The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-21 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. SECOND EDITION. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS Bank Srock - 3 per Cent. RM.. ..... ... ..... : Ditto Bonds 3 i.er Cent. Cmis i;(1,,,, ' Ditto Old Annuities 114', per Cent. lied — ' Ditto New Annuities -New 3V, per Cent OB% , Ex. Bills, 1,0001 2d 2 put. New 5 per C ent — ' Ditto 511 , / 2 pm, Long A nnu i ties to expire I Ditto 500' 1 pm. Jan. 18i:0 !Bank Stock for Opg 1t17i,, Oct.ISA J an India Stock for Cps;lB6o :Consols for Opg ...... .... .... 10% Austrian , FOREIGN FUNDS rk 5 per cent !Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. tin lgiall ; 5 per cent l63lpi !Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 76 jl'russian, 5 per cent Auenos Ayres, 6pr cent..... : Russian Bonds, 5 per cent ...ft , i I i ‘ a n , 6 per con' :Ditto Metallic -- 32. ~,.,o.nb,an, 6 per cent Ditto, 1594 Spanish,' 5 per cent. 313 i !Ditto, Deferred ,_bani;ll, 3 - per cent....... l' rench, 5 per cent.— ...... —t. —c. reek Bonds, 18' , 5, 5 per c.. ' Ditto, 5 per cent —f. —c. pLtto, iis3 ;if, per cent., 1825 t FF l x e c t h w a h n ,i ' t ei 1 .er cent 23 : Dotcli, .2 1.,i nor cent. P .rutrian, 1E125,6 per cent.-- !Ditto, 5 per cent. lO4 SHARES, Bristol and Exeter Railway ! In!L Eastern Countuis tiailw,4 5.4 Urcat Western Railway Ditto New Shares London and Brighton ltaiiway B% London and Birmingham iL illwa y — Ditto New Shares 3 1 14 London an d S out h ampton R a il wa y 1-nr "ll'i" ;ma Croydon !Railway (Truns) — I)itro Scrip Manchester and Leeds I ,, 'ilwaY ` Ditto New Shares Manchester and Birmingham Railway Ditto ditto Extension 4',4 DONCASTER RACES. (YESTERDAY.) dew The Hornby Castle Stakes of 20 sops. each, and 50 added. Two miles, 4 Subs. L ord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, 5 yrs (Scott) 1 Mr. Ratnsay's Easingwold, 3 yrs Won in a canter. 2tol on Cardinal. The Scarbormwh S , akes of 30 sons. each, 10 ft., for three yrs old. One mile. Colonel Cradock's The Provost (Templeman) 1 Lord Eglinton's Malvo!io ... Majo r Yarburgh's Lollypop 51 04 on Alalvolio ;5 to 2 agst Provost. Won by a length. The Park Hill Stakes, of 50 sows. each, h. ft., for fillies. St. Leger Course Mr. Bowes's Mickleton Maid Colonel Crauford's The Dolphin N,..1r. Smith's Margaret . Mr. Clark's Imogene .. Duke of Richmond's Reel .. . ..... .... 5 6 to 4 agst Dolphin, 5 to 2 agst Margaret, 4 to , agst Imogene, and 6 to 1 agst Reel. A fine race between the first two, and won by half a neck. The Town Plate of 1001. was not over when our ac count l e f t (the third a dead heat between Opera a nd Humphrey), Memento won the first heat, Opera the second, and Humphrey the fourth. COWS a•In•L E LECTION OF A PERPETUAL CURATE TO THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES'S CLERRENWELL. State of the Poll at the Close this day, 3 o'clock. Rev. W. E. L. Faulkner . . . 1,573 Rev. Dr. Dillon , Majo r it y f or R ev . W. E. L. F au lk ner 242 Tlie poll re-commences on Monday morning at "gilt, and finally closes at four in the afternoon of the same day. M ETROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Globe of this eveninc , has the following remarks in a leading article on the subject of certain scandalous %weekly periodicals which subsist only by slander : The most profitable part of their trade is derived from the sums they extort from the weak and timid, whom they threaten with " a show u p" in the —, unless 4 • sum name d i s pa i d for suppression. The threat is t u so often successful ; and the wretches, compared with h laoin housebr ea k ers an d p i c k poc k e t s are h ono urable and 0 nest members of the community, share the wages of in f' 'ny,and employ their scouts to discover new victims. Z. he only safe course to be taken is to firmly resist the at t trnpt at extortion; to treat letters with contempt ; and if plication be made or followed up in person, to give the Pa rty into custody, charging him or them with an attempt to extort money. The public against this pert of the isance have the remedy in their own hands. Every one who complies with such a demand is inflicting a s `:ions injury on the community, by encourJging a species of robber of the most revolting kind ; 'bile those who are the means of its detection and pu s ishrnent confer a benefit on society greater than by t Se extermination of the most noxious reptiles which ature has endowed with venom. Extortion is not the Ply branch of the horrible traffic carried on by means r these pestiferous publications. They are used by i, retches grown grey in iniquity to incite the passions .te , d corrupt the morals of the youth of both sexes, ra i thus to spread vice as a pestilence on every hand." ' The Courier has taken courag-.2 and is rampantly Tory iii s evening. "No one can be surprised," says our I m )state Contemporary, " that the few remaining sup -1 a rters of the present weak and incapable Ministry k,auild writhe with convulsive efforts to avert the eata- Ed rophe which is impending over them. After having L st the confidence of the House of Commons, and the I. mentd voice of the country having been raised against f'*iria co mpetency to carry on the Government, and 4:4inst their selfishness in retaining office with : '''..t povrer to do good, or to prevent others 1 ,"o m doing harm, they have now adopted in their '''"pair, as their last rallying cry, 4 Would you 14 've a Tory Government."llzy know very vt Il that there are no Tories to form a Govern -01 nt. It is thus that they attempt to delude, or rather ' 1 : , continue their delusions on, the country. Well know / and, during the last Session of Parliament, pain 111.1y feeling, the increasing power of that great party in it..a4 State which, although styled Conservative, might a orgy's justly be called ' National,' they essay to blind se people as to their own designs and to the real ob i, cts of the Conservatives, by endeavouring to fix on t,,em a nickname which neither accords with the cnaittions which the Conservatives profess, nor with c a : acts of the public men who are among their lts .der s. They would wish to confouud the ox solete party of those Tories, who would op, pose (if there are any such), all improvements in. o ur political and social institutions as dangerons M ao vations of ancient usages, with that national party ' wl o, with Conservative opinions but of Liberal pr.inet e i ' )ii a.. are ready to assist in remo v i n g any abuse, , Ahe Ibuse can ha shown to exist, and adopt any change that :at I rationally be made to appear an improvement." ' The Standard concludes a furious attack on Mr. Y Connell's letter to the people of Ireland, with the oS owing specimen of High Tory rant, of which tiie ‘ 4 itator will be the first to profit :—" Let the rabid k , taldicant howl, with all the energy of which he it capable. The more addresses like the one to tolioda we have here alluded he puts forth the better. Vhat measure of fraud, falsehood, and chicanery, Et 'which the most abandoned agitator can be guilty, vot already been resorted to by the managers of kapisla constituencies? Let them proscribe Protes ttt tism to their hearts' content—let them revile and vi'ify the English people as much as they choose ; 40, deadlier enmity, no fouler malevolence than is at tsent cherished by the Popish party in Ireland can be excited against us. But the sword is double• eciged, and cuts both ways. In endeavourin g to excite the hatred of the Ir i s h p eo p le to their Pro ltsttant neighi;; ) urs, Mr. O'Connell will raise a watch *turd among the electors in all parts of the th:ited Xiogdom. which will not prove very propitious to Ins eat:se. If he persuades his deluded adherents to treat .th ! Protestants of England as enemits, he will assist in Verifying his own lyin g asser ti ons , f ur h e will make th rini so. Let but the Conservatives of Ireland f,!.. low the advice of Sir Robert Peel, and the Popish helats who now do the bidding, and assist in filling the Packets of this profligate agitator, will in many instances 10% way to men, as impervious to his blandishments as 4 1 '., his menaces, who will assist in dissolving the liana tun al compact which has been entered into between Mr. NConnell and the Government." We learn tha t the death of Run j ee t Sing took Pl'aee on i:he 27th June, at which time he was in ! .e sixtieth year of his age. By an order of the t r . G vernor-General , dated Simla, July 4th, th e ob setuies of Runjeet Sing were observed by the .r4,l,glish troops and r6idents With the utmost respect. , '.. A, pri va te letter from Tenedos says : There is 9 ) 4 n discord among the di p l o matists at Constantinople. Ihi , Russian Ambassador has been order ed to abs t ai n from 411 l Participation in the confere n ces of the other AnibY s =ad' or s , and we cannot be sure that tchnoisve actof Austria M. de and tria Pri issia, even s hould they are utimieff, m a y no t paralyse :het openly efforts of the representa thri is of England and France. Th e cordial co-operation of ale two last-named potvers, therefore, was never more aec essary than how. The officers and sailors of the two fle i Is, I am happy to say, are upon t The Southampton Railway Du • ectors have e best terms." de tel trained not to open the terminus on the A . h till the tll i uine• Spring ; so that the present station from London t • tint tinted the winter. The whole line harsh be oon ul 'a 3 be completed in May, 1840. glad tO re BUILDING IN We GLASGOW. a le Int. that the b u ildi ng trade is very b r i s k at present in oing Giasr!ow. There are a great many new buildings 0 4 airoughout the city. The new theatre in Pu gnlo p i ; stheet is ietting on rapidly ; the new Custom-house. nontrly finisved • and the three splendid new banks will soo t ! he.. the same. There are a number of buildings on Garne . Inill in it forward state, and the nnw buildings in the vict ni ty of the or. at western road arc truly astonishing.— ( G:lasgou; Chronicle. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER . RACES. 7 (ThuRsDAY.) The weather in the early part of the morning was ominous of a wet day ; the rain fell steadily and heavily, black clouds prepared us for a continuance of it ; our anticipations, fortu nately, proved unfounded—the rain ceased between nine and ten o'clock, the clouds dispersed, and the sun, bursting forth with summer warmth and brilliancy, dispelled all fears. As on Tuesday, crowds flocked in from Sheffield, Hull, Leeds, B:e., and the streets, without being absolutely impassable were for some hours sufficiently thronged to require the aid of the police to maintain a thoroughfare. At the Salutation ham mers were " going" for three or four hours, and several lots of well-bred stock changed masters at fair prices. The betting-room was full, and a good deal of business was done on the Cup at 6 to 4 on Charles the Twelfth ; 2 to 1 against Bee's Wing; each having a strong p ar ty. At t wo o'clock the bustle shifted from the town to the course, where we found a large and tolerably fashionable assemblage, the grand and smaller stands being full to overflowing; it cannot be denied, however, that the ensemble fell short of the average of Cup days at Doncaster, both in number and rank. In our next we hope to complete the list of the Nobility and Gentry who were present on this and the St. Leger days. The racing was most excellent, and was not brought to a close until half-past five o'clock. The following are particulars : The Three-yr-old Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft ; for colts Bst iib ; and fillies, Bst 31h. St. Leger Course. (15 Subs. ) Mr. Bowes's b c Epidaurus ( Scott) Lord Lichfield's bl c The Corsair Air. W. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury Betting-7 to 4 and 2tol on Bloomsbury, 3to 1 agst Epi daurus, and 6to 1 agst the Corsair. The last mentioned horse made play at good speed to the foot of the hill, where it became first .rate ; the lead and the pace were unchanged to the Red House turn, where Bloomsbury endeavoured to get up, and lived a few yards with Epidaurus without reaching the Corsair, and at the turn into straight running he was fairly beaten. After passing the Red House r, few lengths Epidaurus went to The Corsair's girths, where he remained to the distance, headed him there, was a length before him half way up it, and at the chair two lengths. Bloomsbury was beaten off a long way. The Gascoigne Stakes of 100 sov. each. 30 ft ; for threre-yr old colts, Rst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. St. Leger Course. (5 Subs. ) Lord Westminster's The Lord Mayor ( Scott) 1 C Cradock's The Provost 2 Duke of Cleveland's Kremlin Betting-5 to 4on The Provost, 6to 4 agst Kremlin, and 5 to 1 agst The Lord Mayor. Kremlin took the lead, followed by The Lord Mayor, and was never headed until he reached the last turn, where he resigned, and The Lord Mayor went on with the running; at the distance The Provost to his side, and at the stand they were head and head, 'rhe Provost having the best of; beyond it, however, he stopped, and The Lord Mayor won by half a length. The Two-year-old Stakes of 20 sous each ; colts, Bst 51b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. T. Y. C. (25 subs. ) Duke of Cleveland's br c Brother to Euclid (Lye) 1 Lord Westminster's br c Launcelot.... ............. 2 Mr. Howard's ch c Fitzroy 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Bowes's br c Black Beck ; Mr. Osbaldeston's ch fby Belshaz zar, dam by Whalebone; Lord Kelburne's ch c by Retainer, out of Emilia; Mr. Parkins's br c Naworth ; Duke of Cleve lard's ch c by Langar, out of Emigrant's dam ; Mr. Bell's b f by Gainsborough, out of Golden-drop's dam; and Mr. St. Paul's b f Calypso. Betting-5 to 2 agst Launcelot. 7to 2 agst the Lanjar colt, 5 to 1 agst Naworth, 6 to 1 agst Fitzroy, eto 1 agst The Re tainer cult, 7 to 1 agst Black Beck, and 20 to 1 agst Brother to Euclid. After three attempts a start, not a very good one, was ef fected ; the Retainer colt went off with the lead, followed by Fitzroy, Launcelot, the Langar colt, and Calypso, Brother to Euclid lying in the middle; with very little variation they ran to the gravel-road, where the Langar colt was defeated, and, retiring, left an opening through which Brother to Euclid joined the front rank, in which Naworth was now included. Half-way up the distance the Retainer colt, Fitzroy, Launcelot, and Brother to Euclid were running together, and the race re mained pretty even till past the stand, where the two last men tioned had a slight advantage over Fitzroy; the small space of ground remaining was contested vigoroucly to the end, Brother to Euclid beating his conquer of Monday by half a neck, and Launcelot defeating Fitzroy by a whole one. The Retainer colt was a good fourth, Naworth and Bell's filly fifth and sixth, and the rest tailed off. The Langar cult was pulled up some dis , ance from home. The Cup, value 300 guineas, with 50 sovs added ; three-yr-olds, ist ; four yrs, Bst 31h ; five yrs, Bst 101 b ; six yrs and aged, 9it ; the winner of the St. Leger 31bs extra. About two miles and five furlongs. Major Yarburgh's b c Charles the Twelfth (31b extra) 1 Mr. Ramsay's br c Lanercost, 4 yrs Mr. Orde's b m Bee's Wing, 6 yrs Mr. Denham's b c Compensation, 4 yrs Betting-5 to 4on Charles (taken), 10 to 6 agst Bee's Wing ( taken), 7 to 4 agst Lanercost, and 20 to 1 agst Compensation. The favourite went off with the lead, but abandoned it to Hue's Wing after going two or three hundred yards, and followed her, Lanercost lying with him ; at the foot of the hill the latter went up to Charles, and they ran nearly abreast into the bottom, where Charles resumed his position, and the mare, making the pace very strong, increased her lead to three or four lengths ; after roundinc , the Red House turn Lanercost took the second place from Charles, and about a distance and a half from home they closed with the mare, who lived with them to the distance and then died away. Here Charles went up to Lanereost, and headed him, but looked so unlike a winner that a Noble Earl laid 100 to 10 against him. Lanercost reached his head at the Stand, and a slashing race ensued, the young one, contrary to the expectation of all beholders, winning by a head in the last stride. The snare was beaten four or five lengths, and Com pensation never had a chance of reaching the front. (From a letter posted in the betting-room this morning, dated Stpt. 10, and signed " Thos. Ferguson," it would appear that Harkaway was entered for this race and the Queen's Plate without his knowledge. The party who made the entry signs himself " James Farrall, Royal Hotel, Dale-street, Liverpool." His invention was evidently to make bets against him, p.p. The Friar was entered in the same way.) SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. MR. NOWELL'S YEARLING COLTS. Guineas. Chesnut, by Muley, out of Prima Donna.. l5O Bay, by Muley, out of Clare . . Brown, by Muley, dam by Orville or Walton 6l Chesnut by P. Lely, out of Margrave's dam l7O Bay, by P. Lely, out of Camelina... Bay, by P. Lely, out of Lacerto Bay, by P. Lely, out of Young Duchess 4O Chesnut, by P. Lely, dam by Walton 2O . _ (The first six'are in the Derby.) MA. VA NSITTART'S. Magawiska, by Whisker Bay m, by St. Nicholas, d by Abjer. Brown, by Starch, out of Darioletta 9O Bay filly, 2 yrs, by Starch, out of Magawiska Black yearling filly, by illuley Moloch, out of Magawiska 46 MR. FOLJAMES'. Gelding, by Vanish, 4 yrs Gelding, by Bedlarnite, out of Dromio's dam, 4 yrs 45 Colt, by Brutandorf, out of Sister to Don John's darn, 3 yrs 60 Filiv, by Mulatto, d by Comus, 3 yrs 3l Filly, by Mulatto, d by Whisker, 3 yrs 25 Filly, by The Sadler, out of Octaira Yearling colt, by Mundig...... ... THE LATE MA. RICH AR D SON'S. _ ._ Cerberus mare, out of Miss Crantield Laura, by Figaro Flighty Lady le Gros Blacklock mare ~ 140 . 115 ~ 200 .. 290 40 Filly, by Sandbeck, 3 yrs 3O Filly, by Brutandorf, out of Laura, 2 yrs 3O A yearling colt, by Laurel, out of Shoeborn, 140 gs. ; yearling filly, by Laurel, :d by Confederate, 100 gs. ; Chesnut c by Lamar, 2 yrs, 130 gs. Several other lots were sold for smaller sums. ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Bath Stakes, sovs. added, for maiden Gallo ways; one mile and a half; were won in two heats by Mr. Eccles b f 3 yrs, 6st 31b, beating Mr. ,Tomlin's br m Industry, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b; and three others in a canter. The Ivanhoe Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 20 added, for maiden hacks ; mile and a half heats ; the winner to be said for 40/. Mr. Laggar's br mby Silkworm, 6 yrs, 12st 31b 1 1 Mr. Pratt's ch c by Chance, 3 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Tomlin's br in Modesty, aged, lOst 3 3 Two others started. Won easy. The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added, for horses not thorough-bred. Heats, two miles, with four leaps over hurdles four :eet high. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Owsley's b h Protestant, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr. Boot) 2 1 1 Mr. Barrow nd ch g Forester, aged, 12st 101 b 3 3 2 Mr. Lowney's bk h Sucephalus, 6 yrs, 12st 101 b Mr. Atkin's bk g Midnight, aged, 12st A good race. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sows each, and 25 added, for half-bred horses, &c. Heats, two miles. Gentlemen riders. Mr. 11. Woodhouse na. br g Vanguard, 4 yrs, 105 t 61b... 1 1 Mr. Frisley's b m Victorine, aged, 12 st Sir. Story sbr g Cigar, 5 yrs, Ist 41b 2 3 Won easy. The Pony Race was won in two heats by Mr. Sutton's eh Staffardshire Lass, beating two others. ISLE OF THANET RACES.—TnuasoAv. The Margite Stakes of 3 sovs each, and 40 added from the Fund. Two-mile heats. The winner to be sold for 1201. &c. Mr. Falconer's b m Slender, 4 yrs, Bst 81b, Butler 3 2 1 1 Mr. Turner's gr g Jim Crow, 5 yrs, 9st 4 1 2 2 Mr. Brick's ch in Latona, aged, 9st 31b 1 3 3 dr Mr. flornsby's hr f Tenebrosa, 3 yrs, 7st llb 2 4 dr Won by two lengths. The winner was claimed. No race for the Visitors' Plate. ME OF WIGHT RACES.—TVESDAY. The Maiden Plate for horses, &c., bred in the Island, &c., two miles, was won in two heats by Mr. Allen's bl g Merlin, 3 yrs, ist, distancing Mr. Hill's b g Topthorn, 5 yrs, 9st, and t others. The Hunters' Cup Stakes, with 20 sovs added from the Fund. Two-mile heats. Mr. Jolliffe's ch m Diana, aged, 12st 1 1 Mr. Hill's bk g Topthorn. 5 yrs, llst 71b. 2 dis Sweepstakes of 2 sovs each, with 15 added from the Fund, for all horses. The winner to be sold for 301., &c. Two-mile heat s. Mr. Hardley nd br g Pegley, 4 yrs, Bst Mr. Vivat's b g Logic, 6 yrs, lOst 1 3 2 Mr. Mew's hr m Myopes, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b 2 2 fell Mr. howler's b m Unknown, 5 yrs, 9st . fell A Silver Cup, the gift of Mr. John Bull, Bst 41b each ; mares and geldings allowed 3lbs ; once round, was won in three heats by Mr. Harvey's b f Creeper, beating Mr. Bull's ch f Village Maid. NV E ESDAY. The Isle of Wight Cup. Two-mile heats. Mr. Joliffe's ch m Diana, aged, II st slb 1 I Mr. flearn's br m Hebe, 4 yrs, 9st 2lb 2 2 Mr. Hill's bk g Topthorn, 3 yrs, lOst 4Ib. The Ladies' Plate, with a Purse added from the Fund, once J round, was won i n two h ea t s b y Mr. Cole's ch m Peeress, a g ed, lOst, beati ng M r. B u ll' s b r m J ewes s, aged, lOst. A Swe e p s t a k es o f 3 soy. eac h , w i t h a Purse added, for three years-olds, b re d i n the Island, once round, was wo n in two heats by M r . All en ' s bk g Merlin, beat i ng Mr. Hearn's b c Magnet (bolted). The Handicap Hurdle Race, mile and a quar t e r beats, with five leaps, w as won i n two heats by Mr. Cole's Peeress, beating Mr. Allen' s C arew, M r. Bull's Jewess, and two others. EARL OF EGLINTON.—The inhabitants of Irvine have resolved on entertaining the Earl of Eglinton at a banquet, to be given the 24th of next month. The adjoining parts of the coil " poial with the utmost cordnita_yliotyh;v4 d e a n r t e ere a d lre i a n d to y, tahcctipvreoly employed, as ngieemmbenertss._ofAt:yr Observer, The forwarding the s of the Brighton Railway .* are ne c i e , s i s l a e ry l a v r o r r a k n pro ceeding with vigour and despatch ; and of w a e are glad at the same time to observe that the policy measure t which has been much canvassed — the amount of last call— has been amply justified by the improvement which areichhas re cently taken place in the share market. T disappointed and envious oppo nents of the railway, but many a t n h y o inhabitants of Brighton do not p artici p ate in su ch feelings. —Brighton G az , tte. ELECTION FOR MINISTER OF ST JAMES, CLERKENWELL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—You will scarcely refuse a place to an honest statement. Dr. Dillon, for fourteen years lecturer, is also incumbent of the fashionable Charlotte-street Chapel, Pimlico, from which he derives an income of about one thousand pounds per annum. Mr. Faulkner, (of whose benevolence, far beyond his income, and practical attention to the poor, by day or night, I have seen tearful statements in public to-day) has been twenty-five years Minister of the Associated Church el St. John's; his income from which (his only preferment) has barely averaged three hundred pounds per annum. I am, Sir, yours repectfully, Essex -street, Strand, HOMO. Sept. 20, 1839. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1839. TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not " Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ?' " Darrynane Abbey, Sept. 13, 1839. " Fellow Countrymen—Another effort is necessary for the good of our common country, and I, with con fidence, call on you to make it. To induce you to this exertion I shall not enter into any retrospect of the past. It is enough if I make you disiinctly understand you r p resen t p o sition and in particular the strength and intentions of the enemies of Ireland. I u ill he brief, and I trust distinct. " There are these features in the present aspect of political affairs _ . . _ " First—At no period of English history did there exist towards Ireland among the English people a stronger spirit of hate and antipathy than at the present _ moment. " Secondly—This hate and antipathy are composed of two separate and distinct ingredients. The one, national prejudice and dislike towards the Irish people ; the other, malignant enmity towards the religion of that people. Thirdly—The strength of - the Tory party in Eng land consists in the cultivation of these two evil quali ties. That party has no connecting link so strong or so universal as its bad passions towards Ireland ; for, " Fourthly—The Whigs and Tories are almost agreed upon the subject of reform. There is but this differ ence—that while the Whigs refuse to work out the amelioration of British institutions, the Tories are anxious to diminish or to divert to their own purposes the improvements already made by the Whigs. F►fthly—The countenanc e and support of the So vereign, which is enjoyed by the Whigs, would, in its nature, influence the moderate and more wealthy Tories to support the Ministers of the Crown, if they were not prevented from doing so by a more prevailing cause than that of respect for the Throne. " That cause is their bigoted hatred of Ireland and the Irish. " Fellow countrymen ! One moment's reflection will convince you of the accuracy of my statement. You have only to look at the itself in Aristo cra cy as it exhibits in tie House of Lords, and you will at once see that the animating principle of that body is to be found in its hatred of Ireland. Their speeches, their Committees, their reports, the nature of their interrogatories, and the course of their examinations—nay, the very wit nesses whom they have summoned, all—all prove the anti-Irish spirit, irrational and senseless, but at the same time malignant and unrelenting. " Next, loos - . at the House of Commons, and you will perceive that the powerful minority of that House is kept together by the spirit of opposition to the rights and liberties of the Irish nation. There is not one of that minority who underwent a contested election that did not avail himself of the anti-Irish prejudices of his con stituents to promote his return to Parliament. " Look, also, at the Established Church, and you will find that in almost every parish in England there is a virulent anti-Irish agitator in the person of the Protes- tant Clergyman. The virulent intolerance of the over whelming majority of these reverend gentlemen may be, and indeed is, highly disgraceful to them ; but it is not ;he less mischievous to us. " To the Established Church we must add some classes of Dissenters ; and, in particular, those undigni fied but unrelenting enemies of civil and religious liberty —the Wesleyan Methodists. " 1 have not misrepresented nor exaggerated the pre valent spirit of England, her hostility to this country and its people. Neither do I, on the other hand, mean to deny that among the English nation we have, of course, many valuable friends. The disposition of the Ministry is favourable to us. The conduct . the Ex ecutive in Ireland f —first, under Lord Normanby, and now under Lord Ebrington—merits the highest praise, and deserves the fullest confidence. " Reflect, my beloved countrymen, I implore you, upon these facts. Reflect upon the hostility, the ani mosity, the malevolence of the Tory faction ; and how much this bad spirit is augmented and aggravated by their necessary connection with, and reliance on, the Orange faction in Ireland. " I ask every man this simple question : could a greater misfortune by any possibility occur to Ireland than the restoration to power of the Orange faction in this country, backed by the Tories in England? There can be but one answer to the question. A greater mis fortune to Ireland could not .exist than the restoration to power of our malignant enemies—the Orange-Tory party. " In the first place, all hope of justice for Ireland— all chance of obtaining similar franchises for the Irish with those which the English enjoy—all chance of im peding or preventing the crerAion of fictitious votes in corporations or in counties, w ould cease. All prospect of relieving the land of Ireland from the payment of rent-charges to the Clergy no t of the people would be lost for ever. " But the evil would not rest here. There would be direct and positive oppressions practised with impunity. All those who hail been strut k out of the commission of the peace for partiality ()r incapacity would, of course, be restored ; and the ill-suppressed and only half-concealed anima:Ay of m any existing Magistrates would no longer be cloaked 017 disguised, but, on the contrary, would dcvelope itself in all the d e t a il s of t h e most frightful enormity. The depopulation of the land would go on with increasing an. d accumulating rapidity. The 'bench of justice would he polluted by the promo tion to the highest offices in t he law of all those who most distinguished themselves b .y the virulence of their bigotry, and of their hostile fe, slings to the freedom of the Irish pople. That people might, and probably would, be driven into useless and cruel insurrection, and, whilst they were slaughter ed by an overwhelming military force, the island would be covered, from one end to the other, with blood and desolation. " There is but one way of pi 'eventing the realization of the fearful scenes which I ha\ re thus described. But, blessed be Heaven ! there is tha t way. It is, the regis tration of every elector who has not hitherto registered, and the re-regi s t rat i on o f ever!, r person who has been six, or even fi ve , y ears, upon the registry. " People of Ireland, you can save yourselves by ono generous effort, but that effort n Lust be simultaneous— unanimous—universal ! Let every county, city, an town arouse itself. Let every parish be organized . For registry. You will receive assistance and co-operati on from Dublin ; but, if possible, let every parish de pend on itself. The expenses may easily be deft ayed by small local contributions, aided as they will be by the General Registry Association in Dublin. ' l'he noblemen and gen tlemen who compose that Assc )ciation will be bound . . to find the requisite funds in aid C.I& surplus of the Precursor money. But the grt mt—the paramount — the all-absorbing duty, is to ascer ;ain how many in each parish can be registered or re-regit itered ; to furnish their names and the nature of their qu tlifications to the local clubs ; to have notices served ii s every possible form for each individual, and to take c, tre to bring up each person for registry before the a ssistant-barrister at Sessions. " People of Ireland, I invoke 3 ou to make with me this great effort. I respectfully s elicit the aid of the Clergy. This is a peaceful and c onstitutional struggle, tin which it is befitting that the Clergy should bestir themselves ; inasmuch as, and b, !cause the Clergy of he Establishment never cease to ;gitat: in a most mis chievous way against 62 people. " Men of Ireland, I once again ca 11 upon you to rouse! Let every parish be organized fo r registration. Let every town and village be organised for registration. Let the non-electors perform their duty t o their country, and, if requisite, of almost (but gently) c ompelling those who can register to do so. " The Poor-law is coming into o; Aeration, and will at all events impose a heavy tax ; a t ax which, the tithe rent-charge ought to be applied to l iquidate. It is of the most pressing necessity that rues ns should be taken to secure such a number of Irish repr !sentativas as would be able loudly to proclaim that th s poor rates render it absolutely incumbent upon the L egislature to apply the tithe rent-charge to alleviate the burden that otherwise is too great to be born e by the resident occupiers of Ireland. The state shouid provide comps nsation for the ex isting vested interests of the Protest ant Clergy. " I trust that it will be found imp 3ssible to point out a single county in Ireland that will r lot have its registry club. Shame upon those who have hitherto neglected, and, above all, upon those who shall henceforth neglect, such $ wipe off this dis honour, a o ur, d a L n t ( N B and make mak u o t it le e t e u as s e , otnoeexainsdt. Il This we can effect by a county, but, above all, by a parochial, organi- zation. Fellow-countrymen, accept and r ,et upon the advice of your faithful and devoted friend al id servant, .‘ DANIEL C YCONNELL." FIVE LIVES LOST. —The scl 000ner Byron, of Newcastle, from North Sh ields, bound f or Inverness with a cargo of coals, was totally lost about eleven o'clock on Sunday night on the rocks of Embo, two miles cast of Durnoch. The crew consisted of the master, John R. a f n d the these, mate, have all perished. e deeply regret to a Smith ; the mate, William Alackay, a native of Thurso ; three , seamen, Isveiathmetnh,eanedxcaeptbiooyn o ; During the night of Saturday .and un d ay , i t bl ew a per fect gale on that coast f ro m the N.E.N , and accompanied with rain ; and when night fell, the darkness was exces sive, so that the Tarbatncss light was not obse r v e d until the vessel had got to the nor th of it and into the Durnoch Frith. An attempt was then made to v, ser round, but this was found to be impracticable from th e f ury of the gale, and all the canvass but tne fore-top.: ;ail being gone. Shortly after this the schooner struck ti se rocks or the Embo shore, and very soon went to pi !ces. The mate wandered about the fields near the ahoi 'e until day.light, when, nearly exhausted, be found his wa3 •to the Mansion house of Embo, the residence of Mr. Bra ndcr, who treated him with the greatest kindness and attent ion. Mr. Brander immediately prccoeded to the shore with his farm servants, in the hope of saving the remainder of the crew, but no trace of them could be discovered. On Monday last, the sale of whe les, stranded in 1 3 41,h0pe Flotta, took place there, and l were principally sold to purchasers from Kirkwall and Sti •omness, at prices averaging about 7s. 61. per cwt.—Scotc. h Paper. HIGHLAND SCHOOL ACT. " Treasury Chambers, Sept: 4, 1839. " Sir—Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury your letter of the 9.oth Au gust, requesting some further explanations as to the re ference of the application for aid to the Ballygrant School to the Education Committee of the Privy Coun cil, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you, that my Lords have already communicated to the Committee of the General Assembly on Education, that on reconsidering the provisions of the Highland School Act, they are prepared to administer the funds intrusted to them by Parliament for the endowment of these schools, ►without reference to the Education Committee of Privy Council. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "G. J. PENNINGTON. " It;v. Dr. Dickson, Vice-Convener of the General Assembly Educaim Committee, Edinburgh." " Treasury Chambers, Aug. 28, 183 . 9. " Sir—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have again had before them the application . signed by you on behalf of the Education Committee of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for a grant of money for the endowment of a school at Bally grant, in the parish of Kilmeny, Island of Islay, under the Ist and 2d Victoria, cap. 87, which their Lordships had transmitted to the Committtee of Privy Council for Education. Upon reconsideration, however, of the Act in question, it appears to their Lordships that the administration of the funds set apart for the purposes of education in the Highland parishes remains vested in the Board, and does not come within the province of the Privy Council Committee. Their Lordships will, therefore, proceed without delay to determine the amount of endowment which may granted to the Ballygrant School, should the conditions of the Treasury Minute of the 10th January appear on examination to have been complied with ; and I have to request that you will inform the Education Committee of the General Assembly of their Lordships' intentions. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " G. J. PENNINGTON. " John Gordon, Esq., Secretary to the Committee of General Assembly on Education, Edinburgh." DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR T. MASTERMAN HARDY, BART., K.C.G. This event took place about one o'clock yesterday, at his residence in Greenwich Hospital Sir Thomas was in his 71st year, having been born on the 6th of April, 1769. He married in April, 1807, Ann Louisa Emily, daughter of Admiral Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, G. C. 8., by whom he had three daughters. Sir Thomas was the second son of Joshua Hardy, Esq., of Portisham, in the county of Dorset. by Ann, daughter of Thomas Masterman, Esq., of Kingston, in the same county; was created a Baronet on the 4th of February, 1806, for the gallantry which he dis played as Captain of the Victory ( Lord Nelson's flag-ship) in the glorious engagement off Cape Trafalgar in 1805. On the death of the late Admiral Sir R. Keats, Sir Thomas succeeded to the Governorship of the Royal i - ospital at Greenwich, in which capacity, as well as in his private circle of friends, he was much esteemed, and his loss is greatly regretted in that neighbourhood. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (FRIDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—The interference of Messrs. Rothschild on behalf of the United States Bank is now positively affirmed, both among the connexions of that house, and among parties interested in the affairs of the Bank itself ; but, what is very unusual in any matter of business brought to a close, no details of the arrangement entered into between them are allowed to transpire. The information desired by the monied interest is not merely as to the certainty of the payment of the bills drawn in Paris when at maturity, but whether the acceptance of Messrs. Rothschild has actually been put upon them, absolutely, and for honour of the United States Bank, and on what security, and sub ject to what conditions, that important additional guarantee has been obtained. As much will depend, for the restoration of the credit of the United States Bank, upon the manner of the transaction as upon the transaction itself. That the more immediate difficulty has been provided for need not now be doubted, and one construction put upon the silence still main tained with respect to the mode of meeting it is, that the future agency of the bank, both in Paris and in London, has become a subject of some competition among different merca n til e fi rms , an d th a t the conditions ofinterference are made in some degree dependent on the settlement of th a t ques ti on . At present, with the exception of the personal agency of Mr. Jaudon, which has been for some time repudiated, as not of the most suitable description, however dexterously managed for such an institution, the bank has no representative among the commercial interest of London. It is true that a house of the first eminence, that of Baring Brothers, has been fixed upon for that purpose, with the full consent and at the solici tation of the Board of Directors ; but the agency has not yet been taken up, on account of non-compliance by the Bank with conditions very properly attached by the house in question—that the money market should first be cleared of certain liabilities, the provision for which, however adequate it might be under other cir cumstances, was rendered uncertain by the general pres sure for money produced by the late measures of the Bank. The refusal of Messrs. Hottinguer to accept the bills lately drawn upon Paris can scarcely have any other consequence than that of withdrawing from the house the future agency in that capital, so that both the French and English agency for the United States' Bank, heretofore, without doubt, a very lucrative connection, may be said at this moment to be vacant, In the instance of Messrs. Hottinguer, it is said that the term "agency" is not recognized, being designated as the correspondents only of the Bank ; but this is not material, since, by whatever name the French bu siness is described, whether as an agency, or as a correspondence, the increasing transactions of the Bank on the Continent, should it be restored to credit, will necessarily make it an object of competition. That there should exist such a competition now amidst the embarrassments by which the Bank has recently been beset, is as good an omen as can be referred to of its approaching recovery from them, were it not that in the eagerness for a large profit the future is frequently over looked. Some doubt has been felt whether there is any person or persons on this side of the Atlantic intrusted with sufficient powers from the Board at Philadelphia to re construct the agency in England and France, should the state of the affairs of the Bank make it necessary to do so. There is, however, reason to believe that Mr. Jaudon himself is duly empowered for such a pur pose, and that one of the Directors of the Bank is now in London to advise him on the most prudent course of proceeding. But their situation is one not of responsi bility only, but of extreme difficulty, and it may still be requisite to take the opinion of the Board, in which case the present uncertainty must continue for a considerable time longer. Nothing has been said for some days past of the ar rangement with the house of Hope and Co. of Amster dam, by which large advances were stipulated to be made to the United States Bank, which is the more surprising, as it was thought likely enough, when the dishonour of the drafts on Paris was first known, that some in fluence might have been produced by it upon the arrangement arrangement w•i th H ope and also, Co h . a s b Upon een u t n h d e e final rsto o dsuc cessto o depend the removal of the objections of the London house already referred to to undertake the agency. We have understood, since the subject was first mentioned, that the extent of the arrangement with Hope and Co. is very far below the sum stated of 2,000,0001., and that the extent to which it has been acted on has also been much exaggerated, but that is not, perhaps, of much importance, if it was sufficient to withdraw from the London market those liabilities which formed the impediment to the re-establishment of the London agency. No very immediate or pressing engagements on the part of the United States Bank exist, it is sail, at this moment, though the amount of outstanding obligations of all kinds must be very great. To provide for these there are nominally abundant means, consisting chiefly of cotton and American State stocks and securities of various kinds, the conversion of which into money within the time required cannot but be uncertain. From the United States if any remittances are now sent they must be in bullion ; if the securities of the Bank now in Europe are valid, there are enough of them for the pur pose ; if not, it will be useless to send more. The progress of the pending transactions is watched with great interest all over the City, THE NEW POLICE ACT.—The parish autho rities of Bethnal-green and the Tower liamleis, in accord ance with a clause in the New Police Act, have issued notices, which have been abundantly distributed in the win dows of various tradesmen's shops and on walls, exhr,rting the inhabitants to keep their dwellings clean and purified, as well as gardens, outhouses, and all other places wherein dirt may accumulate; end, at the same time, intimating d p t e h r i s s o persons clause. ‘vho their i n tentio li n ,ay of be rig to o u r n o u d s t l y o h p a r v o e se c c o u n ti t n ra g oe s n l e l shall imnoarneyrespeetable classes of the inhabitants appear to be well pleased with the promptitude and decision thus displayed by the vestrymen. ! THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND. EDINBURGPI.—For the last few weeks the weather has been very unsettled in this neighbourhood ; and, latterly, scarcely a day has passed over without rain. On Saturday matters seemed to have reached a crisis, as the rain fell heavier than at any former period, and at night the wind rose to a hurricane. Many chimney cans were thrown down in various parts of the city, though no personal injury was susta i ne d b y any one. The wind abated in the morning, but the rain conti nued with little intermission all Sunday. The Water of Leith was greatly swollen, and swept down in its course a good deal of corn on its banks. We have heard of persons being engaged on Sunday morning removing the sheaves while up to the middle in water. The arch of the bridge at Cannonmills was completely filled up with the current. The fall of rain must have been great on both sides of the Pentland range, as the Al mond and the Avon also rose to an unusual height, and destroyed a considerable breadth of crop on their banks. The North and South Esk exhibited the same ap pearance with the other streams in the district. We have not heard of any particular damage having b een done in their course ; but various articles were swept into the sea at Musselburgh. The Frith on Sunday morning presented . a storm ) aspect. The sea was one sheet of turgid foam, the surge running unusually high ; and part of a cargo of timber which had been discharged at Granton the pre vious day, was drifted from the rafts, and some of it carried up as high as Cramond Island. Men and horses were busy on Monday and Tuesday in collecting the loose timber along the coast. Several vessels in the Roadstead were forced to take shelter in St. Margaret's Hope ; and we regret to hear that the Leven packet, a vessel belonging to the Kirkland Company, and trading between Leith and Leven, was driven ashore at the entrance to Leven Harbour, where she now lies a wreck. No lives were, however, lost. The storm has not been confined to this quarter alone. In Peebles-shire great damage has been sustained. Several bridges of considerable inagni nit tide over the Leithan were carried off, and the new road up the Leithen Water is for the present in many places impassable. The Know Bridge over the Quair, a little above Traquair House, on the Peebles road, has been removed from its socket ; and the Kirk Bridge, and the one over the Quair at Orchard Mains, on the road leading to Glen, are so much injured, that little more than a mere wreck is left to point out the original site. Several fields of corn and pota toes have been much destroyed, and a considerable portion of a new fleet dyke, lately erected on the estate of Pirn, which seemed to be executed with much judgment, and assumed every appearance of durability, was swept down the current. The hunting seat of Lieutenant-Colonel Rose, on the estate of the Earl of Traquair, was so completely inundated by a small mountain rill, that it was with much difficulty that the inmates of the house made their escape from a watery grave ; and, alter the flood had subsided, several trouts of consider- able size were found by the servants of the house in the Colonel's parlour. Both the factory caulds at Gala shiels have been carried away, as also the gable wail of a one-story house in almost the very centre of the town ; and the suspension bridge over the Gala, erected by the late Mr. Lees, was also carried away. The New Bridge over the Cadden Foot, on the road from Selkirk to Peebles, is so much damaged, that passengers are compelled to go by the circuitous rout of Cloven ford. When the day dawned on Sunday, the scene was at once terrible and grand ; for even thus early the Tweed had overleaped its legitimate boundaries, rolling majestically from bank to brae, and receiving at every little distance fresh accessions of troubled waters. The flood has had no equal, in this part of the country, since 1807, when devastations of a similar nature oc• curred both at Innerleithen and at Galashiels. The road, about a mile above Innerleithen, was ren dered impassable ; and several corn and potato fields were completely flooded. The other streams to the south were equally flooded. The Yarrow rose consider ably, and swept away a bridge in the neighbourhood of Bowhill. The river Tweed, especially near Berwick, has also done considerable damage. We learn by a private let ter from that town, that the new bridge which was building across the river at Norham has been com pletely swept away, together with a great quantity of corn on the banks of the river. Ms> flood has also done so much injury to the fishing grounds, that it is the opinion of the old fishermen there that the salmon fishing is over for the season, though the legal close time does not commence for a month to come. This is the More to be regretted, as the fishing this year has been the least productive that has occurred for many years. The Dumfries Courier states, that " the Nith was seen raginc , from bank to brae ;" and that the rain was followed, between three and four o'clock on Sunday af ternoon, by one of the severest thunder storms experi enced in this quarter during the whole season. GLASGOW.—Saturday was one of the worst days for autumn that it is possible to conceive, rain fell without intermission from morning till evening, and became still heavier during night. Sabbath morning the river was largely swollen, and the rain continued to fall in heavy showers till mid-day. During the afternoon the weather occasionally brightened, and a succession of high wiads, with sunshine, repaired in some measure the damage which must have been done to the growing and cut grain. The evening closed with a smart breeze, and Monday morning the reapers were enabled to resume operations. The morning was sunny and the day fair throughout ; but was succeeded by a night as showery as before. On Sun day, the Clyde came down with a volume of flood such as has not been seen these eight months ; large masses of debris floated on the surface, with not a few limbs of trees, evidencing that the storm must have spread over a wide district of country. Workmen were busily en gaged during the afternoon in removing barrels of dry goods, and bales of cotton, from the sheds of the Liver pool and Glasgow Steam Companies ; and many of the vessels were only prevented being canted from the bed of the Clyde upn the quay, by the interposition of long and stout poles between the ship's sides and the dock. A great quantity of rain fell in the neighbourhood of Anstruther, on Saturday and Sunday last. Between nine o'clock on Saturday morning and the same hour on Monday, no less than two inches and three-eighths of water fell, as ascertained by an accurate rain guage. PERSlA.—Accounts have been received from Tabriz up to the 19th of July. They mention that the town had been in a violent popular commotion, occasioned by a dispute between a Russian, Armenian, and a Moha medan, and at one time tbere were strong reasons to fear a general massacre of the Russians and Armenians. The Armenian, under the Russian protection, has been pu. nished by his Consul, and some of the leaders among the Persians by the local authorities. Orders had been received from Teheran to punish more of the Persians, and some were seized for that purpose, but were rescued by the mob, who threatened to kill all the Christians if the affair was carried further. It was thought, should the Russian Envoy demand any further punishment to be inflicted on the offenders, that many of the Armenians would fail victims to the fury of the populace. Disturb. ances bad also taken place at Etzinghian ; some deserters from the militia attacked the authorities and burnt the IMekemeh and some shops, and drove the Governor from the town. The Colonel of the town endeavoured to restore tranquillity, which was done after some fighting. A regi ment h ad been sent to protect the caravans from Erzeroum, which had been collecting in that city for six weeks, and which had departed under escort to the frontiers. SMYRNA, AUGUST 25.—The news from Bey rout mentions that Ibrahim has removed his head-quarte , s from Marasch to Aleppo. The Syrians are already reaping the fruits of the victory of Nczib. On the 14th were executed at Damascus such of the notable inhabitants as had shown adhesion to the Turks on learning their approach. The Wealthy Ali Aga, Emir of Baalbeck, with other chiefs, was decapitated. Similar executions were preparing at Aleppo, where Ibrahim had established a court-martial. Soliman Pacha has also ordered several executions at Aintab. liafiz Pacha has refused the offers of 'braille., and is at Slvas. Colonel \-vyndham has just issued a fresh ad dress to the electors of West Sussex, which is a curiosity in its way. The fox-bunting Colonel tells the electors, that " as during this season gentlemen are generally so much occupied with field sports as to be seldom found at home," he shall postpone, for the present, the completion of his canvass. A correspondent states " The goods of the Rev. Mr. CarMe, dissenting minister, at Romford, having been seized for the Church-rate of the parish of Hornchurch, in consequence of his refusal to pay the same, they were about to be sold on Wednesday, in Romford market, when the auctioneer, on learning the facts of the case, declined to officiate." BARKING CHURCH-RATE.---The following is the result of a poll which took place at Barking on the sth inst.:—For the rate 264; against it 68; majority for the Church 196. The apple crop has been a failure in Devonshire this season. That fruit has not been so scarce and dear for years in this county. Fruit generally is extremely bad. —Plymouth Journal. On Saturday last, a red-legged partridge was shot by a gentle►ran of Exeter, at Wbitstone. It was a fine bird, and its plumage exactly similar to the French partridge. —Plymouth Journal. A duel with sticks took place the other day at Cazeaux, in the Gera, the result of which was the death of one of the combatants, and the arrest of the other and the two seconds. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, a Coroner's inquest was held at the sign of the Robinson Crusoe, Earl-street, Edgeware•road, before Mr. Wakley, on the body of Mrs. Ann Carebolt, a lady residing at No. 20, in Earl-street, who was found dead in her bed, on Thursday morning. The Jury returned a verdict— Died by the visitation of God. _ . GIGANTIC UMBRELLA.—An umbrella of the ex traordinary dimensions of sixty-f our f ee t i n circumfere nce, gaily fringed', and standing twelve feet high, was exhibite o in our Exchange on Monday last. It was male by 111 r. Howe, of this city, for one of the African Kings, a nd is to he sent out by the first ship. It is said that this monster umbrella is for the purpose of screening. the King from the sun, when in consultation with his Ministers ! Bath Chronicle. THE LATE BIRMINGHAM RIOTS THE GOVERNMENT INQUIRY. Yesterday the inquiry was resumed at nine o'clock. The room in which the inquiry is held, was again ex cessively crowded. There was a very full attendance of Magistrates. A great number of witnesses were examined in the course of the day, among the rest Mr. Olive, one of the old constables ; Mr. W. J. Robinson, in the employ of Mr. Bourne, whose house was burnt down ; Mr. Alderman Hutton, and others. The following is the only evidence of the least interest, given by Mr. John May, Superintendent of London Police. - After the Bth, tile men were stationed every evening, from five to twelve o'clock, to prevent meetings. That continued up to Monday, the 15th. In the day time my men patrolled in fours. Their duty was to dis perse assemblages. Their orders were, that if there was any assemblage which they could not manage they were to report to me. On Monday, the 15th of July, at 10 o'clock, I received an order from the Mayor to discontinue the patrol in the evening. I was not to send out my men that evening into the Bull-ring. One-half of my men were to have returned that night to London. On Thursday the 11th, we had sent forty of our men back. That was done by an order of the Mayor. There were then 50 effective men in the town. Eleven were ill from wounds. The town was then peaceable ; I saw nothing to the countrary. The Mayor said that as the town was peaceable and tranquil, part of the force might return, and I was not to send out my patrol. He said that one half might return that eveaing if all was quiet. That was on Monday the 15th. As I was going home to London, I asked the Mayor what order would be given to the Inspector who succeeded, and whether the men were to be employed without the sanction of the Magistrates., The Mayor said certainly not, and that he and the other Magistrates were going to leave the office that evening as all appeared quiet. As I knew there were more people than usual in the town I asked whether, if anything occurred, I was to take my men out, or wait for an order from the Magistrates. This was about three o'clock, and after Colonel Chatterton had been at the Public-office. All the Magistrates, five or six in number,, were then leaving the office. Mr. Clements Scholefield, brother to the Mayor, was present. We had never since our arrival been out without a Magistrate. The Mayor said 1 was decidedly not to take out my men without a Ma gistrate's order. THE CORPORATION INQUIRY. WEDNESDAY.—John Fussell, of 139, Livery-street, newspaper agent, examined—The meetings in the Bull ring commenced at the latter end of January last. I attended them regularly from the latter end of February, and took part in the proceedings. The meetings from February to April were attended, upon an average, by from 400 to 500 persons. From the 29th of April to the 14th of May, I superintended the meetings entirely myself. Generally speaking, the person s attending were men of from 30 to 40 years of age, and of the working class. The meetings usually commenced at from five to fifteen minutes past eight in the evening. From the 7th to the 14th of May, additional meetings were held in the same place, between the hours of one and two in the day. These latter meetings, as well as those in the evenings of those days, had increased in numbers to from four to five thousand. The reason of this increase was, that on the 6th of May it was ge nerally anticipated that the National Petition would have been presented. There was also about this time a Royal proclamation against meetings, and those two cir cumstances produced great excitement, and induced larger numbers to attend. The business usually transacted at these meetings was, first, the reading of the daily and other newspapers, and exhortations to the people to use all moral means that would lead to the liccomplishmcnt of the objects of the National Petition. I have occa sionally heard recommendations to the people assembled to arm, as a constitutional right. Tnis was generally received by the meeting with applause. The people were recommended to arm, in order to be prepared to repel any unconstitutional attack which the Govern ment might make upon them. In order to test how far this recommendation was acted upon, I, on one occa sion, about the last week in April, said to the people then assembled, " Those of you who are armed hold up your right hands." Out of :an assembly of from 2,000 to 3,000, not more than fifty persons held up their hands. Generally, the more violent the sentiments ex pressed by the speakers, the more they were ap plauded by the meeting. The people were exhort ed to use all moral and constitutional means within their power, and, as a last resource, to have re course to physical force, if the Government refused to listen to their petitions. I do not think the speeches on those occasions, generally, con templated the probability of a resort to physical force. Even those considered the most violent speakers, always expressed a conviction that the people had suffi cient moral power to accomplish what they wished, and constantly invited those who repudiated physical force to join them, and thus afford the means of more speedily obtaining their objects. The speakers, nevertheless, exhorted the working classes not to form any union with the middle classes, except the latter would agree to all the points contained in the Na•ionai Petition. The persons attending these meetings always behaved in the most orderly and decorous manner. lam now speak ing of all the meetings up to the 14th of May. I did not attend them afterwards, except on the 4th of July. There was no obstruction to the thoroughfares. The coaches from the Swan to the Nelson always passed down without the least obstruction. NVbenever a ve hicle had to pass, the people immediately opened to make way, if the assembly was so numerous as to require it. The people were recommended by the speakers to offer no obstruction, and men were app4inted to see this regulation observed, and generally to keep order. There was no flag or banner at the meetings up to the time of which I speak. The meetings were held every evening, except Sunday, and dispersed generally at nine o'clock, with the exception of Saturday, when they remained until a little before ten, in consequence of their assembling later on that evening. The meetings :erminated with three cheers for the Convention, anal the people quietly dispersed in various directions, and did not form processions. No fire.arms or weapons of any description were ever exhibited at the meetings, nor, as far as my knowledge goes, were brought thither Up to about the 7th of May, the meetings were not inter fered with, or forbidden by the authorities ; about this time a warning appeared, siped by the Magistrate's Clerks. This was the first intimation we had that the Magistrates would not allow the meetings to be held. Directly on this appearing, I put a friend in communi cation with the Mayor, pledging myself to take the first opportunity of removing the meetings froth the centre of the town, as that was made the chief complaint ; at the same time expressing a determination on my part, if the meetings were interfered with, and the offer I made rejected, that I would hold three meetings in the place of two.. I received for reply from the Mayor, that the meetings would not be interfered with, provided I took the first opportunity of removing them. This re ply was on the Friday after the warning appeared. The meetings were held as usual on the Thurs day, when the warning first appeared, and on the. following day, both at noon and night. On the Thursday I read the warning to the meeting from the Advertiser newspaper, and denounced it as not being iar; ; at the same time impressing upon the people as- sembled, not to obstruct the pathways, and thus render the meetings illegal. 161 not take any steps on the Thursday or Friday to remove the meetings, because public feeling was at such a height, that it would have been of no avail to have made such a proposal. On the Friday night the meeting was adjourned till the Satur day dinner time, for the purpose of adopting an Address to the Queen, upon the necessity of the people forming themselves into armed associations, for the protection of their constitutional rights. Notice of this was given to the people. The meeting accordingly assembled on Sa turday, at one o'clock, and continued till two. There were between '2,000 and 3,000 present. I was elected chairman, and an Address to the Queen was proposed and seconded by two inhabitants of the town, but they were unknown to me. It, was passed unanimously, and ordered to be transmitted with a similar address to Lord John Russell, which was intended to have been adopted in the evening. The meeting was quiet throughout, and dispersed quietly. There were no banners, and nothing was done but what I have stated. Nothing was said about the proclamation of the Magistrates against the meetings, which had appeared in the Journal that morn- ing, and had also been placarded, and which is as follows : " Victoria IL " Whereas certain evil-disposed persons have, of late, held meetings during the evening in the Bull-ring, and then and there, by seditious harangues, have endea voured to excite the people to violence and illegal pro ceedings : And whereas such seditious speeches have, on several occasions, caused a great concourse of p eople, to the great alarm of her Majesty's subjects, we the un dersigned Magistrates, deem it our duty to command ail persons to refrain from attending such meetings, as being tr ofy eterm ‘ he c b o o n rou a g r h y , to an law an it d,, , ,ef d ur d dangerous to eto tr b a e nq o u u i r llit ci after i n t l hi at s o r n y oti sp c e e e , c s i h le a g ll nation to prosecute all those w ho, hold such meetings, or who , b y in am shall attempt to excite the people to any disturbance or breach of the peace. " Public Office, May 10,1839. " William Scholefield, Mayor. W. C. Alston " P. H. Muntz S. Beale C. C. Scholefield T. Bolton C. Shaw W. Chance Joseph Webster J. B. Davies Joseph Walker." J. T. Lawrence The meeting was adjourned from two o'clock until eight i n the evening, when it again assembled in about the same numbers. I was present, but no chairman was appointed. The address to Lord John Russell was proposed by me, and seconded by some person in the crowd. It was put by myself to the meeting, and car ried unanimously, and I was requested to forward both addresses at the earliest convenience. At the same meeting extracts were read from The Sun newspaper, on the subject of armed associations. The proclama- EVENING EDITIONr. tion of the Magistrates was also read from the Journal, and was received by the crowd with hisses. I requested they would behave themselves peaceably, and also that they would not obstruct the footpaths, and said that the proclamation would be sheer nonsense, if they took my advice ; but, if not, they would render themselves tin of to, a obnoxious e to the lo ca l ac t, w hi c h p ro hibi te d any obstruc tilehignhlh a3;s.e sameT hi advice s h a adb e e e en gi f v re e ren s tl a y eh before alluded was the determination of the people to obey the law, that if a vehicle presented itself they would open, for the purpose of allo w i ng i t to pass without obstruction. untilm o e l e d t i i nt n gh g e s t hienmt opinionle couldeß of The ul the i b -r e i n C t g a o k n w e v n e e r , n e a t isoaindt , jo e u a rn th ed e ro this ri n e i t gh y e t i ,. was expected pl to ar rive in Birmingham on the following Monday. I was deputed to ascertain the opinion of the Convention. The opinion of the Convention, as a bode, was not obtained, but individual members of it advised that the meetings should not again be held in the Bull-ring, hut at Hol loway-head. Accordingly, meetings were held on Tues day, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at Tiollowav head. On the latter evening the meeting adjourned from Holloway-head to the horse-market in Smithfield, on account of the former place being inconve n i ent ], ( 14_ tent from the populous parts of the town. Tile people, very generally, left Holloway-head and went to Smithfield. There were about 2,000 present, being about four times the number which were at Holloway-head. I addressed them in Smithfield, by was' of commentary, on several articles which I read from Tdc Sun, and from the Cheltenham and Birmingham newspapers. No chairman was appointed, and no resolutions were passed. There were no banners, and the people were quiet. In my address I particularly cautioned the people to be circumspect in their conduct, as I had no doubt there were London policemen in disguise among them. At the meeting at Holloway-head en the previous Monday, a friend of mine, resident in London, and who had been in the police force there, pointed out to me a man in the waggon from whence the speakers addressed the meeting, who, he said, was one of the London p o li ce . H e was i n pl a in clothes. I saw this same m an aga i n i n S m i t hfi e ld on th e n i g ht in question, which induced me to give the advice I have stated. The people seemed surprised, and cried cut, " Where are they ?—where are they Y' I re- I fused to point them out, but again exhorted them to be peaceful, as by that means they would render them of no avail. This meeting separated about half-past nine, perfectly peaceable. On the following (Friday) morning, about three o'clock, I was arrested. I was in bed. The officers who came for this pur pose were the two town constables ; the two London policemen whom I had seen at the meeting the pre vious evening ; Hall and Spittle. of the Birmingham police, and two watchmen. I demanded the warrant under which they arrested me. No warrant was pro duced from first to last, and they end not say they had one. They said it was sufficient for me to know that I was arrested. I expressed no unwillingness to go with them, but protested against their proceedings. Though they had no search warrant, 1 gave them libetay to search the house for any purpose they might think fit. They did so ; and some letters, papers, and books were taken. I was conveyed to the Police-office, and the following day committed by the Magistrates upon the evidence of the two London policemen, on a charge of sedition. I was admitted to bail—myself in 200/., and two sureties in 100/. each, which I pro cured on the spot, and was released. The charge against me by the police was, in general terms, that I. in cited the people to repel force by force, and that I had recommended them to take forcible possession of the Town Hall, provided their meetings were interfered with. The evidence of the policemen was false, as respects the Town Hall, and was inaccurate as re gards the other part of the charge, inasmuch as it did not state the conditions with which I quali fied such language ; those conditions being that the people should always act peaceably and in confor mity with the lew ; and that if the law was broken towards them, they would he justified in repelling force by force. There were two other persons, Messrs. Hardy and Brown, who were also charged nith using seditious language at these meetings. The circumstances under which I was arrested were stated at public meetings held in different parts of the town on the same day. I did not attend any meetings after this until the 4th of July, when I attended the meeting in the Bull-ring. The meeting assembled a few minutes before eight in the evening. There were from SOO to 300 present ; and there was not at any time more than this number pre sent. There were several flags ; and a banner. Some of them were inscribed, but what the inscriptions ware I never noticed. No chairman was appointed. A person was addressing the meeting when I got there, commenting upon an article which he had been reading front the Birmingham Advertiser, which had been bor rowed from me for this purpose. His address was of a peaceable kind ; he exhorted the people to be peaceable, more particularly in their processions through the town, which they had been in the habit of forming after the meetings broke up in the evening, during the past fortnight. There was no obstruction whatever offered that evening to the traffic, passing up and down. About twenty-five minutes to nine one of Piekford's railway vans passed from the end of Moor street across the Bull-ring, and along Bell -street, at the rate of about seven miles an hour, and within ten yards of the person who was then addressing the meet ing. without the slightest 'obstruction or impediment. My object in attending this meeting wits as follehws —I knew that parties were in the habit of attending who were averse to the holding of these meetings, and were in connection with the Magistrates, and I attended for the purpose of observing if any obstruction was of fhred, in order to lay information against these parties, who usually placed themselves upon the footpath and carriage-nay on the Market Hall side of the Monument, where most inconvenience was likely to be felt, and would be more easily offered, from the comparative nar rowness of the road. Two men, named Nesbitt and Smallwood had been, a short time previously, committed by the Magistrates to Warwick, for reading in the bull-ring, by which crowds were assembled, and it was said the traffic was obstructed. When they wet e com mitted, I applied to Mr. Muntz, who was sitting on the bench, to give his opinion as to the legality of the meet ings, expressing a willingness to abide by his decision, and to remove the meetings if it were shown to us how they were illegal. He said it was not his province to give an opinion, but it was his duly to punish us if we broke the law, or words to that effect. The Committee here adjouined, and it was arranged that the remainder of Mr. Fussell's evidence should he taken on Thursday. A DISCOVERY.—One of the London reporters at the tournament says very learnedly of the county cf A) r The county round about is well cultivated, and appeals full of inhabitants." We suppose cur Cockney bioiher expected to find the fertile districts of the Lowlands pre senting nothing but barren rocks, with a few miserable in habitants running like goats among the crags, and arrayed in kilt and philabeg ! We remember bearing of an old gentleman who visited Inverness a few years ago, and who, when looking around on our beautiful and flourishing fields, lifted up his hands in amazement, exclaiming.....“ Bless me, you have cJrn growing here the same as in East Lothian ! "—lnverness Courier. BATTLE OF To uLous E.—The politica! journal of Toulouse contains an account of the circumstances at temitng the visit of the Duke of Orleans to that town. The Price of csurse, visited the field of battle, and was at tended by Marshal Clause), who explained the positions and details of the action. At the clone of their conversa tion, and in the: presence of all, the Prince asked—" Was the Marshal aware of the events of Paris ?" " Most cer tainly," replied Marshal Clausel, "and Le did cell to pre tend net to credit them. Wellington tent an officer to ac quaint him with peace being concluded, hut without any official document from the great army. The Marshal sent him back, saying he might shoot him according to the laws of war." " Tha'," rejoined the Mince, "is the most cha racteristic trait of the battle. Marshal Scult gave a noble example in not withdrawing. It was an act of petriotistu and devotion." Such is the judgment passed on theuecless slaughter of. 20,000 men after peace was signed, by the. French Marshal's pretending not to believe the tact of which he was duly informed. Heaven defend us from princely and military morality . ! Letters from Malta to the 6th instant mention the arrival of the Levant steamer. Wireu the steamer passed Tenedos the following ships of war were at anchor there :—English—Ten ships of the line, namely, the Princess Charlotte, the Rodney, the ißellerophon,eNioniebeiiot,hlee Asia, the Minden, the Pembreke, th e vanguarc, I the Ganges, the a n te a s t , ion, Pewcrful, and the Implacable. French— Eight ships of the line, namely, le Jena, Triton, l'Hercule, le Jupiter, is Trident, l e G e fi b belonging t l h 4 e two i.rin. br there e a v e e r r e e u a x i and le biademe. Besides the foregoing, sloops, and sloop and two steamers at Constanti " n 6 o re i brigs, in all i a force of 32 vessels. There were, r -, ( I Constantinople, r : another a n i 1 satzeicalmwerr (~ glish sloop at Smyrna ; and the French } bad a brie in the . Dardanelles, a steamer at Constantinople, a sloop at Bey youth, and a bri g at. Alexandria. The Austrian Commo dore Bandiera was at Smyrna, with a frigate arid two smaller vessels, h av i ng d etec h e d a s l oo p tnAlexandria. INCIVILITY OF TIIE PARISIANS IN THE STREETs.—Some evenings ag o, as an English gentleman was walking with a f r iend througb the Rue St. Honore, they were jostled be three men of the lower orders at the corner of the Rue de l'Echelle, and, on their complaining cf such conduct, one of the assailants took a cane out of the hand of the English gentleman, and struck him over the face several times, whilst another hit his empanion so violently in the mouth as to break one of his teeth. For tunately a patrol of ,the police was passing at the time:, and arrested the offeradds, who, it it to be hoped, will be well ' punished forieriiir conduct. We cannot help observing i that in no guropean capital is there so little eecomeneda -1 tion and civility shown to each ether by passengers in the sticets as in Paris.—Galignani. [Thq,naine of the Eng ' lists gentleman is Mr. Horley. Our Contemporary is quite right. The Parisian pedestrians ere irredeemable ruffians, and they do not even spare ladies. It is quite a . ; vulgar error to speak of, the Parisian politesse, whicii is of the most selfs'e nature.] ' i The Odessa J ournal mentions that the NV ife of ' : an inhabitant of Kertch, named Zaitcheuka, has been de -1 livered of three well constituted male children, who. as wet! as their mother, are doing eeil. This tame woman. . w h o is aged 40 years, bad already had twelve children, five • of whom have died.