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his rent, if arvests are bad, and his landlord be able and willing to mke it ? Or is the importance of his posposition to be found in his right to vote at the election of knights of the shire in which he dwells, as he may be requested by his landlord's steward or agent? If, indeed, we happen to live ander such a landliird_as the Earl of Radnor, the franchise is an honour. His are the independent •• tenants of a man, who, throughout a long and valua ble life, has uniformly shown himself to be the un daunted advocate of right,the unwearied friend of the poor—whose consistency has shone forth a bril liant virtue, for when the Viscount Folkstone of former days became the Earl of Radnor of the latter, he was changed but in rank and title; he carried with him into the House of Lords the same stern integrity, the same honourable determination to pro mote and maintain the rights and interests of the tenants of a man, who throughout a long and valuable life has uniformly shown hithself to be the undaunted advocate of right, the unwearied friend of the poor — whose consistency has shown forth a brilliant virtue, for whenn the Viscount Folkestone of former days became the Earl of Radnor of the latter, he was changed but in rank and title ; he carried with him into the House of Lords the same stern integrity, the same honourable determination to promote and main tain the rights and interests of the people, as had dis tinguished him in the Lower House. "These praises will wear well, for they haVe been dearly earned." Descending to the farm-labourer, he too may look in vain for the importance of .the position he now oc cupies Important enough it is to the community, for by the sweat of his brow, we are mainly furnished with our daily bread. Hard labour and scanty food are his daily portion, and at night he " shrinks into the sordid hut of cheerless poverty." If he hold fast his honesty, and be able to obtain work, he has no prospect for his latter days - tit - II he union workhouse ; if he infringe the law, and seek to eke out his sustenance by killing a willd •animal, fed on his em ployer's ground, the countyll receives him for a time, and he leaves it a broken 7 spirited wretch, or a reckless vagabond. The landowners, who are not agriculturists, any more than a mineowner is a cutler or a coppersmith, are in truth the class of persons, whom Mr. O'Brien is desirous to maintain in " the important position they now occupy." Here the has unwittingly but _plainly stated the whole gist' of the question ; this reason is in Mr. O'Brien's mind, and in the minds of the landowners in general, "'convincing against the abolition of our corn-laws." They believe that the abolition of those laws would reduce their rents, would compel them to confer independence on their tenants, and thereby affect their own political in fluence ; would strike at the root of all monopolies ; and enforce upon the Legislature the necessity of 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 speeches made by Mr. Cobden, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Bright in 1841 and 1843, as furnishing favourable testimony "as to the state to which this country had risen during the period in which the laddlOrds enjoyed a mono ooly of its legislation." Admirable inference ! Be cause Mr. Cobden declared that "in the Levant, in Arabia, and in China, you will be told the best of everything is going to England, because Dr. Bowring rejoiced " that there was somethipg in England that entitled her to be honoured and loved : it was in her pacific pursuits—it was the' power, of her manufac turers, the enterprise and character of her commercial men, that she was looked on with honour and respect by the nations of the world":—and because Mr. Bright very beautifully described the harmony, regularity, and precision With which all the arrange ments of life are carried on in this metropolis, as an illustration of the principles he advocated:—therefore Mr. O'Brien adopts the whole as evidence in favour of laudlord-legislation, and attributed the wealth, the enterprise, the character, andAhe domestic economy of England.to the legislation okruiliament of Landlords ! Acts of Parliament may regulate industry, but they cannot create it; they may control the outlay of capital, but they cannot eriforee.it; they may stimu late enterprise, but they dannot command it.; they may preserve invention ankencourage-discOvery, but they can neither cause the One nor produce the other : the energies of man and .ther-price of corn are alike iudependent of statutes and lawgivers. And of what materials do,cour readers imagine that 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 disposed to revoke. With the 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 magnificent results. You have brought before this House a question whose agitation you have monopolised. The 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 way be, when it has heard the autobiography which I now submit to its Jaren tion." Here we have to thank Mr. • O'Brien for an im portant admission. He felt the "pressure from with out," and, under the influence itproduced, he 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'Brin 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 of 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, extending over a period of six years (according to Mr. O'Brien's., computation), during vrhich " with vast expenditure, considerable activity, ener g i es unwearied, and perseverance, unabating, they had toiled,' , our historian has been unable to extract anythinsufficiently , * . violent" or •'ridicu lous" to excite the ispprobati o n o r l aug ht er o f th e an accidental House, allusion, in one of M r . Bright's speech es Post-office arrangements, and a record, in th to the i e Sheet Almanac of the League, o f Hon,. the days on which the Cr P. Villiers, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, and Dr. 8 0 . wjng el v c e i r t e ed bn li rn The expenditure of the Leag ae h . has satiable curiosity of Mr. O'Brien. lie has taken te i th n. of Co mmon s and the trouble to furnish the House public with his account of their receipts andpayments, striking a balance in his own way. In o ne o f their very earliest papers, published in 1840, he discovered an account of their expenditure at that time, and we presume he has printed this accotint, because it happens to be of small amount. His own pamphlets, a fe w pages before, explains the manners in which the League had disbursed, for the purposes they:described, a very large sum of money; and he has altogether overlooked, or wilfully suppressed, a subsequent statement of expenditure, which appeared in the columns of this journal, as well as in those of their own organs and other newspapers. These statements , are entirely (and it may be intentionally) unnoticed in Mr. O'Brien's debtor and creditor account; and having thus most unfairly attempted to impose upon the House and the public, he exclaims with all the dignity of injured innocence, ! Comparatiye Value of Trade iu Manufactures, 1771, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING . SEPTEMBER 10 1844. " What can all this money be for ? It is evident WE are to have no account of it !" . Who are we to whom the League are thus impe ratively called upon to account? Is it the House of Commons or the Agricultural Protection Society to whom they are to render their accounts ? Or does Mr. O'Brien, in his own person, assume the editorial, the regal, or the omnipotent wa, elect himself the magnanimous patron and representative of the public, and assume the office of accountant-general for all mankind ? Perhaps in his retirement amidst the umbragious groves of Blutterwyche, or the waving woods of Crattoe, he may find sufficient employment in preparing the accounts of the Agricultural Pro tection Society and its numerous branches, which, if we may judge from the specimens before us, he will find no very easy matter. We have already exceeded the space which we proposed to allot to the pamphlet under consideration; but we cannot lay it aside without noticing the grievous complaints of Mr. O'Brien against the League for " meddlingwith the registration books," and interfering with elections." There is nothing of more importance to the people at large than a close and scrutinising attention to the registration of electors. Societies have been formed for this purpose, not in the metropolitan boroughs only, but in many other parts, ever since •the Reform Act was passed ; these societies have pursued their labours zealously and usefully, without objection from any party ; and we see no reason why the League should be prevented from lending their powerful aid, in order to complete a pure and perfect register. We -cor dially approve of their mess es for tnis purpose, be cause we believe they' will perform their duty honestly and effectually ; and we have reason to know that a very beneficial result has already been produced with regard to the register of the City of Londan. On the subject of "interference with elections," Mr. O'Brien's remarks are particularly unfortunate. "If it be not contrary to the letter of our law, it is at least abhorrent to the spirit of our Con stitution." The palmy days of Gatton and Old Sarum—" et id genus onfne"—are passed. and gone. The direct, palpable, unblushing nomi nation of members, happily no longer exists; but undue influence and interference in elections is one of the crying evils of the present day : not the interfe rence of information and instruction—not the fair and open interference of putting down bribery—not the honest and legitimate interference of mind and intelligence—but the immoral, unjust interference of power, and money, and terror, which produce an infinitely worse effect on the minds and principles of the people than all the pocket boroughs of schedule A put together. 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. FRESHFILLD, 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 for 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 partieular localities which were about to be created into new districts, as they thereby would ha ve 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 magiitrates. 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 Av 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 returped, a verdict of Guilty, the prisoners were each sentenced to seven days' solitary confinement. ' lIARVEST.—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 bas 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 iu, and are a much better crop than was ex pected, the condition being equally fine as that of the wheat, ;aid 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. SKELETON OF A MAN FOUND.—One day last week some men were digging earth up for the purpose of making cellars adjoining Mr. Burgess's house in Wisbech, when at the depth of between two and three feet they dis covered the skeleton of a men: the scull and teeth were perfect. It is supposed to have lain in the position in which it was found for a long period, and at present is a mystery who the person was, and the reason for de positing human remains in such an unusual place. The site on which the skeleton was found was that of a very old house, lately pulled down: a new one is now building there.—Cambridge Chronicle. 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 monument of Sir .Thomas More, who was beheaded by Henry VIII., and who was buried in the interior of this church. Sir Haus Sloane's tomb will be cleansed. His remains rest at the . entrance of the church ' yard, and from whom the Cadegan family obtained their large property in Chelsea. PUSEYISM IN laILAND.—At a church connected with a large parish and congregation in the north of Ire land, and where the clergyman persisted in the disuse o the gown, &c., not one single person remained-to cor e municate at the last proffered celebration of the Lord s upper,--,Belfszst Chronicle, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 9. About a dozen interim orders in cases of insolvency were down for hearing before Mr. Commissioner Fano, but as they were unopposed, they were totally devoid of interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. On Saturday Mr. Robinson, of the Horse Repo sitory in Little Britain, attended before Mr. Alder man Gibbs and Mr. Alderman Johnson, to answer the complaint of Mr. Sims, a coachinaker, in Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and show why he should not give up a gig, the property of Mr. Sims, lawfully obtained from him by one B. Shoesmith, and unlawfully pledged with Mr. Robinson. Mr. L. Norton, on behalf of the defendant, first objected that the power to -cause restitution was created by the Police Courts Act, and was limited to the learned magistrates appointed by the Secretary of State to those Courts. Mr. Wire, for the complainant, referred him to a subsequent statute, 3 and 4 Victoria, c. 84, by which two justices of the City are invested with all the powers conferred on one magistrate sitting in a police court by the statute Mr. Norton referred to. Mr. Sims then deposed that,- on the 7th of August, Shoesmith applied to him for the hire of a cab for five or six weeks. He presented his card, describing himself as a:farrier and veterinary surgeon in Hanover street, Long-acre, and said he -wanted the gig for a customer, whose horses he always shoed. An agree ment was made for 365. per week for six weeks cer- tain, but before delivery, Mr. Sims ascertained that Mr. Shoesmith was occupying premises let to him at 1001. a year. Ile required no further reference or security. Shoesmith brought a well-dressed person, whom he represented to be the customer, and who examined and approved the gig. Mr. Sims, senior, stated, that in consequence of in formation that his gig had been pledged at Robinson's Repository, he went there on the 27th of August, and found it was placed out for sale that day, though it did not figure in the catalogue. Mr. Robinson stated that the chaise was brought to him on the 7th of August, by Shoesmith, who had an advance of 20/.. on it. Mr. Robinson showed him an entry in a book of the payment, with a condition that if nut re paid the gig might be sold on the 26th of September. Mr. Robinson said he had had some transactions with Shoesmith before, and the clerk said he had known him for several years. Mr. Robinson admitted he had made an advance on another carriage brought by Shoesmith, the sale of which had been forbidden by the owner. Was sure that, though the entry respect ing the gig was that it was not to be sold till the 26th of September, it was actually about to be sold on the 27th of August. Mr. Robinson offered to give it up on payment of 101. Mr. Norton cross-examined the witness—There was no disguise about the gig being there. Mr. Ro binson said he wished to avoid litigation, and would lose half the sum he had advanced. Mr. Wire put in the catalogue of sale. It con - eluded with an intimation that advances were made on horses, carriages, and harness. Mr. Norton apprehended the magistracy were not authorised to sit there and try causes which properly belonged to the courts above. The 27th and 40th clauses of the - Police Courts Act were to be construed together, so as to limit the jurisdiction to cases where the value of property was not more than 151. It was not intended that, they should decide respecting pro perty of any amount. Here the value of the gig was stated to be.so/. Mr. Wire said the cases to which the two clauses referred were obviously distinct. Where there was a detention of property not exceeding 15/. under a colour of right, the Magistrate was to decide sum marily, but where there was crime—where property was unlawfully obtained or unlawfully disposed of, the Magistrate was to order restitution without limi tation of amount, upon such terms as he deemed just. The object was to avoid litigation. Mr. Alderman GIBBS and Mr. Alderman JOHNSON consulted, and decided that the clauses were not to be construed together. Mr. Norton said this was a most important ques tion to persons in business. If Messrs. Sims had been negligent they were not entitled to recover their property without-paying at least a portion of the sum advanced by Mr. Robinson. Shoesmith represented that he was an importer of cigars, residing in Mary lebone-lane, and gave his card, He might therefore he supposed to be the owner of the gig. There was no evidence that Mr. Robinson knew it was borrowed. Mr. Alderman GIBBS said the magistrates were clearly of opinion that they had jurisdiction, and they ordered the gig to be restored, or that Mr. Robinson should pay 401. as the value. Mr. Robinson was then called upon to answer a like complaint' made by Messrs. Hale and Pope, coach builders, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square. Mr. Wire conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Norton defended Mr. Robinson. In this case Shoesmith borrowed a phaeton for a week, paying the hire in advance, on the 15th of August. Ile took it to the Repository the same day, and obtained an advance of 171. upon it. Mr. Robin son offered to restore it on repayment of half the sum lent, but Mr. Hale preferred appealing to the magis trate, conceiving that Mr. Robinson ought not to make an immediate advance on property brought to him for sale. The Alderman ordered the phaeton to be restored, or 501. to be paid as its value. Mr. Norton thought due weight had not been allowed to his observations, and gave notice that he should appeal against both convictions. Elizabeth Price was placed before Sir John Key, charged with the following daring robbery : Thomas Little, Aldersgate-street, said that, as his father and himself were going home last evening, the female at t h e bar came up, caught him by the leg with one hand, and pulled his watch out with the other. She passed it immediately to a confederate, who made off with it. He (complainant) caught the woman, and gave her into custody. The watch had not since been found. Police-constable 203, said that he had observed the prisoner a little before the hour at which the robbery took place, standing with thieves and other bad cha racters near. Skinner-street. He also observed her go up to the complainant. When hearing the cry of "Po • lice," he ran up, and was informed of the robbery. Her companions had gone. When searched at the station kouse, the watch was not found upon her. She denied knowing anything about it. Sir .Touti KEY, to the prisoner —You hear the charge against you ;-I will remand'you till Wednesday, and if the watch is not forthcoming on that day, I'll send you to Newgate. - BO TV-STREET. On Saturday the " gentleman living upon his for une" who figured at this office the previous day, and who was committed to Bridewell on declining to give his name or to produce bail for his appearance at the next sessions, to answer the charge of having inde cently exposed himself to a girl of fifteen, in St. James's Park, at mid-day, was discharged from cus tody, on furnishing the required security. He gave the name of Charles Windham, and stated that he was an officer in the army. He entered into his own recognizances of 1001., and Messrs. Cater and Son, e army accoutrement makers, of Pall-mall, were his bail in 401. each. James Carruthers , a young man presentin g a n ap pearance of the " shabby genteel," was brought be fore Mr. Jardine, charged with attempting, by means of false pretences, to obtain 1001. from Messrs. Coutts and Co., the bankers. Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor for the prosecution, detailed the circumstances of the case which were shortly as foll6ws :—Towards the end of August Messrs. Coutts were favoured with a letter from some good-natured friend, apprising them of the existence of a terrible gang of swindlers who were conspiring together with the determination of robbing them to an inconceiveable extent, by a deeply-concerted plan only too sure to effect its object whenever carried into execution. The writer, in an " unguarded mo ment," suffered himself to become a party to this de sign, and, upon his oath, solemnly promised never to disclose either the nature of the proposed robbery, or the names of thOse by whom it had been contrived. Subsequent reflection, however, caused him (the writer) to lament most bitterly the engagement he had entered into ; and feeling how seriously it would involve the respectable and unoffending parties upon whom the attack was about to be made, he went and entreated his unworthy colleagues to adan don their design. They refused, of course, to enter tain such an idea, except on one condition ; namely, that he (the writer) should procure for and give to them the conspirators) the sum of 100/. The rest may be told in the space of a nutshell. The object of the letter was to obtain the 1001. not for the benefit of the philanthropic writer, who would scorn compen sation for such a service, but to " avert the dreadful blow" which had been levelled at Coutts and Co. The writer would not stop to contemplate anything so unreasonable as the refusal of this demand, at such a critical moment ; and therefore proposed at once that Messrs. Coutts should immediately indicate their anxiety so to purchase a speedy deliverance from the hands of their unknown enemies by inserting the fol lowing advertisement in the Times newspaper:— " C. C. informs 'l'. T. that his request has been fully complied with." The writer of the letter further pro posed that Messrs. Coutts should station a boy at ; the base of the Monument, at half-past nine , o'clock on the day in which the advertisement appeared, with the 1001. in ,solid gold," wrapped up in brown paper, at the same time causing no other party to be present. Accordingly, Messrs. Coutts inserted the notice in the Times of the 30th ult., and in the evening of that day sent a sharp little boy to the Monument with a quantity of lead rolled up like so many sovereigns, and neatly enclosed in brown paper—a marked half crown having been also placed inside. Two police officers were also stationed within sig ht, and at the appointed hour the prisoner at the bar appeared at Ihis post, and greedily grasped the brown paper parcel, with which be WAS about to raalce off; when Mr. Painter expresse. As intention of doing so. On Saturday lV a ° r ß e s B ‘, p H e a c s i ta P p b; a l B y e e - T d d ß r a e E t s s E t e h r e G b e a r r m b a e n f 0 , re named mr. r examination, c h arge d w ith s t ea li n g t greatßaGreoourgg he Broughton quantity r r i seo; choice an d expens i ve co l ours an d e inks, and _numerous brass taps and copper bolts, forming pdits of machinery, the property of his em ployers, Messrs. De la Rue, F ry , an d C o., t h e exten sive cardmakers and fancy stationers in Bunhill-row. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. De la Rue and his son, Mr. W. De la Rue, that they have suc ceeded in bringing to a high state of perfection cer tain colours, two of which area rich carmine and a peculiarly delicate Chinese blue, the latter being generally u sed for stampin g the finer descriptions of Irish linen and other such purposes. To manufac ture these, engines of 3 0-horse power and very ex pensive machinery are requisite, and portions of the machinery are dismounted and replaced by others, as occasion may require; and part of the articles above spoken of as having been stolen by the prisoner were some of these dismounted pieces. The prisoner had been in the service of the firm for a long period as a colour-maker, and, from his being an excellent work man and a very intelligent man, the greatest confidence was placed in him until Monday morning last, when a man who had been formerly in Messrs. De la Rue's service, but is now in that of a rival manufacturer, entered their counting-house and anxiously inquired for the senior partner. Mr. De la Rue sen., was sent for, as the man refused imparting his business to any one else, and on his arrival the workman told him the names of several parties to whorls he had discovered that the prisoner had been for a long time past selling their colours and Government envelopes, Messrs. De la Rue having a contract with the Government for a certain descrip tion of envelopes, for every one of which they are obliged to account, or make good its value. As there could be no doubt of the truth of this man's informa tion, a searching inquiry was thereupon instituted, and the result was the discovering of a most exten sive and organised system of plunder, carried on by the prisoner and other workmen and workwomen, of whom the prosecutors have more than 200 in their employment. Communication was instantly made to Inspector Shackell, and by his directions Sergeant Brannan went to the house of the prisoner, in Nor man's-buildings, St. Luke's, at a time when the prisoner was at home, and, on being admitted by him, searched the place. The prisoner hesitated as to hav ing anything belonging to his employers, but at length acknowledged that he had a little blue in the lower part of the house, and on going there the ser geant discovered in the back kitchen a barrel contain ing half a hundred weight of Chinese blue, besides a great quantity of large brass taps, copper bolts, and other articles, the whole filling a large truck. These, of course, were taken possession of, and the prisoner forthwith placed in custody and examined at this court on Monday. . The prisoner then, in defence, said he was carrying on a small manufacture of colours on his own ate _ count, that he had purchased part of the taps pro duced, and that the others and portions of machinery he had borrowed from his employers without their knowledge, to enable him to manufacture for himself, and intended to restore them, but unfortunately, having conducted the 'affair at hisown house in secret, he had no witness to produce to prove that he did so. 'Both the Messrs. De la Rue positively identified all the articles produced. The brass taps were worth 14s. each, and'then actually had their colour in them. The cask of Chinese blue was intrinsically worth Is. 6d. per pound, but in reality a great deal more, from its scarcity and the difficulty of its manufac ture. The copper bolts, as forming parts of their ma chinery, had an adscititious value scarcely estimable, but still considerable ; and as to the prisoner's state ment, of manufacturing for himself, any workman !d h* the constables fronted him, not to any purpose, how- ! so doing, as the prisoner well knew, would be in ever, as by some unaccountable bungling he was suf- staidly discharged upon its being discovered. fered to escape. 1 The prisoner was then remanded till Saturday last, A few mornings afterwards Messrs. Coutts were ' when Mr. De la Rue, senior, again attended and pro ' actuallly again addressed by the same party, who, duced a large bundle of letters which had been de after informing them of the paltry contents of the livered to him by another workan who was in fear of parcel, intimated his willingnese to believe that one of being apprehended, and gave them up on the promise their clerks, unknown to the firm, had played this ', of riot being prosecuted. These letters had passed freak upon him. He exhorted them to bear in mind between the prisoner and other workmen in different that the present was not the time for trifling, and as houses engaged in the same business, and their con he was still willing to afford them another opportu- tents, which were highly criminatory, discloseid an nity of saving themselves from the inevitable destruc- organised and widely spread system of robbery in al tion that would be the result of inattention to the most everything the prosecutors manufactured, and proposal which had been made to them, he named an- show ed that, where this could not be effected, mate other place and time for the re-enaction of the farce rials manufactured elsewhere had been brought to of the little boy, the policemen, and the brown paper the prosecutors premises to be glazed and coloured parcel. I by their machinery, so as exactly to resemble their Precisely similar proceedings were taken on this goods occasion by the Messrs. Coutts, with the same result, Some other evidence having been offered, and Ser g except that the constables were m ore " w id e awake,"eant Brannan prod uce d ano th er cas k o f Chi nese bl ue and the man, who proved to be the prisoner, was and a quantity of carmine, which were identified by taken into custody. the pr )seeutors, Evidence having been given, of the foregoing facts, Mr. De la Rue stated, that from the information he Mr. JARDINE, previous to remanding the prisoner, had received, he had reason to believe, that what had asked him if he wished to say anythin g . been as yet stated was only a p or ti on o f w h a t h e - The prisoner, who spok e well, said :—" I would should hereafter be able to prove; and, as he was de rather answer the evidence when presented to your termined, if possible, to put a complete check upon worship in a collective form, as it would be difficult to this ruinous and wholsale system of robbery, against sever my statements from transactions which will, no which no fair profits in trade could possibly stand, doubt, be deposed to hereafter,'and which I must na- he trusted the magistrate would again remand the turally anticipate. Ido not deny the truth of the prisoner, to enable him to trace out its ramifications. substance of the evidence, so far as it has gone ; but Mr. BROUGHTON said he should most certainly do I must beg to repeat what I stated to the policeman, so, and remanded the prisoner for a week ; but con when taken into custody, that I was not the original sented to take substantial bail for his future appear instigator of this affair, but acted merely under the ante, if he could obtain it. direction of another per Son, known by the name of The prisoner, who still protested his innocence, Thomas Thornley." said he could find the bail, and was then removed. The prisoner was then remanded. LAMBETH -STREET. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. On Saturday the Hon. G. C. NORTON requested On Saturday Alfred Walker was brought before the reporters present to acknowledge the receipt Mr. Maltby for further examination, charged with of the following sums for the poor woman whose child having stolen nearly 5001. in money, and also a quan had been so cruelly ill-used, as detailed in the police tity of jewellery, the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Tar- report of this day week :—Post- office order, No. box, from the residence of the Earl of Harrowby, in 1,412, 1/. ; James Singleton, E sq ., 1/. ; E. E., 5 5 . ; Grosvenor-square. . Post office order, anonymous, 1/. 10s.; a lady, 1/. ; Some of the servants having been examined and J. Bateman, 3s. ; and Mrs. C. H. S., 10s. nothing material elicited, THAMES POLICE. Inspector Pearce said, he had other evidence to On Saturday henry John Burkett, a little withered offer, but he could not produce it until Friday, to and wrinkled old man, who keeps a general shop in which day he wished a remand. Salmon's-lane, Limehouse, was charged with assa u lt- Mr. Crouch, for the pri soner , pro t es t e d aga i nst any i ng an i n t eres ti ng and intelligent-looking child named further remand, as the evidence now tendered, in- Harriet Collenbourne, not more than ten years and a stead of strengthening saspicion against the prisoner, half old. rather went to diminish it. The prisoner wa s b roug ht up t o t hi s C ourt on a Mr. MALTBT said, taking all th e c i rcums t ances similar charge no l a t er ' t h an T ues d ay last, on which occasion Mr. Broderip h e ld hi m t o b a il , hi mse lf i n into consideration, he was bound t o comp l y w i t h t h e application of the police, and therefore the prisoner 1001., and two sureties in .50/. each. must stand remanded till Friday. Though the case was net reported at the ti me th e Thomas Brown, between thirty-five and forty years of circumstan ce go t c i rcu l ated i n the neighbourhood, and age, of respectable appearance, was charged with robbing on 'Wednesday the father of the present complainant his employers, under the following circumstances : mentioned it to his wife. Alarmed lest her own child For the last five or six years the prisoner had been might have been tampered with (for they served the in the employ of M r . Th omas M orr i s , o f Walker s-eourt, prisoner with milk, and the little one had frequently Soho, linendraper and haberdasher, and not the most re- been the messenger), Mrs. Collenbourne said to her daughter, " I hope, Harriet, Mr. Burkett has offered mote idea was, until lately, entertained of his being dis honest. However, certain sums in money had been re centlyyou, missed from the till at different times, and for the purpose of detecting th e thi e f, friend of Mr. M orris mother, he has ;" b u t as h er f at h er an d s i sters were it made a purchase at th e shop,ind gave in paym en t a present she re f use d t o d e t a il t h e c i rcumstances. When marked half-crown. Thi s was on Saturday evening, an d they were gone s h e s t a t e d part i cu l ars too gross and i about twelve o'clo c k at n i g ht t he half-crown was mi sse d filthy to be particulari se d, a ddi ng th a t th e pr i soner from the till, to which, in the interim, he had had fre- had behaved to her in the same manner four or five quent access. He was accused of stealing it, but he times, The last assault was committed on Thursday strongly protested his innocence ; but on his being week. searched, the identi ca l half-crown was found in his shoe. Mr. Pelham, who defended the prisoner on both occasions, cross-examined th e girl, with a view to The prosecutor said h e did not wish to -press the charge, as the prisoner had been in better circumstances, show that the present charge was suggested by the and had A over and numerous family to support. previous one, and that the whole was, as he had been The prisoner e 'foolishly persisted that the half-crown was his own. instructed, a foul and ab om i na bl e consp i racy to d e - Mr. MALTBY said the case would then be pro cee d e d stroy the reputati on o f a man w h o f or t wenty - seven with, and remanded th e p r i so ner until this d a y wee k. years had sustained a mos t un i m p eac h a bl e c h aracter The prisoner on hearing this wept aloud. in the neighbourhood. The little girl, however, with Elizabeth Beaty, a fe'inale of respectable manners, and an open artlessness adhered steadily to the statement about thirty years o f age ,- w h ose g arb denoted the very which she made in the first instance to her mother extreme of destitution, was charged with attempting to and afterwards to the Magistrate. commit suicide. e • Mr. BALLANTINE observed that the girl's state- Between five and six o'clock last evening she was ment, notwithstanding some discrepancies in her Observed to throw herself into the Serpentine River. cross-examination, was p er f ec tly cons i s t en t. Th e about f She was got out after she had floated to the di s t ance of worthy Magistrate then e x a m i ne d M rs . C o ll en b ourne, fourteen yards from the 'bank, just as she was for the purpose of ascertaining whether there was sinking. She was then in a state of insensibility, but any private pique, or any difference about m one y was speedily restored to a s t a te of conscio usness. She at first declared that s h e h a d f a llen in by accident, but matters, between her and th e p r i soner , b u t no suc h afterwards admitted that she had thrown herself input'- motive appeared. She was not in his debt, nor did posely to put an end to her life, as she had not had any he owe her more than a few pence for milk ; and, so work for a long time, and was in id-health, and coin- far from attaining any object by the charge, the com pletely destitute. For many months past she had plaining party had every likelihood of losing a cus worked at shirt-making. tomer. Mr. MALTBY hum ane ly or dered that she should be Mr. Pelham—But we heard nothing of this matter taken care of for the present. until the former charge was made. MA RYLEBONE. • Mr. G. Gilbert, a li ve ry- s table-keeper i n Frederick- charge the matter mi g ht have Mr. BALLA NTINE —E xac tIy so never and, but for that come to light. mews, near Albany-street, Regent's-pa r k, was on But the girl's mother, hearing of that c har ge , an d Saturday summoned by Mr. E. Painter, 342, Strand, knowing that her daughter had gone occasionally to under circumstances which from the subjoined evi- the prisoner's - .. house, became naturally - alarmed ; and, - dence may have the effect of putting the nobility, onquest questioning her daughter, the matter was revealed.. gentry, and others on their guard with respect to The child said that, since the last assault, the pia purchases of vehicles. soner beckoned to her to come across to his shop, but, It appeared from what transpired, that a man named M‘Carthy was empl o y e d by M r . P a i nter to remembering how he had tr ea t e d h er , s h e re f use d to look out for a carriage of a particular do so. Her mother t ore u p a b oo k w hi c h th e pr i soner description, and after 'going to several places he at length gaviveirhs.erc. ollenbourne, who seemed a respectable went to defendant's stable, where he looked at a w ch il d om sh ould had an r shese preserve any destroyed it, memorialn not wishing i n t d h e a c t e n h c e y which her phaeton, and a man in attendan ce as k e d thi rt y . said pe five guineas for it. Mr. Painter su b sequent l y offe red been practised upon her. 301. for the carriage, and that am oun t was u lti mate l y m r. BALLANTINE said she had done perfectly right. paid. The phaeton was sent home, and it was then He would send the case for trial, but, as the prisoner had discovered, that the axle -trees w e r e o f a qua lit y and entered into two suretiesreties of 50/. each to answer make much inferior to those upon which the carriage a similar charge in another place, he would take his rested when the purchase was made. Defendant, in answer to the ch ar own recognisance of 1001. t o appear an d ta k e hi s tr i al ge ' , said that he forthe present one. never intended to sell the carriage f or 301., with the the recognisanc es were th en en t ere d i n t o , an d t h e axle-trees which were in the first instance att ac h e d to it, but he had no objection now to take the vehicle parties bound over t o p rosecu t e . UNION-HALL. back again and return the money rather than have Peter 21P Walter ,the young Irishman with the car any more dispute about it. pet-bag, who stands charged with robbing several Mr. Painter signified that he was not at all desirous • taverns and public-houses in the metroolis, was of settling the matter in that way. brought up, on Saturda for y, re-examination. Mr. RAwLINSON said he could come to no other Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he had received a letter conclusion from what had been sworn to than that a from Lieutenant Ward, of the 11 th Hussars, quer gross fraud had been committed, and he regretted that tered in Dublin, stating that, h • aving read an account he was dot empowered by law to adjudicate in the of the prisoner's • examination in the weekly news case, but advised Mr. Painter to bring an action papers of last I Sunday, he had no doubt, from the against Mr. Gilbert. description, that his name was Waters ed that hr aters, an` Ae was the same person who was living as his (the writer's) servant in Portobello barracks, and who robbed him of a large sum of money, with which he absconded. The Magistrate then proceeded to ask the prisoner some questions on the subject, in reply to which he said that he was a native of Dublin—that he was never in the army, nor had he lived in the service of Lieutenant Ward—that he did not know where Portobello barracks were situated—and that he never passed by the name of Waters, either in Dublin or elsewhere. A gentleman stood forward and stated that a short time since he was staying at the Steam-packet Hotel, in Thames-street, and that amongs other property stolen from him, there were two silk handkerchiefs, several linen collars, And also a walking stick. The latter articles were now produced and identified by the complainant, a policeman s t a ti ng t h at he found them in the prisoner's possession when he was taken into custody. Mr. COTTINGITAM said that the prisoner was already committed on three different charges of robberies at taverns, but that if Lieutenant Ward was present and identified him, instead , of sending him for trial here he should send him over to Dublin, where that offence was committed. The Magistrate then directed that inquiries should be made at the Horse Guards, to ascertain if the pri soner was known there as belonging to the army, and he was again ordered to. be taken back to gaol. Edward Wheeler, a young man in the employ of Mr. Cox, livery Stable-keeper, in Stamford-street, was charged with stealing 580 farthings, the property of John Underwood, of Brunswick-street, Black friars. The prisoner lodged at the house of the com plainant, an. aged man, who from his infancy, it was described, was in the h a bit of collecting farthings, 1,000 of which coin he kept in a bag, which was de posited in a box in the room where the prisoner slept. Some of the farthings were on a recent occasion missed out of the box, and, with a view of discovery, as another man occupied the same room with the pri soner, the complainant's daughter bored a hole in the partition that separated her room from that of the prisoner. On the preceding day, while the prisoner was home, the witness looked through the aperture, and caught him in the very act of ransacking her father's box, containing his treasure of farthings. When the farthings were subsequently counted, 580 out of the 1,000 were missing, and it was also ascertained that the prisoner had been for some time in the habit of using a coffee-shop, *here he usually paid for his re freshments in farthings, some of which were those of former reigns, and formed a portion of those collected by the complainant in the early party of his life. Another charge of robbery was also preferred against the prisoner, that of stealing a pair of boots out of his employer's counting-house, and he was com mitted to the sessions on both charges. Richard Edwards, a well-dressed young man, was charged on suspicion of stealing a valuable gold watch. The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday next. Charlotte Barber, and Thomas Barber, her son, a youth of eighteen years of age, were charged with assaulting Richard Barber, the husband of the former prisoner, and wounding him on the head with a poker. The complainant, whose head was severely cut, stated that on the preceding day he had an altercation with his wife, who was in the habit of ill-treating him, and en couraging her son to follow her example. In the course of the dispute his wife took up the shovel and struck him, and his son armed himself with the poker, and, striking him on the head, inflicted the wound he now exhibited. Several of the neighbours stated that the defendants were in the constant habit of treating the old man with great brutality, and they were fined forty shillings each, and, in default of payment, committed for fourteen days each. Eliza Sheffield, a young girl, with her head and face decorated witlia great profusion of artificial flowers, was charged with robbing ; her brother-in-law of a gold broach and two sovereigns. The prisoner gave out that she was going to be mar- ried this day, and was invited to her brother-in-law's house to spend the prece ling day. While in the house she took an opportunity of breaking .open her brother's box, from which sho took the two sovereign! and the broach, and was on the way to Gravesend whe:i she was taken into custody. ." The prisoner began to cry, and said this affair ',you'd knock her marriage on the bead, and begged forgiveness. She was remanded. CLERKEiVWELL. Mary Howe, John Howe, and Mary Howe, jun., were charged with stealing a large quantity of surgical instruments, a coat, and other property, belonging to Mr. Sydney Mosely, a surgeon, residing at 32, Haymarket; also with being; concerned in numerous other robberies. It appeared from the evidence that on Saturday even ing Mr. Mosely paid a professional visit to a gentleman's house in Great liussell-street, on his 'return from -th , , railway station at Shoreditch. The cab was No. 2,350, and the badge 6,218. The driver fell asleep on the seat, and during the nap the cab .was plundered of all the articles it contained. Mr. Mosely immediately . gave notice of the robbery to the police, and police-constable Gough, 134 E, traced the prisoners to Church-lane, St. Giles's, where he found them in a room. Nothing could be found in the . room, after the most diligent search, . but en casting his eye along the floor boards perceived one more raised than any of the others. He took up this one, and found beneath it all the plun der, and a vast quantity of other valuable property, in cluding 37 forceps. The prisoners denied all knowledge of the matter. In another house convenient there was a large quantity of other property, and a female named Ellen Brown identified the female prisoner, Mary Howe, jun., as having been in possession of a portion of the stolen articles, consisting of surgical instruments, and those used by dentists. The prisoners' statement was, that a young man, whose name and addsess they gave, had put them in pos session of the articles, and said he would murder them if they " peached at the plant." They were all remanded, the police stating that they would probably be able to trace the remainder of the plunder to its lawful owner. RAILWAY NEWS. - - - An article in the Westminster Review on railway ad ministration attracts seine notice in the City, on account of the mode in which it advocates the principle that pas sengers may be carried at infinitely less sums than they now pay, and that very low fares will prove in the end the best source of profit to the proprietors. From the evidence given by Mr. Hudson before the Railways Com mittee, the writer draws the statement, that on the North and York Midland Railway coals are carried at the rate of three farthings per ton per mile, and that that price is a remunerative one. Estimating that thirteen passen gers would go to a ton, he finds that a regulation load of passengers on the London and Birmingham Railway, that is, three tons and a half, or 46 passengers, who standing up would only occupy a waggon of the common size, might be conveyed at Mr. Hudson's remunerative price for 1/. 12s. Bd., or Bid. per passenger. Why, then, he asks should passengers, who can load and unload themselves, and, moreover, are not liable to be lost or stolen, be charged higher than goods ? This is, of course, going to a violent extreme ; but it is a useful line'of argument 'as showing that the fares are capable of being very con siderably reduced, leaving a profit which would very much increase from the additional numbers conveyed. At the Dublin and Drogheda meeting it was an nounced that the works of the line are in substantial'and excellent condition, and that the railway will be com pleted throughout for 14,0001. per mile. The contrac tor's accounts'have all been balanced and the majority settled, and the chief works remaining unfinished are the terminal buildings and the permanent and intermediate stations. It is asserted that the traffic, from whet has already passed over the railway, is good, and must im prove ; while it appears the receipts from the 24th May (the date of opening) to the 30th June, have amounted to 4,2531. 6s. 2d. The fares are regUlated at lid. per mile for first-class passengers ; ld. per mile for second class passengers ; and three-fifths of hi. per mile for third-class passengers. According to the Manchester and • Birmingham Rail way Report the balance of profits applicable to dividends this year was 34,0001., of which 30,0001. are appro priated to a payment of 11. per share, or five per cent. The increase of receipts on the half-year is 2,700/; and a further augmentation of traffic is expected from the late arrangements made with the Birmingham and Gloucester and Bristol Railways. The Macclesfield branch has been contracted for under most favourable circumstances, and the Trent Valley line is to be im mediately carried out.. It is understood that a proposal is afloat to connect the Manchester and Birmingham and the Sheffield Companies with the Liverpool and Man chester Companies. At the M . inchester and Leeds meeting it was stated that there had been a weekly increase on this year's traffic of 1,4501. ; and the dividend declared was at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. An encouraging opinion was expressed of the Sheffield and Gainsborough and London and York direct lines. The meeting of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway was for the purpose of issuing 30,0001. debentures at 4 per cent. to pay off the loan received from the Commis sioners of Public Works on account of the Dalkey branch, which loan bears interest at the rate of 5 per cent. It was stated on this occasion that the receipts from the Ist of March to the 27th of August were this year 28,6621., or 4,0001. in excess of the amount re ceived at the same period last year. The revenue of the line steadily increases, and the Dalkey branch. which is remunerative, is regarded as an , important feeder to the general line. It was suggested in the course of the proceedings to extend the Dalkey line to Bray, every confidence being expressed in the economi cal, working and good order of the atmospheric prin ciple. The Brighton and Chichester Proprietors have agreed to allow the Brighton Company to take the unappro priated shares of their undertaking, on the option of leasing the lino when it is completed, at 41 per cent. The Directors have experienced great opposition from the landowners on the road, and in the case of the Duke of Norfolk compensation to the amount of 42,0001. is to be paid. The special meeting of the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Company had reference to the amalgamation with the Norwich and -Brandon Company, and resolu tions confirming it were passed. The capital of the joint lines, it appears is now 795,0001., and each portion is to'be considered of equal value. The Yarmouth Com pany is working successfully, and since the opeh;:ig 92,000 passengers have been carried. The Croydon Railway Company have declared a divi dend of ss. per share, and the accounts, compared with the results of the corresponding period of last year, show an increase in receipts of 2,5001, while in tollage there has been an increase of 1,5001., payable by the Brighton Company, and an increase of 2,300/. payable by the South-Eastern Company. The opposition raised by the South-Western Company to the Croydon and Epsom line has not damped the ardour of the Croydon shareholders, who have authorised their Directors to, participate in the Portsmouth Junction scheme, so as to connect it with Chatham, and thus increase the general traffic of the road. The atmospheric principle, it is un derstood, will be introduced on this line. At the meeting of the West London Railway Share holders, it was stated that the Directors are endeavour ing to enter into arrangements with the Birmingham and Great Western Boards, for the purpose of forward ing the interest of the Company, and communications having already been made on the subject, it was deemed advisable to adjourn for a few weeks till the result of those negotiations are known. It was admitted that the line of itself would not attract traffic, but with the assis tance of these great Companies it seems to be considered that success will he attained. On the sth of October the Government adjudication on the two lines of railway, from Orleans to Bordeaux, and Orleans to Vierzon, will take place. The Bordeaux line, which appears to be, of the more consid era bl e im portance, is competed for by a company composed Oaf several Peers, and large conveyance contractors, at whose head stands the name of the Count D'Anthouard. This Company, from its Ministerial relations and commercial consideration, is stated to possess the preference at pre sent. It has been said that the shares of a competing company have bean already in circulation on the Bourse. If such be the fact, by the law of the 26th of July last, they will be incapacitated from obtaining the contract.— Times. 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 geists, 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, Loudon, for and on behalf of the body of Hygcists. THE EYES.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.-- Optical Improvements to enable persons at an advanced age to read with ease, and to discriminate objects with perfect distinctness; and Small Acoustic Instruments for Relief of extreme Deafness, &c.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, have invented spectacle lenses, &c., of the greatest transparent pt.wer. The valuable advan tage derived from this invention over the spectacles now in common use ie, that instead of the vision bcc iming strained, heated, weakened ; and in numerous cases seriously injared, it is preserved and strengthened, and very aged pers•ms are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute. occupation, and can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and that which is a; matter of the greatest consequence is, that they. do not require the frequent changes to further helps. Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way con nected with a person of the same name • in their imme diate neighbourhood ; nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. HUASTPISRPOINT, SEPT. 4. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—This morning,'at eleven o'clock, the Rev. Frede rick Vincent, rector of Slingford, in this county, was married to the lovely. and accomplished Miss Maria Copley Young. Dr. Samuel Holland performed the marriage ceremony in the presence of a full congregation, amongst whom were Lords Howard and Erskine, and the principal families in the neighbourhood. The bridal party occupied seven carriages, but as the marriage was' of a private character, no public demonstration took place.—Brighten gerald, ~~i MARKET NEWS. (YESTER CORN-EXCHaNGE. Since this day se'nnight the arri va l s o f English g l° l for cur market have been somew h a t on the iner f .` 4 though by no-means extensive. Of. most other ,of grain, both of home and foreign produce, the 'recej have fallen off. Only a limited quantity of Wheat, . 4 . , to hand from our various districts, coast w ise as land cnirrillki", bat nearly the whole of it' . was °l Ol present year's growth,-and of fair average quatitY; 0 attendance of buyers . being lather numerous, show of really 'fine dry samples small ; the deter ri l most kinds cf English Wh ea t' v. as rather firm, A P 0 quite equal to those obtained on this day s e 'unight, ll l o . which a good cl e aran ce was effected by. the The accouats received from the south of ErOwl i ,,o. other quarters; state that harvest work is ranici!Y•‘":• ing to a conclu9,ion, under: the nior-.4 41.vouriqe Tilt. show of fine Foreign by large... Fine dry qualities were a ready sale, at prices. In other kinds next to nothing was doing. wider lock was a mere drug ; scarcely transaction was reported in it. Abouc 100 (Wat t l e d new English Barley 'here on show, and which. l P I " f buyers at from 32s to 36s per quarter . Malting' , 14 ; (Foreign) was vac as dear, with a s t ea dy thq u 'i'pt but in grinding and distilling sorts very little wa:i Although the show of Malt was gmall, the trade or i that article was wholiy retail, at barely st* a(i n fig prices. The supply of Oat s was muc h sma ll e r 1. 111 4 some time past, yet the sale f u r it was f ar flow , However, previous inquiries Were fully supPt".,d, Beans and Peas, the suppli e s o f w hi c h we re li gl . c l i o ot moved of steadily at full prices. The demand. - for was dull, at previous rates. I n S ee d s ver y tittle doing, and prices were hardly maintained. CURRENCY' PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. ts' WiizAT—Essex & Kent, MALT—Chevalier....:.l red 4os to 50s0ATs—Yorkshire and to Ditto, white Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe coin, red 39s to 46s Youghall an d Cork, Ditto white 4os to 5351 black to,r Irish, red...— .. Ditto whits RYB-01.1 ........«.»..» to Ws BEA NS ...r1Ci(•••••••••••••••• t o 4 New 365 to 3Ssi Pigeons BAlLKY—Grinding 13s to 27s' Pies - Grey o' l Malang ll9s to ate Map'. ..•..«.«:«.«« 4,01 Chevalier........, 32s to 35s White 0 ,1 MALT—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ........».«•«« 44 44i to folk s6s to 62. FLoua—Town made to, Brown sos to 54s Suflo'k " Ite Kingston and Ware 56s to ti2s St oc kt on kNortotk FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.ts A T VVeßAT—Dantric 44s to 56s 8eau5.......... to; Hamburgh 36s to 40s Peas...—. t u b- to r BAILEY 4os to 33s FLoua — Am erican .. 0, 0 Oars—New Feed .............. SIWLTRPXLLD. The numbers of Beasts on sale were much le ss if those exhibited on this day se'nnight, yet they good for the time of year, and; for the most 1 ) , 4 excellent quality. The attendance of both Loe 4 ° o l, country buyers being numerous, the Beef trade Yi;iyi lerably steady, 'at prices quite equal to those e b , last week, and at which the whole or the supP i i ) ,' disposed of. The imports of live stook from sbr' oti the past week have consisted of about 70 0 03 r „ . 1 1 Cows for the United Kingdom. To-day there w e bs offering from Rotterdam, the general quality of w h o lc t iot hi bited a deeided improvement over previous imper'oiro The bullock droves from Lincolnshire, Leicest er hol i and Northamptonshire, consisted of about I, 3o ,? r i s ar horns. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Csn iu n , 0 1 i shire, we received 360 Scots and homebreds kir°oo,' Western and Midland districts, 400 Herefords' i c orl; Devon., Ste. ; from other parts of England, 3°°__To 0 oV e' ous breeds ; and from Scotland , 200 horned se",,:, Scots. The numbers-of .Sheep were tolerably es a , while the inquiry for them was -rather better le C 1 week, and prices were freely supported: The si ott o ,l Lamb was very inactive, yet we can notice no al, ° in prices.. The number of Calve s was moderate ly! Prime descriptions of Veal were a steady inquiri , currencies ; in other kinds, very little was deing' d pr e :, were a fair average supply, And heavy inquirPatP vious rates. Beth the Beasts and Sheep were 51a but little from disease. Per albs. to sink the efal. 5. to; I s. d. to s. d. / Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 a Second qualityditte... - s $ Second quality ditto 2lO 3 2 Coarse.woolled dine.. 5 Prime large Oxen...- 3 4 3 6 Southdown Welber. 1 1 . cl Prime Scots, &c...„ 3 a 310 Ditto out of the wool 0 5 1 1 arge coarse Calveso 3 4 310 Large Hogs .... 5 ,1 Prime smanditto 4 0 4 Small Porten.... 0 Suckling Calves, each 12 0 32 2 1' Quarter old Pigs,esei .'" Inferior Sheep *. 8 10 • SUPPLY AT MARKET. pt ' Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I sl , ' 3,217 I " 33,070 111 DENWCFATZI AND IMADZINDA- 13 t he A l t' Notwithstanding the prevaili ng warm weather'fer,,, rivals of slaughtered meat f or our mar k e ts b 6 rather large for the season since 'our last rep o6 'oleo very inferior quality. The supplies of- Mets— i ‘tr? the metropolis on offer have been only moderate d } ' o • • Beef, Mutton, and Veal, have c o mman d e d a ste sdY D I at full prices ; but in other kinds comparatil elif has been doing, at barely late rates- At per stone, by the Carcase. t• I (0 u. d. to s. d. 9 Beef, 2 4 2 6 Muttons, inferior 5 0 middling .....»» 2 3 2 10 -- 2 6 prune large 210 3 - prime I - prime small 3 4 3 6 Pork, s I Veal .. ...... 3 4 4 4 Lamb, 3s 4d to 48 ad. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEE Pea Beasts. Sheep. Calv." 60 5 0 SO - Scotland Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk Cambridgeshire Essex S 90 90 fr" Surrey $ 'go 110 1 0 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts •••••••• 300 310 411 33.5 1" Difference since our last to 113 192 6v ZOROUGH HO) PCARILLIN ,ht 0 0 ; Several new pockets o f H ops h ave been bre" , to ward since our last, and disposed of at from 8 189 J per cwt. Picking is expected to he pretty gen er : il j fl y week, being few old hops on offer, while the doll it them is rather ctive, at full priices. The du ',t3• reached to 130,000 L Weald of Kent pockets, " 61 12s ,• Mid Kent, ditto, 714 s to 9/ 165 ; Es s 9 u so ditto, 71 5 s to 91; Choice ditto, 101 to 111 1 13 ; . ditto, 61 to 61 10s ; Mid K en t bags, 71 to 81 55 . BOROUGH AND SPITAXXIX.S 2S. the i° : The supplies of Pot a t oes are c o ns iderably ° ll , t f ice , ' a crease, yet the sale f o r th em con ti nues rather prices quite equal to those obtained list we e ruling from 4/ to 5/ 18s per ton. _ s o WOOL DIAMCZT. t he r% The imports of Wool into London during th e week have amounted to about 1,200 packages , 8 .• 0 45 from New South Wales. -Notwithstanding the al r;je3,r e ing public sales, at which upwards of 20,00 0 . 17 00,', expected to be offered, the demand privately t oo, so' and prices are steadily supported ; and this, t withstanding the large supplies offering. cfr i TALLOW 7/CARICZT. o,,bs This market continues much in th e s ame 5 1 1 !'a rot. that inferior descriptions of first sort new T. t or, be purchased at 41s 9d. The demand has bk pg ,, what checked by the extreme hot w e ather 011 ,.,, past week. There are letters this m orning PrP o , l'etersburgh up to the 30th of August. By 01 6 11 0 I f we learn that the quantity of first sort is exPec, he CO' much increased beyond what was , anticipated at part of the season. A T- T0ta1....”....m. 00000000000000 49 Previous week's arrival ......... 50 _WFUL lIUNDkK AND iaIGHTNING STOne tw r Thursday night last the city o f Gl ouces ter an d et bost mediate vicinity was visited by a t err ifi c Storm bi 1" 4 '. 4 and lightning. Considerable d a m age was dos e m e . latter in Whitcombe Park, th e sea t o f Lady C r° f e ref ) ;, fine old oak tree, measuring twel v e f ee t in Wet' at the trunk, was completely shattered to piee e !, e b e i d electric fluid. Pieces of the tree s t ru ck valolu i rli° that was grazing near the spot, and complete,`X,o‘ the poor animal in both eyes. A strong ur'lc ti l` which enclosed the park near the.place, was t og a . ; shattered to pieces, a • distance of 50 yards. i, e ham and Broakoak hailstones fell, measur e inches in circumference. —.ger! erf , BIRTHS. gr hfi cbs On the 4th * " inst., at the Rectory House. t ° Cornhill, the wife of the Rev. T. W. Wrench, • et daughter. . 0 44 On the sth inst., the lady of Gilbert Anel o Houghton-hill, Hunts, of a daughter. t_ f h e sf' On the 6th inst., at Dr. Monro's, B us hey, bs , e r „ — , of the• Rev. Charles L. Cornish, of G rea t L o hgft°' o f shire, of a son. lort On the 7th inst., Lady Charlotte Watson. daughter. sq On the 7th inst., at Cumberland-street, POr2>/ siv the lady of the Rev. G. T. Palmer, of a daughter. MARRIED. W r e On the 2d inst., at St. Mary Magdalene, Peck be ';rlit e- o i Fitzroy Holderness, to Ellen Lou isa , youngest (i; Ce the late Captain Joseph Andrews, Hon. East I° )fr: Pa Onservice b ire, the 4th . inst., at Little Shelford, Cambridg e ol ll4 Alfred Tarrant, of Great Q ueen - s t ree t. t o MaryAl l '' pee daughter of Mr. Henry Hall, late of Cambridge. si - ea,rf,"o On the sth inst., at St. Pancras New Church , l o pt o f of George Wells Harrison; Esq., ofSandwich, Keu t ',Tlse eldest daughter of the late Israel Thomas, Esq., e' #l O o ° ll' rise, Surrey. ssis fie On the sth inst., at St. M a tth ew ' s , B r i x ton, J , ,e' Monerief, Esq., to Sarah, daughter of the, late Je!'''' _ h e lan, Esq., of Great Alie-street. On the sth inst., at Ll an d egu i Church, ....u"'"„ i - o r atm• Osmond Arthu r Wy a tt, E sq ., o f T roy H ou se, el„e n- i. r, . „1 to Louisa Anne, second d aug ht er o f J a mes %TY - k w' Lime. grove, near Bangor. tier . On the sth inst., at E a st T e i gnmo uth, Cher l° o daughter of John Pars o n, C a pt ain R.N., to l a d 'il• Dennis, Commander, R.N. or b L t , On , the sth inst., at St. Marylebone Church , .' ° iits . L'i o e , son, Esq., of Clifford House, near Sheffield, to JaL la e drot . cl, ar eldest daughter of the late T. Griffith, Esq., of - 1 ' I , ‘'` e r 01 On the 6th inst., at St. George's, Hanoyer-squaf-'4lit Beldam, Esq., of Royston, Herte, to Eliza, eldest ,o';',.;(+ John Rankin, Esq., of New York, United States , t y° Je ff On the 7th inst., at Weavering, Kent, ag e ? oto b Baron de Raigersfed, Rear-Admiral I' of the R ed On the 2d inst., H enry J o h n, e ld es t s on of s' an t° , Siff ken, of Clapt on - square. H ac k ney , aged 1 6 . s urf On the 2d inst., at Clifton Rector y, the Re y ' cer Markham R ec t or o f Clif ton, near Nottingt - o toNoV Residcntary of York Cath e d ra l, aau Vicar of Co On the 2d ina., Christopher Nevile, Esq. , u t•l ' 4 01/ ' tingham, Post Captain in the Royal Navy. , , sari' On the 4th inst.., at Brighton, William wall, tff' of Stevenage 54. 11 1 On the inst4th, at Cookham, Berke, Eliza beth, Edmund Goolden. 5 min, . ic e On the 4th inst., at Reigate, Surrey, France , s ee% of Thomas Jones, formerly a Captain in the nay' , " . 4 0. the East India C o mpany. t be On the 6th inst., in Hill=street, Berkeley - sq uare ' . the Lady Brooke Pcebell. ge r ro r Very ha On Rev. th Williame6thinst in South-street, tuguese Chapel in South-stivg:t. 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