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EVENING EDITION. MAGAZINE DAY • L B ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. ream,T "°se who are partial to—what, for want of a better v ., net;' may call—the melodramatic school of prose c7i°l will be delighted with " Jack Sheppard" this o nth, for it teems with all sorts of attractive inci , B .! n t.s. viz., hair -breath escapes, midnight surprises, "nll-assassinations, proposals of marriage, mad mothers. and a scene in Bedlam ! These various items, however, ar e worked up with uncommon skill, and in an ad cap , e a t er style, that proves Mr. Ainsworth to be a shrewd euhat.,e_rr for the public taste. The best scene in the present ter is the interview between Jack and his mother in res 4 road- house, where the author has called into action all the ource' of his art. Th e 4. Old Elm" is a sentimental, ~,eb ebullition, easier, we suspect, to write . than to read. , 4 n writer's signature "J. N. Macjilton" is by no means ', 1 1 , 1 e most euphoni ous part of this rythmical outburst. atin n i e " equa Crayon Paper s " are penne d i n a style as easy , ble as Addison's. H ere an d t h ere occur touches of arch humour, the more relishin because !t th ey see m to ooze out by accident. Alluding for in .ance, t o those bands of maurauders who infested the , U nited St ates during the revolutionary war, and were ,_.,l'fire n own by the names of " Skinn ers " and " Cow-boys," "ooy Crayon observes, with amusing naivete, hNeither of them stopped to ask the politics of orse or cow, which they drove into captivity ; nor when they wrung the neck of a rooster, did they trouble their heads to ascertain whether ho Were crowing for Congress or King George." Again, speaking of the desperate hair-brained, and unsuccessful enterprises of an American back woodsman, which lost him both house and lands, we are told that " h e f are d lik e some heroic spider that has unwittingly ensnared a hornet, to his immortal glory, perhaps, but to the utter ruin of his web." We subjoin one more specimen of Master Geoffrey Crayon's Vy.nc'ilY humour. He is alluding to a legend of Sleepy °"°w---" As to the enchanted fountain, said to be gifted with the power of making still well s u old folk s y oung aga i n, , i t, p at the foot of th e b an k, an d goes b y Lae name of the Indian spring ; but I have my doubts as to its rejuvenating powers, for tho' I have drank often crand copiously of it, I cannot boast that I find myself ow ing younger." Equally ex ce ll ent i s our author at ndscape description. Here is a scene dashed off at noe strok e of the pencil :—" A lonely, rambling, down dhill lane leads to it, overhung with trees, with a wild brook ashing along, and crossing and recrossing it." The c hapters o f " Vi ncent Ed en " are capital this month. Colle ge life is hit off to a nicety, and in a lively, unex aggerated spirit. Thi s t a l e prom i ses to b e the best in the " Miscellany." The " Phantom Funeral" is told by 4r, Gleig with earnestness and energy. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. The ar ti c l e ent i t l e d " Specimens of Persian Poetry " is re sumed in thi s num b er , an d enters into somee enter- t ainin g d etails respecting the poetry of Scheik Feizi, b rothe r of the celebrated Persian historian Abul Fazil, respecting whom, we are informed in a note, that the t2trionarehs of Asia stood more in awe of his pen, than of i a sword of Akbar In "My Private Log, a Tale 'tt th e s ea: , there is a clever graphic description of the the M in inK on, and t h e consequences, of a white squall in edi terranean. The story is rather of a sentimen to I,' t hough not maudlin, character, beginning with (1 -4, and endin g with marriage, as such stories usually e I - I ° ' A Young sailor, named Vernon, forms a sudden lidd:z_irdnt attachment to a beautiful Spanish . girl ; and her, g It wholly impossible to support existence without ' very naturally and rationally walks off with her , fr arn a convent, claps her on b oar d a sc h ooner, an d then ' B "ake s a n sail for the nearest En g li s h c h urc h an d par -07)! Here the tale ends, leaving all parties in a state 2 auprenne felicity " John Bull's Castle" is another well-written story, ;hose termination, however, is dismal enough n ,„ to give even Democritus the dumps. Fortu -7,l;e'Y' the writer makes short work of his distresses. plac e e 4 Rising of the Sun" is a very harmless, common thevo.utbre.ak of Conservative poesy. . " Sketches .. of t f. university of Heidelberg" are wanting in interest T welfth the general reader. The " Paris Rebels of the sipwelfth of May," furnishes us with some curious gos isPing details of the French House of Peers. Here h 4 condensed biographical s k etc h of the present Duke Decazes : h;_ ha Duke Decazes is a wonderful man. You may like f,._0l or hate him, scold him or praise him, according to i 7 e ar tagt e ; but he is, after all a wonderful man. Whe i r as 'Alagistrte, counsellor to Louis Buonapartc the t h e n g of Holland, or as secretary to Madame Mere; whe mar_ as commander of a company of volunteers on 20th . of 1 1 , - , e bt 16 15, when he separated himself from the family - N a '01615, and read the proclamation of Louis XVIII., or 43 Prefe ct of Police of Paris in July of the same year, asen before the return of the King to his capital ; or trii n'st . 14 embe r o f the Chamber of Deputies ; or as t of a r of poli ce i n t h e place of Fouebe; or as minister b k :e in tim es o f vast difficulty and d anger; or as am . or saltdor to the court of St. James's ; or as peer of France ; „ le as grand referendary to the chamber of which he is a hi h .l u ber ;--in each and all of these positions he has proved tr ' : 'elf to b e an extraordinary man, and continues to ex -1,4`1'130 vast influence, both in the upper house and at the ',ace of his+knence, king. il l 4. v, • 1., .gyptian Mythology" there is a great show of ..draed research on the abstrusest and most perplexing `_'t all subjects. " Catherine : a Story," which exhibits (Pai'arne powers of drollery, is illustrated with a remarkably kylent and humorous wood-cut, " Sidney Smith, John jus' and Grantley Berkeiey,” is a critical article in stice of many of whose n t ii r t i rogre ss o f Di so rganization o " piisions we co i nc id e. The a fra nt i c political dia b.be, i n which we are gravely assured th at the Reform 'ill i s a failure, because the Conservatives say so '. _ - MONTHLY CHRONICLE, es on acquaintance. At first i , This Magazine 1 6 NS somewhat d i o m g p m r a o :ical and sectarian in its tone, Dtit of quite catholic. The Number bp,. late it has become Pear u s is one of the best that hpaesrsybeu,t,tmpoasd:esistess ainp: terra .4rnee. Scarce one of the Pa Characters of , for the generality of . readers. thunblic Men" opens in a sprightly, pertinent style, and h 4 goe s on to discuss the France ; and of .., 44 . liter . a u r s y o c f laims of M. Cor wk In. who, it seems, is the Junius from his pen pro ,'4°Tn we are told that 'pamphlet ` 4 ees Et sensation which ' a would scarcely be buerecroeodiinteedd off pro °4r Wintry atmosphere. His and search w4.t° current axiom s and the whole population rings sentences ir l ith the echoes of his antithetical sarcasms and course of ~,, eriticisms." Alluding, incidentally,. 4.4 eSSaYI to Sir Robert Peel's public in ch a_ra o ct m er a , u th in e ttith observes, with striking felicity—". IN 44..g14nd understands the vulgar English ch . ara w c i t t e h r mboerte tor_ than Peel ; and no man plays up keelurnmate skill. Every ' respectable' in to . d . i l :Tidual ' who o r h. 9 f I:4 4 gig ' naust entertain the most implicit admiration There i 41 '. He is the head of the class." : ,!Itich justness and significance in the above passage. Nrt°l°nization of New Zealand" enters into some curious hose it ) 1 1 le.ulars respecting these barbarous islands, petl4°ltants are rank cannibals, and remarkable for their overtehant for re heads when nicely baked in a . In this respect they are decided epicures. Their BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. I That delightful, rambling essay, " Our Pocket Com panions," is continued in this Number, and administers a gentle, and not unmerited, castigation, to a certain Quarterly Reviewer for his late disparaging treatment I of Campbell's Poems. Mr. Heraud is also visited for the same offence, and slily informed that " men not in spired, but puffed up, may publish themselves for Isaiahs, and yet find themselves in the Balsam box." We agree with Christopher North--for he it is who thus lets fall his crutch on Mr. Heraud's sconce—that " O'Connor's Child" is the finest of all Campbell's productions. It is as Poli s h e d t h roughout as Parian marble, and as symme trical in its proportions as a Phydian statue, yet withal full of passion, vigour, and sensibility. Few who h ave once read, ever ' for ' ffet this " gem of purest ray seren e ." I n the " Hasty Hints on Horses" occurs a cl ever sketch of a hack cab horse—that most discon solate and hopeless of quadrupeds. We cannot say much for the three Letters addressed to the " Protes tants of Scotland." They are eloquent enough, so far as mere manner is concerned ; but the spirit that pervades them i s j aundiced and illiberal. The writer entertains a perfect horror of the Catholics, and boldly asserts the doctrine that we have laid the axe to the root of our n ational Pr osper i ty, b y adm i tt i ng them within the w alls of Parliament. This is a monstrous asser tion to make in the year 1839 ! " A Prosing upon P ne trY," is a grace f u l essay, stu dd e d w i t h b r i g h t toughts and images. How just is this observa tion ;--" Ma n y a f ee li ng w hi ch those who profess .t 0 despis e poetry, would not willingly relinquish, has been originated or fostered by the ideas thrown into g e neral c i rculation by a succession of poetic teachers. The sentiment o f b eauty i n a ll i ts mo difi cat i ons7a sentiment which adds so much to the pleasure of life, much to the refinement of character—is due to those associations of thought which imaginative writers have th ',re tight about. It is the poet' s p r ovince to multiply e associations, and his combinations extending through all literature, become the common property of mankind." ht " Songs of London" i s a com pil at i on , common - p l ace i u gh, yet not uninteresting. " Pi e t ro d'Ab ano " i s a ° of ench an t ment, trans l ate d f rom t h e G erman of f Tieck. It i s rep l ete with the wildest incidents, fu put together, and with great knowledge of dra tie effect. " Song Writing" does justice to the ri.o poems of Burns. It is a spirited and discrimi _ating little essay. From " Literary Fables" which are freely rendered from the Spanish of Yriarte, we quote the " Alusical Ass" : The fable which I now present, Occurr'd to me by accident. A stupid ass this morning went Into a field by accident, And cropp'd his food and was content, Until he spied by accident A flute, which some oblivious gent Had left behind by accident ; When, sniffing it with eager scent, He breathed on it by accident, And made the hollow instrument Emit a sound by accident. Hurrah, hurrah," exclaim'd the brute, " How cleverly I play the flute l" A fool, in spite of nature's bent, May shine for once—by accident. TAIT'S MA GA ZINE. The " English Opium Eater "—as Mr. De Quincey somewhat fantastically styles himself—here continues his " Lake Reminiscences," in which we find an amus ing account of Southey's menage at Keswick. The article is much inferior to its predecessors, for a consi derable portion of it is taken up with a dull, inconclu sive dissertation on Political Economy, undertaken apparently for no other purpose than to show that Cole ridge knew little or nothing about the matter —a fact in which, whether true or false, the " pensive public " takes not the slightest in terest. In the " War in India," the writer discusses an important question shrewdly and temperately, ob serving —and there is much truth in the remark—that the contest now carrying on in the East, is " by far the greatest movement which has been made during the eighty years and upwards which have elapsed since Clive moved out of the Factory at Calcutta, and made England the virtual sovereign of Bengal." The " Lion of the Coteries"is a review, interspersed with well-chosen extracts, of a novel which is just now in some favour with the public. We have read it with pleasure, for it neither "extenuates, nor sets down aught in malice," but gives an unbiassed opinion of the work in question, on which the Reviewer pronounces a favourable ver dict. In his " Retrospective View of the Movement," Mr. Ensor, the writer, says that Universal Suffrage is the question now, as it was formerly, for that the "want of popular authority in the representation, is felt both by consumers and producers. The following description of Southey's Study, which we quote from De Quincey's " Lake Reminiscences" may perhaps amuse our readers : Interesting this room was, indeed, and in a degree not often rivalled. The library—the collection of books, I mean, which formed the most conspicuous part of its fur niture within—was in all senses a good one. The books were chiefly English, Spanish, and Portuguese; well se lected, being the great cardinal classics of the three litera tures ; fine copies, and decorated externally with a rea sonable elegance, so as to make them in harmony with the other embellishments of the room. This effect was aided by the horizontal arrangement upon brackets, of many rare manuscripts—Spanish or Portuguese. Made thus gay within, this room stood in little need of attractions from without. Yet, even upon the gloomiest day of winter, the landscape from the different win dows was too permanently commanding in its gran. deur, too, essentially independent of the seasons or the pomp of woods, to fail in fascinating the gaze or the coldest and dullest of spectators. The lake of Derwent Water in one direction, with its lovely islands—a lake about ten miles in circuit, and shaped pretty much like a boy's kite ; the lake of Bassinthwaite in another; the mountains of Newlands arranging themselves like pavi lions ; the gorgeous confusion of Borrowdale just revealing its sublime chaos through the narrow vista of its gorge ; all these objects lay in different angles to the front; whilst the sullen rear, not fully visible on this side of the house, was closed for many a league by the vast and towering masses of Mkiddaw and Blencathara. THE METROPOLITAN. in the " Recollections of Ancient Literature, by an .rich Barrister," we have an eloquent outline of the public life and orations of Cicero —the greatest orator but one that the world ever produced. It is carefully and soberly written, being by no means marked with that unpruned floridity which is but too apt to disfigure the first literary productions of young Irish barristers in general. In " Oliver Goldsmith's Nephew and the Lottery Ticket" we find the following critical dictum in reference to the merits of Prior's " Life of Goldsmith :" " We look upon Sir David Brewster's Life of Newton' as the best, and Boswell's Johnson' as the worst speci mens of modern biography. In the one, how many pages are wasted on Johnson's "liable Talk,' his way of eating and laughing, and a hundred little matters which serve no other purpose than to give an idea of the man as he appeared to his associates ; while in the other nothing is said of such trifles, their place is filled with solid ac counts of Sir Isaac's scientific works, and we lay down the book with a clear impression of his philosophical discoveries, undisturbed by the smallest notion of the philosopher himself." We can scarcely believe tbat this is written seriously, and yet the context is too dull to permit us to mistake it for a joke. The reader, however, is request e d to un d erstan d i t as meant for one. The biography of a shoemaker—and a shoe-maker's life may afford as excellent' materials for a good biography, as that of a prince —would be a droll affair indeed, if the author were to fall into the common error of believing that he was bound rather to detail the qualities of the shoes made than the habits and peculiarities of the maker. Perhaps no piece of biography ever equalled Boswell's Johnson—at least we know of none that at all approaches it. Bozzy presents to us his " illustrious friend "as he really appeared. Other biographers almost inv4 riably clothe the subjects of their 11Iemoirs in a cast-off suite of their own before introducing them to our no tice, so that we cannot recognise anything characteristic of the individual about them. " Lord Killikelly "is a continuation of a tale of which we have not read the beginning, and can therefore say nothing about it. The words " continued from our last," or " to be continued," are quite enough to prevent us from looking into any article in a monthly periodical. The review of " The Adventures of an Attorney in Search of Practice" is clever and impartial, and the notices of new works nu. merous and very well written. THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. " John Wilson's Poetry Reviewed by Christopher North," is an article which, were it what it purports to be, would be indeed a feast at which the gods might recline with pleasure. We would ourselves address to Old Kit, did we recognise in the prose portion of the article before us a scratch of his pen : " Tu das epulis accumbere Divum I" But in truth it bears no more resemblance to the style of Old Christopher's criticisms than the published fragments of the Chartist Epic do to the " City of the Plague." It is too pointed —too barren of words that fill the ear with music—too antithetical, to be mistaken for a moment for one of the diffuse but beautiful rhapsodies of old Christopher, in which are blended facts and fictions, realities and idealities, recollections of the past and dreams of the future. From the conclusions of the critic, a very recent perusal of Wilson's Poems does not incline us very far to dissent. It is singular, how ever, that several of his best pieces are not so much as named, as, for instance, " The Convict," the " Lines written at Killarney," and many others: Nor are the quotations from the " Isle of Palms," and the " City of the Plague," the best that might be selected, especially from the latter of these poems. The Reviewer talks about the similitude between Wilson and Words worth, and even Shelley ! This is nonsense. The " Kett ospect of Sp finish Literature—The Cid," is by far too general an essay to afford many readers either plea sure or profit. Would it not be better to attempt an English translation of the " Cid" than to fa vour an English public with specimens of one in the Italian, or even in French ? The " Maniac" is a short but powerful poem, in Spenserian verse, from the pen of H. L. Manse], an unknown author to us, but one who evidently deserves not to be long so to the world. Mr. Bernay's translation of " Faust" is con tinued in this Number. Faust has had so many trans lators, and interpreters, and expounders, that we are fain to confess ourselves sick of the subject. For our selves, who profess not to be very critical, Dr. Anser's translation of Faust, has left nothing to be desired by an English reader. " Cryptic Dialogues" are by the Edi tor, and right worthy are they of him. The other arti cles are respectable, and the Number, relatively speak ing, is altogether a good one. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. A review of Otway's Tour in Connaught —one of the most amusing volumes of travels in Ireland that we remember to have met with from the number of legendary anecdotes which it contains, and which are narrated with singular fidelity as well as felicity of manner—is the subject of the first article in this Magazine. It is correct, but cold and lifeless. Sur rounded by materials abounding in humour, the Reviewer contents himself with transcribin g the tourist's route, or writing a dissertation on Irish politics By something like chance he stumbles on the quotation of two capital legends—the reci procal maledictions of the saintly founders of Clonkeen and Kilconnel Abbeys ; and Father Christy and the Fairies. But why (for Mr. Otway's volume happen s to be on the table before us), why, we repeat, is the " Le gen d o f L oug h O ue l," t h e " D rown i ng of Old Mullingar, " omitted ? Why the characteristic anecdot e o f " My Lady Cuffe ?" Why the le gend " M aster Levis, " the recreant Monk, and th e e'end of rat ? dWh te r y the st ory o f " O ' Melaghlin's thirst, " so likely to all King s from refusing to entrust saints with the o key s o f their wine -cellars, and in fact the whole of Darby Cl a ff ry 's legends of the Seven Churches of nm?rnoise, and a hundred more into the bargain? There is hardly an old ruin or moat in Ireland that has not a l egend connected with it , and we would prefer a collection of th ese from the mouths of hereditary chroniclers o n the sot purposes of legislation , to all ' even for the the Reports of all the Com m it tees ever appoin by a British House of Lord s . A complete c ted c C of Irish Legends would be a v a l ua b le acquisition to the litera ture of the nineteenth century ; and we know of few writers so well qualified to contribute to the completion of such a work as Mr. Otway. The second part of the journal of Franga:se Krasinska, entitled " A Polish Chateau in the last century" is quite as vivid, and as musical tastes are equally peculiar. Their favourite instrument " is a flute made of the thigh-bone of some devoured enemy, pierced with holes, and covered at one end. According to the most scientific criticisms, it would appear that the sounds produced by this instru ment closely resemble the shrieks of a carpenter's saw, when it meets some unexpected resistance in the grain of a log." It must excite painful and embarrassing reflections in the breast of a philanthropist, to think of a great, healthy hulk of a New Zealander dining off a man's head, to the soft music of his thigh-bone! " Elegiac Ode" is rather a cumbrous performance, abounding more in words than ideas. The " War in the East" tells some stern home truths, and speaks in a tone of becoming distrust of the policy now pursuing by Russia. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1839. full of interesting details as the first. Whether it be really a translation of a genuine Journal, or a fiction, it is one of the best pictures of baronial life in Poland on record. " Female Portraits, No. III." and the" Recollec tions of a Portrait Painter," are of the usual Maga zine style of articles, of which there are at present five Nritten for one that is read, or is worth reading. These are however followed by an interest ing article on Australia, and a clever but partial review of M. De Beaumont, " Ireland ; Social, Political and Religious." There are several other Reviews in this Number,lut they are of works which have been noticed in the columns of The Sun, CATHOLIC MAGAZINE. A periodical, devoted exclusively to the interests of the Catholic party, in which all their ecclesiastic pro ceedings during the month are registered with scrupu lous accuracy. Among the critical notices is an able exposition of" Dr. Wiseman's Lectures on Holy Week." ALEX _ANDER' S EAST EVDIAN MAGAZINE. There is always abundance of East Indian gossip in this periodical, and not unfrequently clever articles on topics of general, as well as local interest. The number before us is fruitful of both ; and contains, infer alia, an amusing account of the great " Hurdwair Fair," which takes place in April, when the Hindoos assemble by thousands from all parts of the country. THE SPORTSJIAN. Of the two Plates in this month's number, the best is that which represents a grouse lying wounded on a wild Highland moor. There is a very spirited bit of mountain back-ground in this engraving. The " Fearless Fox Hunter" is an entertaining sketch by a writer who signs himself " Berry." LA BELLE .AS'SEMBLEE Contains some pleasant ;le;,chie7l;ora sentimental character, and well fitted for the perusal of young ladies who are suffering under the first green-sickness of love. MONTHLY LAW MAGAZINE. The most spirited article in the Number before us, is that on " The House of Commons," which is penned, however, in a perverse and ferocious spirit of anti- Whiggery. The writer of this caustic diatribe is, what old Sam Johnson would call " a good hater." ORIEIV7'AL HERALD. The articles in this number are all of a light, sketchy character, consisting of " rambles,"" adventures," a nd descriptions of scenery in India. The most interesting are the first of the" Campaigning Sketches," and a de scription of " Semaphore," by Miss Emma Roberts. Of the verses which have found their way into the pages of this number, we cannot speak very highly. Alto gether it is not so interesting as usual. SPORTING MAGAZINE. The engravings of this Magazine are always above par, but this month they are cleverer than usual. They are two in number ; one is called the " Fly-fisher," and represents an angler fishing at the bottom of a deep gorge or glen, through which a sparkling mountain streamlet finds its way, after tumbling in cataracts from a range of lofty, irregular crags ; and the other, which is headed " Tiger Shooting," shows us this fierce, mag nificent brute, just in the act of making a spring on some hunters who are standing some yards in front of him, with their rifles aimed at his head. This last en graving exhibits much spirit end character. In the literary department, the best article is a lively sketch of American sporting life, under the quaint title of " The Far West." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Privy Council at two o'clock yester diy afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Du chy of Lancaster the President of the India Board, the President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary at War, and the Lord Steward. At the Council Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart., G. C. 8., Governor of Jamaica, was sworn in. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Coun cil in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences to Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Duneannon, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Mar quis of Normanby, Sir John Hobhouse, and Lord Hill. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Metcalfe was presented to the Queen at an audience by the Marquis of Normanby, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colo nies, and kissed hands on being appointed Governor of Jamaica. The Court was attended by the Marchioness of Nor. manby, Lady in Waiting ; the Vice-Chamberlain ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Treasurer of the House hold, Viscount Torrington, Lord :in Waiting, Mr. Rich, Groom in Waiting, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty yesterday. The Royal dinner party at the Palace last evening in cluded the Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Falkland, and the Right Hon. T. Spring Rice. The Duchess of Braganza, accompanied by the Princess, her daughter, and attended by Madame de Maucomble, and Lord Lilford, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough -house ; and also the Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge-house. The Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas), the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the Queen Dowager and the Princess of Hohenlohe, yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Gloucester, honoured the Duke of Wellington, with their company at dinner last evening, at Apsley House. Mr. Scholetield, M. P., had an interview with Lord John Russell, yestei day at the Home-office, Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Lieut.-Governor of Malta. On Monday an inquest was held at the Queen's Arms Inn, Harrow Weald, before Mr. Wakley, M. P., on view of the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Beck, aged 41, who died suddenly whilst travelling on the London and Bir mingham Railway. Mr. Charles Beck, lace manufac turer, of Nottingham, deposed that the deceased was his wife. About three weeks back she became ill, and, by the advice of a physician, went to France, accompanied by witness. On Friday they returned to London, and put up at the Queen's Arms Tavern, in Newgate-street, when she appeared perfectly recovered. On the evening of the same day they started from Euston-square terminus by the Railway to Birmingham. The deceased went by the first class train. Soon after the commencement of the journey the deceased complained of shortness of breath, and ex claimed " I shall die before I get to the end of my jour ney." A little brandy was administered to her ; she then appeared to be better. On the arrival of the train at liar. row the deceased was discovered to be in an insensible state. She was removed to the Queen's Arms Tavern, and Mr. Hewlett, a surgeon, promptly attended, who en. deavoured to restore animation by bleeding and other re medies, but ineffectually, as life was quite extinct. Mr. Hewlett, on opening the body, found that the death of the deceased was produced by water on the chest. Verdict— " Natural death." CUTTING AND MAIMING.—On Monday at Lambeth -street police-office Carol Granby, a German skin-dresser, was charged with cutting and wounding George Haller, a countryman of his. Police constable Henry Barton, li 11, stated that on Saturday night, be tween the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, he observed the prisoner knocking violently at the door of the Catherine Wheel public house, in Essex-street, White chapel, and on asking him what he wanted, he said that he had been stabbed by a person inside, whom he wanted to give into his custody for the offence. On the door being opened he ( Barton went in, and then ascertained that the prisoner was himself the aggressor; that he had inflicted a serious wound upon the neck of a countryman of his, and his hands at the time were covered with blood. The wound was of so serious a nature that he felt it to be his duty to remove the injured man as soon as possible to the London Hospital, and the prisoner to the station-house. A potboy at the Catherine Wheel deposed to having seen the prisoner take a knife from his pocket and inflict a wound with it on the back part of the neck of Heifer during a drunken broil. A certificate was handed from the house-surgeon at the London Hospital, describ ing the man to be in a very dangerous state from the effect of the injury, and the prisoner was remanded for a week. CURIOUS MANORIAL CUSTOM.—Rutland Assizes, on Friday last, proved maiden. The Judges ar rived in Oakharn on Thursday night, and stopped at their lodgings in the town until Saturday morning, when they proceeded for Lincoln. On this occasion the bailiff of the manor was successful in catching Lord Abinger, and assert ing the right to a horse-shoe at his Lordship's charge, to grace the castle walls. On two former occasions of this Learned Lord being in the Commission of Assize he eluded the vigilance of the officer and the cost of compliance with the manorial custom. Several new shoes, of Patagonian dimensions, have been lately added to the collection in the Castle. Amongst them are those of Lord Denman, Lord Barham, the Earl of Roden, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, and the Bishop of Carlisle. Lord Willoughby d'Eresby contributed the usual (51. to lot ) and sent a real horse shoe—one which had been worn by his well-known favourite hunter, Clinker. It is gilt, and nailed over the door of the Grand Jury-room. There are now nearly one hundred shoes, of various dimensions, hung up in the fine old hall of the Castle, which forms the As size Courts. They are inscribed with the names of the donors, and amongst them several front Royal personages, including Queen Victoria's and the Duchess of Kent's. The building was erected in the ) ear 1060, and it is thought an immense iron shoe, of singularly beautiful workmanship, which looks like the great ancestor of all the rest, is nearly as old as the Castle itself. On its being lately removed from the wall, for the purpose of making a new arrange ment of these feudal memorials, the tooth of time was found to have so deeply indented it by oxydation, that the iron crumbled to pieces. Lord Abinger evinced a parti cular desire to have his intended shoe placed near that of the Earl of Lonsdale.—Staniford Mercury. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICEMAN.—A desperate ruffian named Long was on Tuesday committed for trial by the Magistrates sitting at the Town Hall, South wark, on the capital charge of attempting to stab a police man that had come to the assistance of a woman whom prisoner was violently assaulting. POVERTY AND DRUNKENNESS... IVIr. Wak his convinced hi m t h at pecuniary ley stated on Tuesday, at an inquest on a d runkard who habits of intemperance were th e cause of more d d i i s e t d r essusd and n e d n y,experience deaths than all the contagious diseases put together. BIRMINGHAM RIOTS WARWICK ASSIZES. (Before :sir. Justice LITTLEDALE. WEDNESDAY EVENING, Five o'CLocE. After two or three cases had been disposed of, William Parry was indicted for, that he on the 15th of July, did feloniously break and enter the shop of Samuel Vincent Horton, of Bi rm i ngham, and steal therefrom a silver sugar basin value 10/. Mr. MELLOR appeared for the prosecution. Enoch Chumleigh-1 am a police-officer at Birming ham. I know the prisoner. I went to his house in New ton street on Saturday the 20th of July. There had been some riots in the town on the previous Monday. In about half an hour Parry came in, and I said I believed he had got some of Mr. Hort on ' s silver. Mr. Horton is a silver smith in the High-street, and his shop-windows had been broken on the night of the 15th. The prisoner said he had something his boy had found, but he did not know whose silver it was. I asked him to give it up to me, but he refused to doso. I then asked him to walk to Mr. Horton's shop with me, and he did so. I showed the silver to Mr. Horton. The prisoner appeared to have got his head broken in the riots. When Mr. Horton had owned the silver, I took Parry to the public office. Mr. Redfern was there and asked him how he got the mark on his head, and he said he had got it in High -street on Monday night, by one of the constables. Samuel Vincent Horton—l have a shop in High-street, Birmingham. My father occupies the house and myself and my two brothers, with whom I am in partnership, oc cupy the shop and another adjoining room. There are three entrances to the house the back and front shop doors and the house-door. The arrangement we had made with our father was that we should occupy the shop and pay the rent, and that he should occupy the remainder of the house. On the night of the 15th July there was a noise in the street, between nine and ten o'clock. The shop was shut up, and I heard a great noise at the shutters. Presently one of the panels of the window -shutter next the gateway was broken in, and then all the shutters were pulled down. A general scramble then took place for the contents of the indow, which contained various silver and plated articles. The silver sugar-basin now produced is one of the articles taken ; its selling price is 101., but it is injured now, and the old silver is worth about 41. It is old fashioned, and I should perhaps have taken bl for it. The Learned JUDGE here said he did not think it ne cessary to go further into the case unless the Jury wished it. When property was lost, and found immediately afterwards in the possession of any party, the presumption was that he had stolen it. Here the prosecutor's shop had been broken open by a mob of persons in a riotous way, but there was no proof before them that the prisoner was one of the persons engaged in that riot, and although he bad a cut on his head, he might have received it in some other way. Before, however, they could convict the pri soner of the charge laid in the indictment, they must be satisfied that he was one of the persons en gaged in that riot. Possession was certa i n l y some evidence, but where a riotous mob broke open a house in the way that had been described, there must be something more. • If it was a case, as often occurred, of one or two persons breaking into a house at night, and stealing pro perty therefrom, the possession would i n suc h case b e evidence of the party having taken it, but the present case as they would see, was of a different ch aracter. The Jury, after consulting for a few minutes, returned a verdict of Not guilty. In the course of yesterday, a true bill was f oun d aga i nst Dr. John T a yl o r ; an d to-day tne . Grand Jury came i n to Court, and r e tu r n e d [t r ue bills against Jeremiah Bowel, Francis Roberts, John Jones, and Th omas A ston , f or feloni ous l y b rea ki ng an d demolishing the house of James and Henry Bourne, tea-dealers, on the night of the 15th of July. There is a second indictment for breaking and entering, and a third for the riot. Also against John Birch, for demolishing the house of George Naden, grocer, High -street. Also a true bill against Dr. John Taylor, for a riot on the night of the 4th of July. At aend John bill agn Story,ainstJ fora riot.hnNea Neal, William Shears, William Eades, True bills against John Smith, William Clift, and Thomas King, for a riot on the 4th of July. Against John Rhode, Eleazer Hughes, Thomas Salter, and John Duckworth, for a riot on the 4th of July ; and against Hughes for an assault on the London Police. i Against wiiiamjam Gees, and George Best,orgePomeroy, George Baker, J o hn Tutlo w , for a riot on the sth of July; and against James for an assault on Robert Chalk, of the London police. Three true bills against Edward Brown, and true bills against John Joseph Fussell, and George Julian Harney, for seditious language. True bills against John Ingram for a riot on the 15th of July, and against William Lovett and John Collins, for writing and publishing a seditious placard. The Grand Jury were then discharged. Nearly all the cases on the calendar, with the exception of those connected with the disturbances at Birmingham, have been disposed of, and to-morrow at the sitting of the Court the cases of riot and burning will be proceeded with. The Attorney-General arrived here this evening. Mr, Sergeant Goulburn and Mr. Daniel have been retained to defend some of the Delegates. The former for Doctor Taylor and the latter for Mr. Fussell. The town is quiet and extremely dull. With the ex ception of some dozen or two persons loitering in front of the Court House, there is nothing to denote the holding of the Assizes and general Gaol Delivery—the only thing approaching to a Chartist demonstration is the javelin men and their pikes, who are strutting about with all the im portance of men " dressed in a little brief authority." So far as Warwick is concerned, there does not appear to be the slightest interest attached to the approaching trials. AYLESBURY ELECTION. sn this of their tri morn ing.al A YLESI3URY, JULY 31, 1839. The necessary preparations bavin r been Th a e de pollfor wre ceiving the votes of the different electors, o7 :l k o op t e h n e e a ft? , c a ffo s c ro w inu e resres,, siyesterdayttrwenagstuhsn,tdabetuertsdts,oiaomtdp,el simply t g haan t t o'clock sc c awt i oa intention—whatever might be the wishes or plans of Lord Nugent —not to allow a Tory candidate to walk quietly over the field. As if to complete the farce which Lord Nugent has played in the whole of this transaction, his Lordship, at half -past eight o'clock this murning, penned th e following letter, which was addressed to the electors of Aylesbury : " Gentlemen,—Having redeemed my pledge, and having no wish to become an actor in the exhibition which has become so truly ridiculous, and which, as I foresaw, can a l t b t e h g i s to el s e a c ; i , o a n s b f e ar m a a s in l ta a i m ne e d o o nrr n e l e yo led nu , nprincipled grounds, further trouble. I shall give you no (Signed) " NUGENT." The polling notwithstanding proceeded, and was kept open till the usual hour, four o'clock, when the Returning Officers having been c a ll e d upon for their decision, the following was given as the result : For Captain Hamilton ... 620 For Mr. Lockart ..................... 72 For Lord Nugent... .................. 3 This announcement was , of course, received as might be expected by the adherents of the different parties, and Captain Hamilton then proceeded to the George Inn, and addressed the electors amidst cheers, groans, and hisses. The Tories are chuckling themselves, of course. upon their imaginary triumph a triumph which is destined to be short— but they seem to be little aware of the energy and determined resistance to their machinations, which the events of the last fortnight have called into play. The borough is sure to be emancip a t e d f rom the thraldom of Bucking_ ham influence, and in th e event of a general election, the weight is sure to preponderate in the Liberal scale. The official declaration of the poll, and the return of the successful candidate, will, of course, be announced to morrow. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The question whether w e shall have an abundant or a deficient harvest, is a matt er o f so muc h moment to every member of a community, cursed as ours is by laws which will not permit a supply of wheat to be landed on our shores until bread reach an enormous price, and the poor are starving—that a frequent recurrence to such accounts as assist, however imperfectly, in forming some opinion on the subject, is natural, and we not altogether without its uses. SCOTLAND. —A writer in the DuiVries Courier of Tuesday describes the weather in that locality as being all that can be wished for, a n d t h a t t h e d amage done by the previous rain is partial only. He adds :—" After travel ling over about a dozen counties, some Highland, some Lowland, and comprising every variety of soil, surface and sub, exposure and situation, we have arrived, not hastily, but slowly, at the conclusion that, should August and Sep tember prove favourable months, there is grain enough on the surface of the earth to furnish, not merely a full ave rage crop. but about a crop and a fourth." . " There is great cause at present for thankfulness to the Divine giver of all good ; and our own grateful im pression decidedly is, that the forthcoming crop, from the moment it is reaped, will do more to cool th e f ever fit which has tak e n such strange possession of the public mind, than the addition about to be made to the army , o f 5,000 men, the rural police projected for the dist ur b e d districts, and all other means and appliances to b oot . IRELAND.—We regret to say that the we at h er has as. sunned a very unfavourable aspect. The rain is falling heavily, and it is to be feared that should such continu e to be the case, the wheat crops will be materially injured. As yet, however, no serious damage has been done ; for al though the frequent and heavy showers that we h ave h a d for some days, were inimical to haymaking, y et t h e warm sunshine, and the drying winds, in theintervals, prevented any mischief accruing to the forward and heavy corn ; while for the late oats and potatoes, the moisture was ra ther benefi c i a l th a n otherwise. There never was i n the memory of man such a prospect of a bountiful h arvest ; and we must o nly hope and pray that the re a li zat i on of s tha s tobn._Dub blessed prospect Evening Mail.o i spcetbenot p revented by an in c l ement ea of flaeready Single Lif e, an d and Mr. Such is th e grea t attraction at the Haymarket T w h e e b a s t t r e e r , o s f v ß il u la c g k e st D on o e h c a o t m i d r y . t Power have generously consented to postpone the com mencement of their engagements for a week or two. Da. CHALMERS.— Previous to the procession at the laying of the foundation stone of th e M echanics ' Institution, th e C omm itt e e invited several distinguished individuals to the ceremony. Among others they wrote to Dr. Chalmers, requesting him to preach a sermon on the occasion. A reply was received from him dated on the 2d instant, which we have perused with melancholy interest; it is addressed to the Secretary. After stating his inability to attend, the Rev. Doctor says :--" I look forward with great interest to my intercourse with you and the Me chanics of Greenock next summer; and all the more that it will probably be the last public service at a distance from home which I shall ever undertake, as I now find, both from the state of my engagements and my strength, th a t I must withd raw f rom th e labours of active life as speedily as possible."--Greenock Advertiser. That the Bankrupt Laws in the Country are also par. tially and imperfectly administered ; for your Memorialists have been informed, that in a Country Commission, under which four partners were jointly interested, one partner was the Petitioning Creditor • a second was an ac ti ng Commissioner; a thi r d was the iolicitor to the Commission; and the fourth was the sole Assignee. Your Memorialists respectfully request y our Lordship's serious attention to their case, and submit that at least a part of such evils may be remedied by the jurisdiction of the Court of Bankruptcy being considerably extended. That an extension of the said Court to different Counties within one hundred miles from London, would materially benefit your Memorialists, and the public in general, and promote a more pure and speedy administration of justice. Your Memorialists, therefore, taking into consideration the increased facility of travelling, and the general benefit that would be conferred upon all classes in the Metropolis, and particularly the commercial world, respectfully solicit your Lordship to order that all fiats be directed to the Court of Bankruptcy, where the bankrupt shall reside within one hundred miles of London; and that further and more extensive powers be granted to the Learned Com missioners, which will enable them the better to facilitate the business of the Court, and to promote the interests of those who are compelled to resort to it ; and that if, to effect these objects it shall be necessary to apply to the Legislature, such course may be adopted during the pre sent session of Parliament. Aiskell, Child, and Co. Addinell, John, and Co. Edwards, John Edwards, William Edward and Short Ellice, Kinnear, and Co. Ellis, J. J. and G. Ellis and Everington Ellis, Langton, and Co. Ewart, Maccaughey, and Co. Evans, John. Evans, Jeremiah Evans, Richard, and Co. Evans and Lescher Evans, R. M., and Co. Eyles, Edward, and Co. Addington, L. and S. Allen and Smith Allen, W. H. and Co. Allin and Shepperson Allnutts and Arbouin Alston and Hallam Anderson, John, and Co. Andrews, H. Sons, and Gee Anwyl, Anwyl, and Perry Arnott, Thomas Ashy, William Atkinson, John Back and Goldie Bailey and Fox Baiss, Brothers, and Co. Baker, John, and Co. Baldwin, Robert Balmanno and Co. Banes and Cobden Barclay, Brothers, and Co. Barclay, Perkins, and Co. Barclay, and Sons Barclay, C. Barclay, and Co. Batley, B. and W. Barlow, Gill, and White I3aris, W., and Son Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co. Barnett, Hoare, and Co. Barron, Harvey, and Barron Barry and Hayward Bartholomew, W., and Son s Basely and Yarry Batty, Melville, and Co. Baylis, Edward Baylis, R. and J. Beal, Thomas Bell and Grant Bidgood and Jones Bishop and Pell Blackburn, George and Robert Bliss, Edwin Block, Samuel, and Sons Boddington and Co. Bodley and Etty Bonyer and Dixon Boobbyer, James, and Son Booth, Ingledew, and Knott Borradaile, William and George Borradaile, Sons, and Ravenhill Bosanquet and Co. Bouch, Joseph, and Co. Bousfield, G. W. and Co. Bousfield, Knott, and Clements Douverie, and Co. Bower, J. and Co. Bowman and May. Bowman, Joseph Boyd, John, and Co. Boyd, Burnett, and Boyd Bradbury and Greatorez Brandram, Brothers, and Co. Brecknell and Turner Brettle, George, and Co. Bridges, Campbell, and Harrison Brockelbank and Rolt Brooks, John Brown, Roper, and Co. Brown, Robert and Benjamin and Co. Brown, Young, and Son Browning, T. R. and W. and Co. Browning, Thomas, and Son. Bruce and Buxton Bull and Wilson Bult, Son, and Co. Burbidge, Puzey, and Co. Burkitt, Edward Burmester, Brothers Burn, Samuel Burnett, Robert, and Sons Burrows and Son Burton, Richard Butler, William Butler, E., and Sons Fairlie and M'Dougall Faudel and Phillips Faulke and M'Dougall Favell, Beddom, and Co. Fearon, H. B. Felkin, Harrison, and Co. Fenn, Canning, and Co. Fenning and Hales Figgins, V. and James Filmer and Wall Fincham, Matson, and Co. Finlay, Hodgson, and Co. Finnic and Fisher Fishers and Robinson Fitch, George, and Son Fitzgerald, J. Fixsen, Harris, and Neeson Foster, Porter, and Co. Foster, Brothers Fownes, Brothers Fraser and Gilbert Fraser, W. Alexander, Neilson and Co. Frost and Amor Fulcher, George and Henry Fynmore and Pigeon Gabriel, B. W. Gabriel, T., and Sons Gale, Baker, and Ward Gamble and Davis Gardner, A. Nicholls, and Pet. tigrew Gardner, Owtram, and Co. Gardner, Urquhart, and Co. Gardner and Co. Garnett, Gaby, and Collins Gibbons and Miller Gill and Charlesworth Gillett, Lees, and Co. Gillman and Lucas Gledstanes, Kerr, and eo. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. (Godson, F. and E. Goldie, James Goldsmith and Webster Gore, John and Co. Gostling, W. and D. Gosnell, John and Co. Goymer, A. Grant, Edward Grant, Grant, and Phillips Grave, Brown, and Co. Green, Wilson, and Burton Greenwood and Butler Gregson, Melville, and Co. Greig, James Grew, Daniel Grosvenor, Chater, and Co. Groucock, Copestake, and Moore Gunn, Volney Hadland and Shillingforth Halden and Brown Hall, Brothers Hall and Francis Hall, Thomas, and Son Hailing, Pearce, an d St one Halse, - Edward, and Son Hammer and Son Hanburys, Taylor. and Co. Hancock, John, and Co. Hankey and Co. Hankey, Thomson, and Co. Ilannen, James Hanson, Brothers Hanson, Smith, and Heather Harben, Larking, and Son Harding and Son Hardwick and Co. Harker, George Harris, Quares, and Sons Harrison, Thomas, and Colpitts Hart and Lewellyn Harvey and Darton Harvey, Napier, and Co. Ilathorn, George, and Co. Hutton, Francis, and Co. llaslehurst, William Hawes, Thomas rnd Benjamin Heath and Coveney Heathfield and Cartlidgo Hedges and Scott Gawthorp, and Co. Heisch, Frederick Hemsley and Darby Henderson and Arundel Hibbert, and Co. Hicks, Baylis, and Hicks Hill, Son, and Underwood Hill, R. and J. Hill, John Hinton and Taylor Hodges, B. G. Hodgkinson, Johnson, and Co. Hodgson and Walbram Holden and Brown Caldicott and Powell Camp, J. and D. Candy, Charles, and Co. Capel and Co. Capper, Mabyn, and Grant Carbonell, and Co. Carliles, Pittman, and Co. Carter and Vacasseur Cash, Samuel Caslon, Son, and Livermore Castle, Luck, and Hyatt Ceal and Huxley Chaffey and Jackson Chambers and Limby Champion, Fishwick, and Co. Chaplin, Son, and Shepherd Chater and Hayward Child, Vickers, and Co. Cheeper, Watson, and Jackson Christy, W. M. and J., and Co Churchill, William Clarke and Ilovve Clemitson, Sinclair, and Co. Clymer and Dixon ' Cobbett, W. and C. Cockerill and Co. Corkin and Seamer Calls, Thompson, aad Harris Colman, J. and J. Cook, Rhoades, and Lickorish Cook, Son, Gladstone!, and Co. Cooper, Joseph, and Co. Cooper, Son, and Bryson Cooper, Thomas, and Co. Coppen, Edward Corcoran, Bryan, and Co. Costeker, Puckle, and Co. Coster, James, and Co. Cosser, Walter, Junior Cousins and Kemp Cowley and Hewitson Cowper, F. \V., and Co. Cox, Charles, and Co. Cox, R. T., and Co. Coy, J. U. Crawford, Colvin, and Co. Crocker and Son Crosby and Valentine Cunningham and Forbes Curling, Daniels, Proctors and Curling Curling, Young, and Co. Curries, -- Curtis, S. S. Cuthberts and Archer. Holder, S. B. Holland and Co. Holme, Wilson, and Co. Holmes, Webster, and Co. Horton, F. Houston and Thomas Howard, John, and Co. tIoNN ell, James and Co. Hulk, Jacob and Co. Huth, Frederick, and Co. [mrav, James Pon, Rutt, and Co. Jacomb, C. and J. D. James, Hardwick, and James Jarvis, James Jarvis and Barry Jeffrey and Wise Johnson, Bulmer, and Co. Johnson, Mann, and Co. Johnson, Taber, and Johnson Johnson, W. and Co. Johnston and Son Johnston, E. and Co. Jones, James Jones, Frederick A. Jones and Armstrong. Jones and Brown Jones, Brothers Jones and Howes Jones. Loyd, and Co. Jones, Wiggins, and Co. Joyce, Joshua. Dale, John Daniel, Thomas Davenports and Co. Davidson, George Davison, Newman, and Co. Davis, Barber, and Howse Davy, Mackmurdo, and Co. Day, John Day, William, and Co. Day, W. Dean, John, and Co. Deane, George and John Dennys and Co. Devas, William and Son Dixsons and Co. Dixon, R., and Co. Dixon, Benjamin Dixons, Brooks, and Dixen Dobson, John, and Co. Donaldson and Dixon Dorrien, Magens, and Co. Doulton and Watts Dowson, Jos., and Co. Drane and Sherwin Drew, Hayward, and Co. Drewett and Fowler Duncan, James, and Co. Dunk, W. and A. Durant and Co. Durie and Miller Dutton, Richard Kent, G. and Co. Kipling and Taylor Kirby, Beard, and Kiiby Knill, J. and W. Ladbrokes and Co. Lainson, White, and Lupton Lake and Laurence Lambert and Butler Lancaster, Henry Langtons and Wheately Lea and Co. Leach, Tweedale, and Co. Leaf, Smith, and M'Dougall Leaf, Coles, and Co. Leedham, Buss, and Leedham Leefe, Geo. E., and Co. Legg, M. E. , Lesclellas, W. Ebsworth, Brothers !Lesley, Alexander, and Co. Ed comb and Blaksley Lewis, James, and Lewis ____ COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. EXTENSION OF 1 -7 1 - rEaT— ) RACTICE TO THE COUNTRY, AND ENLARGEMENT OF THE POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS. On Thursday last, the 25th July, a deputation, consist. ing of Mr. Crawford, M. P. ; Mr. Hawes, M. P. ; Mr. Ellis, M. P. ; Messrs. C. Candy, Everingtan, Leach, Leaf, Hecles, Perez, &c., &c., and accompanied by Mr. Parker and Mr. J H. Pollock, Solicitors, and Mr. Wryghte, Secretary to the Committee, waited upon the Lord Chancellor, by appointment, to present a Memorial on the subject of the Court of Bankruptcy, of which the following is a copy : To the Right Hon. the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. The Memorial of the undersigned Merchants, Bankers, and Traders of the City of London, Sheweth, That your Memorialists have, for several years past, witnessed with satisfaction the manne r in which proceed ings under fiats have been carried on in the Court of Bankruptcy, and your Memorialists are of opinion that it only requires that the Learned Commissioners of that Court should have more extensive powers, to make such Court work still better, for the benefit of the public, and the decrease of litigation. That, since the Establishment of the said Court of Bankruptcy, your Memorialists' property under Fiats have been better protected, the law expenses greatly decreased, the Dividends much increased, and the payments of them more quickly made, and to a much larger amouat than formerly. Your Memorialists respectfully submit to your Lordship that the very reverse is the case in Country Fiats, where the Solicitors' Bills are under no proper control, and heavy travelling and unnecessary expenses incurred and allowed, the payments of all the Dividends prolonged to a very im proper time, and invariably reduced to a most considerable extent. Lewellin, Truman, and Hitch. cock Liddiard and Nephew Lindsay and Pattison Lister, William Loader, Richard Long and Edwards Longman and Co. Longstaff, M. and Co. Loughnan and Hughes Lowell and Co. Lowndes, W. 8., and Co. Lubbock, Forster, and Co. Lycett and Davies M'Alpin and Nephew M'Callan, R. and J. M'Michael and Grierson Maddox, Last, and Co. Magniac, Smiths, and Co. Mair, Load, and Mair Margerisons and Glover Marsden, Thomas, and Sons. Marshall, Chapman, and Co. Martin, William Martin and Abbott Martinez, Jones, Gassiot,& Co. Matthew, J. and B. Maughan, Thomas, and Co. Maund, W. H. jun., and Co. Mechi, J. J. Melhuish, grey, and Co. Meux, Henry, and Co. Middleditch and Taylor Idlers, Thomas Millard, Paul Miller and Loweock Milner, George Milroy, T. and Sons Moffatt and Co. Moginie, John Moore, Boyd, and Seal Moore, James, and Co. Moreton and Foster Morgan, J. M. Morgan and Co. Morley, J. and R. Morley, William and James Morley, Murray, and Stevens Morris, Val., and Son Morrison, John, and Co. Muddock, E. G. and J. Muggeridge, Sprague, and Co. Nalders, Spall, and Co. Nash and Ely Nash and Webber Neighbour, Thomas, and Son Nesbitt, Alexander and Robert Nerd% J. 8., and Co. Nevill, Sons, Rossell, and Co. Newcombe, J. B. Nicholls, R. and N. Nicholls and Pellatt Norie and Co. Noris, J. W., and Co. Norris and Johnson Norton and Roberts North, Simpson, Graham, and Co. faddy and Co. Tanqueray, E. and C., and Co. Tarsey and Millgate Taylor and Fisher Taylor, Brothers Taylors and Black Pegg, Thomas Pennants and Woodbridge Theobald, William Thomas and Sons Thomas, W., and Brother Thompson, James Thompson and Co. Thomson, Bonar, and Co. Thurman, Thomas, and Co. Thorman, John Tidsw•ell and Hall Travers, Jos., and Sons Trimby, James ['rower, Lawson, and Trower Truman, Hanbury, Buxton and Co. Tudor, S. and W. Tuke and Hankey Turner, Samuel, and Co. Twinings, R. G. J. A. and R. Underhill, Edward Upton, Thomas Urquhart, W. A. Urwick, Thomas, Son, and Dent Oakev, W. H. and J. Oldaker, W. and T. Olroyd and Magrath Oliver, Watson, and Dear Ouchterlony and Co. Ovington and Warwick. Palmer, Delafosse, and Co. Palmers, Mackillop, Dent, and Co. Partridge and Price Patty and Co. Pateshall, Brown, and Jones. Pawson, J. F., and Co. Peache, James C., and Co. Peel, Allan, and Clark Perry, James Petty, Wood, and Tomlin Pew tress, Low, and Pevrtress P'Fcil, A. L., and Co. Phillips, W. and Co. Pike, John Pinto, Perez, and Co. Pirie, John, and Co. Poland, P. R., and Sons Pontifex, John Potts, C. A. and W. Pollock, John Pontifex, E. and W. and J Wood Poynder, E. and S. Praeds and Co. Preston, John Prestwich, Joseph, and Son. Price, Sir C. Marryat, and Co. Prime, Joseph Vanderwall and Tippler Vandome, Richard Venables, Wilson, and Tyler Vere, Sapte, and Co. 'addington and Horton Walford, William Walter, R. and Son Ward and Co. Warner, Jacob, Sons, and Ca Warren, James, and Co. Waters, J. and Sons Waterworth, G. W. Watson, John Weeding, Thomas Welch, Gregory, and Cubitt Welch and Margetson Westron, Dignam, and Co. Westwood and Sons Wheeler, St rachan, and Roan Whitbread and Co. White, Brothers White and Batt White and Greenwelis Whitmore, Wells, and Co. Wilcoxon and Sons Wilks, Jonas Williams, Champion, and Co Williams and Haydon Willmott, W. Wilson and Plummer Wilson, B. W. W. and J. Wilson, Harvey, and Co. Wing, T. W. Winkworth and Horne Withers, E. R. Wood, Richard, and Co. Wood and Sharwoods Woodhouse, C., and Co. Woo!rich and Ellis Woods, Field, and Wood Wreford, John, and Co. Wright and Co. Wyatt, George Wyles, J., and Co. Wylie, James, and Co. R R aw, Josep d h L and Sen Ray, George, and Co. Ray, John Reay, John Reid, Irving, and Co. Renshaw and Kirkman Rew, Prescott, and Co. Rickard, J. Rice, Samuel, and Son Rickards, Little, and Co. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. Roberts, C. and G. Roberts and Randall Robertson and Lockie Robinson and Brown Robinson, J. and W., and Co, Robson and M'Gregor Rogers, J., Nephew, and Co. Rolfe, W. and Sons Ross, Andrew, and Co. Rosser and Sons Rothschild, M. N., and Co. Rowden, John, and Co. Rowlandson and Atkinson Ruck, J. and C. Ruck, Son, and Fenwick Rundell, Bridge, and Co. Russell, T. and Co. Ruston and Dearberg Ryde and Curteis Ryder, M., and Sons Salmon, John Sampson, Samuel Sanderman, Forster, and Co. I Yates and Walton Sanderson and Co. Yeatman ar.d Lum Saunders, Richard Young, Dowson, and Co. Savory, A. 8., and Sons Young and Sons Mr. WRYGHTE having presented the memorial. Mr. CRAWFORD, M.P., then addressed his Lordship, He said that he had felt it his duty, as one of the represen tatives of the City, to form one of the deputation to wait upon his Lordship to explain the desires of the memorial ists; it did not so much effect the body to which he be longed as those of the great body of traders. His Lord ship had of course perused the Memorial, and was fully acquainted with the expression of sentiment therein con tained ; the desires of the memorialists he would shortly state were these, an extension of the powers of the Com missioners, and also of the practice of the Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR—You mean the extension of the practice to the country. Mr, PARKER —To the distance of one hundred miles, your Lordship, as stated in the Memorial. The Lord Chancellor nodded assent. Mr. CRAWFORD then proceeded to illustrate by facts that had come under his own immediate observation the prefer ence he entertains for the new system to the old system. He had been an assignee in Stevenson, Remington, and Co., and had to deal with that notorious of all bankrupt cies, Rowland Stevenson's. The estates were partly worked under the old system and part under the new, and it was from circumstances and facts which then and there occurred that made him form his conclusion. It was de sirable, thou4h, to have certain improvements in the new system, and those proposed in the Memorial he thought were compatible, and ought to be allowed, considering the present state of the law. If the country commissions were worked upon the same principle, and in the jurisdic tion of the London Courts, more could be expected than was now obtained; the working of such commissions at present were anything but satisfactory. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Something most be done in that point ; it requires it. Mr. VIZARD, the Secretary to Bankrupts, put a ques tion as to the distance of the circuit proposed. A reply was given to this.—The 100 miles was in. tended as an experiment —see how it worked, and if well, then make the extension generally throughout the kingdom. The LORD CHANCELLOR was understood to say—lt was true that they asked for improvements, but they were not specified. Mr. CRAWFORD said the general improvements would of necessity appear in detail when there was an inquiry into the subject. There were some of the posts inadequately filled —he meant in most instances inferior officers, upon whom no check was kept. There was one post confided to a legal gentleman, which was one of a commercial character, and was quite foreign to his habits. To fill that post it ought to have been a practical man of business. In a Committee in the House of C9mmons, on which he was engaged, the Members had thought it would be indecorous to make a representation on the subject in their Report, but had mentioned it to the Solicitor-General to lay be fore his Lordship, and they had hoped that it would have met with his Lordship's consideration. He should be wanting in candour to his Lordship bad he not stated this. They had told the Solicitor- General that the office ought to be filled by a practical man of business. The LORD CHANCELLOR —That is the Accountant you mean ? Mr. CRAWFORD—It was. The qualification of the per son to fill that office must be that of a good accoantant, thoroughly and deeply conversant with accounts. The Hon. Gentleman then alluded to the same fees being levied in the working of a small trader's estate as in the estate of a large mercantile firm. This he hoped would be remedied, though he could not expect it for the pre sent, at least till some disposal had been made of the tax of Mr. Thurloiv, of 8,5001. per year upon the accumulating fund. He should be happy, however, underanycircumie stat.ces to co-operat e i n th e i m provements wished for. I thought, truly, that the extension of the powers of the Court was required to reach and investigate into large sums of money, locked up in such towns as Liverpool, Manches. ter. Bristol, Norwich, &c. The LORD CHANCELLOR--There is no doubt of it. And it will require the application of the London machinery t o knock it out. But then there must come an inquisitorial power. VIZARDMr. said he saw that in the M emor i a l there was an allusion made to four partners having held the va rious appointments under a country commission, in which they were intimately interested. It was such a monstrous case, if it had occurred, that was the name furnished, his Lordship would, he was sure, as in duty bound, cause an immediate investigation into it. He presumed that it w as an old case—was it not ? The LORD CHANCELLO R d ejr. e p y r l i e z s ka s rn e do d wt a lot s theicma s i lear Law we xR opinion. e:ro trot B as 1 1 ‘a c in k r .. P IfA authority6i it E w ß a ; s desi re d h e would furnish all the particu lars-P for his Lordship's information. WavGHTE said the case alluded to had inadvert ently found its way into the Memorial. It could never ku 3cholefield, Edward, and Co. Schoolings, and Everet Scott, Joseph, and Co. Scott, Fairlie, and Co. Severs, Thomas Sewell and Wholey Sharpe, R. S., and Son Shaw and Caffary Sheppard, G. B. and G. Sherriff, Gillett, and Co. Shuttleworth, John 8., and Co. Silver, S. W., and Co. Silver and Co. Simpson, John and James Sim s, Willyoms, Nevill, and Co. Sisley, Thomas Skilbeck, J. and J. Skipper, Charles, and Co. Skinner and Sons Skinner, James and John, and Son Slater and Coates Smart, Wm., Son, and Nephew Smith, %V. and R. Smith, T. and W. Smith, J. W. and C. H. Smith, Bailey, and Co. Smith, Elder, and Co. Smith and Fenn Smith and Madgwick Smith and Morphett Smith, Payne, and Smiths 'Smith, Son, and Willis Smith, Williams, and Dawkers Smyth, S. H., and Co. Snelling, Thomas Spicer, John Edward, and Sons Spink, Igarshall, and Son Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. Stainburn and Baugh Standley, E. and K. Stansfield and Newman Stanton, John Starkey and Cripps Steains and Rowley Stephenson and Co. Stevenson, JO'S. and J. Stockdale and Creighton Stokes, Henry Stone and Bryer Stone, Martins, and Co. Strange, H. Stringer and Boaty Stubbs and Muller Sturt and Sharp Sugden, Samuel Surr, oseph Sutton, W., and Co. Sutton, Son, and Gribble Swaine and Co. Swan and Edgar Swan, Pierce, and Co. Sykes, John, and Son repeated, and had only been allowed a place4q4Nst t iztap the loose conduct of country commissions. Mr. Beers, M. P., brought forward a case showing that an assignee, resident in London, under a country com missioner had, at great personal expense and inconve nience, been obliged to travel into the country an immense distance only for the purpose of auditing an account, sett ing forth that 201. had been received since the last audit. Nothin g but a personal attendance could be accepted. He . thought, at least in country commissions, when one-third or two-third s of the creditors resided in the metropolis, that such bankruptcies should be narked in the London Courts. After a few further observations to the Lord Chancellor by Mr. Crawford, the purport of which were not caught, The LORD CHANCE LLOR sa i d that the memorialists asked for an Act to remedy the evils comp l a i ned of, in the present Session. He hoped it was too late, and the session too near the close to allow it.—(Laughter.) But what he asked was this (he should meet Mr. Crawford again), not that he intended or should forget, but he would ask Mr. Craw ford to remind him, and he would then see what could bo done between this and the next Session. He desired to have Mr. Crawford's assistance. The Attorney-General had had instructions to bring in a Bill on the subject of bankruptcy, but having been fully occupied of late, he had Leen unable. Mr. CRAWFOfiD was understood to say that he should be most happy to co-operate in the work with his Lordship ; in matters of account, he might be of some assistance; but when there came a legal point he hoped his Lordship would not look to him for an opinion.—( Laughter.) Mr. Eeeis urged strongly upon the attention of his Lordship the want of power in the Commissioners' sitting singly to commit for con t empt . Th e i nsu l ts th e Commis sioners daily received a t t h e h an d s o f b an k r upts and others while in the discharge of their important judicial functions were hardly to be tolerated. The LORD CHANCELLOR was understood to reply, Yes, yes. The nature of the business before them would lead me to suppose so. The whole subject shall have my best consideration. We understand the undermentioned statement was made by Mr. Wryghte to the Committee, and accompanied the Memorial : Seven years had elapsed since the Lord Chancellor of that day, disregarding the conflicting difficulties which his predecessors had deemed insurmountable, effected the im portant change in the mode of administering the laws in bankruptcy; substituting six independent Judges instead of seventy appendages to the Great Seal, converting a scene of clamour and confusion into the solemnity of an organized Court of Record, and by the introduction of commercial activity and intelligence, affording a link of communication between the commercial public and the Court, and happily blending the authority of the law with the details of commercial arrangement. It e ill be recollected the merchants of London came forward cordially to support and sustain the Lord Chancellor in the task he had undertaken, and at one of the largest meetings ever held in the City of London, carried by acclamation resolutions declaratory of their de termination to assist a change in the system which had been too long tolerated, and upon which they reflected with severe reprobation, and utter disgust. The Lord Chancellor proceeded with the caution best adapted to all matters connected with trade, by first render. ing the fountain of justice pure, and deferring the amend ment of existing statutes till the advantages of the new Court should be confirmed by the text of public approval. The innovation was ample, but the success was signal. Dormant Commissions were penetrated, sound decisions were promptly pronounced upon cases which bad been the sport of litigation for years ; vast sums were produced and distributed, which had long been quietly nursed up, or diverted into improper uses. Redress was afforded in old bankruptcies, and in new fiats plunder ceased to prevail. lk` It was not surprising, if, upon a change in this tribunal so sudden and so sweeping, practice should have discovered that all had not been contemplated, and that some omis sions had occurred ; therefore, it was found in operation, that the restrictive powers of the Commissioners not only prevented them from controlling and disposing of mat ters of daily occurrence in bankruptcies, but they were even deprived of the power of preserving decorum in their own Courts, a circumstance calculated to bring the office of Judge in any Court into contempt. It was considered the period bad now arrived when ex perience would justify an attempt to render perfect a sys tem, wherein, upon practice, these only blemishes were found to prevail, and at the same time to amend those sta tutes, which, though now wisely and faithfully adminis tercd, were, in themselves, capable of many improve ments. But individual interests and prejudices are ever hos tile to general improvements, and insinuations were afloat that the new system of conducting bankruptcies had lost the support of the commercial world. To ascertain the truth of this, and set the question at rest on this head, it was determined to mal•. e an appeal to the commercial community in the shape of a memorial to to the Lord Chancellor, approving of the new system of conducting bankruptcies, and requesting its extension to a further convenient distance from London. The manner in which this appeal was responded to is best tes tified by the writer, who witnessed the signatures, and beard the individual expressions of satisfaction of fifty seven merchants, twenty-six bankers, and 537 traders of the highest rank, affluence, and intelligence in the first commercial city in the world. With this document, then, the first public testimonial since the establishment of the Court, this approval ascer tained and expressed as to the present mode of adminis tering the law, the Legislature can be confidently solicited to advance with that correction and improvement of the law itself, which the author of this wholesome reform in the Court originally contemplated. "IF EVENING EDI THE CHARTISTS. During the past week the authorities have published some strong resolutions on the subject of Chartism ; they have considerably augmented the police force of the town, and invited the respectable and well-disposed por tion of the inhabitants to be sw ern as special constables : they have also given fair notice to those " sturdy beggars" who have been seen infesting the streets with a box, and who, by intimidation or threats, have endeavoured to induce the people to subscribe towards their funds, that if they are found pursuing their vocation they will be dealt with according to law. They have expressed their deteimination to disperse all illegal meetings which may he attee.pted to be held in the borough, and by prompt and effective measures to secure the peace of the town. These resolutions have produced a variety of opinions, some thinking them unnecessary, and others deeming them highly expedient. We know the majority of the working men in this town are averse to these things (acts of vio. lence, &c.), that they have higher and nobler pursuits— that they look with indifference at the labours of a few upstarts to hew them down to the level of their own in tellectual status—and are determined to persevere in a course of honest and praiseworthy industry. The self. constituted leaders of the people, anxious for distinction, have tried a new mode of political agitation, and issued the following placard on Friday :-- "ASSIZE SUNDAY. —Out of respect to the Judge of As size, the Chartists will attend Divine Service, at St. Ni cholas' church, on Sunday forenoon, at ten o'clock. God save the people." Circulars were also sent to various delegates, desiring them to marshal the men of their district into the town, to " honour" the Judges of Assize with their presence, This method does not appear to answer, for the numbers brought together by these means were not great, and their attempt to get possession of the Church, to the ex clusion of the parishioners, were rendered unavailing by the judicious arrangements of the churchwardens, with the assistance of a few police-officers. After the arrival of Mr. Justice Coltman and the corporation, the doors were then opened for the admission of as many of those lovers of liberty as chose to avail themselves of the " right," and some few speedily showed their agility in jumping over the doors of the few unoccupied pews—the rest ranged themselves along the different aisles. Whether it was that they were uneasy and out of their element, or they had begun to fancy that some one had been practising on their credulity by making fools of them, we know not, but certain it is that many, if not most of them, quietly retired before half the services were concluded. We observed amongst them one person who had been offering early sa crifice at another shrine ; he was immediately perceived by Mr. Inspector Little, who kindly assisted him to a place ru o e t. appropriate to his condition,—Abridged from the Tyne Pilo RAIN UPON THE SAVINGS' BANE.-Great excitement prevailed in Forfar during the last week, occasioned by a number of individuals withdrawing their money from the banks and converting it into cash. Bills had been posted throughout the town. published by order of the Conven tion. The result was, that the greater part of the Chartists who had any money in the banks withdrew their deposits, which they converted into silver, and kept back from circu lation. This caused a temporary• embarrassment—so much so, that the banks had to procuro silver from other quar ters. The appearece of the silver allayed the panic, and there is now little or no difficulty i❑ the a•ay of discount. ab ha in v i e don re t resumed their 0 n an d ---- st of the workmen in this nei g hb our- STAFFORD.—.M 0 employment, having the terms of the m asters. CHARTIST NOTI CE.-Some wag on Su n d ay posted the generally to accept ndtedoutto, hood who rec ently c t o u n rn se e following placards in Newcastle :—" Our voice is still for %a ~ y e go ds can A Chartist lo ng d e h a i t which of the two to ehuse slavery or death : no let us ris at once and charge home upon them and I doubt not but what we will gain our ends and f reet Diliree Our world f rom b ondage Rise Chartists arise your capgicats demands your help; rise and revenge your starving families ore share there fait the word is : St. George Chartism and Victory." CHAR FIST DELEGATE MEETING. —WC understand that the Univers.al Suffrage Association of Glasgow, has re ceived, in answer to its resolutiot,s suggesting a delegate meeting from all Associations north of the Tweed, to take into consideration the best means of organising Scotland so as speedily to obtain the Charter, letters from Aber deenshire, and from a considerable number of places in the counties of Avr, Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Lanark, and Renfrew, approviug of having such a meeting, and recom mending Glasgow as the most suitable place in which it can be held. On Saturday last, an out-door meeting of the Chartists of 13alfron was addressed by Messrs. Rogers and Gillespie, from Glasgow. It was resclved to support the Conven tion in " every lawful measure."— Glasgow Chronicle. The following letter has been addressed to the Radicals of Scotland :—" There will be a meeting cf Delegates in Edinburgh, representing the purely moral force Associa. tions of Scotland, with a view to replace the Chartist cause on firm ground. The r equisition for the meeting will, I understand, proceed from th e re su pported by the Fife Unions,respectable Associa tion of Dunfermline,and, I trust, also by a majority of those of the west of Scotland. If you would save the movement from speedy destruction, you must not be tempted to continue your unfortunate con nection with the Physicals, and should have nothing to do with the proposed meeting at Glasgow, Your friend and fellow- Chartist, " P. BREWSTER."