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EVENING EDITION. THE StIN, LONDON.. MONDAY, SEPTEMBRR 9,183 9 WAY COMPANY. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. Andover Banbury Bas ingstoke— Cirencester C•ven Daventry_... Derby wd en --- H ungerford— Matton Maidenhead— N °tang ham., Vk tage Warwick W.,r ;ester York s. to s. 68 74 72 75 s. to s. C 8 42 34 39 37 41 32 37 78 40 3 , i 42 32 36 38 44 s. to a. 27 32 27 29 'A 31 24 29 64 78 1.8 73 74 78 57 79 68 76 63 80 7J 77 £2 70 32 42 35 38 35 4 . 35 - 37 :0) 40 37 4...! 72 67 77 32 33 22 313 Per Bushel. s. d. a. d. s. s. d. s d. Birmingham 8 3 9 3 4 3 5 9 NEWCASTLE CORN I LONDON AND CROYDON RAIL• The eighth half-yearly general meeting of the Pro prietors of this Company was held on Saturday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. John Moxon, Esq., the Chairm an o f th e Di rec t ors , t oo k the Chair shortly after one o'clock, when there was a full attend ance of Proprietors. The Report, 'which extended to a great length, was then read. It gave— l. An account showing the tut .d sums received and expended from the commencement of ttoo undertaking, made up to the 31st of July last. 2. The account of receipt and expenditure for the half year ending the same date. 3. An account, also made up to the 31st of July last, exhibiting the amount of income derived from traffic and the charges upon it, from the sth June, at which date the railway was opened to the public. With regard to the number of passengers, the amount of traffic, and the receipts, it appeared that since the open ingof the railway on the sth of June till the 30th of August the total number of passengers was 187,927, and the receipts 9.763/. Among the charges upon the proceeds of traffic was the sum of 162/. 13s. paid to the Govern ment for mileage duty, and the attention of the meeting was called to the outstanding claims to be provided for, amounting to 77,343/. This amount the Directors pro posed to meet by 5,334 additional shares, and by raising, by way of mortgage, a sum not exceeding 33,0001. After a lengthened and occasionally a noisy discus sion, the Report was received and ordered to be printed and circulated. • Mr. CAPELL, after some preliminary remarks, then moved the following resolution—" That it appearing from the circular addressed to the Proprietors that there is a division of opinion in the Board as to the propriety of yielding to the resolution of the last meet ing of the Proprietors, the effect of which was that an appeal should be made to the Proprietors by the resignation of the Directors, this meeting thinks it ne cessary to intimate that it has no confidence in the ma nagement of John Moxon, Esq., Jonathan Hayne, Esq., and John Liddiard, Esq. ; and that they are accord ingly requested to resign forthwith." The CHAIRMAN said that this resolution they had called down upon themselves, and no man could be more obliged to Mr. Capell than he was for proposing so distinct and manly a resolution. He should go to the ballot on this question, and the consciousness which he had of having done right prevented him from feeling apprehension as to the result, whatever it might be. He would prefer that the ballot should take place on Tuesday, the 17th. The Motion was then put and carried by a majority of 43 to 26 The ballot was fixed for Tuesday, the 17th September. A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. 30 33 24 30 29 33 24 23 30 22 33 25 32 :8 32 22 28 8 34 - - 29 THE MANCHESTER ELECTION. I VISITS TO DR. ELLIOTSON'S.* From Charnbers' Edinburgh Journal) One day lately, while residing a short time in London, I dined at the house of a gentleman in the neighbour hood of Portman-square, where I happened to meet and form the acquaintance of the celebrated Dr. El liotson. I had heard of this gentleman only by vague report, and knew littl e f urt h er regar di ng hi m t h an t h at ' he had been zealous in the pursuit and practice of ani mal magnetism, for which he had incurred not a little obloquy and professional animosity. Much as this sub ject has recently been discussed, I had never paid any attention to it, and probably never should, but for the accident of meeting this eminent magnetist, and being gradually drawn into conversation with him. The good humour of the professor, the vivacity of his manner, and the truthful force of his observations when they bore upon philosophical subjects, gave me reason to imagine that deceit formed no part of his character ; but at the same time I put myself on my guard, and was resolved to be carried away by "no sort of non ; sense." On my bringing the conversation round to the subject with which his name was so intimately connected, I found that he had formed no distinct code of laws or precise theory regarding mesmerism, as he called it. He said that the experiments he had been able to make, were, in his opinion, highly interesting, as developing physical and mental phenomena of no ordinary kind ; that he felt assured there existed in nature an unseen agent or agency, an influence, or whatever it might be called, which flowed from one living animal to another like a stream of electricity, although at the time the animals were not in contact with each other ; and that in highly irritable conditions of the bodily frame, that agency produced certain phenomena of a most remark able kind ; that he did not pretend to account for or to understand the nature of the agency ; all he insisted upon, was, that such an agency existed, that it could be excited into activity, and was therefore, as a truth in nature, worthy of being examined, and to have its phe nomena duly recorded. "I do not wish to lead you one way or another," he continued ; " but if you feel any inclination to pursue the inquiry, call at my house, and I will perform some experiments in your presence on two patients, and you can think for yourself." These explanations were so candid and fair, that I at once agreed to go and see the experiments. Tuesday next at four o'clock was appointed for my visit, and at that time I proceeded to the Doctor's house, an elegant mansion in Conduit-street, taking with me two gentle men of my acquaintance, one of them a medical man, who had never seen any experiments in mesmerism, and who I hoped would have all his eyes about him to make sure that there was no trickery or collusion. We were shown into a splendid suite of rooms, and the doctor, his assistant, and his two patients, imme diately made their appearance. The two patients, as he mentioned to me, were sisters, Elizabeth and Jane °key s the former eighteen, and the latter sixteen years of ague. In appearance, however, they were much younger, being small in figure ; and I soon perceived that their behaviour was marked by an extreme silli ness or infantile imbecility. They laughed, giggled, spoke broken nonsensical language, and ran about the room like two children at play. They could, however, understand what was said to them, and do as they were hidden, their imbecility not being that of ab solute idiots. The doctor explained to us that they bad at one time been afflicted with epilectic fits, for which they had been placed under medical treatment in one of the London hospitals ; that he had cured them of that malady by mesmerism, but that they were left in the infantile condition in which we now saw them ; that this condition was a mode of existence quite peculiar ; they had no recollection of any thing,not even of who they were ; and they had every thing to learn afresh. He also mentioned that their afisceptibilityof mesmeric treat ment was now excessive ; that a single wave of the hand could stupify them, or send them to sleep ; and that they were further susceptible of being thown into a state of perfect somnabulism, or waking sleep, in which they were in a condition of existence different from the preceding. It I understood him rightly, they are susceptible of three conditions , first, the condition of silliness in which I saw them ; second, the condition of somnambulism ; and, third, that of rationality, in which all their old recollections revive, and they re member nothing of what has passed while in their other conditions. To these susceptibilities, however, there are occasional and very remarkable exceptions, and at all times their respective states of excitability are different. Both are sometimes so slightly irritable —or the force of the agency is so ineffective—that they cannot be operated upon in the usual manner; but a mode has been discovered of rendering them excitable. This is done by the touch of gold or silver, th e con t ract being made on th e p a l m o f the hand. ) The first experiment performed was something really startling. I h a d as k e d f or a g l ass of water, which the doctor ordered Jane to bring into the room. She had jest set down the water bottle and glass on a side table, when Dr. Elliotson, at the distance of al,aut twenty feet, and unseen by her, by a save of his open band transfi:....d I.er in the attitude in which she hap pened to be at the moment. She seemed frozen to the spot, and thus stood for a minute or two, with the rigidity of a statue. In laa a minute she recovered with a sort of shudder, and Came running back, whin ing as if affronted, and sat down on a chair. The series of experiments performed on her while she was looking at us, was equally striking, though some of them might certainly have been the result of previous rehearsal. A wave of a single finger, of two fingers, and of the whole hand, had each a peculiar effect in setting her asleep. The whole band being passed through the air in front of her, made her, as I have said, stiff and motionless ; her hands were clenched so firmly, that I ' could not with all my strength open them. From this rigid state, and with her eyes shut, she was recovered by the doctor holding the point of his hands (the two palms pressed together) directed to her hand, a process which seemed to relax the muscles, as if something had passed out of his into her hands, though at the distance of one or two inches. A little breath blown by the mouth also appeared to transfix her, and the same thing seemingly recovered her, the breath simply causing an alteration of condition in either way. The touch of gold, silver, or nickel, or friction with any object, produces a similar effect in setting her asleep. Gold, if held previously in the hand of the operator, has a particularly powerful effect ; and a streak of water with a small brush, if the water has been previously blown upon, and had the fingers of a person in it, has the most powerful effect of all ; so much so as to be in some measure dangerous to the p itient. The touch of, or fricticn with, iron, always loosens the rigidity, and awakens the patient. One experiment appears to me worthy of particular description. The assistant procured a thick paste board, which he h e ld t o th e nec k , and round the face I of the girl, so that she could not see any thing before her. We sat down in front of her. The doctor rubbed the palm of one of her hands with a piece of lead the size of a pencil. He repeated the experiment several times, but no effect was visible. At length he rubbed the lead on a sovereign which he held in his hand, and then applied the lead to the girl's palm ; instantly the hand was clenched into rigidity. The doctor now took me to the door, and said, " Tell me how many times I shall repeat the rubbing with the lead alone, and at what time I shall touch the gold." I answered, " Touch the gold in your hand at the fifth time." We returned to our seats, and the experiment being repeated, he rubbed four times without effect ; when, at the fifth time, having as I perceived, touched the lead with the gold, her hand became clenched like a vice. While these experiments were performing, her face was so enveloped with the pasteboard, that she saw nothing of the operations ; neither, I feel assured, could she hear any sound from the rubbing of the lead on the gold ; if the operator or his assistant made any secret signal to cause her to clench her hand nothing of the kind was apparent. These, and most of the other experiments, were per formed on Jane, the younger sister. Elizabeth, the elder of the two, a beautiful girl of a dark complexion, with finely moulded features, and who had been amusing herself meanwhile in running over the keys of a piano, was now experimented upon. She possesses a degree of mesmeric susceptibility which permits the perfor mance of an experiment very elegant in its nature. PsY certain passes of the bands, and other means, she .e.! thrown by Dr. Elliotson into the somnambulic con- In this she stood fixed in the most graceful attitude for several minutes, her eyes open, .but looking Vaguely for war d , while an innocent smile played upon lier countenance. she thus s The doctor s p o k e so ftly to her as gazing in a statue-like attitude (harsh speaking being, as be said displeas ing to her whil e i n the 1 , hurtful and how long she w ou ld rem i t ranamb u li c state ) ; h e as k e d replied " ten minutes." remain the way s h e was , an d s h e about the eleventh minute, as I reckoned by my watch, she passed out of the som nambulic condition by falling by tind of swoon or sleep, and was immediately recovernedk condition of upon by the breath ; she awoke to her being blown experichatting infantile playfulness. While this experiment formed on Elizabeth, my companions were was per with Jane, and, as I afterwards learned, his hand upon her. My medical friend, by a pass of cl but when her back was turned towards him, threw her a t once into a sleep, and she would have dropped for the timely support which was given. This extraor dinary susceptibility, and to all appearance the entire absence of deception, astonished my friends not a little. The experiments were altogether so curious, and so unexplainable by any known laws, that I felt my mi n d bewildered. I told Dr. Elliotson that I had now seen what seemed very extraordinary, and almost magical ; still that I was not convinced, and should like to see something more ; however, that could scarcely be, as I intended to leave London next day. Dr. Elliotson now mentioned that he was 'to have a public exhibition next day at three o'clock, and that be should be glad if I would remain in town one day longer, and make one of the company. I agreed to this polite proposal, and re turned next day accordingly. I found on this occasion from thirty to forty ladies • It may be proper to state that the writer of the above paper, and witness of the transactions described in it, is one:o the conductors of the Journal. and gentlemen in the room, along with Dr. Elliotson, his assistant, and the two patients, as before. The company being all met, a series of experiments com menced, similar to those which I had already witnessed, with a few others that I had not seen. Not to be tiresome, I shall briefly describe those that were new to me. Jane was placed in a chair, beside which stood on the ground three iron weights tied together, making eighty-six pounds, which she was told to lift by the ring of the principal weights. At first she could not perform this feat ; but, her hand being placed on the ring, Dr. Elliotson drew his hands upwards several times, as if drawing something out of her hand, and, after a certain number of these upward passes, her hand actually lifted the eighty-six pounds off the floor, and swung the weights round. Being relieved, she rose up, and I among others advanced to try our powers of lifting ; but not one of those who attempted it could raise the weights in the sitting position. Several gentlemen lifted them standing. The circum stance of a feeble girl of sixteen years of age, with one hand, lifting or swaying off the ground a we i g ht o f eighty-six pounds, and at the time sitti ng i n th e worst possible attitude for performing such a feat, is of itself a most extraordinary fact, and the cause of it altogether baffles my comprehension. The next thing done was the recovering of the same' girl, Jane, from her condition of imbecility to that of sound reason. This was a disagreeable experiment. The doctor closely pressed her face with his hands, while his assistant similarly pressed the back of her head. The mode of applying the hands was peculiar. They were placed across the face and across the back of the head. We were told that if they were placed up and down the face and head, the desired effect could not be produced. The point of the patient's nose was only visible, and left at liberty for breathing. A wave of the hand downwards first sent her to sleep, and the process of pressure, as I have described it, proceeded. Once or twice she seemed to be recovering, but by an instantaneous application of the hand longitudinally, the sleep was continued, it being important that she should not recover too soon, for then her irrational condition would not be dissipated. After some minutes were spent in this manner, the doctor said he believed she would now certainly recover to consciousness. She heaved sundry deep sighs, the operators took off their hands, and she awoke to all appearance a new creature. She seemed astonished to see such a crowd of persons, stood up and curtseyed to the ladies, and spoke with modest diffidence on being addressed. She had no remembrance of any thing that had taken place while in her former condition ; she did not know who I was, although she had known and named me previously, from having seen me the day before ; she knew her sister, however, from early recollections in her rational condition, but her sister did not know her. After a little time, she was allowed to go out of the apartment. At a subsequent part of the proceedings, she was recalled, and, by a pressure of the Doctor's thumbs on her palms, sent back into her infantile con dition, when she immediately began to speak and act nonsense. The reader will here naturally ask a question which occurred to my own mind, and which I put to Dr. Elliotson—if the patient can thus be restored to reason at the will of the operator, why not allow her to remain in that condition, and so restore her to society ? The doctor, in answer, explained, that the infantile condition would seem to be a state of mind most suitable for the progressive strengthening of the physical frame, and so permitting a cure of that nervous irritability which in the first instance produced epileptic fits—that while in the infantile condition she was gaining health and strength—that, in point of fact, both girls had greatly improved in intelligence since they came into his charge —and that ultimately the nervous irritability would pos sibly be so much allayed, that a final and complete restoration to reason might be ventured on with safety. This, as far as I can recollect, was the substance of Dr. Elliotson's explanations, and I gathered his meaning so far as to comprehend that it was in reality an act of humanity to allow the two girls to remain in the mean time in the half-idiot condition in which I saw them. I further learned that the doctor had cured other pa tients of epilepsy by mesmeric treatment, and that all persons were less or more liable to be acted upon, though in many cases a month's treatment (that is, waving the hand tow ar d s th em f or a f ew m i n utes once a day for a month) would be required before they could be rendered so susceptible as to be thrown into the mag netic sleep. Dr. Elliotson now proceeded to show another ex-• periment, that of drawing the girl, Elizabeth, after him, by the action of his hands, although at a con siderable distance from her. Having placed her in an easy chair, and set her to sleep, he retreated slowly from her backwards, his eyes looking steadily at her, and his hands held together end pointed towards her. As he retreated, he repeatedly drew in his hands to wards him, as if drawing something in the air along with him. He thus retreated the breadth of the room and across a lobby into another apartment, a distance of perhaps fifty or sixty feet. As he retreated, the girl at intervals appeared convulsed, and endeavoured to raise herself, or to bend forward as if desirous of following the operator, but always fell back into her position of repose. The experiment being performed, the girl was recovered. This experiment did not make a deep impression on the company, for the phenomena it exhibited could be too easily accounted for by supposing that the girl simulated. The next, which was the touching the palms of Elizabeth with unaurified and afterwards nitrified lead, was more striking and unaccountable. Determined to prevent collusion betwixt the operator and patient, if such existed, I solicited the office of performer, and the Doctor being quite willing, I forth with began. All was expectation. Fancy the girl reclining in an easy chair, with a thick pasteboard held sloping upwards close round her neck, so that she could sec nothing but the roof ; I sitting in a chair in front of her ; the crowd of spectators behind me on seats ; and the Doctor, by my request, placed out of sight near the door. In the right hand I held the stalk of lead, in the other a sovereign. I told the girl to open her hand, and I then rubbed it with the lead—perhaps twenty or thirty rubbings on the palm. I told her to close her hand ; she did so. I told her again to open her hand ; she did so. I thus rubbed her palm thrice, and at each time caused her to close and then open her hand. It was evident to all that the lead had no effect. I now rubbed the lead on the sovereign, and rubbed her palm as before. 1 then asked her to shut her hand, and she did so. Now came the trying moment. I asked her to open her hand, but she could not ;it was stiff and clenched. A murmur of surprise burst from all around. It appeared as if the contact of the gold with the had had caused this re markable phenomenon ; and it was equally apparent that there was no collusion. 1 feel satisfied that the girl did not see what I was doing. How the aurified lead should have had the effect it appeared to have (grant ng there was no deception in the case), is b eyond my power to explain. I next proceeied to perform the experiment of streaking the fingers of the patient with water. Two wine-glasses were half filled with common water from a jug, and into each was put a camel-hair pencil. Into the water in one glass the doctor's assistant put two of his fingers, and also breathed several times, as if to affect it with some kind of influence. To the water in the other glass nothing was done. The girl sat on the chair in a deep magnetic sleep, with her face shielded by the pasteboard. Using the com mon water, I now streaked the back of the first and third finger of her left hand, which was lying conve niently on her knee, and then streaked the second and fourth with the mesmerised water. I repeated the streakings three or four times. After an interval of a minute, and while all anxiously looked on, the fingers touched with mesmerised water moved and pointed outwards, but the other fingers continued fixed as they happened to lie. On touching both thumbs with the mesmerised water, they shcrtly moved in the same man ner. The patient was now recovered by the usual means, though with some difficulty as the mesmerised water has, as I said, a very powerful effect. Both before and after this experiment, I had, unper ceived by Jane, waved my hand behind her, and it uni formly and constantly fixed her into rigidity. Other gentlemen present took similar opportunities of mag netising her by a pass of the hand, and always with the same result, for the power seems to reside in any one. I need hardly say that this bye-play caused extreme astonishment to every one who saw it practised, and all confessed that they could not previously have the smallest conception of its effects. Towards the conclusion of the proceedings, a cockatoo was brought into the room, and when the girl rubbed it with her hand, the same kind of stupor was produced in her person ; the lower animals as well as mankind being agents, as I was told, of this mysterious power. Before my departure, I took out my watch and held it towards her, as a person holds a watch before a child's face to engage its attention. I asked her to kiss the watch, and doing so she was instantly fixed in a stupor in a bending attitude : the gold, as was explained, had i o n f g th in e h p e ro r d fa u e c e e . d th A is ga e i ff n ec sh t. e h S ee h a e m re e e fi o x v e e d re h d y b t y ak m in y g b h l o o l w d chain ; but, on afterwards kissing the glass of the watch she was not in any way affected. I touched the back of her neck with the gold side of the watch, and it stu pitied her ; on touching her with the glass, no effect, as before, was produced. I now finish the account of this very strange exhibi tion ; it will be perhaps asked by the reader, what is my opinion on the subject, but I profess my inability to give one. My feelings are those of astonishment. I c itih a oo n tu n sog o nh t believe that a n y d ecep tion was practised, possessal d his nno honour that r t h. a tth thereere w wasas n n o o t . Dr. andEl as h e i s a man of educat ion and fortune caoblolvuesiobe ing a g acted uponhatthe by pshnoerdorni d phenomena which mean ieh I motives, have I describedcan not i occurred from any tr i ck on leave the reader t o thi n k for himse l l s f p an a d rt. simply content,ever myself with having g i ven an account' of c o w_ ertainly one of the most curious " sights" of London. Lord Brougham arrived at Brougham Hall on Thuraday.— Carlisle Journal. (From the Manchester Guardian.) True it is, that Mr. Greg has been returned by a majority which is small in comparison with those of the Liberal Candidates on former occasions ; but, consider ing all the circumstances under which the election was held, the wonder is, not that the majority for Mr. Greg was small, but that it was not in favour of his opponent. Those who are disposed to regard the recent election as a proof of reaction in the public mind must remember, that the Tories had for a candidate one of their very best men ; whilst Mr. Greg, though he will make an excellent Member of the House of Commons, laboured under many and great defects as a candidate. In the first place, we may mention his absence from England, which the Tories turned to account with somewhat less of honesty than dexterity ; then his religious opinions, and his connection by marriage with the family of Mr. Mark Philips— though no grounds of disqualification for the representation of the borough—were calculated to excite strong prejudices against him in the minds of large numbers of electors ; and those prejudices were most earnestly and dexterously appealed to by the oppo site party. Th en , aga i n , the dislocated condition of the Liberal party, the strong differences of opinion which have sprung out of some recent occurrences, tended greatly to prevent that co-operation and unity of purpose which are so essential to the successful working of an election contest, by a party that has ,nothing but public spirit and political principle to rely upon. On the other hand, what was the position of the Tories ? They not only had one of the ablest and most distinguished members of the party for their candidate,—a man, too, well-known to be far more moderate and enlightened than the general run of Tory Statesmen ; but they were themselves in a peculiarly favourable position for carrying on a successful struggle. Their candidate was on the spot—they were themselves compact and united, full of hope and spirit—with an unlimited com mand of funds, and powerfully aided by the organization and appliances to be derived from the existence of their Borough Conservative Association, which is a sort of standing election committee. So strongly were they themselves impressed with these advan tages, that they did not scruple to declare their con viction that they should never again witness so favour able a conjunction of circumstances ; and we have heard more than one member of the party exclaim, " If we cannot now beat Mr. Greg, we may finally give up the contest for the representation of Manchester." But, notwithstanding the vigorous, and we may say, too, the unscrupulous use which they made of them—in spite of the aid spiritual and the aid spirituous of the Wesleyans and the publicans—they have been fairly beaten by the zeal and public spirit of the voters, with no bond of union but their determina tion not to suffer the representation of this borough to fall into Tory hands—with no better organization than could be picked up on the spur of the moment—and with almost every sort of difficulty to contend against. SLAVERY - IN - THE UNITED STATES. TO THE MEMBERS 014"IsHE BRITISH ASSO— CIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. I observe in the report of the proceedings at a dinner of the members of your body, on the 29th ult., at the Town-hall, in this place, where the Marquis of Nor thampton presided, Andrew Stephenson, the American Minister, was treated with distinguished honour, and that in addressing the company he said— " America and England were bound together by strong and glorious ties—they were allied in blood, religion, habits, and associations—they worshipped the same God and in the same manner." While according, on this occasion, to the American Minister that attention to which you might deem his position entitled him, you might be little disposed to criticise too closely the equivocal congratulations con veyed in this sentence, or to remember that there were " habits and associations" in slave-dealing America which it would be the deepest insult to insinuate, ap plied to yourselves, I mean the American slave trade, and slavery with which Andrew Stephenson is alike politically add personally identified.* We may indeed lament if the Atlantic should cease to sever us from the "habits" of iniquity and the de grading " associations" which this system involves. It would be an outrage to the feelings of Englishmen to suppose that any ties could make them one with a community whose moral sense is so utterly extinguished as to insert advertisements similar to the following in their public newspapers : " Twenty Dollars Reward.—Ran away, a negro man, named Harrison. It is supposed that he will make for South Carolina in pursuit of ins WIFE, in possession of Captain D. Bird. COLNELIITS BEAZLY." (From the Florida Watchman, Tallahasse, May 12, 1838.—Motto, " Principle and the People.") " 100 dollars is subscribed and will be punctually paid by the citizens of Onslow to any person who may safely confine in any jail in this state a certain negro man named Alfred. The same reward will be paid if satisfactory evidence is given of his having been KILLED ; he has one or more scars caused by his haviir , been shut. " The Citizens of Onslow." " Ran away, my negro man, named Richard. A re ward of 25 dollars wi!l be paid for his apprehension, DEAD or ALIVE. Satisfactory proof will only be required of his being KILLED. He has with him, in all probability, his wife Eliza, who ran away from Colonel Th,,rnp son, now a resident of Alabama, about the time he com menced his journey to that State. " DURANT H. RHODES." (From the Wilminuton (N.C.) Advertiser, June 1, 1838. Motto, Th Be just and fear not.") The only charge against these negroes is endeavour ing to obtain that liberty which they have never for feited, and to which they have as much right as the American Minister himself. I rejoice in believing that " the mighty power of steam walking over the waters," making " neighbours of people who had never seen each other before," so justly the theme of Andrew Stephenson's praise, and the result of that skill and science it is the laudable object of your Association to promote, will bear across the Atlantic such correct information of the horrors of the prison house, that the actors in these scenes ere long will be regarded in the same light as the puMic robber, or the midnight assassin. There is, however, a noble and rapidly increasing number in America who claim our aid, our sympathy, and prayers, associated in upwards of sixteen hundred societies, making strenuous efforts for the liberation of more than two millions five hundred thousand of their countrymen, found by the slave owner " Guilty of a skin Not coloured like his own ; and havi,ig power To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey. Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast." We have happily lived to see the destruction of this accursed system in the British dominions, and every man of humanity would wish to lend all the legitimate aid in his power to those who are struggling for the same great object in other parts of the world. Are we not bound by this consideration to show all who are im plicated in it, whatever station they may fill—that the only condition upon which they can share our hospita lity, and receive from us the right hand of fellowship, is to let the " oppressed go free." I am very respectfully, JOSEPH STURGE. Birmingham, 9th month, 7th, 1839. ' On the Ist of August last year, at a meeting to corn. memorate the Abolition of British Colonial Slavery, held in the same Town Hall, Daniel O'Connell said : " It is asserted that their very Ambassador is a slave breeder—one of those beings who rears and breeds up slaves for the purpose of traffic. Is it possible that Ame rica would send a man who traffics in blood, and who, if he do, wou!.', be a disgrace to human nature." This has not been denied by the American Minister, and a letter from the Secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, dated from New York, the 22d of November, 1838, states :—" The conduct of Mr. Stephenson, of whom it is undeniable Mr. O'Connell spoke only the truth, has been a standing subject of debate, even in the Slave States, and in the course of the discussion it cannot fail to have been seen by some, how intolerable is an institution which, though honourable at home, disgraces all connected with it abroad." Many of the Coast Blockade Seamen in Sussex lost their lives by walking over the cliffs during the dark or foggy nights : and upon one occasion two of their bo dies were discovered dreadfully mangled within a few yards of each other, having been precipitated from a height of at least three hundred feet. The circumstance of their being killed nearly at the same spot and at about the same moment gave rise to an opinion that they had been thrown over by the smugglers. Be this as it might, some time after an officer, much disliked for his activity, having fallen into an ambuscade of smugglers, they seized, blindfolded him, and tied his feet together, crying," throw him over the cliff!—throw him over the cliff!" Disre garding his entreaties for mercy, they bore him to the edge, and pushed him gradually over, feet foremost, till his arms and chin only remained above the brink, to which he clung, by digging his finger-nails into the grass, and in this cruel position they left him. He remained thus for above an hour, in agonies of terror, screaming for help, and straining every sinew to maintain his bold, till at length the blood seemed to stagnate in his arms, his strength failed —his brain reeled at thought of the depth beneath, and he was upon the point of letting go in despair, when, as a last e ff ort, h e released ono hand, tore the bandage from his eyes, turned his head with horror, and behvld the bottom within a yard of his feet I—the smugglers having selected a shallow chalk pit for their purpose, upon the brink of which he had been so tormentingly suspended.— United Service Journal. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Fri day afternoon a frightful accident occurred on the London and Birmingham Railway to one of the Company's ser vants. From inquiries it appears that when the up mixed train quitted the Watford station, between five and six o'clock yesterday, one of the stokers was engaged in ailing the bright work of the engine, and tho train had not pro ceeded far before he missed his hold and fell with great violence on to the line, and the train went over one of his feet and c rushed it very severely. The train was stopped, ,t to having th e t b e e r e m n i n u s placedat in E o u n s t e o o n f the slu a c r a e r , r i t f ig r o e m s thence to the , North bmutilated dlim ll b o w sp i i l t l aL It be necess a ry. that amputationw a n a d s t h e conveyed suff c o r f c the m SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TOTNES AND BRIDGETOWN RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Totnes Stakes of 6 sovs each, 2 ft ; the second saved his stake, with 25 added from the Fund. Two miles. Mr. Baldwin nd gr g Vasa, 3 yrs 1 General Gilbert's ch c Passport, 4 yrs Mr. Horsley's b c Warleigh, 3 yrs (h. b. ) Sir. W. Ley's gr h Pocket Her cu l es, 5 yrs 4 Won by a length after a good race between Vasa and Passport. Lord Seymour's Plate of 501. for all horses, &c., that never won more than 100/. at any one time; three-yr-o ld s, 7 st 101 b ; four yrs, 9st ; five yrs, g a t 101 b ; s i x yrs an d aged, lOst : winners of one 501., 31b s , two S i bs, three f if t i es or 100/, 71bs extra, and the winner of th e T otnes Stakes 51 b s i n addi tion ; thorough-bred horses 71bs extra; mares and gelding., allowed 3lbs ; the winner to be sold for 150/. Heats twice round. Mr. Hex's b g The Moor, aged 3 1 1 Mr. Oliver's ro m Bodice, aged .................. Mr. Horsley's br c Warleigh (h b), 3 yr 5..... ...... 4 3dr Mr. Canne's ch g St. Patrick, 4 yrs 2 bolted A fine race between The Moor and Bodice, and won by half a neck only. The Welter Stakes of 3 sovs each, h ft, for all horses, with the Ladies' Purse of 20 sovs added ; heats, twice round ; were won in two well-contested heats by General Gilbert's ch c. Passport, 4 yrs (owner), beating Mr. Ley's gr h Pocket Her cules, 5 yrs, by half a length. THURSDAY. Handicap Plate of 401., with 10 sovs added by C. B. Baldwin, E sq ., for the second horse. Heats, twice round. General Gilbert's Passport, 4 yrs. 1 1 Mr. Horsley's Warleigh, 3 yrs.. 3 2 Mr. Ley's Pocket Hercules, 5 yrs.... .......... A good race. The Hurdle Stakes, with 10 sous added ; once round and a with three leaps ; were won in three heats by Mr. Hex's The Moor, aged, beating Mr. Carlin's Paddy Carey (won the first heat). Mr. Horsley's b h Sledmere, Mr. Hearder's Whis sendine, and two others. The Bridgetown Stakes of 5 sovs each, with the Beaten Plate of 15 sovs added ; the second saved his stake. Heats, twice round and a dis. Mr. Carlin's Paddy Carey, aged ...... . ...... (Owner) 1 1 Mr. Horsley's Warleigh, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Canne's St. Patrick, 4 yrs RICHMOND RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Borough Members' Plate of 701., for maiden horses, mares, and geldings, that never won 501. before the day of entrance. Two-mile heats. Mr. Bowes's ch f Mickleton Maid, 3 yrs, Est 111 b 0 1 1 Colonel Cradock's b c Messmate, 3 yrs, 7st 2 0 2 Mr. Arrowsmith's b c Troy, 3 yrs, 7st 1 0 0 The following also started, but were not placed,—Mr. Gill's ch c by Recovery, dam by Filho da Puta, 3 yrs, 7st ; Sir J. Boswell's b f Anna Maria, 3 yrs, Est 111 b ; and Mr. Brown's b h Benedict (h b), 6 yrs, Bst 121 b. Won easy. The Dundas Stakes of 10 cove each, pp, with 20 added by the Earl of Zetland, for two and thre-yrs-old. From the Grey Stone in. Six subs. Mr. Bowes's b c by Memnon Junior, 2 yrs, Est 81b Mr. Jaques's b f Interlude, 2 yrs, Est 51b 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Zet land's b f by The Physician, out of Weldare's dam, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ; Colonel Cookson's b f Sister to Lanercost, 2 yrs, Est 51b ; Mr. Bell's b fLa Sage Femme, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ; and Mr. Sigs worth's b c Muleteer, 2 yrs, Est 81b. Betting, 5 and 6 to 4on Interlude, who was beat en easily by a length. The Gold Cup of 100 guineas value, by Subs. of 10 guineas each, p. p. (the surplus in specie) ; three-year-olds, 7st; four yrs, Bst; five yrs, Bst 91b; six yrs and aged, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; winners of a cup in 1839, 31b; of two, Sibs extra. Once round and a dis. 8 Subs. Mr. Orde's b m Bee's Wing, 6 yrs ..........•••• ...walked over. Titurtsn ,l3 : - . The Two-year•old Sweepstakes of 20 sous each, p.p. ; colts, Bst 51b ; fillies, Bst 31b. From the Grey Stone in. 3 Subs. Mr. Jaques's b f Interlude ........... (J. Holmes) 1 Mr. Parkins's b c Broadwath Colonel Cradock's b c Won very easily. The Corporation Plate of 501; for three-year-olds, 7st ; four yrs, Bst 31b; five yrs and upwards, Bst 101 b; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; winners once this year before naming 31bs, twice Sibs, and thrice 71bs extra. Two-mile heats. Mr. Marson's br c Humphrey, 4 yrs ...(J. Marson) 0 1 Mr. Darson's b c The Blue Blue, 3 yrs Mr. Vansittart's bf, by Sandbcck, 3 yrs 1 0 3 Sir C. Monck's b m Garland, 4 yrs Mr. Attwood's ., b c Cleathes, 3 yrs Won easy. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for mares. Three miles. Mr. Orde's b m Bee's Wing, six yrs, 9st Mb ......J. Holmes 1 Sir C. Monk's b m Garland, four yrs, Bst 71b Bee's Wing took the lead, was never headed, and won in a trot. WESTERN MEETING AT AYR.77TitunsnAy. The Eglinton Gold Cup, by subscription of 20 sous, each, h ft ; four-yr-old, 1 lst 81b; five yrs, 12st 121 b; six and aged 12st 71b. To be ridden by 31cmbers of a Racing or Hunting Club 4n Scotland. Two miles. 3 Subs. Lord Eglinton's The Potentate, aged ... .. walked over Match 50, T. Y. C.— Sir James Boswell's b f Magdalen, three yrs, Bst 111 b ( Templeman), beat Lord Eglinton's br c by Liverpool, out of Queen Bathsheba, two yrs, 7st, by half a length. Plate of 501., for all ages; two-yrs old, sst 101 b; three yrs, 7st 31b ; four yrs, Bst 31b ; five yrs, Bst 11113 ; six and aged, 9st. Winners this year, before entry, of 501. (Matches, Hunters' Stakes, or Yeomanry Plates excepted), albs extra; of two Fifties, a Gold Cup, Queen's Plate, or 1001. in Plate or Stake, 51bs extra ; Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Mile and a half heats. Hon. J. Sandiland's ch g Nubian, four yrs...(Cartwright) 1 1 Lord Eglinton's The Potentate, aged 2 dr Match 50 soya., pp. One mile—Sir J. Boswell's b g Con stantine, four yrs, Bst 61b ( Templeman), beat Lord Eglinton's oh f Laii, three yrs, 7st 81b, by a neck. Match, 200, h ft, two miles.—Lord Kelburne's ch m Imper tinence, four yrs, 7st 71b, received forfeit from Lord Eglinton's br c St. Martin, four yrs, Bst 71b. The Harrier Stakes of 5 soy:. each, p.p., for horses not thorough-bred that never won (Stakes in the county and Matches excepted); 13st each ; to be ridden by Members of a Racing or Hunting Club in Scotland, and take a four-feet stone wall in the presence of the stewards, &c. before start irg. Heats. once round and a dis. Mr. James Merry's ch g Patriot, ...... (Owner) 1 1 Sir J. Boswell nd b g Conrad, 5 yrs Won easy. MORPETII RACES.—TnunsnAY, The Gentlemen's Subscription Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. Gipt. Richardson's b g Centurion, 6 yrs, Bst 10lb ...... 1 1 Mr. Clark sch c Auckland, 3 yrs, 6st 12Ib 3 2 Mr. Dawson's br c Veweance, 4 yrs, Bst Mr. Binney's br h Smedley Lely, aged, Bst 1olb 6 to 4 on Centurion, and 2 and 3to 1 agst Vengeance; after the first heat any odds on Centurion. Won easy. The hunters' Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 30 added, for horses, &c., that have been regularly hunted, &c. ; four-yr-olds, lOst 101 b ; 5 yrs, 11 st 51b ; 5 yrs and aged, lost ; thorough bred horses 10Ibs extra. Gentleman riders. Mile and a half heats. 4 subs. Lord Leveson's br g Donald Caird, 6 yrs Mr. Binney's br h Smedley T.ely, aged 3 2 Captain Richardson's b g Centurion, 6 yrs First heat—Even on Donald Caird. Second Heat-5 to 1 on Donald. Won easy. Match for 50/. Mile and a half.—Mr. Crawford's h m Norna, aged (11 b) Bst 41b (Wetherall), beat Mr. Catton's br h Gangrene, 4 yrs, Bst. Even betting. Won by a length, after a capital race. Match for 30/. Mile and a half. Mr. Crawford's Norna, list (Mr. Hoag), heat Mr. Hodgson's Bay Doctor, lOst 51b. 2tol on Norna. Won easy. SOUTHAMPTON RAC - ES.—FitloAr. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added by Charles Breet, Esq. Goodwood Cup weights. Two miles. The winner to be sold for 3001., &c. 4 Subs. Mr. Etwall's ch f Frimefit, 4 yrs J. Day) 1 Mr. Lucas's gr h Telltale, 6 yrs Won cleverly. The . Hunter's Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 20 added from the fund, for horses that have been regularly hunted, &c. ; four-yrs-old, lOst : five, lOst 121 h ; six, llst 51b; and aged, I Ist 71b. Thoroughbred horses 101 b; extra. Ridden by members of a Racing or Fox-hunting Club. Two miles. 12 Subs. • Mr. W. Sadler's Bellissima, 4 yrs...(Mr. W. Sadler, jun.) I Mr. Legg's b g Stickler, aged (h b) A fine race. Won by half a length. The Town Members' Plato of 501, added to a Sweepstakes sf 5 sovs. each ; the second to save his stake, and the winner sold for 2001. ; three-yr-olds, 7st 21b; four, Bst tilb ; five, 9st; aix and aged, 9st 411); winners of one 50/. in 1839, two, bibs ; and three, 71bs extra; and the winner of the County Members' Plate on Thursday, 71bs extra in addition ; mares and geldings allowed :31b ; and horses that started three times this year, and not won, allowed bibs. Heats, once round and a distance. Five Subs. Mr. F,twall's ch m Primefit, 4 yrs Mr. W. Sadler's Specimen, 3 yrs Duke of Richmond's The Currier, 3 yrs W The first heat was won by a head, and the second easily. The Champagne Stakes of 3 soya. each, with a Purse of 30 sovs. added by the Tradesmen of Southampton, for horses of all ages, except two-yr-olds ; three yrs, 9st ; four, lost; five, lOst 71b ; six and aged, Ilst ; the winner of a clear 501. i n 1839, albs ; two, 51bs ; 'three, 71bs extra; maiden horses, &c. allowed Sibs ; the winner to be sold for 801., &c. Heats, once round and a distance. Eight Subs. _ _ Sir D. Baird's Morning Star, aged (J. Day) I I Mr. Smith's Califru!a, 4 yrs 6 2 Mr. Webb's Willesden, 6 yrs Mr. Shepherd's Ploughboy , aged __ 2 4 . Three others started. Two well-contested heats. Hurdle Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, hft ; weights, &c., as for the Hunters' Stakes. Two miles, with six leaps over hur. dies four feet high. Five subs. Mr. Theobald's b m Paulina, aged... ...... (Capt. Beecher) 1 Mr. Legg's b g Stickler, aged Sir F. H. Bathurst ns Tom Tug 3 ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES.—FRIDAT. The Gold Cup Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added from the Fund ; 3-yrs.old, 7st 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b; 5 yrs, 9st ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 41b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 200/., &o, Two-mile heats. Seven subs. Mr. Turner's br m Isabella, 4 yrs .. ...... (S. Mann) 1 3 1 Mr. Balchin's b m Slang, aged 3 1 2 Mr. Hodge's ch m Romania, 4 yrs .. Mr. Shelley's b f Th e Drama, 3 yrs (carried ist 41b) 2 d r Mr. Bacon's b m Maid of Kent, 4 yrs fell The first heat was won by a length, the second by two lengths, and the third by a neck. The West Kent Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and only 5, &C., with 50 added from the fund. The second saved his stake. Two miles. Nine subs., of whom five declared. Mr. Shelley's ch c Tawney Owl, 4jyrs, Bst 21b (Wakefield) 1 Mr. Monk's ch c Nominee, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (carried 6st 11b) 2 Mr. Dockeray's b h Brush, 3 yrs, 7st slb 3 Won by a length The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sevs. each, with 40 added, for all ages ; 12seeach ; winners of a Plate or Sweepstakes in 1839 41bs extra, * of two 71bs extra. The winner to be sold for 100 guineas, &c. Heats, twice round and a dis., with four leaps in each heat. (Three subs.) Mr. Armstrong's br g Colverstown, 6 yrs (Mr. Mason) 1 1 Mr .'Cunningham's b g Little Jack, 6 yrs 2 2 •'- Ra ........ 3 Mr. Elinsley's ch m .ilway, ages odr Won very easily. The Scurry Fo r c e d H an dicap, three quarters of a mile, was won by Mr. M. F au l eoner ' s M a rch First, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (F. Butler), b ea ti ng M r. F inc h' s B r ockhampton, 4 yrs, 9st. ; Mr. Wickham's ch f b y Flecknoe, lOst 71b ; M r . Simmond's Miss Jane, lOst ; Mr. Langar, 3 yrs, B st ; Mr. Armstrong's ' Bacon's ch g Forester, 3 yrs, Bst ; and Mr. Comfort's Modesty, 9st, after a good race ; by a length. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. St. Leger. -5 to 2 agst Bloomsbury (taken), sto 2 apt Charles the Twelfth, 12 to 1 agst Euclid , 16 to 1 agst The Provost, 20 to 1 agst Hetman Platoff, and 25 to 1 agst the Com modore (offered). h o r a ep ° r c Y s l e " n t Peerag er the t eSrtcoon.oirl,„irw.. This Peerage h a s ho was proved to be eld been lung in abeyance. There were two other claimants, one of whom was Sir Jacob Astley, Bart. Beano. 8. to s. $8 4: 42 46 40 42 38 40 44 48 - . "42 N 43 37 42 42 47 36 46 s. d. s. d. 8, d, 8, d, 39 44 53 56 'XCHANGE.-Sept, 7 Red, White. Wheat, Northumberland 4Bs. 725. 'Ms 76.1 - Norfolk and Suffolk t 6s. 745....... 72.. 76,. - Berwick and Scotch L66. 606 -s 645. - Foreign 64s. 705....... Ms. 765. Rye, Norfolk vitt Suffolk Os 44s -s. -s. - Foreign 34s. 365. -a. -s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 3 ,16. 40s -e. -6. • ---• Grinding and Feeding ns. 365. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 64s 68s -s. -s. Beans, Small 36s 4O• -s. -.6. - - Tick 4lB 44s -8, -8. Pease, White 406 425..... -5...-6. ----- Gray fiats, Northumberland, Potatoe 3ls. 326 s -s. -. ----.-- F ee d - Foreign Flour (per sack) s2s. 531 ....,,. .-s. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET -Sept, 6. Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffblk ..... - -s. 665. to US;. fine 70 . Lin. and Cam. -s. 645. to 665. fine CBs. -- Yorkshire -s. 565. to 646. fine 68,. NM kite ...------- Foreign, fled -s. 626. to 645. fine 668. White -s. -s. to -s. nne 725. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Wok! Foreign Beans, New - Old 40. to 445. fine 46s Oats, Potato 505. to 31e. fine 34 , --Vriezland and Small -s. •-s. to 23 0 5, (Inc n ..9.5. - Isszaling Shelling 14s. to 368 Od. per Loar Malt Rapeseed a ,d, s, d, 0U 60 I ` r 1 t 3 . I t SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. 1 Bade". Oats. I Beans. 1 Oatmeal Aberdeen 70 to SO 32 to 34 23 to 211 Berwick 42 50 21 27 21 23 Coldstream Cupa r (Fife) 48 65 26 31 18 22 2:1 26 - ()unbar 5O 73 31 37 39 39 40 42 40 42 Elgin 55 57 al 38 f-8 35 23 30 Inverness 45 65 35 25 27 Dl 32 33 - Kelso , 4i 53 '2 27 10 23 32 34 Kirkaldy 64 77 23 SI 20 23 45 48 43 Perth - fO - • The size of the measure varies throughout the country. HA DIIINGION CORN MA RKET.—Sept. 6. There was a good supply of Wheat ; sales heavy, and prices have risen slightly. Barley. Oats. Pease. ' 42s Od 83s Od —sol 40s Od 3?.; Cd —s Od 385 Od 3es Od 1 —s Od to 30 46 to 48 47 50 first Second I nird Wheat, 78s Od 704 Od 64s 04 Beans 47s Od 46 , Od 42s Od Average '3/. is. 21. I.l2ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—Sept 5 Wheat. Barley. Oats. cease. First 77s Od 37s td 34s SA 45 , 01 Second Bos 0.1 32s Od 2S. 8.1 44s Od Third sls Od 2Ss Od 211 s 4d 43, Od CORNWALL MhRKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Bean, 45- Od 41s Od 43 , Gld Wheat. Barley. I Oats. ----- s. d. to ;. d. s. d. t. s d. s. d. to s. 1. Truro .. 0 g 0— 0 4 8 0 4 0 Helstone St. Austell — 0 9 4 0 4 (1 0 3 3 Bodnun 0 10 4 0 50— I 3 t LiAeard 0 $ 6 0 5 " 0 3 t Launceston - 0 4 S -- 0 111 Camelford 9 0 ' 4 0 5 3 2 3 4 l'ensanc^ MINI NCI INT Quantity of Copper .res 591 d at 1 Average Produce Quantity of tine Copper Amount of Sale, 16.35) 14 ti 'ELIA GEWCE. Tons. Cwt. ltedruth last week.... 3,415 21 0 7% 252 7 0 - -Average Standard, 1021, Is. Od. BLESSING OF THE BREAD TAX I—The price of wheat advances in the London markets, and all hopes of abundant crops arc relinquished. The weather hay been very variable, and in several parts of the country much injury has been done to the corn. The most unfavourable accounts come from Ireland. Any deficiency in England will not be compensated by excess in Ireland. More im. portations of wheat from abroad there must be; for it gold will be paid, and so the pressure on the money-mar. ket—which means, pressure on every description of business, with a slack demand and low prices for everythine but corn—will continue. The chief consolation is, that the real cause of this difficulty and distress, the restrictions on the trade in wheat, must force itself upon the minds of men, and necessity may compel them to act on their convic tion.—Hull Advertiser. SCANDALOUS FRAUDS ON ELECTORS.—We have to notice, amongst the incidents of the election just concluded, a series of frauds, practised, or attempted to be practised, by means of forged letters, upon different indivi duals who were known to be friendly to the election of Mr. Greg, with the view of causing their absence from Manchester yesterday, and consequently of preventing them from giving their votes. An accountant was summoned to Leeds on business connected with a bankruptcy. On his arrival in that town he was speedily informed that the letter which he had received was a forgery ; and he then, for the first time, suspected what was evidently the fact, that the whole was a base and fraudulent scheme for de priving him of his vote, and, at the same time, picking his pocket of the money which a fruitless journey to Leeds must necessarily cost him. But this case, though the only successful one that we have heard of, was by no means the worst in conception and design. In another case an attempt was made to induce two brothers resident here to set out to a distant town, under pretence that their brother had been seized with mortal disease, and was then upon his death-bed! Fortunately, in this, as well as in two other cases of a similar kind, owing to purely acci dental circumstances, the fraud was suspected, and the suspicion caused inquiries, which, leading to the disco very that letters of a similar character had been received by other parties, prevented the individuals addressed from falling into the snare which had been set for them.— Manchester Guardian. . The Liberal du Nord announces, that in con sequence of the reduction of the import duty on colonial sugar, the beet-root sugar manufactories of Douai resolved, on the third inst., to refuse payment of taxes—a resolution which is now general throughout the departments of the north, and of the Pas en Calais. The committee of the Protestant Association have determined to Address the Queen on the appointment of Mr. Wyse, Mr. Shiel, and Mr. O'Ferral; and likewise to issue an address to the public, urgently recommending similar demonstrations of Protestant feeling to be adopted in every part of the aountry.—Standard. • BANQUET IN THE THAMES TUNNEL.—On Saturday afternoon the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company gave an elegant dinner in the Tunnel to the persons employed in that undertaking, to celebrate their having reached low water-mark. Mr. Hawes, M.P., was in the chair, and 280 persons sat down to table. On a raised platform about 600 visitors—the majority of whom wPre ladies —were provided with places, to view the grati fyilg scene. " An English sailor," says an Alexandria letter of the 16th ult., in the Reparaleur de Lyon, " was ill treated a few days since, and wounded by a Turkish sailor. The British Consul and the captain of the ship to which the man belonged went immediately to the Pacha, and re quired that the culprit should be punished. He was directly taken and subjected to the bastinado ; but the English sailor having afterwards died of his wounds, the Turk was tried, condemned, and hung." 4 ' The name given to prisons used for perpetual incarce• ration. 1 The word bagne is especially used to denote a prison for persons condemned to bard labour. So prisons are called which arc contiguous to a corps de-garde. PUBLIC DEBT OF SPAIN. At the present moment the following details respect ing the liabilities of the Spanish Government may be ac ceptable to a large portion of our readers ; Domestic debt, bearing interest up to 1834 £ 9,130,000 Without interest, same date Together 47,560,000 ....-- ---- Foreign debt £25.440,000 Cortes loans Together 42,040,000 In 1834 the unliquidated claims on the Spanish Go vernment amounted to 277,000,0001. The arrears of interest in 1834 on 14,000,000/ Cortes Bomig, since November, 1823, are about 7,000,0001. In 1834 the estimated amount required to discharge the interest on the acknowledged debt was 3,400,0001. annually, while the expenditure, including the amount due for interest on the debt, exceeded' 9,000,000/. annually. The Spanish securities which have been introduced into the London market are as under : SPANISH CONSOLIDATED FIVE PER CENTS. (Ac- TzvE.)--In 1834 a loan of 4,000,0001. was raised in London and Paris for the Spanish Government, at 60 per cent., and at the same time the old Cortes loans of 1821 and 1823 were recognised, two-thirds being con verted into active debt and consolidated with this loan. The dividends are payable on the st of May and the Ist of November, in London, Paris, and Ma drid. The bonds are for sums of 421. 10s., 851., 1701., 2551., 3401., 5101., and 1,0201., respectively. • No di vidends have been paid on these for some time. DEFERRED DEBT.—At the period of the conversion of the Cortes Bonds in 1834 the arrears of interest amounted to 55 per Cent., no dividend having been re ceived for eleven years. In exchange for the Coupons the holders received Deferred Bonds, which were to be gradually converted into Active Debt, commencing on she 2nd of May, 1838, when one-twelfth of the Deferred Debt was converted into Active, the bonds to be de termined by lot ; to be continued on the same day in each successive year, until the 2d of May, 1849. No interest has, we are informed, ever been paid on these bonds. PASSIVE.—This arose from the conversion of the Cortes Bonds in 1834, when two-thirds became Active and one-third Passive. It was arranged that sufficient Passive Debt should be converted annually to replace the amount of Active cancelled by the Sinking Fund, to commence on the 2d May, 1836 ; but no conversion has yet taken place, nor have any dividends been paid. THREE PER CENTS.—Originated in 1831, by the conversion of about 4,000,0001. Cortei Bonds. The dividends were payable on the Ist of April and the Ist of October, but there are several now unpaid. • INDEMNITY BONDS, FIVE PER CENTS.—These bonds were issued in 1828, to liquidate certain claims made upon Spain by British merchants and others. The amount is about 600,0001., and the loan is liable to redemption, at 60 per cent., at the pleasure of the Spanish Government. The dividends are payable on the Ist March and the Ist September. Since 1837 no dividends have been paid. We are indebted for some of these particulars to a little work published some time since by a member of the Stock Exchange, to which have added the result of our own inquiries. —Observer. THE FRENCH, INSTEAD OF MARCHING AT THE HEAD OF CIVILIZA TION, MARCH AT THE HEAD OF INCAR CERATION, (From the Charivari.) There was a time when France was great, glorious , and powerful ; at least, so I have learned from my an. cestors. At that epoch France was proclaimed Queen of the World. In the time of war she swayed foreign nations by the ascendancy of her arms, and in the time of peace she rendered ztliese very nations tributary to her arts, her industry, and her literature. But, above all, our country had the honour of being named as a centre of noble, generous, and independent ideas, as a beacon destined to enlighten the universe, and to guide it through the paths of liberty and emancipation. Thus sang our Beranger " Cent peuples divers Chantaient en brisant leurs fers : Honneur aux enfans de la France !" Such was France formerly. Well, now, do you know how France at the present time recommends herself to the admiration of foreign nations? In what she serves as a model ? What are the glorious lessons she vouch safes to give to the world ? Only guess. France boasts of being the country where they imprison the hest. This is, alas ! the principal claim to glory of a people once called the freest in the universe, and what is more, France awes this glorious superiority in bolts, gratings, and dungeons to a government which sprung from a revolution nndertaken to secure the triumph of liberty. This superiority is one of the consequences of the three days of July, which had the piquant merit of being at the same time original and unexpected. Hence France at present, instead of diffusing every where her literary chefs-dteuvre, circulates her prison ca lendars and her treatises on perfected incarceration. As for conquests, she only endeavours to gain the approba tion of the gaolers of Europe ; and as for setting the fa shions, she only tries to procure the adoption of modes de cachet. It is no more her tri-coloured flag, but her theory of incarceration, that will, it seems, make the tour of the world. Her mural crown is composed of four dark, filthy, stinking walls, grated at every aperture. Her trophies are a heap of manacles. Her golden sceptre has been changed for an ignoble bunch of keys. In the place of her old patron the Great St. Denis, modern France invokes St. Pierre-es-liens. For this proud position France is indebted to her system of August, 1830. Our official Atkinkirooffs arc anxious for no other glory than that of being called the gentlest of catch-poles, the most ingenious turnkeys of the known world. Just read the following notice lately published in a tone of triumph by a Government organ, the Journal des hebats " His Majesty the King of Sardinia, who has adopted in his territory the penitentiary system set forth by M. C. Lucas, in his work Theorie de r Emprisonne ment, has lately caused a golden medal to be struck, dedicated to that author,and inscribed—' Carolo Lucas in Theorica Pcenarum eximio.' The Governor of Savoy has, in the name of the King, sent this medal to M. C. Lucas, on his passage to Chainbery, where he had arrived by post from Geneva, whence he was going to Grenoble to continue his tour of inspection. M. Lucas will return to Turin in September, with the authority of the French Government to survey in person his own penitentiary system in Piedmont." Only hear ! What a fine subject for national pride ! Even the King of Sardinia, who has for his neighbour the Emperor of Austria, that inventer of the carcere duro and the horrible oubliettes* of the Spielberg, ac knowledges that in France, the classic land of liberty, people are imprisoned far more pleasantly. The King strikes a medal in honour of M. C. Lucas, one of those liberal enthusiasts of 15 years who have used their old doctrines of progress to bring to perfec tion the art of imprisoning their fellow-creatures—one of those philanthropists of the official school who, very different from St. Vincent-de-Paule, who studied to break the chains of the unfortunate prisoners, only think how they shall cram as many people as possible in a bolted dungeon. Then, observe the eagerness with which the French Government has authorised their learned professor of the art of imprisonment, M. C. Lucas, not only to ac cept the honourable medal, but also ,to go to Piedmont t? survey in person the application of his captivating in ventions. Ah, our system is neither jealous nor ego tistical on this point, but, on the contrary, burns with so ardent a zeal for the propagation of prisons, that it would diffuse the benefits of incarceration among the whole human race ; indeed, it is on this point that it especially prides itself. Napoleon wished to make France a great nation, par excellence—the system, on the contrary, only wishes to make her the first country in the world for imprisonment. Thus, the last of August is directed to the enlargement of the territo ries of incarceration ; and, conseque ntly, for self-satis faction, it is neces sar y t o t urn the attention of foreign countries, for the new Alexander of the prison list finds genius too much confined by mere native prisons. Formerly foreign nations were seen asking France for commanders-in-chief, and even for kings —now she is flattered another way, for they ask her for gaolers. However, we must confess, that, thanks to her liberal system and to the philanthropic incarcerators of the stamp of M. C. Lucas, France, as she now is, well me rits this distinction. She possesses a number of means of imprisonment utterly unknown before the present time ; she is adorned with thousands of gaols and dun geons adapted for citizens of every age, sex, and condi tion ; she has a complete set of penitentiaries for child ren—central houses of correction—prisons for debt— the political prisons of St. Michel, Clairvaux, and Doul- I 0133--bagnest for those condemned by the Peers —with out reckoning her gloomy violons.t, and her corps-de garde, surr ounded by casemates whi c h are enough to raise ;he envy of our fortifications on the frontiers, now nearly dismantled. If we do not carry our arms any more among foreign nations, what matter ? We carry our manacles. "If I w ere King of France," sa id F re d er i c k the Great, I would not allow a gun to be fired in Europe without my permission." Our system, which has other views of French influence, Says, " I will not allow a bolt to be drawn in any prison in Europe without having a finger in the pie." Pease, s. s. 33 43 40 42 37 40 EVENING EDITION• DISHONESTY OF THE PRIEST- HOOD. (From the Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald.) Doctor Jeffry Glynn's will, by which was foundett and endowed " a grammar school to be ever maintained in the town of Bangor, for the better education an bringing up of poor men's children." It recites "In the name of God, Amen, July 86, 1557 ' I Jeffry Glynn, Doctor of the Civil Law, do make mY Testament and last will, &c. " First I give and bequeath my Frier House in Bangor , with all other Lands, Tenements, and Hereditarnents, with their appurtenances all and singular thereunto he; longing, as also all other my Lands, Tenements, 011 n Hereditaments, i n N or th W a l es ' , or elsewhere , wit"' the realm of E ng l an d, to t h e Ri g ht Reverend Fathers in God, Morrice Bishop of Rochester, and William Bislipp of Bangor, their heirs and assigns for evermore, to the intent and purpose that the said I3ishops, ° r the survivors of them, or theirs, or the survivors of then" shall within the space of half a year next after my de " • cease, caus e the same to be assured in due form o f 1a w , as learned counsel shall best devise, to the use of n Grammar S c h oo l, t o b e ever ma i nta i ne d in the s aid Town of Bangor, for the better education and bringing up of poor men's children. And I will that meal pounds of my goods be spent upon the edifying of the said House withi n one year a f ter my d ecea se. ''ltem :—I give and bequeath to the said Bishops, the Bishop of R oc h es t er an d t h e Bi s h op o f B a ngor:o r hundred po un d s o f goo d an d l aw f u l money o f Engla a " charging th em b e f ore G o d , t h at t h ey or e ither of then' , shall purchase i n lands, hereditaments, reversions, other annual c ommo di t i es, to t h e year l y value of twe n , t Y pounds by the y ear , an d t h e same to ma k e sure to toe use .of ten poor scholars, diligently to be brought UP o f the same scho o l o f B angor . A n d I w ill that every ° d the said sc h o l ars s h a ll receive yearly of the said lens' or tenements so pu rc ha se d forty shillings a year t owards his finding," &c. of The superintenden ce , control, and rna nagetnen t this school, found e d an d munificently endowed as it is'''. " the education o f P oor M en ' s children," bis iog of the diocese, and that portion of the clergy comP° s ,,d the Chapter. Let us now see how they have diseha r g - d, the Th solemn trust with which they have been .t e uo se; There is every conveniency for carrying the of the founder into effect. The situation is vi le , adapted, the school-room capacious, and the funds aqua The population of Bangor, and the adjoining ;parisui of Llandegai and Llanllechid amounts to considelbild more than 10,000. Here then we have an amPle*" • e he for carrying into effect the beneficent intention of founder of an establishment for the education of P° ° men's children, under the immediate inspection of be Bishop and the higher clergy ; and the resul t is tided illustration of the degree of benefit the 1 140re d i classes of the community have to expect from auy fun which Parliament may grant towards their education; if such funds be left under the control, and subi ee of to the discretionary management, of the clergy the Established Church. The Bangor School di: a fair specimen of the manner in which bond lo , of similar foundations, expressly intended for ,700 education of the poorer classes of the community, 1 / 4 .., left. to the tender mercies of the Law Church , ha ve be g burked, mad their funds prostituted to adminis ter to, tna'r selfish objects of individuals. Here is a free g ralstn ts school amply endowed for the education of poor l ac o a children, under the immediate eye of the Bishop the clergy, with a due provision made for the lodg!,: ov ido . z° of and maintenance of ten poor boys ; and h Bishop and the Cathedral Staff manifest the love, so , the clergy to the education of the poor, so as to t he title them to be entrusted with any portions 1 4 0 , money that Parliament may grant toward ses , ferring the blessings of education on the poorer eln T s effo , How have they carried into effect of the will of,'" Glynn, in respect to the educating of , `'boor IlletW a r's dren " in the Friar's School ? Why, School has f o r y ears b een o f no t hthe s lighte s tto - School ; fil f e I e un° wards educating " poor men's children." have been diverted to other purposes than The for which they were bequeathed. The Play-groundoof been surrounded with a high wall, and the child", its poor men have been effectually locked o ut o' boys precincts. There is not one of the ten P° °r provided for by Dr. Glynn's will, lodged , n and tained, or educated at " his Friers" of Bang ° o ds the forty shillings a-year bequeathed to each, t i ", to " his finding," is, with a barefaced impudence bar (f li n g be paralleled, appropriated towards paying some s ' n ' ac ie those bas boys in the choir (for whom ample provision isi,main, under 1 James 11., out of the tithes o f Liandu i p n ry ). and other parishes in the county of 1110oteT; o f Yet, in the face of such a barefaced pr slit aciut!ty to a public trust, • the clergy have the nufools pollute their respective pulpits by shooting g ee b bolts against the Government plan or w" o f education ; claiming for themselves the sole right managing whatever funds may be granted for the Pc" poses of general education. And, at the same tune' with the dishonest view of enlisting public prejudice i° their favour, they set themselves up, forsooth, as tb e advocates of such education, and such education onlY , as has the Bible for its hand-hook. Such hypocritical dishonesty is well worthy the adoption of the polit ic :E. intriguers constituting the great bulk of the ) elc r g i : 0 the Law Church ; but it is totally unworthy the s ane of either honest or honourable men. More addresses of thanks to the Earl of C_ n I a ; rendon have been published. They are from Seville, Castellon de la Plana, &c. ; likewise lists of t he subsal,, Pl" tions in Madrid for the medal to be pre . sented to bittt. THE INHABITANTS OF ST. PANCRAS AN TIM BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COACH STAND.--OnSa tur . u e , e a meeting of the householders of St. Pancras took Plate "at the Commissioners' Rooms, Phcenia-street, SOO town, for the purpose of hearing the report of the COt% mittee appointed to obtain the removal of the coach• from Seymour-street. Mr. Mathews, the Hon. Sec r " tars, read the report, which stated that the Commissioll e ` „, of the Somers estate had been twice seen, and were anxiot to do away with the nuisance entailed on the i n habitan ts of Seymour-street, by the Birmingham Railway nosehi: stand being in that street, and in order to do awlY the stand, they would increase the width of the foot Walt four feet on each side of the street, which would r ender . too narrow for a stand for carr i ages , on con di t i on that tb; inhabitants would, befo re th e 17 t h i nst., pay 1 001. too' After t, a di s cussion pledginghe meeting t of s to raise lengths a re ; t the i o e l x i p w e a n s s easg.r agreed ed to, money by subscription. it iS MONASTERIES IN T HE M ETROP OLIS not generally known that there aro several religious es i a t t; blishments for Cath o li c l a di es i n L on d on an d its inan ed o f vicinity, where they devote their lives to the educati?r, in the children of the indigent, the largest of which 'and Clarendon-square, where 240 girls are clothed, fe d '„ t ie brought up as good and t rus t wor thy serv a n ts. A rir e ri- t he institution is now erecti ng in Bermondsey, Sistfr of new Catholic Chapel, for the Order of the o of Mercy. The ladies who are about to take posge s . s r er to this establishment are pl e d ge d t o visit and adre." ls r diess the wants of the sick po o r o f th e n ei g hbourhood, rcga being of their religious creed, their sickness and pove rt Y „ Lo is. their only recommend a ti on t o th e goo d offices of t he la pel A similar establishment is t o b e i ns tit u t e d at Whi le about Christmas next. SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLE. th , A. B. SAVORY a n d SONS, Manufacturing Silverso l e for 14, Cornhill, London (oppo s it e th e B an k of England), hailio. choice in their wareroo ms a S e l ect i on o f PLAIN an d tion . NIENTAL ICE PAILS, to which th wish to direct a tten 10 3 . The price of the Pl a i n T u b- pa il (now much in use), 61 * t he the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 101. Bs. the pair! the Victoria Pattern, 15/. the pair , th?, Dresden Cooler, 1 9 ' aw l pair, &c., all of whit_ are strongly mounted with Silvo;' o „ 3 . have Silver Shields for Engraving the Crest or Coat of • A pamphlet is published, with drawings of the abovelara. other articles of plate generally, which may be had on arP l tion, free of cost. LADIES' BEST GOLD CHA-Iffl - The weight is given by comparison with the "Wight of 0 8 u t :ll ec5 reigns, being s. ior ci e ua e l a i s ty ily of re t f h te g d old to . than if Stated a n Y and dwts. The e qual t ° is warranted that is worked into articles of this description. Price of the Cable Pattern, or M a t te d Ring pa,tterp n O Same weight as 3 sous. £4 4 0 Sa me we i g ht as 6 0" . 8 5 7, Ditto as 4 soil. 5 5 0 Ditto as 7 o re. 9 9 v Ditto as 5 sot's. 66 0 Ditt o as 5 gov s •,,, 'd the The following patter ns are O ne G u i nea Wearer tu five we i g ht above but cannot be mad e li g ht er th an the sov The C ereis. gn _ age pattern Th e Chinese Pattern Patt er* The Ring and Bar pattern I The Victor ia THE NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHES. DWivrittthaor:awwneilttihed gold dial -finished ho r i zon t a l movemen t, i n double 9 ° 0 iv bottomed eng i ne - turne d case, j ewel l e d , s il ver dial, 9 ° ' ********* ••• • **************** ******** in 1 ......................• d o o t Watchmak er , Silversmith and Jeweller, SAVOßY 47, Corral, Le T. X 'S, (Seven Do ors f rom Gracechurch-steet). .coio- N.B.—Th e H or i zontal Construction i s paricularly ru mended for its superior accuracy. I TH S. Alfred On the 12th o f May, at ß Arcot, the lady of the Rey. Fennell, assis(ant chaplain of that station, of twin w i ll,bo the On the 29th ult., the lady of the Rev. Arthur Fa R Onecr of Stoke-Fleming, Devon, of a daughter. t he to the 30th ult., at Osnaburgh-street, the ' lady of John Johnson, Esq., of a son. ,Agtli' On the 6th inst.. at Southwark, the lady of Jose p h lar Samuda, Esq., of a daughter. ~~ MA RR lE D. On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. Georgenl";' gell, of River-terrace-north, to Jane, only daughter of Carey, Esq., of Highstead , K ent. F a O w ettht Esq.,sth o n f s inst., h , eatß.Bmoi:ia.dyen, Civil Service,Cheshire, to EdwardLoui s 0 %: lotte, youngest daughte r of John Hill, Es q ., of AshleY' " Attorney-General for the DIED. Wilkins, On the 31st ult., at Lensfield, Cambridge, William . Esq., A.M., formerly a Senior Fellow of Caius and G ol b e d College, in that University. Mr. Wilkins was a distinguisd member of the London I tilettanti Society, as well as R. A., r ,'_,. Regius Pro.cssor of Architecture ; he was also a Fellow Of tP ° Roy O al and other learned Societies, aed 61. n the 2d inst., Martha, the wife g of David D. Inglis , E s q . ' of Devons 4 hirc-vlace , t, On the th lust. at Leamington, Thomas Gowan vibar Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service. --•••••='"j • ,tindon Pirrifed and Pol;ll,3lied by Al URDO YOl-11%'°' in No. 112, Strati'' , at The Su/ Office, No. 11'2, Strati'', the county of Middlesex.—Morulay, September 9, 1.839. ..~ ""~ A 1