The Sun. — London, England, 1839-07-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. NATIONAL CONVENTION. PROPOSED ULTERIOR MEASURES. On Saturday a numerous meeting of the members of the National Convention was held in Bolt-court, Fleet -street, with the view of taking into consideration the propriety of fixing on a day for the commence ment of the Sacred Month, or Month of Rest, which it had been resolved upon by large meetings of their constituents should be held, as one of the ulterior Chartist treasures. Mr. Osborne in the Chair. Mr. LOWREY rose to propose a resolution on the sub ject. He stated that the debate in the House of Com mons afforded a proof, if proof were wanting, that no thins, was to be expected from that House for the bene fit of the working classes. Lord John Russell had dared to declare that the working classes were insti gated to the course they were pursuing by persons who were actuated by mercenary motives.—(Marks of de cided disapprobation.) Lord John Russell, in making that declaration, brought against them a false charge. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was nothing less than a cool gratuitous villany.—(Cheers.) A more unfounded lie he (31r. Lowrey) never heard. There was no use in any longer petitioning the House of Commons. Belgium and America did not get their liberty until they took it, and the people of this country will never get their liberty until_they take it.—(Great ap plause.) With regard to the Sacred Month, during which it was proposed there should be a universal and entire cessation from labour among the working classes, the great point to be considered was the best day for corsmeneing it. He had travelled through Scotland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, and found that the Chartists in those parts of the country were of opinion that it should begin when the corn was ripe and the petatoes were in a condition to be due. He would therefore, in conformity with this opinion, propose the following resolution, namely,—" That the House of Commons having refused to g , ) into Committee on the prayer of the National Petition, it is vain to expect re dress from that House ; it is therefore the opinion of the National Cenvention that the people should work no longer rafter tae 112th of Aineest next, unless the power of voting for Members of ' Parliament to protect their labour is guaranteed to them." A MEMBER seconded the motion. Another member was speaking in support of the motion, when a message was communicated to the Convention that Mr. Attwood and Mr. Fielden wished to have an interview with a deputation from the Con vention on matters of great importance. A deputation were accordingly appointed to wait on the Hon. Gen tlemen at Mr. Fietden's -house in Panton-square, and during their absence the discussion of the question be fore the Convention was postponed till they should re- turn to the meeting. On their return they stated that on their introduction to the two Hon. Members they asked what the Chartists ought now to do ? Mr. Attwood's opinion was that they should ccntinue to petition the House of Commons.—(Laughter.) The Members of the House of Commons who spoke on the previous night had denied that the petition was the pe tition of the people, and therefore he thought they ought to get up petitions in all the parishes of England. The Hon. Gentleman had also said that the Chartists had injured their cause by the violent language made use of at some of their meetings. To the first point the depu tation replied that they would never petition again, as they found it was of no use. To the second point their answer was, that they as a body could not be held responsible for individual expressions. The Hon. Gen tlemen seemed themselves to be of opinion that nothing but the pressure from without would ever secure for the people their inalienable rights. At this stage of the proceedings an announcement was made that Mr. Croudy, the doorkeeper of the Con vention, had just been arrested by the police, and had been taken to Bow-street. The announcement pro. duced a great sensation i❑ the meeting, and two mem bers were forthwith appointed to proceed at once to Bow-street to ascertain on what charge their officer had been arrested. Just as they had taken up their hats, and were on the eve of their departure, the doorkeeper, supposed to be immured in some gloomy dungeon, made his appearance. It is impossible to convey any idea of the surprise which was felt at the circumstance. It turned out on an explanation of :he mysterious matter, that having been out en an errand, and coming through a narrow passage, he saw a policeman taking a boy's donkey and cart to the green yard, and seeing the boy in great distress, he told the policeman that he should let the donkey and its appendage go, and content himself with taking the number of the vehicle. On this, he himself was taken into custody on a charge of obstruct ing the police in the execution of their duty. On reach ing the station-house, however, and stating the circum stances, and also who he was, the inspector said that as he (the doorkeeper) was a respectable man—(Loud laughter)—he would let him go. A letter was then read from Dr. Taylor, stating that the organization of the Chartists for the approach ing Sacred Month was going on in the manufacturing districts like a house on fire. The debate on the National Sacrel Month was then resumed. Mr. DEEGAN thought the Convention should be very careful that they fixed the proper day for commencing the universal cessation from labour. They should remember that some Radical husbands had Radical wives, who would compel their husbands to work for their Rldical children. Some of the previous speakers recommended them to wait till the potatoes were ripe. He c3neurrt,d in the propriety of that step, for he was very partial to potatoes ; he was particularly fond of that root. Mr. Mont said that the question before the meeting was a ♦ery important one. A Sacred Month, with an entire and general cessation from work, would be no thing more nor less than the beginning of a revolution —(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Unless they took special care to have a proper organization throughout the country previous to its commencement, they would fail in their object. The thing must be general, otherwise they might pull down the houses of those opposed to thorn, and sacrifice many lives, and yet not succeed in obtaining their rights. He thought they ought to deliberate long and seriously en such a subject ; he thought they should devote the whole of next weck to the consideration of so moment- ous a matter. The speaker then proceeded to de nounce the national debt and funded property. As at present paid, the national debt was an infamous legal robbery of the worting classes, and his (Mr. Moir's) constituents were dctermined to stop the payment of it as soon as they possibly can (Hear, hear,) —and then let the landholders and fundholdcrs settle the matter among tlicteselves as they best may.—(Laughter.) A MEMBER of the Convention moved, as an amend ment to the motion, that the Sacred Month commence on the 2.2 d of the present month. The discussion of the question was adjourned till this day. _ _ _ After sever:l letters from members of the Convention in the country had been read, the Convention adjourned. Ti CiiARTIS TS. --.~,.-. MEETING IN NEWCASTLE. Considerable excitement has this week been created in this town and neighbeurhood, in consequence of the arrtst of several of the Chartist leaders at Birmingham, and of Mr. Harney, at Bedlington. Several meetings have been held in cons(quence, and others talked of; all, however, have hitherto gone off peaceably, and the Magistrates have not deemed it necessary to interfere, but we understand every precaution has been taken to guard against any breach of the peace. We trust, however, that they will prove to be unnecessary, and indeed our confidence in the good feeling of the inhabi tants of this district will not allow us to entertain any fears upon the subject: Ia the mean time all sorts of rumours are in circulation, amnngst which it is stated that a general " strik e " f rom work is to take place next week, and it is also said that the manufacture of pikes has been active this week at Wiolaton, where they have been selling at Is. 6d. each. To what extent these reports may b© well founded we are unable to say, but as it generally happens in such cases, they are most likely, at any rate, greatly exaggerated. It is certain, however, that the works at several collerics in this neighbourhood were suspended in the beginning of the week, and some still continue so, though at others business has been resumed."—New castle Chronicle. A private letter from Newcastle was received . in town yesterday, whi c h represents the town as being in a most alarming state of e xc i tement. It is said that immense ; crowds have asse m bl e d every night for some nights that the colliers have to a man refused to work ; that there is a complete stagnatio n of business in the place ; that all the working men are providing themselves with pikes, muskets, daggers, and other arms ; that all the operatives generally are meditating a general strike ; and that the state of alarm which fills the minds of the more respectable classes defies description. The writer adds that Sunderland is in an equally alarming cond:- tion, as are also the adjoining villages.--Observer. MANCHESTER. Large placards appeared on the walls yesterday ' headed " General Convention," and addressed to " t h e People of England."' To this placard are appended the names of twenty-seven members only of the " General Convention," and these men urge " the people to run upon the savings and all other banks ; to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors, and other exciseable commodities; to resort to exclusive dealing, and to ex ercise their ancient constitutional right to provide them selves with the arms of freemen. It also announces, that "immediately after the 12th instant, when we ex pect a division of the House of Commons on the Na tional Petition, we shall proceed to name the day when the Sacred Month will commence," unless such mea surEs as they seek shall be previously conceded. A . t the foot o f t h e bi ll conta i n i ng t h ese ex h o rtations, notice is given to the Radical Reformers of Manches ter and its vicinity, that a public meeting will be held in Stevenson's-square, on Saturday evening, July 13, 1839, at six o'clock, to take into consideration the pre sent state of the country—to supplrt th e People s Peti tion—and " to recommend her Majesty to dismiss her present base, bloody, and brutal advisers. Let every man be at his post. By permission of the borough reeve and constables." The boroughreeve and consta bles have, however, issued bills in which they express their astonishment at this announcement ; and we are also desired by them to state, that this is (as we are sure the public will readily believe) an entirely unautho rised use of their names ; and they add, that the only possible pretence for the announcement is, that a depu tion was informed, that, if the parties attending the meeting were peaceable, they would not be molested ; and that officers would be on the ground to prevent disturbance.—Manchester Guardian. STATE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL PAVING OF OXFORD-STREET. On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry—Mr. A. DANIELL in the Chair, — Mr. Ex• Sheriff SALOMONS said he had to call the attention of the Vestry to a subject which he conceived was of importance to the public at large, but more par ticularly to the scientific portio❑ of the community. He had read in the country papers paragraphs, from time to time, announcing the state of the experimental paving of Oxford -street, and describing the failures of the va rious plans. Amongst them, on a late occasion, it was asserted that the wooden blocks had also given way, and turned out to be a failure. Under these circumstances, as he thought it would be proper to set the public right upon the matter, he wished for an explanation from the Vestry if such was the case, and whether the Com mittee had made any report upon the subject, as he thought it was hardly fair that such statements should be put forth before the various designs had been fairly tested. The CHAIRMAN suggested that the Surveyor should be called in to give any explanation upon the subject, as the Committee had as yet made no report respecting it. Mr. Seaice, the Surveyor, having been called in, Mr. SALOMONS inquired whether there was any decay or inequality on that portion of the paving of Oxford street composed of the wooden blocks? Mr. SCAICE said, there was not the least symptoms of decay that he was aware of ; in fact, there was no sensible alteration to indicate its failure ; it, however, would at times become more rough than others, in con sequence of the change of the weather. Mr. KENSETT said, it would be unfair to let this exparte statemeut go forth to the world without letting the public know in what condition the other experi ments were in. He would, therefore, put the question to the surveyor as to their condition. Mr. SCAICE replied that the specimens remaining, which were the Gaujac bitumen, Claridge's asphalte, and the Val de Travers, were in equal preservation to the wood, and had exhibited as little symptoms of decay. Mr. HOPE inquired to know how long the wooden pavement had been down in the road? Mr. SCAICE—Nearly seven months. Mr. SALOMONS was about to move that the Com mittee be ordered to make a special report forthwith, but being informed that the whole of the experimental portion of the specimens were ordered already to be taken into consideration upon the Report of the Paring Committee in August, he waived the motion, and the subject dropped. _ _ LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S PAROCHIAL AS. SESSMENT BILL. A report and petition, complaining of the tendency of the Bill now before Parliament for the better regula tion of assessmennts and collection of rates, was brought up and presented to the Vestry by Mr. G. A. Young, and, after a long discussion, was received and adopted ; and the petition praying for the rejection of the mea sure having also been carried, it was ordered to be placed in the hands of Lord Kenyon for presentation to the Lords, and Sir B. Hall to the Commons, and that Lord Teignmouth be requested to support it. The Vestry then broke up. THE STEAM SHIP. The application of steam to the purpose of propelling vessels through the water was suggested by Jonathan Hulls a hundred years ago, and the grand experiment which proved successful was made by Fulton in 1807, on the Hudson river, but it appears from a publication, en titled " Notes on the Western States, by James Hall," that John Fitch, a native of Philadelphia, had the merit of carrying Hulls' suggestions first into effect. In 1785," the writer states, " John Fitch, a watch maker, in Philadelphia, conceived the design of propelling a boat by steam. He was beth poor and illiterate, and many difficulties occurred to frustrate every attempt which he made to try the practicability of his invention. He ap plied to Congress for assistance, but was refused ; and then offsred his invention to the Spanish Government, to be used in the navigation of the Mississippi, but without any better success. At length a Company was formed, and funds subscribed for the building of a steam-boat, and in the year 1788, his vessel was launched on the Delaware. Many crowded to see and ridicule the novel, and, as they supposed, the chimerical experiment. It seemed that the idea of wheels had not occurred to Mr. Fitch ; but instead of them, oars were used, which worked in frames. He was confident of success; and when the boat was ready for the trial, she started off in good style for Burlington. Those who had sneered began to stare, and they who had smiled in deris sion, looked grave. Away went the boat, and the happy inventor triumphed over the scepticism of an unbeliev ing public. The boat performed her trip to Burlington, a distance of twenty miles : but unfortunately burst her boiler in rounding to the wharf at that place, and the next tide floated her back to the city. Fitch per severed, and with great difficulty procured another boiler. After some time, the boat performed another trip to Burlington and Trenton, and returned in the same day. She is said to have moved at the rate of eight miles an hour; but something was continually breaking, and the unhappy projector only conquered one difficulty to encounter another. Perhaps this was not owing to any defect in his plans, but to the low state of the arts at that time, and the difficulty of getting such complex machinery made with proper exactness. Fitch became embarrassed with debt, and was obliged to aban don the invention, after having satisfied himself of its prac ticability. This ingenious man, who was probably the first inventor of the steam-boat, wrote three volumes, which he deposited in manuscript, sealed up, in the Philadelphia iibrary, to be opened thirty years after his death. When, or why, he came to the west we have not learned ; but it is recorded of him, that he died and was buried near the Ohio. His three volumes were sned about five years ago, and were found to contain his speculations on mechanics. He details his embarrassments and disappointments, with a feeling which shows how ar dently he desired success, and which wins for him the sym pa:hy of those who have heart enough to mourn over the blighted prospects of genius. He confidently predicts the future seccess of the plan, which, in his hands, failed only for the want of pecuniary means. He prophesies that in less than a century we shall see our west rn rivers swarm ing with steam-boats ; and expresses a wish to be buried on the shores of the Ohio, where the song of the boatman may eril:ven the stillness of his resting place, and the music of the steam-eegine soothe his spirit. What an idea ! Yet how naturel to the mind of an ardent projector, whose whole life had been devoted to one darling object, which it cuss not his destiny to accomplish I And how touching is the sentiment found in one of his journals :—" The day will come when some more powerful man, will get fame and riches from my invention ; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.' " COMPLAINTS AGAINST PERSONS ACTING AS BROKERS WITHOUT BEING LICENSED. Ou Saturday the Lord Mayor presided at the Guildhall luring an investigation, cariied on within closed doors, into the important subject of the illegal conduct of great numbers of persons in acting as brokers without being licensed. Aldermen Pirie, Kelly, 'White. and Sir Chapman Marshal, were on the Committee, and we were given to understand that Mr. Cheesewright, the Collector of Brokers' rents, gave a great deal of infor mation as to the existing practice of violating the law ; the consequence of which has been that numbers of in dividuals have been plundered of their property. The LORD MAYOR suggested the propriety of going at once against the transgressors of the law in the most determined manner, for which purpose the Town Clerk was ordered to advertise and to post bills offering a re ward of fifty pounds to any person who should give such information against any party as should lead to conviction. The City Solicitor also received directions to prosecute in every case of the kind. We believe that three or four eases have been already selected. It was stated that there were about 500 practising as brokers without being licensed. V lOLATION Or THE METROBOLITAN STAGE CAR RIAGE . ACT. --Wm. Geor ge C o l e , t h e propr i etor o f five opmbus:s, was summoned by Mr. Whithair, the superintendent of the City Police, for having neglected to cause to be affixed upon one of his " busses," in man ner directed by the Act of Parliament, a plate with the words " Metropolitan stage carriage" upon it. The superintendent stated that it was important to have a decision upon that and another question relating to Metropolitan stage carriages, in order to prevent the defendant from setting the authorities at defiance, and leading others by an example which they were hut too willing to follow. The defendant pleaded guilty to this offence. The superintendent then charged the same defendant with having violated the same Act, by hav ing neg l ecte d to cause to b e painted or affixed in a conspicuou s man ner upon th e ou t s ide of the said carriage, the numb er of the S tamp - o ffi ce p l ate re l a t i ng to it, and the number of p assengers which it was li cense d t o carry in thein side and on the outside. The LORD MAYOR—What have you to say to this charge ? Defendant—l did not know it was necessary, and I have given orders to put up the plate. The LORD MA 1 0R—You did know that it was necessary. I some t i me ago dismissed a summons against you for a similar offence on account of inform ality, and you ace just setting us at defiance, and are perfectly aware that you ought to have the plate. The case was proved in the most complete manner, and the defendant was fined in the penalty of 20s. and 10s. costs. The Committee directed the superintendent to give instructions to his officers to summon all who should violate the Act. Mr. Withair stated that he had given orders to that effect. THE GLASGOW CHARTISTS. On Tuesday evening a meeting of the Universal Suffrage Association of this city was held in the Lyceum, for the dis charge, as the bills announced, of " very important business." The chair was taken by a Mr. Cullen ; the Secretary proceeded to read a bunch of the despatches received in the course of the last few days from Mr. Moir, dated Birmingham and London, giving an account of the proceedings in the Convention, and a detail, in Mr. Moir's own way, of the disturbances which took place at the end of last week. The communications from Mr. loir were followed by a letter from Dr. John Taylor, in which he narrated the circumstances connectertwith his arrest. After his examination he had been chained by the ancle to an other Chartist—was then handed into a carriage, and, sur rounded by " dragoons, riflemen, London police, mayor, and magistrates in glorious array," was driven off to Warwick gaol. This part of the narration was given in a lively and animated spirit, but what followed was most lugubriously worded; and, from the tone in which it was read by the Secretary, are might suppose the passage marked in italics :—" Judge of the infamy with which I was treated, when I tell you that my hair was cut of ; and, in other respects, I have been treated like a felon." The Doctor went on to state the necessity of preparation for a renewed struggle at no distant day, and proceeded as follows:—" Arm. then, arm at once, arm quickly, but effectively, and be ready to defend your town from the lawless tyranny of Government." After stating that his trial comes on on the 27th, when he would plead for himself, and that it was reported forty more warrants had been issued, he concluded thus :—" Be ready, be cautious, but determine, till the 15th, when the day for the sacred month shall be fixed ; again, I say, arm ! arm ! arm !"—( Great cheer ing.) A letter was next read from Peter Bussey, also a member of the Convention, who detailed some circumstances connected with the riot in Birmingham, and mentioned that the only offence of which Dr. John Taylor had been guilty, was saving the lives of two policemen, whom the people were fast putting out of existence, and endeavouring to quell the tumult. The documents referred to above having been read, together with an account of the arrest of Collins and Lovett, from The Sun Newspaper, the Association proceeded to deli berate on the course now to be adopted. It was eventually agreed that an out-door meeting of the citizens should be called for this evening (Thursday), to mark their sense of the doings at Birmingham, and that with this meeting should originate some plan for calling together delegates from all parts of Scot land. Mr. Mackay, however, proposed a resolution as the senti ment of the present meeting on the subject. In doing so, he de nounced the " moral force" Chartists, observing that they would have got their rights much sooner, if they had not been de• luded by those men who said they would get them peaceably. He was convinced they would never get their rights peaceably, or by moral means. Mr. Mackay, after stating , that he had been stung to the quick by the accounts of the barbarous usage which the men of Birmingham had received, moved a resolu tion to the following effect :—That the meeting having heard the various statements relative to the base, bloody, and brutal attack on the people at Birmingham while peaceably assem bled in the Bull Ring, by a b an d o f police ruffians from London, headed by Magistrates who were traitors to the people's cause, they hereby registered their opinion that they could not separate with out expressing their indignation at conduct which stamped with odium those who took part in this base, brutal, and bloody drama. The Chairman, and several members of the Association, re probated the language of this resolution as being too strong. Ultimately Mr. Mackay agreed to leave the wording of the re solution in the hands of the Committee, on their undertaking that its spirit should be sustained. At this stage, Mr. Ross, the Treasurer, said he thought a better course still might be fol lowed, and he proposed that an address be sent to the Queen, praying her to issue warrants for the apprehension of the Ma gistrates of Brunintagum for a breach of the peace and mur der, and that they should be b roug ht f or tr i a l b e f ore a hi g h er tribunal, there to be punished, —ay, and to have the hair cut out of their heads to the bargain. This preposition was favour ably received, and it was resolved that the Directors be recom mended to bring it before the public meeting to be held this evening. The meeting then separated. NEW CHARTIST PRIEST.—The Chartists of Paisley, who never do anything by halves, have begun to act promptly on the hint thrown out by Mr. Moir, High Priest of the new Chartist religion. They have instituted worship on Sundays in the open air. On Sabbath week one of their number, a Mr. Osborne, conducted the first of their services, in one of the suburban streets of Paisley, praying and singing psalms, and reading one of the published sermons of the Rev. Joseph Stephens.— Glasgow Argus. ILLEGAL PROCESSIONS, &c . (IRELAND.) We see in the Irish papers (from which we subjoin some extracts) some inconsiderable exceptions to the peace which generally prevailed throughout Ireland on the Ist of July. In the vicinity of Downpatrick, on the evening of the Ist, the firing of guns, commingled with cheers, was heard in the vicinity of the town, and a bonfire blazed or. the adja cent hill. At Killileagh also a flag was hoisted on the market-house, and a body of Orangemen marched through the streets with music. After firing a feu de joie they dis persed quietly to their homes. - Seven lodges of Orangemen celebrated the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, in Macosquin, county Derry, on Monday last, in their lodge-room. They passed a re. solution not to walk in procession on the 12th. The Ist of July was observed throughout the different towns of this county by the Orangemen dining together at their respective lodge-rooms. Preparations are making on an extensive scale for the celebration of the 12th ; no public procession will take place, but in many towns the brethren will attend divine service, and spend the remainder of the day in their lodges, where they will dine.—.Newry Examiner. On the right of the Ist July, the Orangemen mustered in considerable force in the parish of Dnnaghisnaore, near Newry. They had music and fire-arms, and they played their customary offensive tunes, and indulged in their cus tomary abominable vociferations. The house of a man named Haughey appeared to be the particular object of their hostility. They fired various shots against it, and one fellow discharged his gun in Mrs. Haughey's face, but hap pily without doing her any mischief. We are informed that the Orangemen of this district are preparing to make a demonstration on the coming twelfth, and that they have already been collecting subscriptions in order to get up a sham-fight. It behoves the local authorities to look about them.— Ibid. Notwithstanding the proclamation of the Lord•Lieute. nant, the Orangemen of Killileagh determined to violate the law. After placing a flag on the market-house, they marched in procession through the town, accompanied by flags and music. Some of them bore fire-arms, which they discharged occasionally. In the neighbourhood of Down patrick bonfires blazed on the hills in several directions, and ever and anon the yells of those who were present, and the report of fire-arms, rose above the sounds of the fife and drum which were practising, so as to be in rea diness for the coming twelfth. A gentleman, who Passed through Dromore on Monday, in the morning and in the evening, has just informed us that on both occasions he saw a purple and orange flag dis played from the church steeple We had hoped that we were to have no Orange demonstrations this year, seeing that the Lord Lieutenant intends to give Ulster a fair trial —a locus penitentice—without sending any additional troops among us.—. Northern Whig. The Northern Star, the principal organ of the Chartists, speaking of what is characterised in that paper as the " Government attack and noble self-defence of the people of Birmingham," declares that " the Govern. ment of this country arc determined to excite the people to resistance; resistance that must be effectual, if undertaken by men, firm in purpose, determined in courage, and, above all, united in forces. They have begun the fight, and on their heads be all the blood which may be shed. They have drawn the sword, we will throw away the scabbard. What madness can instigate them to act thus ? . . . . The most sacred popular rights have been invaded in every manner. Customs, laws, privileges, have been trampled upon too long, and the oppressed are determined to stop these invasions before they grow beyond cure." The language here employed is corroborative of the comments that we have frequently felt it our duty to make in connexion with the danger of a finality doctrine, a stand-still policy, and an injudicious craven courie of action, compromising the most important interests in the country. THE LATE DREADFUL FIRE AT COLLUMP TON.—FURTHER PARTICULARS.—We understand it has been ascertained that 145 dwelling-houses are burnt to the ground, and in addition to that number, including out houses, barns, &c., upwards of 170 buildings have been totally destroyed. It is impossible to calculate the amount of loss; when it is considered that, not only the buildings, but also a great deal of the furniture and stock in trade in them must have been burnt, scarcely 1001. for each build ing will be sufficient to cover it, and th 4 will make a total loss of somewhere about 15,0001. We fear, however, it will be found to be much greater. W.l arc informed that the respectable inhabitants in the town vied with each other in their exertions to save the furniture of the poor from their burning cottages, many of whom were in a state of most deplorable distress and anguish. It is truly fortu nate that this awful calamity did not occur in the night, or the loss of life might have great. Business is quite at a stand-still in the town, and the scne of clesoletion is truly distressing, no object presenting itself to the eye in every direction but blackened rafters, dismantled buildings, and ruins still smoking.— Western Luminary. ANTI-TOBACCO SOCIETY.-- - A Society under this title has been establi3Led at Neweastic-upon-Tyne. Its members are, we suppose, those who cannot enjoy the " weed." A meeting was held on Tuesday evening, to found the society, when the followi ng resolutions and pledge were adopted :—" That the use of tobacco, being ultimately associated with the causes and practices of intemperance, as well as being a source of drunkenness in itself, this meeting, deploring the evil results arising from the common use of this and other narcotic drugs, approves of the formation of a society to counteract those effects. That it be called the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Anti-Tobacco Society, having for its object to point out the physical and moral evils resulting from the use of this and other narcotic drugs, as opium, &c., but, mere espe cially, that by an example of abstinence, it may be the means of inducing those who are habitual users to abstain. That the pledge be—' We agree to abstain from tobacco, snuff, cigars, and opium. We will not traffic in them, nor will we provide them as an article of entertainment; and we will, in all suitable ways, discountenance their use throughout the country." It is a well known fact in natural history, that in large lakes and rivers where swans abound, the parent birds at the end of fifteen or eighteen months drive cff the larger Cygnets, and compel them to seek for new abodes. A beautiful pair of such youthful emigrants lately estab lished themselves on the splendid lake at Stamford Court, in Worcestershire, the seat of Sir Thomas Winnington, Baronet. These birds appear about two years old, still retaining a portion of yellow down on the neck and body, and are so reconciled to the new situation they have chosen, that they approach the margin of the lake with much confidence and speed onfoi signal from the gardener, who has received orders to feed and attend to them. THE NEW MARRIAGE ACT AND THE NEW Pooh- LAIN , COMMISSION.-In compliance with the provi sions of the N.'w Marriage Act, a notice of the intended marriage of Mr. Edwin Chadwick, the Secretary to the Poor-law Commissioners for England and Wales, was on Thursday read, among other similar notifications, at the usual weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Kensington Union. From the notice it appears that the ceremony is to be performed at a Unitarian Chapel in Manchester, where the bride elect at present resides, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, it LONDON GAZETTE-FRIDAY DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Field, varnish-manufacturer, Plummer's-row, White chapel, August 2, at half-past twelve—J. Rice, saddler, Wodd bridge, Suffolk, August 2, at half-past one—W. Mason, axle ' tree-maker, Margaret-street. Cavendish-square, at half-past eleven—J. R. Stringer, wholesale clothier, Hou n d s ditch, Lon don, August 5, at half-past one—J. Wicks, warehouseman, Basinghall-stroet, London, August 5, at t we l ve —ll. Perkins, ironmonger, Lisson-grove North, Middlesex, August 5, at half past twelve. In the Country. J. Chalk, timber dealer, Brighton, August 20, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Brighton—J. Cunnington, sen., and J. Cun nington, jun., ironmongers, Spalding, Li nco l ns hi re , A u gust 3, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Spalding—E. Clarke, buil der, Leamington-priors, Warwickshire, August 8, at two, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington-priors —B. Spearman,gro cer, Birmingham, July 23, at two, at the New loyal Hotel, Birmingham—J. B. Carruthers, bookseller, Bristol, August 7, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES. 7 -AunusT 2. A. Miller, carver and gilder, Thayer-street, Manchester• square—W. Dawes, bookseller, Tavistock-street, Covent-gar. den—T. B. Carruthers, wholesale cheesemonger, Dowgate. hill, London PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. Ingram and G. Bush, jun., sugar-brokers—D. Clarke and A. Wardley, grocers, Islington —E. Ford and G. Green, brewers, Fulham—R. Marren and R. Stent, wool staplers, Bermondsey-street—J. Amsden and .1. Clark, sur geons—J. Man and E. H. Lenthall, wine-merchants, Strand —B. and C. T. Bowring, merchants, Liverpool--W. Rawson and G. Shelton, hosiers, Manchester—W. and A. Tate, bakers, Drury-lane—C. Child and H. R. Mortimer, underwriters Lon don—J. Braby, J. Braby, jun., and J. Braby, wheelwrights, Lambeth (as far as regards J. Braby, sen.)—W. Fielden, J. Entwisle, and W. Townley, sen., merchants, City—W. Fiel den, J. Entwisle, W. Townley, sen., and W. Townley, jun., merchants, Hamburg—T. C. Kempson and B. Shipway, sta tioners, Birmingham—W. Forrester and J. Agnew, brush ma nufacturers, Paisley. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN KING and CO., silk-mercers, Glasgow, July 17, and August 1, at twelve, at the Black Ball Hotel,- Glasgow. JOHN CRAIG, manufacturer, Leith, July 17, and August 2, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. STATIITICS OF THE LONDON AND BIR NIINCHIA3I RAlLWAY.—Thirteen miles of the Railway are laid level—fifty- two at an inclination varying from one foot to fourteen feet in a mile--and forty-seven at incli nations varying between fourteen and sixteen feet per mile. The greate;t difference of level between any two parts of the line is three hundred and eight feet; the gradients change forty-four miles. The longest continued length of level rails is about four miles ; the greatest extent of any gradient is seven miles and a half; but there is an in clination in one direction, varying from one gradient to another, measuring fourteen miles. From London to Bir mingham fifty-five miles ascend, forty-four descend, and thirteen are level. The land occupied by the railway and stations may be estimated at nearly two thousand acres. On Wednesday last a negro was " Lynched" by riding the rail, and receiving thirty-nine lashes for mar rying- a white woman, at Hagersburg. On the same night, an actor, named Lowe, while performing with Madame Celeste, at Louisville, in the French Spy, accidentally stabbed himself with a bayonet, and died in a few minutes on the stage.—Philadelphia Letter in the Chronicle. Our town was visited on Sunday by a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by hail and rain. The hail was very heavy, and did great damage. The fine range of hot- houses and pine and melon pits in the Arundel Castle Gardens, suffered severely, upwards of 5.000 squares being broken. The hail-stones were of an unusually large size, and extremely rugged.—Brighton Guardian. CHURCH RATES AND LAW EXPENSES.—In the Insolvent Debtors' Court yesterday the case of an insolvent named John Michael Dill was mentioned. He bad lived at B,th, and refused to pay a Church -rate of 93. 4d. The Churchwarden of St. Michaels sued him for the amount, and in obtaining judgment had been put to 781. expenses. He then came to London, and was taken on a small debt. It was alleged that the execution was a friendly one, and the detaining creditor was required to attend. Yesterday was appointed for the purpose, but neither the debtor nor the creditor appeared. The former was gone out of custody, which Mr. Cooke, who appear e d for the churchwardens, said he expected would happ en . The man had been in prison some months, and took no be nefit. The case was struck out of the list. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A very lamentable ac cident occurred on the farm of Mr. Wells at the top of the Hanley-road, Hornsey, on Thursday evening. A number of labourers in the employ of Mr. Wells were stacking some new bay, and five of them were engaged on a stack, which was nearly completed, when some ladies and gentlemen casually coming up to the spot, these men set up a cheer, the meaning of which was that they wished to have somethin g given the m to drink. The sudden shout of the men startled the horses in a hay cart standing close to the foot of the ladder, which it ran against and broke, and threw all the men to the ground. One was injured in the head so severely that he has been speechless ever since, and two others received such injuries of the spine as to render them unable to stand. The three men were removed without delay in a cart to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, where they now lie in a very precarious condition. SHEEP STEALlNG.—Everywhere we find evi dence condemnatory of the Corn-laws. Even at this sea son of the year, when agricultural labourers' earnings are comparatively ample, sheep-stealing, we see by the country papers, prevails to an alarming extent. Were the devil himself a law-maker, it is natural enough to suppose that that personage would enact just such a criminal code fur limiting the supply of food, and increasing the commission of crime, as our blindly avaricious landowners so perti naciously stick to under the title of Corn-laws. THE CARRINGTON MURDER.--It will be re collected by the inhabitants of Ncttingham, that a most dreadful murder was committed at Carrington, about three years since. The murder was perpetrated on Sunday, Oct. the 9th. 1836, on the body of the unfortunate William Renshaw, by being mortally stabbed. The horrid deed was committed by William Terry, alias Bustler, of Day brook, near Nottingham, who, it will be also recollected, made his escape over a hedge six feet high, and eluded being captured by the constables. Aithough the indefatigable exertions of the police and civil authorities to trace out the offender, proved abortive for nearly three years, notwithstanding a large reward has been ad vertised for his immediate apprehension, he was taken into custody on Tuesday last, by the constables of Litton, near Tideswell, in the following singular manner. It appears that Terry had been drinking in a beer -shop with some of the frame-work knitters of the place, and excavators employed on the Midland Counties Railway. Some of them getting very much intoxicated, a quarrel took place. Terry offended one of the railroad men, and a scuffle cnsused. Terry's name was mentioned in conversa tion, and he was immediately identified and acknow • ledged to be the murderer of the unfortunate Renshaw. The news soon spread about that it was Terry. The constable o f th e parish and the surrounding neigh bourhood soon g o t th e sc ent, and they i mmediately went to the beer-sh op , an d a f ter a short r esistance he was cap tured, ironed, an d conveye d to he ; fron t t h ence b y t h e railway to N o tti ng h am; w here stands committed on the coroner's warrant to the county goal for trial at the ensuing assizes, w Lich c ommence on the 18th i nst. Terry was a dreaded char ac t er i n t h e ne ighbourh oo d i n which he re sided.—Nottingham H era ld. RIOTS IN B OLOGN A.—A B o l ogna correspon dent, writing on th e 2d inst., states th at i n consequence of the disputes whi c h h av e recently oc curre d there between the inhabitants and th e Swiss garrison, t h e Penal Govern merit has decided o n re -establishing the corps of Pontifical a volu'lt f e er o s r I c o a ,A le o d o uniforms t h e Centurions, d n arms for that p urpose. and has a l rea d y con tractedMlSS MARTINEAU HOAXED SY THE YAN KEEs._When I was at Boston a gentl eman of my ac quaintance brought me Miss Martineau's work, and was ex cessively delighted when he pointed out to me two pages of fallacies, which he had told her vtith a grave face, and which she had duly recorded end printed.— apt. Mar ryatt'.l Diary in America."—[ A very gentlemanly ac quaintance, indeed ] THE W OOLWICH MURDER:— The police force have come forward to aid the subscription now makin , on behalf of the widow and family of the late un f or t una t e 73er geant Major Shepherd. The force have succeeded in col- le: ring up wards of 501., and are still using great exertions to raise the amount to a more considerable sum. This conduct on the part of the police force cannot fail to heighten that feeling of harmony which has hitherto ex isted between them and the military. TIrE BIGOTS.—The enemies of religious free dom are active in proportion to their illiberality. Ad dresses, we hear, are about being manufactured in several places, thanking the Archbishop of Canterbury for the part be has played, and for his attempt to prevent the dif fusion of knowledge amongst the ignorant and uneducated. —.-. -•-• EPPING WOOL FAlR.—This fair took place on Friday last, and the result must be gratifying to the gentlemen who have taken an active part in its establish scent. The atte n d ance o f t h e gentry an d f armers was larger than at th e l ast f a i r, and the buyers present were Messrs. Elkington, Ch ap li n, Ha l e, B e ll , O rem, M eredith, and Archer. The average price for ewes was 151 d., and for togs 180. ; 4.900 fleeces were disposed of in the course of the day, though but little business was done before the dinner. RAILWAY EXPRESSES.-011 Friday last we were enabled (in consequence of the dispatch eIF cted in the transmission of the information by railway), to give, in a second edition of the Chelmsford Chronicle, published that evening, an account of proceedings relative to the Chartists, which took place at half-past eight o'clock in the morning of the same day at Birmingham, a distance of upwards of 140 miles,—Chelmsford Chronicle. An alarming incident, the result of which might have been the destruction of great part of Shrewsbury, occurred in the Castl e F oregate last week. A great quasi tity of gunpowder was brought up the canal from Lanca shire (destined chiefly, we'believe, for the lead-mines in our vicinity), and landed at Messrs. Tilston's wharf, near the Gas Works. Whilst the waggon which was to convey the powder from the wharf was being baded, a chimney in the neighbourhood tcok fire, and the burning soot falling on one of the canvass wrappers in which barrels of gunpowder are usually en closed, set it on fire, and it began to burn fiercely. The workmen around immediately ran off, all save one brave sfromtohne th e barrel, and throwing th e fellow, the waggoner, who see i ng t h e i mm i nence o f t h e danger, r pile of gunpowder, o barrel itself into the canal, r escue d t h e town , or great part tore the i courageously burningca canvas s va s l eaped of it, from becoming a heap of ruins, there being nearly a ton of gunpowder on the waggon when the wrapper took fire !—Shrewsbury Chronicle. I On Sunday, the 23d ult., the brig William and Jane, of Yarmouth, coal laden, put into the port of Scar. borough, for the purpose of leaving on shore the mate, who was in a dangerous state of health, supposed to have ori g inated in consequen ce o f h aving put on a d amp shirt r a short time previously. W e regret to add that he died en the 26th. —Hull Observer. Y 15, 1839. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO CSE. EXTENSIVE PLUNDER OF A WAREDOUSE.— ThOMGIS Cole gate, 11 , ithers Colegate, his brother, and Joseph Robinson, and another person, were brought before the Lord Mayor by policeman Parish (No. 45), and policeman (No. 2), charged under the following circumstances:— Mr. Hodgson, of No. 92, Watling -street, merchant, stated that Thomas Colegate and Joseph Robinson were in his employment, as warehousemen, and in consequence of information which he had received from one of the partners of the hewe he caused them to be apprehended. Upon telling them he had been assured that they had taken goods from the house without having entered them in the book, they confessed that they had stolen a great quantity, and they gave him a I)ng, list of goods which they acknow ledged they had stolen from the warehouse. He ascer tained that Thomas Culegate and Robinson had a partner ship concern in a tally-shop, kept by the prisoner whose name was not mentioned, and who was waiter at a public house. He Irid every reason to believe that the tally-shop had been supplied with goods stolen from the warehouse since the year 1837, and that he had been robbed to an enormous extent. Besides the goods produced in the justice-room, there was at the station-house a large cart load. Mr. Bozon and Mr. Wontner attended for the prisoners, and asked whether the complainant had not held out a pro mise to Thomas Colegate and Robinson, provided they would confess ? Mr. Hodgson—l told them it might be Letter for them if they would tell everything. Mr. BOZON-Have they not been in the habit of pur chasing goods from you ? Mr. Hodgsop.--Whenever they wanted an)thing for themselves and families they had li berty to take them at first cost, and they occasionally had a piece of goods, but not at all to any extent. James Stevens, porter to Mr. Hodgson, stated that en abe 7th of June, thirty yards of cotton cord were cut off by bins by order of Mr. Thus. Colegate, and taken to the house of a tailor. Witness, upon looking at the day-book, found that there was no entry of the goods. On June 4th, Mr. Robinson took a piece of calico and a piece of lawn, and directed witness to take them to a house in Newgate Market. These articles were not entered in the day-book. Parish, the policeman, produced a quantity of goods which he said ha found at Colegate's house. While be was at tile house the prisoner who was waiter at the public house entered, having heard that Colegate and Robinson were in custody, and said that he was a partner in the property on the premises, and that ho had advanced the money for the purchase of the goods. Withers Colegate (a mere lad) had been apprehended because he had taken to the house of the tailor alluded to some of the goods be lieved to have been sto!en. The employer of the waiter here stepped forward and said that the prisoner was as trustworthy a man as any lie bad ever me: with, and that he was ready to bail him to any amount. The LORD MAYOR immediately consented to take the bail. Policeman No. 2 stated that he was present when Mr. Hodgßm charged Thomas Colegate and Robinson with having robbed him. Robinson immediately wrote down a list of the goods he admitted he had stolen. Mr. Hodg son, in addressing Thomas Colegate, said, "Thomas, I am ashamed of w hat you have done. You ought to have been the last person to have robbed me. If you were in diffi culty, and wanted 101 or 201, I would have lent it to you sooner than 3ou should r o b me ." Th omas C o l egate t h en took a book out of his pocket and made out a list, and handed it to Mr. Hodgson. The three prisoners, Thomas Colegate, Withers Cole gate, and Joseph Robinson, were then remanded. GUILDIIALL. Mr. Strange, the bookseller in Paternoster-row, attended to answer the complaint of Lawrence Turner, of Red Lion Wharf, Thames street, and to show why he refused to let him have books at the customary price. The complainant said he had purchased certain periodi cals at Mr. Strange's shop at the trade price for several rnonth, but on the last recurrence of the publishing day, Mr. Strange, after serving him, and taking up half a sove reign he had tendered in payment, asked him fur his ticket. Complainant admitted he had none, but reminded him that he had purchased books there for fifteen months constantly, and he purchased them to sell again, which made him a bookseller. Mr. Strange said he could not consider him one of the trade, and he must take the books at the full price. Complain ant refused to take them at that rate, and required his money to be returned, but that Mr. Strange obstinately refused to comply with this, and this was the point to be determined by the Magistrate. Mr. Strange said a bookseller was one who kept a shop for the a:de of books, and to such the Secretary to the Bo,ksellers' Association granted tickets to enable them to buy at the publishers at a lower price than the public. The complainant was not a bookseller, but one of the pub lic, who had been imposing on him for several months by mixing with and assuming the manner of the trade. Several persons were practising this trick, in which the) succeeded, through putting down the exact wholesale price, and taking several publications at one time. Having called for certain publications, and tendered payment, the sale was complete, and the complainant was bound to take them at the regular price, as one of the public. Sir P. LAURI& thought otherwise. If the complainant had been served forrnonths at a reduced price, and had no inten tion of paying a greater, he had a clear right to refuse to tt.ke them at a higher price, and Mr. Strange ought not to take any advantage of money being laid upon his counter. To force a person, by trick, to pay more than he was willing to pay was discreditable:- Mr. Strange said, the complainant not being in the trade, he felt that he had been tricked by him of his profits. If he were knowingly to serve one of the public at the trade price, he should himself be struck off the list of book sellers entitled to huy at the reduced rate. He certainly would not return the complainant's money. Sir PETER LAURIE said, if he were Mr. Strange he should return the money, but it seemed he could not instil into Mr. Strange's mind his notions of what was creditable or honourable. He asked complainant what he was. Complainant said he was clerk at a coal-wharf, but booksel!ing was not a patent trade. Any one might and did set up in it. At many barbers' shops you might get a shave for a p9nny and a periodical for three half-pence, and course these barbers were supplied at the booksellers' price. - A Journeyman Bookbinder said the Booksellers' Asso ciation acted very oppressively. He, as a bookbinder and Livery man of the Stationers' Company, could not get a book for his own use at the trade price in any shop in Paternoster-row. Mr. Strange denied that any such severity was enforced. A journeyman printer or bookbinder was always treated as one of the trade when he could be identified from the host of impostors who were preying on the booksellers. The Complainant said nobody paid the full price at any shop in Paternoster-row. lqr. Strange said that was a very great mistake. Every body was reqtfied to produce the Associatio n ' s ticket. The Complainant stated that Sir Peter basing expressed pis opinion that to take advantage of his putting money on .he coeuter was dishonourable, he would now agree to take ,he books at the full price, and avoid Mr. Strange's shop in 'uturo. Si: PETER LAURIE observed it was a case in which be could not make any order on Mr. Strange, but he repeated the opinion he had given. The Complainant received his books, and the parties retired. BOIV-STREET. CHARGE OF Fononv.—A very respectable looking mid• dle aged woman, who give her name Elizabeth Ballard, was placed at the bar charged with forging and uttering a check for 191. 75., with intent to defraud Mr. James Mea bry, a respectable tea-dealer, residing at No. 1, Broad street, Bloomsbury. Mr. Meabry stated that on the previous evening the prisoner had eotrred his shop, and, having purchased a small quintity of tea at the p: ice of about 103., she pre sented a check for la 75., requesting that change might he given to her. He gave her change, but she was sub sequently apprehended by an Inspector of the D division of police. The prisoner declined making any defence at present, and was remanded until Friday week. It appears that repeated intormations have reached this office of a woman resembling the prisoner having committed frauds in the same manner as that now alleged against the accused. In one instance the name of Lord John Russell was attached to the ftrged instrument, while the names of various other persons of distinction had also been employed in other cases. After the examination of the prisoner, several per sons visited her in the cell, in order to ascertain whether she could be identified by them as the person who had defrauded them. In some instances, we are informed, she was recognised, while in other cases, the persons who attended declared their intention to send their servants to see her. Meanwhile the prisoner maintains a rigid silence upon the subject of the charge against her, and declares that she will say nothing to cor.vict herself. of sveral pawnbrokers and others was .given, with whom valuable gold watches had b,:To pawned .Gcl sold, ,nd the prisoner was fully corurnitt,,i for MARYLEBONE. Wm. Garland, a hawker, was charged with being in possession of a box con'aining a valuable collection of jewellery for which he could not account. An officer seeing the prisoner sifting on the step of a door in Somer's town, told him to go on, which he refused to do; and, on observing him closer, saw the box in his possession, and on questioning him he received several con tradictory accounts, so he tuck him into custody. The box contained several pieces of valuable lace, a large quantity of pins, brooches, bracelets, &c. in gold. There were also some letters, the address on which did not transi ire. The prisoner, who said he found the box open a few miles from Manchester, was remanded until Thursday, that the owner might be found. Joseph Howard, and several other trade-men, were charged with acting riotously in Dorset place, Portman square. The prisoners had received orders to a consi detable amount from a Count de Plessey, a dashing Frenchman, who, finding the.:, importunate, desired them to conic to his lodgings, at the house of Mrs. Denison, on Frith y, when he would pay them. On the day appointed they came, and there was neither Count nor money forth coming. The defendants got angry at their disappoint ment, and broke into the house and destroyed the futni tare, upon which Mrs. Denison gave them into custody, and they were locked up all night. The Magistrates lectured them on the impropriety of their conduct, reminding them that they had the law to appeal to when aggrieved, and discharged them.. On leaving the office they declared they would bring an action against Mrs. Denison for false imprisonment. MARLBOROUGH-STREET Frederick Mills was brought before Mr. DvEa and Mr. CONANT, charged with having attempted to pick the pocket of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle. Thomas Greenhorn, a servant, said he was going down Regent-street, on Fri day evening, when from the top of a coach he saw the pri soner try the pockets of his Grace. He jumped down and seized the prisoner, and gave him into the charge of a po liceman. The prioncr was searched, but he had apparently not succeeded in obtaining anything from his Grace.—The prisoner was sent to In ison for two rwulths. William Sullivan, alias Hughes, was Vrought up for final examination, charged with having by fraudulent pre tences cbtaintd .5/. from Sir W. W. Wynn, of St. James's square. Sir Watkin said a petition was brought to him some days ago, which purported to come fro :n a person named Hughes, who described himself as the master of a vessel ho had suffered shipwreck, and who, in consequence, was in a state of great destitution. The prisoner was shown in, and some conservation was held with him on the subject of his supposed misfortunes. In the course of the interview the prisoner mentioned that lie had received relief from Lord Dinorben. The name of his Lordship was down on the petition for 101., and there were several more names attached to the petition. The prisoner was ordered to call the following day, and when he did so a .51. note was handed to him. Sir Watkin's valet said he saw the petition and noticed the came of Lord Dinorben upon it. Suspecting the prisoner's story was not true, and Sir Watkin having been imposed upon by fraud u l ent app li cants to the extent of 40/. during the week, he went to Lord Dinorben's resi dence and instituted inquiries. Having asceriained that n 3 such amount had been given by his Lordship to any one answering the prisoner's description, he gave informa tion to the Mendicity Society, and on the following day, when the prisoner called for the money and got possession of the note, he was taken into custody. Horsford said he knew the prisoner as the associate of the worst of characters. He had been in search of the prisoner for some time, having evidence to prove that he was concerned with the notorious Rhoda Jones in de frauding the Hon. W. Murry of 2/. Mr. Wontner, who attended for the prisoner, submitted there was no case, inasmuch as no fraudulent representa tions had been proved to have been made by the prisoner. Mr. DYER asked Sir Watkin if he recollected anything more that passed at the interview, and Sir Watkin an swered in the negative. Owing to the advanced age end infirm state of Sir Wat kin, the Magistrate appeared to be reluctant to put ques tions too pointedly, although there was reason to believe that Sir Watkin, on a former occasion, had said that the prisoner represented himself to be a castaway sailor, and that this representation bad induced him to order the prisoner a sum of money. Mr. DYER said, owing to the unlucky defect in the evi dence, the charge was not brought home to the prisoner, although no one could entertain a doubt as to the true na ture of the case. He must order the prisoner to be re leased. The prisoner was about to make some statement deny. ing his guilt, but he was stopped by the Bench. and he re. ccived a suitable caution as to his future proceedings. THAMES OFFI(7E. John Martin, the master of the Jane steamer between ween Greenwich and Blackwall, appeared to an infor mation charging him with steering and commanding that vessel without being duly licensed, by which he was liable to a penalty of Si., under the statute 7th and Bth Geo. IV., cap. 75. The information was filed by Henry Yew ton and his brother, who were the lessees of the Green wich and Blackwall ferry. Mr. Hudson, a solicitor, of Wapping, appeared for the complainants, and Mr. Pile, of Broad -street, for the defendant. The complainants' solicitor stated that by the 335 bye-law of the Ceurt of Mayor and Aldermen, held under authority of the above recited Act, the master and steerer of all steam vessels on the river Thames are bound to be licensed by the Watet man's Company ; the vessel steered and commanded by the defendant was not licensed, nor was the defendant licensed himself. The vessel was the property of the Steam Tow ing Company, and their late master had been fined during the week for working the sante vessel without a license. The complainants were called, and proved that the de fendant, Martin, had steered and commanded the vessel ; they said that they paid heavily for the ferry, and that they were almost ruined by the steam boat being set up in opposition to them. Mr. Greenwood asked who supplied the money for these summonses ? The witnesses said they earned the money by their labour. Mr. Greenwood asked what they expected to attain by this proceeding ; they could not think that they could drive the steam boats off the river ? The complainants re-stated the injury they received from the steamer plying on their ferry. The defendant's solicitor stated that if the defendant and the Company had erred, it was through ignorance and not by design. _ _ - Mr. — Banyon, the clerk of the Watermen's Company, proved that neither the boat nor the defendant was li. tensed. In answer to Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Banyon stated that the Company would not refuse a license to a qualified man. The defendant refused to admit the bye-laws of the Cor poration of London were valid, and as the complainants could not prove•Bsron Vaughan's signature to them, Mr. Greenwood dismissed the informations, telling the corn• plait ants that when they could prove their case they might file fresh informations. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYDS.) SHIELDS, JULY 11.— Arrived the Woodman, Blagden, from Marseilles; Mary, Butcher, Kiel. COKE, JULY 10.—Arrived the Ocean, Aubin, from Nantes; Thomas Hanford, Vale, St. Andrew's. BEACIIEY HEAD, JULY 11. —Arrived off, the Neptunua, Garner, from Havannah. VESSELS SPOKEN wlrtz.—The Orient, Baxter, Dec. 19, 450 barrels, spoke the Bombay, and several other whalers, all well; Mary, of Sydney, Feb. 1, out four months, with 450 b arre l s; Atalanta, Lisbon to Newfound land, 24th ult., lat. 47, lon. 48 ; Daphne, bound to Mira michi, 29th., let. 48, lon. 48, by the British Lady, Yea, arrived at Bridgewater; Virgil, Newport to Miramichi, 4th inst., let. 48, lon. 19, by the Martha, Washingt. n, arrived at Liverpool; Condor, Hamburg to Rio Janeiro, May 31, lat. 36, lon. 23 ; Belle, of Whitehaven, bound to Quebec, 16th ult., lat. 46, lon. 54; Kingstcn, St. John's, New Brunswick to Cork, 30t., lat. 49, long. 30 ; Victoria, bound to Halifax, 2d inst., lat. 49, long. 18 ; Vestal, Hamburg to Newfoundland, 4th inst., lat. 47, lon. 20 ; Albuera, Quebec to Bridgewater, same day, lat. 50, lon. 15; and Nelson, Village, bound to Miramichi ; Crescent Odessa to Falmouth, out 46 days; Elizabeth, Odessa, to 4ondon; Liverpool, Palermo to Falmouth, 22d ult., in the Straits of Gibraltar; Jasper, Gibraltar to London, 2d inst., off Cape St. Vincent, by the Albert, Harry, arrived at Falmouth ; Spray, of Sunderland, for Quebec, Ist inst., lat. 45, long. 29 ; Sarah, Miles, Liverpool to Montreal, lat. 49, long. 16, by the Molson, Pasley, arrived in the Downs; Warwick, Jeffs, Bombay to London, 28th April, lat. 28 S., long. 44 E., Demerara packet, London to Bombay, 16th May, lat. 33 S., long. 16 E., by the Walmer Castle, ar rived off Dover; Surrey, Plymouth to Quebec, 27th ult., lat. 46, long. 42, Ophelia White, of Sunderland, from Li verpool, 2d inst., lat. 49, long. 26, by the Reliance, Howel, arrived at Cowes; Nicholson, Whitehaven to Que bec, 3d inst., lat. 49, long. 19, by the Louisa, Lums den, arrived at Fogey; Skiron, Newfoundland to Quebec, 18th ult., off Cape Ray ; Don, Waterford to Quebec, 20th, off St. Peter's Island ; Uranus, Gothenburg to New Bed ford, 26th let. 46, long. 49, by the lanthe, Liverseed, ar rived at Bristol. QUEEN-SQUARE. Misses Julia and Elizabeth Gibson, two maiden ladies residing in Grosvenor-street West, Belgrave-square, who stood charged with stealing five pairs of kid gloves from the shop of Benjamin Harvey, linen-draper, Sze., Knights bsidge, were brought up for re-examination. The shop_ man, Cooper, who had served the prisoners and detected the theft, could not be found. It was stated by police con. stable 108 T, that on inquiry at the prosecutor's he was tcld that lie had left the shop on Wednesday to give evi dence, and had not since been heard of. The Magistrate said that there being no further evidence he must discharge the prisoners. The prisoners ; who had kept their faces concealed during the examination, then left the dock. Mr. Humphries, who was engaged for the prisoners, here observed, that upon looking over the depositions he found that the prisoners had purchased four pair of gloves and paid for them, when they were called into the warehouse and taxed with the robbery. One of the prisoners imme diately pulled out from her bosom a packet containing five pairs of gloves, and upon examination the four pair pur chased by the prisoners were found upon the counter. He should, therefore, opine very reasonably, and so he thought must every person, that the prisoners bad not, in fact, committed a felony, but a mistake, and Mr. Harvey, seeing that, had declined to prosecute. SODA —The manufacture of soda, since the re peal of the salt duty in 1819, has increased so rapidly, as to become one of the most important branches of the trade of the Tyne. Unfortunately, the mode of its manufacture, viz., by the decomposition of common salt, through the agency of sulphuric acid, has caused large quantities of muriatic gas to be thrown off, to the annoyance of the in. habitants of the locality, arld the injury of the adjoining cultivators of the soil; and much complaint, litigation, loss, and ill-will, have been the consequences. The tall chimneys with which the Banks of the Tyne are orna mented, though remedying the evil to a considerable ex tout, have still failed to convince the neighbouring tenantry that their fields are as green and productive as of yore. We are happy to state, however, that a discovery has been made by Mr. Burnett, by which that great enemy to th e commercial amity of the neighbourhood can be effectually destroyed.— Gateshead Observer. DEATH FROM LOCK JAW.—An inquest Was held before Mr. Baker, on Thursday, at the London Hos pital, on the body of John Clark, aged 36, who died in that institution. It appears that the deceased, who was employed as gate-keeper at Dr. Warburton's Lunatic Asylum, in Heaton, jammed the thumb of his right hand in closing the large gates on Wednesday vieek, which caused it to bleed a good deal at the time, but no serious consequences were apprehended from the in jury until Wednesday morning last, when the deceased was seized WOR SIIIP- STREET. with lock-jaw. He was removed to the hospital, and every Jam Crigleu, who, together with hi s w if e a nd another means used to r e li eve hi m , b ut w i thout effect, and he di ; woman, was charged on Saturday last with robbing his in the course of the night. The Jury returned a verdict employer, Mr. Massey, watchmaker, of Birchin-lane, to Died from lock-jaw, brought on from the effects of the a great amount, was brought up to-day, and the evidence accident. UNION .HALL. Gipsy Cooper, the pugilist, was charged with striking a respectably dressed young woman named Louisa Gas coigne, before the Surrey Theatre. The complainant stated that the prisoner came up to her and struck her violently in the face, assigning as a reason for his conduct, that she had insulted a lady in the pit of the theatre, Cooper, in his defence, said that the complainant was a gipsy fortune teller, and, having got up a little in the world, neglected her poor relations. The complainant denied that she was either fortune-teller or a gipsy, and the prisoner's tale was all false. Cooper was held to bail in 801. to keep the peace for twelve months. EVENING EDITION. IiKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Lyndon New Price Current qf July 12.) Suomt._.The merchants generally having submitted to a reduction on last week's rates of 6d. per cwt. for brown and low yellow sorts, and Is for every other description of West India Muscovadoes Sugar, have caused buyers to come forward more freely: from the refiners there has been a good demand, particularly for strong grey qualities, and the grocers have purchased to a fair event, principally of the low descriptions, which are much dearer in proportion than good and fine yellow sorts. Good brown Jamaica and Trintlad at 625, middling Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad 635 to 645, good mid Jamaica 653, fine with a great deal of colour 675. At wictioa 273 hilds 137,rbadoes have been offered, 200 of .Ihich diiposed of at and after the sale at a reduction on last sal"'s rates of 63 per eat. ; good middling to good sold at 65a to 66,: 6d, fine 67s to 68s, and a board of vo:y supe. for 69a. Th;s afternoon there was no further change in the prices of West India Sugar, and there was a fair business doing, the purchases amounting to 600 hhds &c. REFINED. -Common description of goods have been in good demand by the grocers, and brown lumps, of which the supply is Qmall, have I,r,ught Bos to 80s 6d, but the better qu,litics have been taken sparingly, and standard lumps are fetching only 6d above the latter figure. :E.:mall sa's in Crushed have been executed at 34s per cwt. MAturiTrus.—A steady demand has prcrvailed, and full prices have b"en obtained, particularly for low descrip tions, which have been the most in request by the grocers : 4,033 bags at publiic sale found ready buyers; fine and very fine yellow at 66s to 67s 6d, good 65s to 65s 6d, good mid 6-is to 64s 6.3., low mid 635 to 63s 63, very ord dark brown like Bastards 56s to 575, low mid 58s to 59a, good 61s to 625, grey 62s 6d. This afternoon there were two pubic sales, containing 7,722 bags, about half sf which found buyers ; brown de scriptions maintained their former currency, but coloury sorts sold rather cheaper, mid to good mid yellow went at 62s Gd a 63s 6d, good 64s a 643 Gd, fine 65s a 663 63, a superior mark Le Breton 67s 6d, strong grey 64s 6d, good brown 61- Gd a 62s per cwt. EasT INDlA.—Be.ngal has maintained its former cur rency, and the grocers have purchased freely by private contract ; 1,600 bags at auction, a trised parcel, end of inferior quality, went at 64s 6,1 for low mid white, mid 65s to 653 6d, good mid and good 66s 6,1 to 67s ; Manilla at the rates previously established, good brown fetching 223, and ord soft 20s 6d to 212; at auction 270 bags sold at 22.; (id for mid yellow, and one small lot of better quality at 23s 63. For Java prices gave way 6d to Is for white qualities, low soft brown sold at 20s 6d to 21s 6d, good to fine dry 22s to 23s 6d, good dry white 26; to 27s 63. FOREIGN-White and brown Brazil have been taken paringiy, the merchants generally have refused to sell on lower terms. In Havannah prices have undergone no change. AlOLAssEs.—For West India, the prices paid are fully Equal to those of this day week ; et auction, 135 puns 29 casks have been offered, the principal part consisted of Barb adoes, which sold at 35s 6d to 36s for five quality. Be private contract, Dominica has been sold at 34s 6d to 355, and Demerara at 32s per cwt: COFFEE.—lmporters continue to supply the market freely with middling and good clean descriptions of British Plantation Coffee, but the trade generally appear to have got enough of these kinds for the present, for they have purchased very sparingly this week, and prices have given way 2s to 3s. This afternoon the public sales consisted of 3,172 bags Ce3lon, act above half of which found buyers, but the merchants refaced to submit to lower prices ; good ordi nary went at 101 s to 102 s, fine ordinary 103 s 6d; 29 casks Jamaica were also offered, and went at previous rates --middling at 1 1 es to 119= 6d per cwt. INDIGO,— At the commencement of the Quarterly Sales of Indigo,on Tuesday, the biddings %s ere very languid, espe cially for the low and middling qualities ; tow ards the latter part of the day blddinvs became more animated Since then there has been no mate' ial change in prices. The following ere the pric-s paid:--Bengal, purple and violet, 8s 63 a 9s 3d, good to fine violet, 8s a 8s Gd, ord and mid do 7s 31 a Bs, violet and copper, Gs 83 a Bs, consuming qualities, good and fine, 6s 6d a 7s 93, ord and low ditto, 5s 3d a 6s, low and trash, 2s 93 to ss, Oude, trash, 2s a2s 3d. Ma dras, 3s 6d a6s 3d, Kurpah, 3s 9d a 63 93 per lb. Up to the present time 4,379 chests have passed, 1,074 of which have been withdrawn, 800 taken in, and the re mainder sold. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Rum has sold freely, particularly Jamaica, and the advanced rates of this day week have been fully supported ; of Leewards 270 puns have been disposed of, proofs to 5 per cent over 3s 7d to 3s 9d, 8 to 12 over 3s 10d to 4s Id, 13 to 15 over 45 2d to 4s 3d, 16 to 25 over 4s 4d to 51, 26 to 29 over 5s Id to 5s 4d, 30 to 36 over 5s 5(1 to 5s 7d, the transactions in Jamaica have been 300 puns, 26 to 32 per cent over proof 53 10d to Os Id, 33 to 35 over 6s 2d to 6s 3d, 36 to 38 over 6s 4d to 6s 6d; the arrivals have been small since lest week- The demand for Brendy has become very li:cited, and previous rates are with difficulty supported. Geneva has been in good request for exportation at former rates. British Corn Spirits have sold steadily at lOs 3d per gallon. SPlCES,—Ginger has sold steadily at previous rates; 470 bags East India at auction went at 163 6d to 17s for fair Bengal: good Malabar at 20s; and one lot very supe rior, 3ls ; 260 packages Jamaica brought 85s ; 1623 for middling to fine white. Malabar Pepper is dull of sale, but Sumatra common has brought 3id. Pimento has sold heavily, and prices have given way full id. fur common sorts, but the better kinds have maintained their former rates. This afternoon 2,000 pockets Bengal, and 666 bags ,Barhadoes Ginger were offered at auction; the former sold rather dearer, good bold at 18a to 18s 6d, one lo 19:; ; of the latter only a small part found buyers at 44s to 45s per cwt. For East India the prices paid are fully up to those of last week ; at auction 2,500 bags Bengal sold at 14s 6d a 15s for good, and 13s 6d a 14s for low and mid a bite ; 5,896 bags Java went at 9s 6d a 103 for low yellow mixed with Paddy, lOs 63 a lis Gd for yellow, and 12s a 12s 63 for white rather broken. Carolina sells steadily for home use at 38s a 40s per cal. 011.3—The home trade have purchased rather sparingly of common descriptions of Fish Oils, and pale Seal of first quality has declined to 301. Cod Oil, at 311. Ordinary kinds of Southern at about 231; at auction 76 tuns went at 231 to 251 for good to low quality. Sperm at former rates. Linseed Oil :in the early part of the week prices gave way to 25s 3d to 25e 6d, but since then them has been more business doing, and prices are rather firmer. Oliva at previous quotations. Palm at 381. per tun. East India Cocoa Nut at 43s per cwt. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. on the spot has brought 47s 9d a 48s for first quality. New Tallow is also held more firmly ; for the last three months the prices asked are 47s 3d a 47s 6Li per cwt. A .NOMALIES OF THE BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES' ACT.—In the course of an inquest held on Wednesday Mr, Wakley inquired of the district registrar whether he registered the births of still-born children ? Registrar—No ; but if I find out they have but breathed five minutes in the world I do. Coroner—But how is it possible that you can ascertain that fact ? Registrar ?—I ascertain it in the best way I can ; sometimes the doctor is the informant --Coroner (addressing the jury)—Really, gentlemen, this Act contains the greatest anomalies and ab surdities that ever existed. It no doubt was instituted to assist the office of coroner, as a check upon crime, but its object is defeated, inasmuch as a person may go to a regis trar and tell him a lie even to conceal a murder. Another gi e.:t absurdity connected with it is that of allowing medi cal men and overseers of unions and parishes to become informants, and in many instances I find tho former even registrars themselves. The medical man, although a pa tient may die from his unskilful treatment, and the overseer of a union pool house, although he m a y h &ve s t arved a pau per to death, are, by being allowed to be informants, ena bled to register their own good acts, taking care to keep their bad ones in the dark. I repudiate this as a most ri diculous and pernicious system, and not another session of Parliament shall go over my head without an attempt being made for affording a specific remedy for so flagrant an evil. PROLIFIC DUCK.--A cadger at Forth, Carn watt), has a fine lively duck that regularly lays " two eggs at a time;" and what is of importance, the owner cau breed such ducks at pleasure. lie says, to have the double laying breed, you have simply to hatch " one bird out of two eggs." LADIES' GOLD WATCHES.— A variety of excellent and carefully finished Ladies' Second hand Gold Watches, many of them, in accordance with the latest taste, w ith Gold Dials, Jewelled, &c., are offered for selec tion, price from Six to Eight Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmaker, Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London SeverkDoors from Graceeliurch-street). N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLERS. A. 13. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London (opposite the Bank of England), have for choice in their warerooms a Selection of PLAIN and °RNA_ NIENTA L ICE PAILS, to which they wish to direct attention. The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use), a 10s. the pair; the Classic Vase (very neat), 101. ie. the pair; the Victoria Pattern, 151. the pair; the Dresden Cooler, la the il 1 . pair, &c., all of which are strongly mounted with Silver, and have Silver Shields for Engraving the C res t or Coat of Arms.' A pamphlet is published, with drawi ngs of the above and other articles of plate generally, whi c h may b e ha on applica tion, IPas tion, free of cost. On the 3d of July, at the Vicarage, f. on gd on, near Lich field, the lady of the Rev. Stuart Majendie, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Bovisand-house, near Plymouth, the lady of Captain John Agar, of a son and heir. A. On the Bth inst., a t U pper Bedfurd-place, the lady of E. Chaplin, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst., the lady of John Howell, Esq., of Frede rick-street, Esq., of a son. MRIED. On the 10th inst., at Pil A finan R e, Fife, by the Rev. E. Ram say, Robert H. S. Jackson, Esq., second son of the late Lieut.- General Jackson, and Lieutenant in H.M. 97th Regiment, to oEflipzaibifeinthati.er B u a n r g t e . st G d .c au . g H. hter ot Admiral Sir P eter H alkett, On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, William Brooke, Esq , of Edinburgh, to Mary, daughter of the late Rev. William Allen, of Woodsi..!e. Plymouth. On the 11th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Pryce Aforrice, Esq., of Oswestry, Salop, to Susannah, eldest daughter of the late John Elkins, Esq., of Bayswater. DIED. On the 29th ult., at La Cava, near Naples, Emily, youngest daughter of the late John A rmit, Esq., of Dublin. of On ver the ?Oth ult., at Aix, in S avoy, Cornelius Bonnie, Esq., Lipool, aged 28. On the Bth inst., at Brecon, Hugh Bold, Esq., late Chair man of the Ssions, and a D e p u t y Li eutenant of the county of Brecon, aged es 69. On the 9th inst., at the Firs, near Derby, Mr. Ashlin Bag ster, manager of the North Midland Railway, aged 30. London : Printed and Published by 1111)RDO YOUNG, o No. 112, Strand, at The Sun No. 112, Ntrand: n tha county of Middlesex.—Monday, July 15, 11i39. .'" \