The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-30 00:00:00

~' abridge, >nburgh Friday Stanley 14ondon, con' :er, Mr. n of the v , Mr. tran ioard Of loon Go vet vernorl )wn 00 made • .day, in enacts nig &s -of her blonde, tuld • snd tiike • Left the her in .1s WAS Y THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNINO, SEPTENIIIEIt LECTION OF LORD MAYOR. A Comm'm-hall for the Erection of an AldermAn to Serv e as Lord Mayor of the City of London tor the en "ling year was held on Saturda3 at Guildhall. The attend ance of Councilmen in their gowns upon the platform Was wore than usually num , rous, but in the early part of tho day the Hall WaA by no means so crowded as might be r'xPected trom the excitement prevailing in the City. lir. Alderman W. hunter and Mr. Alderman Sidney (just elected for Billing• gate Ward) were sworn as Sheriffs of the city of London and the county of Middle sex, and received the chains of office from the hands of their predecwsors. appetrance of the candidates for the Mayoralty on the hustings did not in the earlier part of the pro ceedings elicit the slightest manifestation of feeling, the and quiet of the meeting for the first hour, being 41 remarkable contrast to every previous common-hall *shave witnessed.on occasion of &contest. By one o'click )10 'rever when the Lord Mayor and Aldermen returned tr im church, the hall was filled, and the orderly cha racter of the meeting very materially changed. Mr. Alderman Wood was slightly cheered, but Mr. Alder ittall Gibbs was saluted with a few hisses; but there was li ot a very marked sensation of favour or dislike towards either. L ikt half-past one the Corporation returned from c hurch, and the proceedings commenced. When Alder wood appeared on the platform he was received "i t h slight cheering ; and when Alderman Gibbs ap- Peered, he was received with expressions of disapproba- Xeen• Alderman Humpkery was greeted with loud rrs ; and there was no manifestion whatever of popu lar feeling, on the appearance of the Lord Mayor. 0N) The Town Clerk having opened the hall in the usual . ,The Rizeonnaut came forward to address the Li 'try, and was received with loud cheering. They Were called upon that day to exercise the highest tirilege which they Enjoyed, that of electing 0 Chief Magistrate for this ancient city. Every Alderman who had served the office of sheriff ras qualified to become Lord Mayor elect, and b the ja'a and customs . of the city they were to return t o the ottrt of Aldermen two properly qualified persons, one of • Whom the Aldermen were to choose as Lord Mayor 4 "r the year ensuing. It was their undoubted privilege ;V duty to decide upon the fitness of the persons to returned by the Court of Aldermen. They were fet tered by , no conditi o n in c oming to such decision. T he names of those s ho had not passed the chair, and there were duly q ua lifi e d, w o uld be first submitted to "re ; but their choice was nut confined to those, it was t h eir undo u bt e d ri g ht to choose any qualified persons f 7 Might think fit—(Cheers)—to return to the Court o Aldermen. He congratulated them on being called it to exercise this privilege, a privilege of which beers.) other corporation had been divested.—(Loud every They, however, etill possessed the proud trieilege of electing their own magistrates. They o f e` an example that the free institutions of this f % era su ffi cient to resist all innovation when tha fra nchise" was exercised by high-minded and independent ezens.—(Cheers.) He would not say one word about y e choi ce th e y were a b ou t t o ma k e ; but he was con titneed they would do as they had done heretofore, ht re)se those, who in their honest judgment they thought e t Calculated to uphold the dignity and honour of the (Cheers.) b he Common-Sergeant then came forward, and the s lot of severa l Ald erme n were then proposed in the f 7 ,1 41 manner. Alderman Wood's name was received with ,;'tni cheers, mingled with a few hisses • a forest of hands ere held up in his'favour.name of Alderman Gibbs : P IO received with groans and hisses, mingled with faint cheers ; many hands, however, were held up for him. jj - eatne of Alderman John Johnson was received with k i nd cheers, and n e arly as many hands were held up for k i k, et there were for Alderman Gibbs. Some hands were 4 1 up for Sir G. Carroll, but the names of the others ,:re received without any manifestation of approbation , ri d isapprobation. Who COMMON SERGEANT, having consulted with Mr. ...4eriff Hunter and Mr. Sheri ff Sidney, came forward r i said the Sheri ff s were of opinion that your choice 1 , 4 fallen on Thomas Wood, Esq., Alderman and 01:n1e-work Knitter—(Loud cheers)—and on Michael OA% Esq, Alderman and Fishmanger.—(Cheers and s ses.) when Lord Mayor and Aldermen then retired to the Wh en 414 of Aldermen, and returned in about half an hour, of R ECORDER d ec l are d that the electio n o f th e C ourt "r Aldermen had fallen on Michael Gibbs, Esq. t . The announcement was made amid great cheering, " s ea, and much confusion, which lasted for several reinutes. The Worthy LORD MAVOR elect then came forward, R ind wa s invested with the chain of office. He was g r eeted w ith t r emendous c h eer i ng an d hi sses , an d am id heh I tch confusion, he addressed the Hall, but not one word Said could be heard by the reporters. r kr. Alderman WOOD then came forward, and was He w i t h t h e l ou d est cheer i ng an d wav i ng o f h ats. 14 said he had a duty to perform which was extremely gratifyin g to hi s f ee li ngs — t h at o f t h an kin g th e Liv er y for the kind su p port they had g i ven hi m ; for the history of hands i n hi s f avour was unpara ll e l e d i n t h e ' M tory of' civic el ec ti ons. —(Hear, an d l ou d c h eers. ) I t Bespoke a noble and independent spirit. It showed t eat the spirit of inquiry was abroad—(Cheers)—and n where persecution directed its shafts they were sZY to exhibit their public sympathy. He would not feli(4- lain of being rejected while he stoo po d so well with his eitizens.—(Cheers.) He couldpossess no greater ""cur than that which he possessed at that went, as an independent magistrate supported dr, independent men, determined to do his 10 1 unflinchingly, faithfully , and perseveringly, k he wou ld meet them again next year, w h en 4 e hoped to be elected.—(Loud cheers.) He would be (Cheer;lral who should retire because twice defeated. th ,) He forgave those who were opposed to him f r ', Charged him with malversation; but he thanked, el the bottom of his heart, those who kindly sup- Ated him th a t day.—(Hear.) He would beg of those 4 4 supi.orted him to disseminate the facts they had 0 ; 14 ' 4 in their respective localities, and that, in the midst the persecution of which he was the object , he still 4 ttki ned the support of so many of his fellow - citizens.— ear.) He would now retire, but would ask for their sup again next year, when he trusted he would have an theanereased number of friends, and that whatever might °Pinion of the Court of Aldermen, the Livery at e r ge had a better opinion.—(Cheers.) ed Mr• Deputy CORNET then came forward amidst con 14:iesidt rable noise, to propose a vote of thanks to the a l , l Sheriff, Mr. Sheriff Musgrove, who was also Alder - ii i 'ef Bread-street Ward, and Mr. Sheriff Moon, who heh; belonged to that ward. It was a pleasing duty on 1 1 , 1/ Pert, to propose this vote of thanks to officers who discharged their important duties with so much ai lnifacti on to t h e p u blic, and so much honour to them ,,,ves.—( Hear, "hear, and cheers.) BEPPEL said that he cube forward with ic, e nt , pleasure to second the vote of thanks which (4 7 4 lust been proposed.—(Hear, hear.) The office ; sheriff was one which was peculiarly in the 4 1 1 , 0 of the Livery, and no foreign body had the r ,lter of interfering with the object of their choice.— r2eers,) It was not subject to the ordeal of any such tir7--(hear.) The Sheriff was emphatically w elt' ow n o ffi cer, and the highest reward- which such an d'seer could.expect fur the efficient discharge of his 4 4 0 t , L ies, - was - .the approbation of those who elected him. •h - „ (41 , - those gentlemen had risen from a humble station uonourable exertions, talents, and industry, to emi nent station in the City, and one of them was in a posi i", in which he was likely to occupy the highest station o t ile City. He had great pleasure in seconding the of tha n k s . The COMMON CRIER then read the resolution eon ang the v o t e o f thanks, which was carried withaccla theo. 4 r. Sheriff MUSGROVE said that on his behalf—for his e nile agueavas desirous of saying a word or two to them 4, - 4elf and he (Mr. Sheriff Musgrove) woud therefore w "'e him that opportunity, and he was i s ure they ° L tl ld be delighted to hear him—for himself, standing he now did at the close of his year of office, he begged th a ssure them that he was deeply sensible of the honour (1 .7 had conferred upon him in thinking so well of his 0 i7. 0 :e services during the past year. He had pro -I;),,•ed them at the commencement of the year to t r in ,g all his energies to the proper discharge of his 2 ,,, —t es• He had promised to fulfil those duties with inte -7143'41d zeal, with firmness, and forbearance, with hu intl.litY, and with kindness. He had promised to ex h t those qualities to all brought under his care, and 1 t , h a. to boast of fulfilling that promise to the k e eto—r• eliorate Ile had endeavoured upon all occasions to the condition of those in distress. He had ..h f ae oared those in need, and now he was most happy to dive the congratulations of his fellow-citizens at the 6 0 of the year of his shrievalty. He was most p2PY to say that he only left in one of the f; 4 7, 1, 4 130 p r i soner s, when, upon entering upon office, he d"' r eceived between 400 and 500.—(Hear, hear, and ee rs.) He again begged to thank them for their kind eijs, and wh eneve r he could be of service to his fellow 10.4ens, he should be proud of the opportunity of doing Z"-(Loud cheers.) lo f. Sheriff M oo s came forward, amid a storm of hongled cheers and hisses. Some degree of silence ing been obtained ,the Hon. Gentleman said that his 4_ t " °r thY colleague had , taken from him (Mr. Sheriff Moon) Power of adequately returning them his thanks for the lour they had conferred upon him. They had both t h ue lyoured to do their duty. He begged to return tri nl his w armest t h an k s ; an d h e trus ted th a t h e w ou ld C_,rt, during the time coming, the approbation they conferred u y on him that day. than u l. ; 1) . W. WIRE, who rose to propose a vote of to the Lord Mayor, was for a considerable time h . Die to obtain a hearing. He said that he was about Perforal a very pleasing duty, and one which winii - IZas sure, if they would but hear him, It b received with unanitnous approbation. ___".as to move a vo t e o f th an k s t o th e Ri g ht Hon. the Lrcl Mayor, for his conduct in the chair. He had seen CnY gentlemen who had passed through that high and dig nit" o ffi ce, but not one that had surpassed in dig v7. or in urbanity the gentleman who now so worthily i yul v that office, and none had he ever seen who more de 'ore f ed the thanks of his fellow-citizens.—(Tremendous toi u sien ensued, during which the Learned Gentle h; endeavoured to proceed, but was unable to make Lln self heard.) Mr, - Alderman HUNTER trusted that the Livery would e n' Ai r- Wire a hearing, as the subject of his speech was e 2 worth Lord yMayor. sn ref: Winn again came forward, but he was received re, with loud disapp ro b a ti on . Be sa id th e meet ing W..euld was evide n tly i mpat i ent to get away, an d not, therefore, detain them further than ay that it gayo him the greatest pleasure to propose this vote of thanks, which he . had no doubt would be received with unanimous approbation. —(C,heers, his►es, and confuisoo.) Mr. Join( Ktxa then cane forward and said that his excellent f; lend had not been hoard, and therefore he had nut been understood. His object had been to propose a rote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for the manner in which he had upheld the duties of kis office for the past year.—(Cheers and confusion.) He (Mr. King) would remind the Livery that they were called upon to pass a vote of thanks to a gen tleman upon whom the finger of suspicion could not be placed.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. King) knew that their time was valuable, and he would, there fore, not attempt to waste it. He was quite sure that they would be all unanimous in returning their most cordial thanks to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, as he was convinced that he deserved them at their hands. The TOWN Casten then came forward and read the rote of thanks, which was to the effect that the thanks of the Common Hall were eminently due and were thereby given to the Right Hun. William Magnay, Lord Mayor of the City, for the firinness and discrimination with which he had discharged the various duties of his very responsible office as Chief Magistrate ; for the uniform firm deter mination with which he had performed these duties, and for the urbanity which he had always displayed— (Cries of " Walker," laueiter, hisses, and some con fusion)—for the manner in which he had supported the privileges of all classes of the people, more particularly his fellow-citiaens of the Livery.—(A voice : "And for his hospitallity ;" laughter, cheers, and hisses.) The Loan MAYOR elect, declared the resolution' to be carried unanimously. The LORD MAYOR then came forward and said, Gentlemen, I felt it my duty at this period of last year to make to you certain promises, and I can safely say, that throughout my year of office I have exerted myself to the utmost of my ability to guard your rights and privileges, and to discharge the duties of my office with impartiality, and thereby redeem the promises which I made to you last year. I thank you for this testimony of your appro bation, and I sincerely thank vou for the honour ♦ou have done me. The Right hon. Gentleman retired amidst mingled cheers and hisses. The Common Crier was about to declare the Hall dis solved, and had parth• read the usual notice, when there were vociferous cries raised from all parts of the hall fur Mr. Alderman Wood. The cries continued for some time, and at length the common crier retired, and Mr. Alder.ean Tuomes WOOD again came forward, and was received with a loud burst of cheering, waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and cries of " The Lord Mayor of the People." " The Lord Mayor three times elected." He said that it had not been his intention to disturb the meeting again, having been three times returned by that Hall. He, however, es teemed this second call by the Livery on the mime day as a greater compliment, and quite as acceptable to him as success. He heartily thanked them for the warmth and enthusiasm with which his name had been received, and not wishing to disturb the regularity of the meeting farther ; would again repeat his warmest thanks, and express a hope that he would again meet them next yea r.—(The Hon. Gentleman retired amidst loud cheers.) The Hall then formally dissolved, and, as the several Aldermen passed down they were warmly cheered, espe cially Mr. Alderman Wood. The newly-elected Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, was not to be seen, having left the hall by a private door. The whole proceedings were over at half-past two o'clock. DISCOVERY OP A ROMAN PAVEME2tT.-013 Friday morning, while the excavations were going on in St. Thomas's-street, Southwark, a large quantity of Roman pavement was discovered about 70 feet below the surface of the earth, which lies exactly opposite the ancient church of Sts Thomas's. The greater portion of what was found was carefully preserved. MORE OP TUE CUTTING SYSTEII.—At the Castle of Exeter, last week, a Mr. Solomans, the proprietor of " a clothing establishment," was summoned for refusing to pay a poor woman, named Burgess, 14s. for making seven satin waistcoats, and for finding trimmings for the same. The representative of " Mishter Sholoman" said that all " the firm" gave for making waistcoats was Is. (the price charged by the trade is 55.). He was, how: ever, not willing to pay her even the 75., fur he asserted the waistcoats were so badly made, that he had been ok. liged to expend 3d. more upon each of them. He was He was willing to hand her over the ss. 3d. Now, let us see what this remuneration would afford her per week. A waistcoat, it was estimated, would take nine hours to make. If she worked twelve hours a day, she would have ten and a half successive days of toil before she could complete her fourteen waistcoats ; or, for the sake of making the case stronger, as well as of avoiding fractions, say she works fourteen hours a day ; her work would then occupy her nine days—a week end a half— and for this ss. 3d. is offered her !-ss, 3d. for a week and a half's work, or Bs. 6d. for a week's I GoodiGod I a whole week's work, fourteen long hours to the day, at satin waistcoats, for 3s. 6d. ! But this is not all ; out of this most miserable pittance she had to provide trim mings ! The representative of this " Mr. Sholoman' said the waistcoats were sold at 55., but he was justly reminded, that if they chose to give things away, that was no reason that the woman should give away her work. An order for the payment of the 14s. was made by the magistrates.—Sherburne Journal. FIRE AT DRUMLANRIG CASTLII.—A fire broke out in one of the wings of Drumlanrig Castle, occupied as the laundry, on Friday, evening last. It excited a good deal of alarm among the nobl inmates, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, who were both residing there at the time. After considerable exertion the flames were happily got under before extending to any other portion of the Castle. His Grace, we regret to say, has received a slight injury in one of his arms.—Ayr Observer. IMPORTANT TO INSOLVENTS.—In cannot be too generally known that the Commissioners of Bankruptcy for the Birmingham district have come to the determina tion not to receive or recognise any petitions or schedules where the signature of the petitioner is not attested by a solicitor or some agent duly authorised by a warrant of attorney. This is important, because in opposition to the instructions of Lord Brougham.—Birmanyliant Ad vertiser. SUDDEN DEATIL—OR Friday Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Regent Arms, Regent-street, Vincent square. on the body of James Turner, aged 43. It ap peared in evidence that the deceased was a sergeant. major in the East India Company's recruiting service. On Tuesday evening last he called upon Dr. Reid, at the Recruiting depot in Duke-street, to consult him con eerning his state of health. Whilst the doctor was exa mining his chest he was suddenly seized with a violent tit of coughing and ruptured a blood-vessel, which caused a quantity of blood to get into the windpipe, thereby causing instantaneous death. Verdict, " Natural death." GOODRICII COURT, lIRRETORDSIIIRE.--Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal High ness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Augusta Somerset and the Baron Nieumann, the Austrian Minister, visited Goodrich Court. Herefordshire, on Wednesday. The Royal and illustrious visitors were conducted through the noble suite of apartments and grand armoury by the learned proprietor, Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, and ex pressed themselves highly entertained with the in spection. CURIOUS ESCAPE.—On Monday last, whilst aptiie boys were endeavouring to secure various sheaves of corn, &c., which had been carried down by the flooded river, and lodged near the sluice of the milldam, one of their number, a boy of fifteen years old, son of Mr. Little, roper, lost his balance, and fell from the wall into the swollen river. Providentially he was too near the side to be carried by. the current over the gullet-door, and he thus experienced the least dangerous of two routes, a submarine passage, instead of one over the falls. From the state of the river, the sluices of the dam were only partially opened, and the passage for the body of water flowing through was thus from four to five feet below the surface. No sooner was the little fellow in the water, than he was sucked into this under current and disappeared under the arch of the stone pier, in which the sluices are built. At least a minute now elapsed, which was passed in most intense anxiety by helpless spectators, who knew that if the poor fellow got entangled in the passage, no efforts of theirs could save him. To their great delight, however, the current which boils up into the mill-dam, atlength disgorged the object of their anxiety, and he was at once landed by many ready and willing hands. The poor little fellow was " sair forfoughten, ' but soon recovered both his ideas and his bodily activity, and when questioned by our friend Baillie Welsh as to his feelings when under the water, and what he then " thought," he graphically enough replied, that he " just could na think."—Duni fries Courier. AN UNEXPECTED TREASURE.—A letter from War saw says, " A singular discovery will make it possible to prosecute with more activity the - works of the fine hang ing bridge over the Vistula, to join Warsaw and Prague. On demolishing an ancient Roman Catholic chapel, to clear the approaches to the bridge on the Warsaw side, . there were found in the foundation two barrels filled with Ifine gold, of the value of three millions of francs, which will be employed in the completion of this remarkable work." The Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, who have this week been undergoing their annual 'training, were on Thursday reviewed by Colonel White, of - the regulars, and new colours were presented to the regiment by Lady Georgians Curzon, daughter of Earl Howe, with an ap propriate address, which was responded to by Lieut.- Colonel Keck. A Cow CAUGHT IN A SNARE.—On Monday the 9th current, Mr. Alexander Todd, the highly respected landlord of the Black Bull Inn, Houston, lost a fine young cow, worth ten or twelve pounds, while gathering her food about the hedges which bound the park in which she grazed. When driven home in the evening, she exhibited signs of great uneasiness ; and when her accustomed food was set before her, she refused either to eat - or drink. On examining her mouth, it was found that three inches of the tongue were literally torn off. Various conjectures were formed respecting the seem ingly malicious outrage ; but Mr. Todd concluded, from a knowledge of the cow's habits, that she had met with the misfortune while grazing about the hedge-roots. He immediately went to the park, and found fastened to a thorn bush a strong cord snare, which retained a firm grasp of the amputated piece of tongne. It is supposed, when the poor animal felt her tongue held, that she jerked it off.—Glusgow Argus. THE Mootts.—The sportsmen have generally had excellent sport among the hills ; but the number of birds killed is not nearly equal to their abundance. The birds were too strong before the 12th, and during the rainy weather that immediately ensued they became packed, and so wild that they could scarcely be approached within range of shot ; and they are now taking down to the corn fields in the glens in immense flocks.—lnverness Courier. EDUCATION OF THE POOR. IMPORTANT SPEECH OF LORD WHARNCLIFFE. The following speech of Lord Wharncllffe, deli ; vered on Monday last at a meeting of the friends and supporters of the Scciety for Promoting the Increase of Church Accommodation, and the Endowment of Churches in the Diocese of Ripon, and also of the Ripon Diocesan Board of Education, held at the Court House, in Barnsley, is most, important, and may be considered as a declaration of the feelings of Govern. meet on the,. important subject to which it refers. We take our report from the Leeds Intelligencer. Lord WHARNCLIFFE rose and said Ladies and Gentlemen, the resolution which you have just passed concludes the business of the day, but before we sepa rate I am very anxious to address to the meeting a few words upon the present state of the questions with regard both to church accommodation and to the education of the poor; and also to take this opportu nity of explaining what Government have done— what their objects are—as well as what the objects of Parliament have been in voting.money for both these purposes—and finally to remind you how to obtain, and to instruct you how to make use of the sums so granted. And first with respect to churches. But before I address myself particularly to this point, I may observe that this district—the West Riding of Yorkshire—and the county of Lan caster, are perhaps the two parts of the whole kingdom that require the greatest care with respect to the religious instruction of the people, from the nature of the manufactures carried on in them, from the vast congregations of people without any instruction brought together within them—numbers so great as to be far beyond the power of that number of persons which, up to a late period, were alone appointed to instruct them as their pastors. I say that this district, of all others, is that which requires an extension of church accommodation and the appointment of additional ministers to instruct the people. Both those objects have been kept in view, and, to a certain degree, the wants of the people in this respect have been supplied. First of all let us re collect what this district was originally. The greater part of it was a very thinly-peopled district, and a large portion of it scarcely cultivated at all ; now it is crowded with people; many parishes of enormous extent are become very populous. This town in which we are assembled, which is very populous, in which manufactures have increased and are increasing, and in which there is a prospect of the continued increase of those who should be provided with reli gious instruction—this town, I say, is not a parish ; it is merely a township in the parish of Silkstone, the parish church being situate several miles off. And so it is in many other places—the parishes are so large that the mother church is totally inadequate to accom plish its original purpose of affording space for those who should worship their God in it, at a convenient distance from their homes. I say that this district is the one which, above all others, requires the atten tion of the Government, the attention of the Bishop, and of the clergy, as well 43 of_all persons who have really the interests of religion and the welfare of the people at heart, to provide such accommodation which shall enable the people to perform and to receive in struction in their religious duties. Under these cir cumstances, then, I am happy to say that the session of Parliament before the last produced a measure which does enable these districti to receive a much greater degree of spiritual instruction than heretofore. I al lude to that Act of Parliament, usually called " Sir Robert Peel's Act," which puts it into the power of the clergy and their parishioners to apply to the Ec clesiastical Commissioners to form districts within which even though there may be no church erected, but where a suitable room can be procured to be li censed by the Bishop, a clergyman may be appointed to give that spiritual instruction to the people which is so much needed. By that Act provision is made by which the maintenance, of such ministers so to be appointed is secured. I cannot help hoping that that measure will have a very ,great effect upon the reli gious instruction of the people. It was intended to have that effect ; and my hope is that it will prove so. I was myself at one time of opinion that the first thing to be done was to build churches ; but now I incline to think that that was a mistake. The first dutyr, as it seems to me, is to appoint persons who will administer religious instruction to the people, allotting to him a suitable and convenient district; and I am satisfied that when that duty is properly performed by duly qualified and zealous men, there will be no want of the means for building churches in this country. I am persuaded that, upon suitable religious instruction being afforded by zealous and competent ministers to those classes of persons to whom it is very important that such instruction should be given, they will not be satisfied with a mere room in which to worship God, but will find the means of aiding the Government in providing a proper place for religious worship.—(Hear.) So much for the first object which we have met to promote this day.—(Hear, hear.) I now come to that of educa tion ; and, standing in the situation which I do, honoured by her Majesty with the superintendence of that department—for a department it may now be called—to which the education, or rather the means which are supplied by Parliament for the eduCation of the people is committed, I am anxious to say a few words upon that subject ; and I very much wish that there were a greater num ber of persons present here, that a larger number of the inhabitants of this district might hoar what I have to say. I say this, because, undoubtedly, there are great misapprehensions abroad upon the subject. There are misapprehensions, in the first place, as to the objects for which Parliament have voted the sum which is at the disposal of the Committee of Council for Education. The misapprehensions are still greater, perhaps, with respect to the objects which the Com mittee of Council have in view, and the mode in which they will carry into effect the wishes and inten• tions of Parliament. You are all aware that up to a very late date nothing was contributed by Parliament towards the education of the people. It was left en tirely to the efforts of individuals, and I am sorry to say, that the result of that was, that the state o f edu cation in the greater, part a England is lainentiible .in the, extreme.. I do not think that in this parti• cuter district it Can be said to have been in so bad and inferior a condition as in some other portions of the kingdom. We all know that the greater portion of the poor hereaboUts, and still further to the northward, are educated to a certain degree. They can most of them read, and write to some extent, and many of them can go through certain rules of arithmetic ; but in the south of England the absence of that kind of knowledge even to that extent among the poorer classes is lamentable and frightful. I think, there- I fore, it was time for Parliament to interfere, and to give something towards the education of the people. It was s the duty-of,st peternal Goverrinsift As? propose It to ]Parliament ; and 40161 prof osed to Parliament it was cheerfully acceded to. - The first grant made by Parlianient was an 'the - year 1836. 1 - may be wrong as to the year, but I think it was in that year. It amounted to '20,000/.. Small 'suns, indeed, to eisist the 'efforts' that were making for education, eapecially *Thin one remembers the number of persons and districts over which a sum of that description was •tis be extended. However, that was the sum. ' It was to be distributed by the Lords' of the Treasury, upon no condition whatever, except that the Lords of the Treasury might, if they thought proper, send a person to inspect the accounts of the schools that were to be benefited by the grant. There was no inspection with respect to what was taught in those schools. There was no charge of any kind. There was no condition on the part of persons who received part of that grant that their schools should be devoted solely to the education of the poor. This system lasted not above two years. It was found that, after the' money was granted, nobody knew anything about it—that Parliament and the Government were giving money, without knowing what it produced—and it was thought advisable to put the matter on a better footing. Accordingly it was taken from the Treasury, and placed in the hands of a Committee of her Majesty's Privy Council—now called the Committee of Council for Education—con sisting of some of the Ministers of the Crown ; and the grants are now distributed upon their responsi bility. When it was so, removed from the Treasury to the Committee of Council, it was absolutely neces sary that the objects for which this money was granted should be thoroughly understood, and that certain conditions should be insisted upon in order that the money voted by Parliament—the public money—might be so properly distributed as that it should not be turned to evil instead of to good. Ac cordingly certain rules were established by Order of Council. One of those rules was that, in a deed, the promoters of every school should agree th a t any school to be built with the aid of money from these grants should be devoted for ever to the education of the poor. Another condition was, that they should also be liable to inspection by inspectors appointed by the Committee of Council for ever. These are the two conditions originally required ; and be sides this great care is taken by that committee that the money granted by them shall not be the sole and , only means by which the school buildings shall be erected ; but that the number of persons will ing to contribute in aid,. and the amount they are pre pared to contribute, shall be taken, in great part, as the real evidence of the want of a school in a particular district.—(Hear, hear.) It is quite clear that were it otherwise the whole country would be looking to Government to do the work at its expense, and the true sources of charity, would be dried up. Every body who had the means would be disposed to stay their hands ; and, in short, the whole would be suf fered to fall into the hands of Government. This seemed to the Government to be anything but de sirable; and, therefore, let it not be supposed that any party, or any parish or township, can come to the Government, and . say, " Give us part of that grant," claiming it as of right. They must, in the first instance, show the destitution of the place in respect of education, and then they must show that those within the . district, who have the means, are ready to make pecuniary sacrifices, in order to have that destitution removed.—(llears) I am quite sure that that is the best ground upon which this matter can stand. Its effect is to make the in habitants themselves aid the Government in its efforts, but by no means to make the Government supply that which, in point of fact, ought to be contributed locally, from a feeling of the want of education which is at the time pressing upon the place.—(Hear.) These being, then, the. - terms upon which the grant was to be made, the grant was increased ; and the grant, since the year 1842, has been exactly doubled. It is now 40,0001. a year. Now, I am very far from saying that 40,000/. a year is the whole that is re quired ; but it was much better to go on by degrees ; it was safer to see in the first place how the scheme worked. And I have very little doubt that if Parliament finds that the former grants of money which they have voted have been properly ap plied, and that they have produced the desired result —nay, I may say, instead of having very little doubt, that I am quite satisfied, Parliament will be ready to increase the grant. In order to obtain information in this respect, it is necessary that the schools to which money has been granted should be inspected, and that • a report should be made to the Committee of Council for Education, and through it to the Bishops; and also that Parliament should be made aware of what has been done by means of these grants, and what the re sult is; and whether, in point of fact, the objects of the grants have been properly carried out. It was necessary, then, to appoint inspectors for this pur pose ; and the Committee of Council begun very mo derately, for they appointed only one inspector. Be fore that appointment was made, a great discussion arose with respect to the propriety of such an ap pointment ; and, on the part of the Established Church, it was stated. that the effect of the ap pointment of those inspectors would be to throw the as hole system of education into the hands of the Privy Council, and that they had no security that the Com mittee of Council would, in fact, be members of the Established Church. It was necessary therefore so to guard the appointment of inspector as that no im proper person should be placed in that office. After much discussion, it was arranged that the persons to be appointed inspectors should be subject, in the first place, to the approval of the Archbishop of each pro vince, and so long as they bad the confidence of the Archbishop within whose province they acted they should continue inspectors. That each inspector should be appointed by the Committee of Council, with the approbation of the Archbishop, but if the Archbishop should at any time afterwards declare his disapprobation of the conduct of any inspector, and require his removal, he should be removed by the Committee of Council from the office. I think you will see that this' gives to the Established Church the greatest security against the danger that was apprehended. 'I mention it because there has been great jealousy upon that subject. A notion has got abroad among the clergy, I am sorry to say, that the object of the Committee of Council is to get possession of, and to direct the whole education of, the people. They urge that, they (th e clergy) are the appointed ministers of the' Church, whose duty it is to give religious instruction to the people, and that secular instruction, without religious instruction, is of no value, and that, therefore, the Church has a sort of right to conduct the universal education of the people of this country. Now that would be true, perhaps, if all the persons of this country professed the Established religion; but, unfortunately, that is not the case. We all know how rife' Dissent is ; moreover, we see yearly and monthly new sects arising, some of which, more or less; detach persons from the Church of England ; and there can be no doubt that the whole body of Dissenters from the Church in England is a very considerable one. Now, they all, undoubtedly, contribute towards these grants. Every man, whether Churchman or Dissenter, pays the taxes out of which this fund is to be provided, and, therefore, they are to be considered in this matter; and, this being so, I don't think that the clergy of the Church can set up a right to teach those persons who do not belong to the Church of which they are ministers. It was, therefore, thought neces sary, in some degree, to guard against that; and the result was that Parliament, when it voted the money, stated that the grants should be made not only to schools in connexion with the Establishment and the National School Society, but also to schools in connexion with the British and Foreign School Society—a society which differs, un doubtedly, from the National Society in many respects, and especially in this —that the National Society requires the 'Catechism to be taught in the schools connected with it; whereas the British and Foreign School Society, while it inculcates the neces sity of reading and exercises in the Old and New Testa ments, does not admit of a catechism of .any descrip tion. As I have stated, the Church received a security with regard to the inspection, in the arrangement that no person can be appointed as inspector by the Com mittee of Privy Council without the approbation of the Archbishop of the province in which he acts ; nor can he continue his duties, though so appointed, if the Archbishop should at any time decl are his disapprobation of that person. Now the_British and Foreign School Society had no security upon this subject ; yet it has been stated, and I mention the statement now for the purpose of explanation, that that Society has received more favour from the Committee of Council in this re spect than the Church. An inspector was - appointed for the schools in connexion with the British and Foreign School Society; that inspector, a man with whom I am personally acquainted, a most excellent, a most valuable man, a member of the Chuich of England, in the course of his inspection, undoubtedly, alarmed the members of the British and Foreign School So ciety; they conceived that his object was to cr y down their mode of educating their children, and that he was endeavouring to force upon them his own favourite modes of education. Nothing could b e more unfounded, I sincerely believe, but as this feel ing extended itself among them; they, having no security as to the appointment of the inspectors, naturally looked for some security equal to th a t Which the Church had Teceived. They complained-- they . said, " All we ask is, that a person may not b e appointed who, by the mode in which he carries op the inspection, will hurt our Society, and prevent us from carrying out our views and objects." We said, " We perfectly agree with you With respect to th e appointment of inspector, that the person appointed should be cautious ; and that instead of doinganything to injure the Society, or to weaken its influence or power over the schools in connexion with it, he ought, on the contrary, to do everything he can to strengthen that influence and to support the Society." The Society then said, "All we ask, as the condition upon which our schools. shall be inspected, is, that at s anystimcs- your .jospe e bn s tupid sconeluot‘ him 4; Ai as to, forfeiti..iiur :confulenceiewe ehould be' allowed to' retutn tl money we inv. have received, and be no longer subject to your insPection." To that the Committee of Council have agreed. They thought it was right that the'Society should have some security - that' the• inspectors to he appointed, should be persons in whom the Society had confidence, and upon whose discretion it could rely. I have said that a notion has got abroad, especially among 'some of the clergy, that there is a disposition in the Committee of Council to assume to itself the whole of the direction of the education of the people, or so to interfere, at all events, as to indicate a disposi tion to separate the clergy from the people with re spect to education.. Now, I von% enter into the question of the right of the clergy ; but this I am quite sure of—that if the people who profess the doc trines of the Established Church are to be taught, the clergy are the instruments through,which the educa tion must mainly be carried on.—(Hear.) They are the parties with whom the bulk of the people are almost constantly in communication, they are always on the spot ; they are in a station between the higher &asses and the lower classes; they are themselves, generally, persons of education and talent; they have influence not only with the lower classes but with the upper classes ; and whatever may be said of the voluntary zeal of country gentlemen or of tradesmen, in the cause of education, I say that it is the business of the clergy to be zealous in that cause. I say that, if education is to be carried on at think that you must not make the clergy the active means of carrying it on. I can assure you that there all, it; is absurd to is this no ground fo respect.ground for supposing • that the Privy Council are desirous to oust the clergy There r this jealousy can be n of o the P r i v y C o uncil in of what must be considered as part of their duty; but it is the duty of the Council to see that the money voted by Parliament is properly applied, and so applied as to carry out the objects for- which it was voted; and no one can ever think that Parliament will continue to vote money unless they have some assurance that the results will be such as they hoped for when the money was voted. With this view it is that we ,have appointed, four additional inspectors, with the perfect concurrence of the Archbishops, and at their request as well as that of the National Society. I have endeavoured to explain these mat ters to you as fully as I can, because, as I have said, there have been great misapprehensions upon the sub ject, and I know that things have been said which have no foundation, the effect of which I trust that what I have stated, speaking with the authority which my station gives me, may, in a great measure, tend to remove.—(Hear.) But there are some other points to which it may be well to advert ; and one is with respect to the aid and assistance which is to be given to .the normal schools. You are aware that normal. schools are institutiops fer the pur pose of educating persons who are intended for the office of schoolmaster—an object most impor tant in every point of view. Nothing is more deplorable than the state of education (speaking generally) of the schoolmasters who affect or pretend to teach the people. No system of education, no ef forts for education, can be of much value until we shall have masters who shall be able to combine the improvement of the moral and religious knowledge of their pupils, as well as of their manners, with the general education they way impart. If their art of carrying on the discipline of the school and in the management of young people shall be such as to enable them to do this, then may we trust that they will be able to give therm an education which may make them good men and good sujects. No pains that can be taken are too much in this matter. I wish I could say that the business of a schoolmaster could be truly called a profession. I wish that the middle and lower classes of the people in this country could see in the situation of the schoolmaster a situation to which they might hope to arrive, and which would not only afford them a decent liveli hood, but raise them in the scale of society to a sta tion which the important trust reposed in their hands seems to require. This must be done by degrees ; and yet, perhaps, there is no object more important. —(Hear.) Towards this object the Committee of Council hare given considerable assistance. They have given the National Soeiety,s,oool. towards build ing a normal school, and they have given 1001. a year towards the maintenance of that school. They have given (I am speaking only of what has been done in England) —they have given 3,500/. towards a building for a training school at York, and they have given as much for a building in the county of Chester; and there are other applications now under consideration of which I shall say nothing. They also have given to the British and Foreign School Society the sum of 5001. for their building, and for the main tenance of their schools 750/. a year; the relative proportions of 1,000/, and 850/. having, in point of tact, been calculated upon the number of masters that each of those societies intended to educate. And here. I may take the opportunity of saying that I was very much surprised recently to read in a newspaper that a reverend gentleman had stated at a meeting, held in the East Riding of this county, that it was true that the Committee of Council had given 3,500/. towards building a normal school; at York, but that they had given 750/. a year to the British and Foreign School Society, and had refused to give any thing to the National Society. Now, such a gentleman, before he states things in a public meeting, should be quite sure of his facts. And what did this declaration produce ? It elicited from another reverend gentleman who was present at that meeting the impassioned ob servation, " I never heard of such conduct in my life." (Laughter.) Now I would entreat gentlemen, clergy men especially, before they make charges of that description, to inform themselves of the real state of the case ; to take the trouble of writing to, or of in quiring of, those who know something about the matter, and not throw out those insinuations . and groundless imputations. I trust that, after what I have said, these accusations of a partiality hostile to the Established Church may not be repeated, at least within the county in which we are now met. The object of the Committee of Council for Education is to accomplish that which Parliament has declared to be its object; that object is not to educate only those who are connected with the Estab lished Church, but others. It is not only to give education in the way pointed out by the Church of England, but to give the means of education to other persons who have means, and are willing to contribute from their means to the education of the pier of their respective sects.—(Hear.) Now these are the subjects upon which I was anxious to say a few words. I have said already that I regret that there are not more present to hear me.—(Hear.) I wish that every clergyman in this district had been now present; I wish that every man who has at heart the education of the people of this country could hear me, that I could remove from each of their minds anything like a feeling of jealousy of the powers and proceedings of the Privy Council in respect to educa tion. All that the Committee desire is to act cordially with the clergy in this matter. Their object is to give education to the people, religious in the first plaCe, and secular also—and with respect to those schools that are connected with the Established Church, to do it not only with the consent of the clergy, but with their active, with their willing, with their free co operation.—(Cheers.) Perhaps you will excuse me saying a little more upon the subject of school masters.—(Hear.) I have already stated the great want of proper and efficient schoolmasters that now exists. It is a want that is daily increasing, and upon which we have the most clamorous claims upon us for assistance. What we shall be able to do, or what persons may expect us to do, I cannot say. But no person is more convinced than I am that upon the improvement of your scoolmaster does in fact de 9end the improvement of education. (Hear.) We have done something. By the last Order of ' Council uPoris. the._ subject we have agreed to do something towards building schoolmasters' houses. That is a great point. In order that a schoolmaster should be held in proper regard and respect, and that he should hold the rank and station which I have already stated I think it desirable that he should hold, I am of opinion that he ought to be provided with a suitable residence—a house by no means too' large, so as to exalt him too much in the scale of society, but he should be taken out of a cottage and put into a decent residence, which would be calcu lated to make those persons of the classes lower than himself inclined to show a proper feeling of respect fir the schoolmaster who teaches their children. I need not, after what I have said, assure you that the great object I have at heart is, that in the per formance of the duty I am called upon to perform, no ' act of mine shall give good ground for jealousy or ill feeling to any class or to any person, whether Church man or Dissenter.—(Hear, hear.) I am a Church man, from a strong feeling that the Church of Ehg land contains doctrines infinitely superior to any others that have ever been promulgated upon earth ; that they are the doctrines of our Saviour; that they are the doctrines which will lead to our eternal salva tion ; and for those reasons I am a steady, a staunch Churchman. But I cannot help feeling that others are at liberty to judge for themselves upon this question, and that there may be per sons who may conscientiously feel that they cannot agree with me in my opinion. I am not, therefore, to shut them out from all education ; I am not to say to them—" Though Parliament has voted a sum of money for the education of the people, I will not give' you any part of it, although, in fact,' you contribute part of it in the first instance." These are the grounds upon which I shall act in my office.—(Hear.) I do entreat the clergy to co-operate cordially with us ; and if they will do so I do not fear that, in 'proCess of time, the people of the country in which we live will become the best and most religiously educated, people on the face of the earth. His Lordship sat down amidst loud applause." LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.-011 Thursday even ing, Mr. Newman, a young gentleman who a few weeks since returned from India, where his father holds a high wil,h;lr..cfirtior,, the see.ond mate. of 41n India- , and Aisi ; Were .on the river Lea; in a w)ierry.. When off - a place called the Sally Island, Mr. Newman made an effort to kiss Miss Bullovhich the latterresisted, `find the'exertibn on both their parts caused the boat to upset, and all were precipitated into the water, and each at first sunk to' the bottom. Mr. Carter was the first to ascend to the surface, - but, .owing to the extreme cold of the water, he felt .nearly paralysed: By great exer tion, however, he caught hold of Mr. Newman, when about to sink a second time, and brought him on shore. Unfortunately, Miss Bull had not been seen by either after she had first fallen in, and she has lost her life. Mr. Carter gave an immediate alarm, and the drags being procured, every exertion was used to find the body of the deceased, but two hours had elapsed before it was discovered. In the meantime Mr. Newman had been removed to the house of Mr. Weeks, the Jolly Anglers, and put to bed, and all day yesterday he remained in a very weakly state. He says that upon first dropping into the water he was seized with cramp, and was, therefore, incapable of using any exertion to save him self or others. RATING or OWNERS or CorTA.GEs.—The overseer of St. Mary's, New Market, having stated to the Poor law Commissioners that it had been resolved in vestry to assess the owners of certain cottages in the parish to the poor-rate instead of the occupiers ; and inquired whether the 59th Geo. 111., c. 12, sec. 19, applied to cottages let weekly or quarterly for sums between 51. and 20/. a year, the Commissioners gave the following answer : " The provision of the 59th Geo. 111., c. 12, sec. 19, applies to rents, the rate of which, when estimated for the whole year, would not be less than 61, nor more than 201. a year—and to no other rents. As regards the let ting, if it be by the week, month, or quarter, or for any other term less than a year, and the rent is within the described limit, the provision of the Act applies. Or if the letting is for a whole year, or any longer term, and the rent being within the limit described is made pay able at periods shorter than three months, the provision likewise applies."—Essex Standard. THE FLOATING PIER AT BLACKFRIARS.—The free watermen belonging to the steam-boat pier on the north • east side of Blackfriars-bridge, have just completed the re-construction of that concern on a more safe and per manent plan, and it is now one of the most convenient landing places on the river. The City authorities having given the watermen leave to drive piles, to which the pier is secured, there is no danger of its shifting, or of th© strongest tides altering its position. The new barge, which is partially covered over as a protection from the rain, is 80 feet in length and 14 feet in width, and cost 250/. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 27.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel the Monkey, arrived off the pier this morning, from Portsmouth, and having taken on board a large quantity of bedding and furniture from the Pavilion, left in the afternoon for Osborne Rouse, Isle of Wight, where her Majesty and Prince Albert will pass some time imme diately after the visit of Louis Phillippe to England. The Royal children were taken to hemp-town this morning, and amused themselves on the beach there for an hour, returning to the Pavilion at eleven o'clock. Sir Robert Peel walked on the pier this morning, and in the afternoon went out in a small boat, for a few miles' sail. The sea was as still as a mill-pond. Accounts have been received this morning of the continued improvement of the health of Miss Peel, who will join her parents at Brighton as soon as she has regained sufficient strength to boar the. journey. STIRLING CASTI.II:—"We understand that this vene rable fortress is, in the absence of the military; under.. going a thorough repair ; and that, among other things, a magnificent flag-staff, upwards of sixty feet in height, is intended to be erected in the place of the shattered one, which snapped in a late gale.—Stirling Journal, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. The Aintree Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 40 added, se cond to receive 10/., and the winner to be sold for 1501. T. Y. C. Mr. ()wen's Joe Raphael, 3 yrs (Oates) 1 Mr. Skerratt's Tottenham, 2 yrs Mr. Peck's Alice Gray, 2 yrs 3 Mr. King's Yarrow, 3 yr. 4 Won by a head. The Grand Junction Stakes of 200 sous. each. From the Stable Corner and run in. (4) Subs.) Colonel Anson's Buzz (Butler) I Mr. Mostyn's Brunel Lord Stanley's Ambition Lord Westminster's Thais Lord G. Bentink's Alva Buzz took the lead, kept it, and won easy. The Sefton Plate of 40L, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, the second to receive 10/. Heats, one mile and a half. Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m by Bay Middleton, out of Adriana, 5 yrs Mr. Price's Valentina Mr. Osbaldeston's Shocking Mamma, 4 yrs 32 dr Mr. W. Jones's b f by Phoenix, d by Comus, 3 yrs Mr. Owen's Joe Raphael, 3 yrs Mr. Ward's Fair Ellen, 4 yrs ' 4 dis. CHEADLE RACES.—MoNDAY The Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each, with 15 added, twice round and a dis, were won in three heats by Mr. Ro binson's Wasp, aged, (Hopwood), beating Mr. Owen's Wordsley, 4 yrs, (won first heat), Mr. Lund's Bessy Bedlam, and Mr. Dixon's Foxhunter. The Stockport Stakes, of 1 sov. each, and 7 added, twice.round and a dis, were won in two heats. by Bess? , Bedlam, beating Mr. Bond's Alice, 3 yrs, Mr. Boot s Belvidere, and Mr. Owen's Fair Ellen. TUESDAY. The Mersey Stakes, of 1 soy. each, and 10 added, the second saves his stake, twice round and a dig, were won in 2 heats, by Bessy Bedlam, beating Alice. The Ladies' Purse for Ponies, was won in 2 heats by Warsop. WEDNESDAY. The Cheadle Stakes of I soy. each, with 8 added, second to save his stake, twice round and a dis., were won in two heats by Mr. Dixon's Foxhuntar, aged (owner), beating Wordsley, Bessy Bedlam, Belvidere, Gizelle, and another. . . . The hack Stacks were won in three heats by Belvi dere beating Wordsley. LINCOLN RACES.—THURSDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. Half a mile. Mr. Inman's Woldsman, 5 yrs (Simpson) 1 Mr. Sprigg's Eros, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Frost's bc, by Lambtonian, d by Woeful, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Brooke's Titania; 2 yrs 4 The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap of 15 soya. each. 10 ft., and 5 only if de clared ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs. Heats, two miles. (10 Subs.) Mr. Dawson's Lightning, 3 yrs (Noble) 1 Mr. Smallwood's Prince Royal, 3 yrs Captain. Boyd's The Dog Billy, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Wesley's Counsellor, 5 yrs 4 The All-aged Stakes of 5 soy's. each, and 20 added. One mile. (3 Subs.) Mr. Osborne's Boniface, 3 yrs (Noble) 1 Mr. Sprigg's Eros, 4 yrs.... Mr. Frost's b c by Lambton BETTING AT MA- ian, d by Woeful qCESTER—FRIDAT. CESAREWITI 7 to 1 agst the Souvenir I —taken 9 to 1 agst The Brewer—t 0 to 1 agst Jamal—taken 4 to 1 agst Glossy ,6 to 1 agst William lo Gros 711 STAKES. 20 to 1 agst Boarding School Miss 20 to 1 agst Haitoe 20 to 1 agst Pickpocket 20 to 1 agst Give-him•a name DEI .2 to agst Alarm—taken HUNTING AP: 20 to I agst Kedger—t POINTMENTS. The Devon and Somerset stag hounds will meet, on Tues. and Fri. next, at Dulrerton, 10—The Sinnington hounds, Tues. Sinnington • Fri. Cawton, 10. COIIRSING. ABINGTON INN (SCOTLAND) MEETING.—The Cole broke Cup, was won by Mr. Borran's Bothwell-bank ; the All-aged Plate, by his Bottle-maker ; the All-aged Plate for Bitches, by Air. Walker's Honeybee ; the Dog puppy Purse, by Major Dundas's Bangor ; and the Bitch-puppy Purse, by Mr. -'s Princess. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sfit—As a naval officer, allow me to offer you my best and sincere thanks for the manly and disinterested course you have taken, defending and advocating, in the true and genuine spirit of an Englishman, the profession to which I belong. When those whose duty it is to do so, silently sleep, or in their waking dreams contribute to add insult to our humiliation, pray continue that course, fearlessly vindicating our rights, and exposing their growing neglect ; place them before the public ♦iew, as beacons, to warn them it is not too late to correct their course, and avoid those quicksands of contempt that are now under their lee. You will by so doing engraft a warm feeling of gratitude on us blue jackets that neither time or circumstances will cool, and your sympathy will south the w ounds so unjustly inflicted. Could I but for a few -moments invoke the pen of a Junius to indite the indig nation I feel ; but this is a vain wish, God help me— what can I say or write ? I feel bursting with a swell ing of contempt for the poltroons who could advise a gallant and old sailor—a Britain—to issue such an order to his squadron, humbling the flag which forty years ago, on those very same waters, and echoed from their very hills and caves, the thunders of Nelson, to which Europe responded with pride, and without envy, and Britannia, though in sorrow, hailed the glad tidings of victory over tyranny, when mourning the loss of her bravest son. With your assistance, we will not tacitly submit to in sults, no matter from what quarter they may blow. The articles of war may be a gag for the time, as wadding is to powder—the explosio❑ will be louder and the effect more serious, when its takes place. Should any of the old L'lmtnortalites be now knocking their old hulks about, how will their old timbers yawn and strain on reading that Gibraltar production ! Even the apes on the rock would wag their tails (if they had any) in derision, and exclaim, " Edward ! Ned Owen ! sure you: are not the man who commanded off Boulogne in days long since I" By inserting this outpouring of an old officer, you will oblige one, and prove to the service how deeply some old hulks, whose hatches are anything but ginger bread, feel the slights cast upon them. I would not send this anonymously, was it not through fear of one James Graham, the celebrated Post-office extractor, so, with my compliments to him, should he cast his eye on this, I remain, Mr. Editor, your much obliged, • , LUFF AND WEATHER. September 28, 1844. ROBBERIES OF OFFICERS IN CHATHAM BARRACKS. —On Friday, Thomas Woodford, a private of the 62d Foot, and servant to Captain William Matthias, of that regiment, was brought before the bench of county magis trates sitting at Rochester, charged with robbing his master and other officers. The prisoner had been ser vant to Ensign R. A. Cox, of the 62d, son of Colonel Sir W. Cox, who embarked, in the latter part of May last, fur India. He afterwards went into the service of Captain Matthias, in whose quarters lie had, during the day, the use' of aVitchen and a store-roam adjoining, in conjunc tion With Sergeant Barnes, of the 51st, and his wife, the latter of whOm acted as f9mitle serVini t 0114,, Matthias. Shortly after Mr. fox 'ernbarked;:a report was made to Captain Matthias, through another officer, that he had lost his watch, and inquiries were made of the prisoner, but he denied all knowledge of it. The watch was tOr gotten until Sergeant Barnes's wife saw watch in the draWer of a looking glass belonging to the prisoner, and mentioned the circumstance to Captain Matthias. This aroused suspicion, which the following sin gular circumstance tended to strengthen :—One day, as Sergeant Barnes and his wife were in Captain Matthias's kithen, they heard a noise in the adjoining room, and on going in found a paper parcel containing an officer's shell jacket, which had fallen from the chimney and broken a lamp-glass in the grate. On the 20th of September, Captain Matthias, accompanied by Sergeant- Major Redman, of the 62d. questioned prisoner as to Mr. Cox's watch, but he denied having it ; however, on Captain Matthias telling him he should search his box, prisoner went to his box in the kitchen, and gave the watch, with chain and key attached, to Captain Matthias. The box and a carpet bag belonging to the prisoner were then emptied, and in them found a forage cap of the officer of the 62d, three shirts with Mr. Cox's name upon them, three shirts belonging to Captain Matthias's sea-stock, a church service with Lady Cox's name on the clasp, and the shell jacket, with other articles. The shell jacket was owned by Ensign White, of the 40th, who had lent it to Captain Ebrington, of the 78th High landers. The latter officer embarked for India whilst Mr. White was on guard, and the jacket on being in ' quired for could not be found. Three distinct charges of ' felony were taken against the prisoner, one for Captain Matthias's shirts, another for the jacket, and a third for Mr. Cox's watch and shirts, on all of which he was com mitted to take his trial at the ensuing quarter sessions at Maidstone. The National Debt Commissioners, in conformity with a resolution of the House of Commons, are requiring further returns from trustees of savings' banks, in order, as believed, to reduce the yearly and the gross amounts to be invested by depositors. MRS. NISBETT.—The patrons of the drama will learn with regret that this accomplished actress has quitted the profession she has for so many years adorned, and entered into the bonds of wedlock with a gentleman of title and large fortune, holding a high appointment in the Customs. Mrs. Nisbett (then Miss Mordaunt) made her appearance at the Theatre Royal Drury•lane in the season of 1899, in the character of Widow Cheerly in the Soldier's Daughter, since which period, with the excep tion of two years after her marriage with the late Cap tain Nisbett, she has continued to be a member of the Theatres Royal Drury-lane and the Haymarket, th e latter being the last establishment in London where her professional exertions were exhibited. EARLY RISING.--PORCE OF ROYAL EXAMPLE.— Much ridicule had been cast upon our good city, in con sequence of our authorities having been "caught nap ping" on the occasion of the Queen's visit here two years ago. A movement, however, has begun, which will go far to rescue our city from this unhappy re proach. In pursuance of the example of her Majesty, whose piper, we aro told, is employed to sound the pibroch every morning at seven o'clock under the win - dows of Blair Castle, as a signal for her Majesty to awaken from her slumbers, a few of the inhabitants of Newington have engaged a piper to perform a similar service to that neighbourhood. The piper commenced his duty yesterday, and is to continue to serenade the inhabitants till further notice every morning between seven and eight o'clock. Arrangements, we hear, are also in progress to effect the same object in George square, and we hope that other parts of the town will speedily follow this salutary example.—Scataman. f ,..--.-...:.~-- j FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. AItRiVALS, Lord Crewe, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from Crewe Hall ; Ludy Hamlin Williams, from Brigh ton; Sir J. and Lady Pelly, from Bri g ht on ; M a j or - General Sir Henry L. Bethani, Bart., at the Burlington Hotel, Cork -street, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Man sergh St. George, at ditto, from their seat near Heading; the Earl of Denbigh and Lady Mary Fielding, in Eaton. square ; Lady John anti Miss Juliana Somerset, at Chesham-place, Belgrare square, from Clifton; the ReT. Seagrove, Mts. Seagrove, and family, at the Waterioo_:, Hotel, Jermyn-street, St. James's. DEPARTURES. Lz-rd Cantilupe, from Earl Delawares, Upper Gme nor -street, for the Continent; Major Stirling, from York Hotel Albemarle-street ; Campbell and Campbell, from ditto ; St. Quentin, Esq., and Mrs. • St. Quentin, from the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street; the Hon. Judge Bali and family, from ditto, for th e Conti nent; Lord Thurlow, from ditto, for his seat, Ashtield, Suffolk; C. Blackett, Esq., from ditto) G. Hudson, Esq., from ditto, for York; Talbot, Esq., for Brighton; the Countess Dowager of Huntingdon and Sir Noel Harris, for Norfolk; Mr. William Wilshere, M.l'., for Italy; Edward Hawker, Esq., from Wilton-street, fur Clifton. C II ANGES. Lord and Lady Seymour, at Auchnaeara, Fort Wil liam,' New Brunswick, from a visiting tour in the south; Lord and Lady Grimston, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Verulam, at Gorhambury, from the Earl of Clarendon's, the Grove, near Watford; the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, from the Earl of Morley's, Sal- • tram, Devon, on a visiting tour; Sir Charles a n d L a dy Taylor, at Hollycombe, Sussex, from Brighton ; Sir George Chetwynd, from Leamington Spa, for Grendon THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AGRI CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. This Association held their annual meeting at Newark, on Tuesday, the 24th instant.. The show vas held in the Cattle-market on the Castle-hill, and the agricultural implements and vegetables were ex hibited in the Bowling-green adjoining the stock market. The arrangements were very good. The weather was by no means favourable, and the thing altogether was a novelty here. The numbers and quality of the stock taken as a whole far exceeded our most sanguine expectation, and the company was both numerous and respectable, among which we observed Gaily Knight, Esq., M.P., Colonel Rolleston, M.P. for the County, G. Fillingham, T. B. Hihiyard, W. 11. Barrow, It. Bromley, B. Martin, Esqrs., Revs. J. D. Becher, T. Cam, &c &c. Sir Robert Howe Broml e y p res id e d. Upwards of 100 gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner pro vided by Mr. Gilstrap, at the hotel. Sir R. 11. Brom ley gave the Queen, Royal . Farnily, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, Duke of Newcastle, &c., &e. Tne com pany was addressed by Gaily Knight, Esq., M.P. and Colonel Rolliston, M.P. P. Falkner, Esq., read the awards, after which W. H. Barrow made some very important remarks respecting the few labourers who came forward to claim the premiums offered by the Society, and strongly urged the necessity of the farmers giving encouragement to the labourers to raise themselves in society by virtuous in dustry. The judges were Mr. Wright, of' Rom nev, Mr. Bartholomew, of Goltho, and Mr. Smith, of Burley Ralland. This being the day of our fat stock market, there was a considerable quantity of stock sold in the street. The show was not so large as was expected, but was select. There were nearly f)00 people admitted at Is. each. Our limits will not allow us to particularise upon the stock. The show of agricultural implements was very interesting, and the largest ever remembered. Machines were exhibited by Mr. Ed. Tonge, ironmonger, of Newark, among hich was his improved iron horse power, adapted for one or two horses, driving one, two, or three separate machines at the same time, manufactured by A. Dean of Birmingham, for whichl prizes have been awarded repeatedly, and are again at this show. Its simplicity and durability are allowed to surpass everything of that description which has been presented to the pub lic. There .was also an oil-cake machine improved and manufactured by Mr. Edward Tonge, adaped for beasts or sheep, with screen. Its construction is dura bly simple. Mr. Tonge exhibited a very superior sub :mil plough, with the latest improved ploughs byßan som. Mr. Nicholson, of Newark, exhibited someport able iron sheep hurdles, and an improved oil-cake mill, manufactured by himself. Ile exhibited Gardener's patent chaff and turnip machines, Grant's patent rake, Locock's patent plough, and Rodway's patent concave horse-shoes. Various winnowing machines were ex hibited, made by Wheatley, of Holm-lane, near Not tingham ; Wade, of Syerston ; Atkins, Muskham, Hornsby, Granthatn, and Revill; of Lincoln. Mr. Croskili, of Beverley, had a great assortment of agricultural implements. His clod crushing machine and patent waggon, and Ducie's drag, were most prominent. There was a very useful swing plough shown by Bealby, of Collingham. The ploughing match will take place at Howton, near Newark, on the 10th of October.—Doncaster Gazette. STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, SEPT. 27.—We have no•aiteration of moment to report in this branch ot• tritde. Prices are firm and stationary. There hare been rather more sales effected in some kinds of comb ing wools. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, SEPT. 27.—We hare no material change to report in the Foreign Wool Trade this week. Sales have not been ♦ery extensive, many buyers being absent at the London wool sales, but prices remain firm. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, SEPT. 27.—There has been more doing this than for several preceding weeks in deep combing fleeces at previous rates, which has caused an increased degree of confidence in holders, that prices proportionate with those recently giren to the growers will be established, and the trade firm. In short wools there is no variation, and no accumulation in the stock. DONCASTER WOOl, MARKET.—We beg to remind MIT agricultural and manufacturing readers, that the last market for this season will be held on Saturday, Oct. 5. LSEDS.—There has been rather less business done this week at our Cloth Hall than for some time past. Prices are steady, and the stocks on hand are much less than is usually the case at this season. BRADFORD ,MARKET, THURSDAY.—The attendance of merchants is not numerous to-day, and, upon the whole, the Piece Market may be termed flat. Manufacturers complain bitterly of the extreme low prices at which sales are effected. We are sorry to hear that many respectably houses are already curtailing their produc tion. We regret the necessity for so doing, not the fact itself, which may indeed be, most likely is, the wisest course to adopt. There is nothing new in yarns since our last publieation. We cannot quote any improvement in wool; the demand continues of the same limited character as noted for several weeks past, and prices somewhat in favour of the buyer. There is scarcely so much activity for noils and brokes, but no alteration hi prices. MANCIFIVSTER, THURSDAY ETEND:c.--We have had rather more doing in cloth this week, and prices more steady on all kinds except in printing fabrics, which., notwithstanding an - extensive demand, continued to recede, though almost imperceptibly ;—for instance, the decline may be called Sl' 04.;r piece durin; the last six weeks. The low . price of the staple, with is prospect ( its continuance, is a favourable omen that such will be the case. The home trade is very brisk, so far as extensive sales can make it so. Our dyers were never more busy. From present appearances the ope ratives will succeed in obtaining a small advance of wages without a general strike. The sale of Yarns is still very large, but without any now feature as to value. —Leeds Mercury. ~. TFIR MARQUIS OF DONEGAL.- We regret to learn that very unfavourable accounts have been received in regard to the state of health of the above Noble Marquis. On Saturday his Lordship was removed to Ormian from Calbra, where he has been residing during the summer, and the worst fears are entertained as to the Noble Mar. quis's ultimate recovery. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, and, Sir James and Lady Campbell, were among the nume rous passengers who arrived from Ostend on Saturday, by the Sir Edward Banks. The time occupied on the passage to London a little exceeded twelve hours. FUNERAL RITES DENIED.—At St. Margaret, Church, Leicester, on Friday last, the officiating curate w as about to inter a child of a car p enter named We'sster when he asked by whom it had been baptised. Re seas told that it had not been baptised at all. Be they refused to perform the service, virtually excommunicating the deceased ; and the interment was prevented by the sexton. The parents are respectable members of all if tist church in the town, the chapel belonging to which has no burying ground. ManntAGEs.—By an Act passed in the late session concerning bans and marriages in certain district churches or chapels, various doubts which had arisen are removed respecting the legality of such marriages, and it is de clared that in every case in which a district has been or shall be assigned to any church or chapel under the Church-building Acts, it shall be determined by the Commissioners and the Bishop of the Diocese whether bans of matrimony shall be published and marriages so lemnised in any church or chapel or not. The follow ing clause has been framed to render marriages valid which have already taken place, and provision is made for future cases. Section :3—" And whereas by error bans have been published, and divers marriages have been solemnised in chapels with districts assigned to them under the provisions of the hereinbefore recited Acts, or some of them, but in which chapel bans conic' not be legally published, nor marriages by law solem nised ; and it is expedient to remove difficulties arising from the circumstances aforesaid touchiug the validity of such marriages ; be it therefore enacted, that harm already published and marriages already solemnised in such chapels as aforesaid shall not hereafter be ques tioned on account of the said bans having been published or the said marriages solemnised in any such chapel as aforesaid; and the minister or ministers who solemniaest the same shall not be liable to auy ecclesiastical censure of to any other proceedings or penalties whatsoever by reason thereof, and the registers of all marriages so so lemnised as aforesaid, or copies of such registers shall be received in all courts of law and equity as evidence or such marriages respectively." A slizr thine since a young gentleman, near Gilts tonbury, with right and left ban el, shot on the wing, and bagged' nine jackdaws arid two rooks, in the middle of t twenty-acre stubble ground,—Sherborne Journal. t b : P°l Ve bb. be In Th e o 017 t th e to ier )f bi 4 isY 0 ego° f P ow° : 01- \-1;