The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-21 00:00:00

TIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ETICRING, SEPTEMBER 21, 18414. t of waiting until the gathering elements. indicative of an impending storm, drive him from the helm. I STANDARD.—On Thursday a party, variously estimated us in number 700 and 900, assembled in the Music Hall, in Dublin, to celebrate by a dinner the late "gaol delivery "by the Whig law Lords. The dinner is described by the Freeman's Jozrnal, with a manifest relish, as a " substantial banquet, in which taste was happily blended with abundance." Whether we get credit for the wish or not, we must parenthetically avow our earnest desire that every poor contributor to the repeal rent had par taken of such a dinner upon the same occasion, then one good at least would have resulted from the mon strous proceedings of the Lords Cottenham, Campbell, and Denman ; but alien- visum—the millions must starve upon lumpers, and even find them curtailed by repeal rent and priests' rent, while the master agitators feast and fatten at substantial and tasteful banquets, for which, directly or indirectly, the lumper eaters must pay. The business of the celebration com menced by reading the letters of apology from invited guests, and a long correspondence it was. Somebody once complimented a worthless fellow by saying that the "negative catalogue of his good qualities was indeed a long one ;" so the negative catalogue of the guests at this O'Connell festival was, indeed, very long; so long as to exhaust pretty nearly the whole list of respect able names, at any time pledged to Whiggery and Liberalism. The only nobleman in actual presence was, after all, but a very modern Irish Lord—poor Lord Ffrench, the representative of a bankrupt banker and an ex-justice of the peace for the county of Galway. The gentleman class was represented by Mr. Smith O'Brien, the ex-Conserva tine Member for Ennis, heir to the best pensioned family in Ireland for several gene rations, and, as everybody knows, the prince of fribbles. The great body of the meeting was made up of Romanist bishops and Romanist priests, Rooneys and Mulrooneys, &c. The affair was in tended as a triumph, and a triumph certainly it is, but to whom is it a triumph ? If it is not a triumph to Sir R. Peel and to the Attorney-General for Ire land, we are at a loss to know what are the trophies of good government. We have given the speeches pretty fully with a view to this very object, that the English reader may compare them with his recollection of the speeches of the same parties last year, and by a com parison measure the mighty change that has been wrought in the prospects, the spirits, and the means of mischief indulged and exercised at Mallow Tarah, Mullaghmast, and the other scenes of the mon ster meetings. The monster meeting are for ever crushed; and there, on Thursday, was their old monster father—toothless and fangless—meekly gulping federalism, and actually preaching the value of the British connection. Pistol chewing his leek was a too respectable type of the ab ject prostration of the incendiary upon this festi val given in his honour, and attended by hun dreds who would be only too much delighted to applaud his hacknied common-places of treason if he had only dared to repeat them, but he did not dare. " The vinegar-cruet" of his afflicted ima gination was present to his mind's eye, to sour. his joys and make his blood curdle at the first sugges tion of any of the old seditious topics. He talked nothing of hurling defiance at the Saxon Attorney- General. Oh, no. The very name of the Right Hon. T. Smith would have sent him up the chim ney. Is not this a triumph—a triumph equal to any of the twelve labours ? If Lord Bacon lived in our day he would certainly add to his interpreta tion of the fables of the ancients, an explanation that the Lernean monster was an old incendiary, direct ing an organised and extensive conspiracy, and that Hercules was an Attorney-General, who lopped the brute's heads in detail, taking good cars to provide against their reproduction, by the severe cautery of the law. This single speech, in which no one word of treason or sedition can be found, though proceeding from lips from which scarcely anything but treason or sedition has escaped for the last forty years—this " miracle instead of wit," the one not seditious speech from Daniel O'Connell, is in deed a testimony to the Government and the Attorney General, as proud as fancy can conceive. And now let us look to the future of Ireland, and to the probable effect of the great triumph of the law, The agitation will be continued, at least in the attempt, because "no agitation, no rent," and the rent cannot be dispensed with. But we have, in the instructions issued by the Repeal Association, evidence of some misgiving as to the success of the project. " The people," say these instructions, "are now committed to repeal! ' A nation cannot, without the deepest dishonour, abandon opinions so loudly and so unanimously pro claimed." This appeal to the point of honour looks very like apprehension that some strong appeal is required ; it is followed, however, at a little distatce, by proof that the parties making it are very much in earnest. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evetis.) William Basford appeared upon his petition to be examined on his first hearing. As soon as the case was called on, Mr. WATSON, barrister, rose, and in strong terms mbjected to a course which he understood Mr. Hughes (also a barrister) was about to take in regard to this case. The bankrupt had been up on a former occa sion, when his petition had been dismissed. As coun sel and adviser to the insolvent, he (Mr. Hughes) had become cognizant of all his secrets, and now he had accepted a brief to oppose the very man he had formerly been paid to assist. He trusted such a course would not be sanctioned by the Court. Commissioner EVANS—" Why—its unavoidable, I suppose."—(Loud laughter.) Mr. HUGHES then proceeded to question the bank rupt, who said his debts were, as stated in his sche dule, 2991., some shillings. He had not entered one Mrs. Dent as a creditor. She had taken up a bill for 301. for him, and he was to repay her by his future labour. He (Basford) was a trader, and had petitioned the Court as such. Mr. Humus supposed there was no necessity to carry his examination further, in order to induce the court to dismiss the petition. The applicant was a trader—his debts, if truly and honestly set forth, were above 3001.; and he had therefore no claim upon the consideration of the court. The CommissioNEß—The petition is dismissed. Mr. WATSON—Surely your Honour will allow us to examine Mrs. Dent—her evidence will probably alter your Honour's decision. Commissioxisia—No, it won't. What, you want people to perjure themselves to get this man clear ! Every one in court heard him swear Mrs. Dent had taken up the bill—that he was to pay her hereafter, and therefore she is a creditor, and ought to have been entered, and he owes more than 3001. I'll hear no witnesses after that—l can see what it all means ; the petition of the bankrupt has been dismissed once, and now it is dismissed again. I will hear nothing fur ther about it. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR.T OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and Mr. Justice CRESWELL.) John. Axtell and George Axtell, the two boys who were convicted on Wednesday last of feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Edward Harvey, and stealing a quantity of vi earing apparel, value 301., were called up for judgment. Mr. Justice CRESWELL sentenced them to solitary confinement in the gaol of Newgate for 14 days. Michael Read was sentenced to be imprisoned for seven calendar months, and kept to hard labour, having been found guilty in the course of the session of assaulting James O'Flaherty. William Hartridge, aged 17, and Edwin Hartridge, 19, brothers, were indicted for stealing two gold watches, value 201., and a quantity of jewellery, the property of John Sarl and others, the masters of Wil liam, in their dwelling-house. dr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution. The pri soner, William Hartridge, was defended by Mr. Doane, and Edwin by Mr. Charnock. The particulars of this case have been fully pub lished in the police reports within these two or three days. The prisoner Edwin had been formerly in the service of the prosecutor, Mr. Sarl, watchmaker and jeweller in the Poultry, but had been dismissed about a year and a half ago. The other prisoner was in Mr. Sari's employment up to the time of the robbery, which was discovered by the shopman of Mr. Atten borough, the pawnbroker in Bridge-road, Lambeth. Edwin Hartridge pawned a gold watch on the s:h of August at Mr. Attenborough's shop. On the 7th of September he offered another gold watch in pawn, and the assistant remembering his face and recollecting the name which he had first given, which was dif ferent from that he then mentioned, had his suspicion excited. After a good deal of shuffling, the assistant went with-the prisoner to see where he lived, and being baffled and taken from place to place, he at length gave him into custody. Inquiry led to the arrest of his brother, and both prisoners having told impretlaable stories, they were sent for trial on four or fives e*rate indictments. The first case tried was that of the watch pawned on the sth August. In that the evidence failed against William altogether, and the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty for both. The other case was then gone into, that of the gold watch offered in pledge on the 7th Sept. The jury convicted both prisoners on that indictment. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, after commenting upon the serious and unpalliated offence of which they had been convicted, sentenced them to ten years' trans portation each. _ _ _ The Court adjourned to Monday, the 21st October, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. CHARGE or MURDER.—AIfred Edwards, a pickle manufacturer in Haberdasher's-place, Hoxton, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having administered a quantity of poison to Jane Gregory, and thereby caused her death. Mary Green, the wife of a weaver living at No. 4, New-court, New Nicholl-street, Bethnal-green, stated that the deceased, who was " an unfortunate girl," resided next door to her, and had been for the last twelve months on the most intimate terms with the prisoner. At eight o'clock on the preceding even ing the deceased called her up into her room, and -asked her to take some beer ; the prisoner was at that time seated on one side of the fire, and the deceased, who was in perfect health and excellent spirits, was sitting opposite to him. There was a black quart bottle and a teacup on the table, but what the bottle contained she was unable to ascertain. A quarter of an hour afterwards witness again went up with a light, and the deceased told her that as soon as the prisoner had left she should go out, and requested witness to accompany her. The prisoner was still in , the room, and observing that the bottle remained on the table, witness asked the deceased what it contained, and she replied, " Ketchup," which Alfred, the pri soner, had brought to her. Witness then went out in company with the deceased and the pri soner, and after proceeding a short distance the prisoner shook hands with the deceased, kissed her, and wished her " Good night." The de ceased stopped him, and asked at what hour to-mor row she should see him ; to which be replied, " Stop till to-morrow comes," and then ran away. Witness then proceeded with the deceased as far as the Bri tannia Tavern, in Hoxton, on reaching which the deceased suddenlS , stopped and complained of feeling dreadfully ill, and on being asked what was the mat ter, she replied, "I told you that what was in the bottle was ketchup, but it was brandy-bitters, and I have not felt well since I drank it." She left the de ceased soon after, and saw nothing more of her until half-past ten o'clock on that morning, when she went into her room and found her in bed. She was then very ill, and had scarcely power to utter a word ; her face was black, and her hands were as cold and as black as her face. Witness asked her what was the matter with her, and the deceased replied, "Oh Mary, I am very ill indeed ; I think I am dying." Witness asked her if she had been eating or drinking anything; and the deceased answered, "No ; only that brandy-bitters that Alfred gave me, and I have felt dreadfully ill ever since I took it." Witness asked the deceased if the prisoner had partaken of the liquor, and she answered, No; that he put the bottle up to his mouth, but that was all." She repeated that she knew she was dying, and asked witness to go and fetch her brother. Witness did not go herself, but sent another young woman, who accidentally met the prisoner passing the end of the street, and told him to hasten and see the deceased, as she was dying The prisoner in a few minutes afterwards entered the deceased's room, at which time she was sinking rapidly, and asked her what was the matter with her. The deceased told him that her illness was caused by the brandy-bitters he had given to her. The prisoner coloured very much, and said, "Never." As she was evidently sinking very fast, witness ran off for Mr. Wildbore, surgeon ; but although she was only about five minutes absent, she found on her re turn that the prisoner had left, and the deceased soon afterwards expired in her arms. Charlotte Scott, living at No. 2, New-court, deposed that when the last witness left to go for the surgeon, she called upon her, and requested her to go immediately up to the deceased. Upon entering the room she found the prisoner there. The deceased repeated to witness what she had told the preceding one, with regard to the brandy and bitters causing her illness ; but the prisoner said it was nonsense, it could not be that, as he had taken part of it. Witness then asked him to drink some in her presence, and the prisoner took the bottle and a teacup from the cupboard, and pouring out half a cupful of the liquid, drank it off; but, before he did so, took some thing out of the cup, and flung it on the ground, and, after drinking, spat a quantity of the liquid into the fender. He then said that he must go, as he had business of importance to attend to, but should be back by the time the deceased's brother arrived ; and, although witness entreated him to stay, he refused to do so, and left the-place, but did not again return. The prisoner here said that he wished to explain that what he took out of the teacup, before drinking its contents, was a small piece of cork, which he did not observe till he put the cup to his lips. Another witness, named Sarah Russell, was then called, and deposed to similar facts, tending to incul pate the prisoner. Mr. George Hill Smith, assistant to Mr. Wildbore, stated that he was called to attend the deceased at half-past eleven o'clock, and found her in bed, per fectly sensible, and capable of speaking in monosyl lables. She laboured under great prostration of strength, and complained of intense pain in the region of the stomach, which could not sustain the slightest pressure. There was a bottle, about half filled with a dark liquid, on the table, part of which witness poured out and tasted. Brandy and bitters were the pre dominant ingredients, but the liquid had a very astringent and nauseous taste, which remained on his palate for more than an hour afterwards. The de ceased had been repeatedly sick all the night and morning, and the stomach was so manifestly empty that he did not think it necessary to use the stomach pump. Witness desired the brother of deceased to place the bottle in his pocket, and accompany him to his residence, where witness prepared a remedial anti dote, and hastened back to the deceased, but on reaching her apartment he found she had expired. The proximate cause of death was inflammation of the stomach, produced by some acrid poison. He had not yet had time to analyse the contents of the bottle, and the body had not undergone a post mortem examination. Mr. BROUGHTON—Do I understand you distinctly to give it as your opinion that the deceased's death has been produced by poison, or some other violent irritant of the stomach ? Witness—Most decidedly —iso doubt of it. Sergeant Sheelig, 45 N, stated that he accom panied her brother to a public-house close to the de ceased's residence, where he tound the prisoner, and took him into custody. The brother of the deceased corroborated the evi dence of the sergeant, and said, in favour of the pri soner, that when he had seen him in company with his sister, they always appeared to be kind to each other. On being called upon for his defence, the prisoner said that the reason he did not go back to the house was, that he did not think the deceased was in the slightest danger; and with reg ar d t o the bottle, that it had been left in a hamper, containing several other bottles, at his father's house, and had belonged to an old lady, who died there three years ago. He sup posed there must have been something deleterious in its contents, as several of the porters employed in re moving the old lady's goof's, and who had drank out of some of the bottles, became seriously ill afterwards. The prisoner's father, a retired linendraper, corro borated his son's statement with regard to the delete rious effects produced upon the porters employed upon the occasion referred to. Mr. Baouorrrox said that the whole case was re plete with the darkest suspicion. He should remand the prisoner on the charge, and the police must exert themselves to the utmost to throw further light upon the case. The prisoner was remanded until Tuesday nex UNION-HALL. Two fashionably-dressed men, named John Trail and James Johnson, members of the swell mob, were brought before Mr. Trail!, charged with attempting to pick pockets. Goff, a shrewd and active officer of the L stated that about eight o'clock last evening he was in company with Brooks, 118 L, in the Westminster road, when he perceived the prisoners attempt several females' pockets. They followed them into Oakley street, street,where the prisoners followed a lady with a child by her side. The prisoner Trail went behind the lady and lifted up her dress on two occasions ; the other prisoner was covering his actions. Finding what their. intention was, they secured them, and took them to the station house. Mr. TRAIL'. inquired whether the prisoners were known ? _ _ Goff replied that Johnson had been convicted at Maidstone, and had been several times in custody for felony. Brooks stated that he had the other in custody about twelve months ago, for stealing a coat. He was tried and convicted at the Surrey Sessions. Johnson denied the officer's assertions. He had never been convicted. Mr. TRAILL said that he intended to remand them for proper evidence as to their former convictions It was quite clear, from the testimony of the officers. what their intentions were. _ Goff infornWthe magistrate that on the next exa mination he believed he should be able to bring a charge of burglary against the prisoners. They were remanded until Monday. Edward White, an able-bodied young pauper, be longing to Christchurch workhouse, Southwark, was next charged with crushing the fingers of an aged pauper in a dreadful manner. Richard Williams, about 60 years of age, stated that he was placed in the men's ward to keep the lads in order. This morning, about eight o'clock, he was standing by the doer leading to the yard, when the prisoner knocked at the door. He put his hand be tween the door and the door-post, when the prisoner immediately seized hold of his fingers and closed the door, crushing his fingers in a dreadful manner. He remarked, that had not a stone been in the way, the prisoner would have crushed his fingers off. Several of the old men corroborated the complain ant's testimony. The prisoner denied the charge. M'Kay, the porter said the prisoner was a most desperate character, and almost always in prison for his misconduct. He had been confined six months for attempting to stab one of the inmates. Mr. TRAILL committed him for two months. MARYLEBONE. Thursday, Richard Pates, servant to Mr. Phillips, surgeon, in Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, was charged before Mr. Rawlinson, on a warrant, with having committed an assault of a most atrocious na ture upon William Donaldson. Complainant, who is a tailor, living at No. 9, Northumberland-street, New-road, deposed that on T ue sday last he went to Butler's beer shop, in Notting ham-street, taking with him a waistcoat which he had made for defendant, who tried it on. As one of the buttons required to be moved, complainant took it home and made the necessary alterations ; he returned with the waistcoat to the beer shop, and waited there some hours in the expectation of being paid for the ar ticle which defendant had, upon its being brought back, put into his pocket. Complainant at length asked for a settlement, when defendant, who was helping him• the door, called him a ; 17 arm,r wretch;' o a o yst e r s t c ' n a d i d i nd ng s s threwoutsidea sh e ll f in his face. He held up accidentally knocked off the hat of defendant, w ' ho thrust the oyster knife against his side with such force as to cause him to fall to the ground; he jumped up, exclaiming that he was stabbed, but fortunately the instrument had not injured him. It had, however, from the force with which the lunge at him was made, perforated his clothing, and passed nearly through a leather case, containing various papers, &c., which he had in the left side pocket of his coat. e took possession of the knife, and the landlord, in order to prevent any thing further of an unpleasant nature occurring, ad vised him to go up stairs, which he did. The land lord also took home the defendant, who soon after wards came back and offered a sovereign to any one who would produce complainant, at the same time stating that if he could get at him he would tear him limb from limb. lie subsequently went to com plainant's house, and after using much abusive lan guage to Mrs. Donaldson, expressed a wish that the knife had been two inchei longer. He was much the worse for drink. Other witnesses having spoken to the same facts, Mr. RAIMINSON said it was a most atrocious case, and that he should make the strongest example of de fendant that he could. He was fined 51., and, in default of- payment, two months' imprisonment. The penalty was paid. I are sustained, and a fair demand exists for the better qualities. Of Foreign East India Sugar none has been brought to public sale, and privately there is not much on offer. Java has fetched full prices. The market is still without a supply of Siam. FOREIGN.—BraziI has been in excellent request pri vately, and previous rates are fully supported. Two floating cargoes of Bahia have been sold for near ports —one at 18s 3d for brown, and the other at 22s 6d for ' white and 18e for brown. 'The demand has increased for yellow Havannah, and importers have obtained prices they could not previously get. For white there has been a better demand, and prices rule firm ; 300 boxes ofood quality have been disposed of at 30s per cwt. COFFEE —West India has met with little attention this week, some holders have been desirous to reduce their stocks, and by private treaty cheap purchases have been made. This afternoon the large quanty of 485 bales Mocha were offered at public sale, but the whole was taken in at 2s to 3s per cwt above the value, viz. mid even greenish clean garbled at 725, fine ord green 655, broken yellowish 565, sound pea berry 84s. 10 bales were, however, sold at 69s 6d for greenish, 43s for triage, and 81s for pea berry. Of Ceylon 592 bags were brought forward, and nearly all taken in at stiff rates—good ord pale rather mixed at 575, low mid bold palish colory Plantation kind 755, but a few lots were sold—fine ord bold pale eolory at 66s to 675, pea berry 80s, and triage 50s ; 28 bags Bengal. at the 4 , i duty, sound, was taken in at 57s for pale rather broken, but sea damaged sold at 51s 6d, ditto and re ' packed 45s per cwt. Of Rio, 300 bags of of very good ord sold privately at 32s 6d per cwt. TEL—There has generally not been so much busi ness transacted in the Tea market as of late ; the better descriptions are held with firmness, but more desire has been shown •to sell all common kinds : none has been offered at auction. The lower sorts of Congou have been taken sparingly, and the prices accepted are rather under those previously quoted, common selling at 10d to lOid, good common lld to ls per lb, but the better kinds have been in good demand, and former prices are fully supported. To-day there was a good deal of business transacted in the better qualities of new green Tea. 'Tyson and Im perial, at from 2s 9d to 3s 3d per lb, were the most in re quest. Fine and good Congou are in request at full rates, but the lower kinds remain dull of sale at the decline previously noticed. SPlCRd.—There has been ne public sale of Black Pepper this week. This afternoon at public sale 63 casks 53 boxes of Jamaica Ginger were all sold, but at a decline on former rates of 5s to 10s per cwt, and went at 3/ 15s to 1012 s per cwt for low to fine quality. Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum is still attracting attention, and the transactions have been to a large extent this week, the rates previously established are fully sustained. Leewards have met with free pur chasers ; the quantity sold has been 200 puns, at 2s 5d to 2s 54d proof, and good brown ditto 2s 6d per gallon. De merara at 3s 3d to- 3s 6d for good and fine strong. Calcutta sold at 2s 3d to 2s 3id per gallon, proof. Brandy of common quality is much wanted at 2s I ld to 3s 3d per gallon. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; 1839, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; 1840, hhds 48 11d, puns 4s 9d ; 1341, hhds 4s 10d, puns 48 8d ; 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd, and mid to good mid 3s 4d to 4. per gallon. Geneva is not so much wanted for shipping, ls 10d is the value : of fine fit f duty prices are steady at 2s 6d to 3s 6d. English Co I Spirits remain at 105 4d per gallon, cash. MOLASSES.—lmporters of West India have been more inclined to realise this week on account of the heavy arrivals, but submitting to rather lower rates buyers have been induced to purchase more freely, and the large quantity of 400 puns sold at 20s to 24s per cwt for low to good quality. In East India there has been scarcely anything done, and parcels could only be dis posed of but at low rates. Cocos.—For West India prices remain firm ; none has been offered at auction, and little is to be purchased privately, as the stock is nearly all in second hands ; several inquiries have prevailed. Of Foreign, some parcels have been disposed of at very full rates ; there is little offering for sale. RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice met with more attention, and the parcels disposed of privately were at stiffer rates; sales made at 113 to 11s 64 for middling and good middling white. Java and Madras were in increased request at the rates previously quoted. FRUlT—There are few purchasers of currants, and the market has a dull appearance. Some holders are ready sellers at 39i to 42. for Zante and Cephalonia, and 45s to 48s per cwt for Patras. Other sorts of fruit con tinue in limited request at present, except for new Ya lentias, which are much inquired for, and some parcels are daily expected to arrive. SALTPETRE.—There are few purchasers of Rough, and small parcels of Calcutta have been disposed of at 23s 6d to 24s for common, 24s 6d to 25s fur middling, 25. 6d to 26s for good, and 26. 6d to 27s per cwt for fine. English refined is not much wanted, and 29s to 29s 6d per cwt is the value. Isimoo.—The market is firm for East India, but there has beeu only a limited business transacted this week to supply either home or expoat orders. For the quarterly sale the quantity declared is 12,805 chests, and which quantity is not likely to be much increased. For Spanish prices remain firm. A fair demand exists ; there is little in the market. The deliveries of East India are still large. OlLS.—There has been a much better demand for Lin seed Oil this week, parcels having been disposed of on the spot at 24s to 248 3d per cwt. In Rape Oil the ope rations are upon a more extended scale ; pale at 36s to 36s 6d, and brown 35s to 35s ed per cwt ; there is not a large quantity being produced. Cocoa Nut Oil at 28s to 30s per cwt. Palm Oil, fine at 27. to 27. 6d per cwt. Olive at 441 to 451 for Gallipoli, and 411 to 43/ for Spanish. Barbary, 39/ to 401 is the value. Cod Oil, 331 15s to 341 per tun. Other de scriptions of common Fish Oils have brought full rates, 341 103 to 331 for pale Seal, and 271 10s to 321 per tun for Southern. Sperm, 85110 861 per tan is the value of fine British. Although prices rule high, the trade are disposed to operate largely. This afternoon at public sale 60 tuns Southern Oil were partly sold at 30/ lOs to 321 58 ; 15 tons Cocoa Nut Oil taken in at 26/15s to 271 per ton. TALLOW.—Prices have suffered no further decline for Russian Tallow this week, but the market has been in a tranquil state. The small purchases made have been at 41s to 418 3d for old, and at 41. 6d to 4ls 9d per cwt for , new P Y Candle. Town Tallow at 41s per cwt, nett cash. There is only a moderate quantity being pro duced. This afternoon at public sale 365 pipes 137 lihds of South American Tallow were sold at 34s 6d to 40s ' for very low to fine. MR. CLARKSON'S SECOND LEC TURE ON ANCIENT EGYPT. (From the Cambridge Advertiser.) In furtherance of his promise Mr. Clarkson gave a second lecture on the manners, customs, and amusements of the ancient Egypti ans , a t th e Town Hall, Cambridge, on Thursday, on behalf of the Mechanics' Institute. There were two important omissions, which time compelled him to make in the former lecture; one relating to agriculture, the other to manufactures—embracing the implements and products of agriculture, and the tool of the artisan— which he should now fill up. He had remarked in his former address, and had always maintained that Egyptian antiquarian discovery comprises facts and inquiries from which the utilitarian and political economist may derive new, and necessary informa tion. It lays open the whole progress of early agriculture, art, trade, and manufacture—the pro gress from serfdom to freedom—the origin of judi cial institutions, colonisation, and t axa ti on — o f t h e corn-laws--of the first division of the land, and of a single land-tax, a tax of 20 per cent. (a tax recom mended by political economists as the best), appro priated to all the purposes of government. The sub sect opens out new and momentous views of early history—(or rather creates a new volume of history, and necessitates the introduction of a new element in the ground-work of education)—fills up vast chasms in the invention and progress of art and science, and embraces perspicuous views of the foundation, the de velopment, the pr ogress i ve tendencies, and, conse quently, the ultimate destinies of political society. It is but recently that a conviction of the truth of these propositions had reached the public mind; but the conviction was daily acquiring new force, and the exciting attraction of the subject was now proved by its growing popularity. A singular proof of its close connexion with the political economy, and corrobora tion of his argument, was just put into his hands ; the organ of the Anti Corn-law body of political economists (the League paper) having last week founded a discussion of Egyptian agriculture with wood-cuts, derived from Rosselini s illustrations before them, and promising next week a similar review of Egyptian manufacture. These were the two points to which he had promised briefly to call their attention previous to a survey of the 18th dynasty of Egyptian Sovereigns, which would com plete his view of Egyptian society, and terminate his course of two lectures. Mr. Clarkson then threw a rapid glance over the agriculture of the ancient Egyptians, exhibiting large drawings of the various agricultural implements, and exhibiting illustrated scenes on a large scale, copied from the Theban tombs of ploughing, hoeing, sowing, reap ing, carrying, and storing the harvest. The writer in the League had made three mistakes in a short passage, which was perfectly excusable, considering the novelty of the subject to ordinary political writers. He asserted that the wheat was not stacked in sheaves—that gleaning was not allowed —and that the agricultural labourer toiled in melancholy slavery, and was denied all amusements and enjoyments. There is no evidence like that which is submitted to the eye; and Mr. Clarkson produced numerous evidences that gleaning was allowed—that the corn sheaves were stacked—and that the pro prietor rewarded his labourers with liquor—en couraged their pastimes (as Homer describes on the shield of Achilles), and that our harvest-home revels and songs (an Egyptian harvest-home song, probably with musical notes, is extant) were derived from theirs. Some of those pastoral and agricultural scenes exhibited by the lecturer were calculated to remind the audience of Thomson's Palsemon and Lavinia, and of Boaz and Ruth. From agriculture, Mr. Clarkson proceeded to an exhibition of ancient trade and manufacture, com menting on them, with numero u s l arge ill us t rat i ons, which he produced, as he proceeded. Volumes of written detail would not give us so complete an in sight into the Egyptian workshop, laboratory, or manufactory, as those plates. Every process of art and manufacture then known is elaborately and minutely laid open. The shops of the Egyptian fish mongers and poulterers in the act of buying and selling, plucking, trussing, scaling, and salting, are also exhibited. The mode of making shoes, and of blowing glass, of staining leather and the whole business of the linendraper and tailor are brought before our eyes. The fuller, dyer, and currier, are exhibited in their daily craft. We see the potter with the " potter's wheel" in the act of making his vases—the turner in the act of modelling his wood— the coachmaker in manufacturing all the details of the splendid chariots of the Egyptian aristocracy. The whole process of wine-making from training the vines on trellises and gathering grapes, to the stage of pressing them in the wine press, a n d storing the wine in amphovw during and after fermentation, is accurately exhibited, and the most minute details respecting the process of " treading the wine press," to which reference is so often made in the Scrip tures, are brought in the same obvious manner before our eyes. The Scriptural "corn floor" is exhibited with the same vivid accuracy. There is a subject connected with the extensive trade of pottery and brickmaking in Egypt which demands attention. Mr. Clarkson exhibited an illus tration wherein the Jews are represented making bricks with straw, under a taskmaster, in Egypt. Subsequently, they appear as warriors, either incor porated in the Egyptian army, or warring against the Pharoahs. In the tomb of Petamon Osiri, opened by Belzoni, they appear as types of the Caucassian family of the human race. Their last appearance is in the person of Rehoboam, King of Judah, at Kar nack. Their first appearance, however, on the monu ments, is most remarkable, as bearing the most startling evidence to the truth of the Mosaic record. A grand tableau, of which Mr. Clarkson exhibited copies on a large scale, has been recently discovered on an excavated tomb at Beni Hassan, of an Egyp tian governor of Goshen (the Wadi 'l'omylat), a " Royal Scribe" (so called in the inscription) or secretary of state, whose name, phonetically, is read " Yoseptha," or " Noseptha," is introducing to the Viceroy of Osirtesen (who reigned in On in 1897, and was therefore contemporary with Joseph), ten Hebrew brothers (clearly identified as such) with one lad and their wives, amounting to thirty-seven persons. The Secretary of State, Yoseptha, produces a decree of the reigning Pharoah, in which is recorded the arrival of these strangers across the Syrian desert, in the sixth year of Osirtesen. They bring with them Syrian presents, the gazelle and ibex of Judea. They are called " bond slaves" after the Chinese fashion, but they are well armed. One is playing on a lyre —one bears a royal pedum, or sceptre—and one carries the Jewish cow-horn trum pet—all marks of triumph and rejoicing rather than of bond slavery. Two carry the desert water bottles, slung over their shoulders, and accompany ing asses carry the large water-bottles, now borne by those animals in crossing the desert between Egypt and Syria. Few persons, on inspecting the tableau, will doubt that it is a pictorial repre sentation of the first colonisation of the Jews in Egypt—of the arrival of the " lad " Benjamin, with his brothers, to be introduced to the Vizier, their brother Joseph, to redeem Simeon, who was, in fact, in "bond" till their return, under a gaoler, as re corded in this most striking illustration, and to enter on the possession of the land of Rameses, where the picture is located. Time would fail, said Mr. Clarkson, were I to at tempt to lead you seriatim through the whole details of the magic lantern of trades and manufactures he's.. exhibited. To the trades naturally follow the tools therein used. Many of them resemble entirely those used in modern times. The mallet, the bent and straight chisel, the saw, the axe, the adze, the centre bit, the gimlet, the awl, the file, the wimble, the lathe, the trowel, the leather-slice, &c., &c., come under this description. The common saw resembles precisely the modern. The shuttle, the distaff, and the spindle, resemble entirely those which were use d before the late improvements in machinery. At the various institutions, metropolitan and su burban, where he had lectured during the last ten years, Mr. Clarkson said that the tools and imple ments of manufacture and agriculture and the deve lopemneut of trade, had been considered specially fitted for Mechanics' Institutes, and the exclusive novelty of the subject was certainly equal to its appropriate ness ; the Egyptian room at the British Museum con taining the tools, being only recently opened, and the great Tuscan Commission's work, representing the tools illustrated before them, not being attainable in Cambridge, and one copy only being at the Bri tish Museum. Many of the implements are painted yellow, or copper colour, in the illustrations. The saw is generally painted red, and was most probably made of copper. There are many tools of the same de scription, made of copper and brass, preserved in the Egyptian room of the British Museum. They are elastic, do not oxydize, and cut the hardest granite. The chemical knowledge displayed in the fabrication of the tools was equalled by the chemical knowledge evinced by the artisan, the tradesman, and the manu facturer. The " fine linen " manufacturers employed 540 threads to the inch in the warp to 110 in the warp; the famous Dacca muslin looms being only 100 to 84. They employed metallic oxydes, vegetable and mineral dyes, both substamive and adjective, and acetates of iron and of alum. The dyers use the saf- frum indicum, the carthamus tinetorius ' and the re seda luteola. The tanners had equal chemical skill. It appears from remnants of leathef found in the tombs, that they employed the bark of acacia in tan ning, and the periplaca secamora, which grows near the Red Sea. The painters employed vegetable ex• tracts and mineral oxydes, and the relics of vja•s ex tant or attesl,l, prove an equal chenneal kn(o among the ,:I.2‘s 1- 0 ,- )wers. The wo:e,.ld they gave to Bia4s appears froln chemical anal j sis to be imparted by oxyde of copper, and the reds used in ornaments, imitating rubies, appear to have been derived from minium. They must have used oxyde s'i t s of gold to produce th e r i c h purp l e o f t h os e TheT I S gems, oxydes of c o b a lt or o f ca l c i ne d cop per an for blue, oxyde of silver f o r y e ll ow , and 0 1 0 1 copper or green. Of the p ure ru by colour they produced we have lost the art. ,s e cti Mr. Clakson then proceeded to the main sn',„,) the present lecture. The trades and manufact,n - 0 1 ancient Egypt belong to the magnificent 18th c,? ~,1 1 of Theban sovereigns, of whom Rosellini firm with details of the most ample and accurate d r;i l tion—details which ma y b e jus tl y sa id t o cons A b o r new volume in the hist o ry o f th e wor ld. lie had bited, at the last lectur e , th e mo d e l o f a pristile 4 o ling. He now exhibited the mo d e l o f the ;0 palace of one of those splendid and ambitious rO, with whom all human civili sa ti on b egun . Nip o Ti nti 4 large diagram d raw i ngs o f K arnac, o f the gust hypostyle Hall, a fac s imil e mo d e l o f the Obe Osirtesen (the oldest extant), and a perfeeti ° oo Gallery, on a large scale, of all the kings s nu ass q of the magnific en t 18th dy nas t y , accompanied 's of the lecture. d er Mr. Clarkson brought before the audience Pie; sions and pageants ; the nature of the militari s e , horse, foot, or chari o t s ; th e countr i es warre • 0 4; , the costume and arm s o f th e h ost il e nation s, triumphant processions consequent upon victor/104 the prisoners, the enslaved captives or the ° o riel victims, rind the booty in the produce of the 5, countries subjugated by the Pharoah's ar ra te r these things are detai!ed and with that min° lo o, cision, and in that indisputable form, which l e int e, matter for question. They are in fact fe li hp r e solj bulletins. We have next the costume of tl a rr and army, not brought before us as that of °o chronicler:, including Froissart, accurate as ° j e ll: but in a more certain form—for much i 5 imagination by description, nothing by the if? sight. With the power of an enchanter , : vp s# wielded the serpent wan d s o f t h e ve ry r . gl theocracy, which he describes. EgYP t 4 Rosellini brings bef o re us f rom t h e gr ave thLA the heroes, the s a ge s , th e l eg i s l a t ors , entonn i s/ 4,000 years. No dreamy and mysterious le i as that which hangs round the line of 1) ." exorcised dynasty, or that w hi c h, half l' it st i A the lineaments of the m agna t es o f t h e ancient which Faust is described as summoning le eps him! The vision here p ro d uce d f rom the $ .0! forty centuries is as cl e ar as th e li g ht of 1;1 the " kings of ancient name" of which. Syrens sung to the man of wisdom—the optinlipf/ the earth's youth—sta n d b e f ore us in gar b !sos ture, in lineament, i n phy s i ognom i ca l expre s l, precisely pourtrayed as those of any of our e tte e - 1 rary kings. Not th e y on l y , b u t w ith them C° equally perspicuous form their generals, their their priests, their counsellors, and all the „ splendid appendages of the courts of tbeir", Pharaohs and all the female aristocracy . oft he , —queens, mothers, wives, sisters, princess' the various costume of their graduated rang u e, magnificent in dress, some resplendent in hea sre e marked as portraits, not by difference o f featu r e! ' but by difference of physiognomies' „e f l t ,e,, Use wears off the edge of wonder, but 1 ' t hec t ' s of this discovery had suddenly taken plac e d oit i cumstance by which the youth and old Ag e d world may be considered as joining b ill/ stsl v js a long interval of oblivion—it would W e , t ai7„,l the world as by a s udd en an d su b s tantial Te n realised before its eyes. Mr. Clarko r ! dea cel l ts to the triumphant p rocess i ons a s ° o ho, $O l the extent of the co nques t s o f th e Phtt ra s ; gel/ Scythian bear and th e I n di an buffalo, tul ea e: c s . , the parrot of India are th ere . The 003 e native of middle, and the ostrich of so utbe i r is, ii, Afr o are among the spoil s . Th e peop l e o f Py potamia, Armenia, Aracan, Arabia, er outiosa'or India, Scythia, R uss i a (M os ck) , are ve a the N f the Chinese type am ong th e combatants an tives depicted in the representations of Of :vio( tles of Sesostris and th e more war like of ther Soal bearing the common name o f R am essesT a rt b sf c il s e st the combatants i n cars h ave d ec id e dly the f t he es ti ratter, with long lock s o f h a i r a t the top ° Their ik el as the Tartars wear at the present daY. s jeg r og resemble the war waggons of the ScYtit e nt ei c te by Herodotus. I n some o f the magn'obs f os, vases which adorned the banquet tables ° 0 te,.,d rious Pharoahs, there appear Caryatides fig tl i i a to9 bling the modern Chinese. But that the A ho the conquering Pharoahs extended to q in cas ettisi latterly proved by an extraordinary b i e ofribg Chinese scent-bottle with characters caPs ~0 031 0, of deciphered, has been found in one o f the ' os o lls date of which is contemporary with the the immediate line of Ramesses. fJ erl l/ 1 Sesostris extended his conquests to L i he rta b° o ,l / 1 Scythian, Tartary, and China, and Tartars' c lepe ° shaved heads and long single locks of hair, toes' from the crown of the head, as well as Hg O CI op Y resembling the Chinese i n phyaiug, n ? ln ' Y d tri,„ l / 1 3 0/ appear amon g th e cap ti ves in his sculptured rki9 or thrones, and Caryatid es , suppo rting othe r fol and jewelled banquet cups on his table. , re the el torical desiderata suggest themselves. '0149 and beardless people who appear among th e a bes;rie° nation of the Nubian monuments the red al l a i s cro. race of the American Indians ? Recent skl,sftiop' have proved that a contemporary nation ~le igi ls, " „f g o now extinct, were in an equally high state ° f id s str o je They had copper tools and weapons, pYrs cse otdli t as those in Egypt, sculptured temples, P ala c os 6 740,; siderable taste, and magnificent subterralibe 001 chres, granaries, and treasuries. From thr ee c° 0 0 1 the conquests of Sesostris, including th e . , jeVi s c 'o sations during the 18th dynasty—( l "oe o Argives ; 3d, Athenians)—and the cra?,V a tion , Aole those great events on all modern t he 705 Clarkson proceeded to the great result ° o l f ha f , t o r e inquiry. The question of the lost art t a rts . e ptti ej copper led to the question of the " 1 1 an d sei ts is rally, and to the extent of the chemietu s i i t oil! e s!: knowledge of the Egyptians. Mr. Clarksi_uore n ot , that independent of many arts that sve 0 0 0 ;01 vered, the Egyptian men of science wer e s ritb sio se` the Artesian well, with the railroad, an ' rte d i' Afs e; power. In the latter assertion, he suPP obi by a recently published memoir o f s eiv,°lie / With reference to the " lost arts," o fi e siea ce l . en cei inference occurs. A perfect chemical 5 ; o f gi de 0 an equal knowledge of the whole circu i t 01 ;sioli The contest of the Sophoi, or Mag ic is stri per' e scribes with Moses, before Pharaoh P . : it h po or t he tribute to their " union of knowledg e oree b p 5; No supernatural aid is intimated. ffi w ed Of a r e o ,Jo miracles of their natural magii ( 85 DO ° 110 David Brewster on Natural Magic a. f ., 11 ", p t na ri nr odl i ss the jugglers of India and modern r - t, J al pt t°,,r fot el; perform now. In the fourth, an a lt fail `ihes,v e S the lowest form of animal life, the.Y re, that b a d l 6 whole statement, one inference is sa „ a totni sts ba bsi7. bition of the priestly chemists and a of e ill i s r seV o , them from the fictitious immortality t o a A be prl o f and the triumphs cf chicken hatehi°so on t stein experiment on the vital fluid , 11 . a ssin i Ssar ~ to ciple of life. A similar ambition: ion ic ri bs(' creating—not re-producing—the g o tlyl lse the lowest form of life—has been rece ua ledge' disca modern savant. f their di'v This being the elevated range o how and why were th ese powers 11 - f tba. d or „a the'. toe $ fel e ries lost ? Becaus e th e men o f scienc t hey foto th e no press to record them—because e they 00 !s_ n Jesuitical principles of secresx—b i e : ea u li s s chai v lls g ypt i t v i. bound their god of letters in Insi°'°, o , of e° oo altars of superstition. The extinction o f tio rir ers, ‘ ir ' s , " knowledge" was the just retriput_w d its P e re stPir popular monopoly of its "power' a_ il she d ag r dear to despotic purposes. The fact fum .. l. oua d ur ge, o f tional lesson, and tar from giving 00_ 4 0 of the human progress, furnished.,,tf ita hle jos safe, and cheering auguries of an 1111°1 °P iti ° II improvement, social, moral, and inte sing 11 ' i i v ell Mr. Clarkson concluded, by exPr es to be bery snd rs , that lectures of this description ough t st , see° a public stage, assisted by the effects °f Tbe or ts os machinery, in order to do them justl,. c d • o ne b r osti c s which was given extempore, and lasted 0. bath 0 three quarters, was received with s 7„, throughout. The large room in the whole will hold 1,000 persons, was the wn?'_ and gent' a highly respectable audience of lan . T f h ip C I O SUNDEILAND, SEPT. 19.--The s t, rik to e 6t ,, 11 11. 1 0 n cl As at this port may be said alrea d y near Wy k ' e P o t, As we anticipated, the masters have 2 /a 1 s • P er "10Y ° d' stance given the advanced wages 0, his eala to the men have consequently resume :ts keep _ e os 4 ,.i f y Trade is still improving, and as freiga _ aid fer iollo v or , vance (10s. 6d. per ton having haen.„V isio barS."4 London to-day and 12/. per keel for a ffi n , the oeie building will speedily be brisk at this u ing ports. 1/frs' 1i th inst., at Plaistow, BIRTHS. On the " Elias, of a son. " tt l On the 18th inst., in Dean-street, Soho, bil l ' ()be f *, ` lf of a daughter. Se le ' On the Isth inst., the lady of Robert littnter / surgeon, of San • . Sans-buildings, near Brorniep 1•pJ~~ 6 0 7 0 MARBLED. enil tip eotij , On the 23d of May, at St. nelent . t, °°" t peps!' oe! t l i e Powel Blachford, Es q., of the Commissariat o f st. e ' Emma Jane, eldest daughter of J. Moss : LSCO st sonee On the 17th ult., at Florence, Alberic, el _d t to 00 Marquis Balbian, of Colcavagno, Piedin f ° o " e ' vo io ) youngest daughter of S. Pric e, Esq., ° hendon. --------------"---- Of fI E tro d° al On , t . l 4r) i li e n l i.c 3 e t ,3 l t i dinaustg.,hatetrßoaDflll-ED. 11 lq 0 -r dr' Rochdale, aged ii 9. 3 ITUICO , ea , de 130beci'' 0 5 P r I b vr e , t , l i : On the Baron , of 0 0 time 15th inst., Benjamin Barlow, kstl* , ,Or i l Gr O ae n in t s l .a le y, Fi t th ar i t n . st., at Shanwick• place, Edinburg..flalw'irre I daughter of the late Sir William HODyIIIBII, Of i la*. " f l' i ib e • garfe:' l' On the 19th inst., in King William - st reet, d+ l font bon of Hugh P. Fuller. 3 J °lll ie On the 19th inst., at South Lodge Edgew ei.5(111 -t us Thrtivio, Esq., of Spatiit,h-place, ManchesL --- - 5 1 ,0, 0 1 ----_------ ...,,,,,,0 ,o, London: Printed and Published hi lau .D officetiOf Tb B No. 112, Strand, Printer t et us i a Strand, in the Precinct o the Sevoi:h, Eliddleits, Saturdays Septa bar 21 r 10*" NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTU, SEPT. 18.—The French Frigate Le Caiman came out of harbour this evening, and an chored at Spithead. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pretyman, having returned from Chatham, is placed under the orders of Commander Sherringham, of the Fearless surveying vessel, to assist in surveying the Southampton river, the Fearless having got her engines out of working order, so as to require dock ing for repair. The Sv% iftsure, an old 74, which was moored last week in Portchester Lake as a mark for the trial Of Captain Norton's shells, has grounded, and sunk so far into the mud (having heeled over and filled), that it is expected the trial of the firing from the Excellent, which was announced to take place to-morrow, will be unavoidably postponed, attempts having been made to raise her, but unsuccessfully. The Netley tender arrived krom Devonport yester day, with hands for the squadron fitting out here and at Chathum. The Osprey, new 12 gun brig, was docked yester day to have her copper cleaned. The other brigs forming the squadron here and at Chatham will un dergo the same operation. The latter, when ready, will be piloted down the river, and anchor at the Little Nora, to await further orders. SEPT. 19.—Le Caiman steam-frigate sailed in the night from Spithead for Cherburg. The Osprey, new 12 gun brig, was undocked yes terday, having had her copper examined. The Flying Fish, new 12, and the Pantaloon, 10 gun-brig, were docked this day, to have their copper examined. The Waterwitch, 10, is undergoing the same scrutiny. The Styx steam surveying -vessel, Captain Vidal, is coaling and replenishing stilly: in harbour, prepa ratory to returning to her stat in the Azores. The Emerald tender left this day for Chatham, with hands for the experimental brigs. The Canton transport, having landed her troops (55th), left the harbour for this day for the Thames. The Fanny yacht, having been driven to Spithead from Brighton, by stress of weather on Sunday last, left again on Tuesday, to attend upon Admiral Sir C. Rowley, Commander-in-Chief at this port, who is sojourning at Brighton for the benefit of his health, which is progressing favourably towards re-establish ment. The duties of the port are still carried on by the Superintendent of the Dockyard, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker. The Caledonia, 120, Captain Milne, was still in tha Tagus on the 11th. The Sylvia cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Tur nour, is undergoing thorough overhaul and repair in dock, prior to returning to the Jersey station. The Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, with the flag of Sir Hugh Pigott, was the only ship at Cove on the 16th instant. As we anticipated, no experiments were tried to day from the Excellent upon the Swiftsure. ROBBERIES IN 11111 TEMPLE. — Various depreda tions have been recently committed in chambers situated within the precincts of the Middle and Inner Temple ; and still more attempts, though fortunately in s ome in stances fruitless ones, been made to break into others. The long vacation appears to be the harvest time for these gentry, the absence of such numbers of the occupants of chambers during that period, giving great fhcilities for these daring outrages, and decreasing the risk of detection or opposition. On Wednesday morning it was discovered that a bold, but unsuccessful, attempt had been made to break into a set of chambers situated on the third floor of No. 1, of the Middle Tem ple Cloisters. A small bar that fastened the outer door of these chambers, and which was remarkably strong, was found in the morning of that day to have been com pletely wrenched ;off and taken away. The intending robber then appears to have tried to ferce the door, or to drive back the bolt of the lock ; but the locksmith had in this instance provided materials too strong and too well arranged to be thus opened, and the burglarious attempt utterly failed, and the villain went off unre warded for his labour. Many such attempts have been made within a short time in the same neighbourhood. Surely, with the great number of watchmen employed in all parts of the Temple, and the guard kept at the gates as soon as evening sets in, property ought not thus to be exposed to such depredators. The evil has got to he: ' aadgorpetaetd height, and it is - quite time steps shld be alone promises tranquillity to Ireland involves the , strinent if possible, than those st ou t pesent abandonment of office by the present Ministry. , taken to more property secure. They would not adopt the only policy which can PERCUSSION er CAPS.—A Scottish clergyman, lately . itt • and, t lE wt , _, arrest the progress of repeal, if they could; and deceased, submitte d far back as 4. having ear vin g lB b O e 6 e the first percussion caps to the Ord -.7", ~} • could not, if they would. The former would be an ad- nanee Board, as . ~,:,,-_'1., .‘....T - mission of essential error in their previous proceedings Pensular war, therefore w hil e make several trials and :xperiments at his own expense, d th to e too humiliating and dangerous to be made ; --- n a :' l e l t o ° w r t e was told, very politely, no doubt, that the invention was ;., : -1,..... even, if Ministers were prepared to make the expert- ! '' W,.- ment, the party on whose support in Parliament the ir military purpose's. • Thirty years tafter provided with percussion s caps, the I i w il :a t r t d a h l e , I) e l a i m e n a d p b i a l r e e b o tou was t twenty ' retention of office necessarily depends, would refuso • support to a conciliatory policy, and thus drive th( m military authorities deigned at last to turn their Eaten from their se:.ts. If Sir Robert Peel be possessed of : ptltriotisrn, he will not expose the nation to the con- tion to the subject, and are now adopting an invention that, introduced during the war, might, by rendering *:IIe ,‘ CIFSTICes o f pers i st i ng to conten d w ith the increased fire-armg more efficient, have saved the lives of a vast J He iffieulti es ” which beset h i s government i n Ireland. number of British soldiers.--Fruser's Magazine. has done enough to show the danger of attempt- Sir John Ramsden has left 20,0001. towards im mg to do more. Let him . retire with dignity, instead proving the town of Huddersfield. t ~J MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Sept. 20.) SUGAIL—For West India Muscovado Sugar there has been a falling off in the demand this week. The grocers have purchased most descriptions sparingly, and the demand for refining purposes has been small. To-day importers of West India Sugar were desirous to realise, and submitting to a reductiOn on former rates of 6d per cwt for grey, common, middling, yellow, and brown'sorts, tempted grocers and refiners to purchase largely, and the sales reached 650 hhds ; good and fine yellow kinds, however, still support former rates. The total purchases for the week are 2,050 hhds and trcs. REFINED.—Prices have ruled firm for all descriptions of Refined Go o d s s i nce thi s day week. The home trade have purchased e x t e nsively, paying 72s 6d for brown melting lumps, 73s to 73s 6d for brown grocery, 74s 6d to 75s for standard lumps, 74s to 78s for Tittlers, 793 to 838 •for •fine ditto, 74s 6d to 84s for Hambro' Loaves, 86s to 90s for double ditto, and 71s to .73s per cwt for wet lumps. To dtt• the refiners could not obtain hioher rates for retitled Sugar, but at former terms the home trade pur chased freely ; indeed, the market is bare of goods. Bonded Crush e d is much wanted, and prices aro firm at 27s 3d to 27s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.-This afternoon there was a large public sale of 9,697 hags. The whole found purchasers, but at a decline, on the rates of the last auction, of 6d to is per cwt for bro wn , common yellow, and refining sorts; but middling, good, and fine yellow fetched full prices ; fine grey sold at 58s to 60s, good 56s to 575, mid 53s tid to 545 Gd, low 52s to *535 ; low brown 42s to 45;1 mid 47s 6d to 48s 6d, good and fine 50s to 52s 6d ; low yellow 53s to 548 . 6 d, mid 55s to 56s 6d, good mid 57s to 58s, good 58s 6d to 59s 6d, fine 60s to 628 ; very fine Barbadoes kind 63s to 653 per cwt. EAST INDIA. -With Bengal Sugar the market has been abundantly supplied this week. The trade, how ever, have purchased freely, and the parcels offered at auction, amounting to 9,233 bags, were nearly all dis posed of -strong yellow, middling, good and fine white fetched fully former rates, but all interior kinds went at a reduction on last week's prices of 63 to is per cwt. Fine strong bright yellow Dobah kind sold at 65s Gd to 663., good 643 to 64s 6d, middling and good middling 61s to 63s 6d, damp 63 s to 63s ' 6d, washed 60s to 623 6d, false packed 665, very fine sound white 68s 6d to 7s, fine 64s to 5Rs, good 62s to 638 6d, middling 60s 6d to 61s 6d, low 68s 6d to 39s 9d, damp 60s to 67s 6d, washed 59s to 61s 6d, damp brown 44s to 48s, very low 40s to 425, middling dry grey 565 to 56s 6d, low 54s 6d to 555, good middling 57s to 57s 6d, damp 55s 6d to 56s 6d, washed 50s to 54s 6d, fels‘ packed 53s to 555, soft middling. yellow 54s to 554, gOOO mid tiling 55s 6d to 57s 6d, low 53s to 52a, damp anti washeu 51s 6d to 56s 6d, false packed 50s to 535, drainage da maged 51s fid to 54s 6d per cwt-a fair proportion con• sisted of the better qualities. For Madras Sugar prices • Whitt' ambition THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock — Indian Stock 284% 3 per Cent. Red ' Ditto Bonds ......... ...... 93 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Red — Ditto New Annuities ... New 3% per Cent. Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1%d... 76 pm. New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5001. .............. 76 pies. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11.............. 76 pm. Jan 1860.... ....... .... ,Bank Stock for Acct. ~, 207 Oct. 1859••••••••••••••• ..... Consols for Act......... 100 Jan. 1860... ...... -...— India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... Portuguese, 5 per Cent ".... Belgian, 5 per Cent lO4 Ditto, New Ditt0............... Brazilian Bonds 58% Prussian, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent..„.., llB Chllian, 6 per Cent ..... ....... Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824.......... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — ,Ditto, Deferred................. Danish, 3 per. Cent — IFrench, 5 per Cent....... —t. —c. Greek, 14-5, 5 per Cent — Exchange ....... ..... ...... —I. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — !Dutch, 2% per Cent....., 62% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — /Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) lO2 Ditto, New Shares, 17% paid ..... - ....... Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2% paid 5% Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) ••..•-••...•......... Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent,lll3s4d. paid, No. I Ditto ditto, paid, No. 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 86% Ditto Fifths, 12 paid Hull and Selby, 50 paid 7O Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid 6% Leeds and Bradford, 5 paid London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 441.) 6% London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (12t. 15s. 4d. paid) lO% London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) 74 Ditto:Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) 16% London and York, 2% paid 4% Lynn and Ely, 1% paid Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) . _. . - Manchester and Birmitighim :......... 5O Midland Counties (100 paid) lOB Birmingham and Derby, £lOO paid 75% North British, 2% paid Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid ........... 15% South Devon, 5 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Ditto New Shares, 4 paid Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) 10334 York add Selby Scrip. paid 3634 Boulogne and Amiens, 2 'mid .... • Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid Paris and Rouen. 20 paid Rouen and Havre, 10 paid l9 SPIRIT of the .PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—The Repeal Banquet, given to O'Con nell and the other Government-convicted, but legally liberated State prisoners, came off on Thursday evening. It was an entertainment on a monster scale. Though the speeches of O'Connell, and the rest of the orators of the day, were destitute of novelty—the topics being necessarily a repetition of the hundred-times-rehearsed grievance of the Irish people, which constitute the warp-and-woof of Irish agitation, they were heard with approbation, and responded to with enthusiasm by the assembled Mul titude, as though the voice of the speakers were then heard for the first time, and the subjects of their harangues were never before embodied in language. For the details of the meeting we refer to the report in another column. This additional de monstration of the imposing position which the repeal confederation now assumes, is pregnant with matter for serious reflection. We cannot but contrast the present rampant spirit of repeal with its prostrate condition under the administration of the Whigs. It has spread its ramifications throughout the entire kingdom, with a rapidity which sets conjecture at de fance as to the numbers who have enrolled their names as members of the confederacy. It has drawn to itself a large portion of the middle classes ; it even boasts of numbers of the higher orders who have recently avowed themselves converts to its cause, and who consent to be placed in the forefront of the movement. Add to these the not less formidable fact, that its constitution is distinguished by the arrangements . of its systematic plans ; the skilful adaptation of its machinery for col lecting its revenues. These supply the means of en countering the Government in the most protracted and expensive prosecutions of its leaders ; and of defray ing the other constantly-recurring charges pertaining to the agitation. The confidence with which the multi tudes have been inspired as to the infallibility or in vulnerability of their principal leader, is also another source of its strength. This unbounded and unwaver ing confidence—whether it be the result of accident, or of superior tact or talent—as much as anything else in the history of this extraordinary movement, has con tributed to swell the influence Mr. O'Connell wields over the masses of his countrymen. It enables him to control and move them at his will. For this commanding influence, and for the greatly accele rated impulse which it has given to the project to which he applies it, the Government has to re proach itself. Its own ill-advised proceeeings, de signed to suppress the confederacy, before the her culean powers of which it now totters to its fall, has rendered repeal an object of apprehension to many, and of annoyance to all—save those who have committed themselves to its fortunes, and have determined to stand, or fall, by its results. Had Ministers guided their proceedings with the pru dence which marked the poicy of their predecessors —had they combined justice and equity in the admi nistration of the government, with a calm but firm resolve to discountenance the repeal scheme, and all who enrolled their names as members of the Associa tion, or subscribed to the funds for the furtherance of its objects, repeal wo u ld b e now lingerin g ou t an existence without energy, incapable of inspiring its projectors with. hope, or its opponents - with fear. Lord Fortescue prcstrated it by a word. It was then few in numbers, and feeble in resources. Had the Whigs remained in power, it would hive been vox et prcetera nihil—a mere toune, which would have amused by its folly, instead of its scaring, as' it now does, the timid by the boldness of its claims, and confounding the counsels of the Government by the skilfulness of its. strata gips. The prominent fault of the Government policy, in its government of Ireland, was pointed out to us from the commencement, It made O'Connell the principal object against which its powers were directed. It treated him as every thing, and the grievances of the people— which constituted him what he is, the leader and eominander of the Irish nation—as nothing. This was the grand mistake ; and those which fol lowed—the prosecution, with its blunderings, its ob vious denial of justice by means of perverting the forms of Lev to the purposes of oppression —the de . feat of the prosecution by the reversal of the judg ment, founded partly on the very perversions which disgraced the proceedings, and exposed the adminis tration of justice to contempt—these were but the polluted streams which naturally flowed from. the polluted source. The dignity of an Executive is lowered by engaging in a contest with a private individual. It invests that person with the interesting attributes sof Martyrdom, if the proceed ings which are set on foot for his extinction are crowned with success. If, on the contrary, those proceedings are abortive—if they fail to effect the purposes for which they are instituted, the triumph of the individual over the Executive is signal and complete ; and he becomes a hero—a conqueror—a demi-god, in the eyes of the multitude. By the employment of merely coercive measures—and the present Government has tried no others with the Irish people—the Executive is necessarily presented to the nation in a hateful point of view : and that insubordiriativn to the law, which seems so unhap pily to form absolutely a part of the nature of the less-informed, portion of the Irish people, is fos tered into deadly enmity—ready, at a moment's en couragement, to break forth into furious excitement. From this consideration we derive apprehensions for the preservation of the public peace in Ireland, in the perilous circumstances with which the false palicy of the Government has surrounded it. It is obvious that a change from coercion to conciliation cannot be made by the present Ministers. It would he an ad mission of previous wrong, which would be the death ' Ilete of their administration. The party which urged them t o emp l oy f orce i s now exhort i ng some more decisive step than any they have yet taken ; and will no t b e satisfied unless a vigour beyond the 12W be exercised against the nepeal Association and its leaders. What,. if the Government again commit Even if t itself to such evil counsels? b e be issued, and obedi ence to their obeyed ; or, if disobeyed, the military are called out against the people, and enforce obedience at the bayonet's point ; and thus the strong arm of authority succeeds in suppressing the agitation for the moment what then ? Who can tell how soon, or how fearfully, the smothered flame may break out again from the deceitful ashes ? The lately-defeated prosecution has shown with what instinctive dislike the people of this country view the stretching of penal statues so as to include constructive crimes. A renewal of the attempt in another, and more offensive—because still more anti-constitutional—form, would provoke a demon stration in this country as decisive to, :as it would be destructive of, the Government. The course which STATE OF TRADE. The advices received since our last publication from all parts abroad with which we have connexion have been important, and generally of a character very satisfactory, inasmuch a 3 from present appear ances we may expect a continued good export de mand for manufactured goods, with a better chance of remuneration to the shipper than for a considerable time past. In the import trade we can notice no improvement generally, and once more we hoe to report a very gloomy market for cotton. The accounts from America, in reference to the crop, are so univer sally in favour of the largest yield that has ever been produced, that speculation has not been thought of, and manufacturers, pressed by an eager desire to realise on the part of holders, have made their purchases this week at prices always -d. and occasionally ;d. per lb. below the rates current a fortnight ago, whilst it may still be quoted as a re markable fact, that the spinners have taken less from this market for consumption this year than they did during the corresponding period in 1843. It can only be supposed that more labour and less raw material is now employed than was required for the heavy ma nufactures then produced. The West India news is not of a very agreeable nature. The planters had not recovered from the discouragement occasioned by the measures in refer ence to their produce passed in the last session. Here the prospect for them is improving, as sugar is daily becoming more valuable now that the first impulses have given way to calm reflection, and buyers and sellers both discover that they cannot, all at once, be overwhelmed with an import of foreign produce. The new trade in guano continues to b e much talked of, and reports as varied as possible are in cir culation in regard to the capacity of the islands to furnish an adequate supply : it may be, however, that every party is more guided in giving his opinion by his wishes, and what his interest requires, than by any duly authenticated facts that would bear exposure to public view. It is a new, and it may become an important trade, and we should regret to see it interfered with unnaturally by any premature speculation. So far, it has been of vast advantage to shipowners, and we trust it will prove equally satisfactory to agriculturists. From the manufaCturing districts, in every direc tion, the most satisfactory statements of improvement continue to be received, and, with the present low prices of corn, the prospect before us is gratifying. ' —Liverpool Mercury. NOTICE TO MARINERS. THE LIGHT OF ALL NATIONS ON GOODWIN SANDS. Union -street, Deptford, Sept. 20, 1844. Gentlemen,—Having been engaged for several months in erecting on the site of the caisson sunk on the Good win Sands by me during the autumn of 1842, an iron column, with tha twofold object of fixing thereon a red light for the guidance of mariners, and for boring the quicksand to ascertain its depth, with the ultimate view of erecting a more permanent lighthouse, I have the honour of informing you that I have already fixed the column nine feet abova high watermark, and shall, in the course of the next fortnight (weather permitting), carry it up to the height of 30 f,et, and that on or before the Ist of November next I shall show at the top of the co lumn a brilliant red light. The true bearings of the other lights have not yet been ascertained accurately, but shall be furnished to you in the course of next week. I have the ly flour to remain, Gentlemen, your obe dient s , •rvant, _ _ (Signed) WM. BUSIL C.E. To the Counnittve for Managing the Affairs of _Lloyd's. Tna IRISH MUNICIPALITIES.—It has been sug gested to us to recommend that, after the banquet, which is to take place in Dublin on the 18th instant, all the Municipali:ies in Ireland should, as an aggrigate coi-po • rate h,dy, have a grand state blncint.t in the ni , -trop- its to be Lereattcr upon by the Li berator and the;several Ilayors. We highly approve of the suggestion, and trust that the various municipalities will take the matter into consideration.—Drogheda Argus. G i r l 1 s ttp At 8 4 ., Star oz, v i ral R. 1.44.44 t: .41ahtable e 41% Na , 'p 44, , wt .4w,tiwide h 4 th Stipp A %ILL, .. b einesr Nl emi It. 64 .4. she trei If i tt at Of the hien-4.13%A kto lk th _ °lic % eh All „ 114 /ne r': 4tri cuy the lift 'l4 ~h ant s: 444 it 1, 344 Y b L c