The Sun. — London, England, 1839-08-26 00:00:00

E J 4: N ING .EDITION. ______, THE, LONDQN POLICE IN MR- MING HAM. BIRIVINGHANI, SUNDAY. Last night an important investigation took place lat the Pultlic-office, before J. Webster, C. Alston, Charle s Shaw, and B. Davis, Esqrs., to inquire into the truth of certain charges which had been brought before the !Magistrates on the preceding Tht-fl 'sjaY a"einet Mr. May, Superintendent of the Londo n Polie e hire, which seriously affected the character of that officer. The charges referred to were "'wade by Mr. Edwin Thompson, who informed the sit tine Maeistrates, T. Walker and S. Beale, Esqrs., that on the preceding Monday as he was leaving the Public-office„ where he had been on business, ie company with another man, and vvhile he was standing for a moment at the gate, Mr. May, the Superintendent, eaare up, and cakin g to one of his men, desired him to " clear that corner," directieig the man's attention to where the complainant 'was standing, and immediately added, " break the e---- bones, and if he cannot walk he muse be carried; draw yodr cutlas." The c( "Plainfent added that he walked away, as he was aware '..f he had spoken a word he would have bee" knocked down ; but he considered the treat ment' such as he ought not to have been subjected to, and he wished to hare the advice of the Magistrates under the circumstances. Another man, named Henry Green, lodged a complaint at the same time against Mr. May. He said that on Mon day he applied, with George Jones, to procure a "mei - A against some of the London police for an r' -4a u'-t• and th e M ag i strates gave t h em a note to G. May, requesti ng hi m to a ll ow t h e app li cants to i cde zit the men i n or d er to id ent if y t h e part i es w h o 4 '4 ill used hi m , b ut on ma ki ng app li cat i on to M r. . ' • 4l kYi he sa id, " A re you t h e i n j ure d party wino , pjas at Holloway Head ?" Jones replied he was, 1 upon which Mr. May was stated to have said " If yo u are not off you will have it a d----d sight worse," Green then stepped up to the Superinten dent and said that Jones had walted upon him by order of the Magistrates, upon ' w hi c h Mr. May threatened to give hi m a tid good thrash ing. The complaiweet immediately went up stairs, when 111:. 'May foll owe d hi m u p and sa id , '' I tall serve you out the fi rs t oppor t ' t i nn e it Y I harr..-4 will r emem b er y ou ." Thi s was n "bsta'ace of th e c h arges ma d e b y t h e par ti es , 7 P" . wl itith th e Magistrates promised to make Isluluilaes. of M r . M ay. They, however, did not do p cs . 4 1 the t i me. and on seeing the statement pub )4'o on the f o ll ow i ng Saturday, Mr. May went &fore the Maeiqrates and requested that an in :.,e'stigat'emt might at once be made into the circutn r,-anees. The Magistrates, Messrs. Shaw, Alston, --14 Viu, and Clark, said that the nature of the charges warranted a prompt and full investigation, and they accordingly agreed to meet that night at eight &dock, to enter on the inquiry. Thompson, Jones, and Ureen were desired to be in attendance, but I_ \viten the Magistrates met at about half-past eight-, they were not present, Mr. Thompson having ,' word that he could not attend before Monday. i he inquire then proceeded, when Sergeant Char ', Insp ector Harris, Inspector Wray, Mr. William h:l Pt' - !ani and Mr. Bond, solicitor, all of whom se.- ' 4 Ppened to be present when the alleged language w , a s made use of by M r . M a y, contra di c t e d ':,,, hwnote of th e statements. S ergeant Chartev:,, sa id , e 'was the p erson w h o was or d ere d b y : d r. May to clear the getaway, which was ob'e'cructed by Mr. l lornpson an d ot h ers, an d e l eat Mr. May never ma de use. of the word " Cutlass" to him, and it wa s aP.ogether improbable that he could have done ! B° ' a', h e (S ergeant Charters) did not wear one ; he cit . ', him to draw his staff, and clear the passake, _"''nick he dal. Ail the other witnesses proved that if Mr. May had used the language attributed to him, they must have heard it, as they were present at the time. They h a d never h ear d Mr. May make use of language of the kind. The Magistrates, and Colonel Chettertan, who was present during the investigation, seeke in high terms of the conduct and gentleurenly demeanour of Mr. May. And after a iet:,gthened examination, the Magistrates came to the following resolution, at the seine time etati r,g their intention of giving the complainants an opeortunitv of substantiating their charges agein , t Mr. May on Monday next, should they thi!j- - .. piaFer to come forward : ~.:` At a sp ec i a l meet i ng of Magistrates, held at the Pub v -office this evening, at the particular request of Super intendent May, to investigate the charges brought by Messrs. Thompson and Green against him, as published in the .Tournal newspwer of this day, Mr. George Red fern r..perted that he had surnmoaed Messrs. Thompson Lcd Green to attend ; that Thoraipson had said he could :tot be present this evening, Ira would attend the Magis trates at any hour they ap - , - ,ointed on Monday, and that Green had promised to attend. Green was repeatedly called, but did not appear. The reporter of the Journal newspaper having ••*.tted his belief that the report given in the Journal of this day was a correct statement of that took piece I)efore the Magistrates on Thurs'!,,,, last, the Mag'strates assembled considering the im t©rtanee. of the case, and that it was equally d ue thr .nsches as t' Superintendent May that the charge :1'414 `e immediately investigated, deemed, it their duty ce. upon the Suderintendent for an ekillanation or con tperietion of what was alleged against 'aim. Superintendent 4 ,; 1 '43 , brought f orwar d S ergeant C harters and Inspectors brray an d H arr i, who fully contradicted the statement, and this contradiction was confirmed by two independent tvitn,:sses, Mr. Chapman and Mr. Bond; the Magistrw.es, 1 takin g the circumstances into consideration that the cote piainarec were not present to support the statement given by them, as it aupeared in the Journal, nevertheless, do not hesitate to express their decided opinion that Superintend ent May is entitled to their fullest confidence, and that the ;charges are unfounded. But they are prepared to enter ozpo n the investigation again whenever the complainants, Green and Thompeon, chose to bring it forward." E _..XIIIRITION OF ASSES IN AME RICA. day F es f or the exhibition Of the - Attie ',how at Lexington (Kentucky) the fourth xtion of jackasses of two years and eine year, and for foals and jennies also ; this sight was to me one of peculiar ieterest. Accustomed as we are in England to value a jackass at 305., we look down upon there with contempt ; but here the case is reversed ; you look up at them Nsith surprise and admiration. Several were shown standing 15 hands high, with head and ears in Froportions The breed has been obtained from the Miltese jP....krss crossed by those of Spain and the South of Fr" .M. Those imported seldom average more than I.(i nrt' .er, bands high ; but the Kentuckians, by great at ten -mei and care. have raised them up to fifteen hands, !Ad sometimes even to sixteen. But the price paid for there rplendid i'i'mals, for such they really were, will prove how much they are in request. Warrior, a jackass of great celebrity, solsold for 5,000 d o ll ars upwards of 1,0001. tterlinge fla!f of another j ac k ass, B en j am i n by name, was for 2 500 d o ll ars. At the show I asked a gentleman wh d at he wanted t-r a beautiful ass, only one year old. He sai d that l'e., could have 1,000 (2501.) year ber, but that he had re/u3ed that sum. For a two.year-old jack, shown dur; - ..g the exhibltion, they asked 3,000 dollars, more before ; but the fact is, that mule breeding is so lucra tive, that there is eo price which a very large donkey will not command. I afterwards went to a cattle sale a few miles out of the town. Don Juan, a two-year-old bull, Durhm breed, fetched 1,075 dollars: an im ported Durba.e cow, with her calf, 985 dollars. Before I arrived a bull aed a cow fetched about 1,300 dollars, each ti them about 280/. The cause of this is, that the - lemand for good stock, now that the Western States filing up, b:cmnes so great, that they cannot be Produced fast enaugh. Mr. Clay, who resides near Lexin s , con, is one of the best breeders in the state, which is much indebted to him for the fine stock which be has imported fr.,rn England. Another sale took place chick I a.tended, and I uote the pri ces :—yearling bul 1,000 dollars; q ditto heifer, 1,500 ; sews of full Durham blood, but bred in Kentucky, 1,245 dollars; ditto, 1,235 dollars; imported cow and calf, 2,:00 dollars. It must be considered that, although a good Durham cow will not cost more than 20 guineas, perhaps, in England, the expenses of transport are very great, and 11.ey generally stand in, to the importers, about 600 dol , lare, before they arrive at the state of Kentucky. GOLD THE PRESERVER OF BEAUTY.—A very interesting experiment was mentioned by Baron Larrey, the favorite surgeon of Napoleon, in one of the Academy of Sciences. During late sittings of the French the campaign in Egypt, this celebrated surgeon had ob served that when the inhabitants of the country, of the higher class, were labouring under. confluent. small-pox, which, there unmodified by vaccination, when ewnheet. tiedcooeusnntrot kill, leaves dreadful marks, the d applied gold leaf over the whole m surface of the hod ) ); M. wh Legrand, a French ere the pustules hti appeare Physician on the r a geestion of Baron Larrey. empl o y e d thi s p r ,,, errative ii , 1 7, ease o f a beautiful and young Engl is h l a d y of rank, la b our i ng underon le e af o , f in th tl e te w st o a r t s e t I forms of thi s scourge. A coating of gold i n which it is employed for gilding, was applied to the face by the medium of little ithout marks, ex young l a d y recovered troni‘the disease w gum to make it adhere . The tept on the extremities and the central portion of the body, . where the gold had not been applied. STAGE COACHES IN .. 17 .06.—T1 . ie following Copy of a er;nt e d car d , frame d and glazed, is p reserved in the ba r o f the Blaek Swan, at York :- 4, York coach b 'gins on Friday, the 12th of Argil, 1706. fou All four-el t a h 3 a •s t are desirous to p ass from London to York, and from York, or any o ' h er ple , ce on that road, in this expeditious m tier, let them repair to the Black Swan, in Holbourne, in At London ; and to the Black S wan , i n C o ney-street, York. v _ both placesthey may be received in a stage-coach e performs Monday Wednesday, and Friday, which actually the who l e journey in the short space of four days (if God permit) I The coach sets forth at five o'clock in the morn ing, and ret.r,,s from York to Stamford, by Huntingdon to London, ;II :e- , ,',-:, s more, allowing passengers 141 b. weight, and all :•-, , :.ve, 3d. per pound." .•ia~.x:._. PORTSMOUTH-SATURDAY. (From the Hampshire 17tdepenlent.) His Royal Highness the Duke o' Cambridge, w:th the Duchess and family, being at Ryde, on Thursday morning the Messenger steamer went out of harbour and resorted thither. His Royal Highness embarked and proceeded on board the Pique frigate, Captain Boxer, in order to witness the explosion from the Royal George. He remained on board for an hour, and then rowed to tlie Britannia flag-ship in harbour, preceded by Admi ra l the Hon. C. E. Fleeming in his barge, and folkved by Rear-Admiral Bouverie in like manner. V.,om thence he landed at the Dockyard : after bestowing several ;hours in inspecting the same, and 1 2drtaking of a dejeune with the Admiral, he p: o . eceded to the George Inn, where he enterta;:ded- at dinner the Admirals and Lieutenant-Go‘: e rnor. On the arrival of the Duchess of Cambrike and her Royal daughters at Hyde, the ladies of . .'nat place prepared a splendid bouquet to present to her, which was done, together with an original poetic address, prepared at an hour's notice by Miss Moss, of Portsea, who happened to be then at Ryde„ His Royal gigness the Duke of Sussex is at present on a visit '‘o his friend 'F. Thistlethwiyte, Esq., at Southwick House. His health, we are sorry to say, has called for the assiduous attentions of Dr. Stuart, of this town, who is one of the physicians of his household. The East India ship China, which passed St. Helena on the 27th of June, reported that no less than seven merchant vessels were on shore in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope. The men of war at this port are fast entering men, but there is a great scarcity of Mates ; the Revenge, a few days since had but one, and that one was borrowed from the Victory. The Isle of Wight was never so full of visitors as at the present time—all is life, bustle, and ac tivity. Th e means o f accommodat i on and enter tainment are more than doubled, and now are barely sufficient for the increased numbers who resort to the shores of the Island for health and plea sure. The beneficial effects of the Railroad, even in its incomplete state, are fully felt, and when finished, the change will be magical. Ryde boasts of Royalty, Cowes, of the elite of the Aristocracy, and Newport has three times the number of coaches that it formerly had, driving to the principal inns, and all well loaded. Many lodgings in the town are let, and the inns, for some days past have been hardly able to accommodate the parties who have visited them. Let the river com municate by steam with the Railroad when complete, and Newport must raise its head again a 3 a flourishing and improving town.. It is now settled that our representative, Mr. F. T. Baring, is to be appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the close of the present Session of Parliament. He has written to his friends here, notifying the circum stance, and soliciting their renewed confidence and exertions in his behalf. His Committee are summoned to meet on Friday evening ; and from the favourable opinions we have heard expressed in many quarters, it is not improbable that he may be again returned to Parliament, without opposition. That he is a sincr.xe, good man, effective in business, true to his pr', ac i p l es , and conscientious in acting up to them, 1v..., never yet been doubted by any one. That eve _4 vote he has given should have been equally °,.(tisfactory to all his supporters, would have been * impossible. The only charge we ever heard agair him was that of delay in answering letters ; ,m ay one who has duri ne:, admit of some excuse in a series of years had the burthen of managing the complicated finances of this great empire. ME.:_e;TING OF THE BRITISH AS SOCIATION IN BIRMINGHAM. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SATURDAY EVENING. During the whole of this day members have been arriv ing by the different trains from London, Liverpool, Man chester, and various parts of the north of England and Scotland, as well as from Ireland ; and it is now pretty well ascertained, although the meeting gives every pro mise of being satisfactory so far as the proceedings of the Association are concerned, that there will be a great fall ing off in the attendance of strangers and the number of local members, as compared with the Newcastle meeting, or those which immediately preceded it. It would be idle to attempt to conceal this fact, still less to blind one's eyes to the cause which has pro duced this disheartening state of things; for although the town is perfectly tranquil, and, as regards political feeling, there exists at the present moment less excitement than has prevailed for many years, yet the recent outrages in Birmingham have awaked in the minds of those who live at a distance a degree of alarm which has proved, as in the present instance, not only injurious to the operations of in. dustry but the interests of science. Amongst the leading members of the Association who have arrived during the day, are the Marquis of Northampton, Dr. Ure, Dr. Urquhart, Professor Tucker, Professor Shep herd, of the United States, Professor Stevelly, of Belfast, J. Taylor, Esq., F. R. S., London, Dr. Yellowley, Dr. Lloyd, Leamington, Count Krisinski, of London, Sir Joseph Locke, of Oxford, Dr. Lardner, Professor Lloyde, Dublin, Dr. Maeartney, of Dublin, Mr. Murchison, Gene ral Secretary of the Association, the Chevalier Neukomm, Major Sabine, C. Babington, Esq., Catubridge, M. Beuge, Paris, Dr. Farrell, Paris, Dr. James Forbes, Professor of Na tural Philosophy, Edinburgh, G. B. Greenhough, Esq., President of the Royal Ger;graphical Society, London, in addition to Dr. Daubn.ey, Professor Phillip and other dis tinguished membert;, whose arrival I noticed in my former communication. The first meeting of the General Committee, which al w . ; 48 precede the scientific business of the Asso ciation, was held this afternoon at three o'clock, in the library of King Edward's School, New-street. The meet ing was called for one, but it adjourned till three, in order to give an opportunity to those members who might arrive by the half-past two o'clock train, of being present. At three o'clock, there being between forty and fifty members present, the Rev. William Vernon Harcourt, President elect, took the chair. When the minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the report of the Council for the past year (from which we subjoin an extract) was read, received, and ordered to be entered on the minutes. " The Council have from time to time attended to the state of the funds of the Association, the Treasurer having produced the banker's book, statements of receipts and payments, and the yearly accounts examined and signed by the auditors, the Council did not deem it adviseable to add to the permanent property of the Association. The pro- perty invested consequently consists, as it did a year ago, of 5,500/. in the 3 per cent consols. This sum, in con sequence of the resignation by Mr. Babbage of his office as a trustee of the Association, has been transferred into the names of the two remaining trustees, Mr. Murchison and Mr. Taylor. The Council beg to recommend Mr. Francis Baily as a trustee to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Babbage." A report from the treasurer and auditors was afterwards read, suggesting that a deed of trust should be prepared and executed for the property of the Association. The Council requested the Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt, one of the Vice- Presidents and the President elect, to prepare an address to be delivered on taking the chair at the Birmingham Meeting. They also recommended the adoption of the following rules, which were proposed by the Marquis of Northampton, and adopted : " 1. That an admission fee of 1/ be required from all future Members admitted as Annual Subscribers, in addi tion to their annual subscription of 1/. ; the composition of Life Members to remain at 51. _ _ . " 2. That every Member, new and old alike, have the option of paying 5/. as a fixed book-subscription, entitling him to receive a copy of the volumes published after the date of such subscription. " 3. That all recommendations of grants of money, re quests for special researches, and reports on scientific sub jects, be submitted to the Committee of Recommenda tions, and not taken into consideration by the General Committee unless previously recommended by the Com mittee of Recommendations." .. _ It was afterwards resolved that the recommendation in the report that Mr. F. Baily be appointed one of the joint trustees of the British Association be adopted ; and also that a deed of trust be executed by the trustees. Mr. Murchison, General Secretary, then read the follow ing list of the officers of the sections, which were recom mended by the Council, and approved of by the meeting : SECTION A.—MATHEMATICS AND PHYSlCS.—President, R-v. Professor Whewell ; Vice-Presidents, Mr. F. Baily, Professor Forbes, Major Sabine ; Secretaries, Professor £teveley, Mr. Chance, of Birmingham, Mr. Snow Hulls. SECTION B.—CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY.—Presi dent,Dr. Graham, London ; Vice-Presidents, Professor Johnston, Mr. Richard Phillips ; Secretaries, Dr. Golding Bird, Dr. Melsom. SECTION C.—GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Presidents, Rev, Dr. Buckland (Geology), G. B. Green hough, Esq. (Geography) ; Vice-President s , M r . D e l a Beebe, Mr. Eyell,'Mr. Leonard Horner; Secretaries, Mr. Strickland, of Worcester, Dr. Lloyd, of Leamington. SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.—President, Pro lessor Owen ; Vice - Presidents, J. E. Gray, Esq. ; Dr. Graham, of Edinburgh, Professor Daubeney ; Secretaries, Professor E. Forbes, Mr. Pattison. SECTION E.—MEDICAL. SCIENCE.--President, Dr. Yel loly ; Vice-Presidents, Mr. Johnson, of Birmingham, Dr. Roget, Dr. Macartney ; Secretaries, Dr. Rees, Mr. Ryl_tind. SECTION F. —STATisTrcs. —President, H. Hallam, Esq.; Vice-Presidents, Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M. P., Mr. Porter ; Secretaries, Dr. W. Cook Taylor, Mr. Rawson, Mr. Francis Clark, Birmingham. SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SClENCE.—President, Rev. Mr. Willis, Cambridge ; Vice- Presidents, Mr. Babbage, Dr. Lardner, Mr. John Rennie ; Secretaries, Mr. HauCes, Professor Wheatstone, Mr. Webster. COM MITTEE OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—Marquis of North ampton, Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., Dr. Buckland, Pro fessors__ Daubeny, Forbes, Graham, J. E. Gray, Esq sf Hodgkins , eo srssoLr 81oNyv 'A lai I ns r ,d . F. R. S. G. B. Grcenhough, Esq H. Hallam, Esq„ Dr. wL if ily u ee t v vi t loieni andl. . Roger, 0 . N , gvei N it l e : a • so G txo . ne l Z.,.anPdo Talbot,rptEerrs. y. P roles n.celiolekthoennmaodnj Monday morning. aurned. The various Se e c il t Pe io ri n v- s • me T et he at I C l ee o SIMPLE REMEDY TO PURIFY WATER.—It is not so generally known as it ought to be, that pounded alum possesses the property of purifying water. A large table spoonful of pulverised alum, spr i nkled into a hogs head of water (the water stirred round at the time), will, after a lapse of a few hours, by precipitating to the bottom the impure particles, so purify it that it will be found to possess nsarly all the freshness and clearness of the finest swing water. A pailful, containing four gallons, may be purified by a single tea. spoonful. THE RICH AND THE POOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. We give the following letter as we have received it. Some of the poetry is beyond our reach, but the prose; though written in rather strange language, conveys some facts that cannot be denied. The Charity Commission to which he refers is still prosecuting its labou-rs : SlR—Let me cordially etmgratulate you on the enter prising spirit of your popular Journal, which now seems fairly on a railroad progressive speed to merited fame and fortune, being generously open to all parties, but unjustly biased by none, tetsuch a degree that I cheerfully opine you will soon be encouraged by liberal subscribers to favour theptl,,ite with a Morning, Meridian, and Evening Stn —..t.ucere hoditrne discedens, semperque aucto splendore resurgent. Everybody must admire the numerous valuable extracts on moral, scientific, and other interesting themes, from lay authors in particular, with which your well-filled columns are daily embellished, whenever the agitating events, at home and abroad, afford room enough, in these portentous times, for those miscellanecus subjects best adapted to the multum in parvo of ephemeral periodicals, calculated, like yours, to crush the diabolical Cern-laws for ever. My heart glows with indignation the moment I peruse your manly exposures of those murderous enact ments of the rich against the poor, and often explodes in such effusions as the following : Ft spite of ghostly Lords or greedy Peers, With canting Priests and mammon's crew combined, Or dastard vassals, mcdiocratic knaves, in servile chains, Lo I at almighty Nature's potent nod. " All is the gift of industry, whate'er exalts, embellishes, arid renders life delightful, Pensive winter eheer'd by Him sits at the social fire, ( His family and large cheap loaf in view The daily staff of all their darling lives), And happy hears the excluded tempest idly rave along. Without Him summer were an arid waste, Nor to th' autumnal months could thus transmit Those full, mature, immeasurable stores," That waving round recal my wand'ring song To honest labour's praise—the only source, I ween, Of all the Wealth, that Freedom grants to Man. Maugre the hanging Judge or Juries fatal frowns On the productive workmen of that land Renowned for valour on old ocean's waves, Whose millions swear they will no more be shoes, Though lordlings boast by law to keep them down, Justice may yet their peaceful efforts crown, Then plenty and good-will again must heal All rampant evils for the common weal, And mankind learn front Britono to be free From hostile strife henceforth by land and sea, That Paradise on earth may still be found By every soul on his own natal ground, Whence let all witchcraft, k:nyeraft, priestcraft, state craft fly To other world;, above, below, far far from human eye. Amen ! for ever more, methinks I hear our starving people cry. The opponents to Universal Suffrage insist that poverty kas no right to a voice, directly or indirectly, in Parliament, by having no property, as if life, liberty, labour, limb, time, and character were absolutely worthless, though all these are subjected to severe or slight punishment by Le gislative measures, commonly adverse to the great bulk of the nation, nevertheless friendly enough to the opulent on most occasions, while the needy have nought to protect them from the insolence, malice, or tyranny of office except legal defence, often beyond the reach of the populace, by its enormous expense. The honey bees of society, who toil night and day for its enjoy ments, are basely termed by the impotent drones among them, the lower orders, or humble classes of the community, because they have forsooth been, through sheer ignorance, silly enough to stoop down, like the stately camel, to permit their strong backs to be constantly overloaded by their brutal taskmasters, as the commensurate reward of their miserable humility. No British Government ought es er to forget that plebeian indigence is chiefly owing to the thousands, if not millions of rural commons which have been most iniquitously appropriated, since the Refor mation, to the almost sole use of their vicinal landlords, whose existing infamous Corn- laws are now famishing the common people into lingering deaths, and ultimate destruction, which their undoubted real and commercial property, under good legislators and judicious manage ment, would have obviated centuries ago, that national curse of pauperism, with the whole of its crying sins, for which an over-ruling Providence is justly exacting the the awful penalty at last, from both the innocent and the guilty in every portion of the British Em pire. So much for the vaunted unfitness of Penury to vote for, or serve as a Member of the Commons' own House, formerly called by arrogant spiritual and tem poral Peers, the Nether, or Fag-end of Parliament, many of whose component parts when contrasted with their ten pound, electors, yet fancy themselves high and mighty lords indeed, to deal damnation to free trade, even in the necessaries of life in both hemispheres. Let them here advert to the asserted incapacity of illiterateness, versus a general constituency ; but whose fault is that ? Why, to be sure, the flagrant blame lies at the doors of the Church and State, being of course a glorious Omnipotent Trinity of King, Lords, and Commons, by whom the noble tree of knowledge has been guarded from profane eyes and ears by a filming sword, or robbed of its celestial fruit by peculating parsons, corrupt corporations, and venal magis. trates, the natural bulwarks and artificial trenches of all .iespotisms. If Ibe not mistaken, some twenty or thirty years have elapsed since the bold champion of education instituted a searching exposure of all the charitable funds then existing, for the support of schools in every district of the United Kingdom. The result, after expending annually vast sums in this laudable pursuit was the candid de claration by a Learned Peer, then only a Liberal Com moner, that the abuses turned out so atrocious as to deter him from their publication, lest priests, prelates, munici palists, with a large train of other constituted authorities, might become obnoxious to public execration and everlast ing contempt, in those cities, towns, counties, establish ments, districts, &c., where they were found to exist to the unmitigated scandal of Christian rulers, whose faith was ample, but not moral enough to execute benevolent works, which the pious founders meant as the best means for the redemption of their souls from purgatory, previous to their perfect salvation in heaven on the great day of divine judgment. The endowments to seminaries for orphans and destitute children on the score of tuition alone, were discovered to be vast enough to instruct every child in the kingdom whose parents cannot afford to do so ; unhappily, however, those mines originally devoted to useful taitionary purposes have either been perverted from the donor's wishes on specious pretences, or totally purloined by troops of clerical wolves, or magisterial hyenas, in sheep's and shepherd's garbs, and clothing the very demons who are at present busy in consigning the less guilty Chartists to the tender mercies of judges, juries, spies, and in formers, glad to hand such poverty-stn. ck sinners over to the congenial sympathy of gaolers, executioners, and other lofty or lower limbs of the law, too ready to pander minor prey for the gallows, the grave, or dungeon, pro vided by cowardly prosecutors to punish wretched culprits driven by despair to defy their utmost vengeance. Pray, Mr. Editor, can any of your intelligent subscribers tell when, how, or why, the protracted, costly, investigation of charitable trusts terminated, for I have never seen its conclusion in ally shape whatever, for silence on this huge malversation is at least misprision of treason to the people, infinitely more heinous than than all the Birmingham riots and other crimes yet com mitted by the Chartist Reformers per vi et armis, in con sequence of that ignorance and want entailed upon them by law-craft, and the whole host of its devilish imps of of hell in this terrestrial purgatory ? It is time for the priesthood to leave off their vain glorious display of their sacred persons on temporal tribunals, and to prosecute the Rational 0 wenites, Socialists, &c., not with fire and faggots, but sound arguments, in behalf of their mystei ions Godhead, in heaven or Satan's invisible kingdom, both battered by the artillery from the celebrated Star in the East, which has been for some years past undermining the very foundations of revealed religion, to replace morality in its etcad, on the more solid basis of truth, reason, and justice. On this, and concomitant themes, allow me to twinkle as a mere glow worm in some future Sun. In the interim, I remain, Sir, Your constant subscriber and enchanted reader, NEMO. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE SOUTHANIPTON RAILWAY FTATlON.—Thursday evening an inquest was taken at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Patrick M‘Do nough, a labourer on the above railroad. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, on Monday last, was em ployed in oiling the pulley belonging to shafting connected with a steam-engine which was in full work at the time, at the London terminus, when, in putting the gear in its proper place, his foot slipped, and he was precipitated head foremost a depth of fifteen feet, striking his head against the wheel of one of the carriages. He was picked up in an insensible state, and carried to the above hospital, where he expired on Thursday morning. Verdict—Accidental Death, DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—A melancholy occurrence took place at Wick on the 14th current. A little boy, a son of Mr. George Waters, shoemaker, Louis. burgh, having picked up a small package in the High. street, wrapt up in blue paper, and in the manner in which grocers usually make up sweetmeats, carried it home and delivered it to his mother. On opening it, she found it contained to all appearance a quantity of small white sweeties, or confections, mixed with a powder resembling flour. On tasting the contents, and finding them to agree with her conjecture, the poor woman distributed a portion of the supposed confections among her children, of which they partook—she and her husband having also eaten a part. In a little time after, violent vomiting and other symptoms of the family having swallowed some poisonous substance, declared themselves in all those who had eaten of it ; and notwithstanding the best efforts and unremitting attention of Drs. Sinclair and Mill of this place, one of the children died the same afternoon. The father, mother, and two children, still remain in a very dangerous and pre. carions state. It is conjectured that the poisonous pack age must have been prepared for the killing of rats, and that it had been dropped in the street by accident._ Scotsman. OBESlTY.—Obesity may be considered a serious evil, and has exposed corpulent persons to many desugre melts. The ancients held fat people in sovereign con tempt. Some of the Gentoos enter their dwellings by a hole in the roof, and any fat person who cannot get through it they consider as an excommunicated offender who has not been able to rid himself of his sins. An oastern prince had an officer to regulate the size of his subjects, and who dieted the unwieldy ones to reduce them to a proper volume. In China this calamity is considered a blessing, a man's intellectual qualities are esteemed in the ratio of corporeal bulk. There are cases on record among our selves where unwieldness led to estimation. The corpu lent antiquarian Grose was requested by his butcher to tell all his friends that he bought his meat ftom him ; add the paviors of Cambridge used to say, " God bless you, sir l" to a huge professor when they walked over their work, Fatness has orten been the butt of jocularity. Dr. Staf ford who was enormously fat, was honoured with this epitaph Take heed, 0 good traveller, and not tread hard, For here lies Dr. Stafford, in all this churchyard. TriP B . ltAt, L(*iJON, !MONDAY , Aljet UST 2G, is:36' UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIA• TIQN. (From the Scots Times ) On Tuesday evening the weekly meeting of the Directors with Del egates f rom T ra d es, Sh ops , an d Factories, was held i n t h e H a ll , Co ll ege Open, Mr. Matthew Cullen, one o f t h e Vi ce -Presidents, in the chair. The Secretary having read over the minutes, said it was not talking that would bring them their rights, it was acting,—(Cheers.) if the people were prepared to act, they would soon teach the Government a lesson. Nothing but a system of terror, deep•toned terror, would do for the Government, and unless they were ready to do something more than talk at public meetings, Uni versal Suffrage would be as far distant as ever. When the people assumed a position, so that they could terrify t h e Government, h e h a d no doubt that Universal Suffrage would speedily be the law of the land. Some of the brightest stars in the political horizon had now become victims to the tyranny of the op pressors, and it was their duty to support and com fort these men.—(Hear, hear.) They would also require to support the Convention by every means in their power, and carry on the agitation in a legal and peaceable manlier ; and, if they persevered, he had no doubt that by some happy accident they would yet gain Universal Suffrage. A long conversation took place on the propriety of exclusive dealing. Mr.- Gillespie urged them to take care and not sacrifice their own friends, and proposed that the subject be left over till the Can vassing Committee had given in their report. Several members urged upon the Directors the necessity of something decisive being done in the matter. Mr. PATTISON understood that organization was to take the precedence of all other subjects. To give the system of exclusive dealing effect, it would be necessary to announce at their meetings the names of the parties contributing towards the (,),!oijeld b ects oef marked ked Association, eu t b hi this n way r Tories, e a s y , and dealt with exclusivelyy t bby them in turn. An extensive system of organization was absolutely necessary - before any thing of the kind was attempted. A GENTLEMAN said—lt did not necessarily fol low, because the names of parties contributing were announced to the public, that they would be marked out by the Whigs and Tories. It was a well known fact, that the advertising of the names of individuals subscribing to the public charities of the city, through the newspapers, had a wonderful effect in making many an additional guinea be con tributed ; and he doubted not, that if the same system were once fairly commenced, it might have a like salutary effect upon those contributing to pro mote the cause of Universal Suffrage. Mr. Ross here announced the receipt of 11. ls. from Messrs. John Fraser and David Welsh, as the proceeds of a canvass through a few of the shopkeepers in their district. It was ultimately agreed that the names of every person contributing should be published, if they gave their consent. Mr. GILLESPIE then moved that a committee be appointed to call upon the different trades to re quest th em t o a pp o i n t c ommittees apart from their own trades' business, to take up the question of Universal Suffrage.—Agreed to, and thirteen of a commttee appointed, with power to add to their number. Mr. R oss t h en b roug ht the subject of Mr. Moir going to L on d on to atten d the meeting of the Con vention upon the 26th curt., before the meeting. Mr. Mo nt h ere came forward, and explained that he had consulted Mr. Abraham Duncan, when in Glasgow, at the Scottish Delegate meeting, and he along with himself thought there was no use for the whole of the Convention meeting on the 26th, to wind up the business, which could be done by a few of their number. In fact, it was perfectly absurd to talk of such a thing. Mr. O'Connor was also of opinion that there was no necessity for the whole of the members meeting on the 26th. Mr. MOIR'S suggestions were thought very ju dicious, and a resolution to the effect " that the National Petition having been disposed of, and as Par liament is about to be prorogued, the Convention can have no ostensible business in London. Under standing also that the Convention only meets on the 26th for the purpose of winding up the business of the Session, this meeting agree that it is not necessary to send up Mr. Moir, Delegate for r anarkshire"—was proposed and unanimously agreed to. Mr. CUMMING here announced, that a verdict of guilty had been obtained against Dr. M'Douall, and he had been sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment in Chester Castle, and to find two sure ties in 5001. and 1001. each,—(Hisses and groans.) Several other warrants had been issued for the ap prehension of other Delegates. Mr. MOIR said, that showed them the necessity for being very c au ti ous i n a ll the i r procee di ngs , an d to take Mr. F. O'Connor's advice—each man , take care of himself.—( Hear, h ear .) It was abundantly clear that the m iddl e class men were d eterm i ne d , if possible, to put down the Chartist agitation. He thought they should carry on the agitation with all the discrimination and prudence they were possessed of, and put no trust in the tender mercies of the wicked, which were full of deadly cruelty.-- (Applause.) Th e TREASURER having announced the receipt of several considerabl e sums to the objects of the Association, a vote of . thanks was tendered the Chairman, and the meeting separated. was not applicable to the camera obscura, upon 10iibi it it essential that the object should be in stantaneously fixed, since the retative positions of the sun and earth being changed, the objects farmed by it were destroyed. M. Niepce was therefore without hope of doing more than mul tiplying engravings, in which the objects being stationary are not affected by the different relative positions of the sun. M. Daguerre was de voting himself to the same pursuit as M. Niepce when he associated himself with that gentleman, and brought to the discovery an important improvement. The coating employed by M. Niepce had been laid on by means of a tampon, or dabber, similar to the process used in printing, and consequently the coating was neither of a regu lar thickness nor perfectly white. M. Daguerre, conceived the idea of using the residuum which is obtained from lavender by distilling it ; and to ren der it liquid and applicable with more regularity, he dissolved it in ether. Thus a more uniform and whiter covering was obtained, but the object, not withstanding, was not visible at once—it was neces sary to pla ce it over a vase con t a i n i ng some kind of essential oil, and then the objects stood forth. This was not all M. Daguerre aimed at. The tints were not deep enoug h, an d thi s composition was not more sensitive than that of M. Niepce. Three days were still necessary to obtain designs. We now come to the great discovery in the process for which M. Daguerre has received a national reward. It is to the following effect :—A copper sheet, plated with silver, well cleaned with diluted nitric acid, is ex posed to the vapour of iodine, which forms the first coating, which is very thin, as it does not exceed the millionth part of a metre in thickness. There are certain indispensable precautions necessary to render this coating uniform, the chief of which is the using of a rim of metal round the sheet. The sheet, thus prepared, is placed in the camera ob scura, where it is allowed to remain from eight to ten minutes. It is then taken out, but the most experienced eye can detect no trace of the drawing. The sheet is now exposed to the vapour of mercury, and when it has been heated to a temperature of 60 degrees of Reaumur, or 167 Fahrenheit, the drawing comes forth as if by enchantment. One singular and hitherto inexplicable fact in this process is, that the sheet, when ex posed to the action of the vapour, must be inclined, for if it were placed in a direct position over the vapour the results would be far less satis factory. The angle used in 48 degrees. The last part of the process is to place the sheet in the hyposulphate of soda, and then to wash it in a large quantity of distilled water. The description of the process appeared to excite great interest in the auditory, amongst whom we observed many dis tinguished persons connected with science and the fine arts. Unfortunately the locality was not adjudged suitable for the performance of M. Daguerre's ex periments, but we understand that arrangements will be made for a public exhibition of them. Three highly curious drawings obtained in this manner were exhibited ; one of the Pont Marie ; another of M. Daguerre's atelier; and a third of a room containing some rich carpeting, all the minutest threads of which were represented with the most mathematical accuracy, and with wonderful richness of effect. CHARACTER OF MAHOMET ALI, BY DR. BOWRING. " He was born at Cavalla in Roumelia, and he told me he was the youngest of sixteen children. He was much indulged by his father and mother, and was a great favourite of his brothers and sisters. He once said to me, ' Do not wonder if I am sometimes impatient and want to have my own way. I was never used to contradiction. I have scarcely ever known misfortune. I was born under a smiling star, and that star has smiled upon me all my life through.' * * Mahomet Ali was forty-six years old before he had learned either to read or to write. This he told me himself. I have heard that he was taught by his favourite wife. But he is fond of reading now ; and one day, when I entered his divan unannounced, I found him quite alone, with his spectacles on, reading a Turkish volume, which he was much enjoying, while a considerable pile of books were by his side. 'lt is a pleasant relief,' he said, from public business ; I was reading some amusing Turkish stories' (pzobahly the Arabian Nights) ' and now let us talk—what have you to tell me ?' There is a great deal of sagacity in Mahomet Ali's conversa tion, particularly when he knows or discovers, as he usually does, the sort of information which his visitor is most able to give. He discourses with engineers about mechanical improvements—with military men on the art of war—with sea-officers on ship-building and naval manoeuvres—with tra vellers on the countries they have visited—with politicians on public affairs. He very willingly talks of foreign countries, and princes, and states men, and is in the habit of mingling in the conversation all sorts of anecdotes about himself and the events connected with his his tory. His phrases are often poetical, anti he, like most Orientals, frequently introduces proverbs and imagery. I heard him once say, speaking of the agriculture of Egypt, ' When I came to this country I only scratched it with a pin, I have now suc ceeded in cultivating it with a hoe ; but soon I will have a plough passing over the whole land.' He certainly is not cruel, for many a generous deed has he done, and seldom will it be found that the reign of a Turkish sovereign is so little stained with blood. When I was at Cairo a number of Levantine mer chants had got deeply, and, I fear, dishonestly in debt to the Pacha. Payment had been urged in every possible way, but in vai•i. lit last the Pacha got impatient, for the amount was large (exceeding 100,000Lsterling), and he directed them to be seized, sent to the galleys for life, and all their property to be confiscated. It happened that an Englishman of distinction and myself were applied to by their dis tressed families to intercede with the Pacha, and to implore mercy, less on account of the imprudent debtors than of their numerous families. We urged the excess of punishment, with reference to the of fence, falling upon the innocent more heavily than on the guilty. We talked of the gentle quality of mercy—blessing the giver as much as the receiver— and the old man's heart was touched, and he forgave the debtors. • • I feel a great interest in Mahornet A li,and the more so, because I have had the advantage of seeing him with his children and grandchildren around him, and of talking with them about domestic matters. In the East it is very difficult to learn much about the private concerns of any Turk, and still less of those of men of high station. Mahomet Ali's great pride is Ibrahim Paella ; a victorious leader is always an object of admiration among Mussulmans, and Ibraham Pacha's career has been one of brilliant military success. His father is fond of talking of his first-born son and intended successor. I did not know him,' he said—' I had not an unbounded confidence in hint for many, many years; no, not till his beard was almost as long as my own, and even changing its colour,' said the Pacha to me, ' but now I can throughly trust him.' On the part of Ibrahim Pacha, though in rank above his father (for the Pacha of the Holy Cities is the first Pacha of the Ottoman E►npire), there is always the utmost deference to Mahomet Ali's will. In the most difficult circum stances of his life he has always referred to his re nowned sire for advice, and whenever he has been pressed by the representatives of the great powers of Europe, he has invariably answered, that he should abide by the instructions he received from his father. Of the sons of Mahomet Ali, Tous soun, the second, was long the favourite. He was a Prince of a generous, not to say extravagant dis position ; and when, on one occasion, he was re proached by his father for his prodigality, he an swered, It may be well for you to be economical, who were not borne what you are, but I am the son of Mahomet Ali Pacha, and the so❑ of a Pacha must be liberal.' .His father smiled, the answer flattered his sense of dignity, and he upbraided Toussoun no more. Not long after Toussoun died of the plague. A third son, Ismail, was murdered by the blacks in Senaar, the hut in which he was being surrounded by brush wood, set on fire, and he perished in the flames. . . I have b e en very h appy i n my children,' he said to me one day : ' there is not one of them who does not treat me with the utmost deference and respect ; except,' he added laughing, that little fellow, the last and least of all, Mahomet Ali.' He was then a boy of five or six years old, called by his father's name —the son of his old age—his Benjamin—his best beloved. I see how it is,' I said ; your High ness spoils the boy. You encourage the little rogue.' Mahomet Ali laughed again—ft was an acknowledgement of a little paternal weakness. Not long after, I was in the Palace of Shorrbra it *as on a Friday,',the Mussulman Sabbath, wiieri the Pacha is in the habit of receiving all his family. I found him in the centre of his Divan. He was surrounded by all his sons and grandsons, who were then residing at Cairo. He had been listen ing to the accounts of their studies—of their amusements and their employments, Abbas Pacha, the eldest son of Toussoun Pacha, oat next his grandfather, and the rest of the fan-1 1 4 were seated on chairs, according to their ranks and ages. After some conversation, Mahomet Ali told his thscendants that they might now withdraw. One after another they rose, knelt before him, kissed the hem of his garment, and retired. Little Ma hornet Ali came last ; he was dressed in military costume, with a small golden-cased scimitar dangling at his side. He ad va n ce d towards his father looked in his face ; he saw the accustomed, the involuntary sinile ; and, when he was about a yard from the Pacha, instead of bending or saluting, him, he turned on his heels, and laughingly scam pered away, like a young colt. ' I see how it is.' said Ito Mahomet Ali. The old man shook his head—looked grave for a moment—another smile passed over his countenance-6 Peki, peki said lie, in a low tone, ' Well, well 1' But I certainly did not like his Highness the worse for what I had just witnessed." THE. DAGUERREOTYPE• It having been announced that the process em ployed by M. Daguerre, for fixing images of objects by the camera obscura, would be revealed on Mon day at the sitting of the Academy of Sciences, every part of the space reserved for visitors was filled as early as one o'clock, although it was known that the description of the process would not take place until three. Upwards of two hundred per sons, who could not obtain admittance, remained in the court-yard of the Palace of the Institute. The following is an analysis of the description given on this occasion by M. Arago : The influence of light upon colours was known long ago. It had been observed that substances exposed to its action were affected by it; but beyond this fact, nothing was known until 1566, when a peculiar ore of silver was dis covered, to which was given the name of argent corne, and which had. the property of becoming black when exposed to the light. Photographic science remained at this point until it was disco vered that this ar g ent corn, (chloruret of silver) did not become black under all the rays of light. it was remarked that the red ray scarcely effected any change, whilst the violet ray was that which pro duced the greatest influence. M. J. Baptiste Porta then invented the camera obscura, and numerous N l i e e d P to o ' the which p efforts were made to fix the pre tt y miniature objects which were seen upon the t able of it, and the transitory appearance of wh ich w as a subject of general regret. All these efforts were fruitless up to r e t ched ed the time that a o t f o t f h e m i n . ve nti on of M Daguerre, and ex traordinary result that the latter gentleman has ob tained. M. Niepce, after a host of attempts, em ployed sheets of silver, which he covered with bitumen (Minnie de Judee) dissolved in oil of lavender, the whole being covered with a varnish. On heating these sheets the oil disappeared, and there remained a whitish powder adhering to the sheet. This sheet tocoenew meansd from the Fo tv thus prepared, was pla ced in the camera rthis purpose obscura, but when withdrawn the ob j ects were h ardly visible for rendering r n ei it.l dher e i n A g I p . ut thehois sheets,Niepcebjeett h s en more resortedwrleiet distinct. i removed m in camera obscura, into a mixture of oil of lavender and oil of petroleum. How M. Niepce arrived at this wash discovery was not explaine d to us ; it is sufficient to state that, after this ope ration, the objects became aosnlyvisirbelmeaiansedthtoo the sheet those of ordinary ng t ra vings, and it with distilled water to make the drawings permanent. But as the hitunie de Judee is rather ash-coloured than employed means of re d t id of not succeed white, M. Niepce had to discover the blacken potassium iiinigcretahseinglintelsieoshacandziowre•ss)b.y more For thisde e p l y Niepce)sulphu purpose he iodin e a . ne wßut mixture he( of . as he expected to do, for the iodine spread itself over the whole surface, and rendered the objects more confused. The great inconvenience, however, of the process was the little sensitiveness of the coating (enduit), for it sometimes required three days for the light to produce sufficient effect. It will easily be conceived, therefore, that this means THE COAL COMBINATION'. Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Mr. G. Rennie, jun., and Mr. W. Rothman, managers of the Coal Company which, it will be recollected, started on public grounds against the combination system of the north, under the designation of the Anti-Coal Monopoly Company, waited upon the Lord Mayor for the purpose of contra dicting any charges which had been, or might still be brought, by Mr. Bradfield, the great monopolist grinder, against the Company. Mr. Bradfield, as might be expected, was present. The gentlemen who represented the Company stated, that last week there appeared in some of the newspapers an article under the head of Mansion-house, stating that the affairs of the Company had been placed under the management of a person who was not likely to conduct the business on the principles on which the Association was originally started. They came forward to deny, in the most unqualified manner, the truth of the statement that the business was transacted under any other authority, or on any other principles than those which had introduced the Company to the notice of the public, and they were desirous to know what evidence Mr. Bradfield had to bring forward in proof of what he bad stated. The LORD MAyou said he had several days ago re ceived an application from the gentlemen who appeared before him requesting that he would appoint a time for publicly hearing their denial of the accusation of Mr. Bradfield, an accusation which he confessed he was sur prised to hear made. Mr. RENNIE, juu., stated that the managers of the Anti-Coal Monopoly Company were Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. A. T. Holroyd, Mr. J. T. Leader, M.P., Mr. D. Lewis, Mr. G. Pryme, M.P., Mr. G. Rennie, jun., Mr. W. Rothman, and Sir Henry Webb, Bart. ; and if Mr. Bradfield had anything to say, impugning the conduct of these managers, they were ready to prove that they were altogether blameless, and the public were not in the slightest danger of being deceived or disap• pointed by them. Mr. BRADFIELD said he was glad to find that some of the managers were in attendance, and he only regret. ted that the gentleman into whose hands the whole ma nagement of the business had been placed by them was not also present. He had asserted, upon the occasion alluded to, that the business had been handed over to Mr. Colechild—in other words, it had been handed over to a person who knew all the practices of the mo nopolists, and was able to beat them at the game which they had so long played for their own advantage. The gentlemen might deny that the affairs of the Company were now conducted by the party he pointed at if they pleased. He was convinced that Mr. Colechild was at the present moment the ruling power. All the gentlemen forming the deputation most so lemnly and positively denied that the management had changed hands. Mr. Colechild was the wharfinger of the Company merely, and was under the superintend ence of their agent, Mr. Sumerfield. There was no in terference whatever upon the pact of the wharfinger wi;.h the management of the Company. Mr. BRADFIELD—Indeed, the affairs of your Com pany are put out to nurse to the gentleman I have named. Monopolists are complained of, but he is a real specimen of the monopolist—he is a double mono polist. He i 3 the man for nursing the Company. Mr. RENNIE handed to the Lord Mayor a card con taining the names of the managers. It was headed Anti-Coal Monopoly Company, and after mentioning the names of the managers, proceeds to state as follows : " The Company supplies genuine unmixed Coals at the following prices:— - Per Ton. Per Ton. Blown's Walls-end 245. 6J. Derbyshire Killingworth's ... 275. Od. Stewart's Walls-end 293. 6d, Tenant'4 29s. Od. " N.B.—All Coals must he paid for when ordered. " T. B. SU ME RFIELD, Agent. W. GODDARD, Clerk. " Office, 31, Charing-cross, Aug. 20, 1839." Mr. BRADFIELD begged the Lord Mayor's attention to the particulars of the card. The Company professed to sell cheap coals. Now, would anybody say that the prices exhibited were cheap? The LORD MAYOR—Certainly not. They are a great deal too high. The price ought not to exceed 225. a ton. Mr. BRADFIELD objected not only to the price, but to the 44 N.B. that all coals must be paid for when ordered." He thought if they were paid for upon de livery, it was quite sufficient. Mr. RENNIE (as we understood him) stated, that it was impossible to supply coals of such description as those specified in the card at a lower price. 'The Com pany set out upon the anti-combination principle, so ably advocated and supported by the Lord Mayor, and there had not been the slightest deviation from that principle. The managers were doing all they could do to carry out the objects of his Lordship, and they would be delighted to see other Companies formed for the same purposes, and pursuing these objects with equal zeal and alacrity. He here handed several in voices and other documents explanatory of the mode in which the Company transacted business. The LORD MAYOR having examined the papers said, he could not help declaring in the most positive manner that Mr. Bradfield was completely in error in what he had said about the Company. His Lordship cer tainly did not consider that the prices of the coals were as low as they ought to be, but the efforts which were being made all through the country would operate in a short time in a very wonderful manner, and the public, who vigorously backed his exertions were now everywhere experiencing the good effect of resisting this monstrous system of imposition which had been so long practised upon them. His Lordship told Mr. Bradfield that his indiscriminate attacks could pro duce no good, and that although he was most valuable in detecting and exposing abuses in the trade, he intempe rately impugned the conduct of parties who were not only blameless, but commendable for their zeal and pub lic spirit. Mr. BRADFIELD repeated, that the affairs of the Com pany were out at nurse. He should watch all those who were going upon anti-coal monopoly professions ; and he could not help saying, that if Mr. Leader, whose name was amongst those of the managers of the Company to which he had called his Lordship's attention, had at tended to his duties in the Coal Committees of the House of Commons, the excellent exertions of Lord Granville Somerset to oppose the northern combination would not have been defeated as they were, in conse quence of the absence of that gentleman on so great a public question. _ The Deputation left the Justice-room expressing their thanks to his Lordship, and assuring him that they would most vigorously second his exertions in putting an end for ever to the combination. BLIGHT IN THE WHEAT CROPS.—An intel ligent correspondent has sent us a few heads of wheat, cut from a field of about three acres, which is blighted on the side that grew to the south-west. This part of the head has no pickles of grain in it, whilst the other sides are all sound. The entire field is in the same condition ; and our correspondent says he has heard accounts, from several quarters, of the wheat being generally affected in the same way. —Belfast Whig. SUCKING RAW EGGS.—It has often been said that raw meat and raw eggs a e great assistants to voca lists, increasing the strength of their lungs and the length of their wind, by which they are enabled to hold the tone of the lower semibreves much better and fuller than those who eat meat that has been well sodden or cooked; that such is the fact we are well aware, and which was the other day exemplified by a professor of music, who has an unusually full bass voice, and Stentorian lungs, and who has long been an unrivalled singer at one of our cha pels; being at an inn in this town, he ordered half a dozen raw eggs, and, making a small bole at one end, sucked cut both the yolks and whites, and paid for them. A farmer sitting by, and s eeing the eggs thus disposed of in quick time, said, that if h e would suck more, he would pay - for th e m, which he did, so that, in the whole, the prof essor of " thorough bass" actually suck e d the yolks whites of and ' of two dozen ra w e gg s, in the inc redible short space of eight minutes and a half, when he found his voice as clear as a bell, and of such a com p as s that he might have been beard at a distance of half a mile !—Sherborne Journal . PILFERING FRUIT.— Bow -street B treet . Police office, on Thursday morning, Martin and Bryan, two young boys, w e abrrkoeutghwti stealingth chaige by the constable of Covent gardenplaced in the mark e t at an earlyh e t apples hour werein th given iven to morning.the them b h y e lids roundly assertedthat the owners of the baskets. Bryan, having been previously imprmonthisonedandMartin for a f po o e r k t e n t i s g , h. w t as sent to prison for one LVENING EDITION: LATE MUTILATION OF INSCRIP. TIONS ON TOMBSTONES. On Saturday, at the usual weekly meeting of the I , taryleb o n e V es t r y, M r . J OSEPH i n t h e Ch a ir, Mr. Flood, the Vestry Clerk, read a letter which he had received from. Nr. Henry Charles Wilson, who, it will doubtless be remembered, took an active part in the passing of the Vestries Act, as also in the Reform inte rests of the borough of Marylebone, tendering - that gen tleman's resignation as a vestryman, which having been accepted by the V es t ry , Mr. FOSTER said thi s c i rcumstance wou ld mate. rially affect a question in which n o t on ly t h at V estry, b ut . the public at large, was deeply interested. On Saturday : last the Vestry bad appointed a Committee, of which Mr. Wilson was a member, to investigate into the cir cumstances connected with an alleged mutilation of the inscription on a tombstone, and interlineatiou:4 in the burial register. That gentleman having ceased to' be a member of the Vestry, of course became also qualified to sit on that Committee. The present being a question of vast importance, and in which evidence was required to be taken, he conceived the infusion of legal gentlemen into that Committee would be most desirable, to connect the chain of evidence in such a way as to ar rive properly at the bottom of it. With this convic tion, he would move that the names of Messrs. Theo bald, Walpole, Eyre, Skymer, Brown, be added to the committee. Mr. HODGKINSON seconded the motion. Mr. RATHBONE opposed it. If he might use the term, the investigation before the committee was vial inquiry, and it was entirely at variance with ele principles of British law to cmpannel additional jurors after a case had once begun. It would be most unfair to the partiesinculpated, after the evidence in chief had been gone into, to introduce other parties to decide. He main tained that persons could not well judge of a case unless they heard the evidence viva voce; and if there were an ad dition to the present committee that could not be the case, unless the evidence was all gone into again. The committee at present consisted of ten Vestrymen, the four Churchwardens, and Dr. Spry, the Rector, which made fifteen in all. Out of that number eleven were present at the meeting of the committee on Monday last. Mr. Drew, who was present, and had held a station of high legal standing, was satisfied with the course they had pursued ; consequently, unless Mr. Foster had sonic doubt as to the integrity of that corn nll!tee, there was no ground whatever for his pro position, Mr. SODEN Observed, th.t. although this was a most important subject both to the public and themselves, he did not consider it a matter requiring legal aid. It was a question of plain matter of fact ; and, from the linly interest manifested by the Committee, he was sure the matter would be probed to the very bottom. she ad oppose the proposition. Mr. KENSETT said it might appear singular that a 1 discussion should ensue upon the enlargement of a committee. Ile would like the question to be made as open as possible, to show the Vestry was not mixed up in the affair, as already the newspapers had been teeming with rem arks tending to insi nuate that such was the case. It was advisable in many instances to enlarge Committees, but. in a case of such a peculiar nature he thought it would be now injudicious, especially as any member of the Board, although not permitted to vote, could be present and take part in the proceedings. In his opinion, the question involved no thing but plain facts,and therefore law tvas mot required. It was evident that, in addition to the oblitera, on of an inscription on the tomb s to nes , th ere b a d b t x." gross frauds practised in the b ur i a l reg i s t e -, an d the ).'artier implicated would meet with nothi ng s h or t of transpu. na tion. They had discovered interlineations in ti` registr2r, and erasures, in order to make out the genealogy of certain persons to property amounting in value to between seventy and eighty thousand pounds. This had occurred with the Fendall family ; and in other instances insertions bad been made of the burial of parties who had never been buried in Maryle bone at all. For the reasons adduced by Mr. Rath bone he would oppose the motion. The CHAIRMAN said that Dr. Spry, the Rector, bad expressed his wiliingness to assist in sifting this strange affair to the very bottom. M. FOSTER said, as there were great discrepancies in the evidence given before the committee, the only object he had in view in wishing the appointment of legal gentlemen was, if possible, to prevent it on the next occasion. The question on being put was negatived by a large majority, and the Vestry shortly after separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ST. LEGER BETTING AT YORK—TuEsnAy. 31 to 1 agst Bloomsbury—taken 31 to 1 agst Charles the Twelfth—offered 13 to 1 agst Hetman Platoff 20 to 1 agst The Commodore—taken 20 to I agst The Provost—taken 23 to I agst Meunier•—taken 30 to I agst The Corsair 30 to I agst Easingwold—taken 30 to 1 agst Hyllus—taken 3 to I agst Bloomsbury—taken freely 4 to 1 agst Charles the Twelfth 10 to I agst Euclid II to I agst Hetman Platoff 2) to 1 agst The Commodore 20 to I agst The Provost LATEST BETTING AT MANCIIESTER-FICIDA V. THE ST. LEGER. 3 to 2 agst Bloomsbury—taken 7 to 2 agst Charles the Twelfth—taken 10 to 1 agst Euclid—taken 13 to 1 agst Hetman Platoff—taken IS to 1 agst The Commodore—taken I S to I agst The Provost—taken 23 to 1 agst The Lord Mayor `23 to I agst The Diver—offered 30 to 1 agst The Corsair—offered 33 to 1 agst Meunier—offered 40 to l agst Accelerator—offered 40 to 1 agst Easingwold DONCASTER cur. 3 to 1 apt Harkaway 4 to 1 agst Bees" win , 6 to I agst Charles the Twelfth 10 to 1 agst The Doctor 10 to 1 agst Lanercost 4111.10,.. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) ( 7 0RN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals were fair of English Wheat and Flour, considerable of Foreign Wheat anal Oats, but small of all othe► grain. There has been a moderate fresh supply of every article. The Wheat trade has been very heavy, at a decline since last Monday of 2s. for old and 4s. for new English Wheat, and for old Foreign ls. to '2s. per quarter. Barley is scarce, with very little doing in the trade. Beans rather dearer. New boiling Peas lower. In Oats transactions slack, and prices unvaried. Flour very dull sale, and ship parcels offered at rather lower terms. New Rapeseed neglected at last quotations. PRICES ON SOARS) OF SHIP Wheat, Red (old) --- White (old) a —6. --- (ol I) ---- Red 18:38) ...,66. 6rs. -- Tick (new) ' ,l's 3C6. Fine 636. fits. • (old) 3E6. 4fla ----- Superfine flips. 706. Harrow (new) "ks.ZISS: ----- White (Hi:3B).—UL 1 , 18. ----.-.----- (01d)... ... 425. 446. ---- Fins lltzs. 728. Brank --- Superfine 746. Ilia. Oats, Feed ----Foreign free .606 76- New . S3<. 265; Ryt 40s. 426. Poland —6 —s, Barley 303.370. New "5-.295. Grinding 303. 345. Potatoe 285.305. --- Malting 40.4. 425. Malt Fine New Yis ;s, (15s. Scotch -'O3. Pals. ;Os. Irish 22. ..2F.265. Pease, Grey, New 365. 39i. Flour Town ,per sack).... 603.8*. Maple New 3:%. 40:. Seconds 52.:6 . -- White 403 425. —...... North Country .... 50, . I . —.... Boilers 425. .13 I flan 8 9 . ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. 0.t.... clout. English ........ I 4,6 i 5 it's 8 qrs. 303 r. 5,` 53 , acks Irish — --- Foreign ..... SMITHFIELD. A large supply, but more particularly of Sheep and Lambs and a fair trade. Beef and Mutton unvaried. Inferior Veal a little lower. Young dairy-fed Pork sold heavily at a decline of full 4d. pt r stone on last quotations ; Lamb at former prices. Beef, :Is. 4d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. 10(1. ; Lamb, ss. 4d. to 6s. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. ; Pork, 4s. 2d. to ss. Beasts, 3,249 ; Sheep and Lambs, 26,030 ; Calves, 153 ; P;gs, 610. WIIITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. Supplies of country killed meat moderate. Beef and Mutton rather dull sale. Veal and Pork sold well. Bed 3s. 2d. to 3s. 10d. Mutton 3s. Bd. to 4s. 4d. Lamb 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d. Veal 4s. to 4s. Bd. Pork 4s. to 4s. Bd. BILLINGSGA IT MARKET. Supplies large, but not much good Fish at ; 251 Market Lobsters,; a2nsd . what there was was dear. O y sters from 12s. to 40s. per 6.t0 bushel; Cod Is. 6 d . to 3s. ss. and 8s; Good Salmo n , Is. to Is. 3d. per lb. , and Is. &I. ; Soles, 9d. t o 3 s . 6d . per pair ,• t N o V h 3 i s t : in 6 g d. s, 3d. to p 6 R d o . ; V I H s a l d o d do k ' MARKET.d Irish Butter continues at the high prices of 675. to 915., and the demand limited. Dutch Butter scarce of fine qualities, and in consequence realizes the firm prices of 96. to 98s. Lard dull and nominal. B acon i n moderate request, but holders firm, and prime small meat at 565. to 58s. PUBLIC SALE OF TEA. The Monthly public sale of Tea has commenced, and con sisted of about 37,00) packages of various sorts. The attend ance of the trade was good, and the biddings were rather brisk. Last sale's prices are fully supported. NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE.—Augubt zt. Red. While. CVheat, Northumberland s4s. 70s. `64.73c.' ----- Norfolk and Suffolk 67s. 78s 7os. 76. ----- Berwick and Scotch bSe. tiis 7: I 7..... Foreign _ -6. 66, 7:23. Rye, ICarfelk end Suffolk Foreign :3 4 ,5. 36s -s. -s. i Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suflblk... 345. 40s ..4. ....S. r, --- Grinding and Feeding 3os. Ns. ..... -1. -s- ; Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk.- 64s 67.. ...5. ..e. er Beans, Small 36s. Os ...... , t... 4. --.5. t - - Tick a. Pease, White --- Gray 4 4 2 05:: _ 4 42 4 .c 5 . ............... ....--5....4.--6 3. . Cats, Northumberland, Potatoe ..... - -s • ----------- Feed ....... -s . - Foreign Flour (per sack) 5 . ;;5A...... -8. -s. %Vilest .--s. 645. to 635. fine 78. ,Red, WAKEFIELDNorfoikanCdOsRufmN ik I!A ... R K . 'MARKET -August g to Ug 7 t 2. 2:3. tine 735. Lin. and Cam. ............... _ . Yorkshire......." .............. -s. 565. to 04s. fine 68.. VCkite . . .... ......................... -a. 61s. to 10;. fin e 76 Foreign,ed ...................... ... -s. 62... to f 4 . fi ne Gs . White . , ... - .............. -8. -5. to -_B. tine .72,.. --,.. 10 --.3. tine --n, -s. to -s. fine -0. 5. 10 -8. ti ne ......., ..........- foreign Beans, Small .... -s. to 41s. fine 44' -.......- Tlck ................................... ....„„,. -8. to 425. fine '5 , O a ts, Potato ............................................. not. to 31 s. fine Sc Barley, tiyoenrreoksf°llhnkis:heni:re,Sou:lic Poland --s. -8. to 30s. fine :41. v r i e gland and Small -s. -s. to tne. fine '...91. --- la,:aling Sb fia llifal pe lt.li s n eed g ............. ........ .. ....... .. 43'. 0.45.34.24435;5:t:6.36n2:514.°d905g:.PPre.eiri1"iLa5'"1t: