the United King 'om. Our prospects are bad ; and we believe that excepting only the monopolists and their dependants, there is not a man in England who does not feel the operations of the Corn-laws ; whilst many, very many, doomed to want, die from a deficiency of food, occasioned by the starvation system enacted by law, but condemned alike by humanity and every sound principle of legislation. Accounts differ as to the quality of the produce ; but the prevailing opinion among those best acquainted with the subject is, that of the grain which may be now se cured, a very small proportion will turn out well. In this neighbourhood a number of fields are almost spoiled by sprouting.—Bolton Free Press. Good progress has been made in the harvest within the last week. Except in very late situations, reapers are busy in every quarter. The crops as was always an ticipated, are abundant. The universal report is, that. there never was a more bountiful harvest, as far as quantity is concerned. But we regret to add that the quality of the grain has been materially deteriorated by the recent unfavourable weather. We are informed by persons whose connexion with agricultural pursuits enable them to form a correct judgment, and on whose statements we can entirely rely, that this is the case to a very great extent—particularly with the heavier crops ; and we know a farmer who has this year grown 100 acres of wheat, who says he has not a sound ear of corn on his premises. We are no croakers or alarm ists, but it is right that the public should know the true state of the case. The weather, since our last, with the exception of one or two heavy thunder showers, has been remarkably fine ; and the farmers have wisely availed themselves of it to the utmost. A great deal of corn has been led during the last few days.—Dur kam Chronicle. We have had fine and good drying weather this week, favourable to getting in the outstanding crops. We have, however, heard nothing favourable as to the state of the harvest, and we believe that what ever fine weather has come it has been too late. The price of grain generally is high, and there is no prospect of a reduction. There is no doubt but that in Lanca shire the greatest part of the grain whether wheat or oats will be unsound.—Preston Observer. The harvest in the neighbourhood of Seaton Sluice is now going on with great spirit,] and should this fine weather continue, the fields wil: quickly be cleared of their crops.—Gateshead Observer. In all parts of the kingdom the state of the weather has been unfavourable for the harvest. Many of the provincial papers give the most alarming accounts of storms and floods, and the consequent destruction of the crops. In this county, however, so far as we can col. lect intelligence, it appears we have been more fortunate than in many other districts. The weather, certainly, has been far from propitious, the rain has been frequent hut not remarkably heavy—we have had no overwhelm ing floods, the corps have been of a full average in pro duce and quality, and the harvest altogether as good as the farmer could have expected, considering the general uncertainty of the season.—Warwick Advertiser. DUELLING AT SEA: ECONOMICAL METHOD. —Among the passengers on board a ship bound from New Otle.ins to one of our northern cities, there was a young lady, the rr female passenger, and two gen tlemen, oat a young buckskin of eighteen, and the other, apparently, forty-five, both of whom became s•e:y much enamoured with this lone passenger. For sonic time they were both entirely ignorant of the passion of the other for the young lady : at length, Mr. Chucks, the oldest of the two, desirous of learn ing the pedigree and circumstances of his charmer, and whether her market was yet to he made, opened ' co:Rees:l6on with Mr. Green, ,the other lover, when a mutual confessitin ensued respecting the regard they bath entertained for the unknown young lady, end their intention, if possible, to sneer, her affections, if they were not already bound in holy tics to another. This confession, instead of palliatit , the case of either, threw a new obstacle in the way of both. One consultation succeeded another, both be came very determined, and avowed their intention to solicit her attention and regard. They were soon at ovn hostility. Mr. Chuck^ received a challenge from Mr. Green : he accepted it. Mr. Green chose horse pistols for his weapons, which were procured from the mate of the ship : the day and hour were appointed. They agreed to stand at ten yards dia gonally upon the deck, that there could be no harm done •to any one but themselven However, before the hoar arrived, Chucks, who was a stout, corpulent man, concluded, that he had not an equal chance with• his antagonist, who was of a small stature and very slim, and, unlike the Irish barrister, was unwil ling that Green should shoot at his own bigness marked out, upon himself, probably fearing, if he did not hit the heart, he might injure the sap. However, after much parleying and some rough words it was pro posed that each should shoot at a target just the bigness of the other. Green readily consented to this ; but Chucks still contended that Green had the advantage over him, but as bile was not at stake, he finally con sented. The targets were prepared, and after firing three times apiece, to the surprise of the other passen- Flys, Chucks proved the best marksman. Green step p:•4l directly to Chucks, and took him by the hand ac knowledging- at the same. time his defeat, and giving him his word that he would relinquish all claims to the lady save those of sad recollection. The matter being decided, the veteran lover proceeded to pay his respects to his silent charmer, who had been kept in entire ignorance of the high regard in which she was held and the cause of the dual. To the astonishment and mortification of Chucks, she informed him, that she had been married twice and was then the mother of several children ; that, being predisposed to consumptive affections, she had visited her friends in the south to spend the winter, and was now returning, with improved health, to relieve her husband, who was an industrious mechanic, of those domestic duties which her absence incurred. The sage lover, seeing his " cake was all dough," con , eluded to enjoy, a while longer, that single blessedness of which he had already seen not a little.—New York Paper. THE LATEST CASE OF FORGETFULNESS.— The greatest piece of forgetfulness we have ever heard of recently occurred on one of the western canals. An emigrating Yankee, with his wife, child, and other " household plunder," was making his way " out west" on board a canal boat. On arriving at the end of the canal, he moved his bed and bedding, chairs, tables, and pans, on board some other conveyance, leaving wife and child behind. He looked over every thing to see that all was right. Something was missing. He scratched his head, thought the matter over, but still could not make out what he had left. Back to the boat he went, and, meeting the captain on the wharf, he inquired, " I say, you captain, haint I left sumthin' aboard your boat ?" " Not that I know of ; have you missed anything ?" " Yes, I du. I miss sum of any thing, but I'm darn'd if I make out what they are." " Have you looked over every thing ?" Every bag and bundle ; overhauled my dads twist ; know there's something a missin' jess as ellq as notbin', and here the other craft is about 'lice, and I've got to go off and leave it. It's too 4erted bad, I snum it is." " Well, there's not a thing e:fiLboird the boat, to my own knowledge , except your m te . cnad," " Them's urn ; they are what I miss,ol," said th e Y an k ee, j ump i ng for joy. Now, whod a thought it ? • Here I was going' off and leav in' the old woman and llttle Sally Ann behind ! I 'spect I sh ould a missed urn afore I got to my Jamey's end, but I'll b e condarned ve if I could make out what I left. It would have I'd gone clean out to the b e en a good joke, w o uld'n't it, if the f uryanke west and forgot um en tirely." So sayin g , "packedr off" with his There wife and Sally Ann, rejoicing . eare a good many sueli men who would not mind leaving trifles as a wife and child behind, but this forgetful Yanke e was too ho nest.—Picayune. A ve ry extraordinary, marine phenomenon just t on at othhce cuffed at Weymouth on Saturday night, tuna of the tide, between eleven and twelve o'clock. The sea rolled in with a tremendous rush, accomp an i e d with a roaring noise, like the reverberations of thunder, as wave succeeded wave, producing the most awful and awakening sensations in those who heard and saw the strange occurrence, the cause of which yet remai ns mystery.—Dorsel Chronicle. M ORA LITY OF THE GALLOWS. — We ima g i ne that every intelligent person will agree that the effects of the exhibitions of capital punishments are calculated to produce the most prejudicial effects upon society ; an d that the axe, the drop, the rope—the mocking psalm sung at the gallow's foot—the disgusting paraphernalia of the legal murderers—the hooting, yelling, ribaldry, and blasphemy of the crowd—in short, the whole ma chinery of the scaffold, are calculated only to shock the 14good—to render callous the ignorant, and doubly to 'debase and brutalise the bad.—Tyne Pilot. Our weekly report of the corn harvest is now nearly closed. Since our last publication, we have had several days of fine weather, which enabled the housing of the barley, which had long been lying out, though there can be no doubt but that a very large quantity is much in jured. That portion too which was uncut has been mown, and except where it was laid by the rain, and had "spurted ?" we fear the greater part of it had done) has been gathered in tolerable condition. The hop-picking is progressing. fast ; we hear that the frosts of Monday and Tuesday nights were partially in jurious. The quality will fall far short of the late anti cipations. From the high-land districts of South Waies we have received most gloomy accounts of the corn harvest ; a large, a very large portion of the grain will be no better worth than the uses of litter and ma ❑are.—Herefurd Times. With the exception of a few hours' rain on Tuesday night, and a shower on Thursday, we have had, since our last, very delightful and cheering weather, and great progress has been made with saving the remains of the harvest in the North of England and in Scotland likewise. In all places—even amid the mountain recesses of the North, and on the cold clay lands—the grain is fit for the sickle ; and we are warranted in .-aging (to use a country phrase), that " the neck of the harvest is broken" even in the latest districts. We are sorry to add, however, that there are to be seen, here and there, instances of gross individual neglect, on the part of the growers of grain. Same men are infatuated. However adverse the season, however the period of the year may he advanced, there are persons !o be found who act as if they thought that when once the sun shines there can he no moie bad weefier, ant! they leave their corn upon the ground long after they raigiit have placed it out of harm's way by only ordi nary exertion. Much that is left undone is the effect of negligence ; but in some cases of backwardness the fact may he, and probably is, that the farmer cannot afford to go heyond:hisown - establi.lunent for assistance. With regard to the crop, all the authentic accounts we receive lead us to the conclusion we came to last week, namely, that the produce will fall below an average, and that the quality is defective to a large extent.—Lceds Intelligeneer. The weather during the past week has been on the whole fivourable to the farmer. There have been frequent showers, but they were so slight as not to interfere, except to a very small extent, with the harvesting operations. Sunday and Monday were clear and warm ; but too calm and close to dry the grain soaked by the former rains. On Wednesday there was a tine drying breeze, and the leading and stacking proceeded with great vigour. We should think that more than two-thirds of the grain in this district has been cut: down, and one-half housed.—.l3crtvick Ad vertiser. SCOTLAND. Much rain has fallen in the course of the last eight days ; and harvest operations have been greatly inter rupted. There have been frequent intervals of sun shine between the dashes of rain ; but the temperature has been so mild that a good deal of the barley in stook is sprouted, and will be very much discoloured. In this and the neighbouring county of Kincardine, there is more than a half of the grain crops cut ; while the stack yards are nearly all empty. The greatest anxiety pre vails everywhere for the safety of the crops, which are so much battered down and twi3ted that the process of harvesting will be tedious and expensive. The tem perature Las been colder since Wednesday evening, and the wind several points farther to the west : these at this season are considered favourable omens of the wea ther. Yesterday was a busy day in the fields—the sun appearing in splendour, with a smart breeze from the west, which would tend to check vegetation, and allow much corn to be reaped in good order.—Mon trose Review. The weather in this district has been, since our last, on the whole, favourable for harvest operations. With the exception of some occasional showers, we have ex perienced settled weather, with sunshine and wind, which have tended to dry the corn, which, alter being reaped, had been partially injured by the rains that fell. During the week a considerable quantity of corn has been safely lodged in the barn-yards ; and we now hope that the weather will continue propitious, and enable the agriculturist to reap and house the remain ing produce of the earth. Much will depend on the weather during the next month, especially in the upland districts of the country.—Kelso Chroniefe. The weather has been very changeable this week, but, upon the whole, favourable for the harvest. The state of the crops is, however, very precarious, and much anxiety prevails throughout the country, the sea son being now so late. We have received some addi tional accounts of the damage done by the flood on Sunday week ; they are not of any importance.—Aber deen Herald. The weather, since our last, though not so favour able as could be wished, has been much more so than during the preceding week. The favourable intervals have been turned to good account, and a great addi tional breadth has been reaped. In some cases a few stacks of wheat have been put in, but not in so good a condition as to remove all fears of safety. The quan tity carried is, however, trifling, as most of our farmers seem to be acting on the principle, " Better to spoil out than spoil in." The demand for reapers at the Cross yesterday was considerably diminished, indicating that the cutting in this district is pretty well advanced. In the higher parts of the county, however, compara tively little has been done.—Paisley Advertiser. WALES. We are exceedingly glad to hear from a correspond ent, on whose information we can rely, that the wheat in the Vale of this county has been got in in excellent condition. " Some farmers," he says, " have had the precaution to helm their wheat immediately on being cut, and by that means have secured it against all da mage." It is very much to be regretted that the practice has not been more general in this unprecedented season of wet, as it would have been a means of securing i n good condition an immense quantity of grain that has been much damaged.—Cambrian , The state of the crops is every where most deplor able ; cut and uncut are both beginning to sprout ; the barley that is cut lies in pools of water, whilst what is standing is beginning to shed. The farmers are quite puzzled bow to act. It is to be hoped that the weather will soon change for the better.—Merthyr Guardian. Although the weather has been very unfavourable to the crops of grain cut, we are happy to state that a t good horerst de a l l od oaofsft of T barley and wheat has been housed in good condition, inbu some parts of Breconshire. In the neigh imamc h e idni mwre eak in sold for 8 1 yb o o n n t e, day upwards by the of portable ei gh t eighty threshingbushels e ately Tho mas Jones, of Crickhowell, was m s. per ten gallon bushel.—Silurian. IRELAND. Heavy gales from the South-West and West, accom panied with tremendous showers of sleet and rain, have, The Globe of last evening, after asserting that the present Government has effected to the country a sav ing of 30,000/. a-year in the Exchequer department, concludes with the following observations on the retir ing pension of Sir John Newport :—" The office of Comptroller of the Exchequer is no sinecure, as the Act of Parliament which created the office and defines its duties will satisfy any one who reads it. This Act was brought in by Sir Jas. Graham during Lord Grey's Ad minstration, and has simplified and economised the finan cial departments of Government to a very satisfac tory extent. These duties were performed by Sir John Newport with punctuality and fidelity, as the records of the office amply testify. It is competent for any Member of Parliament to move for a re turn of the Venerable Baronet's attendance at his office, e hen the question will be set at rest. The infir mities attendant on a life which Providence has pro tracted to upwards of fourscore, rendered retirement from office not merely desirable to himself, but necessary to the public service. Sir J. Newport's public life has closed. The services he has rendered to his country are rewarded with a retiring pension of one th ousan d p oun d s ! Let this pension b contrasted with those the Tories were wont to confer—with the reversions and remainders they entailed on the country—let the men on whom they conferred these immense advantages at the country's expense, and the services for which they were granted, be placed in juxta-position with Sir John Newport, and the pension for the remainder of a life which, in the ordinary course of human existence, must, we regret to know, be now drawing near its close —and then let it be asked whether there is not as great a lack of discretion as of decency in the Times provoking a discussion which forces upon the public the recollection of the way in which the Tories were want to distribute the public money Y' The Courier has no article of any political character this evening. The Standard remarks as follows upon the very just censure of the party diatribe delivered a few days ago by the Recorder of London, by one of our Liberal Con temporaries :—" One of those chattering oracles who do the dirty jobs of Whig-Radical Common Councilmen, has, in his aldermanic capacity, it seems, taken the Re. corder to task for the very proper and pertinent remarks in which he indulged in an address to the jury of the Central Criminal Court a few days ago. It was correctly observed by the Recorder, that nothing is so distressing or annoying to such gentlemen as Mr. White, than that Judges should I act independently of their opinions.' To which M r . White modestly and decently retorted, that the Judges were formerly slaves of the Court, and now appear to he slaves of a faction.' If there be any class of public functionaries whose reputation for the diligent and conscientious discharge of their duty is de servedly greater than another, it is the judicial bench. This fact is so universally admitted, indeed, as to have become proverbial ; and a wholesale libel upon its honour and impartiality can, therefore, excite no stronger feeling than contempt, It is fortunate for the country that these eminent men are as entirely independent as they arc of either the smiles of the Court or the favour of its adviscrs. Were this important safeguard removed, the boasted liberty of an Englishman would exist only in name. The judicial bench h,is had a nohie example set it in the unflinching independence of its Chief, how thoroughly an English Judge, acting from his own settled conviction of right. can make himself in ikpendent even of that Parliament with the cow e quenees of whose di :;pleasure the Morning Chronicle has the surpassing folly to threaten the Recorder of London. With such a leader, the Judges of the land will never allow themselves to be bullied into any course inconsistent with their duty, be the penalty of their firmness what it may ; and so exalted 1 is the confidence which i s pi ece d by th e peop l e o f England in their vigilance, honour, and impartiality, that any unconstitutional attempt on the part either of Ministers or Parliament to degrade or insult them, be cause they cannot be converted to their uses, wou ld b e , indignantly resisted by the whole country." THE CENTENARY FUND.—The general trea surer states that he has received 103,0401. 2s. 2d. in actual money. The Committee have adopted the pro. position to divide the amount already paid up among the various objects of the fund, to the amount of one half the sums originally appropriated, according to tha following scale :—For the purposes of the Theological Institution, 27,000/. ; for the Wesleyan Centenary buildings, and to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, 25,0001. ; for the relief of distressed chapels, 18,5001. ; for the better support of worn-out preachers and their widows, 8,1001. ; towards the erection of a Centenary monumental chapel in Dublin, 2,5001. ; to the Wes cyan Education Committee, 2,5001. AN INDIANIAN ON FIRE IN THE WEST IN DIA DOCKS.—Loss OF LlFE.—Yesterday morning, between the hours of two and three, a fire broke out in the West India Docks at 131nel:wall, on board the Duke of Ciarence, a fine-built Indianrin, Captain Hall, master, (unloaded), and lying in the Export Basin, on the north side opposite No. 3 Warehouse. The fire was discovered by a watchman of the Docks, who in passing along the quay observed smoke overhanging the vessel, and suspecting it to be a fire, gave the alarm to the guard house. Before any one boarded the vessel the flames burst forth from the cabins under the poop, and raged with such violence as to threaten her utter destruction. The only person on board was a poor labouring man, who in the absence of the master and crew had charge of the vessel. He was known to be in the ship by the watchman, who, on discovering the fire called out and searc h e d, but could not find him. This circumstance led to the supposition that he had perished, which unfortunately proved to be true. The engines belonging to the Dock Company were immediately conveyed to the spot and got into operation ; but upwards of half an hour elapsed before the flames were extinguished. The firemen and dock people then entered the cabin, and made search for the keeper of the vessel, and had not proceeded far before he was discovered, burnt almost to a cinder. It is supposed that the unfortunate man had left a candle burning, after retiring to bed, which fell over and set fire to the timbers. The damage done is confined to the poop, which is partially destroyed. The owners, Messrs. Fletcher and Co., of Limehouse, are insured. In the course of yesterday the remains of the keeper (whose name could not be ascertained) were conveyed from the docks to await the inquest, which is appointed for to morrow. THE DUKE OF W ELLINGTON. -The follow ing anecdote of the Duke of Wellington, not generally known, and never before published, cannot but be ac ceptable to the reader. It exhibits in a strong light the indefatigable perseveranc e and foresight of the Duke, and especially exonerates his Grace from the charge raised against him by many writer s , o f a ll ow i ng him self to be surprised by Buonaparte while amusing him self at a ball at Brussels at the time referred to :—At a dinner a short time since the Duke was asked— " Has your Grace seen the pamphlet published in America, by Gen. Grouchy, in answer to Gen. Foy's attack on him respecting the manceuvres on the days previous to the battle of Waterloo." " I have," an swered the Duke, " and Grouchy has the best of it. He could not move without orders, and orders he cer tainly did not receive : as to his manmuvres, I know all about them ; I was a witness to them." " You exclaimed one of the party ; " every one thought your Grace was in Brussels." " I know they did, but they were wrong, for on the evening in question, I and Gor don (who was killed at Waterloo) left Brussels, took a squadron of horse as escort, no one knowing us, and joined the Prussian head quarters. I passed the whole of that night in conference with Blucher, Bulow, D'York, and blest. In the morning I observed to Bulow, If I bad an English army in the position in which yours now is, I should expect to be most con foundedly thrashed. The attack of Grouchy soon after commenced, and the Prussians were defeated. I waited long enough to see that event, and I then thought it time to be off, and on the 17th Buonaparte made that ! monstrous movement on my flank, which was the com mencement of the battle of Waterloo."—Dover Chron. RAMSGATE.--On a pump which has for a long time supplied a large portion of the town with water is the following announcement :—" Notice--This pump will J locked on Sunday between the hours of ten and ono o'clock, and between half-past two and five. By order of the Commissioners of Pavements." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1839 more or less, prevailed since Tuesday night. The river was much swollen yesterday, and the lower streets of the City have been partially flooded upon the return of the last four or five tides. Of course the standing crops have suffered ; indeed the prospects of farmers are daily becoming less cheering.—Cork Southern Repo,.ter. FRIDAY.--We find it exceedingly difficult to give any correct information, and we are, therefore, unwilling to pronounce any opinion upon the actual state of the har vest at this moment. The accounts fro, - n the country, as to the we a th er , are very con fli c t i ng . I n some dis tricts it has been fine and dry, whilst in others the rain has been still pouring down. The samples of Wheat yet piodu ce d are genera ll y very i n f er i or i n qua li ty , an d prices range from twenty to forty-two shillings. The bulk of the grain is bad, and any Wheat of a good qua lity commands a high figure. Altogether, we much fear that our calculation of a shortness, to the extent of one-third, in the Wheat crop, will be found below the mark. The weather in the neighbourhood of Dublin has again undergone an unfavourable change. The wind has gone round to the South, and it has been raining since eleven o'clock this forenoon. The barometer, at one o'clock this morning, was 29.7. When we write it has descended to 29.2. SATURDAY.—The glass went down to 29 yesterday --it has advanced this day to 29.1. The fluctuations of the barometer are, indeed, quite extraordinary. The weather, in the vicinity of Dublin, continues damp and warm, but no rain has fallen since morning. Averages are falling, and an expectation exists that the duty on Wheat will be 10s. Bd. next week.—Dublin Evening Post. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMART. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—The Blenheim, 72, Capt. Sir IL Senhouse, (lid not reach Plymouth, from this port, until Monday last, having been nine days on the passage. She sailed from Plymouth, on Wednesday, for Lisbon. The Erebus and Terror, discovery ships, are daily expected here ; their first destination is St. Helena, for the purpose of erecting an observatory there. Late this evening, we hear they passed down Channel, and are now on their voyage. The Lily, 16: sailed yesterday for Plymouth, where she will wait the convalescence of her commander, who has been compelled to go to the hospital, from an injury to his eye, caused by the burstir b , of a bottle of porter. The Pelorus, 16, Commander Hardinge, was at Ho bart Town on the 12th April last. The Crescent frigate is fitting at Sheerness as a depot for captured slaves. She is to be furnished with the Raleigh's rigging, masts, and sails ; and when ready, will proceed to Rio de Janeiro, to prevent the necessity of havinc , to send these poor creatures back to Sierra Leone before the prizes can be legally condemned by the mixed commission. They will now be received on board the Crescent, until they can be apprenticed or sent back to their native country if they wish it. The Fearless, steam-vessel, is expected at this port on her way to Plymouth. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. APPOINTMENTS.—Mates, G. B. Dewey, A. M. Shairp, and Wm. Bligh, to the Blenheim. Additional Clerks—Richard A. Clarke, to the Bri tannia ; W. M. S. Whitefield, to the North Star. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 26.—The Wizard, 18, Lieut. T. F. Birch, arrived on Saturday from Rio Janeiro, which place she left on the 30th of July. On the 6th of July, in working out of Porto Cabo Frio, she tailed on a sunken rock, and damaged her rudder and false keel. It is expected she will come into harbour to have those damages repaired. Lieut. Andrews, late of the Grecian, came passenger in her, invalided from severe illness; also four invalids and four passengers. When the Wizard left Rio, the Stag, Commander Sullivan, and the Grecian, were in port ; the latter vessel ex pected to sail for the Falkland Islands on the 31st of July. The Arrow was refitting at Rio. The Spey packet arrived there on the 26th of July ; and on the 27th the Fawn schooner, Lieut. Tyssen, sailed on a cruize. The Orestes left on the 29th, on a cruize ; and the Spider, on the 30th, for the river Plate, with the mail. The United States frigate Commodore, Nicholson, was refitting at Rio. The Calliope and Actaeon were in • the river Plate, the former ex pected at Rio, and to proceed round the Horn. The Sardinian frigate, commanded by Prince Eugenio, was under general repair at Rio. The Imogene was ex pected there in a few days, with a large freight, and may be expected home early in October. The Blen heim, 72, Captain Sir Humphrey Senhouse, arrived from Portsmouth, on Monday, and sailed for Lisbon, yesterday. Forty men have joined her from the San Josef. The Belleisle, 72, sailed on Thursday last, for Lisbon, where she will remain until relieved either by the Blenheim or Revenge, when she will proceed imme diately for the Malta station. In Hamoaze.—lmpregnable, San Josef, Apollo, and Carron steamer. At the Island.—Partridge. in the Sound—Rolla and Wizard. CORN-LAWS AND CHARTISM. TOTAL WRECK OF THE JAMES M'INROY OF GLASGOW. The Glasgow Chronicle publishes the following ex tract of a letter detailin g th e tota l l oss o f t hi s fi ne ve ss e l belonging to Glasgow : " The ship left Bombay on the 14th of April bound for Port-Glasgow. We had light winds for ten or twelve days afterwards. The breeze increased, and on the 18th sighted the Maldive Islands, and on the light of the 19th about half-past nine o'clock, the ship struck upon a sunken coral reef going at the rate of 8i miles an hour. The captain had gone below only a short time before, having given orders that a good look out should be kept. On the first alarm being given he came on deck, and did everything that human means could suggest to get the vessel off, but all was of no avail. We had the assistance of the moon for the first five hours, after we struck, which time was taken advantage of by the captain in getting out the boats, 2 in all, anchor and warp, to try and heave the vessel off. Being de serted by the moon, very littl e cou ld b e d one till day light, the vessel strikingi very heavy all night, so much so, as made it impossible to keep our feet. The first or second time she struck, carried away the rudder—ship on her beam ends. We did not know how far we were from any land. Daybreak's a happy sight for us all ; a number of islands in sight ; the nighest to us dis tent about . seven miles ; the water gaining on the pumps at 10 a.m., as much water inside as out ; opened the hatches, started. A number of cotton and pepper bags were thrown overboark. The captain see ing all was of no avail, ordered the men to get some of their clothes put into bags, and put some provisions in the boats, and try and make to the nighest island. The men left about 11, the ship driving still farther on the reef ; the boat returned in the afernoon, took the Cap tain and the remainder of us on shore, where the others had got a tent rigged. This island is very small, about a quarter of a mile in circumference, no inhabitants, but we generally had a visit from the inhabitants of the other islands every day. They appeared very inoffen sive people, all Mttsselmans ; they supplied us with two boats to carry us to the island where the Sultan re sides. We left the little island on the 28th. The captain and part of the crew in one country boat ; the rest of the men divided amongst the others ; we went on sailing by day, and anchoring at night, either at an island or reef, bagging fowl and catching turtle as we went along. We came to an island where we lay seven days ; here we got ten turtles. We arrived at the Sul tan's on the 19th, out of provisions, only one barrel of pork, but only having this we wished to retain it for the remainder of our journey. The captain's boat arriving first, we were obliged to put ourselves on the Sultan for the necessaries of life ; being out when we arrived, the captain despatched a boatman to try and get near two fowls. Now for an instance of what we got to eat ; The man went to one of the Sultan's big men and stated our case ; he sent us down a few pounds of rice, and a few pieces of dried fish, just what the natives use. Next day they set about getting a house built for us, which the men got ; the captain, boys and I went to another, and eat away at fish or dry rice the best way we could till the 10th of June, when we left the Maldives for Cochin, in one of the Sultan's boats, all sick with fever, sailing through as usual, sailing by day and anchoring by night, till the 17th, the day we got to the head of those islands ; lay here three days ; got five very large turtle ; out of one we killed we took about three hundred eggs ; buried the steward on a small island ; left this on the 21st for Cochin ; on the afternoon of the same, committed the body of the cook to the deep ; on the 24th came to an anchor on the Malabar coast, but owing to the boisterous state of the weather, and unship ping of the rudder which took place, we were driven a long way to leeward of our port. Next day we tried to beat to windward, but got always to leeward, so that we were obliged to come to an anchor to deliberate on what was best to be done. There was no possibility of us landing here, owing to the heavy swell that sets in during the monsoons, so the cap tain advised them to go to Ceylon ; so on the 26th we got under weigh for Port de Galle, where we came to anchor on the night of the 29th. Next morning the mate died—could not get the corpse on shore —in the evening committed the body to the deep. Being a little to leeward of Gallc, we were as badly off as what we were at Cochin, for, owing to the wind and current, we could not get up, so we got a pilot, and went to another sinall place about 16 miles farther to leeward. We got all our things on shore, and when I got on shore myself, I never was so glad to get my feet on dryland as I was at that time to get out of that boat. When our things were landed we got men to carry them to the government out-house. The captain got bullock -carts to carry the sickest of the men that night to Galle hospital, the remainder stopped there till next day. We got 9 bul lock-carts to carry the men and luggage ; so we went along ik e a car a van. This was all at Government expense The captain has thrown himself and all hands on Government. The men have got a house at Point de Galle, and through the captain's kindness in interceding we are now in lodging ; he has been very kind all along to us, more than we 16;1 be ever able to recompense him for. There are now a few ships for England at Co lumbia, a place seventy-three miles distant from this, where we expect Government will shortly send us a p:tsae. Should things go right, I expect to be et Glasgow in about six weeks or two months after you receive this. I could not write you any sooner, the mail was made up only a few da) s before we arrived, so that it is like a month I have lost, or a month ionge•r before you get it." In the P.S. the writer says : —" I am g'ett .. .ng this sent away sooner than I expected; t;,e everiend wail leaves Columbia on the 18th, to catch the steamer at Bombay. A vessel leaves for London, another for Liverpool, in a few days ; whether we may get in any of these or not I cannot say, but the captain expects an answer from Government every day." ',IURDER OF A POLICEMAN AT DEPTFORD: Yesterday morning the town of Deptford was thrown into the highest state of excitement in consequence of a policeman, named William Aldridge, No. 204 of the II division, having died at an early hour, from the effects of injuries received in a conflict with a mob of 500 or 600 people assembled in the Lower-road, Dept ford, at about seven o'clock last night, and which had fruitlessly endeavoured to rescue a man named John Pine, a wood-cutter, from the custody of the deceased and another police-constable, named Stevens. Pine bad been apprehended for creating a dis turbance in the streets. After the occurrence, other men, besides the prisoner, John Pine, and whose names are William Pine, the brother of John, Joseph Pickering, John Williams, Daniel Carey, Thomas Findlay, John Henright, and George Calvert, were taken into custody, and conveyed to the station-house in the Biackheath-road, and from thence to the Magis trates' office is High-street, for the purpose of exa mination. Sergeant M‘Gill, 19 R, deposed that he wcrnt, at about a quarter past seven on Sunday night, to the house of Mrs. Beech, a private dwelling in the Lower road, •A•here he found the deceased lying on the carpet with his head streaming with blood, and rapidly sinking into a state of insensibility. Witness asked him how he felt ; he said, very bad, and told him that he had come up to the assistance of Stevens, who was surrounded by a mob, endeavouring to rescue a man from his custody, and that he was immediately after wards struck violently on the bridge of the nose, and as sailed with showers of stones from all quarters, one of which had struck him on the head and he fell senseless. Deceased said he had no knowledge of what afterwards tran , pired ; and the witness, in answer to a question put to him by Mr. Marchant, the Magistrate's clerk, said that deceased had not made any further or dying decla ration, from his falling into a state of stupor, in which he remained until five o'clock yesterday morning, when death terminated his sufferings. The witness produced the shirt collar and stock of th e deceased saturated with blood. George Stevens, police-constable 165 R, corroborated the statement of deceased, Other witnesses confirmed the above. The prisoners were remanded. PARIS POLICE.—An amusing scene occurred recently before one of the Juges de Paix of the capital. Last May, Baron de P—, who was just married, ordered a coat of a violet colour for his wedding visits ; but two days afterwards, wishing to enjoy the exclusive society of his wife, he resolved to postpone his visits until his return from the country, for which he set out without thinking of his tailor. On his return towards the end of August the Baron sent for his coat, but the joys of the honeymoon and the pure air of the country had so increased his bulk that it was impossible for him to put it on. He refused to receive it, and consequently to pay the amount of the bill. The tailor, however, would not listen to this mode of arrangement, and summoned his debtor before a Juge de . Paix. The Baron, wh o was very i n di gnan t at this summary mode of proceeding, conten d e d th a t, as his coat did not fit, h e could not b e com p e lled to pay for . ; but the tailor assured the Judge that his customer, who was as thin as a doll when he took his measure, had become round as a butt, and produced his agenda to show that in May the Baron's size was No. 72, and observed that, looking at him now, it could not be less than 95 ! Th e B aron expresse d great anger at the assertion of this monstrous development, and still re- fused payment, when the Juge de Paix cut short th e discussi▪ on by ordering him to pay 120 f., being 30f. less than th e ta il or ' s bill. The B aron immediately threw down six Napoleon s, say i ng , " There is your money, but I forbid you ev er bri n ging me the coat ;" to which the tai▪ lor, pocketing the cash, replied, "As I do not choose to keep anything that belongs to you , I shall send it this evening to your concierge."—French paper. AN ANTI-MAL THCsI AN.—There is now liv ing in the good town of Middlewich an old lady of the name of F a i r h urst, whose c l a i ms to the large s t fa mily in England must, we should think, be undisputed. She can at thi s ti me muster 1 2 c hildren, 111 grand childrenl 78 gre a t gran d c hild ren , a nd one great gr eat grandchild! Mrs. Fairhurst keeps a provision shop, and is still able to attend upon her customers.—Cheste r Courant. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I have just read a letter in your paper of the , 24th inst., signed " Publius," on the Corn-laws, which I strongly suspect is written by the same party who signed himself " A Chartist" a few days previously. I cannot but think the insertion of such letters any thing but creditable to you, if you are sincerely anxious to do away with these accursed laws. Why not rather write so as to endeavour to unite the work ing and middle classes, rather than insert letters tending to - widen the breach ? After all, I much doubt whe ther you are not allowing a Tory in disguise to prac tice on your credulity, and that of your readers, it being well known that they first devised the trick of Chartist opposition on this subject, as on many others. As one then, Sir, of the working class I claim to be heard, and sure I am I speak the sentiments of thousand.; here, when I say that we will join heart and hand with any one and every one, be he Whig, Tory, or what not, in putting an end to this system which, while it starves us, i:s destroying our country. Granting for a moment (though I know better from experience) that wages would he reduced in proportion to corn, trade would be vastly increased at any rate ; and let me ask any working man —ls it of no consequence to him whether he is, as at present, scarcely half employed on his present wages, or fully employed, as he would be, at the same proportionate wages? This is the question— half work'and half wages, or full work and full wages. LA my fellow working men answer this, and if they wish the latter, join in getting it. Let them ask themselves the simple question, am I best off when my employer is busy or flat ? Are my wages reduced when labour is most in demand, or when work is scarce ? In conclu sion, I call upon you, Sir, to put forth your efforts to obtain for us cheap bread, or, at any rate, that which will bring us full employment, and to labour for the people in this cause, as you so usefully do in most ogler causes. I am, Sir, your constant reader, ONE OF THE WORKING CLASSES. Manchester, Sept. 26 [Our Correspondent, if he be also a constant reader, must be now sensible that he has done us an injustice. We have written in the spirit he says we ought to write in. He also does the author of the letter signed " Publius," whose name we know, an injustice. We published that letter, and other letters of a similar cha racter, to make the middle classes aware of their diffi culty, and to convince them that if they meant to go for a repeal of the Corn-laws, they must, to succeed, spare no exertions. We published those letters, too, in order to show the middle classes the terrible feelings which have resulted, in a great measure, from their own conduct.— ED. SUN.] The Galway Advertiser announces that the num ber of fail uresamong the merehantsand traders of the town, within the last week, has b e en v e ry co n s iderable. The cause is stated to be owing to the banks having refused to discount bills, except to a very small amount. A ONE-SIDED CONTRACT.—At a petty ses sions, held at the George and Dragon Inn, Bacup, on Tuesday, by John Holt and -- Whittaker, Esq., a voune , woman with a child at her hand, summoned a Mr. 'Jame; Aiken, her late employer, for a balance of wages, which she alleged was due to her. Sh e d e p ose d th a t she engaged to work for Mr. Aiken at 7s. 7id. p er wee k, to give a month's notice or to lose a month' s wages , an d to 'receive the same from Mr. Aiken. She gave notice to leave on the 15th of August, was paid up to Satur day the 25th, and on Wednesday the 28th was turned away, another person having been engaged in her place ; and she now sought to recover her wages for the three days she had worked after being paid, viz. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and for the fort night unexpired of the month for whi c h s h e gave notice. The defence was a curious exemplificatio n of the no tions of right which some people take as their code in manufacturing localities. A young man, understood to be a son of the principal defendant, said he was will ing to pay complainant for whatever days she had worked, but not for any more ; such were his father's instructions. He produced a book, in which was en tered the contract, signed by the complainant ; but, he observed, there was no reciprocal contract on his part ; no undertaking to pay her wages if they turned her away before the expiration of a month. This plea was allowed, and he was ordered to pay the woman three days' wages and the costs, with a shilling for her attendance that day. She said she had a witness ; but the witness had not been examined, and nothing was allowed for her.—[ With great respect for the Magis trates who decided this case, we must say, that if the facts are correctly stated by our Correspondent—if there was no misconduct on the part of the woman to justify her sudden discharge—their Worships very greatly mistook their duty. If the contract for a month's notice was binding on the woman, it was equally binding on the employer ; and, though no stipulatio n t o that effect appeared in his books, the Magistrates ought to have presumed its existence from the mere fact of the obligation on the woman. We always gre a tly regret to hear of cases of this kind , which give a p ower f u l h an dl e to agitators in their mischievous endeavours to set the working classes against their employers. Indeed, nothing can be more odious than the appearance of entrapping ignorant persons into contracts which are intended to bind them, but to leave the other parties at liberty.— Manchester Guardian.] HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, as Mr. Thomas Parker, of Edgeware, was returning from to wn on hi s way home, and had ar rived to within a short distance of his own resi dence, he was stopped b y two men, who, having suc ceeded in tripping him up, one of the fellows held him down, whilst the other robbed him of a valuable silver watch, four sovereigns, and about seven shillings in silver, with which they succeeded in making good their escape. Mr. Parker was stunned by the fall, which ' prevented him from describing their persons. THE LATE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR IN PALL MALL.—In the Observer of Sunday last it was stated that a special meeting of the Committee of the Senior United Service Club assembled on the Tuesday pre vious at the Club-house, in Pall-mall, for the purpose of investigating the circumstances connected with the alleged outrage and robbery committed in the apart ments of Mr. Charles Penn, the house steward, the re sult of which has not been allowed to transpire. We have, however, since been informed that the answer to inquirers at the Club-house as to the state of Mr. Fenn is that he has gone into the country for the benefit of his health. Other p ersons assert that after the i nq uiry of the Committee was closed Mr. Fenn was called be fore them and desired to quit that night. He was sub sequently, however, allowed to remain until the following morning, when he quitted, never to return.—Observer. " No, Sir," said the lad, " I am here for blowing a horn ; I'm guard to the coach my father has driven for these 30 years, and in the dusk of the autumn evenings the carts are so thick and the drivers so sleepy, if we doesn't blow the horn to let 'em know we're a-coming, father's right in amongst the whole lot on 'em. I may hloW my heart out anywhere in the country, where the roads is quite clear, and blowing arn't o' no use what somevor ; but I did'nt know I mightn't blow within 15 miles o' town, jist wher,3 the crowd begins; however, as I was giving a jolly puff, about a hundred yards o' the London side o' the 15-milestone, to warn off a cou ple o' bop-waggons, as high as haystacks, one of the gentlemen which keeps the metropolis district good and virtuous nabbed me, and here I am, Sir." " Your conduct," silid Howard, " has been exceed ingly reprehensible young man—a week's probation on that admirable corrective the mill will probably open your eyes to the enormity of your conduct. And you Sir," continued the philanthropist—" what horrid crime have you committed ?" " I own my fault, Sir," said the man—a person of superior manners ; " nothing can excuse me : the expi ation to which I am sentenced will, I hope, secure my pardon here and hereafter. In me, Sir, you behold a victim to inordinate and uncontrolled passion !in a moment of frenzy, even while engaged in a discussion with a friend—yes, Sit, a friend wom I have known for years—l was so transported by my dcmonaical anger as to tell him that his mother was no gentleman.' He would have pardoned me the use of this most pro voking- language, but in the opinion of the wor shipful bench, I was far beyond the reach of his for giveness." " I am glad," raid Howard, " to see how duly you appreciate your rashness—examples must be made for the good of society. And you, Sir," addressing another wretch, " why are you here ?" " Sir," said the young man, whose yellow beard showed like a stubble in September, "my fault is without palliation—l was convicted at my master's just representation of shaving myself on a Sunday. I had done more ; I had put a bit of blacking on my boots to go to church in. I had no time the night before ; but that, Sir, is no excuse. I tremble like an aspen leaf to think what I have been guilty of. I hope I shall be forgiven. I will never shave again if. I lives to be a thousand—it is a sin, and I know it, Sir. I have no time to shave ali the week, and I mayn't do it Sun days. I have only a fortnight more to work," added the profane miscreant in a tone which did not partake so entirely of humiliation as it might have done, " and I hope I shall bear it." " And what is your crime, Sir ?" said Howard to the next. " I have been guilty, Sir," said the respondent, " of begging for a morsel of bread, which, when one is starv ing, I know is a crime, contrary to the law. The good gentleman who comes to see us here sometimes has lent me a book, to show that appetite is all the force of imagination, and that begging ought to be made a capital felony, However, I get fed here, and don't mind the mill much, although my poor wife is sick in our garret at home." Mr. Howard inquired if any women were amongst the culprits, aad was answered in the affirmative. His age, demeanour, and personal character . were such as to justify a compliance with his desire to see these horrid outcasts, and investigate the circumstances of their cases. One fair and trembling girl was leaning on a table, her face hidden in her hands. " Look up," said the gaoler. The girl did as she was bid. " Well, what is your crime ?" said Howard. " rem quite aware of it, Sir," said the girl ; " I will not attempt to extenuate it. I was wr,lking along Pall-mall, hurrying home to my wretched bed—the rain poured down in torrents ; a gentleman passed me who was carrying an umbrella ; rashly, madly, in the enthusiasm of the moment, I spoke to him, and asked him to spare me a corner of his shelter." " Abominable outrage," said Howard. " And I, Sir, said another handsome but melancholy young creature, "am equally guilty. I walked up Regent -street from my lodging 9 on the same night, but finding the rain coming on, I walked back again. Th e law—and wh o lik e us dare arraign its justice or its wisdom ?—has made it a crime for a woman to walk up a street and down again in the course of the same even ing : I erred thoughtlessly, but I am prepared to en dure the punishment I know I have deserved." " Ah," said Howard, turning away with disgust, and addressing himself to the gaoler, " Now, where are the bettermost criminals ; the drunken gentleman—the bell-ringers—the lamp-breakers--and th e knocker twisters—for all these are crimes of a deep dye under the new law." oh, Sir," said the gaoler, " we havn't none of them here. This law—which they call the little Whig law in opposition to the Big-Whig law, whi c h i s t h e real law ' of the land--makes it optional to pay inParse or in person ; by which means, Sir, as the Government meant, the gemman what has money in his pocket to pay is never inconwe nienced not the least as is —while the poor, who have no right to do nothing but what the Police Act directs, i s in course wery properly subjected to sich punishment for their willanies as the worshipful Bench orders and directs." " Good morning," said Mr. Howard, " the case is clPQr—nothing can be more satisfactory :" and away went the phiianthropist, perfectly assured that such a INCREASE OF CRIME. (From the John Bull.) We have elsewhere, and before to-day, expressed ourselves unequivocally as to the New Police Act, as it works. We will now imagine the effects pro duced upon the lower classes by its continued active administration, and imagine some modern Howard visiting, with the most benevolent views, and the most purely phil an th rop i c mot i ves , one o f t h e pr i sons crow d e d with criminals consigned to its walls and wheels by its provisions and enactments. Here will he see the strong est possible evidence of an increase—not of crime—but of crimes proluced by the mutation of character given by law to what were formerly no crimes at all. True, the New Police Act furnishes offences, but it imagines them first. It was enviously said of Tom 'rhumb— " He made the giants first, and then he killed them." The Tom Thumbs of modern legislation have made the crimes, and then denounced them. However, by dint of fining, tread-milling, gagging (under the silent system), and every other fanciful Whig device for torturing the poor, we may fairly suppose that in the space of twelve months the people will have become duly sensible of the enormity of the villanies which come within the scope and range of the Act, and that, huddled in corners, ashamed to show their faces or raise their heads under the weight of crime by which they are overburdened, they will shrink from the kind inquiries of their humane visitors. Permitted by the gaoler to investigate their several cases, the modern Howard, and the gentle Fry, began their research. " Wretched creature," says Howard, to a man coiled up, his head resting upon his hands, through the half opened fingers of which the huge heavy tears were oosing, " what crime has brought you to this ?" " Sir," replies the suffering martyr, " do not inquire— I have not power to explain—l know my fault—l am satisfied of the justice of my sentence, and prepared to bear it : leave me, Sir, to repentance." " But the crime," continued Howard. "If I must confess," sobs the culprit, lam here, sentenced to the mill for having—oh ! if I had previously thought what I was abo u t t o do—for having stuck two large posting-bills upon some boards in St. Martin's lane." " And what was your trade," asks Howard. " I had been," sobs the culprit, " for 32 years, man and boy, a billsticker—what, Sir, is known in the best society as an external paper-hanger.' I have in my time, before my eyes were opened to the vice, stuck hundreds and thousand of bills, Sir ; but it is past, and I am paying the just penalty of my crime." " And you," continued Howard, speaking to a little boy whose eyes were red with weeping, " what have you done to deserve this infliction ?" " Please, Sir," said the miscreant—and one so young, too—" I was a having what, before the good laws passed, we used to call a lark, with my cousin Jim Gibbons, which is a biggerer boy than me, and he, Sir, I beg your pardon, Sir—and he, Sir—called me a spooney, whereupon, Sir—it was in the street, Sir—l ups with a stone—nearly as big agin as a marvel, and I shies it right at him, Sir, by which reason, Sir, as I have confessed to the clergy which comes to visit us by order of the Magistrates, I did mean to hit him—l never shall be able to look up agin, Sir—it's that, Sir, for which I am worked on the mill every day, Sir." " Indeed," said Howard ; " and you, Sirrah, what is your crime ?" " All inadwertence," said a a huge unshaven man— his manly chest heaving with agitation—" my poor wife and seven babbles are all starving, Sir, through me." " What caused your separation," said Howard, greatly affected. " Inadwertence, as I have just observed," said the captive. " I was in other days a dustman—first man under the contractor himself, sir ; but, driven like by my anxiety, Sir, that was all, to git what ashes and cinders I could for the consarn, which I thought was my duty, I committed, Sir, the fault, the crime,"—and here he struck his bosom passionately—" of ringing my bell through the streets." " Horrible," said Howard, " your bell !" That is not all," said the suffering penitent, " the Worshipful Bench confisticated the bell, and warned me ; my bell was sold t 3 pay part of my fine, and so it might have passed off ; but, instigated by some worserer genus, I went the next day and cried Dust, hoh !' all down Hamming's-row ; what led me to such a act who can say ? I was heard in the street—l was heard in the court—and here I am, Sir, a working on a %heel, and, as I said before, Mrs. G. and the seven babbles a-starving." " The crime was serious," said Howard. " And you," addressing himself to a tall well-looking lad, wear ing a glazed hat with a low crown and a broad brim, " have you been ringing a bell ?" EN EN ING EDITION. state of things was as near perfection as Whig-Radical legislation could possibly produce. THE MUNICIPAL REFORM OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. ---, The Guildhall Committee upon Municipal Reform have made a calculation of the number of Common Councilmen each ward would be entitled to, in exact proportion to the relative number of houses and amount of rateable property therein, taking the total for all the wards at 240, the present number. They then pro ceeded to divide the several wards into classes or schedules, as follows : Such wards as are entitled to a number not exceeding 3, in respect of a total of 240, to have ... 4 Members each 31 and 'wider 6 to have 6 and under 14 to have 8 ditto each Farringdon-within having double the number of houses and amount of rateable property, compared with those wards which are proposed to have 6, to have l2 Farringdon-without having double the number of those proposed to have 8 to have Bishopsgate having a larger number of houses and amount of rateable pro perty than F3rringdon-within, and less than Farringdon-without, to have 14 Making a total of 196, being a re uc hick Members to be returned from the large wards, v would otherwise have to return an inconveniently larts' e number. of 42 d dot: But this number, 196, is an increase of the original total of the Court, as constituted in the year 1549, when it was fixed at 187 Members. The number has been increased from time to time to 240, the present number, in consequence of petitions, and the occurrence of circumstances in those wards which have increased in prosperity, while no reduction has taken place in those wards which have suffered diminution in amount of pro perty and number of inhabitants. The Lord Mayor has appointed next Friday for taking this subject into consideration. The great bulk of the citizens entertain the opinion that the present number is much too great, and that the business of the Corporation is impeded instead of being accelerated by that circumstance. The Bill for reducing the number will, if successful, be followed up by other important changes. A great deal of interest springs out of an intimation which has been received, that if the Cor poration does not very quickly reform itself a measure of a sweeping nature will be brought in by the Minis ters of the Crown. CORONEICS INQUEST. FATAL AFFRAY AT DEPTFORD ON SUNDAY NIGHT.—The extraordinary excitement which has been created by the circumstance of William Al dridge, No. 204 R, having lost hi s life on Sunday !n. the execution of his duty (an accouot of which will be found in another column), has been ziaterially in creased by its being reported, at Deptford, that Ser geant Wylie, 16 R, and John Westmorland, 93 I t ' had nearly met a similar fate at Rotherhithe or, the, same night, by the violence of John M'Carthy and Michael Dormough, two drunken Irishmen. Eigh t persons are in custody. George Stevens, 165 R, examined before the Coro ner, said that he was on duty in New King-street, Deptford, about half-past six o'clock on Sunday nigh t ' I saw the prison er J o h n Pi ne i n t h e ac t o f wres tlin g with another man, I went up to them and ordered them to go quietly home, as they were making a great disturbance. The prisoner John Pine said be would see me d—d fi rs t. I to ld th em if t h e y did not go quietly I should be obli ge d t o t a k e t h em to the station-house. John Pi ne th en sa id ne i t h e r I nor ten more should take him. H e (Pi ne ) an d another man began hooting a l ong th e N ew - roa d, and ex pecting a disturbance he f o llo we d th em a t a distance. Pine and the man he was wr es tli ng w ith stopped near to Mr. Ocley's timber-yard, in -th e N ew -road, Dept ford, with a large moo around them. I then went up to to them a second time, and told them if they did not go quietly home I must take them to the station-house, when the prisoner Pine struck me violently, and I immediately col lared him ; and at this moment it was that the de ceased, William Aldridge, 204 R, came up to my assist ance. Pine was exceedingly violent, and I and deceased both drew our staves. At this period there was a mob of 500 or 600 persons, who tried to rescue Pine. The witness further stated that showers of stones were thrown by the mob, one of which hit the deceased on the side of the head, when he put up his hand and ex claimed, " Oh, my poor head," and fell to the ground. Several other witnesses were examined, and at the suggestion of a Juror, the inquest was adjourned till the surgeon had examined the body. THE MARKETS. PRICE OF The highest price of Bread in th, Loaf, Good Bread may be had at 9 BREAD. le Metropolis is liNd. for the 4th. PRICES 0_ Per Cwt. Per Quarter. New English Red Clover...soi. Sts St. loin —s. —1 —,, Old Ditto Ditto —s. —3. —s Rye Grass —s. 4Cs. 445 New FPreign Ditto ...—s. 60s. 63s Kicey Grass —s s- f Old Ditto Ditto —s. —s. —I. Linseed, for feeding —s 4-ss se'' New White Clover 4ss. 55;. 655. I for s4wkng —s, Ms. 6 6 ' Old Ditto Ditto A44. —s. —s. —s. Ditto, for crwhing..._s 425. ..-- New Trefoil . —s. Ns. 3 , ts. Canary —s 70:;. 80s. OA Ditto — e . It?.; "26 Hemp —s 33 , 40 '• TroiOlium —s —s —S, Per Bushel. 14. , d ' En , lish Carraway —s. 545. 535. White Mustard...! Is. '' ,4 . - : (O. ti Furei Ditto —s. Ws. fi',;s Brown Ditto lie. 0. - - 8 ,, 63 Cori:indsr —4 Di , '.25s Tares s'. "I'2Bl. 3W. 'Rapeseed, En3lUh tine (per Last) SOL 3•!I Foreign SEEDS. PRICES OF LEATHER. ( 1, to ( 1 . Pcr lb. d. to d 1 Per lb. 2 .42, Crop II Ides,:3 , ; to 401 b, each 11 13i1 —lorse Hides, (entlan A 1 1 3 ~ .14 --4 0 50 ...... .•• 12 16 ......___-50 6,./ ..... ... 13 18 Calf Skins,3o to4olb.(doz) I.' ~4 Bull Hides .........,..... 10 13 —1) 50 ......... 10 ',-,4 -50 60 Beans Pease IS !2 Butts, V triol... .:: ...... i 7 iii , . English .... 15 24 --70 100 ........ 1 - ~ Foreign ... 14 18 Seal Skins, large... ...... .:, 2 = ore!gn Hides Dressing Hides ... ... 11 14 Kips .. ---Slaaved... 13 17 Basils... ...., 6 1 1 ''' Be, Saddlers' Hides... 15 bit Bellies ' „ I 91 Horse Hides, English ... 11 I ShouPers - g 1.2 Cult Skins, if rounded 2d. to 4d. por lb. more. PRICES OF HOPS. Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) o' Os. 04 Os. to o'. Gs, East K,ot Pockets.-. 4/ 10s. 51. 15s. to 6: Or. Ditto Bags 3l. los. 0! ' Os. to ti 4s, Mid Kent Pockets Si. 10s, 4/.los. to 5 , lis. Dittis Bags " . lOs 0! Os t,. 4. Os. Sussex lf 0, 01 Os. to 3 5 Yearlings O/. Os. 31. 3s. to 31. 10 , Old Olds Old Duty estimated at 230,0401. PRICE OF OIL. _... RapeOil,brown, pe , ton, li/. - 16;.—Iiehjeci,TF./.os —, ir seed " il, 211. les Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (1000), 131. Cs.—Rape Cake, per t0n,71. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow s ,ls. ed. Yellow Soap... .. ..... —s. eel. Yellow Russia Lls, Od. Mottled White Soap Ditto .... Melting Stuff ... , Ditto Rough PRICE 'F RAW FAT, per stone of SU:. Price of Tallow ;as stated by the Tallow Melters) ...... ... 3s. Ojsd• PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store ( audios in the Retail Shops is as follows :-- Candles, int' dozen, Ss. Od. , • inferior, ;s. 'ld. ; Moulds, Os. 6d. - Sixpence per dirizea discount for cash. . COAL MARKET. s. d. s d. Holywell Main 2o' C Walls EndßraddylP s Hetton 23 11 1 Leazes Main l7 6 Walls End Haswell ... ...... . 93 „ Ord's liedhugh Pontop Windsor 24 ( NValls'End Lyons ............... 22 F Smith's Pentop l9 0 Walls End Lainbton .......... 24 0 ~ Tanfield M00r...... Townley lB 6 Walis End Kelloe ............. 2 " West Harley 2l 6 ....... Walls End Barrett ..... 03 . 2 4 - ~ Wylam. - 6 Walls End Brown's l4 0 W alls End New 'lees ..... -... - , 2 ,, 3 Walls End •Gosforth 22 2 W alls End Tees Tan fi e ld ... i' Walls End(. race 02 . '.,ally "nd Heaton - 0 Walls End Hilda 2l 0 Walls End Tees ................. 23 6 Walls End Hotspur t' alas End Killingworth - rid "s est fees 1 Walls End Newmarch .-. • 91 6 Blyth e . l7 0 I , Walls End Riddell's -hips arrived since last market-d .y, 170. CANTER BLI RI MARK T. Wheat, 725. to 753. 70s. to V , . 675. to —s Old 68s. to 701. barley, Malting —s to Grinding.. —B. Oats - —s. to —s. 265. to 326. ' 3, to —8 LI.. to 401. s. to —s. Grey s. to TA. SECOND-HAND SILVER WATCHE - A variety of some dozens m a y b e se l ec t e d f r om, price Ta Guineaa each ; some rather mo re mo d ern , Two and a ee Guineas each ; and a n assor t ment qu i te equa l t o new, M t Guineas ea c h. Th e w h o l e h ave b een carefully examined, and are warranted. T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London ( Seven doors from Gr a " church-street). N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in oxchaT:....._,, IHS. On Monday, th e 30t h o f Sep ember, the lady of Samuel Martin, Esq., o f N o. lb, Wimole-street, of a daughter. f On the 24th o f J une last, at Secunderabai, the lady ° George T. Haley, Esq., 41st Madras Native Infantry, ° f a daughter. On the 27th ult., the lady of Mr. Walter Duke, surgeon, Hastings, of a son. On the 27th ult., at Cheshunt, Herts, the lady of Henry Smith, Esq., of a daughter. • Mer On the 28 t h u l t., at Cambridge-terrace, Mrs. W. rick, of a daughter. MA. On the 24th ult. at Hamb R u RIED r John Howel Davi es, Esq" of Tittenhurst-park, Sunning-hill, , to Emma, third daughter of the late Francis Laking, Esq., of the Terrace, Putney.. d On the 23th ult., at St. Pancras New Church, Edel ar _ Corbould, Esq , of Southampton-street, Fitzroy Fanny Jemima, second slaughter of Charles Heath, E'''l" ° Seymour -place, Euston-square. • the On the 26th ult., at Hawkeshead Church, Lancashire, Rev. George Kennard, A.M., third son of the late John Ke!;, nard, Esq., of Clapham-common, to Mary Jannette, only eh!'" -square, lef of John J ac k son , E sq ., o f L an caster, and granddaughter of the late Robert Pi eston, Esq., of Liverpool. `~ DIED. On the 25th ult., at New Palace-yard, Westminster, Cap tain A. Thornton, of the Portuguese Royal Navy, aged 52. On the 28th ult., at North End, Fulham, Mrs. Ann Wilks, relict of the late Richard Wil ks, Es q ., of the Gunpowder-mills. Dartford. On the 28th ult., at Charin g -cross, M aria , w ife of DR' Robert Bowley, aged 21. On the 25th ult. , at U pp er Eaton-s t r eet , Pimlico, Mrs. Sarah Broadbridge, aged 54. On the 26th of May, at Pouree, in the Ea s t I n dies, the Rev* Richard Arnold, district chaplain, Cuttack. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNet, of No. 112_ Strand, at The Sun Office, No 11', Strand, iil :..te county of Middlesex.—Tuesday, October 1, 1639.