The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-14 00:00:00

EVENINrG EDITION. LITERATURE. YA GES OF THE ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1839. These volumes contain a narrative of the survey ing voyages of the Adventure and Beagle along the Southern shores of South America, between the years 1826 and 1836. The expedition was under taken by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, and the command of it was entrusted to Captain King, who hoisted his flag on board the Adventure, a roomy ship of three hundred and thirty tons burthen, without guns, and lightly, but strongly, rigged and built. With him was associated Captain Pringle Stokes of the Beagle, on whose death the command was given to Captain Fitzroy, the author of the volumes before us. The vessels sailed from Ply mouth in the year 1826 ; and in their way to Rio de Janeiro, called successively at Madeira, Tene rifre, and St. Jago. On leaving the former place, they set out for Monte Video, where they remained a short time, and then departed for the Southern coasts of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, including the Straits of Magellan. They found the climate here nearly, if not quite, as inhospitable as it has been described, and made the passage of the first. " narrow," as it is called, of the Straits with some difficulty, arising from the prevalence of stormy weather, and the shoals in which the water abounds. In th e neighbourhood of Port Famine, where they east anchor, they met with that rare and singular bird the steamer duck, of which we have this curious account : " Before steam-boats were in general use, this bird was denominated, from its swiftness in skimming over the surface of the water, the '' race-horse.' It is a gigantic duck, the largest I have met with. It has the lobated hind -toe, legs placed far backwards, and other characteristics of the oceanic ducks. Its principal pecu liarity is the shortness and remarkably small size of the w ings, which, not having sufficient power to raise the body, serve only to propel it along, rather than through, the water, and are used like the paddles of a steam vessel. Aided by these, and its strong broad-webbed feet, it moves w i th aston i sh i ng ve l oc i ty. I t wou ld no t b e an exaggeration to state its speed at from twelve to fifteen miles an hour. It possesses the power of re maining a considerable length of time under water. The largest we found measured forty inches, from the 1 extremity of the bill to that of the tail, and weighed thirteen pounds ; but Captain Cooke mentions in his second v o y age t h at t h e weight of one was twenty-nine P o unds- It is very difficult to kill them, on account of their wariness and thick coat of feathers, which is impe netrable by anything smaller than swan-shot. The fla vour of their flesh is so strong and fishy, that at first we killed them solely for specimens. Five or six months, however, on salt provisions taught many to think such food palatable, and the seamen never lost an opportunity of eating them." While the Adventure lay at anchor at Port Famine, some of the crew made several excursions inland ; and on one occasion ascended the summit of Mount Tarn, a barren, wind-swept mountain, about eighteen hundred and forty-five feet above the level of the sea. Now and then they amused themselves by fishing, in which they were fre quently very fortunate, and once caught mulct enough to serve the crews of both the Adventure and the Beagle for three days ; while on another day they caught, at one haul of the seive, sixteen hundred weight of smelts, some weighing two pounds, and measuring twenty inches in length— a prodigious haul, almost realizing the " miraculous draught of fi s h es " i n t h e sea of Galilee I In shoot ing they were nearly equally successful ; obtained as much wild fawl as they could desire, but found no quadrupeds fit for food, and indeed scarcely saw any, with the exception of a few foxes and wild cats. Of the whirlwinds that are of such frequent occur rence along this desolate tract of sea-coast, Captain Fitzroy speaks as follows : " On the north shore we saw some extraordinary effects of the whirlwinds which so frequently occur in Terra del Fuego. The crews of sealing vessels call them ' williwaws' or ' hurricane-squalls,' and they are most violent. The south-west gales which blow upon the coast with extreme fury, are pent up and impeded in passing over the high lands ; when, increasing in power, they rush violently over the edges of precipices, expand, as it were, and descending perpendicularly, destroy everything moveable.. The surface of the water, when struck by these gusts, is so agi tated as to be covered with foam, which is taken up by them, and flies before their fury until dispersed in vapour. Ships at anchor under high land are some times suddenly thrown over on their beam. ends, and the next moment recover their equilibrium, as if nothing had occurred. Again, a squall strikes them, perhaps on the other side, and over they heel before its rage. Everything that offers a stiff resistance must suffer from the fury of these blasts. In many parts of the 1 , country trees are torn up by the roots, or rent asunder by the wind ; and in the Gabriel Channel the williwaws bursting over the mountainous ridge, which forms the south side of the channel, descend, and striking against the base of the opposite side of the shore, rush up the steep, and carry all before them. I know of nothing to which I can better compare the bared track left by one of these squalls, than to a bad broad road. After havin g made such an opening, the wind frequently sweeping through, prevents all vegetation." These sportive and gentle-natured zephyrs, so singularly like those which, as Milton tells us, lulled Adam to sleep in Paradise, play off their 'agaries in all parts of the Straits of Slagellai! ; but are by no means its only striking characteristic. In the immediate neighbourhood of the coast, within an extent of nine or ten miles, there are, it seems, upwards of a hundred and fifty waterfalls, dashing into the Gabriel Channel, from a height of fifteen hundred or two thousand feet. The course of many is concealed at first by intervening trees, and, When half-way down the descent, they burst upon th e view, leaping, as it were, out of the wood. Some unite as they fall, and together are precipi tated into the sea in a cloud of foam ; so varied indeed are the forms of these cascades, and so great their contrast with the dark foliage of the trees, " that it is impossible," says Capt. Fitzroy, " adequately to describe the scene. .1 have ni.t with nothing exceeding the picturesque grandeur of this part of the Straits." Of the natives of this quarter of the globe, the Fuegian Indians, we have the following account : " As might be expected from the unkindly climate in which they dwell, the personal appearance of the Indians does not exhibit, either in male or female, any indica tions of activity or strength. Their average height is five feet five inches ; their habit of body is spare ; the limbs are badly turned, and deficient in muscle ; the hair of their head is black, straight., and coarse ; their 1 beards, whiskers, and eyebrows, naturally exceedingly scanty, are carefully plucked out ; their forehead is low, the nose rather prominent, with dilated nostrils ; their eyes are dark, and of a moderate size ; the mouth is large, and the under lip thick ; their teeth are small :nd regular, but of bad colour. They are of a dirty copper colour ; their countenance is dull. and devoid of ex teresrion. For protection against the rigours of these inclement regions their clothing is miserably suited, being only the skin of a seal, or sea-otter, thrown over the shoulders, with the hairy side outward. Their co.nb is a portion of the jaw of a porpoise, and they anoint their hair with seal or whale blubber ; for removing the beard and eyebrows they employ a very primitive kind of tweezers, namely, two muscle-shells. They daub their bodies with a red earth, like the ruddle used in Eng land for marking sheep. The women and children wear necklaces formed of small shells, neatly attache:4.l by a plaiting of the fine fibres of seal's intestines. The tracts they i n h a bi t are altogether destitute of I four-footed animals. They have not domesticated the geese and ducks which abound here ; of tillage, they are' utterly ignorant, and the only vegetable produc tion,a they eat, are a few wild berries and a kind of sea-weed. Their principal food consists of muscles, limpets, and sea-eggs, and as often as possible of seal, sea-otter, porpoise, and whale. They swallow the most offensive offal, such as decaying seal-skins,rancid seal, and whale blubber. Wh en on board shi they ate or drank greedily whatev er was offered mythem') .'alt beef, salt pork , preserved meat, p u ddi ng, pensot soup, co ff ee , wine or brandy—n ot hi ng came amiss. O ne, t o A, little instance, however, happened, which shows 1 what they oreferred. As they were going ashore, a l ump o f th e s a ieew used for arming the lead, was given to there, and recei'v'ed with particular delight. I t was scrupu lously di v ided and placed in the little baskets which they form o f rus hes, to be reserved for eating last, as t h e richest treat. Their wigwams, or dwellings, are formed of about a couple of dozen branches, pointed at the larger ends, and stuck into the ground round a circular or elliptical space, about ten feet by six ; the upper ends are brought together and secured by tyers of grass, over which is thrown a thatching of grass and seal skins, a hole being left at the side as a d oor , and i anoth er at t h e top as a vent for the smoke. A fire is kept b urn i ng w i t hi n , over which the natives are con stantly cowering ; hence, when seen abroad, instead of appeari ng to b e h ar d y savages , inured to wet and cold , you see wretched creatures shivering at every breeze. I never met people so sensible of cold as these Foe -0" Indians. The nature of their domestic ties we had' no opportunity of discovering ; their manner towards their children is affectionate and caressing. Their only articles of traffic, besides such implements and weapons 1 as they use, sre seal and otter skins." Shortly after quitting Port Famine, the Adven ture, in sailing past the second narrow of the Straits of Magellan, saw on a hill close to the coast some Patagonian Indians standing and thei r horses feeding close to them. together, Four of these Indians were induced to come on board, when one of them took the earliest opportunity of getting dead drunk, by way of testifying his grief for his daughter's death, who had died a few days before " The boat," says Captain Fitzroy, " returned on board immediately, bringing off four natives, three men and a woman named Maria. This rather remarkable female must have been, judging by her appearance, about forty years old. She is said to have been born at Paraguay, but I think the place of her birth was nearer Buenos Ayres. She spoke broken, but intelligible Spanish, and stated • herself to be sister of Bysante, the Cacique of a tribe near the Santa Cruz river, who is an important personage on account of his size, which Maria described to be immense, and his riches. In speaking of him, she said he was very rich ; he had many mantles, and also many hides. One of Mhria's companions, a brother of Bvsante, was the tallest and l arges t man o f t hi s t r ib e ; and though he only measured six feet in height, his body was large enough for a much taller man. He was in great affliction ; his daughter had died only two days before our arrival ; but notwithstanding his sad story, which soon found him friends, it was not long before he became quite intoxi cated, and began to sing and roar on the subject of 'his misfortunes as with a sound more like the bellowing of a bull than the voice of a human being. Upon applying to Maria, who was not quite so drunk as her brother, to prevent him making such hideous noises, she said, " Oh, never mind, he's drunk, poor fellow ; his daughter is dead." These Patagonian Indians have, it is well known, been represented as a race of giants by most of our voyagers, not excepting even Commodore Byron, who spoke of them " as realizing the tales of mon sters in a human shape," and as being " not less than seven feet in height." Captain Fitzroy thus alludes to these exaggerated accounts : "Of the Patagonians that we saw, none measured more than six feet two inches ; but it is possible that the preceding generation may have been a larger race of people, for none that we saw could have been alive at the time of Wallis's or Byron's voyage. The oldest, certainly were the tallest ; but, without discrediting the accounts of Byron or any other of the modern voyagers, I think it probable that by a different mode of life, or a mixture by marriage with the Southern or Fuegian tribes, which we know has taken place, they have de generated into a smaller race, and have lost all right to the title of giants ; yet their bulky, muscular forms and length of body in some measure bear out the above accounts, for had the present generation pro portionate limbs, they might, without any exag g eration, justify the account of Commodore Byron. Taking all the evidence together, it may be considered that the medium height of the males of these southern tribes is about five feet eleven inches. The women are not so tall, but are, in proportion, broader and stouter ; they are generally plain-featured. The head is long, broad, and flat, and the forehead low, with the hair growing within an inch of the eye-brows, which are bare. The eyes are often placed obliquely, and have but little ex • pression ; the nose is generally rather flat and turned up ; but we noticed several with that feature straight, and sometimes aquiline ; the mouth is wide, with prominent lips, and the chin is rather large ; the jaws are broad, and give the face a square appearance ; the neck is short and thick ; the shoulders are broad, the chest is broad, and very full, but the arm, particularly the fore arm, is small, as are also the foot and leg ; the body long, large, and fat, but not corpulent. As to their character, the Patagonians are friendly, without the disposition to quarrel, after tlic: novelty of first acquaint ance has worn off, which is so common among savages in general. They have no idea beyond that of satisfyir,g the wants of the moment." The theory broached in the above passage, namely, that the Patagonians may have degenerated by marriage with the neighbouring Fuegian tribes, since Wallis and Byron wrote about them, is a very shallow one. Whole races of men do not degenerate, or dwindle down from seven feet to five feet odd, in the course of little more than half a cen tury. Besides, the Patagonians had always the opportunity of intermarrying with the Fuegians, so that this argument will not hold good for an instant. It is far more likely that former voyagers should have erred in their statements, than that an entirc tribe of savages should have dwindled from the dimension of giants to that of ordinary sized men, within the short compass of two generations. It frequently takes a much longer period than this to wear out even a slight fam►ly likeness. After stay ing a short time with the Patagonians, the expe dition quitted the Straits of Magellan, and set sail for Rio de Janeiro, in order to procure stores, and prepare for another voyage to the Straits. Here, for the present, we leave them. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. SEPT. 6th, 5 30 P. as. Matilda cutter, 44 tons, Henry Oglander, Esq., from Plymouth. 6 30 P. M.-Aurora cutter, 40 tons, William Beach, Esq., from Weymouth. Light breeze W. S. W. 7th, 30 P. M.-Dolphin schooner, 217 tons, G. H. Ackers, Esq., from Fowey and Plymouth. 4 45 P. M.-Crusader schooner , 126 tons, Robert- ktaik lam, EN , from Mediterranean and Lisbon. Strong breeze W. S. W. 12th, 1 P.m.—Menai brigantine, 175 tons, Lord F. Egerton, M. P., from Portsmouth. Light bre, , ze W. 5 30 P. m. B ril liant schooner, 393 tons, G. H. Ackers, Esq , from Southampton. 13th, 11 A.M —Emmetje schooner, 103 tons, the Hon. H. F. Walker, from Cork. SAILING S. SEPT. 7th, 11 A. NI. —Ganymede cutter, 69 tons, Thomas Halliflxi, jun., Esq , for Portsmouth. Left for the season. 9th, 11 30 a. m.—Breeze cutter, 55 tons, James Lyon, Esq., for Portsmouth. Left for the season. 10th, 3 A.M.—Reindeer cutter, 107 tons, John Moore, Esq., for Brighten and Havre. Light breeze W. N. W. 9 A. M.—Therese cutter, 121 tons, Joseph Reynolds, Esq., for Dover. 11th, 7 30 A. M.—Crusader schooner, 126 tons, R , ;hert Meiklam, Esq., for London, to lay up. Light breeze S. E. 13th, 3 P.M.—Menai brigantine, 175 tons, Lord Francis Egerton, M. P., for Cadiz ; but the weather being squally she bore up and came to again. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Norna, Dolphin, Wanderer, Brilliant, Ariel, Miranda, Mischief, Menai brigantine. Cutters—Vampire. Alarm, Lord of the Isles, Elizabeth, Emerald, Earl St. Vincent, Petrel, Mary, Harriet, Ante lope, Albatross, Phebe, Spider, Sapphire, Amulet, Heron, Columbine, Amazon, Giaour, Ruby, Matilda, Edith, Zephyr, Witch, Fanny. SEPT. 6. —At a general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Suqadron, held this day at the Royal Yacht Squadron House, for the purpose of ballot only, the fol. lowing members were present, viz.:—The Earl of liches ter. the Earl of Durham. Vice-Admiral G. E. Hamond, K. C 8., Lieut.-General Sir William Johnstone, K. C. 8., Spencer de Horsey, Esq., M. P., Alexander Murray, Esq., M.P., Captain A. L. Corry, R. N., John Moore, Esq , George Bentinck, Esq., John Tollemache, Esq., John Lindegren, Esq., James Lyon, Esq., E. N. Harvey, Esq., Lewis Upton, Esq., Thomas Hallifax, jun., Esq. The following candidates were elected members, v z. : Frederick Peter Delme Radcliffe, Esq., Fanny cutter yacht, of 75 tons. • Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., new schooner yacht of 95 tons, building at Lymington ; and James Neil, Esq., Louisa, new schooner yacht of 140 tons, building by Mr. Joseph White, at East Cowes. Honorary Member—Rear-Admiral Hon. D. P. Bouverie. The Earl of Durham and family leave Cowes for the season on the 22d inst. Sir W. Worsley, Bart., is in treaty for Harriet Lodge, after the expiration of his Lord ship's term, August 13. The Isle of Wight Races are fixed for Tuesday and Wednesday next : should the weather prove fine excellent sport is expected. TILE HARVEST.—The bulk of the wheat in the island was housed in good condition in the early part of the season, since which little has been done ; and we believe this week scarcely one load has been carried either of wheat or loose corn; and we fear that the barley has been much injured, there being a great deal on the ground. The weather has been warm and drizzling all the week, with heavy dews, and but little wind till to-day we have a fresh breeze, and a sharp shower of rain has fallen, fol lowed by warm sunshine. The barometer has fallen •400 in the last 24 hours, and •225 in the precedent, but it rose mere than an inch last week, without the weather im proving in the least. Yesterday the police continued a rigid search up the common sewer from Holborn to the Thames at the bottom of Essex-street, Strand, the body of a man having been found underneath Holborn. It is said by some of the parties who have come out, that four bodies have been found. They are supposed to be the bodies of poor fel lows who had gone up to rake the sewer for old iron, &c, DEPARTURE OF THE RIGHT HON. MR. FouLETT THOMSON FOR CANADA.—FORTSMoUTII, FRI DAY MORNING. —The Right Hon. Poulett Thomson, the newly -appointed Governor of Canada, (and suite), and Lieut.-General Sir Richard Jackson, K. C. B. (the Corn- Mander-in-Chief of the Forces in North America). and Staff, a rr i ve d h ere on Wednesday even i ng , to embark on board her M a j esty ' s ship Pique, Capta i n B o xer, for pas sage to Q ue b ec. Six horses and eleven carr i, ges were el shipped ei on board the Pique on Thursday, and this day his Excellency yandthe Commander of the Forces embarked ; shortly afterordNormanby, which the Pi que procee d e d to h er destination. the Home Secretary, has sig nified to the memorialists, as we ll as to t h e M a yor, the dispositi on o f the Government to send down Mr. Dundas to Birmingh am f or the duct of the Magistrates of inquiring into the con gress of the late riots. previous i3i to and during the pro innghconlAdvertiser. PEWSEY.---We veryriuss that the almost incessant humiditycere regret to state d of the season has occa sioned much illness in Pewsey, the surrounding dis trict, where fever and diseasesother eeve a re r l i f incidental to long_ continued damp have been As far ac con solation can be derived from such a y so e ur t. o , it is, however, j ea l so b nable as consolatory to know, that inclement and ee the weather has been, Salisbury and its neighb ourhood were never in a more healthful state th an thegy- latourhood present are— a blessing for which we cannot be too grateful to Providence.— Salisbury Herald. ro THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1839. THE RELIGIOUS STATE OF GERMANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—As Mr. O'Connell is likely to publish some more religious addresses to the people of England, I beg to set him right on the su bj ec t o f Germany. He is quite wrong in asserting that Catholicism is spreading in Germany. The ex amples which he cites, in proof of his asser tion, are all of individuals long dead. Thus Count Stolberg embraced the Catholic faith forty years ago, and died thirty years ago ; he was a poet, and his powers of fiction inclined him towards a faith which gave them food. There are on the Continent those who believe that one may be a Protestant and still be called a Catholic, and be a member of the Protestant Church, when one entertains Catholic principles. They think one may worship God in whatever Church it be, and that its name should not prevent us from entering it, if other considera tions advise it. Of this kind were Schlegel and Adun Muller, both long since deceased, who be came Catholics in consideration of high situations given them in Austria. It should be remembered that this Schlegel is not the celebrated author on dramatic literature and other works, also the friend for many years of the celebrated Madame de Stael Holstein. The latter continues to be a Protestant. The examples of single individuals embracing the .Catholic faith amounts to nothing in comparison to whole Catholic villages embracing the Prot , :stant faith. Of the latter kind is the parish in the Zillerthal of the Tyrol, which having embraced Protestant principles, was ordered by the Aus trian Government to move, when its members ap plied to the King of Prussia, who kindly offered them a domain near Breslau, on which they settled. The King of Prussia is generally consi dered the head of the Protestant Church of Ger many, and he protects it most strenuously. No gentleman or lady can hold a situation in: the Royal household, unless their Prorestant principles be well known and proved. The Catholics now in Germany vastly differ from the Catholics in Ireland, and the principles of the best Catholic writers nearly approach those of the Protestant of the last century. Though the authority of the Pope is still in name acknowledged it is not in reality, as appears from the submission of the Catholics to the recent arrangements made by the King of Prussia. There is no doubt that in a few years the Catholic Church Of Germany will stand on its own ground and be separated from that of Rome. Again, in the Protestant Church of Germany another Reformation is preparing to complete the prior Reformation by Luther and Calvin. A large number of Protestants in Germany have abandoned certain Catholic opinions which Luther and Calvin had kept, e. g. they reject the doctrine that Christ after his interment had descended to Hell, and preached for three days, un til his resurrection, to the condemned; they deny that Mary was entitled to be called the mother of God ; they do not admit the correctness of the doctrine, that the world was created in exactly six days. The Government of Hesse-Cassel recently issued an order that Clergymen should no longer be sworn to the articles of faith drawn up by Luther and Calvin, since it is difficult to find in the Elec torate any Clergyman who conscientiously believes in their truth. Protestant Clergymen are there now sworn to teach pure Christianity, not adul terated by Catholic alloy. But nothing is more foreign to Germany than infidelity or Atheism. In the whole of Germany not one Atheist will be found. Such is the excel lence of the schools in Germany, and of the manner in which religion is taught, that religion now per vades the very nature of the German people, and that religious feeling constitutes an essential feature. of their character. The Prince Puckler Muscau says in his work on England, religion was there considered a matter of taste ; while, in Germany, it is a matter of feeling. " From their fruits you shall judge them," says Christ. Now, what results has had religious instruc tion in Germany ? They assist there one another in brotherly love, and beggars are not seen there in the streets and on the high roads. They fight gallantly for their country and their sovereigns ; but they are reluctant to take up arms against their sovereins Crimes are of rare occurrence. Arts and sciences flourish in an unprecedented degree. The mechanics are called over from Ger many by English masters, who value their honesty, steadiness, and ability. Such is Germany ; and what contrast does it present to barbarous Ireland, in which Catholicism flourishes as established in the middle ages I A. Z. (of Germany.) COURT-MARTIAL on LIEUTENANT RIDER, OF THE ROYAL MARINES. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 13.—The Court-martial on the above officer, which has excited no little interest here, was held on board the Britannia, in this harbour, on Monday last, and was continued by adjournment until the following day. The charges against Lieutenant Rider, of her Nli:jesty's ship Madagascar, were preferred against him by Captain Wallis, of that ship, and were as follow: w 1. For unofficerlike conduct on or about the forenoon of the 30th of August, 1338, in wrangling with his attendant private, Edward Gibbons, R. M., and making use of improper language. 2. For unofficerlike conduc ton or about the 15th of October, 1838, in making use of violent and abusive lan guage to private John Jupp, when on his post as sentry at the gun-room door. 3. For a direct breach of so much of the 2d Article of War as relates to being guilty of profane oaths, curses, and execrations, on or about the 29th of October, 1838. 4. For contempt to his superior officer on the evening of the before-mentioned 29th of October, %%ben sitting at the gun-room table. 5. For unoffiec rlike conduct between the 18th and 25th of January, 1839, in infusing discontent into the mind of his attendant private, Thomas Manbury, Royal Marines, respecting the said Thomas Manbury's being sent on f ktigue duty. 6. For unofficerlike conduct as reported in First Lieutenant E. Hooker's letter to him (Captain Nall is) on the 3d of May, 1839, enclosed to Sir T. Harvey in his letter of the sth of June, 1839. 7. For disobe:lience of orders and unofficer. like conduct in creating a noise on the main deck, the hands being on deck at the time, the ship coming down the river St. Lawrence. 8. For unofficerlike conduct in re peatedly abusing the gun-room servant, more especially in the month of April last, and again sin or about the 7th of August last. The Court, after hearing evidence in support of the above charges, and Lieutenant Rider's defence, proceeded to deliberate on the sentence, which shortly afterwards was delivered as follows ; " The Court is of opinion, that the first, third, fifth, and eighth of the said charges have 'been proved ; that the second and sixth of the said c h arges have been proved in part, and that the fourth and seventh of the said charges have not been proved. But, in consideration of the youth and inexperier.co of the said W. EL Thomas Rider, the Court doth only order and adjudge ?aim, the said W. B. Thomas Rider, to be severely reprimanded, and to have his name placed at the bottom of the list of second lieute nants of Royal Marines, and he, thee said W. B. Thomas Rider, is hereby so sentenced accord ingly." SHIPWRECKED AND DISTRESSED SAILORS ' ASYLUM.—We regret to see, by the Third Report of this Society, that it is likely to comet oan end. The pre mises, it is stated, are to he given up in November. "My applications," says Captain Marshall 1, the Hon. Secretary, " have been both personal and by letter; but, with the exception of Alderman Pirrie, and C iptain Barber, H, C. S., all have declined. Look at the inffil ential names appointed at our annual meetings (12th June,, and 31st July, 1838), to form a Committee of Co-opera Ition. What have they done? Like the rest, they have thrown all their public , philanthropic speeches overboard. Finding ourselves de serted, we leave the field open to t hose who may be both able and willing to work out tilt emancipation of the mariners of this country, who, I an i sorry to say, are in a more degraded condition than the ;lave ever war. But the day must come—and I hope it is not far distant—when the master-mariner and his officers (who have passed their examinations) will be look ed upon as persons of respectability, and bear some re mit in society. It is by the exertions of themselves and th air crews that the wealthy are enabled to wallow in their over-grown riches; the latter, in return, ought to feel a pr ide in elevating the cha racter of those whom they employ, and make such pro vision for them as would coal tle them to pass their latter days in peace and coral .etence, without having compulsory funds deducted from their pay, as at present, for whoae we they know oat; and without being under the necessity of appealing to charity for support. Except some steps are taken, and that immediately, good bye to Old England's glory ! Shotel d she again require (and no one can say how soon she m, ay) the aid of British seamen, Nelson's immortal motto wi 11 fly in vain, and be disregarded. Should the cause of s eamen be again taken up by more fortunate hands, the rect )rds of this establish ment will be open for their inspection, and all the inform ation and assistance wo can affor, I, will be cheerfully rendered." BRIDGEWATER HOUSE.--: The numerous work men employed in pulling down this r aansion on Thursday un roofed the building, and nothing rt maains but the outside walls standing. Lord Francis Egerton will pass the winter in Italy; his Lordship's yacl4l has arrived off Cowes, toconvey the family to the Medit ei Tanean. Although we are now on th .e eve o f autumn , t h e thermometer has not been so hig h any other part of the summer as it was on Tuesday and Wednesday last, nor has the weather been so favourable f or ripening the growing crops as it was on these days. There are twenty-one Joint Stock Banks in the county of York. METROPOLITAN POLITIC AL SUMMARY. The Morning Herald of this day, observes, in the course of a leading article on the subject of Mr. O'Con nell's late assertion, that popery was on the increase in England :—" As to the increase of Catholics 'in Eng land and Scotland let us say one word : we should be sincerely glad to find that Catholics,' in the true sense of the word, were increasing everywhere. The pros perity of the Church Catholic is inconsistent svith the progress of the Romish Ch urc h. Th ere f ore we do not give Romanists or Papists the name of Catholic. But their missionaries very craftily appropriate that name, excluding all Protestants, both Churchmen and Dissenters, from the truly Christian designa tion. They regard all as heretics, alike in a repro bate state, and doomed to everlasting perdition. O'Connell's oratorical exaggerations we pass over. There is no doubt that with the Whig Government in flicting their heavy blows and great discouragement on Protestantism, and with the Queen's Court most obvi ously in favour of the votaries of the Romish supersti tion, Popery is making some advances in this country, greatly to the discredit of the age of intellect,' though it is not yet marching onwards quite so rampantly as the dictator of her Majesty's Government wishes us to be lieve. There is enough doing in that way, however, to awaken and rouse into action the energies of the Pro testant lion of England, unless its sleep has already been enfolded in the death embrace of the Romish serpent." The Times, in default of some more taking theme, makes the following flippant attack on Lord Palmer ston, suggested by an article that appeared in the Globe of last night on the subject of Spanish affairs :—" Lord regards a he his hasora Palmerston—call hi m C up id , as you say L u cas, a non m b l e i en ty, his lucendo, if you will--seems to to be occupied just now morefittinglywfietherone thn capacity's bent. Having at present no official mischief or mummery on his hand s , he has r e t urn ed to bis old, but unacknowledged, trade o f pu ffi ng hi mse lf an d his employed capacity,fo years, or his col leagues in whatever print he can command. We are sorry, however, to see that the old young fellow' (fifty-five and more), the juvenile old Whig' (rank Tory till (1830), has his hand rather out ; and that he is not near so smart a lampooner as he was when he slan dered his opponents anonymously in a Sunday print some years ago. To be sure, the present subject of his worn-out witticisms has been rather ill-chosen. He is trying to make fun of Maroto's murder of his companions in arms, and of the treason which the same scoundrel (with whom Cupid completely sympathizes) has exercised towards his Prince. It is possible that in the estimation of Lord Pal merston and his colleagues these may be excellent jokes ; but we doubt very much whether any honest and straightforward Englishman will find any thing to laugh at in them. NVe yield to any man for the sake of the argument, and Cupid's wit (but only pro vice), that to expel Don Carlos from Spain was a proper achievement ; but even to men who en tertain this opinion we desire to make this appeal ; Do you, as Englishmen, as members of a nation that has hitherto maintained an unsullied character for bravery and for honour—do you, can you, whatever your opinion of the result may be, cumtemplate without a blush the means which have been resorted to by that Erery-thing-arian, your Foreign Minister, for the achievement of that result ? Can you hear with patience this plain truth—viz., that your Government tried to subdue Don Carlos by fcece of arms, and that failing in the attempt—being disgracefully defeated in the field— they sent their emissaries into his camp to corrupt his Generals and his troops, and to induce them to abandon their master ? Was that conduct becoming a great nation like this? Is it a proper subject for joke ? Do you find anything funny in so disgraceful a transaction?' We hope not : but Cupid is facetious to the last degree about it." The Morning Chronicle makes the following com ments on some lugubrious remarks that lately appeared in the Standard relative to the spread of Popery in England :—" The rapid progress of Popery is all fudge. The time is gone by for • rapid progresses' of religious systems, unless amongst the very ignorant. If any large numbers answer to that description in such a land as ours, it is the fault of Church and Tory ob structors of education. If there be any probability in their predictions, there is precisely the same amount of culpability in their conduct. Moreover, if Popery has spread so widely as is pretended, the conduct of Government can be by no means justified in only making one additional Popish Privy Councillor. The statements of the Protestants' and the Stan dard would require from ten to twenty at least, on any fair principle of proportion and representation. But the Standard has two strings to its bow, only that it unluckily pulled the wrong one. Popery advances in its leader, but stands still in its columns. Let it stick to the stationary theory, and leave the exaggerations of Exeter-ball to their fate. Ministers may also be driven to perpetrate twenty things unheard of,' just by way of equitable adjustment. None of these blusterers would be more forward than ourselves, were there ar y chance of the intolerance which once characterized the Roman Catholic religion becoming the policy of a Bri tish Government. But the wind of intolerance does not at present sit in that quarter. Not by Roman Ca tholics is the bitterness of the odium theplogicum most diligently fomented. Not by Roman Catholics is the test of an exclusive creed most offensively applied in the various arrangements of social life. Not by Rom ;n Catholics are the most preposterous and pernicious claims advanced, so as to prevent that instruction which is yet, in words, allowed to be an universal right. Not by the Roman Catholic Church are parishes kept in constant turmoil, and all good neighbourhood abolished, for the sake of a paltry tax on other religionists to pay for its own sacred services. Not by Roman Catholics are the foes reinforced of all religious and political free dom. No, no ; the danger is elsewhere, so far as there is any. It is not the superstitious bigotry of the hair shirt, but the by pocritical bigotry of the 'jolly full bot tle that is most formidable to toleration.' The Morning Post thus expresses itself on the sub ject of the Government Education scheme :—" It is very gratifying to observe that of all the stupid, dan gerous, and improper acts of which the present Minis ters have been guilty, none is more decidedly resented by the steadier and worthier part of the community than that resolution by which they took under their patron age a system of non-religious education, We rejoice that Ministers and Ministerial advocates have been evidently made to feel the sober indignation of this Pro testant and religious country against the insolent levity and indifference with which true religion has been treated in the Government scheme of national educa tion. It is in vain that Ministerialists seek to dis guise their unavoidable sense of heavy guilt and gross imprudence in this matter by insolent bravado and paltry sneering. Their sneers can avail nothing against men whose virtues and whose greatness of mind are as conspicuous as the meanness and bigotry of their assailants. The worst and most malignant of all bigotry is that of irreligion. It generally resolves itself into mere devilishness, into an affected scorn of whatever is noble and pure and steadfast in religious feeling, and an impotent effort to put a lying gloss upon all that is advanced in an honest and good spirit upon the side of pure doctrine and regulated piety. Such is the character of the indecent attacks now so frequently made by Ministerialists upon those conscientious and Christian-minded men who can neither be won by the smiles nor intimidated by the frowns of the Court, into anything else than determined hostility to the Govern ment plan of education without religion?' SECOND EDITION. THE FUNDS.-(CLOSING PRICES.) i FUNDS India Stack Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities ....... ...„ Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2 1 3 pm. Ditto 5001 3 pm. Ditto 500/ 'I pm. Bank Stock for Opg IS7 India Stock for Opg Consols for Opg -7 g, N FUNDS should be thought of as well as the wrongs of the dead. I Slander is but an ill redresser of injuries inflicted by slander. We have only to observe that Lord Mel bourne bore the part which he was called upon to take in this transaction with a manly frankness, and with the spirit of a gentleman ; and that the opinion of the emi nent legal authorities that were consulted upon the case, ought to have taught the assailants of many innocent and honourable persons that, as there were no grounds for an action, there was nothing in the grievous error committed to justify the blindly revengeful proceedings that have subsequently been taken." The Globe, alluding to the recent conduct of Maroto, and his submission to the Spanish Government, puts forth these remarks :—" Into the motives which led Maroto to tender his submission to the Queen's Govern ment, it was not necessary for those to whom it was made to enter. Supposing the offer to be sincere—and proper precautions were taken to guard against treachery —it was obviously the dutyand the interest of the Queen's General-in-Chief to avail himself of the overtures ; as it was also the duty—no less honourable than gratillt ing —of Lord Jelin Hay and Colonel Wylde to assist in bringing the negotiation to a satisfactory close. This they accomplished after considerable difficulty. We may venture to assert, that but for their presence, and the confidence placed in th&r honour, and the influence thus acquired by them over the negotiators, the gratifying result would have been delayed, if not wholly pre vented. This testimony is borne to their merits by the agents of the French Government, who had tailed in obtaining for the Basque provinces the guarantee for their fueros, which the inhabitants demanded as the condition of their submission to the Queen's Govern ment, and for whi c h, more th an f rom a ttachment to Don Carlos, they bad joined his standard ; but which were, by the interposition of Lord John Hay end Colonel Wilde, at length conceded. Lord John Hay and Colonel Wylde will be about as much affected either in reputa tion or in feeling by the ravings of the Times, as the moon, walking in her brightness, is obscured in lustre or diverted fro& her course by the bayings of the cur which disturbs a neighbourhood by his bark, until he is at length lashed into silence." The Standard, remarking on the Irish Orange So cieties, says :—" We regret to observe that a few warm-hearted, but we must believe indiscreet, indi viduals, still persist in. an attempt to perpetuate the existence of Orange Societies in Ireland. Our cor respondent is right in asserting that they do not possess the confidence of the Conservative party at large, because nothing calculated to injure the cause it pro fesses to promote can hope for countenance from that party as a body. The agreement to dispense with the usual passwords does not entirely remove the objections which may be alleged against them. but it has the effect of bringing them within the pale of the law, and so far narrows the distance between them and their Protestant fellow-countrymen who may not choose to become parties to such demonstrations, into a mere difference of taste." The recent case of Miss Moyes, who threw her self from the top of the Monument, on Wednesday last, is the fourth instance on record of this kind of suicide, and not merely the third, as generally supposed. The first was that of a weaver in 1750 , the second, John Craddock, a baker, in 1788; and the third, Lyon Levy, a diamond merchant, January 17, 1810. ,::\Ve learn that Lord Glenelg is preparing to leave England with the view of residing two years in Germany. —lnverness Paper. DEATH OF LORD RENDLESHANI.—We are sorry to announce that the Right Hon. and Rev. William Lord Rondlesham expired about eleven yesterday, at seat Rendlesham House, after a few days illness. His Lordihip was in has 43d year, and has died without issue. The lion. Frederick Thelluson, a twin brother of the de ceased Lord, we believe, succeeds to the title.—Suiforie Chronicle. The Marquis of Waterford, one evening after the toils of the tournament, diverted himself, in his inn at Irvine, by heating shovelfuls of halfpence, and scattering them burning-hot among a crowd of eager scrambling boys in the street We have been informed that it is the intention of the Chartists and the Working Men's Association to get up a requ;sition to W. P. Gaskell, Esq. to come forward at the next election as a candidate for the representation of this borough. This fully proves the truth of the assertion which we made a few weeks since, that a third candidate, in the Radical interest, would be in the field. However. should this gentleman decline coming forward, we have the authority of Mr. S. C. Harper, proprietor of the Free Press, to state that he will himself become a candidate in the Radical interest —Cheltenham Chronicle. PARISII OF ST. LuKE's.—The contest for the office of Vestry Clerk to this parish terminated on ;Thurs day, in the election of Mr. Burton, by a majority of 450 over his opponent The numbers at the final close of the ballot, being for Mr. Burton 601, for Mr. Fletcher 1.51. TILE NEW DOCKS, GALWAY.—AWFUL EF FECTS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY STRING TIDE.--We stop the press to announce the effect of an extraordinary spring tide, accompanied with a S. W. gale, to be compared only with the hurricane of the ith of January last. The gale burst in a large coffer dam of our new docks, within about an hcur of high water, and filled the basin in an incredi bly short period to within 10 inches of the coping. The devastation wrought by the angry and raging element was majestically terrific. The immense pieces of balk, used as piles, were shattered in pieces, and nothing could with stand'the force with which the tide rushed in. The gates fortunately escaped injury. The men employed by Mr. James Stephens were happily removed from the works before the tremendous (we may say) catastrophe. The works must be retarded for about a fortnight. Stones of a ton weight were rolled forth as pebbles by this destruc tive tide, and should the wind continue in the same point. the coping of the dock must be covered by the succeeding tides. No lives were lost.—Galway Advertiser. MURDER OF A WOMAN BY HER HUSBAND. —On Sunday morning an alarm was created in the neigh bourhood of North-street, by a report that a pensioner and old clothes dealer, named Neal Whin, had killed his wife on the preceding night, in a narrow court styled Hughes's. entry, leading from that thoroughfare. This rumour having reached the police, its correctness was proved, ashen, on searching the Miserable dwelling of Hillan, the corpse of his wife, a woman evidently upwards of sixty years of age, was found stretched on a bed, shockingly disfigured by cats and bruises. The aged victim of the crime had apparently been dead for some hours. The floor and the bed were stained in several places with blood; and a boy of twelve years of age was standing over his murdered parent. Hillan and a grown-up daughter were also in the house, the former having made no effort to escape, although quite sober when apprehended. It seems that the deceased and her husband were occasionally in the habit of drinking to excess ; and that, on Saturday night, when the woman was inebriated, a quarrel arose, during which Hillan knocked her down repeatedly, kicked her, and afterwards stabbed her in the face with a knife. An inquest was held on the body, and Hillan has been committed to Carrickfergus gaol for trial at the Spring Assizes.—Belfast Whig. INCENDIARY FIRE AT BOLTON.—EarIy on Saturday morning last a fire was discovered in the mechanics' shop at the mill belonging to Mr. Adam Kay, in Mawdesley-street, Bolton. An alarm was given ; the town's engines were immediately brought out, and the fire was extinguished before it could communicate to any other part of the mill. On Sunday night last, about ten o'clock, a fire again broke out in the upper room of the same mill, and assistance was as readily given as on the former occa. sion. The fire was extinguished. On Saturday morning, after the fire had been got under, cotton was found in the mill saturated with oil of turpentine ; and on Monday morning, after the general bustle usual on such occasions had subsided, on examining the mill, the cotton and a number of the cops were again found to have been covered with the same liquid. It was also noticed, during the fire, that occasional bursts of large flame took place as if from some exceedingly combustible substances; and this, in some measure, accounts for the immediate destruction of the roof. There is not the slightest doubt that the mill was wilfur.y set on fire.—Manchester Guardian. In her late passage through Pau the Duchess of Orleans was pleased to desire the Mayor to dance with her. The Mayor's answer was that he was much flattered with the honour which her Royal Highness did him, but that he never danced. " What, Mr. Mayor," exclaimed the Duchess, " you won't do me the favour of dancing with me I" " Madam," replied the Mayor, " lam not accustomed to balls; I never danced, and I would but mar the quadrille which I should perform." " Well, Sir," continued the Duchess, " I shall guide you." " Madam," urged the Mayor, " It is the first time in my life I truly regret that I do not know how to dance; but I am so certain of becoming an incumbrance to your Royal High ness if I make my debut this evening, that I had better not avail myself of your condescension." "At least, Sir," said the Duchess, " you must promise to learn dancing by the time I return to Pau, in order that I may have you for my partner." " Madam," replied the Mayor, " your commands are ton gracious not to be obeyed. I shall forthwith set about remedying the neglected part of my education." ROBBERIES.—On Saturday afternoon last, be tween the hours of five and six, the chambers of Mr. Porter, solicitor, situate on the ground-floor of No. 22, Lincoln's inn-fields, were robbed of three Bank of England notes for 1001. each, all dated the sth of February, 1839; seven 101. notes, dated the 16th of April, 1839 ; 17 or 18 sovereigns, an old-fashioned gold watch, 12 silver table spoons, two gravy spoons, and soup ladle (engraved with crest " a Lion") ; a mourning ring (" In memory of Mr. Garrett") ; a gold seal, with arms, three church bells, and crest, a portrait ; and several articles of apparel. On Thursday night last the house of Mr.;Harvey, a maltster, at Welling. ton, in Lincolnshire, was robbed of upwards of 1,0001. in country bank-notes, 55/. in gold and silver, and a pocket pistol, 'maker's name Manton. On Sunday night, between eight and ten, a lady named Allen, resident at Springfield Cottages, Acre-lane, Brixton, was robbed of three 10/. bank-notes and eight sovereigns, while riding in one of Ball's omnibuses, between the Elephant and Castle and Brixton. On Saturday evening the Rapid coach was over turned between Basingstoke and Popham-lane, when on its way to join the railway train from Winchester to Southampton. Not the slightest blame is attributable to the coachman, the accident being caused by the breaking of the axletree. Several of the passengers were more or less injured, and one had two or three ribs fractured. Much delay and disappointment arose at the railway sta tion, in consequence of the non-arrival of the coach, whirl' did not reach Winchester till past two o'clock on Sunday morning and was drawn to Southampton by post horse 3.— Devises Gazette. I would rather fight the devil under the gallows for a gibbetted thief, than get involved in a personal con troversy with an unprincipled attorney !—Adventures of an .Attorney in Search of Practice. SUICIDE OF THE YOUNG LADY WHO THREW HERSELF FROM THE TOP OF THE MONUMENT. ADJOURNED INQUEST. The investigation into this lamentable occurrence was resumed yesterday at Three o'Clock, at the Swan Tavern, Fish-street-hill, before Mr. Payne, the Coro ner. The room was again extremely crowded, and great numbers were unable to obtain admission. Mr. PA NE remarked that a great many persons bad been on the Monument yesterday and to-day, and he thought it would have been more decent on the part of those who had charge of it if they had prevented per sons from ascending until the conclusion of the present inquiry. The first witness called was Mr. Croft, surgeon, who stated that he had examined the body, and did not believe that the deceased had been impregnated. The bone of the pelvis, and the hip bone, were broken, but this had been caused by the fall. Captain Robert Bevan examined—l have resided at Mr. Moyes's house three or four weeks, and have seen the deceased, but not so frequently as her sisters. 1 have observed great dejection and despondency in the manner of the deceased, and more especially during the last week. I once asked the reason, and she said her mother had died, and her father was ex pected to die, and she did not know what was to become of them all. They seemed a united family, and did not quarrel. I did not hear her say anything about going out into the world. I have no knowledge that her name had appeared in any publication to her prejudice. I gave notice ten days ago to the eldest sister that it was my intention to leave. I know nothing to account for the dejection of the deceased, but what I have stated. Elizabeth Winkworth examined—l live in Bucking ham-street. My sister drank tea with me the night before this happened. She seemed much the same as usual, and very dull. She did not speak of anything that troubled her mind. She never spoke to me on the subject. She was always dull, and I did not notice anything particular. An arrange ment had been made for her going out into the world, and she said she did not like to leave her father. I have not heard that her name' had been mentioned in any of the papers. I cannot account for her being dull. When she went away she was more affectionate than usual. I asked her to come again the following day, but she said she could not. There was no other person in company with her at my house. She went away between 10 and 11 o'clock. She was alone. My husband is ill, and knows no more than myself. I don't know of any person who can give information as to any trouble on her mind. The witness then retired. Mr. PAYNE-It has been said the father is dead. Is that so Catain Bevan replied in the negative. Mr. PAYNE said the Jury had the fact before them of the way in which the deceased had destroyed herself, and the circumstances which were brought forward to account for her dulnesss of mind ; such as the illness of her father, and his probable death. and the circumstance of being obliged to go out into the world to get a living. He was not aware that any other information could be obtained. If anything further could be suggested, he should be glad to attend to it. If not he would ask them whe ther there could be any doubt that the unfortunate young woman was so far depressed in spirits as not to be accountable for her actions, and did this in a state of temporary insanity. He would also ask them to consi der whether it would not be desirable to recommend that some measures should be taken to prevent the possibility of anything of the kind occurring in future. Mr. Matthews, one of the Common Councilmen, said that whether any such recommendation should be made or not, be would undertake that the matter should be brought before the Common Council with that view. The Jury then retired, and on their return, in about a quarter of an hour, The Foreman said, " We have agreed as to our ver dict, and are unanimously of opinion that the deceased, at the time of the unfortunate occurrence, was labouring under temporary insanity. We also earnestly recom mend the Corporation of London to take such measures as will most effectually prevent the recurrence of such a melancholy calamity." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BitITISI sank Stock 3 rr Cent. Red 0 . % 3 per Cent. Ccus. (11 1 . 4 3 per Cent. Red 99 .", New 3Y.", per Cent ....... 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They relate to the circumstances that preceded the death of his late sister, Lady Flora. . Now this is a subject on which all further expatiation could well have been 1)1 statement,il? considerable g w i Pp th oorstti copies oonf ot hf spared, for every body, except an exceedingly select few, is satisfied that far too much had been already said and written upon it. We frankly con f ess , there fore, that we do notinsert this fifty-times told tale with any view to the satisfaction and interest of our readers, but solely to satisfy to the very utmost the Noble Marquis's superfluous anxiety, and extreme notions of justice. It is to be regretted, for the sake of the relatives of the deceased lady, that this sort of spirit which these repeated disclosures manifest should be kept p. We hope it is at an end. The wrongs of the living MANSIONHOU USE. EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT OF SIXPENNYWORTH OF GIN. —James Wheater, the landlord of the Walter Arms, Dept ford, was brought before the Lord Mayor. About half-past ten on Thursday night he was found lying on the pavement on London-bridge, in a state of intoxication ; on being taken to the watch-house he charged the officer with having stolen a 5/. note from him. The LORD NIATOR—What have you to say now ? Wheater—l really don't know what to say. They tell me I was tipsy, and I suppose I must have been; but all I had drunk was sixpennyworth of gin-and-water at the King's Arms, Philip-lane. I left Deptford at five o'clock to get cash for a 5/. cheque ; and Mrs. Wilkinson, the landlady, cave me a 5/. note fur it. When the officer laid hold of me I had my hand in my pocket, and I suppose the note must have been lost in that way. The LORD MAYOR—I cannot think that a glass of gin and water would have that effect. A; a public-!u you must know that is impossible.—Wheater—l had three several two-pennyworths, and left the house about half-past eight, intending to mske the best of my way home. The LORD Davos—Do y-u know when you lost your senses ? Wheater—lf I had any, I don't know that I have lost them yet. I recollect the officer taking roe. The LORD MAYOR—Do you recollect Ding on the pavement ? Wheater— I have no recollection of that at all. The LORD MAYOR—We have some marvellous Stories sometimes, but this is one of the most extraordinary I have heard. How long have you been a publican ? Do you recollect leaving the house ? Wheater—Most decid edly, as well as I know I am standing here. The LORD MAYOR—And you went no where else ? Wheater— I believe I was not in any house afterwards. The LORD MAYOR—You have been pretty well punished. \Vheater•—l have ; but there is something: worse than that, because I am summoned before the Magistratts at eleven o'clock to answer for having had rny house open before one o'clock on Sunday. The LORD MAYOR —You will have an awkward story to tell the Magistrates. Wheater—l believe I shall. The LORD MAYOR—You have been pretty well punished for your folly, and may go. A young man, named Robert Pitcher, was charged by a gentleman of the name of Bowles for having followed him in the street and threatened to assault him. Mr. Bowles stated that he had deposited in the hands o. M'Nin, who was tried at the Central Criminal Court for having forged certain foreign securities, a large amount of Colombian and Spanish bonds, upon which that individual advanced him a sum of money. As collateral security he (Mr. Bowles) had handed to AV Nin his promissory notes. to the amount of some thousands, although the bonds far exceeded the sum advanced. By some means the brother of the defendant Pitcher became possessed of some of these notes, for which he (Mr. Bowles) never received any value, and the defendant followed him about the streets accusing him of being in debt to his brother. The LORD MAYOR—Have any of the promissory notes been paid ? Mr. Bowles—l never received any value for them, and gave them merely as an identification of the sum advanced. The LORD MAYOR—But they may have become a regu lar commercial transaction, and a man who passes his note should be prepared to take it up. Mr. Bowles—lt was never intended that they should be negociated, and .I never received one farthing for them, neither did the defendant's brother ever pay a farthing for them. The Defendant—l have a writ to serve upon Mr. Bowles, but unfortunately it is at home. My brother cashed the bills, and Mr. Bowles has thus become indebted to him in the sum of 2,0001., and I could not find Mr. Bowles till this day, when I met him street, and thought I was bound to follow him—all I want is Ills address. Mr. Bowles—lf you make affidavit that your brother cashed the bills. I shall this moment give 504 to any cba rity the Lerd Mayor may recommend. This person, my Lord, not only followed and charged me with owing money, which Ido not owe, but threatened to strike me, or, to use his own language, to knock my nose off. The Defendant—AU I want, my Lord, is his address. _ _ The LORD MAYOR—You are not by any means justified in using menacing language towards this gentleman, and you must find securities to keep the peace. Mr. Bowles—l am willing to give your Lordship my address, but I certainly shall not give it to the defendant. The LORD MAYOR subsequently consented to take Mr. Pitcher's own security. An elderly Jewess, named Mendoza, known for her pu gilistic habits and skill, was charged by a policeman with not having used decent caution in covering the lower part of her person as men passed her in Le:lenhall-street at night. The policeman said that several gentleman complained to him of the conduct of the old lady, who was dancing as high, and about as bare as Tam o' Shouter's witches. For his part he was quite astonished. When he spoke to her the language she used in suswer quite beggared de- scription. The defendant—Oh, dear ! me use uncivil language ! I assure you, my Lord, I was brought up quite different, and I don't know nothing of undecent words. I'm sure I didn't show my legs, for I a'nt tractable there or anywhere else. God help me, poor lone crittur, without father or mother. The LORD MAYOR—Then this policeman is quite in error ?—The defendant : My Lord, he's a false willain. You see, please your Lordship, this here man takes money and drink from other poor girls, and he salves out with the station sich as goes upon the beat without dubbing up to him. Now I couldn't do no sich a thing as d u b up, and that aggravated him to pull me up. Inspector Hunter said that the defendant was a common nuisance in Ald ers g ate-street every ni g ht, and w as well ° r known to id e b ß e D a shameless AiAyo s w old a t ha woman. ve The u to say n uw , M rs . y o N n / ecne d u oz n al Defendant—Pray, my Lod, lo o k over i t t hi s I'll not come here afore you again, upon my honour. The Loan Maron—l can't look ove r i t; you have v ili. fled the char acter of this policeman, and you shall go to Bride well for a month? Defendant—Oh dear ! I really don't think I shall live in sich a place. The Loan MAYOR—Oh yes, you will ; you will get no gin there, and you will come out more fresh, and I hope more decent. 1: --- 30Tf ; 7: -- sTREET. A young man, named Thomas Chapell, was yesterday brought up by Sergeant Pocock, of the F division, and placed at the tar, charged, on suspicion, with being con- WENING EDIn9N. „ cerned in an extensive robbery committerni Lincoln'a.ma fields, under the follow ing circumstances 7— Mr. Port er , a so li c it or , stated that oh Saturday, the 7th inst., between the hours of flee and s'iN o'clock in the evening, his chambers on the ground door; 42,vLitle;o1nIst inn -fields, had been burglariously entered, aii . eld fashioned double cased gold watch stolen from them, to gether with twelve silver table spoons, two silver gravy spoons, a silver soup ladle, three 1004 Bank of England notes, seven lot Bank of England notes, about eighteen sovereigns, a mourning ring, and various articles of wearing a eh p a p n a i r h el er . h T u h t e p wa r s is n o u n t er heead the tae the e th n e tir r e e o t f he th ry e took place, and from circumstances which have since tran spired, there was every reason to supuose he had a guilty knowledge of it; for on Friday, after beating some carpets, a sovereign was given to him as part of his wages, in con sequence of his complaining that he was ” hard up" for' c a s h ; and on Monday, while the investigation was going forward, it was suggested that the clerk's lodgings should be searched, while the prisoner was to be dispatched to watch the clerk op his going away after the business of the day had concluded. Upon search being made with the greatest reliance for hone sty , no portion of officer at the lodgings of th'e clerk, in whom the comp l a i nant the e d property ai'v was sthe found, but the prisoner, instead of acting as he was directed, went to the clerk and disclosed the entire of the instructions he had received, proposing at the same time, as he also did to -another person, that he would accompany him to Dublin on a theatrical speculation, as he had ' 3 51. or 30/. to spare. - This circumstance being at tended with suspicion.e rs the prisoner had so lately de clared he was in want of money, caused the part of the house down stairs, where, he used, to be searched, and the officer found concealed under a stone, 71. lOs. together with a tradesman's bill for 2/. 18s. which was paid yesterday morning. Mr. TWYFORD inquired if any other facts had come out which tended to show that the prisoner might be con cerned in addition to those ahtch had been mentioned. The constable produced . ti illtinber of chisels and files which he found in the pr:soaer's apartment, and a key which opened several rooms in the ground-floor, and he had no doubt that in the coarse of a few days be would be enabled to make further discoveries. The prisoner accounted fOr the sovereigns by saying that :ie had accumulated them (nut of his wages, and he had asked his master for a sovereign on Friday as he did not wish to irriak through what he had saved. Mr. Twvronn said that the suspicion was so strong against him, he should- order him to be remanded until a future day. . The prisoner was then taken from the bar. WORSHIP-STREET. Two Wals OF SETTLING AN Accousr.--The organ of combativeness seems-to be amazingly developed by the fair sex inhabiting the district of this office. The whole of yesterday mornir:g was occupied in hearing cas es o f s i ng l e combat b e t ween ladies—whose faces Vre witness that in their tiltings, unlike the Knights of Eglinton C6stle they at least were quite in earnest. The muses of all these combats were similar—the complainant in each case had asked the defendant to settle a little bill, to which the defendant had replied thai. she would settle complainant — thereupon issue was joined, and the case brought for final settlement before the M. ;4istratc, who found it in most cases necessary to call in the assistance of the police to stop the eloquence, us, on the previous eveni ng , th e neighbours had found it necessary to apply for the aid of the same useful body of men to put a stop to the pugna cious propensities of the same individuals. Mr. GROVE, having fined some of the defendants, sod committed others to the House of Correction, to study the advantages of roc( kness and humility , took occasion to give utterance to divers wise saws of, aid concerning the guar relsoincucss of wunien, of which the day's proceedings had furni,;hed so many modern instances. TOWN HALL. Mr. Jo3eph Brilliant, the chinaware man, of 61 Blackman street, was summoned yesterday before Mr. Alderman Kelly, by Stetvell, for obstructing the pavement in front of his premises, by allowing a hamper and crate to stand there on Thursday for upwards of an hour. Two witnesses on the behalf of Stowell proved the com mittal of the offence, Mr. Brilliant, in his defence, said that he had not in reality caused the obstruction, as the crate and hamper bad been put down at the door by the carrier, who had brought them back from a place where he was in thelalit of send ing china to ; he also denied that they remained at the door the time stated by Stowell's witnesses. Mr. Alderman KELLY did not consider the czse one that called for a heavy penalty ; he should therefore fine Mr. Brilliant, under the Local Act, ten shillings and costs. Mrs. _hinny Walker, who carries on the business of a carrier bttweea Eltham and London, and who resides at the former place, appeared before Mr. Alderman Kelly, in consequence of a summons obtained against her, at this office by Smith, the i❑former, for not having her name painted on her cart in black and white, according to the Act of Parliament. Mrs. Walker, in her defence, said that her name and calling were on the cart in no less than three places, and in most conspicuous letters. She admitted that they were not painted in black and white, but she trusted that that circumstance would not induce the worth• Alderman to fine her, as it was to her interest to have her name as conspicuously as possible upon her cart, in consequence of the nature of the business which she carried on. Mr. Alderman KELLY thinking that the only object of the Legislature was to have the names of the owners of carts as conspicuous as possible, ordered the summons to be dismissed, very much to the chagrin of the-chap.fallen informer. PaE•CUr,so.lt DI NNE R.—About sixty or seventy ntlemen, principally belonging to the Glasgow Precursor Association, now dissolved, sat down to an ert.elleat dinner in the \Vheat Shear Tavern, Clyde. terrixe, en Monday evening. in honour of two Catholic Clergymen. the Rev. Mr. M'Lauchlan, of Greenloch, Diocese of Derry, and the Rev_ Mr. Stewart, of Glasgow. Mr. Bryson, merchant ar d shipper. acted as Chairman, and Mr. O'NAI as croupier.—Glasgow Chronicle. The Harvest may now be spoken of as general in. the neighbourhood of Glasgow. This week has been hitherto favou:alle. The oats show well on the ground— the stocks being thickly studded over every field as yet cut. . This crop wiil prove a full avcrmge. Of the whea we cannot speak so favourably. Muth of it will, we fear, be inferior. The black is a failure. It will yield plenty of fodder, but the late spring frosts were most detrimental, and the pods of both peas and beans are few and far between.—Glasgow Chronicle. The ship Marie, just arrived at Bordeaux from Vera Cruz, Is said by the Journals of that city to have brought a bell from the fort of San Juan d'Ulloa, weigh ing 2001b5., which was pertorated by an 18 pound ball fired from the Creole during the attack. The bell is not splintered, and has sustained no other injt?!.y than merely the hole made by the shot. It is to be brought to Paris as a trophy.—Galignani. It is reported that the Emperor of Russia intends purchasing the splendid collection of pictures belonging to the late Cardinal Fesch. ---- - ANECDOTE OF BONAPARTE.—The grounds of Longwood, next to those of Plantation, are the mos level on the island: they are tolerably well planted, and in good cultivation. A valley extends from the house in a north-easterly direction towards the sea, through which Bonaparte attempted, on one occasion, toil pass in dis. guise, as it is supposed, for the purpose of trying the possibility of escape. He went by several sentries with out exciting suspicion, but was at length recognised by a sergeant on duty, who, taking with him two soldiers, fol lowed at a short distance, apparently as if strolling in the same direction, but at the same time directing all his attention to the motions of the other. When Bonaparte perceived that he was discovered, knowing that further perseverance would only subject him to the indignity of seizure, he leisurely retraced his steps, and %as permitted to return, without interaiption, to Longwood. This cir cumstance was mentioned to me by the man at present in charge of the semaphore, who is a pensioner of the 66th Regiment, and was at the time of the occurrence on duty close to the house, so that its authenticity may be relied on.—St. Helena, by Lieut. Robert ,Stuart.--United Sir-. vice Journal. The case of barratry and murder on board. the - Alexandre. of Bordeaux, and the trial and condeonnatioa of Marsaud, the second officer, and Raymond, one of the men, together with the execution of the former, will be in the recollection of our readers. Since their trial, tete other men of the crew, named Bellegou attn Joly, have been arrested at Bourbon, and brought to Brest. Four others, Valle, Legardere, Andrezay, and Sandrey, impli cated in this affair, have hitherto escaped from capture. The six, however, were arraigned on the 2cl instant, at Brest, and the trial lasted four days. It was clearly proved that July was confined to his hammock by sickness during the whole of the horrible transactions, and he was ac quitted 13ellegou insisted that he took uo part in the massacres, but remained passive because he knew it would 1 be in vain fur him to make say attempt at resistance. H e , however, with the four defaulters, were found guilty, and the whole five were condemned to death, Sinc e , in the be so f ' far of having poi. itm Ray mond's s o d; x s p sentence h y the commutedhe Royal clemencyin t into !n) will ex tended to Bellegou. Four years ago, a woman Ribot, livin. u it s r. b p a r n i c s i o , n b m u e t n t t he . e L v a i ds Last b n j e u i i ew deficient, and, him, wos sentenced to Itidre-et. Loire, was arrested on suspicion bc;ri,g only convicted of ill-treatine tin; wife of a man named Diguet, with whom the wo t uan Ribot was known to have an illicit intercourse, died . . strarees a hich left no doubt of its° poison, under eircurn ssi"x e m d o h nt ‘. l r is h ' by Ribot, in concert with her having been administered paramour Diguet. Thee were both arrested, and b tought to trial before the last Court of A4z 1,. es ,or the de- t mo After tment. Af , confessionteo days trial the was woman s found guilty won her o ng both h er h us b an d and the woman' Diguet, a of and waspoison detained to death. Diguet was found guiltyas an eon accom- plice in the death o f his wife, but with extenuating cir cumstances, and was sentenced to hard labour at the hulks for life,— Galigna:zi. DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKELETONS.--In the course of last week the men employed in excavating the ground in the new market, Gloucester, for the pur pose of constructing a new culvert to carry ,ff the water from the intended depot of the Gloucester and Birming. ham Railway, discovered, at the depth of some feet, two doz.n skeletons. They were generally in a perfect state, and the teeth in some of the skulls were quite white. It is supposed thA they are the remains of some of tho sol diers who fell in battle in 1640, when Charles I. besieged the city, the spot where they were found being near to the north gate, around which, it appears from the history of Gloucester, there was great carnage. A military button, on which there is the figure 9, surmounted by a crown, and in the usual part the maker's name, ~ C. jennens, London," was also found, together with a spur, and a horse's skull and leg in a decayed state. Most of the ske letons have been re-buried, and the o th ers w i ll be, as the excav ation is filled up. Notwithstandtug the heavy rains, most of the corn is well got in around Tattershall .— 7L• verpool Mar. curl. .....,- YL.'.3