The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-25 00:00:00

LORD PALTkIERSTON AT TIVERTON. TIVERTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. —Lord Palmer- j shin has been staying here for these two days, and his constituents took the opportunity of inviting him to a public dinner to-day. The entertainment was given in the Assembly-room, which was tastefully decorated for the occasion, and where above 150 gentlemen, as many, indeed, as the room would ac commodate, sat down to an excellent dinner at three o'clock. Mr. F. Hole, who was in the chair, was supported by Mr. Heathcoat, M.P., Mr. Howe, the mayor, Mr. Heathcoat Amory, and a number of the principal inhabitants of Tiverton and the neighbour hood. After dinner the usual loyal and constitutional toasts were drunk amidst much applause, Captain Taylor, R.N., returning thanks for the navy, and Captain Edwards for the army. The toast of " the Clergy of all Denominations" was spoken to by the Rev. Mr. Ii\LIDGIN, who passed briefly in review, in highly complimentary terms, the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston, and alluded in some detail to the subject of the African squadron and the decline of tha slave trade. The next toast, " Her Majesty's Ministers," was drunk with much cheering. Lord PALMEILSTON, who was received with en thusiastic applause, then rose and said,—Gentlemen, on behalf of her Majesty's Ministers, in the name of t oy colleagues, and for myself, I beg to return you cordial and sincere thanks for the very handsome and flata`ering manner in which you have been pleased to receive the toast which my Hon. Friend proposed to you. It is the study of her Majesty's Ministers to secure and continue for themselves the approbation of our Sovereign and the confidence of the people.— (Cheers.) We believe that the best mode of attaining those ends is by pursuing steadily, temperately, and systematically the course of progressive improvement. --(Renewed cheers.) We are aware that in that temperate and steady course we may sometimes, on the one hand, excite the alarms of the timid, while, on the other hand, we may disappoint the expectations of the ',enthusiastic and precipitate—(Hear, hear) — but I ath satisfied, gentlemen, that it is only by such a calm, temperate, and deliberate course that it is possible for those who have the conduct of the vessel of the State to carry it in safety through the dangers of its voyage—(Cries of " Hear, hear")—avoiding alike the rocks and quicksands which lie to obstruct its progress, and weaehering, on the other hand, the storms which it may be destined to meet.—(Hear, hear.) Hitherto, I trust, gentlemen, that we have con ducted that noble vessel in safety through that por tico of its course wlOch has been submitted to our coketrol.—(Hear, hear.) We have carried it through with• its timbers sound, with its tackle in good order, with its crew healthy, cheerful, and contented.— (Cheero.) And I trust that when the day may come that we have to hand over our command to other per sons we may be succeeded by men equally anxious for the safety of the vessel, and equally determined to steer it according to the most approved principles of political navigation.—(Much cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the health of Lord Palmerston, coupling with it that of Mr. Heathcoat, the other Member for the borough." The neat lau datory speech in which the toast was proposed was much applauded. The toast was drunk with all the honours, and followed by cheer upon cheer. Lord PALMERSTON, who was again enthusiastically cheered, spoke as follows :—Mr. President and gen tlemen, undoubtedly one of the most difficult things which can ever fall to the lot of man to perform—al aough at the same time it is a difficulty most grate fiat to his feelings to encounter—is that of adequately expe-essing his thankfulness for such a reception as that which it. has been my good fortune to meet with from you, in response to the very kind and over flatteriner manner in which my Hon. Friend has proposed the toast which you have just drunk.— (Hear.) 1 is now, I think, nearly 16 years since I first had the honour of becoming one of the represen tatives of this town ; during that period I flatter myself that I have formed here, not only political connexions, but lasting personal friendships.—(Hear.) You have treated me, gentlemen, as your Representative during that long period with the most generous conduct— (Hear)—and I am happy to say that the reception which I have met with on my present visit convinces ate that in your opinion I have done nothing to show that I have abused that confidence.— (Cheers.) I trust, therefore, that although this is not the time to talk of such matters (because we are met here upon a convivial occasion, and not for election purposes), I may fairly antici pate that I may, for the future, preserve that confi dence which I have hitherto enjoyed.—(Hear, hear.) The present time, gentlemen, in which it has been my good fortune to meet you—l regret very much that the incessant and laborous occupations connected with the public station which I have the honour to fill have prevented me from having as freqaent oppor tunities of meeting you as I could wish—the present moment is, undoubtedly, 'one of the greatest public and national interest.--(Hear) This country has, in years not long gone by, had to contend with great difficulties at home, and has been the witness of great convulsions abroad. Thos domestic difficulties, by the blessing of Providence, have happily, to a certain degree, passed away. The convulsions abroad have fqr the present ceased. That dreadful scourge which aftilicted a large portion of the British empire—the scourge of famine which desolated and devastated Ire land—thas happily, if not entirely ceased, to a great degree and substantially diminished ; and those inter nal commotions which distracted the whole face of Europe have for the present been succeeded by a celni, outwardly denoting peace, though in the opi nion of some men covering the germs of future dis sensions. It is not a good trade to undertake to be a political prophet ; hut, although there are many persons in this country and abroad who look forward to the year 1852 with apprehension and alarm, yet, gentlemen, without undertaking the task of prophet, I may say that I am strongly inclined to hope that that year may pass over without any of those calami ties which some gloomy minds anticipate that it will bring.—(Hear' hear.) We have, indeed, within the last few months witnessed a most striking example that anticipations of a gloomy character may prove unfounded by the result. When his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with that foreseeing mind and that intuitive judgment, matured by knowledge and expe rience, which so remarkably distinguish him— (Hear)—conceived the vast notion of the Great Ex hibition, which is ncav soon about to close, there were not wanting many who anticipated from it great evils—internal commotions, destruction of property, interruption of social order. Many opposed it from those grounds ; many, still more, looked to the pro ject with hesitation and with doubt. The result has amply justified the expectations of the man who conceived the idea, and has signally and agreeably disappointed the alarm of those who looked upon it with apprehension.—(lean) Ido not mean to soy that the Government of the country would have been found unprepared or unprovided if any of those alarming anticipations had been realized ; but there never was an occasion on which such a multi tude have been collected on one spot, not only from every part of this country, but from almost every part of Europe, where such harmony prevailed, and such uninterrupted order was preserved.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is impossible not to see many and be neficial results as likely to arise from that Exhibition —an Exhibition which you must all of you have seen, for I presume that by this time there is hardly a man in the country able to go there who has no t v i s ited it.— (Hear, hear.) Why, in the first place, it must tend to improve the industry of all nations who have sent persons to see it, because nothing improves the working of human intellect so much as comparing the products of the industry of one country with the products of the corresponding industry of other nations —(Hear, hear)—and I am satisfied that the idea tba our manufacturing industry would suffer from the competition of foreign productions will be dis- proved—(Hear, hear)—and, on the contrary, the result will show that we have derived great benefit from the lessons that we have had exhibited to us there.—(Hear.) Such a number of persons in this country, going:up to London to see this great display, who probably would otherwise not have stirred from their homes, must lead to a great enlargement of mind, a great development of ideas among the poorer classes of the community.—(Hear, hear.) But per haps the most important and lasting result will be the great strengtoi which the mutual intercourse of men of all 'latices congregating to London will have given to those bonds of friendship which secure interna national peace.—(llear, hear.) The foreigners, and many there are, who have visited this country upon this occasion, have gone back deeply impressed with the unvarying kindness which they have met with, and the civility which ha s been shown to them by every person with whom they have come in contact —(gear, hear)—not only i n L ondon, but in every part of the country in which they have been—(Hear, hear)—and, perhaps, there are no men who have been more strongly, and they say it themselves, more un expectedly impressed with the kindness and hospita lity of the people of this country, than our cousins on the other side of the Atlantic.—(Hear, hear.) I have had ample opportunities of knowing thlt there is not an American who has come over here who has not gone back with feelings of regard and affection for bis cousins in this country, disappointed (in the sense in which they use the expression), agreeably disap pointed, at finding himself the object of such kind ness and courtesy and hospitality.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Gentlem en , th at w hi ch s t ruc k a ll these foreigners the most has been, not the variety of splendid works of-40pis.„, 411.. gf Dip in. the building, not the huildingittiMilftiefit is h kuirhaps still more remark able than/krlyibing *bieh itNeontains, but the order which Orecitail i rhughout every part of the country in whiCitili - 4.4laplen to havatg6e. They have said, "Wb tidulirtpostju k and is th e or d er ; and -714"-.53"4. ~.* ,'-• - - AP 1-11-,-4_-/,,5.i S te ' Ai s THE SUN, we see no military, we see no Gendarmes, with mus kets, and bayonets, and sabres by their sides, en forcing order ; we see a few very civil policemen with a bit of stick in their hands—(i laugh)—anxious to help us on occasion, to inform us our way, and where we can see what we want to look at; we must say it is marvellous to us to see such a country as this, where the people themselves preserve such admirable order."—(Hear, hear.) Well, gentlemen (I have said to my foreign friends who have spoken thus to me), in the first place, this is owing to the great good sense, to the goodness of heart, and to the noble qua lities which belong to the British nation. But, beyond that, it is owing to this—that justice is well and impartially administered, without favour or affec tion, without influence to sway it; that is one reason why men trust to the law, and do not take the law into their own hands, because they know that those in whose hands the law is will administer it with equality and with justice.—(Hear, hear.) Then I say, another reason is this, that every man here is at liberty to express his opinions, whatever they may be. If he is wrong, he is met by those who are right; if he is right he convinces those who are wrong.--(" 'lsar, hear," and a laugh.) The conflict cf opinion is a quiet warfare always going on, and leads to the happiest results.—(Hear, hear.) But then, I have said there is another thing tco, that the Government and the Parliament of this country have for a great number of years past been laborionsly, sedulously, and constantly occupied in looking out for, and in carrying into execution improvements. — (Hear.) We have, I mean, the British nation and the British Parliament, and the successive Govern ments that have ruled the country, have been occu pied in removing abuses, and in making improvements, and therefore the people are contented—(Hear ! hear) —are satisfied with what has been done ; and, if there remain other things to do, they are confident that in due course of time, and with due deliberation, those other things will also meet with consideration:— (Hear, hear.) I have said to them—The first thing done was that the Test and Corporation Acts were repealed, and the Dissenters of this country—a most valuable part of the community—full of intelligence, most important members of the community, were placed upon an equal footing in all civil and social and political respects with their fellow-citizens.— (Hear, hear.) I have said, there was the first step of the improvement of recent times.—(Hear.) Then, the Parliament repealed the laws which imposed penal ties and disabilities upon the Catholics, and by that means the Catholics were admitted upon equal terms to all the civil and political rights which are enjoyed by their Protestant fellow •countrymen. We have lately indeed, in spite of that, been reproached by some mem bers of that body, at home and abroad, with intole rance and persecution, because we thought it right that no foreign Sovereign should dispose of titles in this realm, and should cut up and quarter the king dom into bishoprics—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear") —encroaching thereby upon the prerogative of our Queen, and trenching upon the independence of the country.—(l.lear, hear.) I said, in all other respects, in regard to every privilege and right, the Catholics are free, and upon the same footing, as the Prostes tants ; and I wish that the degree of intolerance and persecution of which some of our Catholic fellow countrymen have complained was the only degree of intolerance and persecution which Protestants had to experience in some of the Catholic countries of Eu rope—(Hear, hear)--where Protestantism is an offence, where the inculcation of Protestant doctrine is a crime —(Hear, hear)—and where the Bible is reckoned a dangerous book, which no man is allowed to read, and which, when seized, is evidence of crimi nality on the part of the person who was in possession of it.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") I speak of the south of Europe, of Rome, of Naples, of Tus cany, of Spain, of Portugal. I do justice to other enlightened Catholic countries, such as France and Belgium, and even Austria, where a far different sys tem, a liberal system is pursued, and where (in the case of Belgium) the Catholic Government and Ca tholic Parliament give stipends to Protestant clergy men, who perform their spiritual duties to the British Protestant communities there—(Hear, hear)—a fact which, to the honour of the Belgian nation, ought to be known, because it shows that there is nothing in the most sincere belief of the Catholic religion that is incompatible with perfect toleration and liberty to those of different communions. —(Hear.) Then came the law granting to the towns of England, by muni cipal corporations, the power of governing and ar ranging their own affairs.—(Hear.) Then came the law (I told my foreign friends) by which the burden of tithes was entirely altered in its nature and direc tion, and the farmer was no longer liable to have pay ments taken from him in kind, and new and progressive improvements did not subject him to increased tax ation.—(Hear.) Then (I said) came the law by which import duty was taken off from the food of tnan.— (Cheers.) And lastly, the law which, by altering our navigation system, enabled the poor of this country to enjoy the advantrge of the cheapest means of transport to this country of those coin modities which they require from foreign lands.— (Hear.) Well (I said to those foreign gentlemen) this is the secret of the little stick you saw in the hand of the policeman, and the absence of red and blue coats—(Cheers)—and you may depend upon it, any country which pursues the same course, will exhibit the coins spectacle of order which you so much admire here.—(Renewed cheers.) N ow Icm aware, gentlemen, that upon one of the points which I have just touched upon there is not that unanimity of opinion iu the country which may by this time be said to be established with regard to the others, be cause there are still some persons, and lam bound to say I believe a very considerable number, who, with respect to the law which repealed the import duty upon corn, think that that was an injury rather than a benefit, and who look to the reimposition of that duty under the general term of "protection to agriculture." Gentlemen, in all human affairs it is a great point of wisdom to be able to distinguish between that which is only difficult and that which is absolutely impos sible.—(bear.) To encounter that which is difficult is a very noble pursuit ; it excites the faculties ; it developes the energies of man, and it is by struggling against difficulties, and by overcoming them, that everything that is great and glorious has been achieved.—(Hear, hear.) But when men at tempt that which is impossible they only lay up in store for themselves disappointment, and waste their energies upon a fruitless pursuit.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the reimposition of duties on corn for the purpose of protection, that is to say for the pur pose—for the specific and avowed purpose of raising the price of food, for the purpose of increasing the profits of the owners and occupiers of land, I venture, with all humility, to say that when you see the river Exe running in) from the sea to Tiverton, instead of running down from Tiverton to the sea, you may then look upon it that protection is near at hand.— (Laughter and cheers.) Gentlemen, in saying that, I feel that I am foreseeing and expressing an opinion of the continuance of that which is for the benefit of all classes of the community.—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") No man can deny that the cheapness and abundance of food is eminently advantageous to the labouring classes.—(Hear, hear.) The labouring classes are the most numerous part of the population. No man, I think, who looks with any judgment to the construction of the social edifice but must see that the labouring classes are the foundation of the fabric --and that unless that foundation is solid and firm and stable the fabric itself cannot be expected to last. —(Hear.) Nobody can hope to make the poor rich; that is not the dispensation of Providence in the for mation of the world-4n the creation of the human race.—(Hear.) There may be some other planet, or there may be some land in this planet hitherto undis covered, like that lubber land—that fabulous land of which we have heard, where it is said that pigs run about ready roasted, with knives and forks sticking in their backs, crying " Come and eat me."— (Laughter.) But unless in some favoured region of that kind it is plain that men must labour for their existence— (Hear)—that those who begin only with their physical labour cannot expect to rise high in the scale of wealth, and that there must be a very unequal distribution of the goods of this world among the people of this world.—(Hear.) You may by very bad law s or b y i nterna l convulsions impoverish the rich, but I defy you by any laws to enrich the poor. —(Hear.) But although you cannot enrich the poor, you may at least do a great deal to make their poverty comfortable, by giving them the command of as great a porti on o f t h e necessar i es o f lif e as the die pensations of Providence and the state of society will enable them to have within their reach.-- (Hear.) That is precisely what has been done by the repeal of the corn-laws.—(Hear) An instance of the manner in which it has benefited the poorer classes was stated by my right hon. friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer in a late debate in the House of Commons. He stated that he had sent to him, from that part of Yorkshire to which he belongs, a comparative statement showing the wages of an agri cultural labourer some 14 or 15 years ago, with the number of loaves of bread which he could then pur chase with those wages, and then the present wages of the same class of men and the command which those reduced wages now give him. It appeared that about 14 or 15 years ago the wages in that part of the country, where wages are high, from being near manufacturing places, were 15s. a week, and with that a man could then buy 12 loaves of bread ; the wages this year were 12s. a week, but with that 12s. the man could buy 24 loaves a week.—(Hear, hear.) But he would not want 24 loaves of bread, and that left him therefore a surplus for other conveniencies and comforts, which t en d e d muc h t o c h eer th e p over t y of his exi s tence.—(Hear, hear.) I say, then, that c o n thosenteatnh for the \ o e n ft t ' el o f t thatlaboriousof a the tcooms classes e comfort and well-being and be au must feel abovefoun dationeel m them, ust m that the repeal of the corn-laws and the cheapness f food is really a benefit to all (Hear, hear.) But o ut let us take thefermer. I myself am, i n a very sma l l and unscientilie w a y , faruic , T.—(lies , r, hear.) Ido not profess to put my knowledge in competition with that of many of ou—of many whom I represent. But the farmer and the landlord, the producers of the corn, ru n away with the fact that corn, wheat we will say, hi is greatly fallen in price, and then they say they h ave lost all the difference between the for mer price and the present low price. But they ought to take inl .o account the other side of the balance, and to see hole • much the cost of production and their out goings have diminished at the same time that the price of wheat has fallen.—(Hear, hear.) Now, will any man loo's, on the one side, how much he has lost upon an acre of wheat in the market, and on the other how much he has gained in producing that acre of wheat. First of all, the cost of his seed is less ; the wages of labour are leas ; he gets manure cheaper and of better quality, and has a greater command of it ; all his n iachinery is cheaper than it was and better in its qualiry. His poor-rates are less.—(Hear, hear.) His composition for tithes is gradually diminishing in proportion as the average of the cheap years are beginning to tell upon the amount which he has to pay.— (Hear, hear.) His rent in most cases, where it was not; very low indeed, has been diminished.— (Hear, hear.) And then, besides that, there is that increased skill which I am happy to say is extending rapidly over the whole country ; and, by attending to the progressive development of science as bearing upon agriculture he is enabled to produce a greater quan tity out of the same extent of land than he produced before.—(Hear, hear.) And therefore, when we look at all these things, I think the farmer even will find that if he strikes a fair and accurate balance his loss is far less than he imagines it to have been. But after all, in the long run, it is perfectly certain that it is a question between landlord and tenant.—(Hear.) The farmer hires the land of the owner; he employs a certain amount of capital in working it; he must make interest upon his capital, or he cannot live; and therefore the bargain must ultimately so adjust that he can make his fair interest out of his capital under the new and altered circumstances in which he is placed.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen—l say, then, that the order and contentment of this country arise from causes which I have taken the liberty of pointing out. And we may, indeed, console ourselves with the feeling that this land has been peculiarly fa voured by the dispensations of Providence. We have Leen exempt, during the course of a long and bloody war, from all the innumerable calamities which at tend any country that is itself the scene of war. We passed through that long period with successes which we will not boast of, but which procured us an ho nourable and a secure peace ; and during the continu ance of that peace this country has advanced in all the elements of national prosperity, and has set an example to the world in the arts of peace as it did in the triumph of war.—(Hear, hear.) Well, then, gen tlemen, we ought to endeavour to deserve the favour which has thus been dispensed to us—(Hear, hear) — and the way in which the Government of this country can deserve it, and the way in which the people of this country can deserve it, is, I consider, by uniting together to perform those high and noble functions which I think it is the destiny of this em pire to fulfil.—(Hear, hear.) I think our func tions are, first of all, to set an example to the world of humanity, of enlightenment, of order, and of good conduct, both in public an d p r i va t e . I think in the next place that it is our duty—the duty, I mean, of this nation—to employ that influence which a great and powerful country like this always possesses, for the purpose of promoting and securing peace among the other nations of the world, and endeavouring, as far as we can with propriety do so, to persuade other Governments to extend to other countries as much as possible of those civil and political blessings of which we ourselves are so proud.—(Hear, hear.) I think, gentlemen, that the people of this country have nobly performed their part of that duty ; and I can assure you that it is the anxious desire of her Majesty's Go vernment not to be backward in performing what be longs to them.—(Hear, hear.) The people of this country did nobly perform that duty in the course of the last year, when they supported unanimously and enthusiastically the Government of England in exert ing its influence to prevent a foreign Sovereign from being compelled to violate the laws of hospitality by sacrificing the men who had thrown themselves upon him for protection.—(Cheers.) Those effarts were suc cessful, and I am happy to say that the last of those exiles are now on their way either to the shores of England or to the shores of the United States, according to their own choice and wishes.— (Renewed cheers.) That, however, was but a momen tary difficulty. It was one, however, which called forth the most honourable expression of generous feel ing on the part of the people of this country—(Hear, hear)—but there has been another subject far longer in duration, requiring far greater and more deter mined exertions, far more considerable sacrifices, in regard to which the people of this country have per formed their duty in a manner which will make their name honoured to the latest ages.—(Cheers.) I am adverting now to that subject of which my Rev. Friend has spoken ; I mean the question of slavery and the slave trade.—(Hear.) The crimes committed in regard to African slavery and the African slave trade, if they could be put together, are, I am sure, greater in amount than all the crimes that ever were committed by the human race from the beginning of the world to the present time.—(Hear, hear.) lam satisfied that, if you put together all the individual crimes which the most guilty men ever committed, they would not occasion such an amount of human misery as has been created by that detest able and infernal traffic. (Hear, hear.) We ourselves—rather, our forefathers, those who went before us—were stained with the same guilt ; and it required a great sense of right, and great exertions on the part of good men who lived in those days— Wilberforce and Clarkson, and others—to wean this country from the course to which it bad been wedded, and to induce the people of this country to abandon the slave trade themselves.—(Hear.) They suc ceeded.—(Hear.) We began by washing our hands of this guilt. Then we did that which was a great and noble deed • we emancipat e d our s l aves a t a great pecuniary sacrifice to this country. Never was a sacrifice made with more cheerfulness and more wil lingness, however small it might be, than that great sacrifice which the people of this country then made. —(Hear.) Gentlemen, our example has been of great value. I do not mean to say that the people of France, who very early took a strong interest in that cause, would not, possibly, of their own accord have done what they have done; but it was not till after we had begun that they pursued the same track. They have now pursued it. They have abolished their own slave trade and they have emancipated their own slaves. This, then, is an additional bond of union between two great nations.—(Hear, hear.) Sometimes nations are united iu the bonds of injustice; here the union con sists in a community of humanity and noble benevo lence.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Gentlemen, we have laboured long in . this course, the present Govern ment most anxiously and sincerely—(Hear, hear) — but we would not upon any account take to our selves more credit than justly belongs to us ; it is to the people of England that the merit belongs, and former Governments have followed the same impulse that we have done.—(Hear, hear.) It has been the steady pursuits of all Governments for some time past, supported and urged on by the public opinion of the people of England—(Hear, hear)—and I am glad to say that we do now see something like an approaching termination of this great guilt— (Hear, hear)—that we have made, especially during the last twelve months, great strides in that course— (Hear, hear)—and that there is every prospect, I think I may say, that our long-continued labours and great sacrifices may at length be crowned with glorious success.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) We have succeeded in inducing the Government of Brazil, which was the great culprit of late, to alter its course, and to go in the way of justice as far as it has been able to do.—(Hear, hear.) Ido not mean to say that we ought to be so confident of its repentance as to en tirely trust to its spontaneous exertions ; the thing re quires that we should be watchful and active— (Hear, hear)—but the import to Brazil has dwindled down next to nothing—(Hear, hear)—and that which is equally important is, that on the coast of Africa legie timate trade is taking the place of slave trade—(Hear, hear)—and that the natives, to do them justice (with the single exception of some of their chief s who derive great profits from the slave trade, greater perhaps they think, though there they are mistaken, than they would derive from legitimate trade)—the people of Africa, when you come to look at it, are as repugnant to the slave trade as we are—they are the victims of it.—(llear, hear.) They want European commodities; they want our Sheffield and Birmingham and Blan chester goods ; they have been told hitherto--" If you want them you must pay for them in human flesh and blood," and human flesh and blood were produced. Now they are told—" Pay us in palm oil, and ground nut, and cotton, and ivory, and gold dust ;" and they say, "We would much rather pay in these than in flesh and blood; here is our palm oil, our cotton, our gold dust, and give us your goods, and let us have the ; satisfaction of paying in these things"—( Hear, hear) — without violating those ties which even in the bosom of savages are held dear and sacred.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it is manifest that i❑ the track of the merchant Will follow the missionary, though some times the precedence is inverted and the merchant only follows the missionary;. but hand in hand they will go—(Hear, hear)—and in proportion as we shall succeed in diffusing commerce and civilization in Africa, so will the light of Christianity be dif fused over that darkened quarter of the world— (hear, hear, and cheers)—and we shall have the satisfaction, not only of washing the white man from the guilt which now stains his colour, and makes it darker than that of the negro, but of bringing' , the negro within the pale of Christianity, and of , conferring eternal benefits upon a race hitherto only loaded with calamity by Christians.—(Cheers.) Gen tlemen, if the people of Engird will only support us, as I am sure they will, in a little longer continuance of the means by which this great end is alone to be - THURSDAY accomplished, I am convinced that we shall ere long have the satisfaction of enjoying this glorious sue- CE 53.—(Cheers.) I have only to apologise to you for having detained you so long.—(Cries of " No, no.") If th,t length of my discourse were to be at all com mensurate with the grateful feelings of my heart, you would have to breakfast here to-morrow morning in stead of returning by daylight to your homes.—(The Noble Lord then resumed his seat amidst great ap plause.) Mr. ITEATEICOAT followed in a abort address, devoted very much to local matters. He was very cordially cheered, and attentively listened to. The health of the Mayor and two or three other toasts closed the proceedings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. John Burke, of Plurntrec-court,nolborn, was placed at the bar, in a state of intoxication, before Alderman Sidney, charged with a series cf the most unpro voked and savage assaults upon several officers of the City police force and the relieving officer of the West London Union. William Chamberlain said—l am the relieving officer of the hest London Union. I was proceeding down Plurntree-court this morning to visit a man who was ill and in great distress at No. 28, when prisoner addressed some very insulting remar ks to me, which I, however, took no notice of. On leaving No. 28 prisoner came up to me, and seizing me roughly by the arm, kicked me on the thigh from behind ' • the officer came to my assistance, and I r e c e i ve d no fur ther injury. Police-constable 280 said—l ran to the assistance of the sergeant, who was endeavouring to secure the prisoner, and received several vary severe kicks on the knees and legs. _ _ Police•constable 291 said—l was assisting my brother officers when the prisoner kicked me on the thighs and the most tender and dangerous pats of my person. _ Police-constable 288—A gentleman stopped his carriage in Holborn to tell me that, the sergeant was being murdered at the bottom of Holborn-hill. I went to the spot indicated by him and found prisoner struggling with the sergeant and two of his men. Prisoner kicked me in the groin and on the legs, and afterwards bit my wrist. Police-constable 291 said—While we were endea vouring to secure the prisoner a woman who is living with the prisoner as his wife kicked me and pulled my hair. Prisoner—How do you know we live together ; did you ever sleep with us ? (Laughter.) Mary M'Carthy, the woman alluded to, was here brought into court, having been apprehended outside the justice-room, and placed at the bar by the side of the prisoner, and the last witness's evidence retaken against her, Alderman SIDNEY —What have you to say to this charge ? Burke—The policemen have a spite against me, and have threatened to do for me as they did for poor Cogan. - M`Caithy (laughing)—lt is false, Sir ; I never touched the officer. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY —There are four charges against you, Burke, of a very serious nature ; and were I to consult my own feelings only your demeanour at that bar would impress me very much against you— Burke—Excuse me for interrupting you ; but I hope it won't do that, and that you will show me some mercy. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY—The greatest mercy the magistrate can show you is to remove you from such scenes of depravity and violence. The evidence proves four distinct assaults of the most aggravated description, and it will be my duty to deal with each of them separately. I therefore fine you 205., or in default one month's imprisonment, for the assault upon the relieving officer, and one month's imprison ment for each of the assaults upon the three constables —so that, if you do not pay the fine, you will have four months' imprisonment. You are, however, such a violent character that I do not think I should be properly fulfilling my duty did I not protect these men by every means in my power. I shall therefore require you, at the end of the four months, to find two substantial bail in 201. each to keep the peace for six months. Mary M'Carthy, there is only one of fence proved against you, for which I shall sentence you to one month's imprisonment, and require you to give two sureties in the sum of 101. each to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for three months. In default of the required securities you will both be imprisoned for the time specified. Burke, as he was leaving the bar, said—You might j ust as well have ordered me to find two sureties in six pence each and myself in a shilling, for I could not have obtained them. It was found necessary to handcuff Burke's arms be hind him, and then he refused to walk a step towards the prison, and a stretcher was accordingly obtained, upon which he was strapped, and so carried to the House of Correction. E VENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1851. GERMANY. The Journal du Francfort of the 21st instant says, that with regard to the alfAirs of Schleswig-llolstein, the contending interests which surround the question induce the apprehension that it will not be settled so promptly; for it is a question in which the German Confederation watches the interests of Germany, as contrasted with those of Denmark. THE NETHERLANDS. From the Dutch papers of the 231, it appears that the Second Chamber has voted the address in reply to the speech from the throne. The address is a para phrase of the speech, with the exception of a single phrase, viz.:—" The Chamber expects during the present session, and without any further delay, the presentation of several laws commanded by the consti tution, and especially the law on public instruction, in which the welfare of the whole nation is so com pletely involved." M. BONEEL VAN HOGENLANDEN has been ap pointed by the KING President of the Second Cham ber. M. BONEEL possesses the entire confidence of the Chamber, of the press, and of the country, and has accepted the high oftice as?igned to him in an eloquent speech, in which he manifested moderate liberalism, and his desire to preside with impartiality. Prince lIENEY is gone to Luxemburg to open the session of the Chamber of Deputies. TURKEY. Intelligence has reached Constantinople of the re cent doings in Daghistan. Au armistice has been concluded between Prince Ilroacqszorr and Sheik SIIAMIL, by which the Russians abandon all their conquests and forts, and withdraw beyond the line of the Kouban ; SHAMIL, on the other hand, guaran tees to disarm his warriors, and not to molest the ca ravans trading to Azerbaijan. The armistice is fur one year, at the expiration of which a treaty of peace will be concluded. The Turkish Government has just announced offi cially to the foreign missions that the fleet will not go out on its customary cruise this year. THE SEIZURE OF THE LEVENSIDE. In copying the following from the St. Helena paper, we should remark that it appears anything but an impartial report of a law case : (From the St. llelena Advocate of July 17.) This interesting and, from the peculiar circum stances attending it, exciting case, came on at an early period of the day, and drew together an unusual num ber of spectators in the court. Taken altogether, it is one of the most extraordinary cases ever tried at St. Helena. More interest wLs felt in this trial than would otherwise have been in consequence of the marked and highly improper interference of the Go vernment. It will be in the recollection of our readers that on the 22th May the Levenside arrived in charge of the first mate, the captain being in chains, a prisoner in the hold. It will also be borne in mind that as soon as possible after the arrival of the vessel CaptainVesey, an officer in charge of a detachment of artillery,went to the police -court and laid an information against the captain for assault with intent to murder Captain Vesey. A w arrant was granted for the ap prehension of the master of the vessel, and put into the hands of Hayes, the police -sergeant, who immediately went on board and found the captain a prisoner in the hold, with a chain fastened around his wrists with two padlocks, and also with a sentinel over him. On giving a re• ceipt to the soldier, Sergeant Hayes received Captain Campbell in charge, and took him in custody to the police-office, where, after a long investigation, he was committed for trial, but immediately bailed out by the agents for his vessel. As soon as Captain Campbell reached the police court, and had obtained the assistance of a solicitor, he wished to lay an information against Captains Vesey and Neill, and others, for piracy ; but the magistrates would not proceed in the matter at that time. When the police magistrate and the summary judge had taken their seats to proceed in this case, the public were much surprised to see the Colonial Secretary, an unpaid magistrate, take a seat also, it being gene rally understood that he had so done at the request of the Government. This was an unusual circumstance, as this gentleman rarely takes a seat on the bench ex cept at the request of the other magistrates in cases of emergency. Suspicion was immediately excited in the public mind that Government influence was busily at work, as the sequel ultimately proved. The consequence of this step was that unusual interest was felt in the issue of the trial, as it was immediately seen that the case bad altogether assumed another aspect, and the whole proceedings were, therefore, watched by the public with very unusual jealousy and mistrust. Another feature in the cause was that the police ma gistrate, who had only been appointed a week or two before to that responsible office, was the colonial se cretary's clerk ; and, therefore, immediately under his influence. In the course of the investigation an objection was started to Captain Campbell's solicitor (who acted for his father) on the ground that he was the judge's clerk ; but this objection was for a time overruled, and he took an active part in conducting Captain Campbell's defence. Immediately after the committal of the captain a short narrative of the seizure of the Levenside, with the proceedings of Captains Vesey and Neill, ar peered in our columns, on which Captain Vesey im mediately wrote to his Excellency the Governor, and complained that the article in question gave a one sided account, and that it was not altogether true. On the receipt of this letter the Governor sent for one of the Government servants, and said that Captain Vesey had accused him of being the author, which was in stantly avowed, and the truth of the article defended. After the authorship had been avowed and fu;ly ad mitted, the judge's clerk was also sent for, and closely questioned as to whether he bad not some connection with the paper, which was instantly and truly denied. Immediately after this the judge's cleric was prevented from acting on behalf of Cap tain Campbell, which placed him in a very difficult and critical situation. Two of the magistrates, the Colonial Secretary, and his clerk, acted together in everything, and only consented to go on with Captain Campbell's informa tio❑ for piracy till after he had been committed for trial, and then declined to take any further steps i❑ the matter. Soon after this it was rutnoure3 about that the sworn depositions taken in the police court were ac tually in print and about to be published in the Government Gazette, by, or at least with, the consent of the Colonial Secretary and his clerk, thus taking away from Captain Campbell the only means be would have when on trial of testing the memory and vera city of the prosecutor and his many witnesses. This unjustifiable act was, however, protested against, and his Honour the Judge of the Supreme Court caused the publication of these documents to be stopped, but not until after some copies had got into circulation, although the prisoner and the clerk of the peace alone have the right to demand copies of such docu • ments. Captain Campbell entered an action against Cap tains Vesey and Neill for false imprisonment, when it soon became known that Captain T. B. Knipe, the colonial aide-de-camp and coroner, had undertaken I to defend them. From the general proceedings and tactics of the prosecutors, it was seen that they were aiming at a conviction, apparently for the purpose of reducing the damages laid against them in Captain Campbell's action, and to obtain this conviction they strained every nerve, but they were defeated. The charge of the judge to the grand jury was eagerly expected, and as eagerly listened to; for it was felt by all par ties that upon that charge materially depended the finding or non-finding of the bill of indictment. The Judge's charge was plain, clear, and to the point. He explained how the law generally bore upon the case, and instructed them to consider the in tentions of Captain Campbell when he threatened to use his pistol against Captain Vesey. The jury then retired to examine the witnesses; and after a long and protracted investigation they re turned to the Supreme Court, and it was found they bad ignored the bill of indictment, which appeared to give great satisfaction to every one not connected with the military. The indictment actually con tained no less than seven counts, so that the Govern ment gave the prosecutors every chance of securing a conviction, and thus made their failure more signally marked. The result of the c i v il ac ti on appeared to excite as muchinterest as the finding of the grand jury in the criminal case. The plaintiff, Captain Campbell, laid his damages at 2,000/. It was tried before a special jury, obtained after a deal of challenging and re-challenging between the amateur advocates who conducted the respective cases; for as the opinions of the jury in the long run are generally known in a small and isolated commu nity like that of St. Helena, this is a matter o f th e greatest importanc e , as i n d ee d it is in all cases; but here it is, p er h aps , t h e most critical part of the business. Captain Campbell's solicitor, Mr. Fowler, being in feeble health, applied to the Court to be allowed the assistance of a friend to examine the witnesses, and finally addressed the jury, which was horn( diatply granted; but no sooner had the party named by Mr. Fowler taken his seat and commenced operations, than a letter was sent by the defendants to the Go vernor, who immediately sent for him (he being a Government officer), and threatened him with imme diate dismissal if he presumed to plead in the case. Thus was Captain C amp b e ll thwarted and deprived of the only one who knew all the bearings of the case. In this critical emergency, however, Captain 11. A. White, of the William Gibson, then in the bay, volun teered to conduct the trial, although he had not seen a single document connected with the matter, and was utterly un acqua i nte d w i th the details of the case till he picked them up as he proceeded. CLERKEIV WELL. Edward Pickering, a well-known dog stealer, was placed at the bar for final examination, before Mr. C nnbe, charged by Mr. Webb, cheesemonger, of Edward-terrace, Caledonian•road, Islington, with baying stole❑ a valuable dog. Mr. ‘Varner, a neighbour, proved that on the 11th of August last he saw the prisoner entice the prose cutor's dog and steal it. Mr. David Hilton, stationer and newsvendor, of Penton-street, Pentonville, deposed to having seen an advertisement in the Times describing the dog, and seeing the prisoner with it in his possession on the 11th of August last in Penton-street. Inspector Brennan, G, proved the apprehension of the prisoner. The prisoner said the dog followed him, and it was afterwards owned by a person, to whom he delivered it up on payment of a halfcrown, but he did not know where that person lived. Several experienced officers identified the prisoner as a notorious thief and dog stealer. Mr. COMBS sentenced the prisoner to four months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and pay over and above the value of the dog, pursuant to the statute. L A iliii:E TH. Mr. Richard Nuckk, a grocer, residing in George. street, Albany-road, Camberwell, was brought up on a warrant by Redford, 52 L, one of the officers attached to this court, charged with violating the person of Mary Ann Morley, a child under 13 years of age. Mr. ELLIOTT (L'o the child)—What did you do when you got away from him ? Witness (crying)— I ran home and told my mother and father. The lat ter returned to the prisoner's house with me and charged him with criminally assaulting me. Prisoner denied having done so. My father then took me to a doctor, who examined me, and told him I had been violated by some one. Charlut'e Jones said she lodged at the prisoner's house, and complainant was her servant. She told witness that he had taken liberties with her, but she knew nothing of the present charge. She never told her not to call out, but told her if he assaulted her again she had better tell Mrs. Nuckle or her mother. Mr. ELLIOTT said there was no use going on with the case any further at present as the surgeon's evi dence must be taken. He should therefore remand the prisoner until Tuesday next. Mr. James asked whether his worship would accept bail ? Mr. ELLIOTT replied that he would ; the prisoner in 801., and two sureties in 40/. each. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post , ofloa by the night—and by the morning---:?lspateh.] When made up in From what PLACES. GcneralPost-oalce port dis When - London. patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Sept. 26 .. .. Liverpool.. Oct. 1 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Sept. 30 .. • • Liverpool .. Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) M Sept. 21 .. .. Southampt. Oct. 2 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Oct. 3 Alexandria* ........ N 1911 & 30th of mo. Dover .. Sept. 2S Belgium .. .. .. N Daily .. .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. .. .. 11 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16 Buenos Ayres .. .. 31 ' 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16 California(viaChagres) 31 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Oct. 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Oct. 3 Constantinople* .. •. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Sept. 30 Central America .. 31 2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. Oct. 4 Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Ta. Th. Sat Chili .. .. .. . 3/117th of the month Southampt. Oct. 5 France .. .. M &NlTwice daily .. .. Dover • . Twicedaily Greece* .. .. .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Sept. 30 Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat. Holland .. .. .. 31 Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mol.Thur Honduras .. .. , . II 17th of the month Southarnpt.lOct. 5 Ireland .. .. M&II I Twice daily .. .. Holyhead.. Twicedaily Inclla(via Southamp.) 111I20th of the month Southampt. Oct. 23 India ( via 'Marseilles) 5 sth& 24th of month 'DOver • • Oct, 1 Mediterranean (via Southampton) • B 1 20th of the month Southampt.loet. 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. .. N gth& 24th of month Dover • . Oct. 1 Mexico .. .. .. BOd of the month.. Southampt. Oct. 5 Madeira • • .. .. M I9th of the month Southampt. Oct., 16 Manila .. .. f 7th,17tb,19M,27th Dover Sept.i ' 28 / & 30th of month Naples* .., .. .. N sth 15th 25th ofme Dover .. lOct. 2 Papal States* .. .. N 50115th 25th of mo Dover .. , Oct. 2 Peninsular.. • • .. 31 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. )Sept. 26 Peru • • • • •• • • DI 17th of the month ISouthampt. lOct. 6 Tuscany * •• •• NT sth 150 25lliofmo Dover .. Oct. 2 West Indies .. .. At 17th of the month Southampt. Oct. 5 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. Southampt. I Oct. 20 12d of the month .. ountries thus marl The mails to those c French packet vi* Marsei ISouthampt. :Oct. 20 Lel (*) are conveyed by CALIFOUNIA.—MaiIs tO are now despatched and d and from California, via the United Statos toe by every American packet. [ADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Pills an efficient Cure for Diseases of the Chest and Inflammation of the Lungs. —Mr. John Schoonenberg, of Paramaribo, Surinam, has suf fered for a considerable time from a severe cough, pains in the chest and side, an ultimately an inflamation of the lungs, arid great fears were entertained that he was in a deep decline. After the best endeavours of some of the most eminent doc tors had failed to cure him, he tried Holloway's celebrated Pills, which have restored hi m t o per f ec t h ea l t h, an d so satis fied is he of the result that he strongly and confidentially re commends their use to all who suffer from similar complaints.— Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244, Strand, London. The fishermen of the Madra3 East India Fishing Company are stated to have taken a sword-fish measuring 28 feet tu length. M ON DON, xtr -11245,,,` 4 '• t t MAN CHESTER RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH The Champagne Stakes. Liberty ... Richard Primer Captain Flash ... The Hulrne Stakes. Freney ... Coxcomb ••• ••• ••• Tho Great Autumn Handicap. Trickstress Woolwich Lady Edeu TATTERSALL'S.-THIS EVENING SIX O'CLOCK. CESARMITCTI. 8 to 1 agst Newrninster 17 to 1 agst Grand I)tke 30 to 1 agst Darkio 33 to 1 agst Nancy 40 tc? 1 sgst Terpsichore 40 to 1 agst Champion 40 to 1 agst Ciarforth 50 to 1 agst Bastinado 50 to 1 egst Calmar THE FETES AT BRUSSELS. BRUSSELS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The review yesterday was one of the most brilliant and imposing that has been held in Brussels since the revolution of 1830. It was preceded by a religious ceremony, cele brated at 10 o'clock, in the Church of Saints Michael and Gudule, in honour of those who fell on that oc casion. At an early hour the bells of every church in the city announced the solemnity of the day; and at 8 o'clock 21 guns mingled their thunder with the more solemn sounds that issued from every steeple in Brussels ; while from the balconies, or the roof of every public building, and many private ones, the national flag of Belgium waved in the morning air, and at each moment the squares, and streets, and public places became alive with human beings. The ceremonial in the church was very much the same as on previous occasions. The religious service was celebrated in its usual imposing manner ; and the officiating clergyman, clad in dark vestments, was assisted by a numerous body of priests. The cortege quitted the church only to proceed to the review ground on the Boulevards. The force drawn up there amounted to no less than 20,000 men, well armed and equipped, and admirably disciplined. The infantry comprised not less than eight regiments. The cavalry, a regiment of mounted Chasseurs, one of Lancers, the fine regiment of the Guides, a regi ment of Cuirassiers, and one of Gendarmerie. The artillery included ten batteries. The officer who commanded in chief the manceuvres of all arms was General L'Olivier. The Civic Guard of Brussels and its fauhourgs was also placed en echelon on the ground, under the command of General Petilhan. The whole of this force had arrived on the ground, and occupied the positions assigned respectively to each part, at a little after half-past eleven o'clock. The King left the Royal Palace, accompanied by the Princes and his staff, a few minutes after one o'clock. His Majesty wore the uniform of a general officer of the civic guard, and the Princes the uni forms of their respective corps. The moment the Royal cortege made its appearance one immense shout burst mom the multitude that filled the park and the boulevards, and as the father and the royal youths rode along the line of armed men, the cry of "Vice le Roil" " Vivent les Princes!'' did not cease for a single moment. Reviews have been so often described, that it would be superfluous to say more than that the ordinary niaamavres were gone through, and the defiling was executed with much precision. The civic guard presented itself very well, and as each section passed the men ac claimed the King and Princes with much energy and fervour. Indeed, so great and so general was the enthusiasm, that at one moment a part of the crowd burst in, and separated for a time the King and his sons from the staff, but it was to manifest still nearer their respect for his person. The King appeared much affected by these marks of attachment, and both by word and gesture he expressed his thanks. The Princess Charlotte, attended by the ladies of the Palace, witnessed the defiling from the grand balcony ; she was subsequently joined there by the King and the Princes, and this became a signal for the renewal of the acclamations. The review was over at a quarter to five o'clock. A procession, also of a military kind, took place subsequently by torchlight. At seven o'clock a loud burst of music was heard from the Place du Palais, and not less than sixteen full bands all at once thundered forth a piece of national music. A de tachment of Curasssiers led the way, the bands of music followed, another detachment, also of Curiassiers, formed the rear guard, and a crowd of persons walked on both sides with torches. The cortege proceeded through several parts of ithe city, and was hailed with acclamations wherever it passed. A banquet at the palace terminated the file of yes • terday. Tne Ministers, high functionaries, civil and military, were among the guests. The King pre sided at one table, and the Duke of Brabant at the other. The fete of this day was also ushered in by a peal of bells from all the steeples. Precisely at eight o'clock the harmonic societies, some remarkable for the quaintness of their costume, assembled in the Place du Palais. Amongst those societies were to be seen detachments from the bands of the National Guards of the French frontier towns; Lille and Rou baix furnished strong contingents to the muster; and Courtrai, Ninorf, Lacken, and other places in the neighbourhood of Brussels were fitly represented on the occasion of this competition for the prizes awarded to superior skill in music, as also to the best tome mili tary and civil. Those who belong to the civic corps wore their respective uniforms, and the _cis Naas were for the most part dressed in black with white neckcloths, and rosettes at the button-hole. The gathering took place to the sound of music and amidst the acclama tions of the crowd. At 9 o'clock the order was given to march, and the cortege, preceded by the Royal Society, called La Grand Harmonie, moved on with bands playing towards the square of the Hotel de Ville by the Place Royale, the Montagne de la Cour, the rue de la Madeleine, the herb market, and the rue de la Colline. The societies repre sented by communes went in advance of those of towns of the second rank, and these last of towns of the first. Each society carried its ensign at its head, adorned with streamers, and with the name in gold letters of the town or district to which it be longed. They were escorted by a detachment of the Sapeurs-pompiers of the civic guard. They all pro ceeded to the town house, when after a long time a jury decided on their being worthy of the two first prizes, and the names of the victors proclaimed by the Bourgmestre. But not the least curious part of the fete was the gathering of the sharpshooters, archers, and crossbow-men. The competitors for the prizes mustered at ten o'clock in the rue de la Loi, and drew up in the order pre scribed by the programme ; then, the ar quebus men leading the way, preceded by military music, with the respective banners, some of which were of rich crimson velvet, adorned with massive embroidery, the spear heads tipped with rows of rings, from which hung clusters of medals of silver and bronze, or silver gilt, the bands moved—a detach ment of mounted Guides opening the march and closing it—along the rue Royale, the place Royale, the Montagne de la Cour, the rue de la Madeleine, and the rue des Friperes, to the place cf the Mint, where they drew up in three lines. Here the medals and prizes were distributed by the Burgomaster i❑ the name of the Corporation to the successful com petitors of this modern Wappenshaw. The priays consist of sums of money, varying from 1,200 f. to 125 f., and include nearly all sorts of manly exercise, as well as firing at marks with the musket, or cross bow. A grand ball will be given tonight to the King, by the Society of Artists and Litt6rateurs, in the Palace which formerly belonged to the Prince of Orange, the late King of Holland. The Palace was purchased from the Prince by the city, and will be placed at the disposal of the Duke of Brabant, as soon as his age entities him to a separate establishment. An addition or extension of the Palace to the boule vard in the rear has been constructed of timber, in j order to afford more space to the numerous guests that are invited. At 12 o'clock to-day the work was not yet completed. The persons employed in decorat ing the interior of the structure were the artists them selves who are giving the entertainment. The Kin g drove into town at half-past 12 o'clock from Lacken. The city continues to be ornamented with tri umphal arches of foliage, and the houses with flags and lbanners of every size and form, some of them very tasteful. An avenue of artificial trees, poles with branches of broom around them, bound with garlands of ivy, extends from the Montage de la Cour to the Port de Cologne, and from the summit of each rustic arch waves the national flag. The Grande Place is more elaborately ornamented, and the balconies of the Hotel de Ville are covered over w ith flags, streamers, vases of flowers, escutcheons on which are emblazoned the arms of the provinces. In the centre of the place is raised a Moorish kiosk, and the fronts of the houses are interlaced by festoons of foliage and flowers. The Place de la Monnaie, the Rue de la Loi, and Place de la Nation are similarly ornamented. The crowds of strangers, English, Germans, and French, flocking in by the railways, render it difficult to get even the simplest accomamlatieu at the hotels. The weather is splendid. 6 On the part of the plaintiff it was provTithat d had been seized by the milit a ry passengers on h oe his ship, acting under the command and at the in' stigation of Captains Vesey and Neill. That in de fiance of his orders the booby hatch had been t oken off by Captain Vesey's men. That he had been seiz , d, carried into the hold, and lashed to a stsnch.a4 ion for 12 hours in a constrained and painful posit being for th a t ti me scarce l y able to stir; and tb afterward s hi s h an d s were fastened together bY chain cut from the canhooks, sec ured by padlo cks, which w ere only taken off at Meals and then put on again. It was also proved that he was not allo wed t° Ro on deck at an y time, as a sentinel was kep t over, him night and day, an d none o f hi s c rew ever allo ws a in any way to see or even communicate with Wl,' He was not all owe d on d ec k even t o an swer the ca l ': of nature, tubs being used for that purpose. 'Elu; the military took comp l ete possess i on of the veo e 'l by Captain Ves e y' s or d ers, w h o appo i n t e d the disra te i o mate to act as ca pt a i n , an d a so ldi er a s the stewa r , a ' It was also shown that he had materially suffered In health, and app eare d p a l e an d wea k when brought °ll shore. All this the defend a nts attempted to justi f y by asserting that the life. of Captain Vesey had bee l ' t threatened,. and that a loaded pistol had been held 8 , his breast, and the trigger actually pulled; but 1 , 6 could net he proved that either the pistol was cock ed ' or Captain Campbell had pulled the trigge r i i Nor could the defendants deny that Captain Came had warned them, that if they interfered with biro, a t prevented his men obeying his orders, he Wou ld i°B the pistol, or that he had told the soldiers to put dovia . the ship's arms when they had seiz , d them. Th e Y ßt o tempted to chow that the sentinels over Captalt Campbell . were servants to attend upon him , bu fulled; as also to deny that he had been lashed to tbs stanchion, and prevented from coming on deck wh e k il i ever he wanted. Th e y a l so a tt emp t e d to prove W I he was a dr un k ar d, w hi c h was d en i e d by the cr e l; and also that h e h a d crue ll y use d a sa il o r-boy, "'P ic a the boy himself disproved ; th a t h e bad generallY v ue . e ii insulting in his manner to Captains Vesey and which, however, could not be proved. After till to charge him with bl as ph emy and ernberzlToll: they completely broke down at the fourth wit ne i %' ' and declined t o ca ll another, although they 1-I : n d att ,: . t 6 o of 13 soldiers, t wo women, and the disrated pull them throu g h, if their case had contained 101115 it even the shadow of a justification After a long, learned, and vet impartial tidal from the Chief Justice, the jury r y etired, and returned with a verdict of guilty against the defendants) 8/1 ' awarded—Damages, 2001. THE COUNTRY MARKETS' At LEEDS, SEPT. 23.—There was a fair arrival ofartherWu to-day. Trade assumed a littl o firmness to check td be decline, yet nothing beyond the rates of Friday ow obtained. Barley remained as before, with little Oats and shellings as b e f ore. B eans were fully ss de i 2 e d NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, SEPT. 03.—Trad e cxetedingly heavy to-day, and to eff , et sales s d ec 0 . of is per qr. on all descriptions of wheat had to bs vor ceded to, at which d ec li ne l itt l e b us i ness w as done. flour the grinding barl.y former terms were obtained.o turn in favour of buyers. I n oa t s an d o ther articl ee change. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, SEpT.23.—Sr beasts less than last week by 40 head; The better qualities were in active demand, and rc 2; i t i h i a little more money, but the middling kinds p sluggish sale, and part Hi; unsold. The number ca r s y s e ,t and lambs on show this morning exceeded that m ot market day by about 300. Both descriptions of e '" ,d sold slowly, and pric3s ruled in favour of the buy er ' 8 0 . a few remained on hand. Beef, 4s 6d to .55 9d per mutton, 4il to bid; lamb, 4id to 5,1 d per lb. 4 rr' ls Beasts, 624; sheep and lambs, 6,852. in EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. 23.—There the meal market to-day 7 sacks oatmeal, each weighing, 2 Z6'el, imperial, which sold thus :-3 at 11 lOs Od, lat '""h o le 1 at 119 s Cc], and 2 at 1/ 8s 6d; averse price of the "...- 1/ 93 4d 3-I2ths. 11 sacks pot-barle w g- hereof 8 sold th us 2 at 265, 4at 23s 6d, and at Vs. y, quality indifferened EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SEPT. Oat straw, f rom 7 s Od t o 8s O d per kemple of 16 stones tr ° ,; d : wheat ditto, 7s 6:1 to 88 Od ; barley ditto, Os Od to 7 5 Hay, from 7d to 9d per stone. DA LKEITH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. 22. There w e b r . e , `) Si bags of oatmeal, 7 o f b ar l eymea l , and of pot -barley at td day's market. O a t mea l d own on t h e top Is per qua rter Eec ° price Is 9d do wn ; th a t so ld at 26s was of inferior quali t Y* ir d Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lb s . F irst Second ~ Od imperial •• ... 295 Od 27a 9d mss Od Barleymeal, per ditto ... 20 s O d —s Od Od Peasemeal —s Od —s Od """ Od Flour —s Od —s Od Od 22s Od I —; Od I •••4 Pot barley :.: COAL. MARK ET. —YESTERDAY. , 5 , 9,1 Carr'a Hartley ..... l ss Od L am b ton ............. •I, gd Davison'sWestHartley 15s Oct Russell's Hetton ...... I.'S pd Ilotywell Howard's W.H. Neth l ss Od D en i son .................. l',.r 9 d liedheugh Main Canfield Moor .... L'anfield Moor Butes Ms ticl Thornley ............... ~1 5, 3 Od Wall's End, &e. Backhouse ..... 1— 6i 14/ - Northumberland I),nslier Eden Main ..... 15s 6d, DerwentwaterHartley . 6 d 14s , Braddyll Hetton Ships at market, 46 .....Sold, 43. ---- RAILWAY SHARE MARKET S ' BIVSTOL, SEPT. 24. STOCK EXCEAXGE.—The sharu malket presen t e d t ot great great improv emen t , an d stock sold freely at a dvanced Ir e __ The transactions report e d were —B r i stol an d E xe ter, 7' l o g Grest Western, 77ii—Lancashire and Yorkshire, .54M -- Vale (New), 13;4 p "LIVERPOOL, SEPT. °4. STOCK ExonAnGE.— The share market is generally bettf_r to-day, although the bu,iness done has been limited amount. The transactions were as follow:—Eastern Coun ties, 64,—Great Western, 7815—Lancashire and York sbi T, 55—Ditto, Fifths, 8 7-16 di s. —L on d on and North wester- 113 3 4—Ditto, New Quarters, 2.44 p. Midland, 3-16 46—Pittb°: Halves, 15 3 15 3 /dis.—North Staff or d s hi re , 8 Eastern and Dover, 19 MANCHESTER, SEPT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The busine ss d one t o bag b een The unusually good, and prices had an upward tenclency... l6 „,„, transactions were as follow : —E ax t ern Counties, 3 •re, Midland, 461—Leeds Stock, 55 c.—North Stafrordsoth. 8 1 4—South-E as t ern an d D over, 191t,—London an d IC L. r .,. 4 ‘Vestern, l3 l e—Manchest er , Sh e ffi e ld, an d Lincolzwi l ' 26 , A—East Lancashire 14 . SErr. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was an improved feeling e n hibited in the share market to-clay, more especially after the receipt of the telegraphic communication from London. MOONLIGHT , SCENE.—LAUGHABLE °C. CUIiRENCE AT PLYMOUTH. On Wednesday a ft ernoon l ast, a gentleman of this place embarked on board of his pleasure boat, ac c°W ; pilled by another gentleman, his wife, and two c ' ibe - married ladies and d aug h ter, and proceeded under c an" : to Millbrook, wher e th ey landed and enjoyed for a f e hours a ramble in the delightful walks of that neighb° ll o i hood, until th e moon s h one forth, reminding theril home for which th e y em b arked about seven i n the or home the wind blowing fresh from the east, and in 15 01 , 1 1 off Mr. Chubb's rope-walk they grounded on the 13311 ,, a , 0 0 South Down; when their exertions to get the beat ou' o f proved unavailing. The screams and consternation ht the ladies at th e idea of rem a i n i ng there " till daylight did appear," brought t o th e i r aid a well-known d who lust his legs in one of the naval engagement°, an who now plies as a Waterman, but as his boat was S A - 0 fast in the mud and he could not reach them w ithin •-d . yards, he was over-persuaded to walk through th e in ,„? n g in order to lend there his personal assistance in Pus"",, -- 0 the boat off; but unfortunately his weight pressing 11 P' e , his wooden legs, he was inextricably fixed - until a ssl ' i3 l j to could reach him, so the two gentlemen before alluded got overboard, leaving the ladies for the presen t all alon e ,: though not in their g l ory ," to ta k e care of thernarive They succe e d e d i n d ragg i ng the man on stumpstbo ol shore, and proceeded to a hou se i n t h e ne i g h b o urhood, the good woman therein kindly lent them a large ivl sbarg tray, to which a r o p e was attached, which was taken al°1101'; side the boat, an d a l a d y placed therein, t h e parll" Id shore dragging the tray t h roug h t h e mu d , t ill she o u . th be safely landed; the same operation was pursued fr l ts. reference to the other ladies, the two gentlemen ac" ot . panying them to steady the tray, to prevent an uPj' d They abandoned the boat for the night, and proooe°?., to the next house, where, otter cleaning themselves, 1: order that they might be recognised by their relati% engaged a waterman, who landed them at the Admirals Head at about half-past two in the morning, and where moat anxious inquiries had been made by their relattte. as to their safety. The parties being of the highest r ed spectability, more than ordinary interest was expe . rie nc , d at their long absence from home beyond the anticiPa' e time of their arrival. SEEF•MUTJLATI ON BY A CONVICT.-011 W edges ; day morning last, Willi am F enw i ck R o b son, b e tt e r known , 4 . . Fishy" Fenwick, n ow un d er sentence o f transpo rtation . highway robbery, w hil st taking exercise in the gaol-3?red together with oth er prisoners, slipped out of his rank , seiz o an iron axe which was being used by one of the prisoners, ecur aed, chopped off lo ur o f his ringers. lie was instantly tr., and is at pres en t go i ng on f avoura bl y . li e , no d o ubt, er r neously suppo se d t h a t suc h an act o f se lf- mu til a tion so" o f save him from being transported. This is the second casert the kind which has occurred in our gaol within a ye*" 8 " period. —Durham Advertiser. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 18th inst., at Knapton-ho use , Norfolk, LOY Robinson, of an heir. On the 22d inst., at Whittingtoa-hall, Lancashire, the Isd.Y of John Clerk, Esq., of Chester-square. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 22d inst., at East Sheen, the Hon. Mrs. Adolphus Liddell. MARRIED. On the 18th inst., at the parish church, Eccles, the Eay . shire, to Maria Am : W. K. I:iland Bedford, r ec t or o f S utton Colcifield, Warwi c s k On the 23d inst., at 'St. Matthew's Church, the Bev. J°'!„ Henry Nel,on, of tlylei t d J. Day. M.A., to Elizabeth A., eldest daughter of ca p tah " nty-h unges ous a e u , a L h o t i e l r do o J. Houso n, London. o O t n i :h i e ° Stationeryoffice, a R p ro l :A D , w; .. te q r:7l7B. l Maid a-hlll, John George Gintrer I's late of her MajestY 3 ~ at Brighton, Sarah Eaza >et , Edward ' N , Utterson, Esq., of Ryde, Isle of Wight. . ... On the 20th in , at Waterfoot, Ullswater, PatriciP, 222d2dinsitnsgt.:d Ba3t. youngest daughter of eaptain Macdonald, of Sandside. . , On the 19th inst., at Bishops Stortford, Harts, FredericN Van der Meulen, aged -- i a. .....,___-..! Warwick h th e i, i i r f O : 3 1 1 0: London: Printed and Published by DIURDO 1 OILIVG;11`, No. 112, ;Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 4 -' o ' pi Strand, in the Precinct of the SAVOY. in the counts KitialeaUt Thursday, September 25,_ 185!.