The Sun. — London, England, 1839-06-10 00:00:00

E N '47, 'A) 11 1 10 N TIIE DEVONSHIRE SHERIFF. 0 , 1:031 tug COLLIEEPONpENT.) The County meeting yesterday terminated, as it was feared in some quarters that it might. The assembly was most rumerous, there bcirg about 7,000 persons present. The Tories round Exeter made every exertion to drive in their retainers into the meeting. and from, the of that had been used it was apprehended that they would succeed in obtaining a ninjority to the show of hands. The morning was d e .dfully wet. Devonshire nominations and county meetings are proverbial with your London reporters for their wetness, 'ard this was one of the completeat seekers every witnessed. It was not, however, stiff'. cleat to damp the ardour of the Reformers, who came in from all parts of the county in such numbers that we were not low , " in discoverieg that the majority was with us. Mr. J. W. Buller, and Mr. Divett, M. P., had come down from London to be present at the meeting. .and on the Tory side the four County Members were all present together with the Earl of Devon, who had also coerce from London, not a little indignant that the County should have been called together on :web an errand. But I am sorry to say, that the leading Reformers who were in London remained there, awl of the fourteen Liberal Members returned for the Boroughs of the County, with the exception of Mr. Divett, not one was present. Sir Edward Elton, Sir John Seale, Sir J. Williams, Mr. Bulteel, were all absent. This lekewarmeess en the part of the Reformers is no credit to them ; and contrasts in a striking degree with the zeal of the Tories. The Reformers tppeer to think that their cause is not only good, but that it has a self-acting p.ineiple, and will always work of it self. Among the leading Reformers present were—Sir Rohert Newman, Sir W. T. Pole, who. to his honour, braved the iselemency of the weether, and travelled thirty miles to be present, although an invalid ; Mr. Seasiley Cary, of Fellatou ; tSir B. Wee} ; the Hon. Newton Fellowes ; Mr. J. W. Boller, of Downes ; Mr. Calmady Haralyn ; Rev. Procter Thomas; Rev. Dr. Caraithen Mr. Henry Fellowes, Ste., &e. The muster on the other side was stranger—nll the Tory houses" of the county being either direetiy . or indirectly represented. I shall not treuele you with any details of the business of the meeting—but merely state that you will find ail you can crestre en that heal in the local papers—especially tea Vicaern Times Eat you will find also that the result cf the ire.etieg was al.noq prophetically anticipated by the article in The Sums of Thursday. You will find on refer ring to tle:t article that it is stated that " the High Sheriff is Tory ; apart 1.-orn his politica, a most honourable man ; but when the sf,lfs and parsons told up their han& against the loyal address he may be deceived as to numbers. The Under atrilT is a Tory, steward and friend of Earl Denea ; if the High Sher' make a blunder in the ntuebern the Under Sheriff will have some difflealty in cotrecticg him ; and .if be did, some profane peo ple might fancy that it was the Devil corrcctirg sin." Now this prophetic fen-, which was published in The Su» of 'Leaden the day bef ore t h e meet i ng took place, was realised to the ,otter —was realised to the very letter. Aheut the eurnh_Ts present at the meeting—as to which had the rnijority—there was not a doubt expressed by any one rf the Reformer:. But the Sheriff called twice for the show of hands, on the plea that he could not decide. The Tories, knowing that they were in a minority, never once awerte.i that the decision ought to be in their favour. 13ar, although the Earl of Devon had moved an amend ment, they were in ecstasies at the condition that they should not have it carried, amid that the address of the Re formers also should not be carried, the Sheriff deciding tien he did not know which party had the show of hands. Eut when Lord Ceurtenay subsequently put the vote of thanks ihr the Sheriff, he dared not call for the negative, because be saw it would be lest, and the vote of thanks to the Sheriff therefore was not adopted. Exeter, June 8. LORD BR6UGH - AM and MR. HENRY GRATTAN. Lord Brougham requests the Editor or the Morning Chronicle to insert tho inclosed report of Mr. H. Grattan's speeches to which the lat-.! correspondence refers, cod which was subjoined t.) Lnrd Brougimm'i last letter. The publi cation of that correspondence on Friday omits this report ; end there is a statement added which proceeds upon an entire mistz.ke, namely, that Mr. H. Grattan had in his second letter to Lord Brougham disclaimed the expr,ssions ascribed to him. llis disclaimer referred to certain expres sions in another report, contained in Lord Brougham's former letter, and not to the enclosed report which was 'afterwards sent to him. At least, Lord Brougham never received any communication from- Mr. Grattan after his (Lord Breugharn's) last letter inclosing this report. As thcsa were the expressions commented on by Lord Brougham, it is necessary they should he given with the rest of th 2 correspondence. Grafton -street, Saturday. FROM TIIE DUBLIN FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, OF MAY 21 AND 24, 1839. " You have powerful motives to urge you on at the pre sent crisis, and not among the least powerful is this, that if we got under a Tory regime, and if the Queen were sur rounded by Tories, such as Sir Robert Peel and the other members of a Tory cabinet, I, for one, would not answer for her life a single hour. History abounds with instances in which rulers have been taken away by the hands of their courtiers, and not the least rernarkeble of those, is that which Aristotle mentions, of the death of Alexander the Great, who,. he says, died without any of those external symptons which generally accompany the ordinary diseases by which man is liable to be deprived of life.—(Hear, hear.) If the charges which arc brought against a certain Royal person, namely, the King of Hanover, be true, I de clare solemnly! do not think the Royal lady would be safe in her palace whilst surrounded by the minions and pro teges of his Highness. Why, he would not for bis part give so much as an orange peel, despicable as it was, for the life of the Queen, were the same once iu the hands of Tory keeping. .." . 11rt felt . sensible that h a d,th e o di ous party t h e power over a lady i n darkness—had they the mixing of the bowl or the preparation of the opiate—then indeed would her •, subjects so on b e h o ld t h e i r b e l ove d Queen composed in a long 1 and endless sleep." :METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Morning Chronicle of this day, speaking of the imperative necessity of further Reforms, says :—" It is quite clear that the G overnment of this county must rerearo powerless for good, so long as parties remain nearly halaaced in the House of Commons. Front an oli gerchieal republic, Rith a monarchical head, the country has become what it would puzzle .arsy political writer to characterise. The democracy and aristocracy have just sufficient power to paralyze each other ; but not sufficient powcr to carry any important measure. A change is im periously called for. The Tories will say, we possess a majority in the Ilause of Lords, and all that it is canted is that we should also have a majority in the Ileuse of Commons. But the Reform Bill has given to the middle classes a degree of power which will ever prevent the Tories, if they should even obtain a majority, from having more than a bare majority, An attempt to conduct the Government on Tory principles would therefore merely pave the way for a succession of coellicts dangerous to the best interests of the country. All power which does not rest on the foundation of the people is precarious. To obtain an fa c Wilt Government, we must be fairly and proportionally represented. Some of the present Ministers are, we believe, not unwilling to make the Reform B:11 what its trathors intended it to be. Other members of the Cal Asset are, it is understood, aoxieee to Lold power merel:.• for the purpos e o f delivering over.the Government to this Tories when the time favours. nted not aay that the former policy appears to us not only just toward the peeple, but also the only safe course. To goatee against the will of the people is madness in the present times. We consider Toryism as precursory to revolosion." The Times is in a truly frigloful state of consternation at the idea of Ministers progressing in the work of Reform ; but immediately afterwards our Contemporary, Cobbett like, consoles himself with this reflection that he had long ago foreseen and prophesied this alarming result:--" Is it true, then, that with a Radical round-robin levelled at their. heads, the Whig Ministry, to buy a brief extension of their discreditable being, have again gone down on their knees an it lent their accks to the 'Ling tread of the Move_ moat ? Their Newspapers say so, and their followers say £0 ; there is nothing against it but consistency and honour, and what are these in such a 'natter ? May it not, then, be true ? May there not be another Lichfield House, from which to fire another reign ? We ; at least, have no right to affect surprise at such a treaty ; for it was but on the • lath day ct the very last mouth, that we gave our readers en accurate programme of the arobable plot, exactly ae it appears to have developed itself?" The Morning Elert:gd, in the course of a vague, ram bling leading article on the subject of national cilticatiz,n, makes the startling discovery that the ori g inal pie jector of the Ministerial scheme i s no l ess distinguished a personage than the Devil, tviso has commissioned Lord John Rusell to act as 'his representative in the Flouse of Commons We quote the passage in which Grand:num:ea makes the astounding revelation :—" When the spirit of the 'old serpent' lately assumed the character of that celestial visitant of earth—angelic charity—for the purpose of mere effectually leading the powers of Popery, Socinianism, and infidelity to the destruction of vital religion, he could no mole withstand the touch of the Ithuriel spear of Truth' than is the ' olden time.' His real nature was revealed— the Christian people of England saw with horror the boon' of fraudulent knowledge' which - he;affared them. It was cast aside amid expressions of general contempt and abhorrence. Bat though thus detected and baffled, he, whom the greet moralist called 'the first Whig,' is not so easily put from his purpose. He has already prepared another boon' of National Education for the people scarcely less deleterious and dangerous than the first. If the public money be granted for the adaancement of the new scheme, vital Christianity will be struck at by means ff torrupted versions of the Scriptures inculcating all the monstrous inventions and errors of Papery, or denying, - with Sceinianism, the divinity of Christ." The Morning Advertiser contains the following ohm.- vatiocs. on capital punishment —" The primary ohject of All punishment should be the protection of society, the next 2be reformation of the criminal. Revenge should have no influence whatever on the application of the law. Hence it follows that as capital punishment has been dernonstrat. d It afrord no p ro t ect i on to soc i ety, but on the contrary to pro mote the very crimes it is intended to suppress, and as it altogether extinguishes with his life the erirnin;l's chance of riormat ventreful it can only lie advocated on the ground of should quality to which the august majesty of the law never lend Itself, and which, by encour *,!ing sanguinail passions and making the roinil famil ar human suft ring, aggravates the evil it is designed to r.move. By capital'p%ishment, society, in fact, encour ages crime, and wars upon its Tr.P.Mit It is not the intention of the Government to p7opos.e to ParliaMen!,. during the present es , :io, my measure for the nboht:on of Church-rates.' Up on the conalentlyrely.— truth a this sta.temcnt, r , ?....1ers may Patriot. NATIONAL EDUCATION. THE UNSOUNDNESS OF THE PROTESTANT VERSION OF THE WORD OF' GOD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—You have shown your candour, and yottr small estimation of mere names, when real things are at issue, by the prompt insertion of my reply to " Rusti cus ;" and now, when the clergy of the Law Church are all a-flame, for the adoption, in all the schools of the empire, of their version cf the Word, in preference to, and in exclusion of, the versions of Catholics and Disserters, it may not be :laths to make a few remarks, tending to show that even the vaunted Protestant trans lation is not so fa:thful or faultless as to admit of being taken on trust with any degree of sa!ety. I would not be understood to insinuate, that the distinguished men who executed the current Translation were wilful per verters of the toter of the Word. Far from it. But I do assert that they saw the truth it embodies, not with their naked eyes, but with coloured doctrinal specta c l es , and that thence their Thanslation took a line which has no warrant in the bright light of the original. The Clergy of the English Law-Church have ever been opposed to lay-education ; and the uniformity of their opposition, from age to age, leads me direct to the conclusion, that it has a root in the very foundation of Protestantism jtself. I firmly believe that it has. I believe that the due preservation of the bundle of irra tional dogmatisms and unscriptural mysteries which are called " the Chureh" (and which the ecclesiastics tell us are not to come under the inspection of our lay-under standings), is the real motive for the clerical hostility to the cultivation of thosa God-given faculties. And that clerical self-love, and popular sensuality, and apathy, on spiritual things, have been, primarily, the producing causes of these so-called mysteries themselves, and, therefore, Sir, I believe ou c moot strike a successful bow at this ramp an t - Protestant hierarchy, without striking one first at Protestantism itself; that rooted evil which has been the growth of centuries in both clergy and laity ; for the evil which lies so cursorily looking and superficial, and seems so much confined ton small bench of Bishops. and a few hundred fat Rectors, is an e%il which is deeply seated in half the world. In the outset of my remarks on the Law version of the Holy Scriptures, 1 must object to tine crohihitory enactments, which make the printing of the Bible a monopoly of the Pitt ( ) Press and the University _Printer. What object can this possibly serve, hat the prevention cf all improvements of the translation. The Greek and the Hebrew originals, wide scattered as they are, by successive editions, through all the countries of Europe and America, are now, happily, quite hide structible ; so that neither the powers of Heil, nor the hierarchies of the certh, nor the intolerant fierceness of the sects, can tear out one jot or one tittle which is written there. Two manifeSt instances of mis-translation, on which two main false doctrines of the English Church depend, will amply suffice to show how cautious we should be in receiving either their Bibles or their tenets. The first case is from M itthew, c. xiii. v. 39 and 40, where occurs the following :—" The harvest is the end of the world ;" " as, therefore, the tares are gathered end burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this world." Now every schoolboy who learns a little Greek, every schoolmaster who teaches any, and, a fortiori, all the University-bred Priests of the Established Church, must be perfectly well aware that the true reading is " the harvest is the consummation of the age :" " as, therefore, the tares arc gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the consummation of this age." And yet this mal-translation is perpetuated ; because, probably, were it not, the Protestants would have no passage, whereon to ground their gross dogma of the destruction of the world, and of the occurrence of a day of judg ment in the theatre of nature. It has been the general fashion of good men to look up to their Maker as the Creator and Preserver of the Universe ; but, lo I. here is a self-styled- Church, " made with hands" of men, which would teach little children to contemplate Ilium, under the contradiction, in terms of a Divine destroyer. The other instance is also taken from ore of the Evangelists. The Protestant version has it—" The Holy Spirit was noti.yet given, for Jesus was not yet glorified." Titus, the Translators have inserted the word "given," to accommodate the truth to their own views of it, and to bear out one of the "Holy Myste ries," the doctrine of three Divine Persons in the God head. The plain truth is, just as stated, that " the holy Spirit was not yet"—that a particular spiritual influence, which in time would proceed from the Lord Jesus into the souls of men, was not yet existent. But this plain denunciation of the eternity of one of the Persons of the Tritheista was to he varnished over ; the varnish, and not the thing, preserved in successive edi tions, and shown to our children, whom the careful par sons would sedulously preserve from the errors and heresies of the Denny version. But I conclude with one question to the Protestant clergy. I ask of them, on what ground do theybelieve in the Divinity of the Word? - Is it that some dozen persons, in the first days of Christianity, were told that it is divine ; and, that a constant stream of hearsay evi dence of the fact has been transmitted from father to son ? On tradition then. Good. But since its Divi nity does not consist in ever so uninterrupted a progress of assertion, wherein, then, does it lie? Or, may be, it is an inspired and Divine book, from the sublime les. sons of wisdom and virtue it inculcates ; in which case it only differs in degree from the writings of the wise and good in all ages ; and may therefore have been written by mea. Or is it Divine from treating of Divine subjects, which it does in common' with a host of other books, and which, by the way, it apparently does not, in the historical parts of it. Or have the priests an internal dictate on the matter ; being thus forced to believe it without evidence, or meaning, in the belief ? Or lastly, is it a " mystery ?" Oh ! ye blind leaders of the blind ; ye eat up all the spiritual, and much of the natural treasures of the land, and in return, ye cannot gh,e your misguided or un guided flocks one grain of reason for the poor hungry faith that is in you and them. In my last, I attempted to show, on the high philo sophical grounds taken by Emanuel Swedenborg, which yet may be told to all persons, lay or ecclesiastic, that the Divinity of the Word lies in the spiritual sense, which every iota, letter, word, and thing in it, contains. I trust, therefore, that I shall not be suspected of any Papistical or Deistical tendencies in these remarks on the Protestant version ; for I have none, except, in deed, the common evils of thought and affection which are in all of us, and which all tend that way. If I have excited any spirit of inquiry among my fellow readers of The Sun, into the claimsof the great and liberal philosophy I have just named and touched on, I shall have done semething towards the public benefit, in this crisis of priestly intolerance, and popular ignorance and submission. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A S WF,DENBORGIAN. June 8. ..7 . lls,•,Teww% , cmwtusrarwrea•wz MARYLEBOND VESTRY. On Saturday the Board met for the dispatch of business, Mr. A. Daniel was voted to the chair, when Mr. Flood, the Vestry Clerk, read the demand from the Middlesex Magistrates of 2,2471. 3s. 4d. upon the vestry. Mr. KENSETT, ill moving that the amount be paid, re ferred to the enormous increase that had recently taken place for maintaining the leratie paupers in the Ilanwell Asylum.—( Hear, hear.) The body oho had gagged the deputation the other day, had claimed, without deigning to give any worshipful explanation, the sum of 5001. and by their having raised the weekly amount for each pauper from ss. 31. to Bs. ed., they would take from that parish for only 75 paupers no less as= than 6001. per anntref.— ( Loud cries of " Shame.") The irresponsible Magistracy had contemptuously refused any explanation, and Lc) doubt, they had reasons for it.—( Applause.) Instead of an intolerant and abominable increased demand upon the metropolitan parishes, the amount ought to have been less, inasmuch as, since the introduction of the soothing system, out of the 80a lunatics of the Asylum only 37 were dangerous lunatics. The remainder were actively employtd, and the produce of their labour realised in the market abundantly suflieierd to provide for their mainte nance.—( Hear.) The poor of Marylebone had quite as generous a diet fur 4s. per week.—(hear.) Mr. Kensatt then referred to the e:eitempt with which the Magistrates treated the cl:put,tion and the memorial on Thursday, amidst the unqualified marks of 'disapprobation of the re. presentatives of the parishioners. He conceived that an inquiry by Governreent was indispensable, and ho would, therefore, move that the amount be paid, and " That in onsAluence of the late increased expenditure of the c :unty- rate and Lunatic Asylum, to the amount of 60 par cent., a memorial be presented to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, praying for a Commission to inquire into the expenditure of the county-rate, as also the propriety of establishing a Board of Magistracy elected by the rate-payers."—(Cheers.) Mr. WILSON, in seconding the motion, said he under stood that an adjoinirgparith bad adopted the same course. Sir BENJAMIN HALL, M. P., said the subject was one that certainly eoremanded the most serious attention.— ( Hear, hear.) At the late M:nisterial crisis he was about moving for a Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the expenditure, but he had since thought the better way would be for this parish to follow the example of St. James's, Westminster, and to memorialise the Home Secretary to issue an unpaid commission. If that were refused, he (Sir Benjamin) would then be happy to move for a Select Committee.—(Cheers.) Mr. WILSON wished to know if Lord Kenyon or Mr. Rawlinson could inform the vestry for what purpose the in creased demand was made. Lord KENYON and Mr. RAIVLIN SON said they knew no thing about it.—(Laughter.) The Noble Lord agreed with Sir Benjamin Hall on the necessity for inquiry. Mr. 'J.- T. lloee, a Magistrate, said those who paid the rates had an undoubted right to ascertain the way they were ex pended.—(Cheers.) It was shameful to reflect that no less a sum than 130,000/. had been expended on the House of Correction. —( Cries of " Shame.") Mr. JOSEPH said the magistrates were so food of the Maryleleeee mad people, that when they once got them within their clutches the idea of any being returned cured was out of the question. There were many hart - ekes lunatics at Hanwell who might be maintained in a workhouse.—( Hear. hear.) Mr. RATnnoNE addressed the vestry in favour of the Magistrates, And, after some remarks from Mr. WILSON and Mr. KENSETT in reply, . A comtnittee . was appointed to draw up the memorial. SEIZURE OF THE RECTOR'S PEWS IN THE PARISH CHURCH. The churchwardens having &dined to carry out the order of the Vestry in seizing the irc!or's pews,fot fear ; of being cited in the Eccles_astical Court, on the motion of Mr. Kennett, two of the beadles were directed to take poszcssion of them on Tuesday nest. DOINGS - OFTHE iiiDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. (From the We last week left the Lunatic' Committee of Visiting Justices of the Hanwdl Asylum endeavouring to make Dr. Mitlingen, the superintendent, and Lieut.-Colonel Hunt, the house steward, the scapc-goats for the Com mittee to extricate them from the lamentable exhibition of incompetence in the administration of the public money of the county rate-:paycrs which their own printed Reforts present ; arc Lin the ground, as they stated in t':eir 49th Report, that— ' Since the appointment of the new superintendent and cteward, great irregularities have taken place in the issuing of the various orders for the supplies vethe asylum." Our readers will at once perceive how cunningly this is warded. It announces three things—" Colt great irregularities have fdren phtte in the issuing of the various orders for the supp:ies of the Asylum"—it fixes the period since which the Lunatic Committee of Vi siting Justices wish the public to believe these irregu larities have occurred at the A.R.) lure—and then it implies that Dr. Millingen, the superintendent, and Lieut.-Colonel Hunt, the house steward, have been the cause thereof. We now proceed to analyze the statement. In April 1838, the Lunatic Committee cf Visiting Justices made the following appointments in the Hanwell Asy lum ; they selected Dr. Millingen to be superintendent and resident physician ; Lieut.-Colonel Hunt, for merly. of Colonel Ciitherow's own regiment of militia, to be house steward ; and Airs. Boun;xrd to be matron. Either these three individuals have been very unfor tunate in Laving re ce iv e d th e p a t ronage o f th e Lunatic Committee, cr the justices have been most unfortunate in their selection, for the t% hole of these important .offi errs have either resigned or been discharged ; but as they are now out of the way, it perhaps is convenient to endeavour to throw the blame of the .‘ irregularities" upon them : 'this is magnanimou3 - In a volume recently published (1833) by that emi nent ex-pluralist in the Hanwell Asylum, Sir Wm. Chas. Ellis, Knt , who for some years was superinten dent, resident physician, deputy chaplain, house steward, trew.urer, tie. &e. &c., in his account of the mrnage ment of - that institutiun, he states of the Lunatic Corn mi:tec of Visiting Justice, at page 290, that— " Once a quarter the becks and accounts of the esta blishment are very carefully examined ; any two or tin ee of the gentlemen, who may happen to be presert, arsisting the Chairman to inspect them, and compare the bills and vouchers for the articles procured since the last examina tion. A statement is then laid bz‘fore tlie.m of such things as are expected to be wanted before the next meeting ; they give their orders for these in writing, their own clerk teieq in attendance to take down the transactions of the meeting." Sir William Ellis's assertion in this passage, that the orders emanate from the Visiting Justices, and the transactions are recorded by their own clerk, receives a corroboration by the 49th Report, declaring the inten tion of th e L una ti c C omm i ttee to appoint Mr. Charles Wright to the office of their clerk, at a salary of 701. a year, and 7s. for each journey to Hanwell. If these are facts, then the Lunatic Committee, and not the superintendent and house steward, are the parties guilty. The Hon. Fred. Byng recently stated, that.sone of these worthy gentlemen had a hobby for mad-houses, and no doubt when hobbies can be ridden without any expense to the parties taking this species of equestrian amusement, it must be delightful in the extreme : but the fact is, the Lunatic Committee, up to a recent pe riod, were mere puppets, and Sir William Ellis was a species of" go-cart" in and through which they were suffered to appear before the public ; they, like other children, were anxious to kick down the go-cart, and stand in their native strength, and hence has arisen the melancholy spectacle which the Lunatic Committee now exhibit, their prop being removed. There is one more point which tends to exonerate Dr. illillengen and Lieutenant-Colonel Hunt from the very serious imputation in the 49th Report, and that is, that of the whole deficiency of 505/. on the 31st De emitter, 1839, 359/. 18s. Id. is avowedly for clothing supplied in 1837, long before - either:of these gentlemen were appointed to the Hanweil Asylum. We particularly observed that the Learned Chair man of the Middlesex Magistrates, Mr.• Sergeant Adams, in endeavouring to parry the home thrusts which Mr. Fred. Byng so ably administered to‘the in competent Lunatic Committee of Visiting Justices, wished the public to understand what admirable finan eiersthe said Committee were! We will present to our readers the exquisite portrait they have drawn of themselves as financierS ; a more graphic sketch it would be impossible to procure Their 48th Report, we observe, is dated 17th of January, 1839, and according, to the approved. recipe for concoeting this periodical trash, to which in our exordium we last week alluded, at page 6 it contains these words The Committee have audited the several aceoun's of the Asylum according to the Act of Parliament. " Jamrs Not a single word about " the irregularities," not a word about the formal WselLarge of Lieutenant-Oolonel Hunt, the house steward, who (it' oozes out three: months afterwards in the 49th. Report) was formally discharged on the 29th November; 1838.. This " audit of the . ..accounts according to the Act of Parliament,", it appcari, " took place on the 10th ol' January, 1839, by J. Clitherow (Chairman), R. Hodg son (Dean of Carlisle), John Garford, Peter Laurie, • James Williams ;" it showed that, notwithstanding the increase upon the weekly charge for each lunatic of Is. 21, there was still a deficiency of 4691. 81d., but that the Lunatic Committee had in store, on. the 31st December, 1838, against this cleficiency= Coals, about if3so 0 0 Flour, malt, sundries l5O 0 0 X5OO 0 0 Mr. Frederick Byng, on behalf of St. James's parish made it appear to the Court of Quarter Session, that the annual statement of the accounts which were thus represented to have been " audited according to the Act of Parliament'" were, for the f irst time, withheld. We observe that the reply was, Oh, it is a mere mis take—an omission ; and forthwith wils printed an ad dendum to the 48th Report, signed by the five members the Lunatic Committee j&st stated. Our readers will he in amazement when we inform them that the same Lunatic Committee, in the following month of April, in their 4th Report, pages 6 and 7, thus speak of their own audit and publications in the previous month of January— " Your Committee [l. e. the Lunatic Committee] next direct the attention of the Court to the ennual statement of income and expeniiture for the year 1838, annexed to this Report,wh:ch statement was omitted in theßeport presented at the Epiphany Sessions, and subsequently printed in an imperfect manner." • An audited account withheld, and then printed in an imperfect manner! !! A new version of the accounts is then put forth, and the deficiency declared to be 505/. 3s. Gad., to meet which deficiency they had actually borrowed 1,5001., and never mentioned the important fact in their Report in January 1839, nor in their addendum to that Report, nor in their 49th Report : but in the appendix to this last Report, the fact first makes its appearapce without note or comment, " Loan from Messrs. Twining's, 1,500/." The spirit of inquiry, we imkirie, had dis played itself in the interval ! There is a graphic sketch of the financiers of the Middlesex Magistrates, borrowing 1,5004 to pay an al leged deficiency of 505/., and suppressing the fact in their accounts " audited according to the Act of Par liament." We last week said they were artists in their peculiar line, who deserved more attention than they received. We are utterly at a loss to imagine under what Act of Parliament they borrowed the 1,500!. There is no clause_ in the, Pauper Lunatic Act, 9 Geo. IV. cap. 40. author:zing the Visiting Justices to borrow money ; the Court of Quarter Session alone has the power to do so. We hope the metropolitan parishes will look to the extremely suspicious circumstances we have been detailing. We perceive, from the last official statement of the assessment of the county of. Middlesex, that the whole rental is five millions, six hundred and fifty-three thousand, nine hundred and ninety-two pounds : how much the large London parishes are interested in this question may be ascertained from that return. St. Marylebone, St. George Hanover-square, St. Pancras, and St. James Westminster, alone pay 37 per cent. of the whole Middlesex county expenses—the rental of those four parishes being two millions, ninety-six thou sand, two hUndred and forty-four pounds. We believe that most, if not all these four parishes, are regulated by Represent a tive V es t r i es un d er Si r John Hobiouse's Vestry Act, and we should like to see the representative principle, with a firm and vigorous grasp, laying hold of these incompetent, non-representa tive expenditors of the public money—we should have no doubt of the issue. ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—One of the usual eroAded Exeter Hall attendances of this extensive musical Society took place on Friday. In the early part of the evening Handers " Dettingen Te Deurn" was most finely performed ; it is the chef d'auvre of the SOciety, and could not well have gone with more care, precision, and effect. Miss E. Ca wt h orn sang " Angels ever bright and fair" with good expression, and in fine voice. Bennett, who, though wanting power, is an excellent and careful tenor, gave the solo, " 0 come let us worship" very nicely. Miss Fanny Wyndham sang from Pcrgolcsi the splendid " Oh, Lord have mercy upon us," with her pure, deep, and beautiful contr'alto, with all the effect which Phillips has so of en given to it. She was loudly encored. Phillips. himself was clear, smooth, and masterly as usual in the " Snares of Death." In the Graduate, which concluded the first part of the performance, the crescendos and dim - nuendos were observed with the utmost nicety. In Haydik's First Service, which succeeded, all the choruses were steady, and gloriously in tune. The quartett, " Benedictus qui venit," was beautifully executed. The Hall was crowded, and the performances were altogether of the usual holy and inspiring order. • TIIE SUN. LONID )N, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1839 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE BLOOMSBURY CASE. The expectation so generally entertained that the inquiry arising out of Lord Lichfield's objection to Bloomsbury would have the effect of settling the two stakes at Ascot as well as the Derby, has been disappointed. A court of law will have to adjudicate on both objections. The following details of the proceedings on Saturday last will account for this further, pro. crastination. Pursuant to their appointment tha following no blemen and gentlemen met at Mr. Weatherby's office, in Oxendon-street, between eleven and twelve o'clock :—Duke of Beaufort, Earl Stradbroke, Earl of Errol, Hon. Captain ltous, and C.C. Greville, Esq. There were also present the Earl of Lichfield, Lord G. Beutinek, T. Thornhill, Esq., Mr. W. Rids dale, and his witnesses. The stewards having previously an nounced their determination not to suffer any legal gentlemen to be present, Mr. Thornhill, as a member of the Jockey Club, kindly consented to attend on the pal t of Mr. W. Ridsdale. The proceedings . commenced, not as we anticipated, with the examination of witnesses in support of the pedigree, but with the presentation of a protest from Lord Lichfield, which ren dered such an examination unnecessary. A copy of this docu ment is given below. As an additional reason for pursuing this course, the Noble Earl produced a Newspaper of Avgust, 1831, containing a report of the trial between the late Sir M. Wood and the late Mr. Beardsworth, respecting the Guy Stakes at Warwick, for which Birmingham came in first and Cctus se cond, and which Sir M. Wood claimed on the ground of arrears due for Birmingham before starting ; a reference to the Jockey Club was agreed upon, and a decision given in favour of Sir M. Wood. By. this decision Mr. Beardsworth refused to abide, and the case was tried before Chief Justice Tindal. After a long discussion on this protest, the Stewards came to a resolution that there was no case before them, and the follow ing minute of their proceedings was drawn up and signed : IlLoomsewer CASE. "6 The Stewards having assembled at Mr. Weatherby's office, in Oxendon-street, on Saturday, the Bth of Jene, to consider the evidence then to be brought forward by the Earl cf Lich field, touching the qualification of Bloomsbury to receive the Ascot Derby, and 200 sees, stak es , f or which races he came in first, and the parties for the defence being present, " The Earl of Lichfield put in the following letter : To the Stewards of Ascot Races. "My Lords and Gentlemen,—ln makine inquiries into the disq'talification of Bloomsbury far starting for the Derby Stakes, and the Sweepstakes of 20 0 nova. at Ascot, I have found the greatest difficulty in obtaining information from par ties who are fully capable of giving it, but. who are unwilling to do so unless they arc compelled to come forward by virtue of an authority which they dare not disobey. You are aware that the point to be decided does not involve any nice distinction of ratsing law, but is one purely of fact; and as neither you nor I possess the means of enforcing the attendance of a single witutss, and as the chain of evidence, though so strong as to convince any reasonable mind, is yet of such a nature that the failure of a single link would deStroy its effect, I feel convinced that it would be doing the greatest injustice to my case to try it before a tribunal so constituted. I ant bound, therefore, by what is due to reyself, as welt as others, to object to your proceeding any farther in this matter, which must necessarily be left to the decision of a court of law, wfiere the attendance of such wit nesses as I shall require can only be enforced. I beg, there fore, to offer this to you as a formal renunciation of any autho rity supposed to be derisecl from my acquiescence in your pro ceedings; and I hereby revoke and declare null and void any such act of mine; and I give you notice that, in consequence of the difficulties to which I have in this statement referred, 1 shall not offer before you any evidence whatsoever, and that I protest against your making any decision. I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, my Lords and Gentlemen your obedient servant, , (Signed) "St. James's-square, Jane 7, 1839. " He produced the report of a charge by Chief Justice Tindal in a similar case, tried at Warwick in 18:31. The Stewards then proceeded to read the charge, in which it was di,tinetly laid down by that Learned Judge, that either party migh w;tlv!raw his consent to an a, bitration, and, in the event of sod withdrawal, previous to the hearing of the case, that the arbi trators had no power to determine thereon. Under these cir cumstances the Stewards considered that no decision of their: Would.be binding on the parties, and, therefore, that it was use less to proceed furtirr in the inquiry. The Earl of Lichfield consented, on the recommendation o: the Stewards, to pay all reasonable expenses incurred by Mr Ridsdale in bringing his witnesses for the contemplated inves tigation. (Signed) " LICHFIELD. " Errol Beaufort 1- Stewards of Ascot. H. I. Rous Stradbroke / Appointed by the C. C. Greville C Stewards to assist. " At the close of the procedings it was " Resolved—That the Stewards of the Jockey Club do recom mend the Stewards of Doncaster and Goodwood to adopt the following resolution : " That all bets depending upon Bloomsbury, for any stakes in which he may be engaged, shall be paid and received, without. any reference to his disputed pedigree, until the case has been decided in a Court of Justice. By this unlooked-for result Mr. W. Ridsdale is left with no alternative bat law, and we understand steps have already been taken for the purpose of bringing the cause on for trial at the ensuing assizes at York, in which county all the witnesses live. In the present state of the question, it is absolutely necessary that the subscribers at Tattersall's should come to some muter standing as to the terms on which the St. Leger betting is to be carried on; it will not do to wait for any resolution of the Stewards of the Doncaster races—they must act for themselves. NEWTON RACES. FRIDAY.—The Shrighley Cup of 100 save., given by W. Turner, Esq., M.P., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., and 5 only, if declared, &a. The se cond to receive f 5 sovs, cut of the stakes. The winner of the Manchester Cup, the Lord of the Manor's Cup, or the Bo rough Cup, 31b. extra. O n e, m il e an d a h a lf. (33 S u b s., 9 of whom declared, and 15 paid 10 sore. each.) Mr. llolker's cb. m. The Maid of Alonton ...(Templeman) ' Mr. Denham's ch. c. Compensation, 3 yrs, 7st. 10th. Lord Miltown's ch. c. Leprechaun, 4 yrs, list. 71b. The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Westminster's ch. - c. Sir Ralph, 4 yrs, 7st. ; Mr. Price's br. g. Captain Pops, 4 yrs. 7st. nib. ; Lord Eglinton's b. f. Bellona, 4 yrs, 7st. bib. ; Mr. G.; Ogden's b. c. Harpurhey, 4 yrs, 7st. ; Lord Miltown' s c h. m . C ru i s k een , 5 yrs, fist. ; and r. Bradley's b. h. Exorable, 6 yrs, 7st. 7Th. Betting-6 to 4on the field, 7to 4 agst Compensation, 3 to 1 awst, 'Bellona, 5 to 1 agst Captain Pops, 6 to i agst Sir Itaiph, 8 to,l agst Harpurhey, 10 to 1 agst the Maid; 10 to 1 agst Exorable, and 12 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's. Won cleverly. The St. Helen's Purse of 50 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sove.',each, 10 ft. ; for two-yr-olds, 6st. 71b. and three - yr-olds Bst. 101 b. ; fillies allowed 31b.; the winner of the Leger or polborne Stakes 51b. extra. The second to save his stake. The Goulburn Cowrie. 10 subs. -Mr. itleiklam's.bl. c. by The Mole, 2 yrs ... (Cotton) 1 Lord Stanley's b. c. Charlatan, by Phy s i c i an , 2 yrs . ... 2 Mr. E.' 13uckley's ch. f. Lillie, by Ilkley, 3 yrs 3 The following also started, but were not placed:—Lord Eglinton's br. c. Malvolio, by Liverpool, out of Comedy, 3 yrs ; Lard Westminster's ch. c. The Recorder, by Langar, out of Laura, 3 yrs ; Mr: Smith's br. f. Margaret, by Margrave, sister to Memnon ' 3 yrs; and M r . R. Peel's b. g. Lepidus, by Emiiins, out of Cotillon, 3 yrs. Betting-6 to 4 agst. Malvolio, 3to 1 agst. Lepidus, 4to 1 agst. The Recorder, and 7 to 1 agst. The Mole colt. Won by half a length. The Warrington Purse of BO sovs., added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 5 sus. each, p.p. One mile and a distance. (10 subs.) Mr. Vansittart's b. f. Sandbeek, out of Darioletta, 3 yrs. 6st 31b Mr. Holker's ch. an. The Maid of Mouton, a yrs, 7st 121 b... 2 Lord Miltown's ch. c. Leprechaun, 3 yrs 5,,t. 71b 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—A Ir. F R. Price's ch. f. Zillah, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b. ; Mr. Fowler's ch. c. Gilbert Gurney, 4 yrs, Tat. 121 b., and Mr. Jones's oh. c. S ara Slick, 3 yes, 6st. Betting, sto 4 agst. the Maid ;sto 2 agst. Zillah, and 6to 1 agst. Gilbert Gurney. Won by a head, after a fine race. Plate of 60 guineas for 3 yrs olds, 6st. 71b. ; 4 yrs, B.t. 21b. ; 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b. ; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st. ; winners of a Plate this year, 31b. extra, of two Plates, a Gold Cup, or Queen'. Hundred, 51b. extra ; mares and gelding ; allowed 31b. Two mile heats. Lord Eglintoun's b.g. the Potentate, aged (Lye) 1 1 Mr. Barrow's b.m. Catharina, age d 3 2 Mr. Dixon's b.h. Anvil, 5 yrs..,, Betting.-2 to 1, and after the first heat 4tol on the Po tentate, who took the lead, was never headed, and won both heats easily. in Taunton marlitt on Saturday s N i e r New . re sell' ( ---- 7'ln. potatoesea); 6 a d in p n e Hall, r"l'be . Saturday, in consequence of :.n - express having arrived %%ith an account of the sudden decease of his mother at B.ighton. The course pursued by the High Churchmen in regard to education from the very fist, has been any thing hut ingenuous. When the subject was agitated Mane years by Joseph Lancaster, they represented enlighten ment and revolution as synonymous, and it was ouly is self defence that they founded schools upon the system of Dr. Bell, which was borrowed, in its machinery of details, from the first named phila n thropic individual. A national se s tern is now proposed, national in the truest sense of the word, a system to comprehend all c!asses and denomina tions, and in a similar spirit of annoyance, they step tee ward and claim to have the sole management of it dale. gated to them. This shows a want of earnestness in the 'cause, which justifies a presump:ion that they would not fully and faithfully carry out what is required. They offered eppo,ition in the first instance, and when that was in vain, they arrogate, under the guise of friendship, the working cut of the scheme. Is any confiicnce to be re posed in them, under such circumstances ? Are their pro fessions and pretensions worthy of regard ? Is the suspi cion unjust, that they are still as hostile to popular educa tion as ever, and that their chief object is to make it ino • perative, by acquiring the so'.e controul over the mode in hich it is imparted ?—Kendal Mercury. THE HORSE " BLOOMSBURY."—On Saturday the meeting of the Stewards who bad been appointed to arbi trate between the Earl of Lichfield and Mr. Ridsdale, op the objection made by the Noble Lord to the payment of the stakes won by the horse Bloomsbury, took place. Prior to the investigation being entered upon, a letter was read from the Noble Earl, in which his Lordship stated that, in consequence of the difficulty be had met with in the way of bringing up his witnesses, inasmuch " as some of them refused to attend unless compelled," an authority which he could not legally exercise over them, he had de termined to withdraw his consent to the arbitration. The letter went on to say that his Lordship declined to offer any evidence Wm* a tribunal of arbitrators, they not pos. "Sir Mark Wo o d v. accompanied w i t h t h e report o f a tr i a l, " Hissedsessing, athned concluded with a protest against the in quiry being p roceeded with. T h i s com munication w as power t o en f orce the attendance of wit. Atkins," before Lord Chief Justice Tindal, in August, 1831, in which the plaintiff sought to recover the " Guy Stakes," which bad been claimed of the defendant, the clerk of the Warwick racecourse, by Mr. Beardswortb, as having been won by " Birmingham," to which the plaintiff's home " Cetue" ran second. The Learned Judge, in leaving the case to the Jury, said ' that either party might withdraw his consent to an arbitration agreed to under the circumstances stated, and, in the event of such with drawal, previous to the hearing of the case, the arbitra tors had no power to determine thereon. Upon reading his Lordship's letter, backed as it was by the charge just given, the Stewards decided that it was useless to pro ceed with the inquiry. An official resolution was then agreed to and signed by arbitrators, " That the Stewards of the Jockey Club do recommend the Stewards of Done caster and Goodwood to adopt the following resolution " That all beta depending upon Bloomsbury, for any stakes in which ho may be engaged, shall be paid and received, without any reference to his disputed pedigree, until the case has been decided in a Court of Justice.'" THE PRINCES-STREET MURDER It is considered that mere than one individual must have been concerned in the committ a l o f t hi s mur d er and robbery, as, from the short time nisi di, according to the testimony of Elizabeth Pretty, the servant-girl, had elapsed, bet veers seeing her unfortunate master sitting by the fire in the parlour and the discovery of the tragi cal occurrence, no ene person could have accomphshed both. It is therefore considered more than probable that two or three were engaged in it—that one or a!1 must have obtained access' and secreted themselves be fore the house was closed for the right, and that while his aeccmplice or accomplices were engaged in deadly contest with Mr. W., one well acquainted with the depository of the most valuable articles was actively engaged in securing them in a I pocket under his coat, smiler to the one found in the shop, and pro duced by Inspector Jarvis at the inquest. Mr. Westwood, who was the inventor and patentee of the celebrated eight-day watches, and watchmaker to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, has been most singularly unfortunate since his establishment in business about 80 years since, for he had not been long in business before, while sitting one evening in the parlour of his then residence on the opposite side or Princes street, three men (we believe brothers) entered the room, and having tied him securely to the post of a bedstead, proceeded to remove a number of valuable wetchee, with which they got clear off. Subsequently, about the middle of the year 1822, while Mr. and Mrs. Westwood were at church, the house was entered on a Sunday evening by means of false keys, and watches to the value of upwards of 8,00/., toge ther with 44 sovereigns, all marked in a manner pe culiar to Mr. 'Westwood, carried off. A young man, between seventeen and eighteen years of age, named Wil !him Redding, whose parents reside in Peter street, not 700 yards from the spot, was soon afterwards apprehended on suspicion of having been cone erned in the robbery, on whose person four of the marked sove reigns were found. I-le was tried at the Old Bailey Sessions in September of that year (182.2) for the of fence, with a Jew, named 13enjamin Solomons, for re eelving a portion of the property, when the former was convicted and subsequently executed, but the latter got acquitted. The robbery on the present melan choly occasion has, however, been far more extensive than either of the previous ones. From the printed circulars, offering two hundred pounds reward, issued on Wednesday, by Mr. Pcake, of No. 81, Princes ,treet, a friend of the deceased Mr. Westwood, it ap pears that it consists of 45 gold eight.day, duplex, lever, horizontal repeating, detached lever, and hunting watches, some valaed at between 40/. and 50/. each ; 37 ditto silver watches, and 5 metal watches ; 6 gold guard chains ; 4 ditto Brcquet ditto, with seals at tached ; 8 silver guard-chains ; one gold swivel ; 5/. in gold ; and 1/. in silver moueys, the whole being valued by Mrs. Westwood at about 2,000/. Whether the five sovereigns were marked, as at the previous robbery, has nut appeared. At the inquest Mrs. Westwood was asked whether some anooymous letters of a threatening nature had not been received by her unfortunate husband, of which she pleaded her total ignorance. It appears, however, that Mr. Westwood did receive an anonymous letter, about the years since, in which he was threatened that some time or ether he would inevitably be murdered. Mr. \Vestwood has repeatedly spoken of the receipt of such a letter to several persons of his acquaintance, and has expressed a fear of the threats it contained. Darius the time that the pubic were excluded from the inquest-room en Friday, previous to the Jury re turning the verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown," the Coroner read a letter which had been forwarded to him from a Mr. Balderin, of Parliament -street, to the effect-that one of the Jury had formerly lived with the deceased in the capacity of fore man, but bad lately opposed him in business; that Mrs. Westvtool had often called upon the writer, and on ,everal occasionshad said that the person in question had threatened his (Mr. Westwood's) life, and that he (Mr. Westwood) feared that some time or other he would carry his threats into execution. The juryman in question, who appeared much affected at the imputation, most earnestly declared that he bad borne no malice or ill-will whatever against the deceased, and that he would willingly give 50/. out of his own pocket towards the disco'. cry of the perpetrateres of the horrid deed. Mr. Westwood, we understand, was a gentleman of extremely irritable temper ; and, on one occasion, about two years since, it is asserted the Captain of a mer chant vessel, who had purchased a watch at the shop of the deceased, called oa him to make some complaints respecting it, when Mr. Westwood flew into a violerit passion, snatched the watch out of the hands of the gentleman, threw it on the ground with force, and ulti mately stamped on it with great violence. The con=e , quence was that he was summoned before the magis- Crates at Marlborough -street Police-office for the assault, in snatching the watch, when the case having been heard, the Bench allowed the deceased to go out and settle the matter with the complainant, which he did by paying the full value of the watch. About six months subsequent to that, a young man, who had also purchased a watch of the deceased, called on him to state that it did trot answer his expectations, and requested to have the i.oney returned, or another watch substituted for it ; upon which Mr. IVestwood took a pistol from under the counter, and threatened to blow out the young man's brains if he did not instantly leave the place. For that outrage he was again taken to Marlborough -street po lice-office, and fitted in the fall penalty for the offence. He has also, on other occasions, been charged with otter assaults at the sense office. On Thursday, the body of the unfortunate deceased was placed in a coffin, handsomely covered with black cloth, and studded with black nails. On the lid was the following inscription :-..." Mr. Robert Westwood, died the 3d of June, 1839, aged 55 years." Oa Friday evening large posting-bills to the following effect were printed and extensis ely circulated through out the various divisions of the metropolitan police, and also forwarded to the different seaport towns, &c. MIIIIDER—X2OO R E W ARD , — Whereas, on Monday night last, the 3d inst., Mr. Robert Westwood, watch maker, of 35, Princes-street, Leicester-square, was bar barously murdered in his bed-room by some person or persons unknown, and his shop robbed of a great number of gold and other watches—Whoever will give such in formation as may lead to the apprehension and convic tion of the murderer or murderers shall receive the above reward, on application to Mr. Peake, coach maker, No. 11, Princes -street, Lcicester-square.—lnfor mation to be given to the Police-station, Vine-street, Picadilly." Ever since the conclusion of the Inquest, Inspector Bercsford of the C division, and :Sergeant Otway, of the A division, to whom the task of endeavouring to unravel the mystery with which the circumstances con nected with the murder has been entrusted, have been unremitting in their exertions to obtain some clue to the murderers and the recovery of the property, but, we regret to sat', up to a late hour last night their efforts nad failed of success. During yesterday several anony mous letters were received by Mr. Superintendent Baker, at the station-house of the C division, in Vine street, Piccadilly, professing to give important informa tion on the subject, but it is almost neeedless to say that neither of them affords any clue..—Obscrver. THE MAR KE T S :f('Tl ' TS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Grain last week were small, but of Foreign wheat considerable. The trade was heavy throughout ',. e week. The fresh supplies being short, the best parcels of English Wheat sold readily, at last weeks terms; other qualities wore is. per quarter lower. Little doing in Barley, Beans, or Pease, and prices were unvaried. Oats obtained Is. per quarter advance. Flour sold heavily at lower terms for ship parcels. 'l he duty on Foreign Wheat will advance to 10s. Bd. this week. VILICNS ON )30A RD OF attar Wheat, Red (old) --a. —s. Beans, Small (new) 43s 4is —White we.) —s. 3. . (old) 465. 1 , 35. lied 18'38) .......545. 58/.. --,-- Tick (new) 131 36. ----- Fine 603. 04s. --- SuperEnc....JAl. 795. Harrow (new) 135.383. ---- Mae (1823) ....61‘. i 2.5. •—• (old) ....... 425. 44.:. ------ Fine 6 , ,is. 70. [;rank Superfine 7 . 25. 'Ths. Oats, Feed —Foreign free Ws. ?Ns. New 255.234 Ret 4na. 41s Poland —s.—s Barley. 30J. 375. New ot.s. 30s. --.. Grinding 30, 31.5, l'otatoe 28;.30x. ---- Malting 40_.4'.2. Malt 555. 655. Scotch 52,54s --- Fine New 06.. 6As Irish 245.... 26s .28s. Prase, Grey, New '36s. 38s. Flour Town (per sack).... 603.62 r. Maple New 375. 403. Seconds 54,.51,, --- 'White 40s. 425. —........ N.orth Country .... 50, .52 . Boilers 425. 41 , ., Bran 123 13+. ARRIVALS ,if' GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK Wheat. Barley. oats. fq.ut F.,aglish ir,sn - 9,296 Foreigrl 1350 Lrls. 2,OiA _ SMITHFIELD. A good supply and a briSk. trade ; priers have improved. Beef 3s. 61. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 10d. to 4s. 6d.; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; Pork, 43. 2d. to ss. 21. ; Lamb, ss. 4d. to Cs. 2d.— Beasts, 2,594 ; Sheep, Pec. 26,210 ; Pigs, 540 ; Calves, 168. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies fair and demand good, and prices much as last quoted. TI he St. George Steam Packet Company's steam ,tp, Vulture, arrived yesterday everting in the river from St. Petergburgh, having, performed her voyage in eight days. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, t h e Gi ra ff e, from Rotterdam, arrived off' ho Custom-I:owe, yesterday; also the John Bull from Ham burg this morning,. JOHN BANlAL—Through . the generous ad vocacy of the good Lord Morpeth, seconded, we believe, by or. Shen, who has always evinced a consistent in terest in the welfare of his old friend and countryman, John Banim, her Majesty will be graciously pleased to' confer upon Mary Banim, the only living child of our dis tinguished townsman, a pension sufficient for all the pur poics of her education, and not terminating with her father's life.—Kilkenny Journal. Mr. David Salonions, the High Sheriff of the county of Kent, is actively engaged in canvassing the electors of the borough of New Shoreham and Rape of Bramber. The Duke of Norfolk will lend Mr. Salmons all the :id in his power. It is confidently reported in the Rape that Mr. H. D. Goring is about to accept the Chil tern Hundreds, in which event the return of Mr. Salomons is placed beyond a doubt. An opposition is threatened in the person of Mr. Charles Goring, of Wiston, a young Gentleman just of age, fresh from Oxford'. and of ultra- Tory politics. An association has been formed to foist this young gentleman upon the electors. LITERATI U RE. DIARY OF THE TIMES OF GEORGE THE FOURTH. Colburii, London, 1339. The third and fourth volumes of this piquant work arc now lying before us. They ait not occasion so great a stir-as their predecessors, because they are less defaced by obnoxious personalities ; still there is quite enough personality in them, to cause them to be sought after by that large and increasing class of readers, who are al:vays eager to be made acquainted with a gossip ing anecdote, or a pert bit of scandal, provided it bear reference to people of " mark and likelihood." The first volume of the present series is the best, because. it con tains more variety of subject ; the second is in a great measure a make-up, consisting of meagre, feebly drawn sketches, of some of the great literary and political characters of the last thirty years and upwards. Cob bett, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, occupy a prominent place in these sketches, but the writer gives us no opinions respecting them that have not been given a hundred times already, with the single exception of Coleridge, whom he thinks was an over-rated man. Tuis is not in accordance with the taste of the day, which seems very much disposed to regard him as an imagina tive genius of the first water, but, ne.vertheless, it is per fectly just. " What has he done," asks the writer, " that we should be so deafened with him ? Never did I hear so many words in the same given space of time, uttered with so little sense, or knew rid then the mean ing of the phrase, chaff of thought. Towards Coleridge I have no feeling, but a sort of wonder at the prodi gality of words which he squandered ; but I should be surprised to hear that he ver attempted or did ene useful thing." Speaking of Wordsworth, we are told that he should be placed on the " same shelf with Shakspeare." Capital ! Wordsworth, the egotistical, the sectarian in poetry, who can see no genius without the pale of his own school, to be placed on the same level with Shakspeare, the tolerant—the universal ! Verily, this is partizanship with a vengeance. In the first volume we find many interesting anecdotes. Here is one respecting Whitbread : " The very day before his death, I saw and spoke to him, driving in Park-lane. He had been at times in a dreadful state of depression during the three previous weeks; and the state of his skull when opened, Dr. Baillie told me, more than accounted for any acts of violence; the bone was enlarged, and certain little spe cula) at the edge of it pressed immediately on the brain; a disease, he says, which invariably occasioned the most violent irritation cf mind. He had sworn Lady Elizabeth to trke no notice of his altered state, either to her mother or Lord Grey ; which hung so heavily on her mind after wards, that she several times saw the Bishop of London on the subject." The subjoined anecdote is,. if true, which we take leave to doubt, the most extraordinary instance of good luck that we ever heard or read of, and verifies the adage—Truth is strange, stranger than fiction : " Lady Frances Wilson was a lady of very plain per• sonal appearance ; yet one gentleman, for several seasons, perseveringly gazed at her from the pit in the Opera House, so as to cause her considerable annoyance ; well at length one day she was informed that Mce had left, her all his fortune; and prompted by curiosity to ascer tain if it was the same person who had admired her at the theatre, she requested to see the deceased, and identified the corpse as being that of Mr. --. t was said Lady Frances owed this piece of good fortune to a mistake, as it was a very beautif u l women who, occupied the next box ' to her's, to whom the gentleman had intended to leave his property, and that he was misinformed as to the name of the object of his bilk passion." . We quote an amusing remiaiscence. of Dr. Johnson and Savage, as related by the celebrated Adam Smith, for it is highly characteristic of both parties : " One anecdote, I remember, he told me of Dr. John son, of whom Smith entertained a very contemptuous I have seen that creature,' said he, bolt up in the midst of a mixed company, and without any previous notice, fall upon his knees behind • a chair, repeat the Lord's Prayer, and then resume his scat at the table. He has played this freak over and over, perhaps five or six times in the course of an evening. It was not,' Smith ob served, hypocrisy, but madness. Though an honest man himself, he was always patronizing scoundrels. Savage, for instance, whom he so loudly praises, was a wortlif;s3 fellow. His pension of fifty pounds never lasted him longer than a few days. As a sample of his economy, you may take a circumstance that Johnson himself once told Adam Smith. It was, at that period, fashionable to wear scarlet cloaks, trimmed with gold lace, and the Doctor met him one day, just after he had received his pension, with one of these cloaks upon his back, while, at the same time, his naked toes were breaking through his shoes.'" Several pieces of poetry are interspersed throughout the first volume, and among them are some lines by Monk Lewis, Walter Scott, and the present Lord Mel bourne. These last were written in the year 1797. They are amiable and well-intentioned—not to say affectionate—but possess no other recommendations. We extract the best passage : " We find that those who every transport know, In full proportion taste.of every woe; That every moment new misfortune rears, That, somewhere, every hour's an hour of tears : The work of wretchedness is never done, And misery's sigh extends with every sun." This is good home-Spun sense, but the language, it will be seen, is decidedly that of prose. We have, hotvmr, seen far worse samples of aristocratic poesy in the " Keepsake." In closing our notice of these volumes we cannot refrain from stating that it places great Lords and Ladies before us in a very unatniable light. They are exhibited throughout, partly in the anecdotes related of them, and partly in their own correspondence, as beings made up almost exclusively of narrow-mindedness, arro gance, and conventional etiquette. When they write to each other, it is generally to propagate some scandal ; when they meet with artists or authors in their inter course with society, they look down upon them with contempt, as though they were a species of upper-ser vant. Lady Caroline Lamb writing to invite an aristo cratic friend to mew. some literati at her house, assures her that " these sort of people are not always agreeable but vulgar, quaint, affected, and formal," and then pro ceeds to enumerate her guests, and give their ages by way of a brilliant joke! In another place an account is given of a literary party et a Lord's table, where two ladies of high fashion " did nothing but yawn the whole evening, and looked with evident contempt upon the surrounding company !" .We do not wonder at this supercilious behaviour on the part of our West-end ex clusives, for it is the sycophant that makes the bully, and so long as there are found authors, or artists, or ac tors ready to fawn and crouch, there will always be found aristocratic Noodles quite as ready to insult and domineer. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN of 1814 in FRANCE. Smith and Elder, London, 1839. The author of this work, which is a translation from the Russian, is a military gentleman with the exceed ingly melodious name of Milallailofsky-Danilefsky, who himself took a share in that memorable campaign, which ended in the occupation of Paris by the All es, and of which he here gives the account in detail. His narra tive is interesting, if only from the stirring nature of the events it describes ; but it is ia many ' places much too partial ; for, in the first place, the author will not allow that Napoleon displayed any very superior sagacity in this, his most hazadous cam paign, though we have abundance of indisputable evidence to the contrary ; and, secondly, he will insist on it that it was the Russians who chiefly signalized themselves by their skill and bravery, the Austrians and Prussians being mere subordinate auxiliaries. As regards the Emperor Alexander, ho is never weary of cbaunt ing the praises of this uerival:ed hero ; to whose coun cils alone he attributes the triumphant results of the earepaign.• We were duly prepared for all this exces sive partiality, when we read these words in the trans lator's advertisement which mast be quite sufficient to satisfy all unbiassed readers that the work can by no means be regarded as'an unprejudiced statement offacts :—" The original work from which the present volume has been translated, was published in St. Petersburg, during the latter part of the year 1836. The author, a well-known Russian General, is now a member of the Imperial Senate." Truth was scarcely to be expected on a subject like the present, from a Member of the Russian Imperial Senate. The most acceptable portions of the volume—we care nothing for the per sonal sketches of that Calmuck coxcomb Alexander— are those which refer to Napoleon, of whose influence over his troops we have this striking example : " '"rhey who never .witnessed a combat which Napoleon personally commanded and directed, can have but a faint idea of the magical effect produced by his presence on the spirit of a fight. The moment he appeared, the ca• valry attacked with greater boldness and rapi dity ; the skirmishers fell back, and gave place to deep columns of infantry ; the batteries were reinforced, and the fire became heavier ; Aid-de-Camps galloped about in all directions ; and the air resounded with the cries of En avant I Vive L'Empereur !'" TILE INIQUITIES OF THE OPIUM TRADE WITH CHINA. By the Rev. A. S. TIKELTVALL, M.A. London, Allen and Co., 1839. The object of this little work is to make the Christian community of Great Britain acquainted with the de plorable evils which the Opium trade inflicts upon the health and morals of the inhabitants of China, with a view to discourage the *English traffic in that poisonous drug. It very feelingly depicts the miseries which the use of Opium has brought upon the Chinese popula tion ; it sets forth the parental solicitude of the Emperor to prevent the importation and sale of Opium ; it sho w s that the English are the principal dealers in this drug, which is almost wholly supplied fr o m our possessions in the East Indies ; and it appe a l s to the Christian and moral character of the country again s t the continuance of a smuggling traffic, disgraceful an d criminal on the part of all engaged in, or countenancing, it, and irreparably injurious to the health and morals of the people of China. Such an appeal w ill h ardly be heard at first amid the din of mercantile interests • but the time is not distant when its influence will be felt from London to Calcutta. Let any merchant not dead to every moral and religious sentiment read this little volume in the quietude of his EVENING EDITION closet, and we will ans•,A er for it that he will not selcc the opium trade as the highway to wealth, no matter how inviting it may have previously appeared. We thank the wrier, in the name of humanity, for a tract which to have written is to Lave perfoinsed one of the noblest duties of a Christian pastor—the guiding of a nation in the path of charity. THE IL LUS7RATED SHAKSPERE FOR THE PEO P LE—Par tv I. and 11. London, Ro'iert There was a time when ail that was humanizing in literature, and exquisite in art was regarded as the pro perty of the studious and the wealthy, and when a p o or man's aspirations after books were about as hopeless as the realization of his dreams of treasures hidden in fairy caves at the bottom of the sea. That time lies for ever passed away ; and the working man now, w ith the small pittance of a few shillings wee kl y rewar di ng his industry, may, by the outlay of a few pence, leave a le gacy of books to his children, such as would have formed a goodly library fur a convent at the beginning of the fifteenth century. And next to that book, which, as a Christian, forms at once the standard, the depository, and the expounder of his faith, what volume can he begin with so instructive, so humanizing, se suited by its almost infinite variety to every phase of mind and change of circumstance, end humour, as that which contains the works of the world-teaching Shakspere? But, matchless as are th e pro d uct i ons o f t h e wor ld's greatest poet and truest philosopher, they are not alone here offered to enrich and adorn the libraries of the opulent, and the hanging shelves of horny-handed artizens. In Kenny Meadows, the publisher has found the only artist who has vet embodied to the visual sense the ev er -d ur i ng creat i ons o f Shakspere genius. Mr. Meadows's " Heads of the People" have been generally and deservedly admired, and we remem ber being greatly struck with the stern power displayed in his illustrations to Charles Whitehead's " Jack Ketch ;" but none of them manifest the fine play of poetic fancy, the rich luxuriant foliage of imagination , if we may so speak, which beautify the pages of the " People's Shak s p ere ." Th e versat ili ty w hi c h h e h a s shown in his ill us t ra ti ons o f t h e T enzpest, an d t h e T w o Gentlemen of V erona em b races a ll t h at i s b r i g h est an d darkest in th e range o f poet i c fi ct i on. His elves are perfect art i m p ersonat i ons of all that childhood ha fancied of th at myster i ous t i ny race, while his Caliban is altogether th e " half ma n , h a lf-d emon " of the poet. Landseer's dogs are the admiration of the world, end yet, look at our old acquaintance Launce's dog, as he slily looks at you, resting on his fore paws, from a page in the Two Gentlemen qf Verona, and tell us, do you aot re cognise in an instant, the pilferer of Mistress Silvia's capon's leg—the inodorous transgressor against the rules of " gentlemanlik e " dog decorum, under the Duke's table ? This is not so much the portrait of a dog, as t he very cur himself—the educated protege of the immortal Launce. Mr. Meadows has still much to accom plish before he travel over the whole of the ground which all after Shakeepere must tread with unsandelled feet ; but the lighter creations of his fancy abound in successful promise. While a re' membrance of the vivid and appalling reality exhibited in the illustrations of Mr. I, Viiitehead's fiction already mentioned, particularly the " Dead Bird," the " Disco very of the Knife," and the " Death Scene," in de tragic tale of James Wilson, is to us an earnest of wha t he will achi e v e i n illustrating ILimlet, Othello, and Lear. Mr. Meadow's designs are well engraved by Orrin Smith—a young artist of great promise. It only remains for us to notice that the work is published 1 ° weekly numb ers a t t wopence , an d i n monthly parts .as.. ninepence ! Su re ly thi s i s ren d er i ng S ha k spere, all the accesso r i es th a t ar t can accomp li sh, access ibl e to the multitud e ! with PAST AND PRESENT STATE OF TIM D Ril itIA TIC ART. Such is the title of a pamphlet which has just mad': its appearance, an d i s appropr i ate l y enough address e"• to the " admirers of the cid English drama." Wh o th author may be, we know not, for there is no nante O ' the tale-page ; but be he who he may, he has no c ause' to be ashamed Of his work, for it is written throughou t in an easy, f am ili ar sty l e, an d w i th remarkable shrova ness and good h umour . Ab ove a ll , there i s an e vi den t relish for, and understanding of his subject, which lends emphasis and animation to all the author's remarks. Alluding cursorily to the lessees of the patent theatres, he says with much truth that their history (with some few honourable exceptions, and particularly Mr. ?lac' ready) is the history of a succession of improsid o4 i profligates, most o f w h ose careers commence w i t h nr pudent quackery, and conclude with insolvency and obscurity. Sometimes they quarrelled with the actors , sometimes with the Lord Chamberlain ; now they made the stage the organ of political faction, now of private slander ; at one time they appealed against a puppet show, at another were furious against fine music; and 'proved constant to nothing but their meanness, and want of suecess." CAROLINE BO WLES. We are'sure our readers will be highly gratified by the two fallowing extracts from the poetry of Caroline Bowles, now Mrs. Southey. They were published some three or four years ago, but time cannot destroy their beauty or their effect : ONCI ;:'ON A TIME. Sunny locks of brightest hue Once around my temples grew. Laugh not Lady I for 'tis true; Laugh not, lady ! for with thee Time may deal despitefully; Time if long he lead thee here, May subdui, that mirthful cheer; Round those laughing lips and eyes Time may write sad histories; Dczp indent that even brow, Change those lo c k s so sunny now, ns - dark and dull a shade, As on mine his touch bath laid. Lady ! yes, these locks of mine Clustcr'd once with golden shine, Temples, neck, and shoulders round, Richly gushing if unbound, If from band and bodkin free, Wellnigh downward to the knee. S:ime there were took fond delight, Sporting with those tresses bright, To enring with living gold Fingers, now beneath the mould Olio is me I) grown icy cold. One dear hand hath smoothed them too Since they lost the sunny hue, Since their bright abundance fell Under the destroying spell— One dear hand 1 the tenderest Ever nurse-child rock'd to rest, Ever wiped away its tears.--. Even those of later years. Froma cheek untimely hollow, Bitter drops that still may follow, Where's the hand will wipe away? Her's I kiss'd—(Ah 1 dismal day) Pale es on the shroud it lay. Then, methought, youth's latest gleam Departed from me like a dream__. Still, though lost their sunny tone, Glossy brown those tresses shone, Here and there, in wave and ring, Golden threads still glittering ; And (from band and bodkin free) Still they flowed luxuriantly. Careful dap, and wakeful nights, Early trercled on young delights. Then cf ills an endless train, Wasting langour, wearying pain, Fcv'rish thought that racks the brain, Crowding all on summer's prime, Made me old before my time. So a dull, unlevely hue O'er the sunny tresses grew, Thinu'd their rich abundance too, ' Not a thread of golden light In the sunshine glancing bright. Now again a shining streak 'Gins the dusky cloud to break ; Here and there a glittering thread Lights the ringlets dark and dead, — Glittering light I—but pale and cold,--• Glittering thread I—but not of geld. Silent warning silvery streak Not unheeded'dost thou speak. Not with feelings light and vain, Not with fond regretful pain, Look I on the token sent To declare the day far spent Dark and troubled bath it been—. Sore misused and yet between Gracious gleams of peace and grace Shining from a better place. ‘ F B :l h s i )g,t my Brighten —brighten, bt t : e h tebee burning rc ' ni b , c s shade s e l s z it o e d o of n tr i i o i d g g :h i nttd, ( 1 ;nio AGE i ß v 7 r i ; I : R t l4i Y v . I s t4 l l : i a it° r t k l°e l D e 'R o Ai n ‘N' eDr your way, O'er the yellow pebbles dancing, Through the flowers and foilage glancing, Like a ckild r:t play. River 1 River swelling River ! On you rush or rough and smooth— Louder, faster, brawling, leaping Over rocks, by rote-banks sweeping, Like imptuous youth. River I River 1 brimming River ! Bread arid deep and still as Time, Seeming still—yet still in motion, Tending onward to the ocean, - Just like mortal prime. River! River I rapid River I Swifter now you slip away; Swift end silent as an arrow, Through a channel dark and narrow, Like life's closing day. Rive; ! River ! headlong River I Down you dash into the sea 1 S.m, that tine bath never sounded, S 2, that voyage bath never rounded, Like eternity. There is at present living under one roof in S kin ' bur.iess, a farnily of ten per6ons—five of whom are named William, and the other five Mary.—Carlisle Journal.