The Sun. — London, England, 1839-08-29 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION. LADY FLORA HASTINGS AGAIN. We have been forbearing upon the topic of this unfortunate Lady, because it was one irksome to our feelings ; irksome, not in the least—when fairly sifted - or deeply probed—hurtful to the Queen, agairst whom the faction strove to point every poi soned arrow—not against any of the party or per sons with whom, as contra-distinguished from the Tories, we have been accustomed more or less to act with or defend. No ; our forbearance pro ceeded from the circumstances that the subject was a lady dangerously ill, and since no more, and we did not wish to be drawn lightly into a dis cussion lb which we could not do justice with out implicating the lady and her friends. But ' the Tory Press is governed by no such feel ings. It unceasingly implicates the character of the lady and the feelings of her friends, if indeed party has not blunted their feelings, to the rabid anxiety to bring into disrepute the character of the Qaeeei and her Court. How tremblingly alive that faction is to the imputation, who think so little of the crime when really committed among 1 " the order." Where was this holy horror of the press when poor Lord Graves was driven to sui cide, who ought indeed to have first at least done justice on the bearded pard who was the author of his dishonour and despair ? Where were the tender sympathies of the Tory press when Sir G. Murray, as so many others of the " order" and [ the party do, took away another man's wife ? Oh, no ! The actual committal of the crime is nothing when the criminal is a partizan. But when there is a suspicion entertained by a Whig Court of a lady, and steps taken privately to have the point cleared up ; when these steps, if erroneous at all, erred at the side of purity, and in order to pre vent the licentiousness abounding, which marked ithe Court in former reigns—then nothing can equal the rodomontades of party puritanism. 'Why, since they will force us on the subject, we must state that on the face of the original suspicion against Lady Flora, the parties intimating such sus picion must have believed that it was true, and must save had some good reason for that belief, or else why make a charge which a little time, if false, must have refuted. What could have been these rea sons i There were personal appearances admitted on all hands. But we think this of itself would not have caused a suspicion which it is evident really did exist. There is seldom smoke without fire ; and rationally considered previous levity must have been added to personal appearances, or such alone would not have created so strong a suspicion. This is sadly aided by her parson uncle's confession that there had been some suspicion of the lady the year before. This is also further coloured by the very coarse letter written by herself, which her Lady ship's family caused to be published—a letter which may be such as young ladies of " the order" are in the habit of writing, but is one which would be de structive of the reputation. for purity of a young female in the middle ranks of life. But all these probabilities have been so confirmed by a letter from Lord Portman, that those who wished to turn the mystery against the Queen have actually tainted the reputation of Lady Flora Hast ings, so as to render it necessary for her family to bring the matter legally before the world and probe the reports to the bottom, or else they leave ) the character of the deceased lady implicated. For, observe, Lord Portman does not deny of his lady— as Lord Tavistock did of his—that Lady Portman made no communication on the subject—he im plies that she did ; but that it was such as it was her duty to make, 'and he challenges her brother to afford him the opportunity of proving the real state of the case. Here is an oppor tunity of putting the saddle on the right horse, and if the Marquis of Hastings shrinks from this, Ihe compromises the character of his relative. 1 There can be but one conclusion as to the facts.— ' Dablin Pilot. TUE CENTRAL METROPOLITAN CHARTER ASSOCIATION, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—At..the weekly meeting of the above Associa tion, held on Monday evening, the 26th of August, the following resolution, proposed by Mr. Parker, seconded by Mr. Sprinks, and supported by Mrs. Spur 111'131s:in, and otlers, was unanimously carried : Itesolved,—That the thanks of this Association he given to Mrs: Goulding, IN iliiams, and Major Bcniowski, the Members of the late Committee of Public Safety, for the able, energetic, and prudent manner in which they discharged their duties while in office ; and that you should be invited to give publicity to this resolution through the medium of your valuable journal. Yours, respectfully, HENRY - HOLDEN, Chairman. 10, Portland-place, White-street, Bethnal- green. PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—l am only, a poor journeyman shoemaker, con scqu'ently can find bat little time to write, however much I may feel inclined so to do, and this being my first attempt, I trust no uncharitable critic will assail me'n ith—"Ne sutor ultra crepidam," because I opine— K Wisdom's voice condemn, such rules - As not fit for modern schools, • E'en coblers may be wise." Demosthenes when addressing the Athenians says— " The principal cause of the evils under which they suf fered was, the corruption of their public speakers," but whether this can be applied to the present day, your readers must be left to judge. By public speakers I understand any individual who may either by an oration, letter, or publication of any kind, intended for the whole community, convey the same to that community, by any means then in existence ; and I know no speaker whose voice is so powerful as that of a public newspaper, and if I were at all inclined to praise a man for his services to society, I know none on whom I should with more justice bestow it, than upon the proprietor or editor of The Sun. But being one of those who think that as man had nothing to do with the formation of his limbs neither had he with the brain, I shall be ex cused for passing over in silence anything relating to the readiness at all times evinced in your Journal to insert, or support the interest of the whole of society, without regard to creed, sect, party, country, or colour, truth being, as it should be, the grand desideratum. Having said thus much, I proceed to examine a letter published in your journal of yesterday, headed " Practical Christianity," and signed " A Protestant," wherein the writer observes that, " A want of Prac tical Christianity is the basis of infidelity, and gives Owen and other infidels an influence they would not otherwise hay e;" he then goes on to say, that " the Creed of St. Athanasius should be expunged, with cer tain other worn out absurdities, because to teach man kind that they are doomed or left to be reprobate, and that their conduct here has no influence for or against their future salvation, cannot be a fair statement of redeeming love." Now, Sir, I would ask the writer this question, What is Christianity ? His answer cannot be, A strict adherence to certain established forms and ceremonies, and implicit confidence in orthodox opinions, because he says they are not fair statements of redeeming love. This, then, cannot be Chris tianity—that is practical Christianity. If, then, it be not practical, it cannot be Chris tianity at all ? What is it then ? Let the writer an swer if he can, for I can conceive of no effect without a Cause. Practice is the effect, of which Christianity must be the cause ; if there be no effect, there cannot possibly exist a cause—the want of which the writer considers•to be the basis of infidelity. Now, Sir, I take it to be • • infidelity itself, I may be allowed the use of the term' without defining it, which I conceive to be almost impossible • because mec that which was infidelity in fifteen hundred beea hristianly in the next cen tury, completely suited it should' be) to the (as th e wr i ter o b serve s Take an example in VParn°4preasraigie of the times. who was burnt in Smithfield for saying thi s If t was not the very God, in the year 1551. o b the writer was infidelity at that time, it is equally so now ,consequently again e the perse ,ppear to be himself is an infidel, for the opinions histo rian same with regard to the Creed; takeßoetliss cutions of the Quakers, according to of their sufferings ; there were 4,20 c, one time, in the year 1688 ; their meeting-housesothufie confined at pulled down, and the materials sold ; the total number who who perished in prison was three hundred and sixty_ nine ; the dead were di,interred from their graves;; Wo men and children were dragged by their hair through the streets ; there was lawied at one time in Bristol, f or fines, 16,400 pounds, and from an examination of the records of the Society, it appears that property was taken froth them to the amount of one million sterling ; and for what purpose was this exercised, but to put down infidelity'? Does the writer call them infidels? No ; this was an evil produced through the unchari tableness of the age. Now, I ask any man of com mon understanding, what conclusion we can arrive at concerning infidelity? If the Quakers were infidels at that time, they are equally so now. Who then shall say that the infidelity of the present century shall not be the Christianity of the new ? Aug. 27, 1839. JOHN SKELTON. PORTSMOUTH ELECTION. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29. The elevation of Mr. F. T. Baring, one of the Mem bers for this borough, to the high and disting.ished office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, having cre_ted a vacancy in the representation of Portsmouth, the ' iends of the Right Honourable Gentleman and the supporters of Liberal principles here have for the last few days been on the qui vice to secure the return of Mr. Baring at the ensuing election. With this view they have formed themselves into district Committees in the various divisions of the borough, and have acted with so much energy and effect that the Tories have been completely frightened from the field, and the confident expectation is, that the Right Hon. Candidate will walk over the course without any opposition. If anything were necessary to sus tain this view of the matter it would be found in an address to the electors from Dr. Quarrier, the leader of the Tory party in the borough, in which he declines to come forward to contest the vacancy with Mr. Baring, alleging as a reason, his belief that that gentleman " from his high character—his station as Chancellor of the Exche quer—and from the confidence reposed in him by the Ministry, is more likely to benefit the towns of Ports mouth and Portsea than he was." So we think too, an d so we believe think the great majority of the electors ; but be that as it may, should the Conser vatives, urged by the entreaties of the Standard, be mad enough to risk a contest, they may depend upon it they will be beaten to their heart's content ; for not only are the friends of Liberal principles " up and stirring," but they ' have with a wisdom, quite worthy of the cause in , which they are embarked, merged all minor diffe rences in that of the great principle of se curing the return of an honest and efficient Re former as the representative of this town in Parliament. Mr. Baring arrived here late on Monday night, and it hav ing been arranged by his friends that he should address the electors the following day, at the Guildhall, in this town, a meeting was accordingly convened at an early hour, which was attended by a large number of the respectable electors of Portsmouth, and at which the late Member and present candidate appeared. Mr. Alderman Carter was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN having stated the object of the meeting, begged to introduce their old and tried friend s who would be happy to answer any questions that might be put to him. Mr. BARING then came forward, and after a short speech in which he stated that he was not placed in his new situ ation by either intrigue or interest, and that in accepting the office he did it on public grounds, concluded by saying that he was ready to hear any question or remarks which his constituents might address to him. In answer to questions from Mr. JEFFERY, Mr. BARING said he had voted against the Ballot at the last discussion in the House of Com - mons, and he had seen no reason to change his opinion, though he had joined a Cabinet, that were willing, to make it an open question. With regard to the Corn-lags, he was in favour of a fixed duty, as that would produce more good to the com munity, without injuring the grower, than any other. As to flogging in the army, he was of opinion that it ought to be left in a great measure to the prudence and discretion of the military authorities to say how far or in what degree that species of punishment should be carried into effect. He was not therefore, prepared to say that corporal punish. ment could be entirely doneaway with in the army—at the same time his opinions in this respect must be considered as entirely disconnected with the punishment in question, and sure he was, that with the present disposition of the officers of the army, and of the acknowledged humane disposition of the Judge-Advocate, Sir George Grey, a relation of his own, it was not likely that military punishments would be exercised in an improper manner.—( Hear, hear.) He then thanked the gentlemen for their attendance, and called on them not to relax their effort?, but to act as if there had been really an opponent in the field. Thanks having been given to the Chairman the meting separated. CITY OF LONDON POLICE ACT The following are the principal clauses in this Ac not in the Metropolitan Police Act : Clause 1. Enacts that the Act passed in the 10th of Geo. 11. for the better regulating the nightly watch, &c., shall be, and is hereby repealed. 3. And be it further enacted, that the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Conecil assembled shall, and they are hereby authorize a and required to ap point a fit person, subject to the approval of her Majesty, to be signified by one of her Majesty's principal Secre taries of State, as Commissioner of the Police force of the • ~ City of London and the liberties thereof, with such annual salary, not less than 3001., as they shall from time to time think proper ; and her Majesty, or the Ccurt of Mayor and Aldermen, may remove the said Commissioner, if see or they shall see occasion so to do, for mis conduct er other reasonable cause ; and the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assem bled may, upon any vacancy in the said office by death, re moval, or oti_erwise, appoint another fit person, subject to the approval of her Majesty as aforesaid, as Commissioner of the said police force in lieu of the person stashing such vacancy : provided always, that no person %she. shall have been dismissed from the office of Commissioner of the City police, or whose appointment as such Commissioner shall have been once disapproved by her Majesty, shall be again put in nomination for the said office. 6. AtAbe it farther enacted, that in case the said Com missioner shall not be a justice of the said city, it shall be lawful for her Majesty, if she shall he so pleased, on the petition of the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, and the said Mayer, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council as sembled, to appoint the said Commissioner to be a Justice of the Peace in and for the said city and liberties, but no such appointment shall authorize the said Commissioner to act as a Justice' of the Peace at any court or general or quarter sessions, or in any manner out of session, except for the preservation of the peace, the prevention of crimes, the detection and committal of offenders, and in carrying into execution the purposes of this Act ; and in case the Commissioner shall be appointed a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, he shall take all the oaths usually taken by a Justice of the Peace : provided alwass, that whenever any such Commissioner shall resign or be removed from his office of Commissioner of Police, he shall cease to be a justice of the said city and liberties as aforesaid. 9. And be it further enacted, that such sufficient num her of fit and able men as the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, in Common Council assembled, from time to time shall direct, shall be appointed from time to time by the said Commissioner to be a police force for the city of London and the liberties thereof; and the men so to be appointed shall be sworn in as constables for preserving the peace and preventing robberies and other felonies, and apprehending offenders against the peace ; and the men sworn and to be sworn as aforesaid shall, within the said city and the liberties thereof, have all such powers, autho rities, privileges, and advantages, and be liable to all such duties and responsibilities, pains and penalties, as any con stable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have within his canstablewick by the virtue of the common law of this realm, cr of any statutes made or to be made, and shall obey all such lawful commands as they may from time to time receive from the said Commissioner for conducting themselves in the execution of their office. 11. And be it further enacted, that there shall be de ducted from the pay of every constable belonging to the City Police force a sum after such yearly rate as the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled shall direct, not being a greater rate than 2/. 103. in 100/. ; which sum so deducted, and also the money accruing from stoppages from any of the said con stables during sickness, and fines imposed on any of the said constables during sickness, and fines imposed on any of the said constables for misconduct, and from the fines imposed by any Justice of the said city upon drunker. per sons, or fur assaults upon police constables, and all monies arising from the sale of worn or cast clothing supplied for the use of the City Police, shall from time to time be invested in Government stock by and in the name of the Chamberlain of the said City, and the interest or dividends thereof, or so much of the same as shall not be required for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, shall be likewise invested in such stock, and accumulate so as to form a fund to be called " the City Police Superannuation Fund," and shall be applied from time to time for payment of such superannuation or retiring allowances or gratuities as may be ordered by the said Moyer, Aldermen, and Commons, in Common Council assembled, at any time to any of the said constables as hereinafter provided. 14. And be it further enacted, that the said Commis sioner may from time to time, subject to the approbation of the said Mayor and Aldermen, or any three of them, and also of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, frame such orders and regulations as he shall deem it expe. dient relative to the general government of the said police force, the places of their residences, the classification, rank, end particular service of the several members, their distribution and inspection, the description of arms, accoutrements, and other necessaries, to he furnished to them for the performance of their duty, and all such other orders and regulations relative to the said police force as the said Commissioner shall from time to time deem expedient for preventing neglect or abuse, and for rendering such force efficient in the discharge of all its duties; and shall from time to time send to the Secre tary of State, and also to the Lord Mayor of the said city, such returns of the state of crime and conduct of the po lice within the said city as the Secretary of State or Lord Mayor shall severally require. 20. And be it further enacted, that on the application of the ministers or churchwardens of any church, chapel, or other place of public worship within the said city and liber ties to the Commissioner of the City Police, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioner, with the consent of the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, to make orders for regulating the route and conduct of persons who shall drive any stage-carriage, or other animals within such parish e c a r r p t a c e a e t e , duringsh sheep, p t h , pigs,e hours of divine service on Sunday, p C u h h r l i i s e tm fa a s s t - o d r ay tha G nh ood Fay, sgivin r g id ; or any d ay appointed acdany ord ers which h nted for shall a be so eha m pe ad l, e or sh p a l l a l e b e e o f pr p in u t h ed lie ad affixed w n orsh ipto on o which hi r ch ne t a h r o the church, sameshal refer, and in some conspicuous places leading and conti guous thereto, and elsewhere, as the Commissioner shall direct; and every breach of any such _order shall be deemed a separate offence. asreo C ourt r te. occasiontoAof nd b b e e it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for the said Commissioner, with the consent of the Mayorob shall 3 e rvr andobserved Aldermen rbey, atoll t make aa f rh r t o es , m r e time g ul a t e t o n s tim fo e r and e and persons, and for - streets and thoroughfares il luminations, and also processions, on s preventing c obstruction . arriag e d s es within the city an . in all times of public liberties horses,rttihe the for keeping order , tmheantshioohro-hueguhsfeareasnii and th u e t il ir d i v Pall ofattehenesiagit immediate directions to the constables for rejoicings, or..e3 m re e v d e i nting any obstruction the Exchange, the Bank of England, the Genera iut l yri: P ot 9 ho s de t- o o ß ffi fo c Y e a . e , l and other places of public resort within the said city and li berties, and in any case when the streets or thoroughfares The herring fishery along the coast of Donegal Within the said city and liberties may be thronged; or may has commenced under very cheering prospects—the fish be liable to be obstructed... . ...„ are very large and rich. Great preparations are made for 24. And be it further enacted, that one of her Ma_ saving them, and a large quantity of salt is daily expected jesty's principal Secretaries of State may, in any case of for the occasion.—Dublin Pilot. special emergency, at the request of the Lord Mayor, THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1839 authorize any constables belonging to the police ' force appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, by virtue of an Act passed in the 10th year of the reign of King George IV., entitled " An Act for improving the Police in and near the Metropolis," to act within the city of London and the liberties thereof ; and in every such case the constables of such police force shall be under the command of their own officers, and shall have all such powers, authorities, privileges, and advantages, within the said city of London, and the liberties thereof, and be lia ble to all such duties and responsibilities as any constable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have within his constablewick, by virtue of the common law of this realm ; and the said Lord Mayor may, at the request of the Se cretary of State, in any case of special emergency, autho rize any constable to be appointed under this Act, to act within the Metropolitan Police district under the command of their own officers ; and in every such case such consta bles shall have the same powers, authorities, privileges, and advantages as if they had been appointed under the said Act passed in the 10th year of the reign of King George IV. 46. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for any constable belonging to the said police force, and for all per sons whom he shall call to his assistance, to take into custody without any warrant any person who shall unload, put, or throw any rubbish, earth, ashes, dirt, or soil into any part of the River Thames, locally situate within the limits of the said city of London, or the liberties thereof. 55. And be it further enacted, that the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled, shall and may appoint such clerk and officer, and clerks and officers, for the purposes of this Act, or any of them, in such manner and with such salaries or other allowances as the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled, shall from time to time think just and reasonable. _ _ _ _ 56. And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful to and . for the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Corn moss in Common Council assembled, from time to time to appoint one or more Committee or Committees to ma nage and transact all or any of the matters er purposes which they the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons is Common Council assembled, are hereby required to do, execute or perform ; which Committee or Committees shall have such or so many of the powers and authorities and discretion by this Act given to and reposed in the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled, as the said Mayor ; Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled shall think fit or proper to delegate to such Committee or Committees. 57. And be it further enacted, that the Mayor and Commonalty and citizens of the said City of London shall, and they are hereby required to, pay and apply, in every year, from and out of their revenues and possessions, one equal fourth part of the expenses of the said police force. 58. By this clause provision is made for raising three equal fourth parts of the said expenses by assessment on the inhabitants, the rate not to exceed eightpence in the pound. 70. And forasmuch as it is reasonable that all public buildings (cathedrals, churches, churchyards, chapels, meeting-houses, prisons, and hospitals for sick persons ex cepted), and all vacant spaces of ground, should be rated and assessed in a due proportion towards the expense of the said police force; be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for the alderman of each ward within the said city and liberties, or his deputy, with the major part of the Common Councilmen of such ward, and they are hereby required, at such time as the rates hereinbefore directed to be made by them shall from time to time be made, to rate and assess towards the purposes aforesaid all public buildings whatsoever, and all vacant spaces of ground, situate, lying, and being within their ward (other than and except the cathedral church of St. Paul, London, and the churchyards and ground within the iron rails en compassing the said cathedral church, and all parish churches, churchyards, chapels, meeting-houses, prisons, and such hospitals as aforesaid), at such rate as the said Committee shall order and direct, for every square yard of such public buildings and vacant spaces of ground, not exceeding the rate of 4d. per square yard ; and such rate so to be from time to made upon any public building (not being a cathedral. parish church, churchyard, chapel, meeting-house, prison, or hospitals as aforesaid), or upon any vacant space of ground shall be paid by the owner thereof; and in case the owner of any such v. cant space of ground shall not be known or cannot be found, then the said rate to be thereon made shall be advanced by the Chamberlain of the City of Lon don for the time being out of the cash of the said City in his hands, and the said ground shall be and remain a secu rity to the said Chamberlain and his successors for repay ment of all rates so to be by him advanced: provided always that meeting-houses, not licensed, and meeting houses used for any other purpose than Divine worship, shall be rated and assessed in the same manner as other public buildings. 83. And be it further enacted, that. the Mayor, Alder men, and Commons of the said city, in Common Council assembled, shall, and they are hereby empowered and re quired, between the first day of October and the 20th day of November next following, in every year, to order and appoint what number of beadles they shill judge necessary and proper to be kept within each of the several wards of the city and the liberties thereof, for one whole year, corn silencing from the 25th day of December next ensuing th( seid order, and shall direct what wages and allowance., shall be given for their attendance. 87. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled, to make such allowances .to superan nuatcd watchmen, beadles, and patrols, as they shall think proper; and such allowances shall be raised and paid as part of the expenses of this Act. 92. And be it further enacted, that there shall be year!: laid before each H 01132 of Parliament a true account of the receipts and application of the sunis of money which shat. be received and paid respectively by virtue of this Act; and in every such account the sums which shall have been levied and paid for the purposes of the police fore, established under this Act shall ke shown separately from all other sums hereby authorized to be levied and paid a, part of the expenses of this Act, or under any of the powers of this Act. 94. And b it further enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act, and until this Act shall be repealed, he ancient right or custom of electing ward constables in e city of London shall be suspended. A genuine Jonathan, who had long been paying attention to Farmer C—'s daughter Sally, invited his dearly beloved to ride to the store with him. They ar rived, and after looking at all the pretty things, said Jack, " Mr., draw me a glass of gin and sweeten it well with molasses." It was done, and Jonathan swallowed it at a draught, then smacking his lips, he turned around and thus addressed his dearly beloved, " I say, Sal, that was darn good, why don't you buy a glass yourself?" MAGNIFICENT TRIUMPHAL ARCH. The most remarkable object in all Africa, is a splendid tri umphal arch in perfect preservation, at Djimmilah. The sculpture of the cornices, capitals and friezes, which are of the Corinthian order, remind me of the finest works of Rome. The inscription, which remains entire, informs us that it was dedicated to Caracalla, and Julia, his mother, in the third century of the Christian era. A few paces from this are the remains of a temple, with four pedestals, each supporting a statue, one of Severus and one of Venus, but the other two are unknown. Opposite to this triumphal arch, is a circus, still in good condition. Sepulchral inscriptions abound here, as in all parts, and everything concurs in proving that Djimmilah, the ancient Culculum Colonia, was an important Roman station, and in fact a capital city. Near the ruins at Mons was found a fragment of sculp ture representing Roman soldiers, wrought in a pure style. Not far from this were observed a number of tombs, close to each other, four or five of which ap pear to be perfectly uninjured. The upper stones alone have been removed, merely to admit of a search to the con tents, the Arabs having been satisfied with opening without destroying them. On arriving at Serof, our notice was first attracted by the ruins of a citadel, forming a triangle, about two hundred yards by one hundred and fifty yards. We counted ten towers on the wall, placed at un equal distances, and in positions to flank each other. The stones with which this citadel was built, were evidently taken from some more ancient structure, and we hence infer that it was not erected by the Romans. Among the ruins we turned up several capitals of a rude and irregular order. There were, in fact, three generations of ruins. Some of the towers have been converted by theßeys into silos. Every opening in the sides is closed up, and the-corn-4a let down from an aperture in the roof, which" when the silo is full, is closed up, and when the corn is wanted for consumption a new opening is made at the bottom, by which it is taken out.—Recent Travels_ Nero York Paper. MEETING OF THE BRITISH AS- SOCIATION IN BIRMINGHAM. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY EVENING. The general meeting of the Association was held last night in the Town Hall, which was about half filled, when the President, the Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt, delivered, at the request of the Local Council, a very masterly address to the audience. He adverted to the thin attendance of Members of the Association in Bir mingham, but observed, as far as the efficiency of the Sections were concerned, this circumstance would pro duce no injurious effect upon their proceedings. Mr. MURCHISSON in opening the business of the evening, referred to the address which the President was about to deliver, and observed that it was the lumi nous, comprehensive, and masterly discourse which that gentleman delivered at - the first meeting of the British Association at York, which was the origin, as it had been the mainspring, of the success and prosperity of the Association. The PRESIDENT then rose, and was received with loud cheers, after which he proceeded to deliver his address, only occasional passages of which, however, were heard by the greater portion of the audience. He alluded to the recent death of Mr. Corrie as an irre parable loss to the Association, and passed a high eulogium upon the character and distinguished talents of that gentleman. With respect to the present meeting of the Association, he believed he was justi fied in saying from the manner iu which the business of the Sections had proceeded that day, that the Birming ham meeting would not prove inferior in importance to any which had preceded it. The President, after alluding to the splendid triumphs achieved by science, entered at great length into a vindication of the objects and character of the Association from the charge of irreligion, which had been brought against it. The Rev. Gentleman then referred to the apparent contradiction between the discoveries of geo logy, and the declarations of Scripture, observing, if they looked at the truths of Revelation and the science of Geology, each in its true character, they would find that the utmost harmony existed between them. The address, which occupied nearly two hours in its delivery, was followed by repeated bursts of applause. Professor PHILLIPS announced some alterations in the arrangements of the meeting. On Wednesday evening the model room would be lighted up for the admission of members ; on Thursday, the General Committee would proceed to decide the important question as to where the Association would meet next year ; on Friday, the excursion to the Dudley Caverns (those extraor dinary works of art which, by the kind attention of the Noble Proprietor would be lighted up on the occasion), would take place ; and on Saturday, the final meeting of the Association would be held at one o'clock, instead of in the evening, as had been originally announced. , The meeting was then adjourned until one o'clock on Saturday. I\IECHANICAL SECTION.—There was rther a better attendance of members this morning than yesterday. Dr. Lardner took the Chair. The first paper was read by Mr. Beart, on a new mode of filtering liquids, by means of a perforated piston. By the usual mode hydrostatic pressure was, with few exceptions, used ; but this was a tedious process, especially when a pplied to the purpose of infusing coffee ; besides which there was a consider able loss of heat. The present apparatus would remedy this, by making the piston itself the filtering medium. The packing of the piston, he observed, was capable of being regulated in its quality and density in propor tion to the state of the fluid to be filtered, and the fineness required. Mr. Beart did not arrogate to him self the discovery of any new principle in his apparatus, but merely the application of one long known to useful purposes. He exhibited the working of the machine, as applied to the infusion of coffee, which seemed to effect, in a very complete and sa tisfactory manner, the object intended, the liquid being brought out in a very pure state, free from the smallest particle of sediment. Dr. LARDNER next occupied the meeting, by detail ing at great length the result of experiments made on the Grand Junction and Liverpool and Manchester Railways, with the view of determining the resistance of railway ttains. At the time these inquiries were insti tuted, it was, he said, assumed by engineers that the re sistance of railway trains had no dependence on their velocity. Their experiments were, therefore, directed to the solution of this question ; and after numerous trials they arrived at the conclusion, that the atmos phere played a more important part in the question than was imagined, and that the resistance had a material de pendence on the velocity of the train. Dr. Lardner gave some curious and interesting results of his experi ments on an inclined plane of 1 in 89, showing that the velocity of a train of carriages of twenty-seven tons, started at a velocity of upwards of thirty miles an hour, was less and less the longer it continued to move. He took that opportunity of acknow ledging the kindness and assistance he had experienced in his investigations from the Directors of the Grand Junction and Liverpool and Manchester Railways, who had placed men, carriages, and engines at their disposal, and without whose aid it would have been quite im possible to have brought their inquiries to a conclusive termination. GEOLOGICAL SECTION.—This morning the sitting of this section was resuming, Dr. Buckland presided, when the discussion of the subject of the sand tubes found in the chalk hills near Norwich was resumed.- The PRESIDENT read a very interesting paper, in which he agreed in the main with the theory of Mr. Lyell, but d.ffercd as to the mode in which the dis solving power entered into the sand-pipes. He was inclined to think with Mr. Delebeche, that the excavations or pipes had been caused by the fall of rain charged with carbonated acid. Mr. DELEBECHE exhibited his ordnance map of Cornwall and Devon, and stated that the slaty rocks of those counties had been proved to be equivalent to the new red limestone. He explained the manner in which granite was forced up through the slates, and pointed out the nictiliiferous veins which intersected the latter. The Rev. Dr. WILLIAMS read a notice of the strata of South Devon and Cornwall, combatting the views of Mr. Weaver in the Philosophical Magazine for August 1839. A paper was next read on the fossils of South Devon, showing the great analogy between the fossils of the Eifel on the Rhine and of Devon, regarded of the same age. Mr. GREENHOUGH exhibits the new edition of his map of England, and expressed his pleasure in agree ing with Mr. Murchisson on the last question. Mr. DELEBECHE complimented Mr. Williams on his industry in exploring Devonshire. He estimated the thickness of the slate series of North Devon at 30,000 feeri. The fossils from the limeston e resemblingtcontainhigfossilsslightly o i South the Silurian fonDevon are all different from those of North Devon. He con• eluded b y express i ng hi s o pinion th a t t h e li me-stones o f when t the MATHEMATICAL attendancefollowing atbusinessKSi n E g CT to : I.— Edward's 0k place al Schooliceere was a this :—Mr.J. S. nume rousaumorning.s South D evon were younger th an th e s l ates. Rus sell read the Report of the Committee on Waves, which evinced the superiority of the plan of building vessels upon the system of least resistance, and gave indica tions of the advantage which the mercantile world derived from the improvement. He also gave a long dissertation upon the nature of tides. ProfissorWHEWELL brought forward the Report of Sir J. F. M. Herschell, on meteorological observations, during which the learned Professor elucidated some very abstruse problems relative to the tides, which the scientific world had been formerly unacquainted with. The following papers were also read :—Professor Forbes, on the use of mica in the polarization of light. Mr. Goddard, on the use of the oxyhydrogen blowpipe in experiments on polarization of light. Colonel Sykes on the meteorology of the Ghauts of Western India ; Mr. Addison's meteorological observations at Great Malvern ; Mr. Smythies on motion of free points; Professor Whevvell's remarks on the tides of the Frozen Ocean, by Lutke ; Professor Whewell's remarks on Captain's Fitzroy's views respecting tides. MEDICAL SECTION.—At the Medical Section the following papers were read : --Dr. Middlemore on Arti ficial Pupil ; Dr. R. D. Thomson on Alkaline Dis pepsia ; Dr. Macartney, F.R.S., on the Modes of sup pressing Hmmorrliage ; Dr. Blackiston on certain sounds heard in the Chest during Respiration and speaking ; Dr. Folvill e on t h e B ra i n . CHEMICAL S ECTION .—At the Chemical Section the following p a p ers were rea d : --Mr. Spencer on Electric Currents in M eta lli c V e i ns ; H. L. Patterson , Esq. , on the same subj ect; P ro f essor Graham, F.R.S. , on the Chemical Theology of the Voltaic Circle ; Professor Hess on an apparatus for conducting organic analysis ; Professor Schonbein on galvanized iron. STATISTICAL SECTION.—Mr. Hallam, Esq., F.R.S., presided. Mr. N. R. Greg read a Report on the state of education in Rutlandshire, from which it ap pears that in Rutlandshire there is a parish Church for every 400 inhabitants. There is no Roman Catholic population in the district, no place of worship or Sun day schools connected with that denomination having been met with. Estimating the members of other de nominations by the 'number of Churches and Chapels, and the number of Sunday-schools, which will probably afford a fair criterion, it would appear that about two sevenths of th e popu l at i on b e l o ng to various sects of Protestant Dissenters, the Wesleyan Methodists pre ponderating, whil e t h e rema i n i ng five-sevenths are con nected with the Church. In Lancashire, on the other hand, the members attending Dissenters' Sunday-schools decidedly preponderate over those attending the Church schools. The return of schools obtained by the Go vernment in 1833 was very ac curate, with the excep tion of one error ten infant schoo ls were re p orted, whereas there was not one found b y the p ersons who examined th e county on th e part of the Society. ; The ten schools in question were only Dame Schools. Taking the scholars of all ages, 1,119, or about five sixths of the population attend day ; and 1,920, or about nine-sixths of the population rittend evening ; 1,276, or about six-fourths o f th e po p u l a ti o n attend Su ic'ay chco's only. The following comparison between the state of education in Rutlandshire and other places, shows the I advanced state of education in Rutlandshire, as a rural 1 istrict :-- SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Manchester and Salford l7 Rutlandshire York l2 Liverpool 6 DAY AND EVENING SCHOOLS York.. Rutlandshire. Liverpool Manchester and Salford lO According to this calculation, the palm must be con ceded to York and Rutlandshire, over either Man chester, Salford, or Liverpool ; for although inferior to Manchester in the number and efficiency of the Sunday schools, they supply a more general day school education than is found to exist in Manchester, by at least fifty per cent. and although not more than twenty to thirty per cent. better than Liverpool in the relative number of day-schools, yet the Sunday-school instruction is more than double the proportion. The above calculation is, of course, in accordance with the various popula tions. The proportion of superior private, and boarding schools in Rutlandshire is small, compared with Man chester or Liverpool, or York. They bear a larger proportion to the total population than in either of the two former towns. The Dame and common schools are attended in Liverpool by 5-17ths of the population ; in Rutlandshire 6-25ths ; in Manchester and Salford 6-52. There are as many endowed or charity schools in Rutlandshire as there are parishes. Mr. SLANEY, M.P., said the subject matter of the Report was of great importance, because it enabled them to draw a proper conclusion relative to the state of education in an important agricultural district, as com pared with the manufacturing district. It was most satisfactory to find that 15 per cent. of the population were daily receiving instruction. It was a very good proportion, although by no means so extensive as they could wish. The Report stated that there was a great deficiency in books in the schools. He wished the Re port had stated the nature of the books used, and that in any future Reports which might be supplied, the nature of the books used would be specified. Another omission he wished to notice. It was not stated what accommodation there was for the children in the way of play-ground. He considered it of the first importance that all schools should have attached to them ample play-grounds.—( Hear, hear.) Dr. TAvLo a was happy to be able to state that a great improvement had taken place in the quality of school books used in his country (Ireland). Formerly the children had only the " Seven Champions of Chris tendom," " the Irish Rogues and Rapparies," consisting of some 19 volumes, with 19 volumes of a Supplement. He had lately visited Ireland, and could hardly find a copy of the above distinguished works. The Rev. Mr. NL'NNS, in reference to the Report of the Birmingham Educational Committee, said a Report had been prepared, but as it had been hastily drawn up it would not, he f eare d, ex hibit th e rea l s tate of educa tion in the town. W. R. RANSON, Esq., delivered a most admirably compiled document containing an inquiry into the cri minal statistics of England and Wales, from which we give the following brief extract : The average annual number of persons committed or bailed to take their trial before the Quarter Sessions, Assizes, and Local Courts, held in England and Wales during the last five years was 22,174. The difference between the highest and lowest annual number during he period was 147. For the reasons previously stated ,he annual increase or decrease is no index of the pre- ... ...... ... .. 15 valence of crime, but it may be taken as evidence o the operations of the laws. In this point of view there was a considerable decrease in the number of commit ments in 1825 and 1826 compared with 1834 amount ing in the average of those two years to 8 per cent., while in 1837 and 1838 there was an average in crease of 4 per cent. compared with 1834, and of 12 per cent. compared with the two intermediate years. But it is worthy of remark that this variation was only different in the two sexes. The decrease during 1835 and 1836 occurred entirely amongst the male sex, for the number of female committals slightly increased, and the increase in 1837 and 1838 was more than four times as great among the females as among the males. The average increase of males during the last two years of the quinquennial period compared with the average of the first two was 39per cent.,while,among the females,it was 19.2 per cent. In consequence of this the relative propor tion of females to male offenders has increased two per cent. during the five years. In 1834 it was 15.9 per cent to 84.1 per cent., and in 1838 it was 18.1 to 81.9 per cent. The average of the whole period was 7.2 per cent. females to 82.8 per cent. males. The variation has also been very different in the several classes of offences. In the present tables the offences are divided into six classes, which have reference exclusively to the Acts of Par liament under which the offenders are tried. They consist of 1. Offences against the person. 2. Offences against property committed with violence. 3. Offences against property committed without violence. -I. Malicious offences against property. 3. Forgery and offences against the currency. 6. Other offences, not included in the above classes. A slight examination of their divisions will show that the principle upon which they are founded is highly defective ; and this has been ably demonstrated by Mr. Symonds, in a paper read before the Statistical Society of London, and published in its proceedings. Another paper, upon the subject, by Wm. Henry Romilly, of Manchester, appeared in the last miscel laneous publication of the Statistical Society of that town. That gentleman's views, however, do not accord with those of Mr. Symonds. The first defect of the present classification consists in the defi nition of the offences, which is legal and conse quently technical. The same category, and some times the same term, embraces all qualities and degrees of criminality. An assault may mean either a violent attack by which the life of an individual is seriously endangered, or the mere act of laying a whip on a persons' shoulders without the infliction of a blow. Attempts to injure or murder by stabbing, shooting, and poisoning, are all classed together although they severally indicate very different offences both in mode and in degree of criminality, but the classification of the offences is still more defective for the purpose of usual investigation. It is based indiscriminately upon the principle of the effect produced and the means used, adopting sometimes the one and sometimes the other, and not upon that of the motives which induce the commission of crime, on the tendency of which the act is the evidence. Mr. Symonds has suggested a new principle of classification which we have adopted. It appears that the number of offenders against the person committed for trial has gradually decreased to the extent of 19 per cent. on the average of the last two, compared with that of the first two years of the period. Malicious offences against property, compared in the same manner have decreased 36 per cent. while offences against property with violence, have increased 7 per cent. and offences against property without violence, together with forgery and offences against the currency, have in creased 19 per cent. The latter two classes are those i which the proportion of female offenders is greatest, and the forer of the two includes more than three. fourths of the whole number of offences ; hence the proportionately greater increase already noticed in the number of female committals. But this comparison must not be received as testimony with regard to the general increase or decrease of particular classes of 'crime, for it is precisely that upon which the recent changes in the criminal law has had most influence. Many grave offences have lately been brought within the jurisdiction of Magistrates, and the establishment or remodelling of Local Courts and Petty Sessions has afforded increased facilities for the speedy trial of less serious cases which Magistrates were formerly unwilling to send to the Assizes or Quarter Sessions. CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES.—The first great devision of the subject which deserves our notice is, the nature of the offences committed. The classification adopted in the official tables has been already described, and its chief defects explained. Mr. Symonds, in his amended outline, has classed the offences comprised in those tables, according to the motives from which they may be supposed to spring,andreduces them to four heads, under which all conceivable crimes may be comprehended. Ist—stealing, which he subdivides into three heads : A, simple without force—B, by fraud—C, by force. 2d—Sexual offences, or offences arising from sexual de sires. 3d—Malicious offences. 4th—Offences against the State, including A, stealing, as in other cases—B, evasion of the State authority—C, breaches of the peace and defiance of the State authority. This clas sification has been adopted in the following inquiry, with some modifications of slight importance. Mr. Symonds makes stealing the first of his division, because it is the most frequent crime, and prevails at all ages and in all situations. A different order has been adopted in the accompanying tables. Several offences have been placed first because they arise from a more simple motive than any other class of crimes. They spring from a desire to gratify a mere animal passion without reference to any other person or object. In theft, which forms the third class, the offence arises from a desire to obtain possession of an object by which some passion may be gratified. In the two preceding classes the act affords only the means to that end. These distinctions may appear to be too finely drawn, but if they are correct in definition and in application they canner, be unprofitable in investigating one of the most subtle objects, the nature of crime. The fourth class is the same as in Mr. Symond's outline, and includes offences against the State, such as stealing ; by fraud, as coining ; by force, as smuggling and resisting officers with violence ; defiance, or evasion of the State autho rities ; by fraud, as perjury ; by force, as riot, and re sisting peace officers. In order tc, afford a fair average for statistical de ductions, the returns for England and Wales of as many years as the official tables have been prepared with uniformity upon the present system, have been -thrown together.. in most of the particulars this has been done for five 7, - ears, but with respect to the de gree of instruction, the necessary information has only been obtained during four years. The total number of offenders annually committed for trial on the average of the whole period was 22,174 ; of these only a small portion, amounting. to 537, or 2-4ths per cent., were several offences belonging to the first class. All the crimes contained in this class, with one exception, have been already concentrated. The second class, consisting of malicious offences, is divided into acts against property and acts against the person. The former sub-division is identical with the fourth class, having the same title in the official tables ; the chief offences included in it are arson and wilful fire-raising, injuries to cattle, and destruction of build ings, machinery, trees, and other articles. The number of offenders in this class was very small, not exceeding 158, or less than 1 per cent. (0.64) of the total number. The average annual number in the second sub-division, which consists of assaults, attempts to maim and mur der, manslaughter, and murder, was 1,174, or some what more than 5 per cent. (5.3). This class exhibits a striking instance of the defectiveness of the official tables, in not separating attempts to maim from at tempts at murder, the object and qualities of which i offences are wholly different. If universality gave a right of priority in the classification of crimes as con tended by Mr. Symmons, theft ought indeed to be Placed at the head of the table. It forms 17-20ths (84.5) of the whole number of offences. This class contains three sub-divisions. The first includes all kinds of theft without violence such . as simple larceny, stealing from houses, or from the person, theft and embezzlement by servants, stealing of animals and receiving stolen goods, and is by far the more nume rous, having contributed 16,663 cases or exactly 3-4ths, (76.14) of the whole number of offences. The second sub-division which consists of theft by fraud, viz., simple frauds, forgery of deeds and other instruments with the exception of Bank-notes, and conspiracy to raise the rate of wages, contained 497 cases, 21 (2.24) of the whole number. The remaining sub-division contains thefts by force of which the chief are burglary and house breaking, robbery, or poaching. The total number of offenders in this section was 1,579, and the proportion to the whole was 7 per cent. (7.12) of which burglars and house-breakers contributed 2 ads (4.54) The fourth class, composed of offences against the State, furnished 1,500 cases, amounting to 6iths (6.77) of the whole number. This class includes coining, and forgery of Bank notes, of which there were 355 cases, or 1: 1 1 per cent. ; a few cases of aiding smugglers, riots, and breaches of the peace, &c., prison breaking, and return ing from transportation, perjury, and administering un lawful oaths. The remaining class contains only 86 offences, or less than per cent. (0.39) of the whole number. To recapitulate,—the proportion of thefts was 84.5 per cent. ; of offences against the State, 6.77 per cent ; of malicious offences, 5.92 per cent. ; of sexual offences, 2.42 per cent ; and of unenumerated offences, 0.39. Taking the 20 principal offences in their relative order, according to the number of persons annually committed for each, they will stand thus :- 1. Simple larceny 2. Stealing from the person 1,539 3. Housebreaking and burglary united 4. Stealing% by servants 5. Assaults 756 6. Receiving stolen goods 7. Riot and breach of the peace 8. Resisting, or refusing to aid peace officers 579 9. Frauds, and attempts to defraud 425 10. Robbery, and attempts at robbery 11. Uttering counterfeit coin 3lB 12. Sheep stealing 13. Embezzlement . 14. Manslaughter 15. Rape, and attempts to ravish 16. Stealing from houses to the value of 51 l7B 17. Stealing fixtures, trees, and shrubs 163 18. Horse stealing 19. Poaching 20. Keeping disorderly houses ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL SECTION.—The sec tion was this morning very thinly attended. Mr. GOODSEER read a paper on the stages of the formation of the teeth in Ruminants, and also offered some remarks on that process in other orders of Mam malia, but from the low tone of voice in which the gen tleman spoke, we are prevented from even noticing the result of the examinations which he made. Dr. WILDE laid before the meeting a new method of preparing the skins of fishes. Dr. BELLINGIIAM produced a paper on the Entoyoa of Ireland, under which term were included all the animals which naturally and permanently reside in the alimentary canal, which he observed had never yet been arranged ; but he had detached and preserved two hundred and forty species. He would merely produce a catalogue. Mr. PATTERSON brought forward a document on a new species of Bcroe, a little marine animal of a jelly like aspect, and colourless, which, in the dark, pre sented a luminous appearance. EVE ING IWITION. DANISH CLAIMS. RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HON. THE HOUSE OF COM MONS, DATED THE bill OF AUGUST, 1839, FOR A COPY OF THE STII DAY OF JULY, OF MINUTE OE TREASURI 1839, ON THE SUBJEC T OF E DANISH CLAIMS. IVIy Lords read the letter from :he Commissioners ebruary, 1839. of Danish Claims , dated the 6th of in which they inform my L ords that 90 Claims have been preferred to them for losses sustainea by the seizure of British ships and cargoes, and for frei . ,?ht amounting in the whole to 524,747/. 18s. 11d., adding, that they felt themselves, in the then state 1 of the inquiry, precluded by their instructions from proceeding to any judicial determination thereon. My Lords advert to the address adopted by the House of Commons, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give directions that the Commissioners of Danish Claims should pro ceed to adjudicate upon the claims on which they have reported. The Viscount Melbourne informs the Board, that her Majesty has been pleased to give her -commands that such adjudication should be made. Write to the Commissioners of Danish Claims, and direct them to proceed with the e xamination of these several claims, and to a judicial d e termination thereon ;at the same time inform the sever - al claim ants, that as their cases are excluded, 1 9 : the opinion expressed by my Lords, in conformity vv . jth the advice of the law officers of the Crown, from the principle affirmed in the grants already made or submitted to Parliament, and as my Lords have felt it to be their duty to decline submitting any es timate to provide funds for their indemnification, it is to be distinctly understood that no pledge is either given or implied by these proceedings that it is the intention of this Board to apply to the House of Commons to vote any sum on their behalf. Call the attention of the Commissioners to cer- Lain points to which my Lords are of opinion they should advert, in whatever report they may uhi mately submit to this Board in reference to these claims. It appears by the minute of the 4th of November, 1834, that a full authority was given to the Commissioners to receive all claims for losses which might be presented to them, including no less book-debts and goods ashore, for which pro- ' vision is already made, than losses sustained by seizure of ships and cargoes. Under the latter head it appears that claims were advanced by ten persons only, to the amount of 19,5691. 7s. 2d., reduced by the Commissioners to 6,6411. 6s. 102 d. ; whereas, by the account now under consideration, there ap pear to be 90 claimants to a gross amount of 524,7471. 18s. 11d. My Lords direct that the class of claimants un der the minute of 4th of November, 1834, should be distinguished from the others, and that inquiry should be made to show why the claims of the other parties were not submitted for consideration at the same time. My Lords also desire that inquiries should be made into tne fact, whether the claims are made bona fide on behalf of the persons who sustained the loss, or their representatives ; and, if made by other parties to whom such claims may have been made over or assigned, for what consideration such transfer or assignment shall have taken place. My Lords direct, also, that inquiry should be in all cases made whether the ships and cargoes in question were or were not insured ; and if they were not insured, what was the reason for such neglect. My Lords feel this to be more necessary, because they perceive in the Schedule of Claims, N0..3, where the loss sustained is stated to be the value of the ship " over and above the insurance;" No. 33, the amount of a policy of insurance ; No. 51, the claim of the London Assurance Company for the sum of 2,3001. paid on the cargo of the Ceci lia ; and No. 82, where the payment of insurances in 13 different cases, amounting to 2,8661. 16s. ld., is set forth. In calling the attention of the Commissioners of Danish Claims to these several cases, my Lords wish to guard against expresSing or inferring any opinion respecting them, or of excluding such other matters as shall appear to the Commissioners fitting subjects for inquiry and investigation. Inasmuch as it is not the intention of my Lords to submit any vote to Parliament on the subject of these claims, and as, consequently, the remunera tion of the Commissioners cannot be provided for in the manner adopted in reference to the former payments, inform the Commissioners that my Lords will make provision from other sources for rewarding their services, fixing the amount to be paid in ana logy to the principles on which they have hereto fore acted, but considering this new duty as separate and distinct from the functions with which they have been heretofore charged, and entitled to dis tinct remuneration. F. BARING. Treasury-chambers, sth August, 1839. RECEIPTS OF VARIOUS INST TUTIONS. ( From the Christian Spectator ) The attention of our friends is called to the information: furnished in the following list of the Societies which have recently held their anniversaries in London. It is encou raging to find that many of them are liberally supported but enlarged efforts must still be made on behalf of their various and important objects : Baptist Home Missionary Society, Total receipts, £2,693 Baptist Missionary Society British and Foreign Bible Society British Reformation Society British and Foreign Sailors' Society British and Foreign School Society British and Forcigh Temperance Soccity Children's Friend Society Christian Knowledge Society Christian Instruction Society Church of Scotland Missions Church Missionary Society 72,031 Church Pastoral Aid Society Colonial Missionary Society . Colonial Church Society ... ... English Monthly Tract Society l4B Episcopal Floating Church Society European Missionary Society Gospel Propagation Society Hibernian Society 11,702 Home and Colonial Infant School Society 1,850 Home Missionary Society _ _ Irish Evangelical Society lush Society of London London Society for the Propagation of Christianity among the Jews.. London City Mission 4,820 London Missionary Society 65,490 Lord's Day Observance Society Moravian Missionary Society Naval and Military Bible Society New British and Foreign Temperance Society 715 Newfoundland School Society . . Prayer Book and Homily Society Peace Society Sailors' Asylum Sailors' Home 2,968 5,020 5 , 19 1,024 3,968 Sunday School Union 9,469 Trinitarian Bible Society 3,059 Wesleyan Missionary Society 84,816 STEAMBOATS IN FRANCE. The number of steamboats in France has been very much increased lately, and the majority of the vessels are supplied with English engines. The engines are chiefly on the low-pressure principle, and are worked by English engineers, of whom there are twenty in the ports of the Seine only. The rate of pay is about 300 francs, or twelve pounds a month, and board ; while the pay of the captain of a river steamer is only 150 francs, or six pounds a month, with board. The words of command in all these vessels are English —" stop her," " head way," " back her," &c., surprise the passenger, and afford an interesting proof of the in fluence which the English nation exercises abroad. The stokers are partly English, partly French, and some Ame rican negroes. The crews, especially of the river steamers, are a wretched set of lubbers, talking much more than they work; and causing all kinds of accidents and delays. The management is excessively bad, and the steersmen of the river steamers, who are pilots of the Seine, get intoxicated, and ask drinking money from the passengers. The strongest part of the equipage is certainly the crew of cooks and waiters, who are seldom less than half a score, with a regular cuisine at their disposal, to the gratification of the passengers' olfactory nerves. Most of the engines on the Paris and Havre stations have been supplied by Mr. Barnes, of London, lates Barnes and Miller. The Seine steamers are very long (about 150 feet) and narrow, drawing only about two feet water, and yet in summer they often take the ground. In winter they cannot run, as the height of the water leaves no space to pass through the bridges. [ron boats have been recently introduced, and with good effect. Boats run from Paris to various places in the neighbourhood, but most of those for Rouen start front Pccq, a suburb of St. Germain, at the termination of the railway. From Rouen numerous boats run both up and down the river, and from Havre there is steam communication to Bourdeaux, Cherbourg, Caen, Dublin, Plymouth, Southampton, Portsmouth, London, Dunkirk, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copen hagen, and St. Petersburgh. Dunkirk is also a rising steam station, and communicates with Havre, Hull, and Rotterdam. At Havre the Government propose to build . a large steam dock for the navigation to the United States, in which they are desirous of partici pating with the English. Steamers now go from Eng land to a great number of ports on the French coast, so as to make the union between the two nations still more intimate. A great part of the steam. boat passengers, if not the majority, are, however, English. Among these ports are Dunkirk, Cala;s, Boulogne, Dieppe, St. Valery-sur-Somme, Havre, Granville, St. Malo, and Bourdeax. On the Eng lish side the communication is to Hull, London, Margate, Dover, Rye, Brighton, Portsmouth, South- ampton, Weymouth, Plymouth, and Dublin. The surf of the steamers on the River Seine is very great, arising from the shallowness of the channel, on the sand banks of which steamers are obliged sometimes to scrape their way. Small boats always make for the shore, and if they can, run up high and dry, boats lying on the banks being not unfrequently swamped. The few craft on the River Seine are principally Rouen boats, a long un wieldy barge, which obeys the helm with difficulty, and frequently embarrasses the channel. The coals used are partly English, from Newcastle, and partly Belgian, and the coke used is Belgian. Some of the engines are kept in very good order, but others are extremely dirty and rusty from the negligence of the engineers.—Cor respondent of the Railway Magazine. THIEVES AND RECEIVERS.—A lad, named Phillips, was on Tuesday charged at Guildhall with having stolen from his employers (Messrs. Manning and Mason, printers, of Ivy-lane) a large quantity of printed and un printed paper. It appears the prisoner had at different times sold the paper as waste to a person named Paget, of Fetter-lane, at a low rate, and Paget having come for ward to explain his share in then raisaction, he Magis trate (Mr. Alderman Venables) dered him to be taken into custody. Paget complained and begged to be allowed to put in bail, but the Magistrate would not allow it for the present, and both prisoners were remanded till Friday. mTandeeMthaigeivsetztebyobthseervfaedciltihtiaets t it he w y a o s ff m er e e r d i like Pa for the ge s t al w e who plunder. SUICIDE O F A FEMALE AT KENSINGTON.-- On Tuesday morning, about one o'clock, as police -sergeant Eastland, T 17, was on duty near Kensington-crescent, he met a young woman named Mary Hall, residing at No. 2, Brook-green-place, Hammersmith, who informed him that a young female named Ann Day, well known to the police, had ju st left her on the banks of the canal, under circumstances which indicated that she meditated self destruction. She informed him that as she and Day were near thb canal the latter suddenly gave her a handkerchief and a fourpenny piece, and kissing her, bade her good bye, an d ran towards the canal. Eastland and other constables immediately proceeded to the banks of the canal, where they saw the miserable woman standing, to whom they called, but, on hearing their voices, she immediately sprang into the midst of the stream. On reaching the spot they still saw her by the light of the moon floating on the surface of the water, but she almostly instantly sank. They immediately sprang their rattles for further assistance, and Eastland sent for the drags, but full twenty minutes elapsed before their arrival, by which time the body had been drawn ashore. The usual means of resuscitation failed of , access, and the body now awaits the Coroner's inquezt. The deceased was nin,veo years of age No cause is known for her committing the act. NEW MUSIC.—A Quantityof MUSICAL BOXES playing upwards of 400 Airs, Overtures, &c., being i•oi: Sale, 0• , List of the Music i s now pu bli s h e d ; a l so t h e pr i ces o f Musical' Boxes. The List can be sent by post, as a single letter.ry Way be had gratis, from T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silver smith, Watchmaker, &c., 47, Coinhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). BIRTHS. On the 24th in -t., at Westover, Isle of Wight, the lady of the Hon. W. A'C our t H o l mes , o f a son. On the 24th inst., the wife of the Rev. J. R. Oldham, 0f Huddersfield, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Ramsgate, the lady of Hart Lyon, Esq. , of Barbadoes, of twins, a son and daughter. On the 25th inst., at Temple-house, Cheetham-hill, near Manchester, the lady of Philip Lucas, Esq., of a daughter. MARR lED. On Monday, the 26th inst , at All Souls, by the Rev. J. Fellowes, J. Forbes Royle, M.D., Vice-President of the Royal Society, to Annette, youngest daughter of Edward Solly, Esq., late of Curzon-street, May-fair. On the 23d of July, at St. Peter's Church, in the island of Antigua, the Hon. Owen Pell, Member of her Majesty's PrivY Council in that island, to Elizabeth Mary Otto Baijer, daughter of the late Hon. Samuel Otto Baijer, of the said island, and niece of Bryan Edwards, Esq., of Dove-hall, Jamaica. DIED. On the 24th inst., at Orton-hall, Elizabeth, Countess of Abo 3 n On the 10th of July, at Mount Atlas, St. Andrew's, Jamaica, William Shand, third son of Dr. Hinton Spalding, aged 17. On the 22d inst., at Charing, Edward Honywood, Esq., of Sibton, Kent, aged 41. On the 24th inst., at Crowlink, Sussex, Lieutenant Daniel Leary, of her Majesty's Royal Navy. . • 7 , 1 , (1 Puliltsl•ed 1), rinDo youNG,' !1-2. st r avii, couuty u, Aiululesex..—Thursday, August 29, 1b39. THE MARKETS. AUGUST 28. Walls End Lambton 23 3 ' Walls End Russell's Hetton i 3 3 Walls End Stewart's 23 6 Wails End Whitwell Walls End Kelloe 23 6 Walls End .arrington Tees 20 9 W lls End Gordon 2l 9 Walls End New Tees 2l W. E.Richarclon's Hartley 18 3 Nails End South Durham... 21 9 Walls End Tees 22 6 Walls End Tennant Walls End Victoria Tees Walls hand west fees Brampton Main Cowpen Howard's Netherton Main 18 9 Stave!y Main Wails End Devonshire l9 3 !ast market day, COAL MARK s. d Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 19 6 Ch,ter Carr's Hart y' " • Hebburn Main 2l 3 Holywell Main 2O 6 Ord's liedhugh Original Windsor's Pontop 21 a South Hartley l9 lt Tantielcl Moor 23 t West Hartley 2l 6 Walls Elai Bell and Brown 21 Wal s 1. - nd Heaton Walls End Hilda Walls End Killingworth 21 6 Walls End Northumberland 21 3 Wall- End Walker 22 0 Walls End Belmont Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 23 Walls End Ilaswell Walls End 'Jetfoil 23 01 Alps arrived since 1 COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. i Barley. ` 1 Oats. S. to 36 39 S. to S. 74 SO 68 74 63 81) 73 80 65 76 65 86 68 go 72 75 4 63 tsa 61 70 68 S 1 64 74 f;2 58 77 65 75 83 71 70 74 62 70 56 77 Per Quarter. Abingdon.-- Andover Basingstoke .. dirmiugham Cirencester Faringdon Henley ---- Hereford -- Highwort h Hungerford... Maidenhead... Monmouth Nottingham Sleafonl— Southampton Stroud -- Tewhe,bury... Uppingh I,vantage -- Windsor --. Vv'or ;ester-- W s. to s. 27 22 i 27 29 30 40 1 16 22 32 36 126 3u 1:9 33 '23 29 26 30 26 30 28 33 1 20 30 '26 32 1 23 26 26 32 22 29 32 42 128 34 35 40 25 32 32 34 22 29 37 41 23 32 36 39 21 32 33 40 28 32 28 36 20 24 33 —l2'2 32 28 32 1 17 • 28 30 39 i 22 28 L'6 42 28 30 21 22 ,65 70 132 36 30 32 1 CHELTENHAM NARKE' Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d_ Wheat tiarley Reef Mattou Vaal Pork Lamb. . ,o 5/, 134. Od. I O Its 4 0 4 8 Beans , 55 60 Poa, 5 0 5 6 Hay 3/.15.3. t Beans. I Pease. a. to S. 38 42 - 33 S 6 . 33 40 43 53 2 - 2 2 5 - 49 - 43 - 46 ..-. •-•. 37 42 34 40 39 46 40 50 42 - 40 36 46 40 46 sg 40 36 44 i - 6 98 d. to d. 6 8 6 '7-n 6 7 6 8 0 0 3C r ton. SUPERIOR SILVER WATCHES. - - LONDON MADE. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, Corn bill, London (opposite the Bank of England), submit for selec tion a very large STOCK of SILVER WATCHES, the whole of which are made and finished under the careful inspec tion of experienced workmen on their own premises, and each warranted for correct performance. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed engine-turned cases, warranted Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with seconds' hand, and double-backed cases, warranted 5 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in four holes, with seconds' hand, and double backed cases, warranted Either of the above in silver hunting cases, 10s. 6d. extra. A large variety of second-ha , A Silver Watches, which have been carefully examined, and can be warranted at 2/. 2a• each. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange.