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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBEA io, 1844. is reni, if arvests are bad, an d hi s l an dl or d b e a bl e " What can all this money be for ? It is evident and willing / to mke it ? Or i s th e i mpor t ance o f hi s wz are to have no account of it !" posposition to be found in his right to vote at Who are we to whom the League are thus impe the election of knights of the shire in which ratively called upon to account ? Is it the House of he dwells, as he may be requested by his Commons or the Agricultural Protection Society to landlord's steward or agent ? If, indeed, we happen whom they are to render their accounts ? Or does to live ander such a l an dl or d as th e E ar l o f R a d nor , Mr. O'Brien, in hi s own p erson , ass ume the editorial, `be franchise is an hon ou r. Hi s are th e i n d e p en d en t the regal, or the om n ip o t en t WE , elect himself the t nants of a man, who, throughout a long and valua- magnanimous patron and representative of the public, ble life, has uniformly shown himself to be the un- and assume the office of accountant-general for all daunted advocate of right, the unwearied friend of mankind ? Perhaps in his retirement amidst the the poor—whose consistency has shone forth a bril- umbragious groves of Blutterwyche, or the waving liant virtue, for when the Viscou n t Folkstone of woods of Crattoe, he may find su ffi cient employment former days became the Earl of Radnor of the latter, in preparing the accounts of the Agricultural Pro he was changed but in rank a n d title ; he carried tection Society and its numerous branches, which, if with him into the House of Lords the same stern we may judge from the specimens before us, he will integrity, the same honourable determination to pro- find no very easy matter. mote and maintain the rights and interests of the We have already exceeded the space which we tenants of a man, who throughout a long and valuable proposed to allot to the pamphlet under consideration ; life has uniformly shown himself to be the undaunted but we cannot lay it aside without no ti c i ng th e vdvocate of right, the unwearied friend of the poor— grievous complaints of Mr. O'Brien a ga i ns t th e whose consistency has shown forth a brilliant virtue, League for "meddl i ng with the registration books," for whenn the Viscount Folkest one o f f o rmer days and interfering with electio ns ." Th ere i s no thi ng o f became the Earl of Radnor of the latter, he was more importance to the p eo pl e a t l arge t h an a c l ose changed but in rank and title ;he carried with him and scrutinis ing attenti on t o th e reg i s t ra ti on o f into the House of Lords the same stern integrity, the electors. Societies have been formed for this purpose, same honourable determination to promote and main- not in the metropolitan boroughs only, but in many taro the rights and interests of the people, as had dis- other parts, ever since the Reform Act was passed; tinguished him in the Lower House. "These praises these societies have pursued their labours zealously will wear well, for they have been dearly earned." and usefully, without objection from any party; and Descending to the farm-labourer, he too may look we see no reason why the League should be in win for the importance of the position he now oc- prevented from lending their powerful aid, in order euOies Important enough it is to the community, to complete a pure and perfect register. We cor for by the sweat of his brow we are mainly furnished dially approve of their measures for this purpose, be with our daily bread. Hard labour and scanty food cause we believe they will perform their duty are his daily portion, and at night he " shrinks into honestly and effectually ; and we have reason to the sordid hut of cheerless poverty." If he hold fast know that a very beneficial result has already been his honesty, and be able to obtain work, he has no produced with regard to the register of the City of prospect for his latter days but the union workhouse ; Londan. if he infringe the law, and seek to eke out his On the subject of "interference with elections," sustenance by killing a willd animal, fed on his em- Mr. O'Brien's remarks are particularly unfortunate. ployer's ground, the county gaol receives him for a "If it be not contrary to the letter of our law, it time, and he leaves it a broken-spirited wretch, or a is at least abhorrent to the spirit of our Con reckless vagabond. stitution." The palmy days of Gatton and Tha landowners, who are not agriculturists, any Old Sarum—" et id genus ornne"—are passed. more than a mineowner is a cutler or a coppersmith, and gone. The direct, palpable, unblushing nomi are in truth the class of persons, whom Mr. O'Brien nation of members, happily no longer exists ; but is desirous to maintain in " the important position undue influence and interference in elections is one of they now occupy." Here he has unwittingly but the crying evils of the present day : not the interfe plainly stated the whole gist of the question ; this rence of information and instruction—not the fair reason is in Mr. O'Brien's mind, and in the minds of and open interference of putting down bribery—not the landowners in general, "convincing against the the honest and legitimate interference of mind and abolition of our corn-laws." They believe that the intelligence—but the immoral, unjust interference of abolition of those laws wonld reduce their rents, power, and money, and terror, which produce an would compel them to confer independence on their infinitely worse effect on the minds and principles of tenants, and thereby affect their own political in- the people than all the pocket boroughs of schedule A fluence ; would strike at the root of all monopolies; put together. and enforce upon th e L eg i s l a t ure th e necess it y o f providing for an increasing population by extending their means of utility and productiveness. " Sensus moresque repugnant, Atque ipsa utilitas, justi prope mater et equi." It is absurd to insist upon the maintenance of agri culturists as a class in their important position, for land depends for its value upon manufactures. It was well observed by a writer, between sixty and seventy years ago, that " the lands of a country must every where depend on the manufactories of it for their value ; and not the manufactories on the lands, in order to be made flourishing and beneficial to a state. These are truths highly necessary to be clearly comprehended by statesmen in a trading country, for regulating their conduct, because wher ever a trading interest is sought to be rendered subservient to a landed, the ruin of both will in fallibly prove the consequence." Before Me. O'Brien enters upon the " History of the Leaghe" he indulges in a sort of self gratulating eulogy upon the state of the country under landlord legislation. He gives extracts from speech.s made bv M. Cobden, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Bri , _Tlit in 1841 and 184:3, as fdrnishing favourahle testimony "a.; to the state to which this country had risen luring the peri ,1 hi which the lad :lords enj , yt , (l a mono only of its, legislation." Admirable inference ! Be catve Mr. Cobden d:claretl that "in the L:.vant, in Arabil, anti in China, YOU 'A ill ht•:' toll the best of pv e rythi :4 is g:,ing to Englan 1, b,'?ert:tsy Bowring rejoice.! tii?re AV.IA Si:11011 . 1:1g in Enialid. that ei:titled her to be and lurid : it was in her pacific pursuits—:t was the poser of her manufac turers, the enterprise an l ch tract. , r of her coinniereial men, that she was loolced on with honour and resl,eet by the nations of the wo;isl":--and because Mr. Bright very beautifully described the harmony, regularity, and precision with which all the arrange ments of lif'e are carried on in this metropolis, as an illustration of the principles he advocated:—therefere Mr. O'Brien adopts the whole as evidence ici fir:our of laudlord-h-gislation, and attributed the wealth, the enterprise, the character, and the domestic economy of England to the legislation of Parliament of Landlords! Acts of Parliament may regulate iodu:stry, but they cannot create it; they rd.ly control the outlay of capital, but they cannot enforce it; they may stimu late enterprise, but they cannot command it ; they may preserve invention and encourage discovery, but they can neither cause the one nor produce the other: the energies of man and the price of corn are alike independent of statutes and lawgivers. And of what materials do our readers imagine tha, the vaunted " History of the League" is composed ? Of extracts from the papers and circulars they have published no particle of which, we apprehend, they would now be at all di s p ose d t o revo k e . With t h e exception of an occasional prophecy of early success and a few hasty expressions uttered under the tem porary impulse of plauditory- excitement, we see nothing which the League has any reason to regret. So far from answering the purpose which Mr. O'Brien had in view when he compiled his history, we think it more than probable that the distribution of his pamphlet amongst the members of the "country societies" in communication with the head-quarters under the command of his Grace of Richmond, may have the effect of making converts to the League. The history s introduced by Mr. O'Brien as fol lows : " It may not be unimportant if I attempt some hasty and outline sketch of your past labours, and of your present position, for in proportion as you have laboured, in proportion as you have promised, above all, in propor tion as you have spent, ought we to expect vast effects, and magnittcent results. You have brought before this blouse a question whose agitation you have monopolised. 771 e conduct of any body of men out of doors, in reference to the particular question of politics to which they devote themselvee, can never be unconnected with the discussion of that question in this House. Ido not say that the question should be decided by snch references, but I say they form an important part of its discussion. If in this statement I should seem to draw too largely on the indulgence of the House, I would ask the House to remember, that it is only by tracing a cause as it were step by step, that we can be able to judge of it aright. Had I, from a perusal of the writings of the League, compiled its history up to the present period, I then need not have occupied, per haps, one quarter of your time ; but I have thought it best, though at the risk of tediousness, to let these gen tlemen speak for themselves. I shall do little more than read extracts from their own writings. I intend to make no quotations from hostile writers. My difficulty has been, first, to obtain a copy of their early newspapers, which difficulty I am happy to say I have surmounted ; and my next, what to omit. Some of the passages lam going to quote are very violent, and some, under favour, supremely ridiculous. But it would have been easy to have given extracts, still more violent, and still more ridiculous, however sceptical the House may be, when it has heard the autobiography which I now submit to its atrention," THE INTEGRITY of the HYGEIAN, OR MORISONIAN SYSTEM OF :MEDICINE, _ _ The British College of Health hereby cautions the public against those persons who, in order to obtain a sale for their medicines, pirate and fraudulently ascribe the Hygeian, or Morisonian system of medicine, to some eminent doctor or other not in existence, or to parties noted in history for having attained an extraordinary old age (in some instances making whole extracts out of Mr. Morison's work). In the contest now going on between Doctors and Hy geist,:, it is of the utmost importance that the integrity of the Hygeian, or Morisonian theory, should be maintained. Issued by Morison, Moat, and Co., of the British Col lege of Health, New-road, London, fur and on behalf of the body of Hygeists. MOROCCO. BLOCKADE OF MOGADORE, &c. The following was received at Lloyd's yesterday : " Gibraltar, August 31, 1844. " Sir,—l have to announce, for the information of the Committee, that her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius, which I stated in my last (of 24th inst.) was daily expected from Nlogatiore, arrived here on the following day, bringing our Consul, Mr. Wiltshire, his family, and most of the English residents at Mogadore. " It appears, from the intelligence she brought, that the French squadron had silenced the batteries at Moga dore oe the a.ternoon of the 15th instant, and no fire was returned by the Moors on tis 16th ; the said fleet poured is shot and shell during the whole of t'tat day to complete the deitruction of that city. In the after noon the wild Arabs entered it and committed acts of atrocity and plunder, by which the Europe.-an and Jeivieh irthahitants were the principal sufferers. Mr. Wiltshire wet family, in the dead of the night of the 16th, succeeded in getting to the water-port, from whielt spot one of his clerl7.s plied off on a raft he had constructed, to co:nmunicate with the French brig Cassaid ; from her he obtained a boat to remove the Conml and his family " Oct the evening of the 15th, after a heavy can nonade (alluded to in the P.S. of my dispatch of the 18th), the island opposite Mogadore was carried by a sault. The Moorie having no means of escape, kept up a deadly fire of intnicetry on the storming party, which it is said killed and wounded a considerable num ber of the French troops, including sonic officers. " Mogadere has been declared in a state of blockade, and in the waters of the island (now occupied by a strong French garrison) will be stationed a naval division, to enforce the interdiction. They are fortifying this island, and public attention is much directed to their possession of so important a point, as it commands both the town and the harbour of Moeadore, which is the principal commercial seaport of Morocco. " On the 28th instant a French force, consisting of a line o!-battle ship, frigate, store-ship, and steamer, passed the Straits from east to west, and were seen after wards steering down the western coast of Barbary —sup posed for the purpose of reinforcing the island, and pro bably to keep possession also of Mogadore. Her Ma jesty's ships Formidable and Scout immediately put to sea in the same direction. The Admiral, Sir Edward Owen, shifted his flag to 11. M. steamer Vesuvius, in the Mole, where she is undergoing some repairs. "The Groenland, one of the largest of the French war steamers, was totally lost on the west coast of Morocco, on some rocks about three leagues from Larache, on the 26th inst. The Moors immediately commenced an attack upon the vessel, which had lasted full four hours, when fortunately the steamer Vidette arrived to her assistance, succeeded in dispersing the Moorish soldiers, and received on board the crew and such things as could be saved from the wreck. In the afternoon the Prince de Joinville, in the Pluton, also arrived on that part of the coast, and finding it impossible to fl oa t th e Groen land, caused her to be destroyed by fire. It is supposed that his Royal Highness was steering for Cadiz, to meet the Due de Glueksberg, who is on some special mission from the French Government, the nature of which has not transpired. Two days ago his Excellency IL L. Bulwer, Esq. (British Minister to the Spanish Court), returned from his second visit to Tangiers in the Hecla steamer, on his return to the capital, via Cadiz and Seville. e It appears, by a semi-official communication, that his Excellency s exertions, combined with those of Mr. flay, our able and indefatigable Consul-General and Charge d'Affaires at Tangiers, that a complete recon ciliation has been effected between the Sovereigns of Spain and Morocco, so that the Spanish Consul at Tan giers will return thither to resume his functions in the course of a fortnight ; and I trust that the ratification of so desirable a settlement of the Spanish question will not be frustrated at Madrid by the undue influence of any foreign Power. "An order has been recently received from Madrid by the Captain-General at Cadiz, for the frigate Christina, and corvette Venus, to return to Tangier Bay, by which it is inferred that the happy result of the negotiations adverted to could not of course have been known in that capital when that order was issued. " Rumours are afloat that the French contemplate a second attack on Tangiers, and, if so, probably its occu pation, but I cannot trace the report to any credible source. They frequently call at Tarifa, but for what object is not known. (Signed) " J. LONGLANDS COWELL." Here we have to thank Mr. O'Brien for an im portant admission. He felt the "pressure from with out," and, under the influence it produced, be acknow ledged that " The conduct of any body of men out of doors, in reference to the particular question to which they devote themselves, can never be unconnected with the discussion of that question in this House. Such references form an important part of its discussion." Persevere, then, ye men of the League ; your opera tions are declared, within the walls of the House of Commons, to form an important part of the discussion in that assembly, of the question of the Corn-laws to which. you devote yourselves. Mr. O'Brien also acknowledges that he has had ample materials from which to compile his history of the League. "His difficulty was, first, to obtain a COPY 01 their early newspapers, which difficulty he surmounted; and his next, what to omit." And, yet from an entire collection of the papers and circulars of the League ..e2c r tending over aped of six years ccord , i , n fvit s he vasint . O'Brien s computation), during -which expenditure, considerable activity, energies unwearied jokey had toiled," ouranhdistperseverance, una'iating, historian has been unable to extract anything suffielentloria‘ ridicu lous" to excite the dispprohYatio i s:to o len i t" or_ •' r , inaughter of the iHonse, except an accidental allusion Tun EYES.-39, Albemarle-street,• ' Piccadilly.— one of Mr. Bright's speeches, to the Post -office arrangements, , Optical Improveme n t s t o ena bl e p ersons at an a d vance d i ' and a record, in the Sheet Almanac of the League, of age to read with ease, and to discriminate objects with the days on which the Hon. C. P. Villiers, a ir. , perfect distinct ness; an d S ma ll A coust i c I nstruments for Cobden, Mr. Bright, and Dr. Bowrin g were born! i Relief of extreme Deafness, &c.—Messrs. S. and B. The expenditure of the League has excited the in. Solomons, opticians, have invented spectacle lenses, &c., satiable curiosity of Mr. O'Brien. lle has taken the Of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advan ae derived fro this overe sples now Trouble to furnish the House of Commons and the in common use iQ, at in invention stead of the vision ectac becoming p strained, m th public with his account of their receipts and payment s , ' heated, weakened, and in numerous cases striking a balance in Its own way. In one of their seriously injared, it is preserved and strengthened, and 'rery earliest papers, published in 1840, he discovered very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at an account of their expenditure at that time, and we h ! lenses most minute occupation, and can see with those ;presume he has printed this account, because it happens srmca)ft; much less magnifying power, and that -4hich To be of small amount. His own pamphlets, a few ; not require er Sire the f greatest consequence is, that they do pages before, explains the manners in which the . Achromatic Tor,equent changes to further helps. Also ..eague had disbursed, for fhe purposes they:described, Invisible and all ksien°dPseC:f Opera Glosses, Microscopes, at very lar g e sum o f money; an d h e h as a l toge th er : of extreme deafness. can A t rustic Instruments for reli e f Messrs. S. and B. Solo swerlooked, or w ilf u ll y suppressed, a su b sequen t mons, Opt i c i ans and Aurists"e— rn statement of e x p en dit ure , w hi c h appeared i n t h e neetc d w i t h a person of the same n n n o i t ne in in an t Ll i vay con r m columns of this j ourna l, as we ll as in those of their (hate neighbourhood ; nor i n any part of the eclunintr3e. aw n organs a n d o th er newspapers. These statements ;To prevent mistakes be cautio us . and observe—Only t.o. &tie entirely (and. it m a y b e i n t en ti ona ll y ) unnoticed . be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Pi cca dil ly, opposite the is Mr. O'Brien's debtor and creditor account ; and York Hotel. litavNg thus most unfairly attempted to impose upon NORTH LANCASHIRE.—The Tory candidate for the the Plouse and the public, he exclaims with all the vacancy created by Lord Stanley's resignatioa is Mr. di Ity ' - f Inj • .6_511 eured innocence, 11. Talbot Clifton, who has consented to act, if elected' __ _, 11 ` C as " warming-pan" for Lord Stanley's eldest son, now onspa ra :iye Value of Trade ' in Msnufactures. 1771. in his nineteenth year. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHTS ON THE COAST OF NORWAY. The following has been received at Ll o yd' s: — " Ifydrodgraphic-office, Norway, Sept. 3, 1844. " In pursuance of the intentions expressed in the notice of this office, dated the 18th June last, the follow ing lights were to be established by the Norwegian Government on the Ist of this month:— " 1. A fixed light on Great Torungen Island, :in lat. 58 deg., 23 min., 15 sec. N., and lon. 8 deg., 52 min., 30 sec. E. " 2. A fixed light on Little Torungen Island, bearing from the light on Great Torungen Island N., 4 deg. E., line 1, or by compass N.N.E., distant 1,237 yards. " Both of the above lights are visible in all directions, and being 130 feet above the level of the sea, may be seen at the distance of six to seven leagues. "3. A fixed light on Sandoig Point, at the entrance to Arendahl, forty-two feet above the level of the sea, visible from three to four leagues on any bearing west ward of south and E.N.E. by compass, unless concealed by adjacent land. The lighthouse stands in 58 deg., 25 min., 30 sec. N., and long. 8 deg., 52 rain., 10 sec. E. " The buildings of the above three lights are white." SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM( THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. - - - - - GLOBE.—In another column will be found the details of O'Connell's liberation from prison, and of the mode in which his triumph over the Government was exhibited and celebrated by the thousands of the Irish people, whom the reversal of the judgment has absolutely intoxicated with joy. From the accounts given in the Irish journals, of every shade of politics, there is no reason to believe that anything occurred from which the slightest danger to the public peace was ap prehended by the authorities; nor does it appear that any extraordinary precautions were taken to suppress dis order, or by a display of military force, to inspire the assembled multitudes with awe. The Government acted wisely in refraining from any extraordinary parade of military force, whose appearance would have indicated fear, and might have led to the result they were anxious to prevent. We are disposed to regard abstinence from calling out the military into the streets of Dublin, on such an occasion, as a most prudent course on the part of the authorities. They trusted the masses, in this the moment of bewilder ing triumph over the Government ; and had no cause for regret. No breach of the peace oc curred. Beyond the bursts of acclamation which made the welkin ring, there was no indication of party-political antipathies. The masses of the popu lation, assembled under circumstances peculiarly cal culated to excite the passions, really seem to have been so full of delight, as to leave no room for anger, much less for anyretaliatory demonstrations. The day closed in quietness. This political triumph led to no in terruption of the public peace. No political oppo nent was injured either in person or property. The fears which agitated some were dispelled, and the predictions of more were falsified, by the event. We hope that Governments are beginning to learn wis dom in such matters. Within the recollection of per sons yet young, a different mode of treating the po pulace, under circumstances likely to produce powerful excitement, has been followed by the most calamitous results. When Sir Francis Burdett was conveyed to the Tower in 1810, the military were employed to in timidate the people; collisions took place between the soldiers and the multitude, and several persons were shot dead, and others were wounded. Again, when a large multitude assembled in Manchester to obtain Parliamentary Reform, the yeomanry were called out to disperse the ascembly, and were directed to charge upon the unarmed masses. The consequence was, an indiscriminate slaughter of men, women, and children. The " Manchester massacre" of 1819 will survive in the memories of the present gene ration, and will be transmitted to that which shall occupy its place, as the disgrace of the govern ment under whose rule and sanction it occurred ; of the magistrates who directed the attack ; and of the Parliament which refused to punish the perpetrators of the deed. At the funeral procession of the unfortunate Queen Caroline, as it passed through the metropolis, in 1821, the military ware employed to preserve public order. As usual, they provoked the evil they were present to prevent. The Life Guards charged upon the multitude upon some trifling manifestation of sympathy with the unfortunate Queen, whose remains were passing to their resting-place. Life was thus sacri ficed, and the limbs of many more were lacerated by the swords of the soldiery. Had the military lined the streets of Dublin on Saturday, according to the good old Tory custom, under the pretext of pre serving the public peace, it is more than probable that violence and bloodshed would have resulted from their presence. This might have happened without any premeditation on the part of either the military or the snob ; and solely from the propensity which seems to impel a mob to provoke asperity in the sol diery by refusing to conform to the regulations they are compelled to enforce ; and often by resisting their efforts to compel obedience to arbitrary regula tions. STANDARD.—The abandonment by the lay Mem bers of the House of Lords of their indisputable right to assist in the decision of the appeal (.1 Mr. O'Con nell and his fellow-conspirators to that tribunal, has been received in Dublin in precisely the spirit which might have been anticipated for so uncalled-for and undeserved a concession. The reversal of the judgment by the three Whig law Lords, albeit opposed by two members of their own rank, and eleven judges of the inferior courts, is treated by Mr. O'Connell and his friends as a triumph (to employ the agitator's own language) " over an attempt to convict eight honest men " of conduct of which they were guiltlesss ; and he proposes as the Clontarf meeting .vas not held in consequence of the inter ference of the Government, that it shall be a matter for the future consideration of the Repeal Association whether it shall not still be held ; " in order to carry out a principle, and show that he and his fellow martyrs were right." He quotes the dictum of Lord Denman in opposition to the opinion of all his brother judges in and out of the House of Lords, in support of his audacious charge of corruption against the jury and all the judges, save the Spartan three by w h om h e h as b een released. His approbation of the conduct of Lords Cottenham and Campbell, however, is measured, whilst his gratitude to Lord Denman is unbounded. The two former joined in decreeing a reversal of the judgment pronounced upon him ; but the Lord Chief Justice went a step further in his behalf, professing to found his decision on a plea which all his brother judges were agreed in rejecting. Lord Denman is, therefore, the one great authority to which he refers for proof of his innocence. Lords Cottenham and Campbell are very worthy and conscientious people ; they opposed a very large majority of judges to the full as honest and well informed with themselves, but it was reserved for Lord Denman to differ from them all, and thus per fect Mr. O'Connell's title to the martyrdom for which he now claims credit. He only is altogether right, because his judgment in their favour is encumbered with no awkward qualification. His solitary dictum, therefore, is made the excuse for charging the large majority of English and Irish judges, who were unfortunate enough to differ from him, with a " foul and corrupt " administration of the law. Such is his gratitude to his Lordship for turning the odds, which were, he admits " a million to one against him," in his favour. Nor is the demonstration, it is said, to be limited to mere denunciations of those judges who were of opinion that the judgment ought to be affirmed. Subscriptions are to be raised, and possibly statues erected, to com memorate a triumph which Mr. O'Connell's newspaper supporters do not scruple to designate as "accidental." We cannot wonder at the dismay with which this decision has been received in Ireland by all who are not identified with the repeal conspiracy; calculated as it is to revive in its worst form the agi tation which has produced such baneful effects. We have already referred to Mr. O'Connell's wary hint of his intention, should the Repeal Association deem it desirable, to persist in holding a monster meet ing at Clontarf, and a Dublin paper re ceived this morning announces that the sug gestion has not only been adopted, but that a day has been fixed for the meeting, and that it is to be followed by others larger than those of last year. Meanwhile the repeal journals are, if possible, more violent than ever. The Nation, for example, publishes suggestions of the most treasonable charac ter, both in prose and verse, as to the course to be adopted by Mr. O'Connell's followers in the event of any attempt at the invasion of our shores by a foreign enemy. As a foretaste of the honours which are destined by the repeal press for Lord Den man, the editor ofthe Freeman s Journal has selected as the motto for his newspaper a passage from his Lordship's judgment, which is paraded in large type, ,and has reference to the omission of certain names from the jury panel, which has formed the stalking horse of the traversers through out the proceedings ; and, which if other than accidental, must have been the deliberate act of parties connected with the traversers or their law ad visers ; committed for the express purpose of affording the loop-hole for escape of which they have now availed themselves. We have repeatedly reminded our readers that the only parties who have not purged themselves by affidavit from the imputation of having wilfully suppressed the missing fragment are those employes of the traversers who alone had access to them. The "practices," therefore, re ferred to by Lord Denman, are their own, and after his decision, th e y w ill no t fail to be repeated when- ever any opportunity of thus invalidating a verdict on a charge of conspiracy or sedition may pre sent itself. We have copied elsewhere the de tails of Mr. O'Connell's reception in Dublin. The first step in his new career of agitation was a triumphal procession of 200,000 persons, to be succeeded a few days hence by a monster banquet, and, as we have said, monster meetings at Clontarf and elsewhere; which, according to Arr. O'Connell's interpretation of the law of Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell, will be perfectly legal and unexceptionable. Can we wonder that the abrogation by the House of Lords of its just and law ful prerogative which has afforded the pretext for this triumph over law and justice, should have excited the deepest dismay among her Majesty's loyal subjects in Ireland ? The O'Connell organs speak of it "as an overthrow, not merely of a Minister, but of the English rule in Ireland ;" and, although they may be egregiously disappointed in their anticipation of impunity for their further outrages, there can be no doubt that it will prove a source of much trouble and perplexity, unless vigorous measures be adopted for the vindication of so much of the law as the noble triumvirate of the House of Lords have been pleased to recognise. Sergeant Davy had a very large brief, with a fee of two guineas only on the back of it. His client asked him if he had read his brief. He pointed with his finger to the fee, and said, " As far as that I have read, and for the life of me I can read no further."—Life of Lord Eldon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. COMMISSIONING THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. The commissions for the brigs forming the experi mental squadron at this port arrived this morning, and also the commission for that fine steam-frigate the Fire brand. The following are the appointments : The Firebrand, 6, Captain A. L. Corry. The Daring, 12, Commander Henry J. Matson. The Osprey, 12, Commander Frederick Patten. The Flying Fish, 12, Commander Robert Harris. The Waterwitch, 10, Commander Thomas F. Birch The Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant Edmund Wilson, ;Cting Commander. The above commissions all bear date the 7th of Sep tember instant. The CoVingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear- Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, G.C.H., left Spithead yes terday evening, for the Pacific. The Queen, 110, Captain Martins, is now quite ready to leave the harbour, and only waits spring tides to drop down to Spithead, and occupy the position vacated by the Collingwood. The Caledonia, 120, Captain Milne, was in the Tagus on the 30th ult. Private letters state that no vessel of war of any other nation was in the Tagus at the above date, and the Caledonia did not expect to leave for Eng land until relieved by some other ship. The Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Ricketts, was at the Cape of Good Hope, from Rio, on the 15th of June, at which date the Winchester, 50, Captain C. Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyn Percy, C. 8., was lying at the Cape. The Sappho, 16, Commander the Hon. G. Hope, left the Cape on the 23d of June, for a cruise. The Star, 6, Commander R. J. W. Dunlop, which ar rived at Ascension on the 4th of July to refit, has had a most successful cruise. During the five months prior to the date at which she arrived at Ascension, she has captured two fine prizes—a schooner and a 500 tons brig. We are happy to say, that the Commander-in-Chief, Sir C. Rowley, is faSt recovering from his indisposition. In Harbour.—Victory, Queen, Excellent, Nautilus; and the steamers Comet, Echo, and Fearless. In Dock.—Prince Regent, Vindictive, Athol, and Scourge. At Spithead.—None. DEVONPORT, SEPT. 6.—The Flora, 36, is ordered to be launched on Wednesday next. Her principal dimen sions are as follow: Feet. Inches. Length, extreme Between perpendiculars Keel, extreme For tonnage Moulded breadth Breadth for tonnage Depth in hold Tonnage, 1,622 _2O-94. 178 8 160 0 145 0 131 0 47 6 48 3 14 6 The Nile, 22, was masted on Monday. The St. George, 110, is alongside the sheerhulk to be masted. The Vanguard, 80, and Superb, 80, are alongside the jetty, taking in tanks and water. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. E. Plunket, left for Sheerness yesterday. The Stirling Castle, convict ship, and all the convict establishment at this port, will shortly be removed to Portsmouth. In Harbour.—San Josef, Confiance, Adventure, and Diligence. In the Sound.—St. Vincent. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 6.—The remains of the late Capt. Peter Fisher, superintendent of this dockyard, were con veyed by the Africaine steam-vessel on Wednesday to Walmer for interment. The Ocean fired minute guns as the funeral procession moved from the house to the vessel. The Commander-in-Chief and the chief officers of this and Chatham dockyard attended the procession. The Havannah, 38, and Brilliant, 38, are ordered to be razeed similar to the Amazon. The Monarch, 84, was undocked this day. The Achille, 76, having been masted, was towed to her moorings on Monday. In the Harbour—The Ocean and the Raven cutter. In the 131sin—The Amazon, Vulture, and Crocodile. In Dock—The Herald, Beagle, Vernon, and Monarch. PROMOTIONS. _ Retired Commander—F. Frankling, from the retired list of 1830 to that of 1816. Lieutenants—J. P. Blennerhassett, to be retired Com mander, vide order in Council of 1830. Second Master—H. A. Moriarty to the rank of Master. Engineers—W. H. E. Houghton, second class of the Polyphemus, to be first class ; C. H. Houghton, third class of the Vixen, to be second class engineer. APPOINTMENTS. Captain —A. L. Corry to the Firebrand steam-frigate, to command the experimental squadron. Commanders—ll. J. Matson (1843) to the Daring ; Frederick Patten (1837) to the Osprey ; Robert Harris (1841) to the Flying Fish ; T. F. Birch to the Water witch ; and Edmund Wilson (acting) to the Pantaloon. Lieutenants—C. R. Johnson, to the Eclair ; IL de Lisle, additional to the Alfred ; J. C. Bailey, addi tional to the Agincourt ; E. J. S. Cooper, R. Edwards, and C. A. Isaacson, additional to the Caledonia. Mates—R. H. L. Warner to the Excellent ; L. F. Pigott, to the Royal Yacht ; P. G. Nettleton,' to the Eclair. Master—H. A. Moriarty to the Vesuvius. Surgeons—J. Maconchy to the Eclair ;W. Bland to the superintendence of the Tasmania convict ship. Second Master—E. H. Garwood to the Pluto. Assistant-Surgeons—G. A. Nicholls, M.D., to the Collingwood ; C. Hartman to the Eclair. Midhiprnei—A. J. Kingston and 11. M. Bingham to the Eclair. Naval Cadets—A. Ballinghall to the Illustrious ; S. P. Townsend, to the St. Vincent ; an 10. C. Symonds, to the Eclair. COAST GUARD. Appointment—Lieutenant R. O'Brien to a station. Removals—Lieutenant E. llennah, R.N., from Burn harnoocry, to Eccicsbourn station, vice H. Jeston to Bishopstone, vice Stoyle, retired through ill health ; Mr. R. Stap, from Appledore to Ilfracombe station, vice Lieutenant J. Robinson, superseded ; Lieutenant A. M. Shairp, faom Port Rush tolAuckmithe station, vice Lieu tenant Stewart, superseded. LATE SUICIDES of LORD STRAD BROKE'S GAMEKEEPERS. Irswicii, SEPT. 7.—The formal investigation relative to the suicides of two of Earl Stradbroke's gamekeepers hasterminated ex planation of the motives which induced either of the de ceased f- any authoritative estruction. Therefore, persons t without r e sresort rt affordingtosself-destruction. beyond the reports already in circulation, the affair ro. mains involved in mystery. Pursuant to the warrant of Mr. Sparrowe, the coroner, a jury assembled at Henham, Lord Stradbroke's seat. The first inquiry related to the death of William Easy, aged fifty-four, the head gamekeeper, who shot himself in one of the coverts, on Saturday, the 31st of August. The only evidence adduced was that of the persons who found the body, and who described the mode by which he had effected the suicidal act. The same witnesses stated that for some time past he had been subject to fits of despondency, and betrayed evident symptoms of mental derangement, but no reason was suggested to account for the change in the man's manner. The jury accordingly returned a general verdict of insanity. The second inquest was on the body of John Cucksey, abed fifty-six, one of Lord Stradbroke's assistant game keepers, who shot himself on Sunday, the Ist of Sept. The evidence in this case was as follows : Richard Andrews deposed—l went on Sunday evening last to call on a person named Ludlow, whose cottage is close to that of the deceased. Whilst sitting at Ludlow's I saw Cucksey (the deceased) enter his own house. His wife and three children were with him. I thought they had been out for a walk. I think they had not been in the house above two or three minutes when I heard the report of a gun, and immediately after Mrs. Cucksey and the children screamed violently. I entered the house, and found the deceased lying on the floor. I saw that he had been shot. His waistcoat and shirt were burn ing, and his wife was kneeling on the carpet alongside him, trying to extinguish the fire. The deceased ap peared to me to be quite dead. I saw a gun on the floor, which had just been discharged. I can assign no motive for the commission of the act. Mr. Long, of Wangford, surgeon, said—l was sent for on Sunday evening last to attend the deceased, who, I was informed, had shot himself. I got to the house about eight o'clock. He was quite dead. On examining the body, I perceived a gun-shot wound under the jaw. There was considerable hemorrhage. The shot must have produced instant death, for the contents of the gun ascended into the head. The deceased had been pre viously unwell, owing to a fall from his horse. I had at tended that morning and the previous day, when he com plained of being very low. lam of opinion that the death of Easy, the other keeper, had a very serious effect upon the deceased's mind. I saw that he was greatly distressed about it. Another witness stated, that when the deceased re turned home, he complained of being cold, and asked his wife to get a fire. Whilst Mrs. Cucksey went into the yard for coals the fatal shot was fired. It was stated that the gun was suspended from a beam under the ceiling by two hooks or holdfasts, one of which was found on the floor, and from the ceiling being low a person of the same stature as the deceased would pro bably have touched the beam with his hat, which circum stance raised a doubt in the minds of the jury that the gun might not have gone off accidentally. They ac cordingly returned a verdict to this effect—" That the deceased died from a gun-shot wound through the head, but whether inflicted by his own hand, or the effect of accident, sufficient evidence thereof did not appear to the jurors." The Coroner granted warrants for the interment of the bodies, and the proceedings terminated. It is reported that another of the gamekeepers has since these disastrous occurrences been placed under re straint, cos ing to the alarming excitement which they have created in the man's mind. HARVEST.—The fen harvest is rapidly drawing to a close in this neighbourhood, and never within the memory of that antiquated gentleman, " the oldest living person," has the wheat crop been so heavy and yielding. The splendid weather of the last fortnight has likewise enabled the farmer to stack it in the best possible condi• tion ; as dry as if subjected to the process of a kiln. The oats are, with the exception of a few pieces, also gathered in, and are a much better crop than was ex pected, the condition being equally fino as that of the wheat, and the straw unusually bright and good. The coleseed, as a general crop, is far from an average one — it is bad. A few pieces on the best land, and early sown, form the exceptions.— Cambridge Chronicle. The contemplated marriage between H. 'Purnell, Esq., M.P., for Devonport, and the Hon. Miss Byng, daughter of General Lord Strafford, G.C.8., is, we un derstand, fixed to take place on the 22d of the_ensuing month. SURREY SESSIONS. Yesterday the adjourned general quarter sessions for the county of Surrey was held at the Court house, St. Mary's, Newington, before Mr. Puckle and a full bench of magistrates, among whom we noticed the four County Members. The calendar contained the names of seventy-three prisoners, but of those seventy-three a great many stood convicted for stealing trifling articles, varying in value from one penny to a shilling. The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the jury, briefly con gratulated them on the absence of any case of a serious description on the calendar, and said he could see nothing in any of the cases which required comment from him. THE METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT. Mr. FRESHPIELD, M.P., in rising to call the atten tion of the bench to the new Act, the 7th and Bth of Victoria, said his object was to move for the appoint ment of a small body of the county magistrates, who would act as a committee of inquiry, for the purpose of gaining a body of information respecting the ap pointment of new districts, and acquiring other facts that would tend to render the enactment more gene rally beneficial. The Act was entitled "An Act for the Regulation, Construction, and Use of Buildings to be hereafter erected in the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood," and provided for the formation of new districts, and the enlargement or contraction of old ones, and also fur the appointment of district surveyors. As the Act came into operation on the' Ist of .January next, it would be essential that some course should be adopted by which a sufficient mass of information would be ready to be laid before the full bench of magistrates at the Michaelmas next general quarter sessions, and he thought the most effectual means for doing this would be the appointment of certain magistrates as a committee to collect this information. In the selection of this committee, he would suggest that the members of it should be gentlemen resident in those particular localities which were about to be created into new districts, as they thereby would have better means of knowing and protecting local interests. The Hon. Gentleman, after stating that the adoption of this course would not at all bring the general court to abide by the decision of the committee, concluded by moving that a committee be appointed to consider the necessary steps to be taken for carrying into effect the provisions of a recent Act of Parliament for regulating the construction of new buildings in the county of Surrey, and to report thereon at the next general quarter sessions; also to examine the standing orders of the court, and to rescind such of them as interfered with the operation of the said Act. After a short discussion, the motion having been seconded, was agreed to unanimously, when it was decided that the committee should consist of the four County Members, the four chairmen of the Surrey general quarter sessions, Benjamin Hawes, Esq., M.P., and seven other magistrates. A HARD CASE.—AS a specimen of the dispropor tionate severity with which various species of crimes are visited in this country, the following may be cited as one affording a striking illustration : A decent looking poor man, named William Legg, was indicted for stealing a small bundle of clover, of the value of one penny, from out of a field belonging to Mr. Charles Richard Harrison. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, whose expenses alone, in coming from Guildford, where the alleged felony was committed, and re maining in town during the sessions, must have cost the county a good round sum, independent of the fees of counsel, and other incidental charges, that the prose cutor, who was the proprietor of about 900 acres of land, on Sunday, the 10th of August, saw the prisoner take the bundle of clover, which was not, at all events (according to the prosecutor's statement), worth more than a penny, and on the following Saturday he had him taken before Lord Lovelace, who at once com mitted him for trial, thereby incarcerating the unfor tunate prisoner for nearly a month, and compelling a number of witnesses to travel nearly forty miles to ensure the conviction of a man who received an ex cellent character, and who said he only wanted the clover for a rabbit. He had also been in the habit of working for a long time on the farm for the prosecu tor's predecessor. The prisoner's counsel made an able speech in his defence, and denounced the practice of sending such paltry cases before a jury, and thus, in many in stances, unjustly imprisoning the accused parties, and in all cases putting the rate-payers of the county to vast and unnecessary expense. The Learned CHAIRMAN having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the pri soner was sentenced to seven days' solitary imprison ment at Brixton. Another case of four boys, named Walsh, Tisdale, Wall, and Wood, was next tried, which exhibited nearly the same features as the preceding. The prisoners had been out "hopping," and having failed to get work, they applied to the union work house at Farnham, where they were put in the casual ward, and got some gruel in the morning. Being hungry, and seeing the prosecutor's cart in the street, from which they stole a loaf valued at sevenpence, they were taken into custody, and fully committed for trial, and no less than seven witnesses had come from Farnham to Newington to prosecute them. The jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, the prisoners were each sentenced to seven days' solitary confinement. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Mr. Winpenny, a surgeon in Fetter-lane, and William Henry Peake, his lodger, were charged with assaulting George Ventum, a City policeman, No. 312. The officer stated, that about twelve o'clock on Satur day night he heard a cry of "murder" from the kitchen of Mr. Winpenny'a house, and he went down to see what was the matter. He found Mr. Winpenny and Mr. Peake ill-using a young woman by keeping her shut in an area, and throwing pails of water over her. Both the prisoners assaulted him to prevent him from releasing the young woman. Sir J. KEY asked if the young woman was there ? She presented herself, and said her name was Margaret Flannigan, and her mother had been housekeeper to Mr. Winpenny several years. She went to his house to claim 6/. which he had borrowed of her, or rather of her mother. He threatened to duck her, and to get out of his way she secreted herself in an area, where he threw two or three pails of water over her. Mr. Winpenny denied that he owed her anything. Her mother was a highly respectable woman, but the same description would not apply t o t h e d aug h ter, an d she had been living in his house three or four days with out his knowledge. John Holloway deposed to being attracted by the cry of " murder," and seeing the policeman struck by Mr. Winpenny. Thomas Whitaker, in the service of Mr. Winpenny, stated that the policeman struck Mr. Winpenny with his truncheon before Mr. Winpenny interfered with him. Mr. Winpenny made a simila r statement. When the policeman came down into the kitchen, he said to the officer, " Just listen to me, I ha ve a charge to make." The officer said he would not listen, and forced his way towards the young woman. The fact was a sovereign had been missed by Mrs. Peake, the lodger, and in searching the house the young woman escaped them by hiding herself in the area, and she positively refused to come out, or the pail of water would not have bum re sorted to. Mr. Peake made a similar statement, but no charge of stealing the sovereign was now made against Margaret Flannigan. Sir J. KEY told Margaret that if she had any claim on Mr. Winpenny she could enforce it at the Court of Re quests ; and with respect to the assault on the police man, as the statements were so conflicting he should for bear from taking cognizance of it. The policeman .might indict Mr. Winpenny if he thought fit ; and as Mr. Winpenny was an old inhabitant, he need not be required to find bail. QUEEN -SQUARE. Yesterday John Philips and Joseph Manning, two labouring men, were placed at the bar, charged on sus picion of having set fire to the Wooden-bridge at Pimlico. Inspector Barefoot, of the B division, said that on the 6th inst. considerable alarm was created in the Aeigh bourhood of Pimlico in consequence of the Wooden bridge which crosses the Grosvenor-canal, and is the leading thoroughfare from Warwick-street, Vauxh all bridge-road, and the Willow-walk, to Queen-strf et, Pimlico, being discov ere d on fi re. The structure, whi t II is entirely compos e d o f woo d , covered with pitch, ant.' therefore easy of ignition, was fortunately preserved by an early discovery, but whether it had been fired by d e sign or accident it was difficult to say. E very endeavor tr had been made by the police to discover the offender o r offenders, for whose apprehension a reward had been offered, and in the course of inquiry it had been ascer tained that four persons had been seen to leave the King's Arms, which is at the foot of the bridge, and get over the fence to the foundation, and in about ten minutes after an alarm of fire was given, and the men were nowhere to be found. It had been ascertained that the prisoners were two of the party, and as the case was of a very suspicious nature, they were apprehended. Edward Rogers, a labourer in the employ of tl. , e lock-keeper at the Grosvenor Canal, proved that he sap the prisoners with two others leave the King's Arms rst about three o'clock on the afternoon of the 6th, Philip s having a lighted pipe in his mouth. The party scaled a lofty fence, and descended to the foundation el! the bridge. Mr. BURRELL asked the prisoners what answers thsy had to the charge? The men admitted having got over the fence, as de scribed, but declared they did not know how the fire, originated. Mr. Barefoot said that it was the practice of a numi: er of idle persons to congregate under the foot of the bridg e. Great pains had been taken to prevent this, as the mai, - t pipes of the Chelsea Water-works were laid across the bridge, between the woodwork and the Macadamised road, and in the event of the bridge being consumed, all supply of water to the western part of the metropolis ' would be cut off, and in the event of fire at any of the houses, the damage would be incalculable. Mr. Barlow, the lock- keeper, said that had the fire taken place 'at night instead of the day, there was no doubt the bridge would have been consumed. Boards had been placed at the foot of the bridge, cautioning. persons against trespassing upon the towing-path, and_ offering rewards for the apprehension of ally found there.. Mr. BURRELL considered it fortunate that an earl' Williams, police-constable, 26 S, stated that the Big nalls were still lying at the Whittington and Cat, Hol loway, and so ill that they could not be removed ; neither was the other sufferer, Rebecca Mead, able to attend. Thomas Ratcliffe, a gardener, residing at Highgate, deposed that about nine o'clock on the evening of Sun day, the Ist instant, he saw the, prisoner in a four wheeled vehicle at the top of Holloway-hill. The pri soner seemed to be endeavouring to check the horse, which was proceeding at the very top of its speed ; be did not succeed, and about 200 yards further on witness heard a crash, and screams and groans. On reaching the place he saw the two Bignalls lying in the kennel ; the woman was bleeding and insensible ; John Bignall was hardly able to speak. In the middle of the road he saw Rogers lying with his face towards the road. Wit ness:raised him up and asked him what was the matter with him ; he did not say a word, but shook his head, and witness saw that he was in a dying state. Subse quently assisted in conveying the deceased and the other sufferers to the Whittington and Cat. Three other wittnesses were examined, whose testi mony left no doubt that the horse ran away, and the occurrence was accidental. Mr. BINGHAM said, under these circumstances, he must discharge Mr. Murphy, who left the court ac companied by his friends. Mr. Murphy had !scarcely left the court, when Mr. Coulson, landlord of the Whittington and Cat, Hollo way, said, that the poor people who had suffered so se verely by the accident had been lying at his house since then. Mr. Murphy had, in the first instance, directed that they should be supplied with everything they required at his (Mr. Murphy's) expense ; and, ac cordingly he (Mr. Coulson) at considerable cost, pro cured for them everything needful. Mr. Murphy now re • fused not only to pay that bill, or any part of it, but even some restoratives with which he had been himself sup plied immediately after the occurrence. But what vexed him more than all was the unfeeling indifference dis played by Mr. Murphy towards the condition of these helpless, and now almost destitute, people. Mr. BINGHAM asked him if any one was present when Mr. Murphy gave him these directions ? and Mr. Coul son having replied in the affirmative, the worthy Ma• gistrate told him the debt might be recovered by a civil bill process. Mr. Coulson who has shown the greatest humanity and kindness to these poor people, thanked his Worship, and withdrew. TREATY OF COMMERCE. —Yesterday the treaty of commerce and navigation between her Majesty and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, which had been laid before Parliament, was printed. The treaty was signed at Schwerin in May, and the ratification ex changed on the 10th of August last, at Dobberan. There are eight articles in the treaty, and three con taining the accession of the Grand Duke to the treaty of commerce. The vessels of the respective Powers are to be subjected to the same charges as national vessels. All articles of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the two countries are to pay the same duties, whether exported or imported in vessel s o f Mecklenburgl-Schwe rin or in British vessels. The following is an extract from the sth article :—" In consideration of British ves sels, together with their cargoes, being by the laws of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin admitted to enter into the ports of the Grand Duchy of M ecklenburgh-Schwerin when coming from the ports of all countries, and in considera tion of British trade and navigation with Mecklenburgh- Schwerin being placed upon the footing of the most favoured nations, having regard also to the facility which the application of steam-power to inland navigation affords for the conveyance of produce and merchandise of all kinds up and down rivers, and to the new opening which may by these means he given to the trade and navigation between the United Kingdom and her Britannic Majesty's posses sions abroad on the one hand, and the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin on the other, it is agreed that vessels of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, together with their cargoes, consisting of all such goods as for the time being may or can be legally imported into the United Kingdom and her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad by the said vessels, from any port of Mecklenburgh- Schwerin, shall, when coming f rom th e ports of Barth, Stralsund, Greifswald, Wolgast, and Stettin, or from the ports in the Trave Elbe, the Trave, and the Oder, be admitted into the ports of the United Kingdom and of her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad, on the same terms as if the ports from which such vessels may come as aforesaid were within the dominions of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin ; and such vessels shall be permitted to import such goods as aforesaid upon the same terms on which such goods might be imported if coming from ports of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin ; and also that such vessels proceeding from the United Kingdom or her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad to the ports aforesaid, shall be treated as retnrning to a port of Mecklenburgh-Scb werin." AWFUL THUNDER AND LIGHTNING STORM..-.-.0/1 Thursday night last the city of Gloucester and the im mediate vicinity was visited by a terrific storm of thunder sand lightning. Considerable damage was done by the 'latter in Whitcomb& Park, the seat of Lady Crome. A _fine old oak tree, measuring twelve feet in circumference at the trunk, was completely shattered to pieces by the electric fluid. Pieces of the tree struck a valuable horse tha t was grazing near the spot, and completely blinded the poor animal in both eyes. A strong brick wall, which enclosed the park near the place, was completely shattered to pieces, a distance of 50 yards. At Newn ham and Broakoak hailstones fell, measuring four inches in circumference. Chelsea Old Church is being repaired and beauti fied—the interior as well as the exterior. There is an elegant iron railing being erected round the churchyard, and the unsightly old wall taken down. The inhabitants of Chelsea have opened a subscription to cleanse and repair the nr,nument of Sir Thomas More, who was beheaded by Henry VIII., and who was buried in the interior of this church. Sir Hans Sloane's tomb will be cleansed. His remains rest at the entrance of the church- yEtrd, and from whom the Cadogan family obtained their large property in Chelsea. FOREBODINGS OF WINTER.—On Sunday evening a large flock of wild geese passed over Chesterfield, on t heir way, it is supposed,. to the fens of Lin co l ns hi re. inch a circumstance, at this early period of the season, was hardly ever known , and it is considered to forebode a - 1 early and severe winter.—Nottingham Review. The Senior and Junior United Service and the oti. ier leading clubhouses are und ergo i ng their annual cou i 'se of re - embell ishment during the absence of most o f th \ e members from town. discovery of the fire had been made ; but said, as there was no evidence to prove how it had originated, or whether it was owing to the condact of the accused, he must discharge them. THAMES POLICE. Thomas Thompson, a horse slaughterer, ofWhitechapel, was yesterday finally examined on the charge of having burglariously entered the house of William Patrick Murley, near the Commercial-road, and stolen therefrom a quantity of wearing apparel and other articles, to the amount of nearly 401. (The case was remanded from the 26th ult.) It appeared from the evidence that, on Wednesday, the 21st of August, the complainant, who is a dock cellarman, 'went with his family to a benefit at Sims's Saloon, Whitechapel-road, taking with him his lodger, named .Lewis, the greater part of whose property had also been stolen on the occasion. Complainant shut up the house before leaving it, and then locked the front door, the key of which he took with him. At the theatre the complainant saw the prisoner leaning over the door, and' he seemed to eye the complainant and his family very narrowly, as if for the purpose (as it afterwards ap peared) of ascertaining whether they were all from home. This was about nine o'clock in the evening, and the prisoner disappeared shortly after. During the evening, and especially towards the close of the enter tainment, a man named James Northeote, who was sus pected to be a confederate in the robbery, entered into conversation with complainant, and treated him to some half-and-half. About half-past eleven o'clock, just as the performance closed, the prisoner returned to the sa loon, and again narrowly eyed the complainant and his family. He also appeared to exchange significant glances with Northcote, which, however, did not strike complainant at the time. On his return home, Murley, finding it difficult to open the front door, looked in through the keyhole, and was alarmed at perceiving a candle lighted in the passage. He immediately got round through the next house, and burst in the back door. There was no person in the house ; but every drawer and lock in the place had been ripped open with a chisel, and all that was portable and valuable taken away, even to the children's pinafores. To sustain the charge against the prisoner, a boy named William Pell, who was going a message on the night of the robbery, saw three persons, one of whom was Thompson, standing near the complainant's door. They seemed to be in conversation, and one of the party said, " Be sure you get the graining done to-morrow." Upon the suspicion ' which these circumstances created, the prisoner was arrested at his lodgings on the ensuing Sunday ; and as no part of the property had been traced (nor has any yet been discovered), the charge would live had little or no foundation, were it not that Thompson himself made certain admissions when taken into custody. Police constable Mumford on arresting the prisoner told him the nature of the charge, to which the prisoner replied, " Yes, I know all about it." When taken to the station-house and confronted with the lad Pell, who said " That's the man," the prisoner replied, "Yes, you've got me right, and you've well tutored that boy." He then turned to the prosecutor, who was also present, and said, " Never mind, Mr. Murley, you ought to have had two or three more in this besides me." The inspecting sergeant was present when the prisoner made these ob servations. The constable added, that the prisoner had been in custody on three former occasions, once on suspicion of having stolen a gin-glass, once for robbing a waggon, and at another time for stealing a horse. On Tuesday, the 27th ult., after Thompson's remand, Northcote was brought up in custody of a City constable as a party concocting and aiding in the robbery. The charge as against Northcote was instantly dismissed. In sending Thompson's case for trial, Mr. BRODERIP observed that it was not quite so complete as it might have been, for there could be no doubt that the'prisoner's statement was correct when he said that there were others connected with him as regarded this robbery. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said, as the magistrate was resolved to send him for trial, he should reserve it until that occasion. CLERKENWELL. Yesterday Mr. John Stephen Murphy, residing in Spencer-street, Northampton -square, connected with a commercial house in the City, was brought upon on re mand, charged with killing and slaying Samuel Rogers, and seriously endangering the lives of three other per sons—viz., Rebecca Mead, John Bignall, and Elizabeth Bignall, who is still in extreme danger. Mr. Moger, of Highgate, the surgeon who attended the sufferers, and the Rev. Dr. Causton, rector of High gate, were in attendance. CORONER'S. INQUEST. Mr. Guazzaroni, the surgeon who was called in to 01 ; tend the deceased, sa id t h ere was a pool of blood on try floor. He did not then move the body. Deceased 1131. 1 have been dead some time, as the body was quite CO '7 but that might b e a tt r ib ute d to t h e quantity of blood 1°,5; The next day he e xamine d th e b o d y b y direction o f tv Coroner, and found an ext ens i ve woun d , commenc i n g °o the left side under the lower jaw, separating the inter, meats of the neck with th e carot id artery and juguain vein on the right side of the neck and both of which we . . r " divided completely. Th ere was lik ew i se a mark or „ on the left temple, about the size of a sixpence, aPP II ; rently from the muz z l e o f a p i sto l , or the flash o f a by might have caus e d it. Wi tness examined the par t, s u r found no wound, neither were there any marks of vt lence visible. Witness had no doubt deceased died I') his own act. - A gentleman, wh os e name did not transpire, but w h6 said he was a brother officer of the dect'ased, s tated th s , he had been fo r th e l ast 14 years on terms of the grest es o f intimacy and friendship with the deceased. He eccentric visgL ecctric habits, but was a man of a strong m i n d un til P was afflicted, when he became dejected. D ecease d t i ! o subject to paralysis of the brain, which a ff e cted 01 eyes. Deceased used t o ca ll i t h i s severe affliction. L fist saw the deceased about a month ago in the strand; when he recommended him to go into the cocntry, and oTered to go with him, and the deceased told him 11e would let him know, but he never did. It was deceased. : impression that he sh ou ld di e bli n d , and that a ff ec t e d hi mind more than disease. The Coroner then addressed the jury, and said tilerr ° could be no doubt, after the evidence that had been a" d dated, that the deceased had died by his own act, an an end had thereby been p u t t o th e many extr aordw,r'n and ridiculous r umours w hi c h h a d b een in c i rcu latle , relative to this case. If th e ev id ence was conc l us ive . : e 0 the minds of the j ur y t h at t h e deceased was of silLin mind at the time h e comm i tte d the act, they wouldy . accordance with th e i r oat h , return a verdict o f s e murder ; or, if they cons id ere d the evidence showe d too „ he was deranged, they would return a verdict acc ordingly but if, upon th e o th er h an d , t h ey felt that the evide nce was inconclusive as to the state of deceased's mind, th e/ would express so in their verdict. The jury, after some consultation, returned a verdi c t ' " That the deceased di e d b y hi s own act ; but as W e tb state of his mind at th e ti me t h ere was not suffime ni evidence before them to show it." MR. HORACE SMITH'S NEW HISTORICAL 13 I; MANCE.—" Arthur A run d e l" i s t h e name of the 11,`,e historical novel, by th e p opu l ar aut h or of , c Bramil e ‘ fi f f i House, and the story i s ill ustrat i ve o f that st i rr i n g I! 0 - 0 highly interesting peri o d o f our hi story — the R eve lutl ve of 1688. The principal characters in this a ttract l e a work are the prominent personages who were eng s g rir in bringing abo u t thi s i mportant e h nage in the G°vet-he ment. Amongst th em are th e P r i nce of Orange, ," o f Pensionary Fogel, th e Bi s h op of London, the Ear' t Sunderland, Colonel Syd ney , an d t h e other P r otesta lj o , champions ; and Ja mes th e S econ d , h i s Queen, hia.e°3o fessor, and the most di s ti ngu i s h e d o f h i s Popish frleihe and advisers. The int r i gues o f t h e two parties, an° fir general excitement whi c h ex i ste d throughout the.CO'ir try, are well pourtrayed, and nuke the narrative markably animated, w hil s t th e i mag i nary ' perso nag scenes, and events, whi c h th e a bl e aut h or introdaces,it with great effect to give variety to his story, rende r . s one of the most en t er t a i n i ng o f a ll M r. Horace Soo t " productions, not exce pti ng even " B ram b letye Trat° e s:lf. THS'. On the 2d inst., the lad y William Duckett, Esq., a Ru - selstown-park, Carlow, of a daughter. lads Of On the 6th inst., at Darsham House, Suffolk, the Diu; Frederick Newton Dickenson, Esq., of a daughter. ~., w ieh On the 7th inst., at New Bank-buildings, Mrs. re a son. the On the 7th inst., at Buckland St. Mary, the lady of Rev. J. E. Lance, of a daughter. ' On the 7th inst., a t Hi g h ga t e, t h e w i fe of W . T. Rich son, Esq., of a son. the On the 7th inst., at Hyde-park-gate, Kensington-P r lady of James Pratt Barlow, Esq., of a daughter. 4 Co' On the 7th in s t., th e w if e o f H enry H ayman, Esq., " ventry-street, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Lorne-road, Brixton, Mrs. •CA N9k of a On the daughter. a° . Bth inst., in Bread- s t ree t, M rs. R. K. Day, of f or On the Bth inst., th e w if e o f T. C . Renshaw, Esq., coin's Inn, of a son. On the Bth inst., a t D ane - en d , H erts, t h e l a dy of Surtees, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. gel% At St. George's, Hanover-square, this d ay, by the of 0 W. T. Hadow, Rector o f H ase l ey, N orman, e ld e st .„ o f Norman Uniacke, Esq., of Mount Uniacke, in the eou ll "-.1,k- Cork, to Mary Eli za b e th, d aug h ter o f the late C o l o nel l:or water Bethune, of Balfour, in the county of Fife. Lord On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, and William Hervey, s econ d son o f t h e M arqu i s o f Bristol, e'„ s t Secretary of Embassy at Paris, to Cecilia Mary, 7re.,,%cii daughter of the late Vi ce -Ad m i ra l Si r Th o mas 1 r Fremantle, G.C.8., At St. George's, Camberwell, A. F. Croom, e' 00 to Sarah Maria, eldest daughter of Mr. Saner, of PeeP— Surrey. On the 26th ult., at St. Pancras Church, Alexander Ila ig Esq., surgeon, to Jane, eldest daughter of John Chad Bristow, Esq., of Eusemere-hill, Ulleswater, WestmoreTourge On the sth inst., at Llanaber, Merionethshire, 6 ' iv Blaxland, Esq., of romley, Kent, to Rebecca, eldest da l 'g ter of W. Jones, Esq., of Glandwr, Merionethshire. J, h¢ On the 7th inst., at St. G eorge ' s , H anover - squara, to Thomas Jessop, Esq , of Mo un t J essop, L ong f or d, Irelana of Maria Lucy, eldest daughter of Alexander Copland, Esq Gloucester-place, Portman-square. DIED. Willis° 1 theLognCai i t o h f i c n o s n t s „ u m a tp Den m a gaerdk hill,-35 On the 10th fast ., at 16, R ane l ag h -grove, Ch e l s ea, - iraot llaekblock, widow of W. Haekblock, Esq. toret On the 3d inst., Sir Robert Eden, Bart., of Windle , and Beamish-park, in the county of Durham. i.nrooduer On the 3d inst., Frances, wife of John Willis, 0 ' " Surrey, Mrs. Vi 1 borough, Kent, Esq., aged 74. re On the 3d i ns t., at H as l and, near Ch es t er fi e ld, Esther , lict of Bernard Lucas, Esq. On the sth inst., Mr. Charles James Payne, of St. court, Leicester-square. T o ini On the sth inst., Sarah Caulet, second daughter of ' Patch, Esq., of Upper Gower-street. act On the sth inst., at Y k d Lambeth,Susanna, r - or -roa , A B d . of the late Mr. W. Baker, of Kingston-upon-Hull, aka. e.ter -On the sth inst., Robert Kirby, Esq., of Cambrulg race, Hyde-park, aged 69. Anna, . Hants, A On the 6th inst., at Anstey, near Alton, widow of the late W. Lee, Esq., aged 81. _____„.... !! !o° Mt rtin's- London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No•: - / Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the Co url ' o Middlesex, Tuesday, September 10, 1844. Yesterday Mr. Wakley resumed the inquiry into ye death of Captain Dixon, of the 88th Regiment of Foot. The Coroner, on takin g hi s seat , i nqu i re d if any , the relatives of the deceased gentleman were in at' tendance ? Pummell, the summoning officer, said that Colon el Dixon, a brother of the deceased, had been expecte d from Bath to att en d th e i nquest, b ut he had not yet arrived. The following evidence was then gone into : Anne Bowdler deposed that she was a servant-of - e work at that house, and had known the deceased about three weeks, during which time he had lodged there, On the afternoon of Thursday last, about twenty a i . i° nutes after one o'clock, she found the deceased dead i n his bed-room. On that day she went up to the deceased room in the earlier part of the morning, to know if hi would hare his breakf as t. D ecease d sa id he wa nted some more sleep, and would ring for his breakfast when he was ready for it. Witness asked the deceased how he was, when he said he was much better, but, having bog up very late on the previous night, required more sleet?' Deceased had been confin e d t o hi s b e d f or a wee k on t"' previous Tuesday, and had been attended by a physicia n from town, and Mr. G a sk e ll, a surgeon, at Chelsea, 1, a pain in his limbs. Wh en w i tness went up the secon d time to the deceased's bed-room, she knocked at the door several times without receiving any answer, and, 2 /1 trying the door, found it l oc k e d on t h e inside. $""„ then went down and told h er m i stress, w h o said the deceased had never before locked his door, and sak e Mr. Rolleston, her husband, to go up and see if an}' thing was the matter. He did so, accompanied by, w it , ness, and having knocked at the door without recovia4 any answer, he burst the door open. Witness and M f a Rolleston then both en t ere d, an d f oun d the d ece ased lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with his head t ° ' wards the door. Witness immediately ran down stairs into the street and raised an alarm, when Mr. Guaz z3. roni, the district surgeon of the Kensington train who happened to be i n th e s t reet at t h e t i me, wa s fetch', in, and saw the body. Ab ou t t en m i nutes after witilf had been to deceased's roo m s h e h ear d a l ou d no i se , as of the smashing of a looking-glass, and told her m istres° of it, who said it w a s ver y lik e l y t h at t h e capta i n h a d le! the glass fall, as his hands were so weak that he could O s hold anything he took hold of, and about twenty minute: after eleven o'clock she heard a similar noise, but wo e louder. On the Sunday before the deceased's death be told her he should never get off his bed again, and the t he was sure he should n ever ge t over it. He was obligee' to be helped off the bed, as he could not walk. P e. ceased had twice refused to t a k e sus t enance, b ut s h e had never noticed anything odd in his behaviour or in wh at he said. Deceased told witness he had known Mr s ' Rolleston eight years, a nd th a t s h e was t h e on l y frien d he had. Mr. Arthur Robert Rolleston deposed, that he was ti° landlord of that tavern. He had known deceased shoa l two years, and he had been a lodger at witness's house since last ChriAmas twelvemonth. The witness the confirmed the statement of the first witness as to the breaking the door open and finding the body. Had fr e. quentty heard the deceased lament what a state he $ O9 reduced to, and say he had better be dead than go on I° ' Deceased was very weak in his knees and could not g o up stairs without assistance. During the fortnight Pr e .' vious to his death he had been worse, and had kept bed during the last ten days. Mr. Gaskell first attended deceased, and Dr. M ac l eo d was a l so called in. Did nit know that the deceased had pistols in his room until afte r his death. The deceased was very eccentric at tunes' and a very little thing would throw him into a violen t passion ; but he had not been so bad of late. Decease' was a perfectly sober man. _ Police -sergeant H ogan , T 25 , d eposed to be i ng ca lled - in about half-pa s t one o ' c l oc k on Thursday, and on goint into the room seein g th e d ecease d on the floor dead. .'," chair was by the side o f hi m , as if h e h ad slipped off. `-'; the dressing-table witness found the white handled ral ° ' produced, which was stained with blood, and also the pistol produced, whi c h h a d a cap on. Witness sa w no powder or ball in the room. Mr. Rolleston recalled—Had since found some powcl u er and caps, but no b a ll s or s h ot . O n the previous day tue deceased was down in the bar-parlour with witness his wife until two o'clock on Thursday morning. Ere 71 then very cheerf u l i n d ee d, an d partook of some w i ne an water. ~~ Dil 4 ;, t ar ,.. ri Eitv oi --.............. q4kg naQ a b "" ktk c t Ili, 8. p f Cal 414/), l'r h, 4 " , sp t e, b,