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SPIRIT cf the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Lord Aberdeen's difficulties grow fast upon him. The bombardment of Mogadore has fol lowed quickly on the heels of the bombardment of Tangiers. the Prince de Joinville bombarded Tan giers, and, having done a small 'modicum of mischief to its outworks, carried off his squadron to Gibraltar. But with Mogadore there has been bombardment and something , more. The Prince has taken possession of the island which forms the port of Mogadore. He is establishing a garrison in the 'eland. He has declared the port in a state of blockade. Sir Robert Peel solemnly pledged himself that he will not allow France to acquire territory in Morocco. We take for granted that immediate and full explana tion will be required from the French Government as to the nature and object of the French Prince's possession of the island of logadore. We take for granted also that explanation has been already required as to the French Prince's bombardment of Tangiers before the return of Mr. llay from Ins mission of mediation to the Emperor of Morocco. Lord Aberdeen stated, in the House of Lords, on the 13th of June, in answer to Lord Clarendon, that the mediation of Great Britain had been accepted by France and Spain,—by Spain on the ea rnest interposition of Fr ance. Mr. Hay is on his wa y back from Morocco ; ha vin g obtained,it i $ said, the concession of every material point insisted on by France and Spain; and, as lie nears Tangiers, hears the Prince de Joinville's cannon. If the Prince had waited only four hours, Mr. Hay would have been in Tangiers before a shot was fired. The suc cess of Mr. Hay's mission is immaterial. Even if he had failed in every point, as he is said to have suc ceeded in every material point, a commencement of hostilities by the French Admiral before the result of a mission of mediation, to which France had consented, was known, is surely a matter demanding explana tion. We say, then, we take for granted that Sir R. Peel has made Lord Aberdeen require explanation from the French Government as to the bombardment of Tangiers before Mr. Hay's return. And now, be fore the French Government can have received the demand for this explanation—before the French Government can have notified to its royal Admiral its view of the terms obtained by Mr. Hay' from the Emperor of Morocco, Mogadore is bombarded —is in ruins ; the island which commands the town and port is held and garrisoned by the French ; and a French blockade of the port is declared. All this makes vigilance, firmness, an honourably hold front, on England's part, more and more necessary. That it will wake Lord Aberdeen from his slumbers, or that any additional amount of difficulty could give courage to the craven spirit of the Foreign-office, we do not profess to believe. But Sir Robert Peel has now more time to give to foreign affairs than while Parliament is sitting. And the Otaheite question is still to settle. The tone of the French Globe (Guizot's organ), commenting on a rumour of French proposals on this sub ject, published by the Revue de Paris, is the reverse of yielding. However, Sir Robert Peel is pledged that there shall be ample repa ration for the outrage on Mr. Pritchard. Whether the recal of M. D'Aubigny alone will be ample re paration, or whether M. Bruat ought to be recalled also, the Government, who at present know more of the circumstances than we can profess to do, are at present better able to judge than we are. But the question settled, everything that the Government now know the public will know. The public will then be able to judge how Sir Robert Peel's pledge has been kept ; and if it should then appea r that M. Bruat, as soon as he knew of M. D'Aubigny's proceedings, re pudiated them, and punished his subordinate, the British public will be eager to second the British Go vernment in doing justice to M. Bruat. STANDARD. —The eagerness with which more than one of our daily Contemporaries fasten upon any paragraph of the news from Morocco, which may appear to favour their lugubrious predictions, can only be accounted for by the fact that " the wish is father to the thought." The account of the bom bardment of Mogadore (which can take no one by surprise), conveyed in the telegraphic dispatch of the Prince de Joinville, has afforded another opportunity for the exercise of this very patriotic vigilance. The Prince has, it is said, takes possession of the island which faces Mogadore, in order to con vert it and its neighbourhood into a French depen dency. Nothing of the sort. He has directed it to be occupied because the water is so shallow between it and the town which it commands, that only ships of small tonnage can enter ; and because, in fact, its temporary occupation was, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, an absolute necessity, in any ulterior operation, such as sending a military force from Mogadore into the interior, should have been contemplated. We cannot, therefore, see in this step even a prima facie violation of the implied compact of the French Government with the other European powers. One of our Contemporaries, indeed, appears to have created the giant for the express purpose of demolishing it. "If this occuisation continue after its necessity has ceased —if other places are occupied in the same way without excuse, or retained after the causes which may be supposed to jnstify their occupa tion have ceased—then a breach of trust has been committed—A gross wrong done, for which this coun try is bound to demand reparation and redress." If is a great peace•eniaker, and is wisely employed in this instance to let down gently the writer's indigna tion. Without considering the contingency thus contemplated as a probable one, we may remark that there Is at present no pretext for these apprehen sions ; still less for increasing the irritation which already prevails in France, by loud and idle boasts of what England would do under circumstances which have yet to happen—the more especially as our Contemporary hardly disguises his belief that they are never likely to happen. Another of our neigh• bours, keener sighted and even more sensitively alive to the best interests of England than the journalist we have just quoted, has discovered in the occupation of a small island, little more than a mile in circumfer ence, by the Prince de Joinville, for the purpose, it is probable, of covering the supplies which may have hereafter to be conveyed through the port of Mogadore, which it helps to form, for the service of the French troops in the interior, a positive casus belli ; with a dis tinct understanding, however, that we are to take the de • finition of the phrase from the columns of the hypotheti cal advocate for war to whom we have already referred. Both definitions, positive and hypothetic, are, we are persuaded, alike unfounded, and as ill-timed as the merriment indulged in by the Morning Chronicle over the recent dispatch of General 13ugeaud for which the account of the capture of the personal baggage of the Emperor's son (" a portmanteau, we suppose, full of shirts and habilitates") affords the excuse. These are not times in which scoffs and jeers al pitiable as those of which the above is a sample, or hypothetical imputations of perfidy and bad faith, should he lightly indulged in. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, Auc. 26.—The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held this day in the Conciliation Hall. On the motion of R D. BnowNE, M.P., the chair was taken by Sir Valentine Blake. M.P. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the honour con ferred upon him, and then prxeeded to address the meeting at some length. On concluding he was loudly cheered. Mr. J. KELLY, M.P., commenced the business of tho day by handing in several remittances. He said he had the honour to act for Mr. Smith O'Brien during his ab sence. Mr. O'CoNNELL handed in several sum's of money, and then stated that the monster address to the Quren had been forwarded last week to Sir James Graham for presentation. lb then read the following letter acknow 'edging its receipt : " Whitehall, August 23, 1844. Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, and to inform you that Sir James Graham has laid before her Majesty the address, signed .by a large number of natives and inhabitants of Ireland, which was transmitted by you to Sir James Graham for that pur pose. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "11. MANNERS SUTTON." "Mr. Martin Crean, Corn Exchange rooms, Dub:in." General CLOONEY addressed the meeting. • Mr. R. D. BROWNE, M.P., described the position in which the repeal cause stood, and eulogised the means by which that position had been attained. It was to the new philosophy of moral agitation that their success was to be attributed. Their respect for the social relations o f life, and strict observance of the laws, had drawn upon them the eyes of admiring Europe—had procured for them the sympathy of France, and the generous and inexhaustible aid of America. Circumstances, were aris ing ever y day which gave th em the highest hopes.— (ChcerF.) No moment could be more opportune for the people to struggle for the amelioration of their country than the present. Whether he looked to the east or to the west, he found embarrassments crowding upon Eng land—from the Society Islands to the territory of Ore gon, from Hindostan to Algiers. In every quarter of the world were visible the giant shadows of the coming revoluilon.—(Cheers . ) handed in 1/ 1 the monthly sub- Mr. J. KELLY, ALE, sc ription of Mr. Smith O'Brien, during the capti v it y; and then read. a letter from that gentleman, in which he stated his intention of being in Dublin on the 3d of Sep tenat er. The following are extracts from the letter:— "I avail myself of this opportunity to remove a:mis conception which may arise from a statement made by Mr. D. O'Connell, jun., at the last meeting of the Asso ciation. I have not recommended the adoption of any resolution against the use of tobacco or other taxable Kws i 3eßtstuodities. Though the conduct of the English Go verl_m towards the Irish people has been such as fully to justify is resolution, lam not prepared to ask the reptalersr Ireland to deprive themselves of any hel'thful , oyment, unless some great national object can be prod ted by such a sacrifice. It is right, how over, that* h Government and the people shoutd•con te't platoie,h a determination as a probable contineney. -----rk.&-terOkoeranoe pledge, limited for the present to bore .‘ - • THE SUN, Ik;OtiDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 29, 1844. HAYTI. ADDRESS OF THE COMMIT TEE OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY TO THE PEOPLE OF HAYTI. lIIYTIANS,—The great body et philanthropists in Great Britain and Ireland, especially those who have been actively engaged in securing the abolition of slavery in the British colonies road possessions abroad, have long taken a deep interest 3,n your welfare, and have watched with no common pleasure every indi cation of the rising greatness arid prosperity of your country. Your enemies have pronounced you unworthy of the liberty you enjoy, and have invented a thousand calumnies to injure you in the eyes of the civilized world. But your friends have been prompt to repel those calumnies by an impartial appeal to the history of your great struggles for freedom, and to demand for you that consideration and justice which they feel to be your due. The object of your enemies has been not merely to destroy your character, by, exciting the horror and disgust of the ignorant, the unreflecting, and the pre judiced against you, but by that means also to im pede the great work of African regeneration, and the extinction of slavery and the slave-trade throughout the world. In Great Britain this was the case previ ously to the abolition of slavery in its West India co lonic•s. In France it is the case►, now that the friends of human liberty there are exerting themselves to achieve the same noble object for its colonial pos sessions. Such being the fact, judge, then, of the pain ith which the sincere friends of Hayti have heard of the unhappy divisions and disorders whic have drawn upon you the eyes of Europe and America, and have filled your enemies with exultation and delight. In the continuance of those divisions and disorders they see the germs of a civil conflict which will exhaust your strength and resources, and make you the prey of a powerful European State which once controlled your destinies, and is still anxious to possess so splendid an appendage to its territories as " the Queen of the Antilles." As the great organ of the abolitionists of this coun try, the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society, in addressing you their sincere counsel and advice, presume not to give an opinion on the cause which has led to the late disastrous events in your island. They deplore its existence, whatever it might have been. They deplore them for your sakes. They deplore them for the sake of Africa. They deplore them for the sake of the millions of your race now held in bondage. They deplore them for the sake of mankind at large, for so long as the en• slavement of any portion of the human species shall be continued, so long will the final triumphs of justice, civilization, and religion be arrested in its course. But the Committee sincerely trust that the events they deplore may be finally terminated; that Hayti may be preserved free and independent; that stability may succeed to disorganization ; and that the whole body of the Haytian people may feel that whatever cause of dissatisfaction they may have had with the past state of affairs, that now they have the strongest reason to combine loyally and firmly with each other, to promote the welfare of their common country, to develop its vast resources, and to cause it to be re spected by the nations of the earth. To the accomplishment of this great end the Com mittee would earnestly exhort you to lay aside all sectional jealousies. Let the parties in the east, the west, the north, and the south feel that there is a nobler object to be gained than mere political pre dominance, namely, the welfare of their common country. Let there be mutual forbearance • let diffe rences of opinion be healed by wise counsels and ge nerous concessions ; and let it ever be remembered that there is no wisdom in the sword, which is the mere symbol of physical force, not of enlightened reason ; of brutal passion, not of calm deliberation ; of proud ambition, not of self-sacrifice and love of country. Let not the pride of caste and the prejudice of colour dissever you. Strange that the children of a common Parent, endowed with similar mental and moral attributes, influenced by similar affections and passions, should allow the tincture of the skin to form an impassable barrier to fraternal union and generous co-operation. On this point the Committee appeal to you as brethren ; for however much they differ from you in complexion, they feel united to you by a common origin, and would enforce and practise the common obligations arising out of those natural re lations which were intended by the great Creator to bind man to man in a holy and inseparable brother hood. Let not differences of religious conviction, opinion, and practice, separate you. The rights of con science are of paramount importance. Where they are not respected, no other rights are or can be secure. On this point the Committee appeal to you as Christians, and, with the history of Europe open before their eyes, where they behold the ascendancy of Catholicism on the one hand, and Protestantism on the other, and the bitter fruits which have resulted from it, they would earnestly exhort you to avoid the perils of religious con flict. Intolerance of the opinions of others in mat ters of ;religion is ;the offspring of bigotry; and bigotry, if it be not controlled by public opinion, leads to proscription and persecution. "Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind," is the lan guage of the great apostle of the Gentiles. Let, there fore, those who suppose themselves in possession of the truth use none other weapons in its propagation and defence than those furnished by enlightened reason and the sacred canon of the Scriptures ; and instead of the bitterness of strife, let there be a holy emula tion to follow the divine example of the great Re deemer of mankind, who, whilst on earth, " went about doing good," and who came into this world, " not to destroy men's lives, but to save them." Feeling the deep importance of the subject on Which they have addressed you, the Committee have foreborne to appeal to you on the lower ground of self-interest; yet they would venture to remind you that never was there so favourable an opportunity enjoyed by Hayti as the present moment offers, for the development of her internal resources and the in crease of her foreign trade. Not only has Great Britain repealed a detestable law, which forbade Haytian vessels and Haytians from entering the ports of her colonies, but her Legislature, durinc , the last session of Parliament, has enacted a law which ) allows sugar, the produce of free labour, to enter her markets on favourable terms, whilst it excludes that raised by the oppression of the slaves in Brazil and the Spanish colonies. • Ilaytians, you have now an opportunity presented to you of benefiting your country, by the establish ment of peace among yourselves; by calling into ac tivity the energies of your.cultivators; by the enact ment of just laws, and their impartial administration ; and by promoting the intellectual, moral, and reli gious improvement of your rising youth. We earnestly beseech you thus to act, and thereby falsify the sinister predictions of your enemies, and realise the sanguine expectations of your friends. By Adopting this line of conduct, you will greatly assist the friends of human liberty in every part of the world in their exertions to promote the abolition of slavery and the slave-trade, and will assuredly hasten the coming of that day when the fetters by which millions of human beings are tortured in body, and degraded in mind, shall be universally broken. On behalf of the Committee, (Signed) THOMAS CLARKSON. 27, New Broad-street, Lendon. Aug. 16. THE OLD HOUSE OF COMMONS. Who that has sat in the gallery of the old House of Commons—that venerable building which the calami tous fire of October 16th, 1834, reduced to ashes—can f,%il to recollect his first feelings of disappointment as he gazed with a sense of wounded pride around the dark and narrow room, and looked in astonishment at Honourable Members grouped in various attitudes of carelessness and indifference ! The aspect of the Chapel, plain almost to rudeness, appears to have struck an intelligent French stranger with a feeling akin to pity, or contempt. "La salle," he writes,." est petite et sans decoration—point de marbre—point point de peintures."* Its paltry dimensions, confined space, and want of accommodation, could only be adequately described in the vernacular of Cobbett, who possessed the peculiar faculty of disenchanting his readers from all charms of poetry, of vulgarising the noble, and debasing the sublime. " Why," he asks, with the natural indignation of a new Member, " are six hundred and fifty-eight of us crammed into a space that allows to ns no more than half a foot square ? There we are, crammed into this little hole, squeezing one another, treading upon each others' toes, running about to get a seat, going to the hole at seven o'clock in the morning, as I do, to stick a hit of paper with my name on it on a bench, to indicate that I mean to sit there for that day ; then routed out of those places again after a divi sion has taken place, and running and scrambling for a seat in just the same manner at people do when they are let into a dinner-room at a public dinner at the Crown and Anchor or elsewhere." Yet such as it was, " cabin'd and confined," undeco rated for a century, decked only with a new coat of painting and whitewash, destitute of all architectural pomp, unadorned by a single monument of sculpture or art—into that building what intelligent stranger was ever ushered fer the first time without a throb bing heart and heightened pulse ! Who but has lowered his voice on first entering that room as he felt the genius of the place compelling awe, the deep inspiration of the past! Mighty memories, sub lime associations, breathe their subduing spells around the stranger. Within those walls the battles of hu manity have been fought, the privileges of freedom vindicated, and the liberties . of England won. For not less than ten generations, ever since the gentle period at which the repeal of the union shall be attained, appears to me to possess many advantages. Larger con tributions to the national treasury could be more easily made by each subscriber, in consequence of the savings effected under a system of total abstinence. Above all, it would furnish to mankind an undeniable vidence of the earnestness of the national determination. " I can, however, by no means advise that the adop tion of this pledge should be considered as a test of patriotism. Many individuals may be very sincere lovers of their country and very ardent advocates of domestic legislation, who would be unwilling to bind themselves by any such arrangement. " With rega,rd to the use of Irish manufactures, there is, at present, considerable difficulty in excluding from consumption the competing productions of England ; but it ought to be the aim of every true Irishman to give a preference to the produce of Irish industry." Mr. KELLY then proceeded to state that when the ac count reached Limerick that it was the intention of the repealers to relinquish the use of tobacco, one of his constituents, a manufacturer of that article, and who paid 5001. weekly as duty, offered in the most generous manner to shut up his stores, if by that means he could advance the cause of repeal.—(Cheers.) The name of this gentleman was John Spalade, or, as he was called, " honest John Spalade." He mentioned this circum stance to show the determination of the people. Mr. J. APNEvre, barrister, brought forward the re port of the Parliamentary Committee on the opening of the Post-office letters, which denounced the system in the most marked and emphatic manner. The Rev. Mr. COUGHLAN addressed the meeting on the subject of the Charitable Bequests Bill, which he denounced, deprecating the interference of laymen in matters affecting ecclesiastical discipline. Mr. D. O'Coesieei, then rose to make his usual weekly return from the prison. lie said the repeal mar tyrs were, as ususl, in excellent health and spirits, cheered at the tranquillity of the country, and the spirit of perseverance evinced by all parts of Ireland. He had learned from his father that he was de lighted that Mr. Smith O'Brien should have taken the subject of the pledges into his consideration, convinced that whatever that gentleman decided upon would be the wisest and best course to be adopted by the Association, who must have the most unlimited confidence in his patriotism and wisdom. He knew that his father felt great anxiety respecting the Parliamentary voters ; all that was wanted was their coming up to be registered. There were more than 150 registries still undisposed of, and if the claimants would not come up, the court would be closed and the oppor tunity lost. These men could mitigate the inconve nience of Mr. O'Connell's imprisonment, by placing themselves on the Parliamentary roll ; the neglect to do so was really . a crime against Ireland, who had many cordial enemies, and ought to have a multitude of active friends. He was happy to state that he knew it was Mr. O'Connell's thorough conviction that the hour was coming for repeal, and coming fast. The English Government would want, no one knew how soon, " the lion heart and stout hand of Ireland ;" and they could have both, by the simple process of doing justice to the Irish people. The Irish had but one resource, and that was in them selves, a resource that would be found quite a v a ilable when English statesmen were wise enough to perceive that Ireland ought to be conciliated.--(Cheers.) After some further business had been gone through, Mr. J. KELLY announced the rent for the week to be 6341. 13s. 11d.—(Loud cheers.) CITY OF DUBLIN REGISTRY—THE TORIES. The state of the Parliamentary registration for this city affords a practical evidence of the rapid decay of that Orange fervour which preceded the last general election. Day by day the Liberals obtain a majority, and the Tories now can scarcely muster a claimant. On Saturday the Liberals registered seventeen electors, whilst the Orange party did not bring up a single man An effort was made by Mr. Cary, who acted as counsel for the Tories, to induce the registering barrister to close the session, but be peremptorily refused. The registry is again in progress this day, and the Liberals are still increasing their majority: 152 138 :. ISO 171 .. 179 158 194 207 INQUEST ON CAPTAIN G. H. ELIOTT. On Wednesday last our town was thrown into a state of no inconsiderable excitement, in consequence of a re port being rather prevalent that Captain Granville Hey wood Eliott, of the 4th Dragoon Guards, and a small boy, his servant, of about twelve years of age, of the name of Curley, were drowned at the Long Island. Ac cordingly one of the gun-boats was immediately manned, and repaired to the spot, accompanied by a number of small boats. After dragging the river for some time, the rumour turned out a sad reality. The first thing they succeeded in finding-was the boat, and within a very few yards of where the boat was raised both bodies were found, almost side by side, grasped in the strong arms of death. When the boats arrived at the Canal Harbour the bodies were carried on a bier to barracks, where the inquest was held by Mr. E. Lynch, Coroner. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned the following verdict : —" We find that Granville Heywood Eliott, and his boy, Patrick Curley, came by their death accidentally, being found drowned on the 21st of August, 1844, in the river Shannon, by falling out of a boat, and were then and there suffocated and drowned, and that the said boat was the cause of the death of the said G. H. Eliott and Patrick Curley, and is of the value of one pound, and do award it as a deodand to the Queen." - Captain Granville Heywood Eliott was the only son of a retired artillery officer, Colonel Eliott, of Vale brook-lodge, near Hastings; in Sussex, and has also left a mother and a sister to lament his premature death. He joined the 4th as Cornet, at Brighton, in March, 1835, and from that period enjoyed the closest intimacy and friendship with all his brother officers, by whom he was greatly beloved and esteemed, and was only in his twenty-ninth year. We regret to say that since then the father of Curley (the boy who lost his life with Captain Eliott), a poor old man residing at Athlone, took the melancholy fate of his son so much to heart, that he has died from grief.—Athlone Sentinel. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY—PRINCE ALBERT. DUBLIN, AUGUST 27.—At the last weekly meeting of the Council of the Royal Irish Agricultural Society, the following letter from General Wemyss, Equerry to his Reyal Highness Prince Albert, was read : " Windsor Castle, Aug. 12, 1844. " Sir,—ln compliance with the request communicated by you from the Council of the Royal Agricultural Im provement Society of Ireland, I am commanded by his Royal Highness Prince Albert to acquaint you that it will afford his Roy al Highness much pleasure in being nominated a member of the society, and you will be so good as to communicate to the Council his Royal High ness's cheerful acquiescence in their wishes. " Your obedient servant, " To the Secretary, &c. &c." " W. WEMYSS. Ordered,—That the above letter should be acknow ledged, and that Mr. Purcell be directed to take the ne cessary steps for announcing to his Royal Highness that he had been admitted a member of the society, and for presenting to him the society's medal, which had been gained by him for the best fat animal in the yard at the late cattle show. IRISH CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT. In reference to Mr. O'Connell's opinion on the Charitable Bequests Act, the Evening Post contains the following :—" Since the Act reevived the royal assent, we have apprised the public of the settled and irrevoca ble opposition of the Irish Catholic prelates and eergy to its principle. I will be seen, by the elaborate opinion of Mr. O'Connell—who, on this occasion, writes as a lawyer, and we need not say there is no higher authority on legal questions—that in principle and in detail the measure is so obnoxious that the Catholic prelacy and priesthood cannot possibly afford their co-operation to the working of the measure, and there is now no remedy save its repeal or extensive modification. We have learned, too, that the supreme authority in tho Catholic Church, the Pope, has expressed his decided co•!d,tnna ticm of the provisions of the measure. The only coury left for Ministers is to stop all proceedings under the Act, until the next session affords them, or their sums s,rs, the opportunity of introducing a Bill free from the obnoxious clauses in the present Act." MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of "A Table of Mortalit3 in the Metropol►s, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes reg►stered in the Week ending Saturday, the 2 lth of August, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— CAUSES OF DEATH. Weekly Total. Average o 1 Five years, Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 268 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat - 103 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 141 157 Diseases of the Luna, and of Respiration 194 286 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 32 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion B5 69 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the joints, Bones, and Muscles 9, 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay 63 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified... - Deaths from all Causes 936 946 DEATHS mom THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. Total. Congumption ll6 I) Weekly Average of Five Years, 147 Scarlatina Pneumonia .....•••. Dropsy .. . •• lTOOping Cough Typh US Small Pox __ Disease of the Heart Measles 23 Apoplexy . .. Diseases of the Brain l4 Diarrhoea.. ••• Sudden Deaths DISTRICTS. Vet North Central East ... .. South . 231 Total .... ..... . ...... ..... 936 AUGUST MUIR OF ORD MARKET.—The August market was held at the Muir of Ord on Wednesday and Thursday. There were . many excellent lots on the ground from Dunrobin and the western parts of Ross, which brought good prices. Mr. Sim, Drummond, pur chased a lot of good two-year-olds at 7L 10s. Thelighest price we heard given for six quarters was 3/, purchased by Mr. Harper. There were only a few crosses, which were bought by Mr. Harper, for 8/. 10s.. Mr. Boulderson sold a pair of capital three-year old Angus cattle at 301. The following are about the prices : Three-year - olds averaged from 51. to 8/.,, two-year-olds 4/. to 7L 108., six quarters from 21. to 3/. There was little doing in the sheep market, it being rather indif ferently supplied. Wethers brought from 18s. to 225., ewes from Bs. , . to 55., cheviot lambs from 45. to 65. 6d.— R033-shire 4clyeTaser.. , . * " The hall is small, and without ornament—wanting marble, gilding, and paintings." Edward VI. allotted that consecrated chamber to the great council of Parliament, the genius and virtue, the dignity and rank, the wisdom and eloquence, of the nation have been there represented. Treasures of statesmanship have been lavishly poured forth in that hall, which there was no prudent hand to gather. There blushed the chivalry of Raleigh, there wept . the servile patriotism of Coke, there recorded its protest the faithful loyalty of Hyde. Its floor was once profaned by the hasty step of the unhappy Charles, who left his guards at the door as he faltered into the Speaker's chair—once far more basely desecrated by the stamp of Cromwell, as he crowded the benches of a truck ling assembly with the myrmidons of an usurper. But fearfully was the insult avenged ; nobly have those assaults of despotism been requited by the Acts of freedom—the Habeas Corpus Act, the Bill of Rights, and the Act of Settlement—those death war rants of tyranny which have since been read there as law. There with an eye glowing fire eloquent as his voice, Chatham spoke for immortality, and triumph ing over physical weakness and bodily decay, made his very crutch an instrument of oratory—there the great Commoner crushed the House of Bourbon, and smote her power with that electrical shock which re verberated in another hemisphere. On that floor the mighty Burke—great even in his failures — threw down the dagger, as a specimen of the pre sents which French fraternity was preparing for his countrymen. There Castlereagh walked proudly up the House amid loud huzzas, with the Treaty of Peace, signed at Paris, in his hand. There Canning called the new world into existence, that he might redress the balance of the old. By the table in that Chapel, afterwards stained with Percival's blood, the brow of the boldest warrior has grown pale, as he stood up to receive the thanks of the House, and with trembling voice stammered forth his gratitude. Blake, and Albemarle, and Schomberg, Marl borough, and a greater even than that proud captain, the hero of a hundred fights, the Duke of Welling ton, have drunk in there the pealing applause which heralded Westminster Abbey. At that bar the proudest of England's peers have bent the head to deprecate the Commons' vengeance ; the governor of millions—the Ministers of State—have there bowed the knee, and in their impeachment confessed the grandeur of ,the great national inquest. There the noblest sons of genius —Bacon, and Newton, and Wren, Addison, Gibbon, Mitford, have sat mute but not inglorious.' There Oglethorpe taught the lesson of humanity to inspect our prisons, and Meredith and Romilly pleaded, against capital punishments, that criminals still were men. These walls have rung with shouts of triumph as the slave-trade went down in its ini quity. Peals of laughter have awakened the echoes of that chamber to generations of wits—Martin and Coventry, Charles Townshend, and Sheridan, and Canning. The hollow murmurs of sympathy have there rung back the funeral tribute to the elder and younger Pitt, to Grenville, and Horsier, to that eloquent orator, conspicuous among his countrymen, Grattan, who in his dying hour there poured forth his soul. What exhilarating cheers, the only re wards to St. John, for those lost orations which have perished for ever, have there rewarded the ef forts of Pitt and Fox, as they sunk back exhausted! The forgotten oratory of • that chamber would more than balance all that is recorded! Magni :cent as the new building may be, adorned with paintings and embellished with trophies of our progress in the arts, far more convenient than the old chamber, in splendour not to be compared, the palace of senators, and not the mere hall—it can never rival, in the mind's eye, that humbler room empannelled with living memories, blazoned with illustrations of the past. The cloud of light, which filled the old temple with the glory of the Presence, far more than transcended the vi v id splendours of the new. Though the rising structure cannot be for centures what St. Stephen's Chapel has been, it will stand, we may rest assured, as the former House, the classical sanctuary of Britain's intellectual greatness, the chosen palladium of her proudest attri butes—freedom, and eloquence, and power.—Towns end's Memoirs of the House of Commons. CROMWELL AND THE NAVY. During the disturbances in the reign of Charles the First the managing officers of the navy were directed by the King to refuse obedience to the orders of Parliament, and a number of ships having been carried away by Prince Rupert, the naval force of the country was reduced to so low a state, that at the beginning of Cromwell's government he had only 14 ships of war of two decks, carrying 40 guns ; but under the careful management of very able men in different commissions which he appointed, such vigo rous measures were pursued, that within a short time, though engaged in war with the greatest naval power in Europe, the fleet was increased to 150 sail, of which more than one-third were two-deckers. The navy was by Cromwell raised to a height which it had never before reached. During the Dutch war Cromwell's cruisers took no less than 1,700 prizes, valued at two millions sterling, from the enemy. England was victorious in five general engagements by sea, in the course of which the ablest commanders that had ever been in the service of the States of Holland—such as De Ruyter, De Witte, and Van Tromp—were vanquished. Never was greater at tention paid to the navy. Old vessels were not only carefully repaired, but new ones of a larger size built. It was discovered that Raleigh, notwithstanding his great talents, had committed an error when he main tained that a ship of war ought never to exceed the size of 600 tons. Sealed orders seem to have been first resorted to in the Protectorate, which forms a memorable epoch in the naval history of England Blake, the glory of his age, taught us that wooden walls are superior to stone walls, and that a castle could not resist ships well stationed and bravely fought.ade by action in the Mediter ranean infinitely than the recent attack m n a giers. Having presented t ß h l e a l e french e performed ninehoroe n daring,r a n himself before Tunis, the Dey, by way of reply to a message demanding the release of some Englishmen, who were in captivity, desired him to look at the castles at Porto Ferino and Guletta, then do his ut most. Blake, roused by this bravado, immediately stood into the bay, and having car r i e d his ships close up to the fortresses, he commenced such a severe cannonade, within musket shot, that they were soon destroyed. He then manned all his boats and burnt every ship in the road, including several corsairs, which had long infested the trade of the Mediter ranean. This gallant action spread the terror of the English name along the coast of Africa, and not only the Tunisians, but the pirateA of Tripoli and Algiers were glad to agree to an accommodation. HERRING FISHING IN LOCIIFINE.—WC are de lighted to learn the most favourable accounts of the her ring fishing in Lochfine. Preto the commencement of the season, the labours of the boatmen had been rather unsuccessful ; but on the evening of Friday .week the herrings appeared in immense numbers, and the fishing of that night and Saturday morning was one of the must abundant which has been known in the loch for thirty years. The greater part of the fish on this occasion were taken in the loch a mile or so above Inverary. On Monday night the fishing made from m as , t e " q o ua t l o ly tahbreuendmanittes, the heaviest hauls being be low the town. The abundance of the shoal may be learned from the fact, that some of the boats had taken upwards of .50 maize at one haul. From Saturday till Tuesday, the price for curing was 3s. the long hundred; but should the fishing continue good, it will of course soon be less. The quality of the fish is excellent. We are happy to observe that the accounts from the other fishing stations, viz., Dunbar, Berwick, Aberdeen, Wick, &c., were, at the close of last week, much more agree able than they had previously been.--Scotch .Reformers' Gazette. CLERICAL INTOLERANCE.—On Sunday last a scene occurred in the cemetery of Christ Church which has been the subject of much remark in the town during the week. Michael Roche, a young man, who had been a member of the Rational Sick and Burial Society, and who, in his last moments, had intimated a desire to be buried in the above cemetery, was brought t hither for interment by his mourning. relatives. The Rev. O'Neil Pratt, minister of Ch r i s t Church, who officiated on the occasion, on coming to that portion of the service which begins, " Forasmuch as it bath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the Foul of our dear brother," &c., made a pause, and began to address the, friends of the deceased, in language which was cal culated deeply to wound their feelings, and which was uttered in a passionate and seolding tone, very ill adapted to the solemn occasion. He told them they ought to have been ashamed to bring the deceased there for inter ment, because he had lived and died an infidel and an - unbeliever in the doctrine of the resurrection. The by standers _implored the reverend gentleman to consider 'the feelings_ of the relatives, but he was deaf to their en treaties. He proceeded to make some remarks on the immortality of soul, and the resurrection of the body, putting questions to the friends of the deceased, to which lie pointedly desired an answer, as if he wished to pro voke discussion, and yet when they attem pted to speak, he threatened them with punishment if tPey.ventuFed to interrupt him. The portion of the burial service above re ferred to was not read. A large crowd was collected on the occasion, and on all hands the violent excitement and un seemly irritation of Mr. Pratt are severely condemned, as unworthy the clerical character, and very unbecoming the occasion. We understand that two sisters of the de ceased, who are Roman Catholics, were present at the funeral. A complaint, in regard to Mr. Pratt's conduct, has been forwarded to the Bialiop by the a gg rieved rela tires. but, we believe, no reply to it has yet be en received. —/liaceleafield Chronicle. [ADVERTISEMENT].--A STARTLING CURE BY HoLeovav's PILLS.—A gentleman named Knightly, late of the West Indies, but now residing in Vauxhall road, Liverpool, had suffered fur many years with a .de ceased stomach, with flutterings and a sinking a; the pit of the stomach, and palpitation of the heart, shortness of breath, with a continual craving after substantial food, together with a depression of spirits bordering on me lancholy. Ho paid hundreds for advice without obtain ing the least benefit, but, however extraordinary it may appear, he was radically cured in about six weeks of all his ailments by these wonderful pills. Sold (also Pro fessor Holloway's Ointment.) at Professor Holloway's E s . tablishment, 224, Strand (inhere advice may be had gEatis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medi cine throughout the civilised world. SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 27. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) WOOD V. MONK. The trial of this case was resumed this morning, and several witnesses were examined on behalf of the de fendant, from whose evidence it appeared, that what ever might have been the conduct of the defendant, that of the plaintiff was by no means without blame. It was sworn that he was in the habit of beating and otherwise grossly ill-treating his wife ; that he had been in the habit of consorting with other women to the neglect of his own wife, and had behaved altogether in such a man ner as to leave little or no hope of obtaining more than nominal damages, if that, at the hands of the jury. The Learned Counsel on both sides seemed to think that it was high tune the disgusting detail was put an end to, and the controversy was at length closed by both parties consenting to withdraw a juror. A juror was accord ingly withdrawn, and no verdict given for either, each party being left to pay his own costs. WILLOCK V. GREEN THE YOUNGER. This was an action to recover damages for an assault and battery committed by the defendant upon the plaintiff. Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Cardell appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr. Martin for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff was a servant in the em ploy of a Mr. Slingsby, and acted as a cattle-driver to that gentleman, who, it seems, is an extensive agricul turist in Yorkshire. The defendant is the son of a cattle dealer, who, on the day of the assault, had, toge ther with his father and the plaintiff, been at a cattle show at Fishpool to exhibit their stock. It happened that the defendant's father succeeded in obtaining a prize, to the disappointment of the plaintiff. There did not, however, appear to have been any between them; but having afterwards adjourned to an inn, as they were standing in the yard the plaintiff drew his whip across the legs of the defendant's father, saying at the same time, " Yeo up, old boy." The defendant's father said, " Don't do that again, my legs are sore." On which the plaintiff said, " I beg pardon, I won't." " Then don't," said the other. Plaintiff replied, " I don't mean to hurt you," and they shook hands, and went into the inn and sat down at the table. Some time after the landlord went out, and meeting the defendant said, " Here's old Willock been whipping your father." On which the defendant ran into the house and was about to beat the plaintiff. One of the company said, " No, no, you must not do that," and prevented him. On which the defendant took up oue of two heavy metal candle sticks which stood on the table, and hurled it at the plaintiff as if he had thrown it at a bullock. The candle stick struck the plaintiff in the face, cut his cheek and mouth, and knocked out two of his teeth, which dropped into his hand. His mouth bled for two or three hours, and the next morning was so swollen that he was unable to eat. Mr. MARTIN addressed the jury for the defendant, and contended that the whole of them were a rough set of people, who could not be expected to deal as gently with each other as men in a better state of society ; and he believed that the plaintiff would never have stirred in the matter if it had not been for Slingsby, who probably was chagrined more by his cattle being beaten by the defendant than he was by the plaintiff's teeth being knocked out, and he hoped the jury would think very small damages sufficient in the case. The Learned JUDGE summed up the case, and in re• ference to what had fallen from the Learned Counsel re specting the gentleness of the parties, observed that perhaps the jury would think that— " Who drives tame oxen should himself be tame," and ought not to conduct himself as if he were driving wild bulls. The jury consulted for a minute, and returned a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 101. CROWN SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) Timothy O'Brien was indicted for cutting and wound ing William Jones. Mr. Cardwell was for the prosecution ; Mr. Wilkins for t'ie defence. The prosecutor was, it appeared, in the month of June last, an assistant to the officer of the Borough Court of Liverpool, and on the 11th of that month he went with Mr. Shanahan, his superior, and some others, to execute a writ of possession pursuant to a judgment in eject ment obtained against the prisoner in the Borough Court of Liverpool. The prisoner kept a provision shop in Charter-street, in this town. On Shanahan going into the shop, before he could produce his warrant, he was attacked by the assistant with an iron bar, such as that with which they fasten shutters, and the other offi cers coming to his assistance, were assailed by the de fendant with a large knife, and driven from the shop. It was found that several of them were wounded. The pro secutor had the thumb of his left hand cut clean away. He had a frightful gash quite across the palm of his right hand, a stab in the neck, and other injuries, He was for some time seriously ill. Guilty of wounding, with intent to maim and do grievous bodily harm.—Sentence was deferred. August 28. The Lord Chief Baron finished the Crown business of these assizes yesterday afternoon, and leaves for London this morning. The civil business will not be completed for several days, as, at the rising of the Court last evening, there remained for disposal no less than 24 common and 12 special jury cases. Mr. Justice Cresswell has now been sitting nearly a fortnight. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HO USE. William Laidler, the seaman who appeared before Sir John Pirie, on Saturday, to complain against the supercargo of the ship John Campbell, for bloody and desperate proceedings on the coast of Africa, appeared before the Lord Mayor, according to his Lordship's appointment. Sir John Pirie sat with the Lord Mayor on this occasion. _ . . The LORD MAYOR stated that the owner of the John Campbell, which had not yet arrived, had re mitted to town an account of the depositions of Mr. Burnley relative to the extraordinary transactions on board that vessel, received in this country six weeks ago. From that account, it appeared that a mutiny had taken place; that several of the crew, of whom Laidler was one, objected to Mr. Burnley as captain, although the appointment was made by the owner, upon the death of Captain Robert Nelson ; and that, so menacing and insubordinate was the conduct of the mutineers, that he was obliged to apply to King Eyamba for assistance, to protect his own life and the property of his employers. From the details of the statement, which showed that Mr. Burnley had acted with becoming zeal, spirit, and discretion, it appeared that several of the crew had evinced the bloodthirsti ness which had been ascribed, with so much emphasis, to that individual, and had manifested a determination to destroy him. Laidle w r—All that appeared in my statement was true. We were in a dreadful condition. Wm. Burn ley cut short our allowance, and reduced us to great misery, and he came down with the natives in three canoes upon us, and committed dreadful slaughter and bloodshed. The LORD MAYOR---YOU knew he was your cap tain, by the appointment of the owner, upon the death of Capt. Nelson. What right had you to dispute his authority ? Laidler—Mr. Bell was the first mate, and by right he ought to have been captain; but Mr. Burnley thought to carry favour with the owner by diminishing our allowance; and it was quite impos sible that we could work without being half fed. At the very time that we were kept in that condition he was sending off buckets of beef and quantities of bread ashore to King Eyamba. The attack upon us was dreadful. I was covered with blood. The LORD MAYOR —Why, it appears from the depositions that you poured hot water and fired upon :hose who went to you on Mr. Burnley's account, to induce you to act subordinately, and that you had written outside the bulwarks, Blood for blood !" And after all you said the only objection you had for not returning to your duty was, that you would not obey Mr. Burnley as master, but would have Mr. Bell. You persevered in this desperate course, not withstanding the advice of the captains of the several vessels on the station. Laidler admitted that the crew knew of the ap pointment of Mr. Burnley to the command of the vessel, but said they would not have him, as he had cruelly shortened their allowance. He said the de positions were false in stating that any hustle measures were taken by the crew until they were fired upon and attacked in the most murderous way by the na tives in their canoes. He denied that the crew had mutinied—they had only defended. The LORD IIIAYOR-1t is quite evident that there was a most dangerous mutiny on board. Here is the representation upon which King Eyamba acted in granting assistance to Wm. Burnley : " Sire,—ln consequence of the mutinous state of the crew of the ship John Campbell, J. Henry Burnley, master of the said ship John Campbell, peti tion your protection and assistance by going on board for the purpose of quelling that mutiny. Should you fail by fair means in your attempt, I request you to adopt any measures you most approve of to secure the mutineers, for the safety of the ship and cargo. lam under the necessity of resorting to these measures in consequence of the repeated threats to me, and I know ing them to be welt armed. "H. BURN LEY. " To King Eyamba." The following representation, it appears, accom panied that " Sire,—We the undersigned, serving on board the said ship John Campbell, and finding her in a highly mutinous state, quite concur in the necessity of the 1 above request of Captain Burnley to you, as being the only means of protecting the ship and property, and beg you will immediately resort to any measure in your power to quiet the disturbance, as we have used our endeavours, and find them utterly useless. Signed by the English captains in the river. " To King Eyamba." What have you to say to these statements ? Laidler repeated that all the crew had dine was in defence; that they had a right to object to any man being captain but the first mate, and that the suffer ings they underwent were most unmerited in every respect. Sir J. PIRIE—Do you deny that Mr. Sharp, the owner, authorised Mr. Burnley to take the command of the vessel after the captain's death ? Laidler— No ; that's quite correct. Sir` JOHN Pim—Then why did you dare say that you would have another person to take the command? Laidler—Why did Burnley dare to reduce our al- ENGLISH AND AMERICAN WORK lowance of bread and meat ? It was better to be here, MEN. in the worst prison, than to be there working under an African sun under a short allowance. There was no end to the buckets of beef and bread he sent ashore, while we were left in a shocking . state. It's false to say we mutinied. The LORD MAYOR—Why, you admit that you were guilty of mutiny by stating that you disobeyed Captain Burnley when you were bound to obey. It is quite plain to me that you were one of the principal leaders in the mutiny, and take care that you are not called upon to answer to the charge of the person whom you have come here to calumniate. After all the captains of the English vessels in the river had in vain tried to bring you to a proper sense of your duty, the man who ought to have authority over you was obliged, as a last resource, to apply to the King. He had no alternative. Laidler—l have not stated a word that's false. I say, that after being slaughtered and wounded, we were dragged out of the ship and confined in huts, and two of the crew were killed with poisoned water. The LORD MAYOR—You were not fired upon until you fired and killed two of King Eyamba's men, and I judge from the depositions that you were treated with forbearance to which you had no claim. There is no doubt at all that you all acted in the most des perate manner, and the probability is that Mr. Sharp will look after you and make you responsible. Laidler—l shall take care to look after him and make him responsible. Depend upon it I shall not be quiet till I have justice done to me. I say we were all treated in the most savage manner. My chest was broken open. The Loan MAyou—ln the chest of most of the crew were found property belonging to others. You have assailed the characters of others, and depend upon it you will be made to feel that there has not been the least - excuse for the course you have been pursuing. Laidler then left the justice-room, declaring that he would try elsewhere for satisfaction. The manner of the seaman was brutal and menacing in the extreme, presenting an extraordinary contrast to the gentle and pathetic description of 11 7 s suffer ings and feelings on the occasion of his first appliea ' tion to Sir John Pirie. Sir JOHN PIRIE most unequivocally expressed his opinion as to the mutinous conduct of the crew, and hoped the statements which had gone abroad had done no injury to the character of Mr. Burnley. It is a strange thing, that, all over the world, in America, and in Europe, there should exist such a very unfavourable opinion of English labourers, and that their undeniable skill and industry in their par ticular vocations should be unable to remove the uni versal impression of their immorality, lawlessness, ignorance, and brutality. Even where it is found necessary to employ them this is always done reluct antly and fearfully. I was in Austria shortly after the English labourers had been dismissed from the railroads making there, because their turbulence, brutality, and drunkenness, occasioned all kinds of riots and accidents. I went to Saxony, and found that there, too, all the English labourers had been turned away, because their conduct was found quite insufferable. I went to Frankfort, and met a papier , anufacti Ir. who told m with rueful mole mt. a). shakings of the head, that he was indeed compelled to employ English labourers in some parts of his business, because they understood their business so well, and were so remarkably skilful in it; but that he lenged to get rid of them because they were the most troublesome, ignorant, and unmanageable of his workpeople, I went to Belgium, and read an inte resting report of an English Poor-law Commission, in %%hich the evidence of a great manufacturer, of Philadelphia, concerning English labourers ' was given at full length. This gentleman testified that one fifth of the workpeople in the American factories were foreigners, most of them Englishmen, whom, however, the manufacturers employed very unwil lingly, on account of their being so " dissipated and discontented." ' They were, besides, universally (lig' liked, because they were so given to drunkenness. The American labourers are always found better educated, more intelligent, and less given to sensual indulgeneies. No strikes or combinations of work men Pre ever known among the American labourers as among the English, who are always combining to force higher wages from their masters. The supe^ riority of the American labourers is chiefly attributed to their superiority of education. The American masters are always very particular in having the children of their labourers sent regularly to school.-- Kohl's England and Wales.. IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTMINSTER.—The Metropo litan Improvement Commissioners having decided on opening a direct communication from the new Houses of Parliament to the north-west district of London, various plans and estimates were sent in, the majority of which were rejected, in consideration of the large amount of compensation which would be demanded by the owners of household property in the respective localities. The line has, at length, been definitively marked out, and contract concluded for two-thirds of the work. The new street will commence at the western extremity of the Houses of Parliament, running in an oblique lis t ? from Abingdon-street to Eaton-square, from which point there is already a corresponding continuation to the Great Western road. By the formation of this street, two very desirable objects will be attained - It will afford a nearer and more convenient a pproach, to the - Houses of Parliament, the La w C our ts, and the Government offices ; whilst the removal of the on: merous obscure streets, courts, and alleys, in that Pa: of Westminster, will serve to abate a nuisance which has become so intolerable as to call for legislative repro" hension. A great number of these dilapidated toe-, ments have for some years been inhabited by persons e s the very worst class ; the property belongs chiefly to th,e Dean and Chapter, who are naturally anxious to brew' up this "den of thieves," and as the existing leases sr° nearly run out, the compensation demanded cannot he considerable ; it is assumed, at least, that it will be 0 ° impediment to the prosecution of a scheme which pre" mises an ample return for the capital invested, and whie ll is still further commended by utility, conv en i en ce, and decency. The new street is to be of the same width 0 5 . Regent-street, and will be of nearly equal len g th. Gres' part of the line, which passes through Pimlico, fronting Buckingham Palace stables, has been cleared already: In those streets which intersect the line through th other parts of Westminster, the workmen's operate l f are delayed only until the present occupants are expel Mr. Rigby Wason, late Member for Ipswich, 0 7„ contracted for two-thirds of the line, a t a rate much below the Government surveyor's estimate. C O , ll. netted with the above improvement anoth e r p r oject hi" been revived with some prospect of ultimate adoption namely, the erection of a bridge across th e Thaen from the Horseferry-road to Lambeth-stair s , a t the f° ° of Church-street, close to the Archiepiscopal Palace' This scheme was mooted nearly twenty years back ; prospectus was at that time issued, and a Bill broug i , ll : into Parliament with a view to the issue of shares l e t building a bridge by a joint-stock company. It ol e o with so little support that the Bill was rejected, and the project was consequently abandoned. However, it sel l , ' that it is now regarded with more favour • the Are bishop of Canterbury and the Marquis of Westmine, te o having withdrawn their oppositi on , it i s no t i m probao that the sanction of Parliament would now be obtain! should the application be renewed ; more especially as a bridge at the point indicated would form an apps .., c " priate continuation of the new street, and facilitate coe'; munication between the northern and southern distric t of the metropolis. WANTED A COACUMAN.—Yesterday, the after ( noon down-train had duly deposited th e passenge rs O A the Southend coach on the platform at B rentwoo d, an " A they were busily scrambling for trunk, band-box, an brown-paper parcel, or occupying inside, roof, and dickey' when it was suddenly discovered that the box was vacant' Quick came the inquiries— " Lost, strayed, or stolen, Or fall'n through a hole in The carriage-floor is the coachman goner-- 1 , but no traces of him could be found, till some one rec ° lected they had seen him trotting along the platform 4 ', O Shoreditch, and crying " Wo, wo " in his most persus i s l ` r , style to the starting engine. But st eam - eng ines usu e ot stand not the cries of stage coachmen—they have? t been broken in to them ; so g i v i ng ano th er tritunpanf o snort it only scudded along the faster, leaving bon o f London, to add railway trains to the old proverb_A " time and tide," &e., and the passengers at Brelltt v Y c ji bridling up and disputing amongst themselves wu b , should enact the part of a sick member of a benefit clu and go on the box.—Essex Herald. h rtlf THE NEW FACTORY ACT.—This will Act s i r dome into operation. and by one of its provisions an street of the law is to be hung up on a moveable !v.'', in every factory. The four Inspectors of Factories joint report made to the Home Secretary express their opinion on the importance of having an abstract frotarea source the weight of whose authority w o u ld be de k to ie r to in questions arising on the interpretation of tuf t he statutes; their own words show the necessity 0 ' by guidance they seek:—" The enforcement of the Jaw po . prosecutions is committed to us and to the sub-insP: r e tors who act under our directio ns; it i s th e refore 1 -4 desirable that the abstract should show distinctly for extent to which the Factory A c t h as b ee n rep!ale 0 ,1 C altered by the amending Act, for the information • os guidance of ourselves and the sub-inspectors as w e fo il the mill-occupiers and their workpeople. Upon s re . and anxious reconsideration of this subject at our P re . sent meeting, we have t c9tne to the resolution of questing respectfully tlitieyou will he pleased to gi ve , 4 1 rections that such abstract be preparb'd by your . 1 e _,b on advisers with as little delay as possible, being of or e+ , that it should be prepared and emanate from a e uti o is the weight of whose authority wopld' be deferred t° s' M questions arising on the interpreitm of the tw o o s od totes. Thus, when prosecutions t a ke place we ju• be able to refer to the abstract as containing not ouL to terpretation of the law, but that which pro ceeds competent legal authority, whereby much miscue d tion will be avoided, and greater uniformity in the sions of magistrates secured." to 1; h THE IIARVEST IN KENT.—We are delight ed state that the wheat harvest is going on most favott o t he and will be completed throughout mid Kent duri n° ! re' present week. In our next we shall give a gener a l view of the crop.—Maidstone Journal of yesterday- trol l WHOLESALE ARREST OF THI EVE S.—The Al's p police, to clear Vien n a o f th e crow d o f vagabond s he o thieves which infested it, has just arrested 400 of toll together, and has had then taken off at once to the r legs at Venice and Trieste. BIRTHS. O On the 22d inst., at Aire, near Geneva, the lady of c; wAr J s ell• Charles Thorold, Bart., of Syston-park, Lincolnshire , °' o rtlif On the 24th inst., at St. George's-terrace, Hyde-parka Mrs. Price, of a•son. of On the 25th inst., at Dover, Mrs. R. Bennett) of a cle?bof T• On the 26th' inst., at Park-hill, Clapham, the wi fe - Dunnage, Esq., of a son. the 0 6 • On the 27th inst., at Lower Tulse-hill, Surrey, - of Mr. T. Thompso, of a son. Ad, t be On the 27th inst., at Cambridge-terrace, Camden -T° wife of Mr. Edward Doyle, of a daughter. f. tO g. On the 26th inst., at Highfield, If.xmouth, the la tl f C. Cole, Esq., of a daughter. O W On the 26th inst., the wife of Alexander Allan, at wick-terrace, Hackney-road, of a daughter. „,-„„ 1 0 ' On the 27th inst., in Upper Harley-street, the P-- -- * Petre, of a daughter. __.. - . • MARRIED. ..„. job On the 14th inst., at St. John's Church, Margate , 'l e lst' ; Scott Holmes , to Elizabeth, the youngest daughter oft Christopher Atkins, Esq. of Blackwall. ?o r On the 27th inst., at Esq., Church, Upper Cbeis e A3 3 llr, sonby Arthur, eldest son of the Rev. Henry Moore, °` bt er °'' hale, Kilkenny, to Augusta Sophia, youngest ' ll l 0 4.1°- Major-General the Hon. William Henry Gardner, 0 tO 6 gan-place. , Augn s _ D st On the 27th inst., at St. Pancras Church' t ow - Frederick Hamilton, Esq., of Kentish-town, to Mary - , P; Ascet daughter of the late G. Richards, Esq. , o f 13edfor0 r th e Hampstead-road. On the 27th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-sVacre;the. Rev. Edward Baines, Rector of Bluntisharn, Hants,.“ 6s, ' fel•' rifle Eularia, youngest daughter of the late J. Bain I. of Shooters-bill, Kent. f IV/ 4'. On the 27th inst., at Twickenham, Mr. G. Roll 0' , °. A f t . cot-place, Lambeth, to Elizabeth, eldest daughte 1,,, Bowyer, of Twickenham. DIED. foe late On the 21st inst., at Margate, Henry, third son o Samuel Brooke, Esq., aged 34. oidh On the 22c1 inst., at Chiswick, Middlesex, Dew — Esq., late of the city of Dublin. tt f scl. On the 22d inst., in Fenchurch-street, S. Tonirsa - : o ido• On the 22d inst., at Gosport, Elizabeth Margar" of the late John Lowes, Esq. may e: On the 25th inst., at the houie of Captain Davisanvicbsru Lear Shrewsbury, Edward William, third son of -Lb Mayne, Esq. On the 26th inst., at Clapha m, Thom Yeupg son of the Rev. Charles Bradley. - f 00, ; London: Printed and Published by M IIRPO 1. So. 1/ No. 112, Strand,: Printer, at The Sun Officab w ty 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the Middlesex, Thursday, .6.uguat 29, 1844. UNION-HALL. Yesterday John Leigh, an engineer, was brought up for re-examination, charged with absconding with the wife of John Townsend, a linendraper, and steal ing various articles, his property. The complainant stated, that the prisoner was a lodger in his house, and that for some time past he had grounds for supposing that his wife and the pri soner were on very intimate terms, as he (complainant) was compelled to be absent from home on business very frequently. His fears with regard to their intimacy were verified, for on returning home on Monday week he found that his wife had gone off with the prisoner, taking with them a quantity of property, principally consisting of clothes. He lost no time in making inquiries, and at length discovered that the guilty pair had taken lodgings in Charles street, Blackfriars-road, where they passed as man and wife, and occupied the same bed-room. As com plainant found several boxes at the lodging with his property in them, he gave the prisoner into custody. Evidence was then adduced to show, that at the time the complainant's wife absconded from home the prisoner assisted in the removal of the goods, and also to show that he and she were living together as man and wife in the lodging they occupied, after their flight from complainant's house. The complainant was cross-examined by the pri soner's solicitor with a view to show that the wife left home with his consent, and that he had desired her to quit his house and to take her things with her on the morning she left home. The complainant, however, denied that such was the fact and declared that he was amazed and shocked on finding she had gone off with the prisoner. The complainant's wife was in attendance and ab solved the prisoner from all blame in the transaction. She was prepared to take all the responsibility of the act upon herself, so as the prisoner was acquitted of the charge. The prisoner, through his solicitor, declared that he was led to believe that the complainant and his wife had agreed to a separation, and that he was not even aware of the description of property removed by the wife. The MAGISTRATE said that an opportunity should be afforded the complainant of prosecuting the prisoner if be thought a jury would convict, and for that purpose he should make the defendant enter into his own re cognizance in 1001., and find sureties of 501., to "appear at that Court the day preceding the next Central Criminal Court sessions. HOP INTELLIGENCE, MAIDSTONE.—Tho fine dry weather of the last week has had a very favourable effect upon' our plan tations, bringing out the hops from the very poles, as the saying is, in some instances, and in others, stop ping the progress of any incipient disease. The " College Ground," to which it is so much the fashion to refer, is going on extremely well, and some expe rienced planters, who went over it yesterday, esti mated the probable growth at not less than six bags per acre—others are less sanguine, and set it at five. Other grounds are not so fortunate, but, on the whole, this parish will have no reason to complain. OTHAM, BEARSTED, AND HOLLINGROURNE..--The hops in these parishes have singularly improved during the past week, and with some few indications of disease, which are quite unimportant, promise well. LOOSE.—The plantations were seldom looking better—the produce will be abundant. WATERINGBURY.The hop grounds here are most flourishing, and will produce a fair average crop. THE FARLEIGHS.—The hops here are going on as the planters could desire—plentiful and healthy. BOXLEY, ALLINGTON, AYLESFORD, BURFIAM.—The hops in these parishes have very much improved dur ing the past week, and eight or ten days' continu ance of fine weather w ill bring quite an average crop. MEREWORTH.—The fine weather of last week has greatly improved the hops. They are looking beauti ful. In some grounds there will be a ton per acre. There are a few pieces of slight bine in the parish, but not many, and there is no mould to speak of. The picking will commence in about a fortnight or three weeks. TIME PECKIIAMS.— The above report applies equally to these parishes and the neighbourhood, where the plantations were probably never more luxuriant. WROTIIAM AND IGwrium.—Very good. Bine plentiful, hops come out well, and perfectly clean. Hopping will commence next week. SEVENOAKS (WEALD PART).—There has been a slight improvement in the hops "below the bill" this week. The young bine is lookjng a little livellr4_ but it is the opinion of an experienced planter that they are too far gone to be able to rally ; still, a little favourable weather might do something for them, but in the parishes immediately below us, viz., Hever, Edenbridge, Chiddingstone, parts of Ashurst, Leigh, Penshurst, &c., they are past recovery. SEVENOAKS (TOWN PART OF UPLAND).---The hops on the Stone Shatter are come out beautifully ; the bine strong and healthy. Accounts from all quarters agree that on the Sandstone Ridge, from Reigate on the west to the county town, there is scarcely a bad piece. The mould has made a slight appearance at places.—Maidstone Journal. BATTLE.—The fine weather has considerably im proved those plantations which had not been altoge ther ruined by the blight; but the latter remains altogether unchanged, or is getting worse. CANTERBURY.—The late cold nights have not much favoured the hops, though an improvement is still visible. In many grounds the burr still hangs back, but it is hoped - a few warm days will remedy this. The average per acre is said to be about 4 cwt. for this place and neighbourhood. CRANBROOK.—We shall not have a bin put into many grounds here, as there is not a hop to be found in them, but what little there is has.been doing very well with the late fine weather. FAuxuAm.—Our hops are very much improved within this last week. Picking will be general about next Monday. They are generally fine and good. MAYFIELD. — The hops have certainly improved within these last few days, except where the vermin had weakened the bine to such an extent as to render it, in appearance, almost dying.—Sussex Advertiser. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) Business remains in the same state as last week ; the yarn market being steady with firm prices; the goods market very quiet, with a slight tendency to decline. Stocks of every kind are still very low. 13,0CLIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, AUG. 26.—The market today has been but dull, and the business transacted very limited. The wool market has also been very quiet, with no change in prices. Another failure of a small manufacturer is announced, and the chief creditors are, as usual, the wool dealers. THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH DAY OF THE REV. ROWLAND HlLL.—This event was celebrated yesterday by the members of. the Surrey Chapel, Meld' jars- road, giving a dinner on a most ext( n sive scale to the chilli-en of the Surrey Sunday Scho , ls. Upwards of 3,000 children, malty .and female, byaring flags, and attended by their respective teachers, were present, and the Rye presented a most animated appearance. Tents were erected on different parts of it, where tables were laid loaded with good, substantial fare, of which, it is needless to say, the youngsters made ex cellent use. Tea and other refreshments were provided for the youthful guests in the afternoon ; and they re,- turned home late in the evening, evidently delighted with the day's entertainment, and, no doubt; approving highly of the way in which the centenary anniversary of the bi r th.chty of the founder of their sect was celebrated. C Af Evw. aver baii i ." - tv g. hing. fit. lIR bo To d" -Par 'Neger