The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-03 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION. MAGAZINES CONTINUED. THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER. Sherwood and Co. A large portion of the present Number is occu pied with the speech of Mr. Knight Bruc© on the " Hewley Appeal" before the House of Lords. The speech is a verbatim copy from the notes of Mr. Gurney, the short-hand writer. To all who love bigotry, and (boat upon double distilled intole rance, it will afford a rich treat. Of everything like Christian feeling it is as completely divested, as it is of those sound legal views which might have been expected from a man of Mr. Knight Bruce's Standing in the profession. What a contrast does this ebullition of ill-tempered and narrow-minded sectarianism afford to the masterly speech of the Attorney -General on the other side I " Ecclesi astical Forgeries" and " an Enquirer's Progress to Unitarianism," are interesting papers. The spuri ousness of the Sibylline verses is satisfactorily shown in the former, and in the latter some of the arguments generally used in favour of the orthodox faith are combated with ability, and what is better, In a truly brotherly spirit. THE EPISCOPAL MAGAZINE. The title of this periodical is no indifferent expo sition of its contents. Lawn sleeves and true rel►- gion are with the Editor synonimous terms. Several of the articles are, however, interesting, particularly the sketch of the " Greek Church in Russia," and the " Life and Martyrdom of Cvprian, Bishop of Carthage." Offensive as is the arrogance of the High Church organs, we confess that we greatly prefer such exhibitions to the evangelical cant of soieral publications patronized by Dissenters. THE LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILO SOPHICAL MAGAZINE. Taylor, Red Lion-court. _ The instructions drawn up by the Royal Society fpr the expedition to the Antarctic Regions, under Captain James Ross, occupy so much space in the present number as to leave little room for other articles. The chief object of this expedition, as our' readers are aware, is to determine the Magnetic Pole ci! the southern hemisphere. A favourable aPporturiity is thus afforded of adding to the stock of knowledge in other branches of physical science, and the Royal Society, at whose instigation, we be lieve, the expedition was fitted out by the Govern ment, have therefore furnished Captain Ross and his 6.—filcers with such instructions as appear to them be s s!, calculated to promote the interests of science. V:4 document extends to upwards of sixty pages, ana Appears to be compiled with equal judgment and ability". It cannot fail to be highly gratifyine, to all who fe. 0.1 an interest in the progress of Scientific discovery. 'l ,1e leader of the expedi tion is happily selected. Captain Ross is a man of great attainments in those branches of science to w hich his observations will be here directed, and as he had the merit and the honour of discovering the Magnetic Pole of the northern hemisphere, we can not,. help l oo ki ng upon that as an omen of succ ess in Ins present arduous and perilous undertaking. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. • Two handsome enravings embellish this Num b. er -- -" Deception," W. B. Scott, from a paint mg, by Coop e r ; and by the " First of September," b Y J• W. Archer, from a sketch , b y the same artist. Th e fi rs t i s executed with more care th an is usually bestowed on magazine engravings. There are several articles in this Number which will prove highly amusing to keen sportsmen. THE FOREIGN MONTHLY REVIEW. This periodical, yet in its infancy, promises in a short time to assume a high rank among its Month ly Contemporaries. To the great ability of many of- its Reviews we willingly bear testimony, as well as to the fidelity with which it reflects in its pages the progress of Continental Literature. The arti cles entitled " Italian Novels," and " Works of Russian Literature," are peculiarly attractive. We copy from a Review of " the German Quarterly Periodical" a literary journal which made its first appearance in January last, an account of the con dition of the Negro population in the free and en lightened States which compose that model of Re publics, the North American Union : In playhouses no negro is admitted into the pit or boxes ; a small upper gallery only is allotted to these outcasts of society ; and from some theatres they are now altogether excluded. A negro who has occasion to travel must, in the most inclement weather, go out side, as no white man will sit in a carriage with him. In a steam-boat his whole fortune would not purchase his admission to the best cabin. If the New York negroes walk in Broadway on a Sunday, the whites shut them selves up that they may not breathe the air contaminated by the blacks. To all this the free negroes in the Northern States submit, for they know that the slightest murmur would be the signal for their massacre by the whites. In one county of Pennsylvania, the negroes, according to law, have voted at the election of a Sheriff ; but the whites forthwith confederated, declared to the blacks that they would not again suffer such impudence to pass unpunished, and protested before the Legislative Assembly against the election. To bid a negro sit down is a crime against the ma jesty of the whites ; the negro, be he tree or slave, who sits down in the room of a white, is guilty of high trea son. " Give way !" cries a drunken white to a negro at Philadelphia. "Wyso ?" returns the negro. ' 4 Knock him down, the presuming runaway slave!" yell a dozen whites. " Bravo !" claps the mob, and the negro is stretched on the pavement. At Boston a free ,segro would send his child to the public school, for the support of which his earnings are heavily taxed. "No!" saystheschoolmaster, ' I am not here to teach your blackbrovd I bring them up as you will, no black brat shall sit by a white child in my school." The negro applies to' a private teacher, and is willing to pay for his son's iastruction. " What fancy's this ?" is the rejoinder ; " why should your son lea rn t o rea d an d write? You can make nothing but a servant or a barber of him! If you persist, hope not that a white would so degrade himself. Send him to Europe ; the French do such things for money, but no American." " But lam the son of a white" cries the mulatto. "My father, grand father, and great grandfather were whites," moans the Quateroon. "No mattrr, so long as you have negro blood in your veins." This is a sad picture of American manners, but it is a true one nevertheless. The following ex tract from the article entitled " Political Refugees," being a review of the " German in London," will likewise be read with some interest : Our author, says the Reviewer, complains somewhat hastily, we think, of the little sympathy manifested by the English nation towards the unfortunate Polish exiles, " many of whom have already been severely punished, several by imprisonment, and others by transportation to Botany Bay" —not, however, before they deserved it, be it remembered. Again, he observes, " France paid yvarly to the exiled Poles many millions of francs in the shape of assistance money ; while England, tardily - enough, and that, too, only after long debate, granted 10,0001. yearly for that purpose. This sum was partitioned among the five hundred refugees, then resident in England, in manner following :—staff officers, from the rank of majors to commanders-general, received, monthly, 31. ; subaltern officers, 2/. ; and in ferior officers and privates, 1/. In this manner the money was to suffice for the subsistence of five hundred needy men. But how, in England, can a man exist with '2/. per month, much less with the half of that sum? The lowest day-labourer receives 3s. per day, ,or, , per week, I/.. or, per month, 41., and still lives mi se,-ably ; the workman, who is at all expert, earns dole ble u'r treble that sum ; if a first-rate hand, four or five times to much. It is utterly impossible to live in: Lou. don for tc•ri shillings per week, unless one be content to sleep in the street, and to eat dry, bl ac k bread." ' Our autSor, by the way, would find it somewhat difficult to fiod in London the black bread he" here , speaks of ; but this, we suppose, is a mere facon de parler. 4. The foreigner in England has great difficulty to obtain employment; the spirit of corporation (Corp ° . rationsgrisl) of the English workmen militates decidedly \ to as against Portsmouth, engaged, T t h hired ierleadt Polisht themselves, h latter em q s u so l el t ldv t i e h e srFkatwfwo livingr. k g e is i n f bp Plymouth below foreigner 0: houseu: n et r usualaabnnded average in England , the and farmers and country-people in the ne igh w b o o r a u n rh d o o o r d, ship-builders, handicraftsmen, and clay-labourers, which, coming to the knowledge of English workmen, the latter quitted their e mploy, and compelled their masters to dismiss the unhappy strangers. d A lo t oc t i h o e f ir L on ot r id ai o l n roat h is, then constructing in the tie 0 Poles were, after long solicitationglibu on their part, em ployed, and paid at tnc rate of three shillings a . ay ; staff-officers, noblemen, and even a prince,. submitted befriended the Poles, was w el it was only after to this kind of labour, among the English workmen, ' were compelled to quit the works ; and long debates, and by dint of \ n h c e a re r upon a mutiny ensued and anynspector, who bad b •a e killed ; the Poles prayersandalltoh%rveaatisi,mtiltieadt to the Engli s h wor k men were induce,'. , . t. 'umber of the Poles (about sixty) to work w ithtierilia t h e excavations for the London and Manchester il road." En fish h av e but • In ano.4ber place he says : " The g with little sympathy with political refugees, 'r o suffering," especially, or t‘i'r foreign distress and forei , foreigners a discovery which he forthwith proceeds to r . e . aso!i . upon . English, having', in his own peculiar way ; they, the according to his notion, at least, " sufficient misery at home, in Ireland, in the north of Scotland, in Wales, and, indeed, in London itself, as in all large cities." These unfortunate beings (the " hun dred thousand in London who know not where withal to live to-morrow, or where to find their bed for the night") are, according to our German author, a kind of martyrs to national and religious pre judice. " They are Irish," say the religious, benevolent English ; " they are Catholics and strangers !" The reader, we presume, will, by this time, have been en abled to form a tolerably fair notion of our German's powers of observation in these matters. With respect to the number of Polish and other refugees in England, their mode of existence, political relations, &c. (a subject on which we feel inclined to trust to our author's means of observation, with far greater reliance than when he dilates on the peculiari ties of English manners), it would appear that there are at present in Great Britain (the w ork is published in 1339) about 800 Polish emigrants, the greater pros portion of whom are resident in London; the remain der, for the most part ci - divan t soldiers and sub officers, living in Portsmouth, Plymouth, and other towns in England, Scotland, especially in Edinburgh, and a few in Ireland. The leading political opinions of these refugees are divided, according to our author, into three chief factions or sects, the aristocratic, the mode rate, and democratic or republican parties. " Each of these parties has its leaders, its adherents, its laws, and its journal." " The head of the aristocratic party is Czartorisky, the future King of Poland, as he is designated by his adherents, and as he is himself well pleased to hear himself called. The democratic party has no particular leader, but is by some supposed to look to General Uminsky as their head. The mode rate, or juste milieu, assemble in London round the General Dwernicky, who seems more adapted to lead a charge of cavalry than a political party." In the Review of Von Halberg's" Travels in the East" we are introduced to that last of dethroned Princes, Milosch, and rarely have we met with, even in books of travels, a more con temptible character. He can neither read nor write ; despises learning in others ; and has the alipearance, as well as the tastes, of a pig-jobber. Moreover, he is an extensive dealer in these animals, whose welfare has engaged ten times more of his attention than the necessity of wisely governing his subjects. The deposition of such Princes is a negative proof of some share of public virtue and patriotism in the people. THE ORIENTAL HERALD. We noticed an evident improvement in the two last Numbers of the Oriental Herald, and we are glad to be able to pronounce the number for Sep tember more spirited than any of its predecessors. Besides some excellent articles from the instructive pens of Emma Roberts and Mrs Postans, the Number is embellished with two beautifully coloured portraits of a Kunachee chief in all the " pomp and circumstance" of military costume, and a woman of the country, bearing upon her head a pitcher of water, just as the women of the same country did three thousand years ago. The synopsis of Indian intelligence is very carefully arranged. PICTURES OF THE FRENCH DRAWN BY T HEMSEL VES, PART IV. This is a translation of a deservedly popular work, now publishing in Paris, on the plan of the " Heads of the People," which first suggested the idea to our lively neighbours. It is embellished with plates—humorous in design, but by no means equal m pint. of execution to those which illustrate its spirited prototype. The sketches in the present number are the " Virtuoso," the " Duchess," the " Midwife," and the " Horticulturist." We extract from the first a fair specimen of the style of this very amusing publication : Thus shut up, thus apostrophising, and thus disporting with his beautiful porcelain, M. de Alenussard is the hap piest of men. He falls upon his knees before it—he adores it—he loves it with the utmost tenderness ; and, more enthusiastic, more poetic than Pygmalion, he does not wish to animate his Galatea. He does not discover a fault about her : to animate would be to despoil her — to deprive her of some charm ! His Galatea will never grow old ; women painted on cups will be for ever young ; the nosegays on the vases and plates will re main eternally fresh and verdant ; nothing of all that will experience the snows of age ; the future will be even as the present. When Pygmalion, blinded by his enthusiasm, implored the gods to invest with life the worshipped object of his love, he created for it, at the same time, age, wrinkles, hoary locks, and death ! M. de Telenussard's joy exists in the insensibility of his mis tress,—in the materiality of his idealisation. He cre ates for her all the graces which he wishes to recognize about her ; he testifies for her an impassioned love, which he also fills up with sacrifices ; he casts down, as a befitting holocaust to his soft clay, first, (it is scarcely necessary to name the primal offerings) the hard clay, its sister, and the Queen's porcelain, its cousin ; and then follow the old Japanese, the old Chinese, and the old Saxe specimens, even to the admirable eathenware of Bernard de Palissy, the Italian workmanship of Faenza, with their rich paintings and their decorations after Raphael,—yes, even to the Delf-ware bas-reliefs of Lucas della Robbie. He only knows one thing—only loves, adores, cherishes one object—and that is the soft clay of Sevres. The rest of the world may fall in, crumble, and he would not pay attention to the ruins. He never reads a newspaper ; he is not an elector ; does not belong to the National Guard, nor to anything of that kind ; he is the admirer of the soft clay of Sevres. This passion for collecting curiosities—this mania—this idolatry of the soft clay of Sevres—have exiled, as it were, M. de Menussard from the rest of the human species, from his fellow-creatures, and from all mundane sentiments : they have rendered him selfish, stern and inflex ible in his resolutions, and miserly in everything, save the purchase of the soft clay of Sevres He entertains no compassion for the poor ; the recital of a great misfortune extracts not a tear from his eye He would see a whole quarter of the town burning be fore he would stir an inch from his own door, or suffer himself to experience the slightest emotion at the ca tastrophe ; but if one of his cups, one of his plates, or one of his vases were to break, his lashes would be bathed in tears ; groans and complaints would escape from his bosom ; he would find in his heart a mine of poetic treasure to deplore the loss of his cup, his plate, or his vase ; and he would be lost in astonishment were the rest of the world to remain insensible to his anguish. He would be capable of killing the man that should break the smallest particle of his'possessions in soft clay. In fine, he would traverse conflagrations, purgatories, and the regions of the damned, to save the smallest saucer of soft clay that might be in danger of destruc tion ; and he would not put his feet into water to save a drowning child ! Love is a passion which renders ferocious those who experience it. M. de Menussard, with his black silk skull-cap, his greasy hat, his shabby coat, his upright and tarnished hair, his beard but indif ferently cared for, his hands chilled by perpetual contact with earthenware, and his worn - out shoes , is, perhaps, of all lovers and admirers of this age, the most fervent, the most sincere, the most true, the most enthusiastic, and, on that account, the most excusable in his selfish ness and ferocity. By the side of M. de Menussard may invariably be encountered, at the Auction Mart, on the Place de la Bourse, a celebrated collector of autographs, who pos sesses the writing of all famous personages : but within the last month, he has laboured under a mortal affliction —ten lines of Moliere's own writing escaped him, and became the property of a celebrated English amateur, He will not recover the shock ; his days are numbered ; he hears nothing—sees nothing, but walks about like a miserable wretch on whom some inveterate fatality is heavily weighing. He considers himself as a dishonoured individual ; his collection of autographs was once reputed to be the finest of all collections existing, and now it is only the second in rank. M. de Menussard shrugs up his shoulders when he sees the collector of autographs ; he even says that he is mad. ORTON.—A torch-light procession of Chartists took place through Orton on Tuesday evening last, headed by a band of music. Two effigies were burnt opposite Mr. Winder's, but nobody could learn who they were in tended to personate. This demonstration was a matter of su prise to the good people of the retired and quiet town of Orton.—Kendal Mecrury. FIRE DAMP EXPLOSION.—On Monday morn.. ing, when the children employed in Mr. Haigh's colliery, at Sinking Wood, were entering to their work, a slight explosion of damp occurred, by which the first in the gang, a little boy named Barraclough, was severely burned, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. The rest of his companions were very little hurt, and were able to make their way back out of the works. When Barraclough was found he was nearly suffocated ; his shirt, except the collar and wrists, was completely consumed, and his face is dreadfully scorched.—Halifax Express. DISTRESSING SUICIDE. —On Friday night a young gentleman, named William Henry Legge, about twenty years of age, resi ling about five miles and a half from this city, and son of the late General Legge, com mitted suicide by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. The deceased had formed an attachment with a young woman of the neighbourhood, Miss Eliza Sterry, which attachment, it is said, did not receive the approba tion of his mother. On Friday night came home about a w quarter pest ten o'clock, in company with the young t m h a :ei n rrrts, : one o snheyid w siozia n duef o dent m egrtahwa h pe he was paying his addresses. Having lrfmother, minute'ss h mt o o ai u n, s . e a , n hdHe conversationerwutes th n e t the d it o o ut woi t hpt down, parlour e o hr ti p r uha t set o e rt h taiol i te- s l discharged it, knelt pistol to his month, feet. The jury returned a verdici that deceased ee the stroyed himself, being at the time in fell a corpse at her derangement. Miss Sterry, as a state of temporary . received a terrible shock from titetr maye transaction, e r t e i e a n d layniza as g imagined, as the mother of the deceased, was not considered in a fit otate to be examined on the inquest.—Gloucester Journal. THE TOURNAMENT. [ln addition to the full accounts o' th . 3 fcolish and un lucky exhibition which we published on Saturday, we give the following particulars up to Fridaj.l THURSDAY, Ave. 29.—The lists in the park of Eglintoun Castle at this time exhibit the appearance of a pond. Yesterday at three o'clock the procession, of which the programme has already been given, entered the place appointed for the feats of the stalwart men at arms, amidst a deluge of rain and an incipient tempest of wind. The ladies, the Queen of Beauty and her attendants, were brought to their seats in the galleries in close carriages, and by that means escaped a portion of the soaking to which the rest of the company were subjected. The trumpets sounded gallantly as the procession entered the barrier, and those who could exalt their voices, and were not afraid to open their mouths for the rain, shouted amain. The knights attempted to return the compliment, by bowing to their admirers, but it was only an attempt : they sat so stiffly in their iron panoplies, that bowing without rolling out of their saddles was an impossibility, and, consequently, they passed on in frigid and unbending dignity. The day, which had dawned auspiciously for the sports, assumed by twelve o'clock an appearance which the most sanguine admirer of the tournament could not misin terpret. Black and louring clouds were gathering toge ther in threatening heaps all over the horizon, and by the time the sun reached the meridian of Eglintoun, down came a torrent of water from the heavens, which at once put an end to all hopes of a fine day. There were by this time about 20,000 persons assemble ‘ d : of this number the elite, consisting of perhaps 500 or 600 were under cover, whilst the host had nothing but great coats, umbrellas, and patience to compete with the inauspicious elements. Some few got under the trees in the park, but as there were no trees in the immediate vicinity of the listed field, the immense majority had no such resource to apply to. In front of the castle were drawn up bands of musicians on horseback, dressed in ancient and quaint costume, and at intervals sounding a flourish of trumpets, shawms, and cor nets. In this place, previously to the formation of the procession, were seen knights and esquires, bowmen and billmen, exhibiting themselves to the ladies, who peeped out of the castle windows in admiration of their feats. " Upe the alures of the castle, the ladies there stode, And byhulde this noble game, and which knyghts were gode." ROBERT OF GLOCESTER, Ring Arthur's Tournament. Some doubt at this time arose amongst the multitude whether or not the thing would come off ; however it did at length come off, and, as has been said, at three o'clock, amidst the rain and wind, the procession entered the lists. The ladies having taken their scats, the Queen of Beauty (Lady Seymour) and her immediate attendants occupying the' centre of the grand stand, the business of the day began forthwith. The jousting was much the same—or, rather precisely the same—as that which took place at the rehearsal at the Eyre Arms, at St. John's-wood, of which an account was given some week's back ; the barrier which divided the jousters was, however, much better arranged, and considerably longer here than at the Eyre Arms. Lances were shivered and some smart encounters took place, but there were fortunately no scrions accidents. The Earl of Eglintoun, in a splendid suit of brass armour, encountered the Marquis of Waterford, and broke two spears in the conflict. The Noble Earl was then declared the best knight of the' day, and rewarded by the Queen of Beauty with the crown of victory, amidst the shouts of the spectators. Other knights exhibited their prowess in similar feats, and a fu rious contest on foot between two fermidable personages in armour, armed with two.handed swords, took place, to the delight of many and the terror of others. One of these per sonages was a huge dragoon, whose "long sword fell heavily on the back and shoulders of his adversary, which adversary, a well-known performer at the minor theatres of the metropolis, returned the obligation by battering the sains of his antagonist. The pertinacity of these individuals, had it been exhibited in a better cause, would have been highly meritorious, but as the case is, produced nothing but sore bones to both. It was about this time that the news reached the lists that the banqueting-hall Red the ball room, constructed of enormous tents, were in a flood of water in consequence of the incessant rain having penetrated the roots and sides. The Earl of Eglinton immediately announced to the company in the grand stand his regret at what had taken place, and his inability to entertain them as he had intended. The No ble Earl appeared completely out of spirits with the un fortunate resvlt of the ra;n, but rallied like a true knight to make this unfortunate announcement. It was received with somewhat long faces by those who had been invited to the banquet and ball, and by a grin of something like satisfac. tion by those who were not favoured with invitations. Meantime the rain bad net diminished in violence. The whole place of the tournament was soaked like a wet sponge; those in the uncovered seats had long been wet through, and through the roof of the large covered stand the pelt ing of the storm was beginning to penetrate. Barons, knights, 'squires, dames both of high and low degree, demoiselles, Highlanders, Lowlanders, bagpipers, trum peters, heralds, and pursuivants, were all wet through. One gentleman, whose enormous red nose procured him the title of " Rouge Dragon," afforded amidst this ele mental strife much diversion by the pains he took to pro tect his costume, and the queer feature from which he de rived his title. Another individual, whom the mob called the " King of Beauty," and whose appearance was that , of a London coalheaver, dressed in a green baize suit of I clothes trimmed with black worsted, (from the ward. robe of one of the London theatres), and evidently under the inspiration of whiskey, excited great curiosity by continually crossing and re-crossing the lists, followed Ly a boy who carried an immense carpet bag. The whole of this goodly phalanx, accompanied by monks, pilgrims, Gurths, Wambas, and other descendants of the Witless family, began their retreat from the park about five o'clock; the roads then presented a most singular appearance. 'the carriages to convey this mass of persons to their desti nations were not sufficiently numerous by one half. Those who were afraid of catching cold had partaken in many instances too freely of the " creature," which they had imported in pocket pistols for home consumption. This had imparted an animation to their language and gestures much more grotesque than elegant. Persons in costly velvet and gold, and satin shoes, had to trudge eight miles through the mud before they could take " their ease in their inn ;" and this morning hundreds are cursing their own folly and the weather, sehich has punished their bones with rheumatism, lumbago, and cramp. The rain is still descending in torrents, many have gone home, but more are still arriving. The age of chivalry, has, for the pre. sent, certainly departed, but its convulsions will probably continue for a day or two longer.— Times. The Jester, who, we were given to understad, is both a wit and an artist of no mean ability, contributed not a little to the amusements of the day. He cracked many jokes, and good ones too, which told with increased effect, from his grotesque appearance with his cap and bells, and the ludicrous caparison of his Rosinante. In his several visits to the Reporters' Stand, " the son of Witless" rejoiced in the delivery to the " Knights of the Quill" e called th t t n h g e , m a ) n d o f p t r h e e s s e fo , l alllo i g n g jokes o : y - 0 u " Yo u knows se o r u vic a e s , k (a n s ow li s e can you tell me why the Marquis of Waterford's saddle is like a mule ?" " Wamba" nett came up to the Stand mentioned, and requested and received a pencil, with which he said, with great solemnity, showing his sketch book, that he intended to engage his professional talent upon an Irish scriptural subject—The Marquis of Waterford's head on a charger—(The Marquis alluded to had just mounted fur a tilt. )—" Ho, ho," said he of the Cap and Bells, "my Knights of the Sheet, if the Highland Eagles have to wait for a dead Knight to-day, it will be a long time before they get one. They'll be infernally hungry by that time, I guess "—" See you yonder Knights tilting at a ring ; that's very effeminate sport—just what ladies do— trying to catch the ring."—Ayr Advertiser. On Friday the weather was delightful, and, notwith standing the deluge of the preceding days, the grounds were in a condition well calculated to do justice to the wishes of the Noble entertainer. Under these favourable circumstances the magnificence of the display exceeded the expectations which had been formed in reference to it, great as they were. The immense congregation of strangers has given an impulse to trade here which is be neficially felt in many quarters. The taste displayed in the arrangements, and the perfect manner in which the whole affair was got up, merit the highest commendation. —GlasgowEO LlNTOUfr ail. N I CASTLE, FRIDAY, AUG. and everything hot h w i w n a d s favourable, t t e h d e n day r y d i n a g w n t e h d e au 30.---This morning a spi ground,c i o u a s l n y d , rendering the place fit far the purposes intended. In con sequence of this favourable change in the weather, the company from the different towns, villages, and places adjacent, began by eight o'clock in the morning to put themselves in motion. The roads were crowded with the curious, and with those who had been disappointed the previous day. By one o'clock, upwards of 10,000 persons were assembled, and numbers more continued to crowd in. About two o'clock the procession moved from the castle. The order of this part of the tournament was similar to that which took place on Wednesday, and which has been already described. It was certainly a gorgeous and most splendid pageant. The gre at variety of armorial bearings on the surcoats of the knights and squires, the rich housings of the horses, and the costly trappings of the riders, the highly polished armour of the chevaliers, and the elegant costumes of the ladies, mingled in gay confusion, produced a spec tacle exceedingly brilliant and pleasing. There were bands of archers, troops of Highlanders, and an almost endless succession of esquires, men-at-arms, halberdiers, and other formidable personages in quaint yet not unpicturesque attire. The tournament commenced with the jousting of the knights, who challenged each other to the lists. The trumpets sounded the charge, and the heralds pro claimed the result. The jousting was followed by riding at the ring, and the quintain, and the mode, closed the labours of the day. In the mele, eight knights in com plete armour on horseback, fought with swords, and some Leavy blows were exchanged. There was but one accident, and that a slight one. Mr. Jerningham was wounded by a sword cut in the wrist, as it appeared to the spectators, from the inefficient manner in which his gauntlet was secured. The Marquis of Waterford seemed very anxious to carry the contest beyond what the rules of the tourna ment allowed, and some heavy blows were exchanged between him and Lord Alford. The marshal of the lists, Sir Charles Lamb, very properly interposed his authority between the combatants, and order was instantly restored. The procession then left the ground at six o'clock, much in the manner in which it had entered, the Queen of Beauty and her attendants being on horseback. In the course of the day Lord Craven was thrown from his horse, but re ceived no injury beyond a severe shake. The Marquis of Waterford also got a tumble, but was unscathed ; and the horse of Mr. Lamb tell with his rider ; neither were much hurt. At eight o'clock the banquet commenced in the temporary room erected for the occasion. This was a grand sight ; nearly 400 persons sat down to a splendid feast, consisting of all the substantial dishes of ancient Scotch and English cookery, and all the delicacies of the modern art. The whole was served up in dishes and covers of exquisitely wrought silver, partly se lected from the family plate of Lord Eglintoun, but principally furnished from the stores of Messrs. Storr and Mortimer, of Bond-street. The room was lit by very beautiful lamps, furnished by Messrs. Phillips, of Regent. street, and presented a brilliant effect. All the party were in rich costumes of the days of chivalry. Lord Eglintoun made a short speech after the removal of the cloth, in which he expressed his hopes that tournaments would become fashionable amongst the nobili y and gentry of the country; he had shown that they could be revived, and that tilting could be practised without danger. His Lordship's Address was received with great satisfaction by his numerous guests, all of whom expressed their satisfaction at the entertainments of the day, and the hos pitality of him by whom they had been given. The ball commenced shortly after 12 o'clock, and dancing was kept up with great spirit till day-break, all the persons present appearing in their costumes, and mingjing in the quadrilles , gallcpades, &c., with an energy which proves the bracing effects of the sea-breezes of the rtes tern coast of Scotland upon the nerves and sinews of the most delicate. It was announced that the tournament would be resumed to-morrow (Saturday), if the weather proved favourable. The lower ward of the castle was a scer.e of festivity and rejoicing. This portion of the edi f.ee represented the fabled histories of baronial residences of the early days of chivalry to the life. The feasting and carousing was kept up con amore throughout the night, and daylight dawned upon the revels of noblts, knights, squires, men-at-arms, archers, and retainers. " Where throngs of knights and barons bold, " In weeds of peace high triumph's hold ; " With store of ladies whose bright eyes " Rain influence and judge the prize. " With pomp, and feast, and revelry, " And mask and antique pageantry." SATURDAY, AUG. 31.—T0-day the state of the weather has prevented the jousting : the rain descends in torrents, and the fatigues of the last eight-and-forty hours have sub dued even the iron nerves of the most formidable cham pions. The castle is full of guests, and the houses and public inns at all the adjacent towns are still closely packed with visitors. The wind is blowing hard on the coast, so that those who are about to take their departure are a little alarmed at steam-boat conveyance, and all vehicles that cats be procured are already engaged to convey the home ward bound to Glasgow and other places by land.— Times. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (MONDAY.) TlMES.—Notwithstanding the great pressure for money in London, it appears that it is by no means joint-stock banks in those parts of the country where banks are situated, which have entitled themselves to a regular supply of money from the Bank of England in return for their forbearance in abstaining from the issue of any notes of their own. Under the arrangements made by them, they are entitled to a fixed sum of 3 per ceat. interest only, and they are absolutely binding, it seems, on the Bank during the present Charter, whatever may be the value of money, and the demand for it elsewhere. It follows, that these banks being under no distress or apprehensions for themselves, and ' being, moreover, desirous - of promoting the prosperity of their districts; do not hesitate at lending, to traders in good credit, at . '5 per cent., and in many instances as low as 4 per cent. - In London the rate may be said to vary from 6 per _ cent. for good mer chants' and bankers'l2tills, to 10, 15, 20 per cent., or almost any rate . that can be named for the in ferior classes of traders. The customers of the country banks are not only placed more at their eas3 by the superior facilities they obtain on the spot, but cease send ing any bills for discount to the London market, while those who arc in a' train for obtaining facilities through country connexions will even send bills from London to be discounted. A more important consequence is, that the whole weight of the circulation of the country is thus thrown upon the Bank of England, and their attempts to contract it in London are frustrated. The small amount of bullion now remaining has to sustain, not only their own notes issued at home and through the branch banks, but, by virtue of the legal tender clause, the notes also of the issuing country banks. Nothing can remedy this state of things but some great expansion of the foreign trade of the country, which the high price of goods and of produce effectually for bids, so that the future is looked forward to in general with much despondency. The English Funds continue to fall, and it is impos sible it should be otherwise, so long as the suspicion exists at the Stock Exchange that the stock obtained by the Banks of England and Ireland uuder the late conversion of Exchequer Bills is about to be thrown on the market. All the movements of the brokers who usually make sales for them are watched with much jealousy by the jobbers. It is supposed, however, that they managed, in the course of the morning to dispose of nearly 100,0001. Consols. Meantime the sale of Ex chequer Bills has become almost as difficult a matter as it was before the late reduction of the amount in circulation was effected through the conversion. In deed, it is difficult to see how the price of them is to be sustained so as to prevent their being paid in for duties, and so diminishin g the amount of the revenue. Com mercial bills h ave been done Bs. discount. and the or dinary bills bore a premium of 3s. to 53. only. Money continues very scarce at the Stock Exchange, and some great sacrifices were made in the sales of Consols for money compared with the account. Bargains were done at 89i. for money, but the last quotation was 891 to 89 for money, and 901- buyers for the account. ndia Stock was 2481 to 249 ; hank Stock, 184 to 185. POST.—We prepared our readers towards the close of the past week, by the information we then gave them, with rogard to the views of the Bank Directors, relative to the circulation, to expect that some additional strin gency might before long be felt in the Money Market. That such has been most decidedly the case to-day was sufficiently obvious from the declining state of the public securities. Consols, which opened at 90y for Money, dropped abruptly to 89i, and, although in con sequence of some limited purchases which were subse rdsdne;iciusbesacomeonoimlnsudtsch quently made there was a rally, it was but a very feeble one, t . and the effect even of this proved of no great du ration. The closing rates were 891 for Money, and 90: 1 2 - to for :,he account. Exchequer Bills left off at 3s. t s ntfscc o hotouaora . s itet siry.aaei should r eltti ryihhbomeack ue,have viey It s , appe arsbeen s partieso having acceptalices and other engagements to provide f f eti and havenhmdi most asi s ; b followsrre cee readily d o yr generally ea trsoaal convertiblel tmyh matter selectedsale tt er s o oe nut prt ß altei ustsbl a , rlenaewdtidlknhh, within Stockthhighin t a h t e quarterl l B a s 4 t t of few s wh . for the purpose of raising money. It has irw become a matter o f no t or i e t y th a t so me of the principal bill brokers have been warned of the necessity which exist s f or t h e a d opt i on o f a more cau tious and prudent system than has been hitherto pur sued. This may h ave b een w i t h re f erence , i n a ll pro hibility,to the co-op erat i on t h ey h ave b ee n in the habit of affording to c er t a i n country esta bli s h m ents, by means of which speculation and monopoly have been so injudi ciously upheld, to the great detriment of the real inte rests of the nation. The measures adopted by the Bank of England in former years for correcting an unfavour able course of exchange were at once found to be effi cacious ; but, now that these measures are counteracted by another class of instit u ti o ns by whom their power is shared, though not so their responsibility , a nd which have, therefore, nat the same object in common, in that respect to answer the case is far otherwise. Month after month parses over, and still the evil it is proposed to remedy continues in operation. Had it not been for the joint-stock banks in the country, each of which is placed in immediate competition with other banks, and struggling as it were for an existence, it is impossible but that the prices of commodities should have been sufficiently lowered by the action of the Bank of England that has now been so long in progress, to cause an export business, the conseq uence of which would have been the establishment of a balance of trade in our favour, and a return to the Bank coffers of a portion of the treasure that has been taken from them to pay for corn and American and other stocks and shares of various descriptions. Notwithstanding what we have here stated, commer cial bills of a strictly legitimate character have, we un derstand, been discounted at a somewhat reduced rate of interest to-day. Indeed, we are informed that the bill-brokers, whose interest it is to keep up the charge, have offered accommodation at 6 per cent. per annum. We do not believe that the rates demanded on the Con tinent will be at all permanent. A draft of silver for Russia (little or no gold is required) will, it is thought, be , be quite temporary, and we are assured that the provi sion made in this country on German account, in the shape of ready funds , it, am p le for the p urchases which will be needed shortly of our manufactures for continen al purposes. smasc Mr. Tollemache, cif Tilbury Lodge, near Tar. porley, will stand for the southern division of Cheshire a the next election.—Speeator. THUGGEE IN INDIA.—The Edinburgh Re view was the first of th e English press to bring the sub ject of Thuggee completely before the British reader, and documentary evidence to a great extent has since been pub lished, confirming details which appeared at first to be in credible. The new work on this subject " Confessions of a Thug," by Captain Taylor, an officer in the service of a native Prince, has not only this documentary authority to depend upon , but the still stronger one of p ersonal ex now active tly engaged in the suppression of , dia, The work, therefore , although characterised ex perience, authenticated by the acts of th e B r i t i s h Govern ment inside nts of romance, is essentially m bt hy e e n as t l yl in st the his torical, the narrative being literally the confessions of a prominent actor in the terrible scenes of murder which have systematically devastated India for centuries, and is only indebted to fiction f, it the few connecting links which were necessary to sustaii t the reader's interest in the talc. —Morning Herald. ST. PETERSBURG -H, AUG. 15.—Count Ben kendorff, commander of the gendarmerie, and chief of the ~•ps ecret military polic e, has deno unced to the Emp eror Nicholas of the existence: of political soci e ties among the officers the First Cos of Army a n d t h ose o f the regi ment of Hussars of the Imperial Guard. The Autocrat was startled by the disclosure, and instantly issued a Ca binet order, providing, first, that the individuals suspected of belonging to those societies should be arrested, and tried with all the rigcur of the military laws ; secondly, that the command of the First Corps of Army be taken from the cavalry general, Baron Geismar, and that of the Hussars of the Guard ftNt)m Major-General Narwert ; that these two officers be ph iced on the half-pay list, and suc ceeded in their eomman ds, the first by Lieutenant-Gen eral Tymafujet, and the so cond by Major-General Plantine. The number of officers turested is very great.—Commerce. THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY, SEPTMEBER 3, 1839. THE SPEECH AS IT IS, AND AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. (From the Examiner.) Various charges of delinquency that were once brought by Lord Rodney against certain naval officers, were obliged, it is said, to be kept in the back-ground, for no other reason than because (such was the state of the Navy at the time) it was difficult to muster a sufficient number of non-delinquent officers to try them! All Tory charges against the Liberals in our day fall to the ground for a still stronger reason--the difficulty is in this case an impossibility. Whatsoever they charge upon Reformers, either of non-performance or of prac tical wrong-doing, they have been guilty of themselves a thousand times over, and in a far more criminal de gree. Tory criminality, it must be granted, does not establish Whig innocence ; but it establishes neverthe less the unfitness of Tories to be Judges or witnesses in any case of complaint against Whigs. Take for example the last crime of the Cabinet, the composition of the Royal speech ; the speech which they say is a foolish speech, a barren speech, an empty speech—a poor, dull, trite, spiritless, insignificant speech. Were these epithets never applied, at least as truly, to Royal orations before ? If there is nothing new in the speech, there is as little novelty in the mode of ridiculing it. We remember Sovereigns, far less like Juliet in all other respects than ours, who possessed quite as strongly Juliet's faculty of " speaking" yet of " saying no thing." But there is, to be sure, this essential dif ference to be noted. The barren speeches of Tory monarchs were always received as blessings ; com municating nothing, they claimed admiration, and a grateful welcome. But. when the speech happened to contain news, it was sure to send people home with rueful visages, and the " merry peel" that greeted Majesty had a strangely muffled sound to the ears of subjects. But why is the Royal speech all but destitute of animated topics and joyful congratulation ? Why, with the exception of the reference to the Penny Postage, does it contain no charm powerful enough to render us insensible to the futility of the remain ing paragraphs ? Why was her Majesty condemned to travel to Mexico and Teheran for subjects of no very vivid or lasting consolation after all. It was simply because the majority of the Lords whom she addressed, encouraged by a large proportion of the Commons, who crowded the bar, had chosen to de prive her Majesty, at the close of the session, of such topics of congratulation as we now well know she would have loved to dwell upon. But for the factious pur poses and anti-national prejudices of so many of her Majesty's " Lords and Gentlemen," the speech would have contained a paragraph to this effect : " I rejoice that the spirit of wisdom and justice has at length prevailed in your councils, and prompted you to extend municipal privileges to Ireland, on the only principle that does not involve dishonour and deception towards the people of that tranquil part of my dominions; and I alio hail with pleasure your adoption of a measure that secures to the negro population of Jamaica the full 'enjoyment of all that was comprehended in the term emancipation." Now if the speech, so " pitiful" in its topics, had but contained this—as Yorick observes, " %would be something." But if the parties alluded to had been legislators and patriots, instead of mere " Lords and Gentlemen," her Majesty might have gone on to say— " There can be no doubt that your adoption of a measure for enlarging the constituency of the country, by establishing a more satisfactory registration of voters, will be received as a proof of your determination to give the Reform Act a fair trial, which it has never had. The measures which you have passed for remov ing some of the defects of the present system of pri son•discipline, and for the correction of certain glaring abuses connected with the discipline of the church, are among the proofs that public time has not been entirely wasted, and that public wants have not been wholly disregarded." All this, however, was excluded from the speech ; for her Majesty could only have alluded to these mea.- sures as forlorn hopes, created in the Commons to be lost in the Lords—measures deemed beneficial by the people's representatives, and consequently rejected by the Irresponsibles who are permitted to rule over them. The introduction of such topics would undoubtedly have given a different character to the Queen's speech ; but imagine the difference, had the speech been drawn op by Sir Robert Peel ! Had the Queen been less firm in May, the Speech would unquestionably have been far more full of existing topics in August. Her Ma jesty would probably have been made to say— " The danger and consternation that have prevailed in various parts of my dominions have rendered neces sary a large addition to the standing army ; a strong military force being required in Ireland, to aid the troops previously stationed in that country, in re-es tablishiog tranquillity. I lament that it has been found found expedient, in the emergency to which the legal authorities of the kingdom have been driven by the disorders that have prevailed in this country, to call for extraordinary powers by which to secure the conviction of political criminals, and to pro vide for the suppression of liberal opinions. It is con solatory, however, to think that the unconstitutional measures adopted have been quite successful ; and that all political sentiments not in accordance with those of my Government and the upper branch of the Legisla ture, are so effectually checked as to threaten no imme diate danger." Another paragraph might have proceeded thus— " Gentlemen of the House of Commons :—You have nobly defeated the mischievous attack upon the revenue, and the financial credit of the country, made by a portion of your body, under the name of a plan for a penny postage ; rather than sanction which, the Minister who speaks the sentiments of my Cabinet has declared that he would retire from public life at once. The reflection that you have averted such a calamity, and saved the commercial interests from a destructive rate of postage, will be the reward of your virtue." It is possible too, that her Majesty might have as sured the " Lords and Gentlemen" that the zeal they had ever manifested for her personal comfort and well fare had been attended with the most gratifying results —witnessed in the endearing ties and associations sur rounding her, and the perfect harmony and happiness prevailing throughout her palace. CAUTION TO PERSONS WRITING ON NEWS PApEk COVERS. —On Tuesday a respectable-looking man named Henry Naghton was brought up at the Borough Court, Manchester, charged with having put his initials on the cover of a newspaper addressed to " Jas. Hey land, Esq., Clougher, 13elsmullet, Ireland."—Mr. Eldershaw appeared on the part of the Post-office, and stated that this paper having been charged 11. I3s. was returned, and Mr. Naghton had been ascertained to be the person who had sent it. The paper being returned to Mr. Naghton, he, of course, refused to take it back, and wrote to the Post master-General at Dublin to know the reason why the paper had not been forwarded, and charged the clerks in the Post-office with having written on it so as to prevent its reaching its destination. Mr. Eldershaw also stated that when Mr. Naghton was questioned on the subject, he admitted that be might have put his initials on the paper, but if he had he was not aware that he had committed any offence. Mr. Naghton, on being asked what he had to say, stated that he had only to throw himself on the mercy of the court. At the time he received his friend's letter he went to the Post-office, requesting that the papers might be sent back again. He was satisfied Mr. Willock would not have brought oa this prosecution but for a third party. He was confident that be had written nothing on the paper. The initials on the paper were his initials, but be did not by any means admit that they were his writing. Besides, the letters " nghton" had bcen added to the initials. The Mayor—The charge was only for the three initials EL W. N., and not for any other part of the name..—Mr. Naghton thought that was a forgery, and he wanted to know who had written it?—( Laughter.) The Mayor— We have nothing to do with anything but the initials.—Mr. Naghton-1 never admitted that I had written those initials. —Mr. Eldershaw positively stated that Mr. Naghton had admitted having written them. The Mayor (to Mr. Eldershaw)—Can you prove that he admitted this to be his writing ?—Mr. Eldershaw stated on oath that he admitted the writing to be his, and, besides, it corresponded with the rest of the direction.—The Mayor —Did you find these initials on the paper before it left Manchester?—Mr. Eldershaw—No, the initials were dis covered at the Post Office, Dublin.—The Mayor (to Mr. Naghton)—The paint is whether you wrote these initials or not. You stated to this gentleman that you might have done it.—(To Mr. Eldershaw)—" Is there any fur ther admission that he made ?—Mr. Eldershaw—When the paper was returned he said " Yes, I wrote it, but I was not aware that it was wrong." I said, do you moan to pay the 1/. 13s. ? and he refused to pay it.—Mr. Naghton con tended that he admitted the initials to be his, but not the writing.—The Mayor—lt is a very hard case, but we feel confident that you did write these initials, and that this is your writing. It is exceedingly hard, because we are satisfied you had no intention to defraud the revenue in this case.—Mr. Naghton (to Mr. Eldershaw)—Do you swear before that Bench that I put my initials to that paper with any intention to defraud the revenue?—Mr. Elder shaw— I cannot swear to your motives.—The Mayor—We don't go upon your motives, but upon the breach of the law. You must pay them 1/. 13s. We are quite satisfied you had no intention to defraud the revenue, but the Act of Parliament is imperative upon us.—Mr. Eldershaw—lf you choose to memorialize the Postmaster-General he may mitigate the penalty.—The Mayor—That will be the best way. If you will memorialize, I will sign the memorial.— Mr. Naghton applied that the 1/. 13s. might not be en forced until he ha d memorialized. The parties then left the Court. —Manchester Times. IMPORTANT TO PRlNTERS.—Considerable misapprehension prevails as to the effect of the new enact ment (2 Vic. c. 12) with regard to the necessity for an " imprint" to printed papers. A paragraph has been going the round of the newspapers to the effect that no imprint is now necessary ; but this is a mis take. The recent Act imposes a penalty of not ex ceeding fire pounds, instead of twenty pounds, a; previously, upon every person who shall print " any paper or book whatever" without having his name and pla e c of abode on the first and last leaves of any bo ok, or tipon the front of any paper printed on one side only. Besides this reduction of penalty, no person can sue far any penalty incurred except in the name of the Attorney-General of England, or the Lord-Advocate of Scotland. EVENING EDITION. THE APPROACHING DON CASTER RACES. In the wide circle of English horse racing_" a national sport, the manly, the noble sport of a free people," as was observed by his late Majesty William the Fourth—there is no meeting which possesses superior attractions to that of Doncaster. The Great Northern Meeting is, indeed, its true designation, whether as regards the superiority of the running, the excellent quality of the ground, the splendour of its stands, thronged with beauty and fashion, the magni ficence of the roads, the ample protection to the visitots, and the unrivalled accommodations within the town itself. \\ ith the termination of the York August Meeting—and by the way, the falling off in those once celebrated race;, from their high and palmy state, should suggest the propriety of holding, in luture, only one good annual meeting—with the termination of these races, the attention of the whole sporting world is turned to Doncaster, in the anticipation that the scene which will there be presented will be of the most attractive character—a scene which, with all its con comitants, presenting a perfect specimen of the good old English practice of horse racing, may be deemed unrivalled. Nor will the stranger, on the approaching occasion, expe rience disappointment. It is true that, last year, the great contest of the week was a miserable affair, with only set en competitors out of a nomination of sixty-six horses ; and a bad race into the bargain. But this will not be the case on the r,rthcorning occasion. The number of nominations for the St. Leger this year is larger than at any former period, viz. one hundred and seven, originally one hundred and seventeen—a number which was unavoidably diminizhed by the deaths of the Duke of Leeds, Mr. J. Bowe, Mr. Carter, and Mr. John son, leaving, however, an unexampled number. The list, indeed is a very formidable one, and will present as largo a number of prizes as could be desired by the most deter mined lover of the sport, and many of them of the very first-rate character into the bargain. The cup which is given by the stewards, the Earl of Chesterfield and G. Lane Fox, Esq. M. P. is a spendid prize, of the value of three hundred guineas. It is of the urn shape, and stands three feet high. Around the bowl is a group of wild horses at full speed ; and the handles, which spring from the broader part and take hold of the rim, are composed of two griffins, and the distance from wing to wing of both figures is nearly two feet, the whole being finished in bright and dead silver. There will be a strong competition for this splendid prize by the first horses in the kingdom, including Bee's \Ving, the best mare of her day ; the noted Irish Horse Harkaway ; and probably the most superior three-year olds. Great interest will also he presented in the Champagne and the two-year olds; and the stake of 200 sous. each, contains no less than fifteen subscribers.—Doncaster Gazette. EDUCATION IN AMERICA. [The following answers have been given by a gentic man who has been for some years resident in New York, to queries on the subject of education trans mitted to him by a friend in Edinburgh.] 1. What is the provision made, in the different States, for the support of schools and teachers, and from what sources is it derived ? In all the New England States—in the States of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—State provision is made for the support of the schools, but the mode of making the provision differs in the different States. In Massachus-tts, the law requires that, so soon as the population of any township reaches a certain number, the citizens shall meet and tax themselves, in order to raise a sum to build a school-house and support a teacher. A meeting for the same purpose is held annually, and the rate fixed according to the exigencies of the case, much in the same way as the Church•rate is fixed in England. All are obliged to pay the tax thus mutually agreed upon, and all in the township have the privilege of sending their children to the school supported by it, free of any additional charge. Their refusal to send their children to the school does not exempt them from the payment of the tax. In Connecticut there is no direct annual tax as in M assachusetts, but the Legislature have a large fund at their disposal, out of which all the public schools in the State are entirely supported. In every town ship in Connecticut there is a public school free to all. In New York, as in Connecticut, there is a school fund ; but before any township (or rather school dis trict, as it is called in this State), can derive any ad vantage from the fund, certain conditions must be ful filled, the most important of which is the building of a school-house. The sum necessary for building the school-house is raised, as in Massachusetts, by a direct tax. The school fund in New York is small, and the sum given is in proportion to the population of the dis trict. In many instances, therefore, when the popula tion of the district is small, a charge is made upon the scholars to make up the salary of the teacher. The points of difference in the other States arc so trifling that it is unnecessary to mention them. On this head I shall only add, that the school funds of the different States have been raised by the sale of public lands, and in no instance are supported by a direct tax. Massa chusetts has no fund. 2. By what body are teachers elected, and their qua- Lfications judged Of ? In every school district school trustees and inspectors are elected, whose business it is to judge of the qualifi cations of teachers, elect them, and superintend the progress of the school, with power to retain or dismiss the teacher as they may see cause. This refers to the State of New York. In New England the select men of the township, I believe, perform the duty. How do they manage in regard to religious educa tion ? The law is silent upon this subject altogether, and there is no religious education, as we would un derstand the phrase in Scotland, in any of the public schools of the Union. If the school inspectors decide that the school shall be opened with prayer or the reading of the Scriptures, or with both, there is no law to prevent it ; and this is practised in several of the schools, as you will see from Barnard's report. lam in formed; however, that this practice does not hold in one school out of a hundred. 4. If the schools are understood to be secular, how far is this carried? Is the Bible read or explained? The answer to the former question involves the an swer to this. There is no instance of a catechism being taught, so far as I know, in any of the schools. In Pennsylvania a new school law has lately passed the Legislature, by which it is permitted, if not required, to read the Bible daily in school, as containing the best code of morality extent, and the most authentic record of the early state of the world. IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURISTS.—It Will be in the recollection of our readers that a most terrific and destructive storm occurred at Chaddesley and the ne ghbourbood on the 13th of June last. The estimated loss to the crops was many thousand pounds, the wl.eat and barley crops being, as was imagined, totally destroyed, the stalks being entirely broken and beat into the earth. It was the prevailing opinion of the oldest agriculturists, that it would be advisable to plough them up, and . s ow crops of turnips in their places, whilst some few entertained an adverse opinion, and prognosticated that the old stalks which had been broken cif From the root and driven into the earth by the hail would reproduce a new crop scarcely inferior to the origin& was ultimately agreed not to plough up the crops, and the result ought to be generally published for the information of agricultural public. In the course of a week after the storm, the green blade put forth as though it were spring, and flourished so rapidly that the owners began to cherish hopes that although one crop had been so completely de stroyed, a second would arise on its ruins scarcely inferior in quantity or quality. Those hopes have been more than realized. In the barley crops especially, ere a month had elapsed, the new ears put forth in increased numbers, and we have now before us a sample of this second crop. It is in every respect equal to that which never sustained any damage. The wheat crops present a somewhat unusual ap pearance. The stalks which were broken have shot forth cars of wheat in greatly increased numbers. The fields present an appearance of two crops, the remains of the original crop being now ready for the sickle, whilst the second is quite green, but mast luxuriant. The farmers intend to let " both grow together till the harvest," which will probably be from two to three weeks later than would otherwise have been the case. Knowing the proneness of the sons of this earth to murmur at the apparent visita tions of Providence, we may conclude this brief notice of an event unparalleled in the agricultural history of the neighbourhood, by recommending our agricultural friends to consider that there is a wisdom superior to their own, and that good, may sometimes spring forth out of what ap peareth to them evil.—Ten Towns' Messenger. DISAPPOINTED BURGLARS. During the the night of Sunday last the premises of Mr. Dear, linen draper, High-street, Shoreditch, were forcibly entered, and property amounting to upwards of 3001. was packed up, and placed ready for removal in the rear of the pre mises, where it was fortunately discovered before the thieves returned for it. The parish turncock, who lives in Magpie-alley, imniediately behind Mr. Dear's residence, got up it appears, at four o'clock in the morning, and on going out he perceived a bulky white bundle on the roof of an adjoining shed ; suspecting that it contained property stolen from Mr. Dear's, he alarmed the family, who on entering the shop, found the fanlight open, and a long rope depending from i . Upon examination it was asccrtaineod. that 101 pieces of silk had been remov ed, the whole which was found in the bundle. The turncock bad per ceived two suspicious looking fellows lurking near the and it is suspected place, who hurried off on observing 11_1 a cab in which to remove it. They mos of t have sealed two .e roofs two or three that hey left the property on the shheid'until they procured depredation. On the lofty walls, and scrambled over th outhouses to reach the scene of their 1 et preceding night the h ouse of Mr. Batch, another linen draper in Shoreditch , was case almarauders went off in a flight h a u n rr yin , i b n u u t s B RANDI NG A DESERTER —A few mo rnings since the oper ation of branding a deserter was p erformed their et this r i s collected c as booty. likewise enter the through the in the Tower on a private belonging to the Fusilier Guards, who had been sentenced by a Court-martial to be branded with the letter D, and to undergo three months' imprison ment in the Penitentiary, for desertion. The man was brought from the place in which he had been confined about ten o'clock. The shape of the letter was first marked with som e colouring on his back, and afterwards traced with a s h ar p instrument in Ilngitudina lines. When this was completed, the letter was finished by means of a needle fixsd in a cork, and finally rubbed with a colouring mix ture, which it is impossible to eradicate. The man ap peared to suffer a good deal of pain while it was being performed, and the sweat ran rapidly down his face. The punishment was inflicted by a drummer, in the presence of Dr. Bowling, the surgeon of the regiment. The man was subsequently conveyed to the military hospital. INDIA. We have great pleasure in laying before our readers a letter from an intelligent officer of the army of the Indus, in which the moral effect produced by the able manner in which our soldiers, European and Native, have surmounted the difficulties they had to contend against, is satisfactorily set forth. (Extract of a letter dated Quetta, May 29th, 1839.) " I have this moment received letters from Candahar by a private cossid up to the 21st instant. There was a slight increase of sickness among the troops, conse quent, perhaps, on exposure and the change from marching and daily exercise to halting and inactivity. The troops are still on reduced rations, but the crops are described as very luxuriant, and promise an abun dant harvest. Grain is even now more easily procured, and cheaper. There is still partial distress among the lower classes in the town, but this is a necessary result of increased consumption. The remission of some town duties by the Shah has added much to his popularity. Native report says that Dost:Mahorned is preparing for a flight to Bokhara, and the recusant Sirdars are on the wing for Meshid. I have had much and constant in tercourse with the landholders in Shawl. They all describe the Government of the late Sirdars as most unpopular. " The moral effect of this undertaking is more pow erful than I can dascribe. The most respectable of the Zernindars have publicly avowed that it was not ex pected we should have succeeded in crossing the Indus, and one man significantly added that if there bad been Jumaat";or union among the Mussullnans we must have been checked. The natives of this country differ from those of our pravinces in mind and manner, as much as in form and feature. They are a fine, frank, independ ent race, speak their sentiments boldly, condemn most unsparingly every act of ours they disapprove of, and think nothing of enforcing their arguments by a smart slap on the shoulder. On the whole they are glad to see us here, but they cannot or will not understand our character as simple allies. " The Valley of Shawl under a good government would be a perfect paradise. The soil is rich, the cli mate genial, and the means of irrigation abundant ; apricot, plum, apple, mulberry, and cherry trees, almost indigenous, of at least attain an immense size and re quire little care. The natives tell me that ore is found in the bills ; the water is here, I know, impregnated with it. The valley produces a very fine breed of horses, rather undersized ; but this defect might soon e r . : moved by the Laroduction of a fex Company's stallions. The m Ires are the fittest I have seen in India. They are from 131 to 14-2 hands. Insecurity of life and property, and the exactions of a grasping► government, in a great measure paralyse peaceful pursuits. Here, as in Scinde, Cabul, Cutch Gundava particularly, affrays are frequent, and cultiva tors frequently turn out in armed bodies to collect their crops. The population of the valley is, as far as I can learn from the Z?.mindars, about 3,500. In ordinary seasons, one beegab of ground yields four or five maunds of wheat ; yet the produce of the valley seldom, if ever, exceeds the demand of the inhabitants for twelve months' c. , nsamption. The revenue is paid in kind, and the amount levied of the crops. Among the on-dits of the day, is a report that the troops will be in our provinces i❑ December next. The croakers of the army are greatly disappointed that their prophecies of disgrace and disaster have not been realised. When it became notorious that Government was better informed of the feelings of the people, and the degree of resistance to lie expected than it got credit for, they veered round and pronounced resistance the least evil, but augured a certain famine, and even declared the standing crops would be cut. They are now driven from this last post, and forced to admit that the wonder really i.; how in such a stupendous under taking so little was forgotten. The passage of an army Eke ours through Scinde and Bolan Pass is looked cn by the natives as a miracle." THE NEW POLICE ACT. At the meeting of Magistrates for the Hundred of Wahington, at Croydon, yesterday, an application was made on behalf of the licensed victuallers of Carshalton, which is within the distance of fifteen miles from Char ing -cross, a ith a view to ascertain whether they were bound to comply with the regulation of the New Police Act, which enjoins upon houses of that description their being closed from I') o'clock on Saturday night until 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The applicant stated that there appeared to be a considerable diffcrence of opinion upon the subject, as in some parishes the houses were closed, and in others they were kept open, and he was, therefore, desirous to ascertain the opinion of the Bench upon the subject. Mr. PENFOLD, the Clerk to the Bench, who had been appealed to by the Magistrates, said that the New Act merely confirmed the provisions of the original Metropolitan Police Act, and authosised its extension to a d:stance of 15 miles, instead of 10 ; but by the 2d Clause of the Act, this extension would only take place beyond the present limits, by an Order in Council, and until an Order was issued, declaring the different parishes and districts to be within the jurisdiction of the Act, it would not affect them, and therefore the public-houses that were beyond the range of the present limits of the Metropolitan Police might carry on their businesses usual, and were not bound to close within the hours specified. Mr. SUTIIERLAND inquired whether it would be ne cessary for the different districts to apply to the Govern ment for an Order to be issued to place them within the jurisdiction of the Act ? Mr. PENFOLD expressed an opinion that no applica tion would be necessary, but that the Government could make the necessary arrangements ; the whole of the districts within the distance prescribed by the Act would be brought within its scope. Some conversation then took place as to the probable course that would be adopted with regard to towns like Croydon, Kingston, and others where a police on the same system as that of the metropolis was already established under the control of the local authorities, and the Magistiates appeared to be of opinion that it would be found much more advantageous to the public that the whole should be placed under one uniform ju ' risdiction. • After some further remarks from the Bench, the ap plicant was informed that until an Order in Council was issued, the uew Act would not in any way affect the district from which he was instructed to make the application to the Magistrates. FIRST AFFAIR OF A THUG.—The men were silently warned to be at their posts; and each man, or two men, as it was necessaary, placed himself close to the one to whom he bad been assigned. By designed obstructions in front, the k.ullocks belonging to the Sahoukar, with their attendants, were brought immediately about the cart in which he rode, and the whole being gathered into one place, were the easier to be secured: The preparations again roused me, and I grasped the handkerchief firmly, thinking every moment that the signal was about to be made ; but we still crept on at a slow pace, for the road was narrow and lined by thorny bushes ; and the men in front proceeding as slowly as possible, we were kept exactly in our proper place, and expected every moment to reach the spot. As we approached the small hills, the jungle became pretty thick, and appeared doubly so by the moonlight, and we passed many places where I thought the deed might have been done with ad vantage. But I was wrong ; for the Lughaes had selected an admirable one. A man came from the front, whis pered a few words to my father, and again went on ; this increased my anxiety. We crossed a small hollow, ascended a bank, and below us I saw what I was sure was the place. The banks of the rivulet were high and steep, covered with thick underwood matted by trailing creep ers. A few higher trees nearly met over its bed, in which could be just discerned a small thread of water, looking like a silver snake as the moon's rays fell on it through the dark foliage. A hundred thieves might lie there, thought I, and who could ever know the fate of a traveller who might so easily be sur prised in such a spot ? I was roused from my train of thought by my father, as he called out " Hooshiaree (caution.) This was the preparatory signal. He went to the side of the cart, and represented to the Sahoukar that we bad reached the stream, and that the bank was so steep and the bed so stony, that he must get out and walk over to the other side if no further. This was quite suffi cient ; the man got out, and after seeing the cart safely down the steep bar.k, was preparing to follow himself, The whole scene is now before me. The bul locks and their drivers, with the Thugs, were all in a confused g rou p in the bed of the little e s t re am, the men shouting and ur g in g on their bea sts ; but it was easy to see that ever y man had a Thu g close to him so T o l a i r eryowthat it p wa were only a few feet b e l ow us; n om t e he d e iffi• ari rea ched the bottom. Above, stood my father, Hoosein, ca awaitingun ldty the ael streamet ie ul s d l s ‘n t v a aa i l fd in its bed, especially with whe s and m)s-slf, the Sahoukar, one of his servants, and several other Thugs. I was eagerly waiting the signal ; I tightly grasped the fatal handkerchief, and first myvictim was within a foot of' I behind • me. went him as being pre ferable to one side, and observed one of the other Thugs do the same to a servant. The Sahoukar moved a step or two towards the road ; I instinctively followed hint; I scarcely felt that I stirred, so intensely was I observing him. "Jey Kalee !" shouted my father; it was the s i gna l an d I obeyed it. As quick as thought the cloth was round his neck—l seemed endued with su perhuman strength—l wrenched his neck round—ha struggled convulsively for an instant, and fell. I did not quit my hold ; I knelt down on him, and strained the cloth till my hand ached : but he moved not—be was dead. I quitted my hold and started to my feet I was mad with excitement—my blood boiled, and I felt as though I could have strangled a hundr ed others ; so easy, so sireple bad the reality been. One turn of my wrists had placed me on an equality with those who had followed the profession for years: I had taken the first place in the enterplite, for I had killed the principal victim. I should receive the praise of the wh ole band ; many of whom, I was confident, had looked on me as only a child.—Con. fessions of a Thug. ANOTHER CASE OF STABBING.—WiIIiam Bennett, a sailor lad , w as charged on Saturday, at Lam bah-street office, with stabbing John Salter, an appren tice on board a merchant vessel. From the evidence it appeared the tlJe prisoner and two other youths, about his 0 „, age , were at breakfast at a lodging-house at Poplar on that morn in g , when one of them ( Salter) took up the bread and butter of the prisoner in mere joke, and the latter instantly stabbed him on the right side with a table kn if e . The wounded lad is in danger. Prisoner was remanded. , •-• .....'11M••••••