The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-12 00:00:00

Shakspeare, and Milton, and Wordsworth, as belonging to the list of glorious Englishmen who have shed a lustre on English poetry more bright and enduring than that which illuminates the living literature of any land. There is, I think, in the history of the progress of the human intellect nothing more surprising than the sudden birth of letters and history in England, and its advance ment to a healthy growth. No sooner had tranquillity been restored after the long civil wars of the Roses—no sooner had men's minds been set free to enter the fields of speculation, opened up by the Reformation— than in the short space of the life of one men— the space of seventy years, there arose such men as Spenser, and Milton, and Shakspeare, and Sydney, and Raleigh, and flacon, and Hobbes, and a whole phalanx of great men—(Great cheering)--though inferior to them in the brightness of original genius.—(Applause.) How glorious must have been the soil which could bring to maturity a harvest of such teeming abundance ! There are jrobably many among us who can even now remember with gratificatien when the first ray' of light was cast on their minds from the genius of Spenser=- when it came to them as the first gleaming of day comes to him whose sealed eyes are opened to the light of heaven; and if, in our maturer years, we return with him to the grand regions of fancy which entranced our spirits, and find that the illusions are broken for ever, we still discover in:every stanza beauties which arrest us by their rich play of fancy, like the eastern fountains, whose spring descends in pearls and in gems.—(Ap plause.) But when we look upon him with mature feelings and eyes, we can appreciate that lofty strain of godly philosophy of which he is the father, which he has bequeathed, and which has been followed by his suc cessors. When we call to mind the influence produced on a people by the poetry of a nation, when we call to mind that whatever is desired to be inculcated, whether for good or for evil, the power of poetry has been em ployed to advance it, even from the times of the monarch of Israel—when we thus think of these things, we may learn how much of gratitude is due to the man on whose head has been poured the precious ointment of poetic lore, and who, in his own person, has shown that poet and prophet were the same. Such men are Spenser. Milton, and Wordsworth. Of Milton I shall not venture to speak. He stands alone in his sanctuary, which I would not profane, even by imperfect praise. But it is my duty to speak of Wordsworth. Dwelling in his high and lofty philosophy, he finds nothing that God has made common or unclean—he finds nothing in human societytoo humble—nothing in external nature too lowly— to be made the fit exponents of the bounty of the good ness of the Most High. It may be that the lofty position of such a mind has much that is obscure to every infe rior intelligence. It may be that its vast expanse can only be but dimly visible—it may be that the clouds of intense splendour from the altar may veil, frota common eyes, some portion of the stately temple they perfume ; but we pity the man who can turn from the sublimity of the edifice he has been invited to survey, which has been reared by the might of creative genius, for there he will find " sermons in stones, books in the running brooks, and good in everything." Sir John then proposed' a bumper to Wordsworth and the poets of England, which was enthusiastically honoured. HENRY GLASSFORD BELL. Esq., said—My Lord, I feel it to be a great distinction and privilege to have been requested to take a part in the proceedings of this day. It is a day which will not soon pass from the recollection of those who have partaken in its admirably-conducted festivities. In assembling to do honour to the memory of Burns in no idle or frivolous spirit, but impressed with those elevated emotions which have so plainly ani mated the whole of this mighty gathering, we have a tight to feel that we do honour to ourselves as indivi duals, and as a nation. Our assembling has been prompted by a love of all that is purest and best in our national genius, as represented by our nat ional poet.—(Cheers.) It has been prompted, too, by that indomitable love of our native landwhieh Burns felt and sung—a love founded on admiration which grows with our growth, and strengthens with our strength, of all that external na ture here presents to us, on profound respect for our in estimable and time-hallowed institutions ; and in never dying delight in all that kindred spirits have here shared with us—in ell, that higher spirits have here achieved for us.—(Cheers.) No poet ever possessed greater influence in disseminating and strengthening such sentiments than Burns. My Lord, it has been well said That wherever an humble artisan, in the crowded haunts of labour or of trade, feels a conscious ness of his own di;:oit7—is stirred with a desire for the beautiful, or haunted'-with a dream of knowledge, or learns to appreciate the di,7(aetion between the guinea's stamp " and the " gowd," the loyal and gentle spirit of Robert Burns—lion-like In its boldness, and dove-like in its tenderness—still glob.'" elevates, and in spires. —(Cheers.) • This spirit is also he:'N and has been evidenced in many ways ; perhaps in none mo c re than in this, that in doing honour to the genius o. Burns, we are irresistibly led to acknowledge, and spea.s of the debts we owe to the intellectual achievements Of other great minds, not in Scotland only, but in the sister countries. We have just heard from the eloquent lips of Sir John M'Neill, the well-deserved praises of the English bards. Will this meeting refuse a similsr cup of welcome, and of thanks, to the poets of Green Erin ? Will this meeting, where so many bright eyes rain influence, and manly hearts beat high, not hail with simultaneous delight the name of one who shines conspicuous as the very poet of youth, of love, and of beauty—the poet, with deference be it spoken, of better things than even beauty—of gentle thoughts and exqui site associations, that give additional sweetness to the twilight hour, and to the enjoyments of home a more enduring loveliness-the poet too of his own high-souled country, through whose harp the common breeze of Ire land changes, as it passes, into articulate melody—a harp that will never be 'permitted to hang mute on Tara s walls, as long as , _ "Erin ! the tear and the smile in thine eye Blend like the rainbow that shines in thy sky!" —(Applause.) how many voices have to-day mur mured a wish that he were here ; but the echo of the acclaim with which we greet the name of Moore will reach him in his solitude, and he will feel, what Burns died too young to feel, that it is something worth living for to have gained a nation's gratitude.—(Cheers.) Of Maturin and others now dead, I must not pause to speak. But let me be privileged to ex press, in the name of this meeting, our respect and ad miration for the best of the living dramatists—one deeply imbued with the spirit of the Elizabethan age—one who has rescued our stage from the re proach which seemed ready to fall upon it—one to whose exuberant poetical fertility, and bold originality of thought, we are indebted for such beautiful creations as Viryinius and William Tell, The Hunchback and the Love Chase—our valued friend, James Sheridan Knowles. —(lmmense cheering.) And I might have stopped here, had it not been that I have to-day seen that not the gifted sons alone, but also some of the gifted daughters of Ireland, have come as pilgrims to the shrine of Burns —that one in particular—one of the most distinguished of that fair sisterhood who give, by their genius, addi tional lustre to the genius of the present day, has paid her first visit to Scotland, that she might be present on this occasion, and whom I have myself seen moved even to tears by the glory of the gathering. She is one who has lately thrown additional light on the antiquities, manners, scenery, and beautiful traditions of Ireland— one, whose graceful and truly feminine works are known to us all, and whom we are proud to see among us— Mrs. S. C. Hall.—(Great cheering.) My Lord, feebly and briefly as I have spoken of these great names, I must not trespass longer on your time, but beg to propose the health of " Moore and the Irish poets."—(Cheers.) Song—" The harp that once through Tara's Halls," by Mr. Templeton. ARCHIBALD ALISON, Esq., Sheriff-Depute of Lanark shire, spoke as follows :—We have listened with admi ration to the eloquent strains in which the first in rank and the first in genius have proposed the Memory of the Immortal Bard whose genius we are this day assembled to celebrate ; but I know not whether the toast which I have now to propose has not equal claims to our enthu siases.—(Applause.) Your ki,Adness and that of the Committee has entrusted to me the memory of three il lustrious men—the far-famed succe s s ors of Burns, who have drank deep at the fountains of his genius, and proved themselves the worthy inheritors of his inspira tion.—(Applause.) And Scotland, I rejoice to say, can claim them all as her own. For if the Tweed has been immortalised by the grave of Scott, the Clyde'can boast the birth-place of Campbell, and the mountains of the Dee first inspired the muse of Byron.—(Loud cheers.) I rejoice at that burst of patriotic feeling ; I hail it as a presage that as Ayrshire has raised a fitting monument to Burns, and Edinburgh has erected a fitting structure to the Author of Waverley, so Glasgow will, ere lung, raise a worthy monument to the bard whose name will never die while hope pours its balm through the human heart ; and Aberdeen will worthily commemorate the far-famed traveller who first inhaled the inspiration of nature amidst the clouds of Lochnagar, and afterwards poured the light of his genius over those lands of the sun where his descending orb set— " Not as in northern climes obscurely bright, But one clouded blaze of living light." Scotland, my Lord, may well be proud of such men, but she can no longer call these exclusively her own ; their names have become household words in every land. Mankind claims them as the common inheritance of the human race. Look around us, and we shall see on every aide d ec i s i ve proof howfar and wide admiration for their genius;has sunk in the hearts of men.—(Cheers.) What is it that attracts strangers from every part of the world, into this distant land, and has more than com pensated a remote situation, and a churlish soil, and given our own northern isle a splendour unknown to the regions of the sun ? What is it which has brought together this mighty assemblage, and united the ardent and the generous from every part of the world, from the Ural mountains to the banks of the Mississippi, on the shores of an island on the Atlantic ?—(Cheers.) My Lord, it is neither the magnificence of our cities, nor the beauty of our rallies, the animation of our harbours or the stillness of our mountains; it is neither our sounding cataracts nor our spreading lakes; neither the wilds of nature we have subdued so strenuously, nor the blue hills we have loved so well—(Cheers.) Those beauties, great as they have been, are equalle I in other lands; these marvels, wondrous though they be, have parallels in other climes. It is the genius of her sons which has given Scotland her proud pre-eminence; this it is more even than the shades of Bruce, of Wallace, and of Mary, which has rendered her scenes classic ground to tie whole of the civilised world, and now brings pilgrims from the most distant part of the earth, as on this day, to worship at the shrine of genius— " Yet Albyn ! yet the praise be thine, Thy scenes with story to combine , Thou bid'st him who by Roslin strays. List to the tale of other days. Midst Cartlane crags thou showest the cave, The refuge of thy champion brave ; Giving each rock a storied tale, Pouring a lay through every dale; Knitting. a.s with a moral band, Thy stogy to thy native land ; • Combining thus the interest high, Which genius lends to beauty's eye 1" THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1844. —(Cheers.) But, my Lord, the poet who conceived these beautiftil lines, has himself done more than all our ancestors' valour to immortalise the land of his birth : for he has united the interest of truth with the charms of fiction, and peopled the realm not only with the sha dows of time, but the creations of genius. In those. bril liant creations, as in the glassy wave, we behold mir rored the lights, the shadows, the forms of reality : and yet _ _ . " So pure, so fair, the mirror gave, As if there lay beneath the wave, Secure from trouble, toil, and care, A world than earthly world more fair." —(Cheers.) Years have rolled on, but they have taken nothing, they have added much, to the fame of those illustrious men-- " Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear." The ♦oice of ages has spoken : it has given Campbell and Byron the highest place with Burns in lyric poetry, and destined Scott " To rival all but Shakespeare's name below." (Cheers.) Their names now shine in unapproachable splendour, far removed like the fixed stars from the clouds, and the rivalry of a lower world. To the end of time they will maintain their exalted station. Never will the cultivated traveller traverse the sea of the Archipelago, that the "Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece," will not recur to his recollection ; never will he approach the shores of Loch Katrine, that the image of Ellen Douglas will not be present to his memory ; never will he gaze on the cliffs of Britain that he will not thrill at the exploits of the " Mariners of England who guard our native seas."—(Cheers) Whence has arisen this great, this universally-acknowledged cele brity ? My Lord, it is hard to say whether we have most to admire, the brilliancy of their fancy, or the creations of their genius, the beauty of their verses, or the magic of their language, the elevation of their thoughts, or the pathos of their conceptions. But there is one whose recent death we all deplore, but who has lighted " his torch of Hope at nature's funeral pile," who has gained a yet higher inspiration. In Campbell, it is the moral purposes to which he has directed his mighty powers, which is the real secret of his success, the lofty objects to which he has devoted his life, which have proved his passport to immortality. It is because he has unceasingly contended for the best interests of humanity, because he has ever asserted the dignity of the human soul, because be has never forgotten that, amidst all the distinctions of time, " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the goud for a' that." (Cheers.) Because he has regarded himself as the high-priest of nature, and the world in which we inhabit as the abode merely of human care and human joys, but as the temple of the living God, in which praise is due, and whose service is to be performed.—(Cheers.) Air—" Land of the Leal." Band. Mr. W. E. AYTOUN, Advocate, said—We are met here to-day, not only to pay due honour to the memory of that bard whose genius has consecrated this spot and the scenes around it as classic ground for ever, but perhaps for a wider purpose. I look upon this assemblage as a great national gathering—a meeting not only of the Highlands and the Lowlands of Scotland, but of kindly strangers also, to testify our reverence and affection for the living lights of fame that still are burning amongst us, and our undying gratitude and exultation for those that have already passed away.—(Cheers.) Thus, though they belong to the sister countries, we have paid due homage to the venerable name of Worsworth and to the sparkling genius of Moore. Thus, the heart of every one that hears me burned within him—am I not right?—when we saw our own noble Wilson rise amidst us, and heard him with an eloquence the most pure— for it flowed spontaneously from his soul—speak, as per haps no other man could speak, of the genius of the im mortal dead. Thus, too, we have heard the tribute so touchingly paid to Campbell, who now sleeps among the sages, and the warriors, and the poets of famous Eng land ; and to him who has a happier and a holier sepul ture still—for he lies within the bosom of his own dear native land—to Scott, the master-spirit of the age, for whom we may well mourn, since we dare not hope to look upon his like again. I have now, in a few words, to entreat your 'patience while I speak of two other Scottish poets, whose memory is yet green amongst us—both reared, like Robert Burns, at the lowly hearth of the peasant—both pursuing, like him, through every discouragement and difficulty, the pathway towards honourable renown—and both the authors of strains which bear the stamp of immortality. And first, let me allude to one of them whom I knew and dearly loved— who is there that has not heard of the Ettrick Shep herd ?—(Cheers.) I have seen him many a time by the banks of his own romantic Yarrow; I have sat with him in the calm and sunny weather by the margin of Saint Mary's lake; I have seen his eye sparkle and his cheek flush as he spoke out some old heroic ballad of the days of the Douglas and the Grwme; and I have felt, as I lis tened to the accents of his manly voice, that whilst Scot land could produce amongst her children such men as him beside me, her ancient spirit had not departed from her, nor the star of her glory grown pale. For he was a m an indeed cast in natures happiest mould. True hearted, and brave, and generous, and sincere, alive to every kindly impulse, and fresh at the core to the last, he livA amongst his native hills the blameless life of the shepherd and the poet—(Cheers)—and on the day when he was laid tbeneath the sod in the lonely kirk-yard of Ettrick, there was not one dry eye amongst the hundreds that lingered round ;:is grave. Of the other sweet singer, too—of Allan CunningiiAm, the Leal-hearted and kindly Allan, I might say much, but why detain you further? Does not his name alone recal to your recollection many a sweet song that has stirred the bosom of the village maiden with an emotion that a princess need not blush to own? Proud, indeed, may be the district that can claim within herself the birth-places of Burns and of Cunningham; and proud may we all be—and we are proud, from yourself; my Lord, to the humblest indivi dual here—that we have the opportunity of testifying our respect to the g otius that will defy the encroachment of time; and which has tood, i.'and will continue to stand, a splendour and a glory arou d, the land that we love so welt—(Great cheering.) Air—" Roslin Castle. . Band. Sir D. 11. BLAIR, Bart., of Btairquhan, ; eid—l rise to propose a toast which I wish had fallen into a„isler hands. It is a toast, however, well calculated to call forte even more impassioned bursts of eloquence than those have yet heard to-day.—(Cheers.) On that account I feel totally inadequate to do justice to its merits, but I trust entirely to the acclamation with which it will be received by this immense assemblage. We all remember the words of our immortal bard, when addressing the great Author of Nature— " Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses 0 !" I—(Great applause.) I am sure every man in this as sembly will join me in pledging an enthusiastic bumper to the " Countess of Eglinton and the other ladies who have graced this meeting with their presence." Mr. Wilson, the vocalist, was here loudly called upon for a song ; but an excuse was made for him that he was suffering from severe cold. The Glee Club then sang with much applause, "Here's a health to all Good Lasses." Colonel MURE, of Caldwell, said—ln obedience to the order of our Noble Chairman, I have to request a bumper to the peasantry of Scotland. In order justly to appreciate the claims of this most estimable class of our fellow-citizens upon our sympathies, I must remind you that to it pre-eminently belongs the honour of having given birth to the remarkable man whose memory we are this day met to celebrate. I must remind you that while the fact of Burns having raised himself from the rank of a Scottish ploughman, by the innate force of heaven-born genius, to the level of the greatest and most original poets of any age or country, is the noblest feature cf his history, the peasan try of Scotland, in their turn, may be entitled to feel pride, even in the presence of the proudest nobles of their land, when they remember that from them, and not from the privileged orders of society, our greatest na tional genius was destined to rise —(Cheers)—and. in fact, the most striking, and perhaps the most valuable feature in the poetical character of Burns, is the marked ascendancy which the spirit and habits of the peasant, the genius of the man, as it were, continue to exercise on the genius of the poet even during the most brilliant period of his subsequent career. Even amid that rich variety of subjects, in the treatment of which his in stinctive refinement and delicacy of taste enabled to coin bine, with all the higher powers of the man, the courtly. I graces of the gentleman and scholar—still his happiest effort, the master-piece of his genius, in which his own mind is displayed in the most agreeable light, and his in spirations breathes forth with the greatest brilliancy and beauty will be found to be dictated by the associations of his early rustic days.—(Cheers.) When I reflect, therefore, how copious, how graphic, how true, are his own descriptions of the character of the Scottish pea santry, in all its varieties of grave, or of gay, of light, or of shadow, I connot but feel it is a sort of presuintion to offer in a company, who must all be so familiar with these descriptions, any crude remark of my own on the more interesting features of those to which they refer. I shall, however, do my best to season the few dry comments which I am in some degree bound to offer on the subject allotted to me, by taking the poet's works as my text-book. Were I called upon, therefore, to name the virtues of our peasantry, which chiefly claim our respect and admiration, I should point first to their industry, frugality, and contentment, as those which prominently adorn their own class of society above all others, and also to their piety and t heir p atriotism, as shared, I would fain hope, equally, or at least largely, by the mass of our fellow-citizens.—(Cheers.) Where, then, shall we find a more spirited picture of the influ ence and effects of the three former qualities—above all, or that most inestimable blessing, contentment —than in the brilliant little poem which bears the humble title of the " Twa Dogs," where, after so graphically describing the honest toils, often the severe hardships, inseparable from the peasant's lot, he goes on to say, that yet " They're nae sae wretched's ane wad think, Though constantly on poortith's brink : They's sae accustomed wi' the sight, The view of it gi'es little fright ; And how it comes I ne'er kent yet, They're maistly wonderfu' contented ; And buirdly chiels and clever hizzics Are bred in such a way as this is." (Cheers.) And if any additional motive were required to enable us to appreciate this most excellent feature of their character, it would be to reflect on the fatal effects of its absence in the case of another, and, in many re spects, equally noble peasants—that of our sister king dom, in so me o f the fairest provinces of which we see. at this moment the demon of discontent—of too often vague, causeless, undefined discontent—arming the hands of her victims with the torch of the incendiary, and blindly directing them into those very quarters to which they ought to look for an alleviation of their real or ima ginary evils.---(Cheers.) Such scenes never have been,. and, I trust and believe , never will be, enacted in Scot.! land, at least, as the genius and th e memory o f thepeasant s long Burns continue to be cherished among his fellow-peasants, as they are this day.—(Cheers.) But where are we, after all, to look for the source of this beautiful attribute of contentment? Is it not in the still more admirable one of their piety? It vas here almost superfluous to make any close appeal to our poet's au thority—to that most sublime description, so familiar to you all, where the old peasant on the Saturday night collects his scattered family, at the close of the long week's labour, around his humble but happy cottage fireside, and, after a few sweet but hard-earned hours of social enjoyment, instils, before retiring to repose, from the open Word of God, into their minds those lessons of Divine wisdom which were to guide them '-cluring the next week, and through life, in the piths of religion and virtue.—(Cheers.) Are not such scenes to this day common in our cottages, still as of old, I firmly believe, the favourite abodes of the genuine spirit of simple Scottish piety.—(Cheers.) Then as to the last, if not the least, in the above list of the virtues of our peasants—their patriotism. To whom, I would ask, but to the peasantry of Scotland does our poet so beautifully appeal as having bled with Wal lace ? To whom but to our peasantry did our national hero look—and never look in vain for support in his gallant effort to restore the fallen fortunes of his country ; at the period when our doughty knights and nobles (happily but for a sesson) had been reduced by the intrigues or intimidation of our powerful enemy, to crouch submissive beneath the throne of his usurpa tion.—(Loud cheers.) And can we doubt that this proud spirit of patriotism still burns as warm in their hearts as then, if no longer by God's blessing so fear fully ors desperately called into action ; or that when after, as O - 0 - 15oet again has it— " They lay aside their private cares To mind the kirk and State affairs; They'll talk of patronage and priests, Wi' kindling fury in their breasts, Or tell what new taxation's coming, And ferlie at the folks in Lunnan.' —(Cheers.) But I have already detained you too long —if not longer than the interest of the subject—at least than my power of doing justice to it, entitles me. I shall therefore conclude by pronouncing a grace over our bumper, also supplied from the stores of the poet, and in the sentiments of which every one here present, I am sure, will cordially sympathise— " 0, Scotia! my dear, my native soil, For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thv hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content." —(Great cheering.) Song by Mr Templeton, "Behind yon hills." Sir JAMES CAMPBELL, Of Glasgow, said—ln pro posing the toast with which I have been entrusted, I shall content myself by simply expressing my deep regret that, under any circumstances, I could so in adequately express my own sentiments and feelings of admiration—in all the acceptation of that word—of " the Land of Burns."—(Applause). I am aware, however, that I have the honour of addressing an assemblage who can appreciate, who do appreciate, and who, by their appearance here, and the interest so many of them have taken in the proceedings and associations of this day, give ample proof of their high estimation of, and attach ment to, " the Land of Burns." lam aware also that I have the honour to address not a few of those who have, with the pencil or with the pin, done homage to the classical, patriotic, landscape, and poetical claims of that land. I feel satisfied, indeed, that there is not an indi vidual in this most interesting and splendid assemblage who does not greatly praise and admire the fertile soil and landscape beauty of that land; whose bosom glows not with an honest pride in the intelligence, enterprise, and patriotism of the men of that land; and, above all, who does not honour and admire the beauty and accom plishments of the ladies of that land.—(Cheers.) And therefore is it, my Lord, that without further preface, I would call upon this assembly to dedicate a hamper to " The Land of Burns."—(Cheers.) Quadrille Band—" Their groves of Sweet Myrtle." Lord Eauserost, who was received with much ap plause. said—Ladies and Gentlemen except the toast which I have had the honour and happiness of bringing before you to-day, there is no toast which gives me greater pleasure to see committed to my charge than the one which I am now about to bring before your notice— I mean, the " Provost and Magistrates of Ayr ;" and along with it, though not down on the card, my feelings will not allow me to leave out the interests of Ayr.—(Loud cheers.) On such an occasion as this, and so late in the day, I will not occupy your time by dilating on the in terest which I feel in that town, or of the knowledge which I have of the provost and of some of the magis trates. From that knowledge I feel convinced that the interests of Ayr could not be placed in more worthy hands.—(Cheers.) In addition to the interest which I feel towards the magistrates of the county town, we must also feel gratitude for the assistance and support they have given on this occasion. lam sure if it were not for the feeliiikt you entertain towards the town and the magistrates, you would also drink their health for the kind assistance they have given us in assisting to get up this banquet.—(The toast was cordially responded to.) Provost MILLER said—Permit me to return my best thanks for my colleagues and myself, for the flattering compliment which has just been paid to them. The manner in which the toast was introduced by the Noble Lord was particularly gratifying to me ; and I am sure it will be appreciated by the entire corporation.— (Cheers.) I beg to assure the Noble Lord that the re cognition of the " auld town," at a meeting so pecu liarly interesting as the present, and combining so much as it does of the rank, talent, and worth of the land, will be highly appreciated by the " honest men and bonnie lasses" whom the immortal bard declared were not to be surpassed.—(Great applause.) The LORD JUSTICE-GENERAL rose amidst much ap plause. lle said—Ladies and Gentlemen, after the un common success which has attended every part of the proceedings at this meeting to-day, I am confident that I will anticipate the unanimous concurrence of this great assembly I have now the honour to address, when I state that there appears one additional to the main toast, drunk with so much enthusiasm—one remains as a debt of gratitude due by this assembly. I consider it a most fortunate circumstance attending this meeting, that we have been presided over by the Noble Lord in the chair.—(Great applause.) lam sure that the most enthusiastic admirer of Burns must be gratified in think ing that the proceedings of this day have been conducted by my Noble Friend in so admirable a manner.—(Loud cheers.) Every person must be satisfied that it was impossible the proceedings of this day could have been commenced in a happier strain.—(Great applause.) Without further comment, I beg leave to propose that we seittie the health and success of the worthy Chairman.— grit wits received with loud and prolonged cheers, (The --of hats and handkerchiefs.) and wav, - -es . , in reply, said—My Lord Justice, and Lora in EGLINT,.. "t. I assure you I feel most deeply Ladies and Gentle rm. -.sour you have paid me, as I grateful to you for the h,. ^ health is proposed and always ought to be, when in, ~ . —(Cheers.) But I drunk at a meeting of Scotchme.. .„,,,ateful or more assure you I never felt more deeply the present highly sensible of that honour, than I do a,, aan as moment, when my health is proposed by such a._ • _„ 4l the Lord Justice-General, and when it has been recei —and I am proud to say enthusiastically received—by an assemblage met for such a purpose as to do honour to the memory of our greatest poet; but, gentlemen, I will not, at this late hour of the day, and in a temple, as it were, dedicated to the Muses—l will not occupy your time by returning thanks for drinking the health of one who has no merit.—(Loud cries of " No, no," and applause.) But before we part, there is a toast which claims our especial consideration, and which I have no doubt those who have left will regret having missed, and in regard to which those who have remained will rejoice that they have not been so hasty in leaving. When I say that the toast is The health of Professor Wilson"—(Great ap plause)—you will, I am sure, agree with me in thinking that not only is it a toast which we ought to drink, but that, if it had not been for the modesty of the Professor, it ought to have been proposed at a much earlier part of the evening.--(Cheers.) On such an occasion as this, when we have met, from all parts of Scotland, to do ho nour to the memory of the greatest genius Scotland ever knew, it surely is not only proper, but our bounden duty, to drink the health of the greatest genius which Scot land possesses now.—(Great cheering.) The memories of others have been drank to-night, and have.been re ceived with that deep feeling which Scotchman feel to wards the memory of genius, but the toast which I am now proposing is one which has the additional merit, that the subject of it is alive and hearty (Great applause)—and able to continue, as you have heard to-day, in the line with which he has hitherto so much delighted his countrymen.—(Cheers.) In the presence of Professor Wilson I cannot dilate, as I could wish to do, on the character of that gentleman. I will only ask you to-drink with me his health in a way that will show that you can pay honour to genius alive, as you can do honour to departed worth.—(Great applause —the company rising and waving their hats and hand kerchiefs.) The Professor, although called upon, did not respond, but left the meeting. This brought the proceedings to a close. The field continued crowded for a considerable time. By thred o'clock, however, it was well cleared—the various bodies who formed the procession having gone away singly, one after another, while parties were scat tered in all directions, viewing the scenes and objects connected with the poetry of Burns. Alloway Kirk yard was thronged the whole of the day. The weather kept well, notwithstanding the threatening appearance of the clouds in the morning. Only a slight shower was experienced, and the sun burst out cheeringly in the afternoon. It began, however, to rain about five o'clock, by which period few of the out-door company remained. FATAL ACCIDENT.—DANGER OF RIDING ON THE SllAr - I's OF WA6noss.—Mr. Gell held an inquest on Friday at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Charles Prior, aged thirty-five, of Prescott -street, Windsor. In evidence, it appeared that, on Tuesday morning last, deceased, with his wife, quitted his residence in Windsor, for the purpose of coining to London to get work. In the Bath-road, near the Magpie public-house, they tovertook a waggon, the driver of which gave them a lift as far as he was going. The woman got on the top of the waggon, and her husband sat on the shafts ; but he had net ridden far before lie fell into the road, and was seriously injured by the wheels. He said, when removed to the hospital, that he did not know what caused him to fall, but lie recollected trying to escape by rolling his body away. Ile died in two days. The acci dent happened at three o'clock, and he was not admitted to the hospital until eight o'clock. He was thus five hours without medical assistance, and the jury expressed much surprise that he had not been instantly carried to a surgeon in the neighbourhood. Verdict—" Accidental death." THE RIGHT OF CORONERS JURIES TO INSPECT BODIES.—At an inquest held on Friday before Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, one of the jurors inquired if they were permitted to have inspection of the body, in order really to ascertain if there were any marks of violence upon it, which he understood to be the meaning of "viewing" the body, ac cording to the Act of Parliament ; or were they, as was too often the case in gentlemen's houses, just to look into the room where the corpse was ? He was induced to ask this question because he had often been on juries, and there gene rallyeh the undoubted proper right examination. of f the appeared ri ri e r rttee othat to prevent a observed, desire jury to make what they considered a proper inspection, in order that they ►night be able to judge of the weight of the vt v - e a. n s t th t evidence afterwards laid before them, and to put such quo tions as any appearance suggested to thew. SPIRIT of the. PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—In the House of Lords last evening, the Lord Chancellor and the President of the Council had a tilting-match, with a manifestly mutual wish to gain a triumph at each other's cost. This is bad manage ment. It exhibits disunion in the Cabinet on ques tions of " great pith and moment ;" and occurring, as the disagreement does, at the close of the session, will operate mischievously during the recess. Ministers should, for obvious reasons, keep their bickerings from the public eye and ear. The walls of the Council Chamber should alone be privy to their altercetions. If opinions clash in the Cabinet, the brow should be smooth, and the temper calm, when the disputants come forth from the Council to the Houses of Parlia ment to which they respectively belong. There should be the appearance of concord within the walls of Parliament, whatever differences may prevail elsewhere. To see the Lord Chancellor and the President of the Council press ing their discordant views upon a grave ques tion upon the [louse of Lords with pertinacity, and even dividing against each other, is a scene that will be associated in the public mind with dissensions in Cabinet deliberations upon the measure ; and cannot be contemplated without diminished respect and confidence in the Government, the members of which show so little respect for theinselves, and of confidence in each other. The occasion which gave rise to this strange exhibi tion—in which it is rumoured there is more than met the eye of the amazed beholders of the scene —was briefly this :--The House of Commons had made an amendment in the Bill for regulating the Irish law courts. As - the measure had originally stood, the ap pointments to certain offices had been vested in the Lord-Lieutenant. The Lords had amended the clause, and transferred this patronage to the Judges ; but the Commons, upon the Bill being sent down for their ap proval, had rejected the proposed alteration; and re inserted their own clause, which vested the patronage in the Lord-Lieutenant for the time being. Lord Wharncliffe had been appointed to conduct the onference with the Commons, and had failed to induce the managers of the Lower House to forego the clause they had restored, and to adopt the alteration of the House of Lords. His Lordship moved that the amendment of the Commons should be adopted by the Lords. The Lord Chancellor resisted the motion; and with considerable warmth of feeling and acerbity of expression, declared his intention of divi ling the House upon the question. The difference of opinion between the Lord Chancellor and his colleagues on this question was not sudden and accidental, but deliberate and foreseen. It involves, as will be seen, an important principle. It exhibits the strange and unprecedented occurrence of the highest law officer of a governrhent opposed upon a qtiestion per taining to the administration of the law by his colleagues in office; and that opposition openly expressed, persisted in, and carried to a division in Parliament. Lord Wharncliffe " was of opinion that the patronage of certain offices in the courts of law in Ireland should still, according to ancient usage, be continued in the Lord-Lieutenant." The Lord Chancellor pronounced this arrangement of the patronage of these offices as "unwise and unjust; and as degrading thwards the judges of Ireland.' STANDARD.—The proceedings in the House of Commons last evening would have been of little inte rest but for Lord John Russell's annual resume of the offences of omission and commission of Ministers during the session, and the reply which it provoked from Sir Robert Peel. In the outset of his address, however, the Noble . Lord explained with commend able ingenuouSness, in reference to Lord Lynd hurst's caustic reviews of the policy of the late Government, that he did not think that Minis ters ought to be held responsible for the legis lative failures which might take place in the course of a session, and that, acting on this principle, he did not intend to follow the course which had been adopted towards himself and his late colleagues by tke Noble and Learned Lord ; for want no doubt of the materiel to which those periodical reviews were in debted for so much of their force and pungency. Such resumes must have a few facts for their foun dation, or they will be irredeemably spiritless and dull. Instead, therefore, of following out the errors of Sir Robert Peel's Government seriatim, Lord John Russell was content to call the attention of the House to the general results of its policy, as demon strated by the, present state of the country. The first topic of complaint was its Irish policy, and above all the harshness and injustice with which it had treated the Irish conspirators, in whose behalf were recapitulated for the hundredth time, the wrongs they had suffered at the hands of Protestant jurors and unrelenting prose cutors. In discussing the foreign relations of the country, the affairs of Morocco and Otaheite were not overlooked ; and after alluding to the general con dition of the people, " the scanty means and severe toil of the labouring population," the currency, the corn-laws, and the emigration questions, his Lord ship wound up his " oninium gatheruna" oration by a pointed allusion to the manner in which the time of the Legislature was wasted at the beginning, and the indecent haste with which the business of both Houses was transacted towards the end, of the session. The reply of Sir R. Peel was alike ad mirable for its temper and argument. It gave the Noble Lord full credit for the benevolence he had claimed for his advice, but questioned the usefulness, at such a moment, of vague insinuations as to the neglect of the condition of the humbler classes by the Legislature calculated to ex c it e ex p ec tations whi c h could not be fulfilled. With regard to his Lordship's abstinence from any detailed remarks on the progress of the session, Sir Robert Peel expressed his regret that his forbearance should have deprived him of the opportunity of showing that there never was a ses sion in which more important and beneficial legisla tion had been effected. Among the measures which have distinguished the present session, and to which we propose breafter to refer more particularly, the tranquillisation of Ireland is, beyond all question, the most important. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The national balance-sheet published in the 'vete* of to-day has given great satisfaction in the City. c ess of income over expenditure, amounting to The e- -r • is indeed less than that exhibited by the 1,770,0804, "eet, which was upwards of 2,000,0 00 /. 'ndicates increased prosperity, if we it is r loss, the money ti oduced. In both the but, April nevertheless,balance -s- look at the items by whit- , s Pa re balance-sheets China occasion._ • much less than the ceived under the treaty being very ,i tun compensa expenses for the expenditure and the et. "nts under tion. In the July sheet, however, the rece-A -. nen this head are much less than in April, while the - diture is somewhat greater - and if the items referring to China were struck out of the two accounts, we should have an increase in the excess of income over expendi ture (as compared with April) amounting to about 3,000,0001 The balances in the Exchequer, amounting to 5,687,000/., not only present a most favourable con trast with' those of the corresponding period last year, amounting to 1,835,000/., but show an increase of more than 3,000,0001. compared with the balances on the sth of last April.. It is almost needless to remark that one fourth of the 1,770,0801. will, after the 10th of October, be applicable to the redemption of the National Debt. NEW THOROUGHFARE to COVENT GARDEN MARKET. A meeting of the rate payers and parishioners of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, was called on Friday evening, by requisition, in the vestry-room of the above parish, to take into consideration the propriety of adopting mea sures for the formation of a new street from the corner of Long-acre to King-street, and thereby securing a desirable entrance to the market, and so benefiting to an incalculable extent the district at large. At the appointed hour, six o'clock, the vestry -room was crowded to excess, and Robert Debenham, Esq., having been called to the chair, the proceedings were opened by Mr. Moseley, the vestry clerk, reading the minutes of a former meeting held for a similar purpose , and which were received and adopted. The meeting was unanimous as to the desirableness of the undertaking, and after some discussion a resolution was passed appointing a Committee, to whom large powers were delegated, authorising them to take steps to ensure the formation of the new street. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. METROPOLITAN AND CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—SALE or AnovE EIGHTY HOUSES.—A large sale of houses has been ordered, which are to be taken down for the improvements about to be carried out in the City and other parts of the me tropclis. In connection with the new street from Farringdon street to Clerkenwell, fifty houses have been announced to be disposed of by auction, between West-street and Sharp's alley, among the number being the notorious Red-Lion Ta vern and the well known "Dog-pit," where abandoned cha racters connected with these sports were in the habit of as sembling to witness dog-fights. " The curious old house" is being taken down, by order :of the parish authorities, as it has been found to be in a dangerous state, and no more tickets will be issued for admission to see it. Yesterday, a few persons went over the premises ; among the number of visitors, were the Earl of Cadogan and a friend. I n Maiden-lane, City, adjoining the General Post-office, six houses will be sold in a few days, and will be pulled down to make way. for the new street from the Bank to the General Post-office. In this line the street will pass across the ground where formerly stood the parish church of St. John Zachary. This structure was one of the edifices burnt down during the Fire of London in 1666, and which was never rebuilt. The burial ground and the vaults where the dead were deposited still remain, as well as the altar-piece, though the inscriptions on it are much defaced. New vaults are now being erected by order of the Commissioners for the City improvements, where the remains of those lying in the grounds and the vaults (some of which are in leaden coffins) will be placed with every care. In the east, for the new street from Spitalfield's Church to the London Docks, twenty-live houses have been advertised to be disposed of, making above eighty houses which will have to be taken down. In the Coventry -street line there are but two houses to be removed. On this line the Commissioners of Woods and Forest! have given notice that they.will reesive proposals for the election of the houses that are here to be built. Carisbrook Castle, in the Isle of Wight, a structure rich in historic recollection, and the scene of the confinement of the unfortunate Charles I. a few mouths prior to his Me cutio, is about to be evld by auction. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 9. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) LOUD BUNTINGTOWEIZ'S INSOLVENCY. This day was fixed for the application of William Felix Lionel Tollemache, commonly called Lord litmtingtower, for his final order. His Lordship was supported by Mr. E. James, and the application was resisted upon the part of a Mr. E. Mynes Cooke, now a prisoner for debt in the Court of Queen's Bench, and also by a Mr. Davis, of St. Mary Axe, wholesale furrier. The whole of the debts contracted by his Lordship since his bankruptcy, about two years since, excepting renewals, amounted to 1,800/, and the only assistance which he had received from his family and friends in the course of that period was about 316/. Lord Huntingtower, in examination by the Learned Counsel for Mr. Cooke, said, I was a bankrupt in 1842, as a horsa dealer, and bought and sold horses since, perhaps half a dozen, but upon which I realised no profit. My debts and liabilities under my bankruptcy were stated at 228,000/. in round numbers. A great portion of my then debts was re newed, and amongst them one to Mr. Sherborne for 20,000/. I granted these 'renewals at the latter end of 1842. or in the beginning of 1843 ; it was during the bank ruptcy, and I was obliged to do so. In my late bankruptcy I was subjected to great opposition, and requiring money to defend myself, Mr. Sherehorneadvanced me 200/. I renewed my debt of 300/. to Mr. Ford after I came out of the Queen's prison, in May, 1843, but 1 received nothing from him for that renewal. I hate received several sums of money from that gentleman, for the recovery of which he assured me that he would not persecute me, and I had these sums re spectively at five per cent. interest. I must add, that if I had originally acted upon Mr. Ford's advice, I would not have been placed in my present unfortunate position. Pres cott told me that he only received 301. from Cooke for the bill of 300/. I had not given the bill to Mr. Rose, and can not say whether he owed Cooke a considerable sum of money or not; but I myself told Cooke that he had only given 301 for it, and he did not deny it. I saw Cooke in the Queen's Bench prison, but used no threat to dissuade him from this opposition. Captain Canty, who was also in the same prison, asked me what money I would give him to " square" Cooke's opposition, when I said that I had none. I had 15?. advanced upon the pictures of the Rajahs, by John Mynes Cooke, which Rose pawned with him for me, and I swear that I only intended them to be kit with him as a pledge. Do you know Lord Win. Paget ?—I do. Have you not had large money or bill tfansactions with him ?—Yes, before I came of age to a large sum, but not since my bankruptcy. Have you not been in the habit of selling your acceptances for any terms which you could get for them, through Mr. I'atrick Leith Hay ?—No, I have not. He told me that if I gave him bills for 2,000?., and left the arrangement to his own " discretion," that he would bring me the money for them. Would not your Lordship have been satisfied to give your bill for 500/, if you could get 201. or 301. for it ?—I never said so ; and 1 believe that those bills fir the 2.000/. you have referred to could be obtained from the holder (Mr. Lawrence) for 40/. or 50/. Since my bankruptcy I received about 3161. from my family and friends, and my bond fide debts and liabilities are about 1,800/. I have now no property to give up to my creditors, but I have, as I have all along had, con siderable expectations. . - By Mr. JAMES—The Prescott I have spoken of passes as Capt. Prescott and Cooke, whom I believe to have been in no business, was called a gentleman, and having chambers with Mr. Jocelyn Cooke, at No. 15, Clifford street. I believe, that altogether, since your bankruptcy, your Lordship has received but the 316/. from yourfamily ?—That is so. And from your father, although I am sorry to introduce his name, I believe you have received no assistance ?—My father never gave me a farthing. He frequently called upon me in the Queen's Bench prison, when he occasionally remonstrated with me. I asked him to give me a small allowance in order to enable me to leave the scene of my past follies. I told him I would be satisfied with 5004 a year; and if he wished that I would for some time reside abroad, but all was in vain, and he would not give me- a sixpence. Since I was fifteen years of age I never received anything from him, not even for my education; bid I believe that his refusal to do anything for me is the result of the unhappy differences between him and my mother, who has done all that her very limited means would enable her to do. My mother's family have paid large sums for me during my bank ruptcy, to the amount of several thousands, as no less than from 80 to 100 witnesses had (were) to be examined during its progress. The 3161. came from my mother (Lady Dysart), who had net the means of supporting me, and I na turally did not wish to be a charge upon her verylimited income. The goods which Ireceived from several of my creditors were very much over-valued by them, and since my bankruptcy I have resided with my mother and my grandmother at Bath, and different other places. My mother's brother (Mr. Toone, as we understood) behaved most munificently to me, and he paid through Mr. Ellerby, in this Court and the Court of Review, no less a sum than 7,000/. I never had more than two horses at any ore time since my bankruptcy, and these I had to give up, in the expectation that my family would do something for me, but they did not, and hence I have parted with the horses. I expected that Mr. Ford would have obtained such an advance of money for me, as would have enabled me to live quietly in the country, but ultimately he was not able to effect it. I defended Cooke's action upon the bill against me for want of consideration, and since my bank ruptcy I was only afraid of execution being issued against me at his suit. At a former hearing I was only out of the way because there was an extent against me for post-horse duty, and not through any disrespect to my creditors or the Court. _ _ _ Mr. Davis examined by Mr. JAMES—I am a furrier at St. Mary-Axe, and in the wholesale trade. Had the pic tures of the Eastern Rajas, and sold them to Lord Hunting tower for 4001. They are: Miniature portraits of twelve Indian chiefs—(A laugh)—and the like of which are not to be seen in this country; they were in fact the representatives of the twelve tribes—( Great laughter)—of Indian chiefs painted by an Italian artist. Now, pray Mr. Davis, where did you get the pictures of these twelve tribes ?—I decline to answer. Mr. Commissioner FONIILANQUE—You must answer the question. Where did you get them ? Mr. Davis-1 decline to answer that question. Mr. JAMES—WeII, Mr. Davis, if you decline to answer the question, we can trace their pedigree—(Great laughter)—and show you that they were only worth 225. a piece. Mr. Commissioner FONMANQUE—As you refuse to answer the question, Mr. Davis, your opposition is dismissed. The Learned Counsel, who opposed for Mr. Cooke, very strenuously urged that the insolvent should not obtain his final order, upon the grounds of the recklessness of his con duct, and his wanton renewal of debts to the amount of 46,0001., without any probable means of his ever being able to pay them. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE said that he was not at present in a position to give judgment in this case, as in the course of this very day, perhaps, the new Act relating to in solvent debtors would receive the Royal Assent, and so be come the law of the land. The case was adjourned to the 20th of November. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) BOW-STREET. The Hon. William Ross Touchet, was brought up for re-examination, charged with having discharged the contents of a loaded pistol at Mr. Thomas Smith, the proprietor of a shooting gallery in Holborn, with intent to kill and murder him. Mr. Vandrey, a solicitor, attended on the part of Mr. Smith, and Mr. Clarkson, together with Mr. Robson, the solicit or t o Lord Audley, attended on the part of the prisoner. The prisoner was brought to the Court in the early part of the day, in a cabriolet, and not in the prison van, as on his former examination. Previous to the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. Clarkson (ad dressing the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Twyford) said he had been given to understand that, since the last examination of the prisoner, the surgeons by whom he had been attended in the hospital, had, at length, succeeded in extracting the ball from the back of the unfortunate gentleman (Mr. Smith), and that he had --ice been going on favourably ; he therefore wished to kno% whether the p ro f ess i ona l gent l emen were o f e.Wfr now s u ffi c i en tl y conva l escen t t o Court l2 gt day a n d g i ve ev id ence, f or if h e were not, the prisoner n::Lst, tna,gain be remanded for a the e at period which would prevent 0 possibility of his trial taking place at the ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal Court. opinionattend A police-constable of the F division here produced a certificate signed by the house-surgeon of St, Bar tholomew's Hospital, of which the following is a copy : " I hereby certify that the pistol ball has been ex tracted from the back of the patient, Thomas Smith, and part of the lumbar vertebrae has come away with it, but Mr. Smith, although now out of danger, cannot be removed without considerable risk. (Signed) " GEORGE ROYDE, " House Surgeon, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. "August 10, 1844." The prisoner was then placed at the bar, and Mr. TWYFORD, addressing him, said he was happy to find from the certificate of the house surgeon of the hos pital that the unfortunate gentleman, Mr. Smith, was in a fair way of recovery, and that being the case, and as in the absence of Mr. Smith it would be impossible to proceed further with the case, he should feel it his duty to remand the prisoner for another fortnight, by which time there was every -reason to hope that Mr. Smith would be sufficiently recovered to enable him to attend the Court. The prisoner, on hearing the above intimation from the worthy Magistrate, bowed respectfully to the Court, and was then removed from the bar. After his departure, Mr. TWY FORD addressed the son of Mr. Smith, who, it will be recollected, was present At the unfortunate occurrence, and told him that his father would be put to as little inconvenience as pos sible, should he be sufficiently recovered to attend the next examination of the prisoner. Mr. Smith, jun., thanked the Magistrate, and said that from the improvement that was daily taking place in the health of his father, he had every reason to be lieve he would be sufficiently_ . convalescent to attend the next examination of the prisoner. A young man, who gave the name of Charles Lamb Dowden, and who was stated to be an actor, was brought up by Pocock, one of the constables of the F division, charged with having uttered four forged bills of exchange, two of which were for 51. each, and the other two for 91. each, with intent to. defraud different tradesmen, under the following cir cumstances : Mr. John Fox, a broker, residing in Castle-street, Long-acre, stated that he had known the prisoner about four years, as a performer at Sadlois Wells Theatre; that the prisoner came to his shop on the 4th of last May, and said to witness, "I believe I owe you a small account. I shall be happy to settle it now ;" and for that purpose he and the prisoner went to a public-house, where the prisoner gave him the bill produced for 51., which purported to be accepted by a person named Hager, residing at Paradise-row, Chelsea, at the same time requesting witness would give him the difference (21.) between the amount for which the cheque was drawn and the sum which lie owed him. Witness promised to do so in the course of the day, but previously put some questions to the prisoner respecting the acceptor, to which he replied, that Dir. Nagger was ,his =le ) 4114 th# the si~na• ture to the bill was in his handwriting. "%Vitae, ss in the mean time proceeded to Chelsea and made s acne inquiries with respect to the genuineness of the si;. ma ture to the bill, and the result was that he discovered it to be a forgery. Mr. TWYFORD—Then you have not been defrauded by the prisoner ? Witness replied the only loss he had sustained was the loss of time in making in quiries of the prisoner's uncle, who said he had not seen the prisoner for the last two years, and had never authorised him to put his name to a bill. Henry Spratt, a bootmaker;stated that Mr. Hagger was upwards of ninety years of age, and had lodged at his house during the last five years. During the first three years the prisoner had been ii; the habit of visiting Mr. Hagger. Witness was positive the sig nature to the bill produced was not in the hand. writing of Mr. Hagger. The prisoner with reference to this case, sail he would reserve his defence until he had an opportunity of consulting with his professional adviser. He was next charged with having attempted a si milar fraud upon Mr. John Smith, a publican, in Vere-street, Clare- market, and in which he was more successful; for according to the eviienee of the prosecutor, the prisoner, who owed him a hill of 21., came and tendered in payment a bill for 51., awl re ceived the difference, after which prosecutor discovered that the bill was a forgery. Mr. Wells, the landlord of the Sir Hugh Middle ton, adjoining Sadler's Wells Theatre, stated. that. in the month of March last the prisoner gave him a hill for 91., in payment of a score which he had taug up at witness's house. He had since ascertained that; the bill was a forgery. The next victim was Mr. Williams, the of the Clown, public-house, in St. John—treet-road, opposite the Sadler's Wells Theatre, who took the other 9/. bill of the prisoner, in payment of a score of 11.95., and handed the prisoner the difference. The prisoner was remanded for further examination. MARLBOROUGH-STREE A French lady, named Louise Pessault. living at 73. George-street, Portman-square, who appeared to have recently sustained severe injury, complained to the Magistrate that as she was walking along Castle-street about one o'clock, a man, who was an entire stranger to her, and who was running with his head held down, suddenly butted her in the face, and knocked her down with such violence that she was stunned for the moment. The ma , : ran off as fa-t as he cowl 1, 1-nit was taken by a person who saw her knocked down. The mother of the man who committed the assault said her son was a little eccentric in his conduct, and he had, no doubt, committed the assault under the in fluence of a fit of eccentricity. Mr. HARDWICK said he could not allow a man to escape without punishment who knocked down people in the street and nearly fractured their skulls, merely because he was supposed to labour under eccentrici•y. The man mu-t be brought before him, and he would then entertain the charge. The defendant was speedily produced in Court, and the charge of assault having been clearly proved, he was fined 405., or one month's imprisonment. HAMMERSMITH. Mr. Armstrong, a gentleman, residing at No. 102, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, appeared before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting magistrate, on summons under the Metropolitan Carriage Act, (6 and 7 Vict., c. 86, sect. 7), at the instance of John Perrin, conductor of the omnibus No. 2,043, for refusing, on the 28th ult., to pay one shilling, the lawful fare, for riding with the complainant's omnibus from Knightsbridge to Black-lion-lane, Hammersmith. The refusal of the defendant to pay the fare de manded (one shilling) having been proved, the de fendant said he did not deny having refused to pay one shilling as the fare for the short distance he had ridden in the omnibus. He had done so on public grounds, with a view to have the point settled as to what was the legal fare, and whether the conductors or drivers of omnibuses are empowered to charge what they please. He and several of his friends had suffered so much from such impositions that he was determined to have the point settled. Mr. CLIVE said, by the Act of Parliament under which Mr. Armstrong had been summoned, it was enacted, section 7, that the proprietor of every me tropolitan stage carriage "shall, on the inside of every such carriage, keep distinctly painted, in a conspicuous manner, a table of fares to be demanded of passengers in such carriage, and the fares therein specified shall be deemed to be the only lawful fares, and may be recovered by the driver or conductor, as in the case of hackney carriages, in a summary way, before any justice of the peace; and every proprietor making default in the premises, shall forfeit the sum of 203. for every offence." By the 33d section, also, "every driver or conductor who shall demand more than the legal fare from any passenger ' or who shall refuse to admit and carry at the lawful fare any passenger for whom there is room, and to whose admission no rea sonable objection is made," is liable to a similar pe nalty. His (Mr. Clive's) opinion, therefore, was that the proprietor of every metropolitan stage carriage has the right of putting up whatever table of fares he pleased, and of recovering those fares by summons. If he chose to put up " Fares—Sundays, ss. ; Mon days, Is. 6d.; Tuesdays, half-a-crown," and so on for each day, he could do so, and could recover such fares, the public not being required to ride in an omnibus so priced unless they chose. Proof was then gone into that in the omnibus in question the fares were stated as follows :—" Fares, Is.; four miles, 6d.; Sundays, ls." The defendant was then adjudged to pay the fare, with costs. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday Mr. G. J. Mills, Deputy-Coroner for West Middlesex, held an inquest at the Duke of York, Queen-street, Edgeware-road, on the body of Harriett Jones, aged 44, a widow, late resident at the above street. James Jones, aged 13, a lad of rare intelligence and command of languag , e, said deceased was his step mother, having married his father three years ago, and he, after two years of constant illness, during which deceased parted with nearly all her effects to support him, died six months since. Deceased had been 19 years in service, chi e fly as l aun d ress t o th e Earl of Shaftesbury and the Duke of Montrose, and when she married witness's father he was coach man to Miss Beaumont, of Montague-square, in whose service, a year afterward s , h e b urs t a ood vessel, which rendered him an invalid until he died. Until within six weeks deceased managed to procure sufficient food for witness and three other brothers and sisters, all children of his father by a first wife. At the epoch last mentioned she lost the custom of the Earl and Countess of Cardigan and Mr. Hussey, for whom she used to wash, and ever since she appeared very low and desponding. To pay her rent (4s. 6d. a week), and to get bread for her four step-children, she was obliged to pawn all that remained of her furniture, and he believed she nearly starved herself. Since she had lost all employment she was in the habit of lying in bed until late in the afternoon, when she would jump up as if she were mad, dress herself hurriedly, go out, saying that she was going to visit some friends, and not return until very late at night. In truth, she did not, on these occasions go to see any friends, but wandered about the streets. Latterly, of nights, before she went to bed, she prayed that the might fall asleep and awake no more. Betweeo six and seven o'clock on Friday morning witness found her dead, hanging by the neck from her bed-post in the front kitchen, by means of a clothes-line. The previous afternoon a younger brother of his saw her with the line, and witness believed she then hanged herself; and that, having locked herself in, they thought her from home, until he discovered her. Shp had not paid all the expenses of his father's funeral, and she had received two lawyer's letters, which an noyed her very much. George Jones, aged seven, another step-son, said that seeing his another with the clothes-line in the kitchen on Thursday, he asked her if she was going to hang herself? She said, " No," and told bun to go and play. He asked her the question because he had heard her say she would do so. They all lived On bread and dripping, but did not get enough. Ver. diet, °Th4t deceased hanged herself from extreme poverty." SALE Or A WIFE AT LEEDS.—On Saturday after. noon one of these disgraceful and illegal transactions, the sale of a wife, took place with all the ordinary for malities, in the butter and poultry market, in this town. The wife, who was a rather good-looking woman, about 25 years old, made her appearance according to custom, with a halter round her neck, which, in our opinion, might with some show of justice, have been transferred to the neck of her worthless husband, and made to fit a little more tightly. A large crowd of people having ga thered round, the husband, George Woodhead, of Hems worth, near Doncaster, who officiated as auctioneer, pro ceeded with the sale, and speedily " knocked down" his better half (as he is said to have done many a time before, in another way) to th e hi g h est bidd er , a col lier, illiam Idle, of Ousewell-green, near Rothwell, who purchased the lady for Ma shillings, 'lie had been married to Woodhead, who is servant with Mr. Allen, farmer and butcher, of Hemsworth, about five years, three of which she had lived in service, in order, it is said, to escape from his ill , usw• They sfile hsd been mutually arranged between the parties, hetbre it took place, the woman having contracted a second mar riage with Idle in January last, and been living with him since that time, The people who assembl e d on the occasion would hare handled the h,9slq4od nether roughly, had he n$ P eseacl into an actlointng h o u se ; b u t he did not, however, long mope the he being apprehended soon after by Mr. Read, the chief constable. After being remanded for some day., during which he remained in prison, he was brought nn foe fi na l examination ; before Georg e qq,:,4,4" tifilci itio4'll cli a sam, gears., 4t the fjeedsiQourt!house ye4te,d 4 y, when, on his master and himself enteriw. .11.0 ;WV, nizances for filo good haluivi(niv duvin4 th • o-xt six months, he was discharged. The woman, who was ap prehended by Sergeant Hepworth, will be brought be fore t eec he West imp char e Riding magistrates, on ach ;,S D igu i py, .-Lk T M A i.L aIE T .TS .—( SA T V RIIA Y.) COV'EITT-4311.12.3)ZN. The Imports of foreign fruit for our market, during present week, have been very extensive, hence the suppil was large, while of fruit and vegetables of home produce the supplies were great. The trade, however, was comparative l / steady on the following terms :—Potatoes, from 4s to 6s6dpe r cwt ; Onions, i s 6d t o 2 s 6d ; Turnips, 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; asd Carrots, 4s 6d to Cs per dozen bunches ; Walnuts, for pickling , Is 9d to 3s; Spinach, 6(1 to Is ; Gooseberries, is 6d to 35 3 '!„' Currants, 2s to 4 s ; O rc h ar d P lums, 2s to 4s ; Orlealy ditto, 45 to 6s; Greengages, 55 to 6s; Broad Beans, Is Is 9d; Peas, Is fid to 3s 6d; Apples and ,Pears, to 3s 6d;: and French Beans, is 6d to 3s per half sieve' Oranges and Lemons, 8s to 14s per 100; Pine API (English) 4s to 7 s ; H o t-h ouse G rapes, is 6d to ss; sj2ll Cherries, 2d to 6d per lb ; Pine Apples (Foreign and Colon!'" 6d to 4s ; and Melons, 2s to 5s each ; Peaches and Se e tarines, 6s to 12s ; and Cabbages, 6d to is per doze ; Raspberries, 4d to 8d per pottle; Cucumbers 2d to 8 dPI brace. Horse-r a di s h, 2 s to Cs per bundle ; 'Small Sa i d: ; and Mushro oms , 9'l t o I s per iquinet ; Radishes, !ad 8d per dozen hand C 2 , 1 t Is (1.1 per scOre" TiTZTV't;ATEI The supply of me.; t ,, lerably c.xtety,i ve , ;ind, tut atte:Aance of buy,:r, ou preciouslu! ... % kot aays, the trade the t'cilowbig tertu.s.b, era 4:1 to 3' •1.1. 2s 61 if) 3s8(1 ; Lam b ' 3 , 3:1 to 4s : 4,1 r44d ; Polk, 2 3 4d t , b)d per Sibs by th e ..klt;filagh the stippbes: i Poultry were t.'dl id a very slugg , ate, and prices tvnr-••• I.I.VICTGIIIII'OII.D. We iNid tolsivo In,st I , fulds of P.,, r ; duce, while 1. 7 .! , 2 thr.)uOiodt; pot' were not supp-.Yetod. • NAVV:..ORT. .i t el Prime Mutton was in demand a t fuli. price. In- N 5, nwlt very lit tiv , VR:3 doing, t 0,,; fron t 2 A 6d t0 .. . L ,anfo, 3s 104 tn 4s 10d; .`lc 44 to is 44; ;u Pork, 2s Sti to 4. per Blbs. XIILLIATC , S4I.4IT.E. Saimm was hi 3baibiant supply, and :net a steady sae from 6.1 to 8 , 1 p.,1 - lb. Oysters were in brisk inquiry st d to 62 per bushel. lii other kiwis of Fish very little wr doing at late rates. 7111.P2. 1 • full For each kind of prime in Q at the , :nle was active, at j, pri,•:ts, while the value of other kiwis wai W s j from 2s 41 to 3s 41; Mutton. 2,i, 6d to • Lamb, 3 3 f to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to •11 ; and Pork, 261t0 3s 10d r albs. • - HIDE IitARICMT. Raw Hides. at 1 - •tx oi - 141 1 i8—Best steers - and hew -53 4d to 5s 10d; middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s ; inferiord i l t : 4s 4d to 4s Bd. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—g B g* Calf, 6s 6d to 8 8 ; s h ear li ngs , I s 2d to i s 6d ; and Lamblw -13 6d to 2s 3d each. EAD. The prices of Wh ea t en ß B R read in the metropolis sre - from 74d to 8d ; o f h ouse h old d i tto, 6d to 7d per 41b 1034 1.1..4.1r ra.abaumrs. SstrritnEu).—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4145; Ii; ful ditto, 41 6s to 4/ 12s ; fi ne Upl an d di tto, 4/ 14s to Clover Hay, 5/ to 6/ 6s; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s t o 11 o i l ; Wheat Straw; I/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. The best Dieltd Hay sold readily at improved rates, while in Clover HAY Straw a fair business was doing at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 188 to 4/ 6s ;,t 191. . i ful ditto, 47 8 to 4/ 168; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 17s to 5 '";1 Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 11 ; 1 ", 0 0 Straw, 1/ 8i to 1/ 12s oer load. Both Hay an d Stray/ readily, and prices had an upward tendency. Will rECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 41 45; y; ful ditto, 4/ 5s to 4/ Hs; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 14s t° Clover Hay, 4/16s to 6/ lOs ; O a t St raw, 1/ 6.5 to , v- Wheat Straw, 1/ 9s to 1/ 12 s p er l oa d . Supply In rately good, and trade rather brisk, New Meadow Hay produ ce d f rom 31 t o 4/ 4s ; and 0 Clover 4/ to 5/ 5s per load. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FR/DAI. We have a small arrival of Grain to this day's ni si , r iet Wheat met a fair sale at an advance of is to 2s per 0;4 from the rates of thi s d a y se ' nu i g h t. B eans must be 0 po is per quarter higher. In O a t s , B ar l ey, an d other artlch* alteration. y , hus • Per qr. of 601 b. to the - r ot Err lA.. 04 , Wneat Suffolk, Essex, and Kent n''d..... —to 51 Az t 41 Ditto ditto White... 57 .• i , N0rf01k...." ........... .... ..... Ditto ditto White... 51 ; 5 ' Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red. .... 40 0 Ditto ditto White... 52 41. ~ Y0rkehire.......... ........ ..... Ditto ditto White... 51 4 3 j Foreign ,' Ditto ditto ..... ....... White — 54 quarter 10 ' eo3 1 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ..................... P " — qua i i , Yorkshire and Lincolnshire .....„.«.„ — '" 211 11 Grinding — Foreign 32 D ahji l• Per qr. ( f 631 b. v• th 3 , ii Beans, Small fns..„ ........ . ...... ........«••••••••••• —. 37 4 , Ticks ... Foreign ... - Oats. Potato a d Pola d Mealiny lid. to 1234 d., Fcreign —d to —d. Pei , O A Sh•Alling . Ai. to —i Od. igj i", c it Mdt Rapeseed... ........ ....—.. . ..... .23 '-‘ l, '24' .". —" , q• Pe', STATE OF TRADE. dr FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, AUG. 9.-- 11 1, 0 10 mend for foreign wools has conti n u e d s t ea dy . throug i. the past week, and prices are very firmly miuntaine,ibitt ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, AUG. 9."'hjal has been a large business done this week in ci ° ; o3 V wools, and prices may be quoted a little higher. v t or ing wools have been well sought after, but the Wal l Curers seem little disposed to buy, ex ce pt t o supply ty ~ immediate wants, at the small advance which took r a short time ago. 00 0 WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, AVG. 9.-.-C° 11511 0 ,0 come more freely to market t o gi ve th e s light ad o d lately sought by the s taple rs , th e li g h ter d es cript .0 0 combing wools being most in demand ; but WI, high prices given to the growers in all districts, s j or cannot be replaced even with this slight advent:ool ket wool continues scarce , an d wort h rather 01°- f O" YORK Wow. MARKET, AUG. B.—The s how t ? bo le was only moderate, and the sa l e ra th er d u ll. T h e ere asked more than th e b u y ers were willing to ;04 The prices for good mixed lots of hog and Ew e piff 14s. 6d., 155., and 15s. 6d. Moor Wool continue i e not realising more than 75., 7s. 6d., an d Bs. per AO which prices a tolerable good clearance was made. C O LEEDS.—There was more business d o ne at .k. a s halls this week than f o r some ti me p as t, but 1 0 ' 0 11 only from the circumstance that more goods , ; 111 brought to the cloth h a ll s , as th e s t oc k s were 0 2/1 0 same exhausted state at the close of the market, of been the case of late. L ow goo d s are st ill 100 or but fine qualities are with ou t any a l terat i on i n pri . :lo though there is a little m ore d o i ng i n t h em . TheZ i eg i been a good deal of bu s i ness d one i n t h e wure'ilor during the week, more p ar ti cu l ar l y i n h eav y g'" the winter demand. BARNSLEY. —The linen trade is steadily imp "„ it ' the weavers are chiefly fully em pl o y e d, an d then , good prospect of a brisk autumn tr a d e . BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY. —There is business doing in the piece trade, both by shiPP ers a home trade merchants ; a n d as th e prospeets_; t ioC harvest are favourable, a full t ra d e i s no t ge nell% to pected till late on in the season. In prices there 1°2 1 0 41 . 1 . terial change. In they arn trade, very little changel apparent for some time past, and th e y arns g enera taken off as produced. Th e st oc k s on h an d ar e l!! and prices very firm. The m ar k e t i s now w ell SA with all kinds of combing wool, both colonial O r t h et. i tish, and for which the demand is hardly so WI last week, but there is no alteration in prices. be s e ' TRADE OF MANCHESTER, FM -- IDA .ThOllgh 1 60 0% counts from Calcutta and Bombay are not veal hi% able as regards the trade of this di s t r i c t, still 11 0 1 0 business is doing at both places—whilst fr: al y (i t . ; northern parts of China th e a ccoun t s are deck by tt vourable. The commercial int e lli gence brougill o robr; last mail is on the wh o l e d eeme d rat h er fo,l e st though the effect produced on the m ar k e t on di the was scarcely perceptible, the d eman d b e i n g t ra h lj er ell same as on the previous week. Since Tuesday been but little change either in the demand Or ' 0 so any kinds of cloth (though-the calico printer• using an increased quantity, owing to the OPP. tPr water, by which their works are in full operstio n l o l lod i l ; is owing to an increased supply o f t hi s kind ,„E° tb and caused by a number o f manu f ac t urers turioneu:„; looms to the produ c ti on o f th ese f a b r i cs. Twist j eitr abated demand, and the turn dearer for the numbers—Leeds Mercury. 00 0 - ' Alf NOTTINGHAM, AUG. 8 —Th e l ace tra d e conj o ien i, a lively state for f , ncy article s , an d f or coarse $ll f y e t qualities in plain net s an d qu illi ng. Thi s 1: 0 !' in ee, therefore, hare of sto-k of all kinds—even fine P' f ' 0 01, are sold off; and scarcely any are making but t 4l Woe' Coarse yarns, up to one hundred and eighty, era d_A tc f ai ,44 :., worth more than at any time during the late to n and are daily becoming more scarce. A clea l „,, e 0 1 "„:• sprung up for both Scotland and Ireland of 0 . 5 • 1- 0 ( nitude fur these numbers, accompanied by r ere ase. vival at riradford, as to render any material i1 0 1; r0 stock, and consequent r e d uc ti on i n pr i ce s, Ye r i ic t o fe bable before next year. Th e sa l es o f b o bbin e o lo silk nets and laces, plain and figured, whit e , ' and black, have be , ,. Itirge both ;I; e", and America dui-ing the p...xt sca;on a,.„10 s he s!4, dently require enure mevo p f :i 4 vi t ie4 „ e t , Ply tt t o eq.4 4; unk,. This is very irciPa .- „er rot Lion to the diver § iipd veerationa of the tralle ri c 100 niartently Rteli 18 14i)Ifibbourhuod. -"" ring * r. "P 4 1 ,11 b ,lPs§illa OF all abwidatit harvest is 010 stimulating trade here es in most other grea t tories.—Leicestershire Mercury. 'Of s ' - ExTRAORDINART Low TIDE4.—On Frt 4c o4, O ri g l, o g noon, shortlywp *NA : the tide w0,,, a - i led 'l' lo l4 low, owing to the high wings which have pr e ibie t 0 t ea+ these last few days, The steam-b oa t s .wer e un , , t wi 4 0 . 4 passengers at Blackfriars-pier f or some time. f o old e' w bridge the water was not thirty f ee t acrQ A be waded throitgit, L .BIRTHS'. ater near On Wednesday 134, at Bit teswell Vicarage , o f a Olt. T• worth, the wife of th e R ev . G eorge 'Mormingtoibit lefp On the sth lust., at Russ e ll-pla ce , Fitzroy 4 11 M. Joy, of a son. rthent the On the sth i n ,at Fern-hill, near Cav ils . •-__.. of R. E. Eva ns , E sq ., o f a d aug h ter , aie, i l On theist inst, at St. G eo rg e's, C ibnrivelli . 1°- - ' - f 00 Ult hn y 0 n i d so i n Ug o l f it n i 3 v ici t l VT l . V l a i l . ke ff r' a ll4 , 4ll sq l?Sl O: ll3h t . he in u to u' Elizs '''...d-v—c t lo yden a t_. o _, t, G a ..- 01stoms. rh a bell iti j e r On the Bth inst., Vincent Baron de Tuyll, ‘'* -- i l l o tte •••-- his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, to Ch. a , IZB4. riett4, §OOOll4 daughterof , "ir an .fieu the late John Ai - .101E1). t 6 1 " 119) On the 15th of M a y, at Narecen d a , Lieutenan . ~ Robert Campbell, 43d Madras Native InfatitrY• , f .,, 7 .9tr , :::4 On the 24th ult., Thoni4s ()Aver-, F.:4 , p4th, 4 ru - pa 22. . , On the ist inst., in l'lris. Arthur „RoP^; t v o lt., at; be lief'. On the 4th inst., at the . Vi-- - ng Great: 4alvern, th Henn t he Card. 1 - 1 ., , , V. H.S., &c., Vicar r of that parizslthg; 0 g o. un the sth inst.,. Samuel Landon, Esq. , 01.5 u Of glestiN, p, With ej* On die Bth in s t., A nne , wife of the Bev. ---• la to Lower Phillimo re -pl ace , Kensington. h g rne, 9(1. ' On the 7th inst., in Percv-street, Josep h - u _....,..-• of the Admiral„3-, Somerset liouse, ag ed ''"' . --- - ", z a. of •__ .. ........ 11 111 Lo N nu ot on i : ri Ivi:stittratiand7upreuintuartis,naetdrbhey A s i u ti x iw ojm ac co• s o ov • Strand, in the Precinct of the SAVOY/ ill Natittlestuy Monday, August 1; 1844. th. At Se, star G street Nei ME th e E c hist, to tra Jialf- Loi kofj / inst , Wale: ten (I, beat, Tie at 2r„ nage: Th, The "In I 3 45, n Lo --- ()rif e , notic Will hC dew after to th for tl siclve Tat Te a Rug ia► b 1 to I is, Yet