The Sun. — London, England, 1832-09-07 00:00:00

TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS—MEMBERS OF THE 1 (-- • a:. . Z. . ---.:,...---• 4.--. ;. ,_,,,,, 4 , .,, 5ir ,3.1,) - - - , -- :s- - zs! • ' 0. ti - 1- 1 ' , ';-4 410 ' -4 ' ) - • '' - - N x s . , \',:,. „...- 7 „ - , 0 ;z 8 - ! s•_ _, .N,,,.._,;,,, . -......, _____.,...,,,„....,....._....0 ,(,. ~...., ,„,„ ~.._ ....\\,,,,,4,4,„.._ ;.4 '''— ,444,_ ~ ifie , - , ..7. - .. , „4 ~ • ' ~' 0 . gr...;.' --,.• 7 utt e , ',,,--'•--- tri llllll4 t , ,/, ______„ o .4 , , .. io - ~..\ . 7 , J r _ A s•.P.• > • ,- /, ' /'• . i a a ~,;:b c m'l'vreent f 1 ~.~1 --fin, A MILITARY REMl* , ,.o,(*:,j',. --:::-.? 2 ) ';#7. '.' --', •_":_ ..; . :,., During the bl oc k a d e a nd sreik7o, V g aftar •Zy./ il the year 1799, &c., there were - nichkAatti,.._ -' seven regiments of British infantry, — tqee irtgi ments of Hanoverians, a battalion of artillery; and a company_ of engineers ; in all above five thousand soldffrs, and between two and three hundred officers. Amidst so many officers, of different ages and of different countries, it may be supposed there were not a few curious and ec centric characters. I have preserved odd anec dotes of some of them. BAR, &e. MR. A. JONES, Surgeon Dentist to their Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, his Majesty Louis-Philippe the First, and Royal Family of France, and her Serene Highness the Princess Esterbazy, having in several recent cases been highly successful in rectifying De fective Articulation, by the substitution of his im• proved TERRO-METALLIC TEETH for those which had been decayed, or been subjected to removal, re spectfully invites the partictllar Attention Of gentlemen engaged in Parliamentary, Clerical, and other duties contebtM with Public Speaking, to the importance and utility of the above-named unrivalled remedy. The TERRO METALLIC TEETH (which may be had from one to a complete s-t) will be guaranteed to restore to the Wearer all the advantages of the genuine ones, in mastica tion as well as articulation, and cannot in any way be dis tinguished from the originals. Carious and tender Teeth Wholly preserved from the progress of decay, and rendered Useful, by Mr. A. Jones's unequalled ANODYNE CE MENT. The personal attention of Members of the Faculty to those much approved inventions, and their Modes of application by Mr. A. J., is respectfully re quested and would be greatly esteemed. N. B.—Cleaning and every other operation pertaining to dental surgery. At home from Ten till Five. 64, Lower Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. (No. 12,478.) LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1832. (PRICE 7D.) FOR EDINBURGH. THE Splendid New STEAM-SHIPS, the ROYAL ADELAIDE, Captain MILL, and ROYAL WILLIAM, Captain CFI &HAN, each 200 • horse power, will start from St. Katharine Dock Steam-wharf, near the Tower, as follow : ROYAL ADELAIDE, on Saturday Evening, Sept. 8, atTen. ROYAL WILLIAM, on Saturday Evening, Sept. 15, at Ten. ROYAL A DELA I DE, on Wednesday Evening, Sept. 19, at Ten. ROYAL WILLIAM, on Wednesday Evening, Sept. 9.6, at Ten. was 1,1031. received from Mr. Hughes Ball for copyhold and freehold estates in the same neighbourhood, which happened to be unencumbered. WALTON - UPON..THAMES. —ln this neighbourhood his Royal Highness also possessed sundry freehold estates, but these were mortgaged to Sir Edmund Antrobus and Sir Coutts Trotter for 9,000/., which was far beyond their value, so that nothing was realized by these. NOVA SCOTIA MINES.—The executors th.oi state that the Duke died possessed of a lease of certain mines within the province of Nova Scotia, granted to him on the 26th August, 1826, for 60 years. These mines were demised by him upon certain advantageous covenants to Messrs. John Bridge, Rundell, and Bigge, in the September fol lowing, and had since by them been demised to the South American Mining Company ; by whom engineers, artizans, and scientific men had been sent out, who are in all pro bability now engaged in making them profitably available. These mines, the executors say, may hereafter prove highly beneficial to his Royal Highness's estate, and therefore they have deemed it advisable not to sell his Royal Highness's interest therein. This is in fact the only ray of hope held out to the creditors ; but whether it is likely to be realized time only can show. It is a subject, however, well worth attention. THE BANK OF ENGLAND -NOTICES RE SPECTING LOANS AND EXCHEQUER BILLS. At the meeting of the Directors of the Bank of Eng land, held yesterday afternoon, a resolution was adopted for granting loans, on the deposit of approved securities, it the reduced rate of interest of three per cent. The ad vances hitherto made have borne an interest of four per ,ent. The following is the notice issued by the Bank upon this subject : These Vessels will be found of *he very first class in point of speed and accommodations, and are the only ones that afford to passengers the advantage of embarking at the commodious Steam-wharf, London, and landing in the Harbour at Leith. Horses and carriages can thus be shipped and landed with the greatest ease and safety. Fares, including provisions, Chief Cabin, 41. 4s. ; Second Cabin, 2/. 10s. The accommodation, in the Second Ca bins are very superior, with separate apartments for females. Information obtained, berths secured, and goods re ceived for shipment, at Leith and Glasgow Wharf. Also, by T. Robertson, 164, Strand ; H. Underwood, 56, Hlymarket ; M. Sanderson, Boar and Castle Inn, Ox ford-street ; Mr. Slarke, Old White Horse Cellar, Pic cadilly ; and Mr. Gilbert, Blossoms Inn, Lawrence lane, Cheapside, where light goods are received, and for warded to the Wharf till Five o'clock on the days of starting. JOSEPH ADAMS, Agent, Leith and Glasgow Wharf. A Spacious Sail Lott to Let. " The Governor and Company of the Bank of England do hereby give notice that on and after the 7th instant they will be ready to receive applications for loans, upon the deposit of Bills of Exchange, Exchequer Bills, East India Bonds, or other approved securities ; such loans to be re paid on or before the 15th October next, with interest at the rate of 31. per centum per annum, and to be for sums of not less than 2,0001. each. " Bank of England, Sept. 6, 1832." EXCHEQUER BILLS. The following notice, respecting the circulation, by the Bank of England, of Exch quer Bills, has also been issued by order the Directors : " The Court of Directors of the Governor and Com pany of the Bank of England give notice that they have made an agreement with the Right Hon. the Lords Com missioners of his Majesty's Treasury to circulate Exche quer Bills, made, or to be made forthwith, pursuant to an Act of Parliament for that purpose now in force, to end on the sth April, 1833. " Bank of England." TO MOTEIERS AND NURSES. MRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP. This infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of Children, when thought past re covery, from Convulsions arising from painful d. ntition. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed en the Gums the Child will be relieved, the Gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as efficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with ease ; and so pleasant, that no Child will re fuse to let its Gums he rubbed with it. When Infants are at the age of four months, the Syrup should be rubbed on the Gums ; and Parents should never be without the Syrup in the nursery where there are young Children; for if a Child wakes in the night with pains in the Gums, the Syrup immediately , gives ease; thereby preventing Convulsions, Fevers, &c. The great success of this Medi cine during the last Twenty-five Years has induced un principled persons to imitate it, under the name of Ameri can Soothing Syrup, and copying parts of Mrs. Johnson's Bills, &c. Parents will, therefore, he very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the Names of Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London (to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the recipe), is on the Stamp affixed to each Bottle. 1,140 1 6 260 0 0 140 1 9 MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM FOR FILLING DE CAYED TEETH, withont Heat or Pressure, and IN CORRODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH, without Wires or other Ligatures. MONSIEUR. MALLAN and SONS, Sur geon-Dentists, No. 32, GREAT STREET, BLOOMS BLOOMSBURY, and 9, HALF-MOON STREET, PICCADILLY, grateful for the high and extensive patronage which has so eminently distinguished their professional exertions since their arrival in the British Metropolis, respectfully announce to their Friends and the Public in general, that they still continue to restore DE CAYED TEETH, with their celebrated MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, so universally recommended by the Faculty of London and Paris. The operation of Filling Teeth is performed in a few seconds, without the slightest pain, heat, or pressure. They also FASTEN LOOSE TEETH, in a manner singularly efficacious, and SUPPLY WHOLE or PARTIAL SETS of TEETH formed of the above I NCORRODIBLE MINERAL, or of Natural Sub stances, without WIRE or other LIGATURES---guaran teed to answer every purpose for Articulating and Masti aating.—Charges as in Paris. The Faculty are respectfully invited to witness the suc cessful result of the Mineral Succedaneum. 11 . 13 . One of the above firm may be consulted for a I; short period on Mondays and Thursdays, at No. 89, New-street, Birmingham, and the intermediate days, at No. 11, Bath street, Leamington Spa. STIRLING'S FAMILY STOMACH PILLS, FOR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY. AN eminent Medic a l W r it er h as re m a rked, and experience hasroved the fact beyond dispute, P that th ose who are attentive to keeping the Stomach and Bowels in proper order, preserve health, prevent disease, and generally attain cheerful and healthy old age ; for that truly desirable purpose, these pills are particularly adapted, being prepared with the sulphate of quinine, and the most choice stomachic and aperient drugs of the materia medica.— They have for many years proved superior to every other medicine in the cure of stomach and liver complaints, in digestion, sensation of fulness and oppression after meals, habitual costiveness, flatulence, shortness of breath, stomach coughs, spasms, worms in children and grown persona, and all disorders incident to the stomach and bowels. They are also truly efficaciou s in the cure of colds, agues, rbeti niatism, gout, jaundice, dropsy, and gravel, and an excel lent restorative after any excess or too free indulgence at the table, as they gently purge and cleanse the bowels, strengthen the stomach, improve digestion, exhilarate the spirits, induce a he, lthy action of the liver, and invi gorate the whole constitution. Females who value good health should never be without them, as they purify the blo nd, rem ove o b struct i ons, an d g i ve the skin a clear, healthy, and bl oom i ng appearance . P ersona of a plethoric habit who are subject to giddiness, dimness of sight, drow iness, or hav e too great a fl ow o f bl oo d to the head, should take them frequently. They are so mild and gentle In their acti on t h at children and persons of all ages may take them at any time, as they do not contain mercury or di , 9ly ing re di ent that requires confinement or restriction of f et, nor can their virtues be impaired by time or change climate. Th ey should be kept in every family as a re medy in case of sudden illness, for by their prompt admi nistration cholera morbus, cramps, spasms, fevers, and other alarming complaints may be speedily cured or pre vented. To describe all their excell en t p ropert i es an d t h e c ures they h ave performed would fill volumes, and exceed credibil.ity ; suffic e it to say, there is scarcely any disease tthheeyy ca possibly not either prevent or cure, and none in which possibly do harm. pr epared and sold by J. W. Stirling, Chemist, No. 86, L ' Li g h- street, Whitechapel, in boxes at 13id., 2s. 9d., " 6 a. and I ls. each ; and may be had of B arc l ay an d nns, iarringd on - s t ree t ; Sanger, No. 150, Oxford-street; Z as naY and Co., No. 63, Oxford-street ; Heudebourk, ' lo * 32 6, Middl e - row , H o lb orn ; P rout, N o. 226, Strand ; Stradiil ling, Royal Exchange-gat e ; J o h ns t on , N o . 68 , 4 -? rn n_ • Har ve y, N o . 68, G reat S urrey -street, Black " jars ; Wilmot, Borou g h ; N ew b erry , S t . P au l' s ; B ut l er, P t. Pa ul's; Brabham, Chemist, Poplar ; Priest, No. 14, arliament- street, Westminster ; Hammond, Chemist, i g h- street, D, rt f or d ; S taffel, Chemist, No. 24, High istreet, Strood ; Wimble, Week -street, Maidstone ; Hollick, gh-street, Ch a th am ; M etcalfe, Ware, Herts ; and all e prinzipal Medicine Vendors in Town or Country..— Attic for " Stirling's St omac h Pi lls, " and be sure " J. W. " written on the Stamp. " Non est vivere sed valere vita."—Martial. " Life is only lif e w h en bl est w i th health. " T HE finest System of Ethics is to confine within due bounds, and thus to regulate the Pas sions; unrestrained, and insubordinate, they impetuously destroy those barriers which Religion and Morality have made sacred ; to curb but not annihilate them, appears the lesson of prudence, best calculated to limit their efferves cence. Every disorganization of the human frame requires great medical knowledge to remedy, and the public wel fare is promoted when professional men (disregarding the s uggestions of the envious and interested) devote their studies to the treatment of those complaints generated by imprudence, and the ebullition of the passions at an un guarded moment. " The strength of a nation consists in the health of the people ;" but, it is melancholy to reflect on the daily sacrifice to the ignorance of unfeeling empy rid"' ; and to counteract, as far as possible, its further ravages, we offer to suffering humanity the result of our nlvu experience in the various diseases of Debility. The u nwary vi ct i m o f sol i tary v i ce (early acquired at school, before reason has asserted her right over the mind), will, i n Contemplating his powerless state, become susceptible of enlivening sensations, in knowing that the most com plicated state of exhaustion may be roused into manly e nergy. Intense study—immoderate anxiety—long resi dence in tropical climes, and many other causes, will fre quently derange the Nervous System ; in such cases we t an hold out an assurance of re-animation, by a treatment b t '' o li th iel: ex h eas. s long an s w ere d th e sangu i ne h opes o f Pat i ents of , That b ane to human happiness, SYPHYLIS, can now ne treated fearlessly, the improved state of Medical Sci renree. having divested its antidote of those distressing pro a !lee that so long rendered its exhibition uncertain and , e ; 4 : n ing• Some peculiarities incidental to the softer , "ve not escaped our attention ; in which mildness, I°n'bined with efficacy, has superseded the means usually adapted.. In fine, our system is unique, peculiarly ener getic, and eminently successful. !ain.Edueated in London, schooled in our professional at ments by tee r. n ,. p . e i r ts p ended medical characters, and having .sonally . , to compare with admiration the British urglical practice with the Continental, our pre tensions to superiority (in a branch weha b ve selected) are matured by experience, which is evinced ap plications we receive, even from distant countries. Daily daily Daily attendance is given for personal consultation : and letters from the country are immediately answered ; these Must contain a remittance for Advice and Medicines, Whi t , n can be forwarded to any part of the world, however. slltant. GOSS and CO., M.R.C., Surgeons, No. 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, London. .. J4 st published (T went i et h Edition)-1. The lEGIS of LIFE, a familiar commentary on Debility and Nervous t)' e ases.-2. Th e SYPH ILIST, treating of Venereal Vsease.—.3. HYGEIANA, addressed exclusively to the trOale sex. 7,Alay be bad at 23, P aternoster-row, London ; Porter, Grafton -street, Dublin; 86, Trongate, Glasgow; at A Calt on-street, Edinburgh ; Wrightson, Birmingham ; dd, Bath ; Brown and Reid, Bristol; Weller, Chel -4l harn ; Loder, Bri g ht on ; Wood, Huntingdon ; Hatt, t o Otrid ge ; Trewman, Exeter ; Deck, Ipswich; Hob- Iv!Leeds ; G ore an d S on , Li verpool; Sowler, Manche,- 4,1 V, Platt anti Todd, Sh e ffi e ld ; Bacon and Co., Nor ' ; Hald on an d L own d es, and Slatter, Oxford ; Brodie h eng,PS Salisbury ; Oxley, Wi n d sor; and of all "js' each. CREDITORS OF HIS HOYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK. The Committee of the creditors of his Royal Highness the Duke of York again met on Wednesday, when several ad ditional and highly-respectable members were elected, and intimation was given that many of the creditors who had hitherto abstained from joining the coalition, from false delicacy, had signified their determination to lend their aid towards prosecuting the projected inquiries, in which men of the first professional eminence are engaged. No com munication had been received from S r Herbert Taylor or Sir Benjamin Stephenson (the executors of his Royal Highness), nor had the former condescended to make any reply to one of the creditors who had applied to him by ►etter to know whether there was any truth in the state ment put forth in the Court Journal, that " arrange ments were making far the discharge of his Royal High ness's debts." The Committee again adjourned to Wed. nesday next, and will thus continue their meetings weekly until the task they have undertaken has been completed. REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN CHANCERY. In the present stage of this interesting question, it may be desirable to give a sketch of the proceedings in Chan cery, as far as the Master has made his report, which we believe was up to March, 1830. From a cursory view of the documents which we have seen, it appears that the original suit was commenced, apparentlyon the part of the creditors at large, by Messrs. Greenwood and Co., but evidently with a view to their own interests and the ac commodation of the executors, as the other creditors were never consulted on the subject. Under this suit certain interrogatories were put to Sir Herbert Taylor and Sir Benjamin Stephenson, which they have answered upon their oaths, profehsing to give a full and particular account of all the circumstances which have come to their know ledge respecting the affairs of his Royal Highness since his death, and of all the property of which he died possessed. This account is classed under separate heads, and may be taken as follows : THE HOUSE IN SP. JAMES'S PARE,-The facts con nected with this house, which, our readers are aware, was rebuilt under his Royal Highness's direction towards the close of his life, and which has since been purchase d by the Marquis of Stafford, form a very prominent, although unsatisfactory, article in the answer of the executors. It appears that previous to the demolition of the old house, the lease of which had nearly expired, Messrs. Cox and Greenwood held a mortgage upon it for 30,0001., and that upon the new lease being granted by the Crown, a further mortgage for 30,000/. was granted to Sir Coutts Trotter, upon the condition that this second mortgage should stand first in point of priority. His Royal Hig h nese havin g su b sequently applied to the Treasury for money to enabl e hi m to go on with the new edifice, this was acceded to, upon an agreement that the mortgage held by Sir Coutt s T rotter s h ould be transfer red to the Commisy sioners of Woods and Forests, with a right on their part to take possession of the house in liquidation of such ad vances as they might make, in preference to the other mortgages. It was subsequently proposed that Messrs. Greenwood and Co. should release their mortgage on the house of 10,0001., and accept, as security in lieu, 10,0001. worth of plate then in the hands of 'Messrs. Coutts and Co., and which, with a view to this new arrangement, was transferred to Sir Herbert Taylor, under an order of the Duke of York. It so happened, however, that this intended release never took place, nor was the plate ever charged with any part of Messrs. Greenwood and Co.'s debt, although an understanding to that effect had existed. Thus the mortgages remained in their original form. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests being now con• stituted first mortgagees on the estate, under their cove nant, proceeded to advance to the Duke of York sundry sums, amounting in the whole to 47,0001. towards com pleting the building. Thus matters stood upon the death of his Royal Highness, when the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, according to the terms of their mortgage deed, laid claim to the premises, having a charge upon them to the amount of the sums advanced, as well as for rent due to the Crown ; that is to say, 30,000/. for the transfer made by Sir Coutts Trotter, 47,0001. for cash advanced for the building, and 3,2801. for rent due to Michaelmas 1827. In this state of things the executors, with a view of avoiding expense, thought proper, in con. junction with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, to have the property valued; and it was accordingly valued by competent persons at 81,913/. 13s. 6d., a sum which they found fell short of the charges of the Commissioners, and therefore they gave up all farther right to it ; in other words, abandoning the interests of those tradesmen who had been devoting their time, money, and materials to the erection of the house, and sacrificing their property to the payment of debts which had been incurred long before their labours had commenced. In allusion to this gross act of injustice the executors say " that Harry Burrell and others of the tradesmen claimed a lien upon the house, but that they knew of no such lien." On this head, however, we understand the Committee are in possession of the best information, and are convinced that the executors will find, as well as the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, that these acts will be proved to be not only inconsistent with common honesty, but with the terms of the mort gage-deed, as well as the law of the land. THE MANOR OF CHERTSEY. -The next head of pro perty left by his Royal Highness, into which the executors inquired, was the Manor of Chertsey, Bromwood, and Hardwick, leased by the Crown to his Royal Highness ; but h e re was another blank. This inalanr had been already mortgaged to the Princess Augusta Sophia for 6,0001., and this, on being valued, proved to be worth only 2,0001., which was less than the rent actually due to the Crown, independent of the mortgage : so that the poor Princess had her share of mortification, and the manor was return ed to the source from whence it came. ()AMA NHS ESTATt.--This property, which was sold to Mr. Hughes Ball, actually produced less by 20,000/. than the debts by which it was encumbered, and the only sum realized by the investigation of this part of the estate PERSONAL ESTATE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS.—Here. tofore, with the exception of the 1,1031. received from Mr. Hughes Ball, the executors seem to have received no thing ; and we now come to the personal estate and effects of his Royal Highness, which have been converted into Exchequer Bills, or otherwise accounted for. The following ai e i•erns from this bead of exposition : Cash found in testator's residence £295 0 6 At Hammersley's, his bankers First sale of horses by Tattersall At Coutt's banking-house A Quarter's annuity, due Jan. 5, 1827 6,499 0 0 Half a year's annuity from Hanover Sales of furniture, wines, china, &c. by Christie, and three different payments 4,733 10 7 Sale of fire-arms, trinkets, and jewellery ; also by Christie 7,167 7 0 Furniture and pictures, by Christie Sale of books by Sotheby 5,094 4 1 Second sale of horses by Tattersall 195 17 6 A Quarter's pension from Ireland 1,747 15 4 SUNDRY EFFECTS PURCHASED BY HIS LATE MA JESTY Renters Share of Covent-garden Ditto Drury-lane Balance due by Mr. Kendal, his Royal Highness's Steward 2,836 1 0 Hay sold by Worley Adding to these the interest and profit on Exche quer Bills, which were purchased as the funds came in, the gross amount of this first division of the produce of the personal estate is 51,909 18 6 SALE OF PLATE.—Next comes the sale of the plate taken by Sir Herbert Taylor from Coutt's Bank ing.house (already mentioned), and other plate, of which his Royal Highness died possessed This fetched, after deducting expenses To this is to be added moneys yet to be received and acknowledged to be owing to the estate of his Royal Highness, amounting to Giving a total of the gross receipts on account of the personal estate of his Royal Highness, by his executors DEBTS DUE BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. And now we come to the set-off against these receipts; and this is a subject to which we may hereafter refer more fully. The Judgment Debts, that is to say, those upon which judgments had been obtained in the Court of King's Bench, and passed by the Master, and which have been since paid, amount to The Bonds on which judgments were not oh tained 97,506 14 4 The simple contract debts to various tradesmen Grand total proved under the decree Thus it will be seen, that there remained to pay the bonds, debts, with interest, and simple contract debts, in March, 1830, rather more than 30,000/. ; but what may have since been done with this money, the further report of the Master can only show. To make this report, the Master will no doubt, in due time, be called upon; but, in the interim, the creditors look, with natural surprise, at the entire omission of any allusion in the executors' affi davits to the jewels, which, it is said, three days after the Duke of York's death, were valued at 150,0001. in the presence of Sir Herbert Taylor, and carried down to Windsor. It was well known, the value of jewels pos sessed by the Duchess of York wis immense, and yet no account whatever has been rendered of these—no allusion either has been made to a large portion of personal pro perty described as given to the valet of his Royal High. ness (to the amount, it is said, of 1,0000, after his Royal Highness's death—neither h•ls any reference been made to legacies paid, since the Duke's death, to different persons, under a testamentary paper left by the Duchess of York, but which was not acted upon in her life-time. These, as well as a great variety of other matters, which have reached the knowledge of the Committee, do not seem to have come within the observation of the executors; but, as their attention will agai❑ be called to the subject, in all probability a more detailed, as well as a more satisfactory, explanation of the affairs of his Royal Highness will be obtained ; and, from what we hear, with obvious advan tage to the creditors. It must now depend on the cre ditors themselves to protect their own interests, for it is pretty clear the executors are not disposed to move with out strong incitement. Many of the debts which have been admitted by the Master require revision; and if we ate not mistaken, the claims on the estate of his late Ma jesty are not without foundation. Pending these inquiries, we observe that the monument proceeds but slowly towards completion. There are not above two or three men employed upon it ; and even these seem to think they might be engaged in more agreeable labours, for they cannot be deaf to the sneers in which the passengers indulge when witnessing an outlay of money that might be so much more appropriately applied to the relief of persons who have but too much reason to regret their confidence in the honour of the Illustrious Prince whose statue it is intended proudly to display, and which w e believe has already been completed by the sculptor. IRISH SNAKES I—A gentleman called at our office last night, with a female snake, three feet three inches i n l ength, which was killed yesterday in a field at common . Mil ecroEs, near .Newtonards, by two boys, sons of Mr. B itAnsitAw. It i s o f the spec i es known to natural i sts as the English sn a k e , an d i s , we b e li eve, per f ect l y innolims : These snakes are very numerous in certain districts in England; but thanks to St. PATRICK, they have, till l a t e l y, b een totally unknown in the Isle of Saints. They have, however, recently been seen in different parts of the county of Down; and their appearance has been variously accounted for ; some alarmists going the length of affirming that they, with the prevailing pestilence, are only a foretaste of the unhappy fruits to be derived from that horrible measure the Reform Bill. We have also been told that one of the zealous anti-reformers of that eounty has introduced the breed of these reptiles into Ire land, with the intention of counteracting the influence of other "snakes in the grass," which, he says, are unhap pily too plentiful here. The futility of the popular belief that snakes cannot live in our blessed land has been most fully demonstrated ; as the one shown to us had not only lived here, but s h owe d i ts capa bili ty o f propagat i ng its species —s evera l l arge eggs h av i ng b een found in its ovarium. —Belfast Chronicle. A WOLF'S NEST.—On the 27th of May last, Mr. ELIAS PARKii, of the town of Niagara, went into the woods in search of wolves, armed with a musket. These animals had previously committed great ravages among the sheep and cattle in that vicinity, and the night before had filled the woods with their howlings. Taking his course by a range of trees, he proceeded about a mile and a half in the direction he supposed they were to be met with, when he found a white wood tree, of prodigious length and size, on the ground, which he supposed was cut down by the Indians. The tree was hollow as far as be could discover, and from the tracks which had the ap pearance of being recently made, he supposed it might be inhabited by wolves. How to discover whether such was the case or not, puzzled him much. He was alone, and did not like the idea of attacking his enemy, with the sure prospect of meeting with d e f eat, i f not with death ; nor did he wish them to escape. However, after consider ing a few minutes how to proceed, with his penknife he cut a pole lif:een or twenty feet i n l engt h , and, leaving hi s gun at the entrance of the log, entered the hollow, pole in hand. When he had proceeded about twenty feet into the region of darkness, carefully using hi s p o l e to ascerta i n that the way was clear before him, he perceived two large sparkling eyes glaring upon him, and h ear d same f a i nt growlings, plainly demonstrating the species and temper of their owner. Deeming it imprudent to make further researches without the aid of his trusty gun, which he had left at the entrance, he went back and returned with it to the place where he first discovered the eyes, intending to fire at them. But finding he could not take sure aim, owing to the darkness, though the eyes were visible, he was obliged to retreat. He then gathered some old wood, and stopped up the entrance, leaving room to insert the gun, which lie did, and fired several times but from the distance, obstructions, or some other cause, without effect. Leaving his musket at the mouth of the log, he then re traced his steps home for assistance, which he obtained. On going back to the log, he found all things as they were left. With axes they cut into the log, at short dis tances from the butt towards the limbs, nearly sixty feet, when an old wolf was discovered, with several younger ones. As they were crowded into a narrow space, it was an easy matter to secure the young ones (four in number) alive, after the old one had retreated a few f, et and wa shot. Mr. P. informs us that he has two of the young ones now in his possession. —Lockpo r t Balance. The Mahometans, if they can any way find the means, erect tombs over every one of their relations, from the simple white grave-stone with a turban at the head of it, to the most splendid mausoleum. DON PEDRO.—The following is an anecdote from an American Paper: —" It is known that the ex- Emperor of BRAZIL is an accomplished musician, and ha-, composed many pieces of striking merit, among others a National Hymn and the " Te Deum" which was sung at his marriage. At the commencement of the last war be tween the Brazilians and the Buenos Ayreans, the Estrx- ROR composed a triumphal march, which, when comple ted, he sent to the commander of his troops, ordering it to be played on the occasion of the first victory which they might gain. Unluckily, however, his troops sustained so severe a defeat at Ituz lingo, that they lost all their bag gage, not excepting that of the General in Chief, among which was the Royal composition in question. It thus fell into the hands of the enemy, and has become part or their national music, which they play to this day. The following curious scene is said to have passed on Wednesday, in the office of M. HEuoLn DE BOISNART, at the Prefecture of Police :—a " gentleman" assuming the character of a commercial agent, and dis playing a splendid establishment, had a daughter, who was sought in marriage by several young men of respectability, but the affections of the young lady and the preference of the father fell upon a suitor who stated himself to be an Italian by birth, and the union was only delayed till the usual certificates should arrive from Italy. The intended and his future father in law met accidentally before M. H. DE BOISNART, who has the surveillance of such convicts as, after having been liberated from their chains, are still kept under the eye of the police. The mutual surprise of the two parties may be well imagined. An explanation became necessary, from which it was elicited that one had pissed six years at the hulks in a well-known sea-port of France, where the other had previously passed ten years. —Paris Paper. IMPORTANT TOATTORNIES,&C.--Thursday morning the Grand Jury brought into court two hills for murder, which they ignored, —namely, against ELIZA BETH JOBLING and JANE HAWKSLEY. Lord Moarrrn proceeded to the Bench, and conferred for a few moments with Mr. BARON BOLLAND, after which the learned Baron stated, that in the cases above mentioned, the prisoners had only been committed for concealing the birth, and, as costs were not allowed in prosecutions of this na ture, he feared it was too common to prefer bills for the capital offence for the sake of obtaining the allowance of costs. It was a practice which ought to be discontinued ; and as he understood that in the present instance there was no evidence to support the capital charge, he should take care that the costs be not allowed. It was extremely improper that crimes should be enlarged for such purposes, and especially that a person committed for concealment of birth should be indicted capitally, as it could not fail to be extremely harassing to a mind already sufficiently harassed by the minor charge, even though the Grand Jury should eventually throw out the bill. His Lordship said, he trusted that this public notice of the practice would correct the evil.—Lancaster Journal. KILKENNY COAL AND THE CHOLERA.— But a still more efficacious specific was found in Kilkenny. I learned, in passing through, that no case of cholera had occurred in that populous town, while all those around were infected, and a cordon of distemper was drawn, as it were, in a circle about it. This singular exemptio❑ was attributed to the vapour exhaled front Kilkenny coal in the process of burning. It is a fuel which certainly possesses properties very different from any other known carbona ceous substance. The gas extracted is not sulphureous, but carbonic, and is as highly dangerous as that in the grotto " Del Cane," when breathed in a close room ; in fact, it is the same kind of gas. It is very possible that this active and deleterious vapour may have a powerful effect in killing infection ; and from the universal use of the coal in the town, the whole atmosphere may be as effectually fumigated as the wards of an hospital hyoxygen. I was further assured by a medical man, that not only this city had escaped the disease, but that every village in the county was more or less exempt in proportion as they used the fuel. If this effect be found to be certain and perma nent, it may afford important information. —Corres pondent of the New Monthly Magazine. At Manchester, on Saturday there was a brisk demand for good fresh samples of old wheat, of which sales were made to a considerable extent, at very full prices, in some instances at Id. a 2d. advance: in oats ❑ot much done, but they too were rather higher than in the middle of the week. Flour and oatmeal found sale to a moderate extent at the previous rates. Little new grain was offered, and for it the prices remained unaltered. The weather has been dry since Friday, and considerable progress made in this district in carrying that part of the crops which remained out ; with a few fine days harvest operations will be completed. At our Corn Exchange this morning there was a thin attendance of the trade. Of English and Irish new wheat several parcels offered, and there was a large show of granary samples. For fine old wheat there was a very limited retail demand at Friday's prices, which were, however, Id. a 2d. higher than those of this day week ; but middling kinds were in vain pressed at Tuesday's currency—the Irish ❑ew wheat did not go, though offered at 3d. per '7O lb. reduction. Of fine oats the market was bare, still few were wanted, and the trifling parcels that were sold were at fully Id. advance on the currency in the middle of last week, though at not higher rates than those of last Tuesday : the only sample of Irish new was bought at 2s. 141. Barley and malt were held at rather higher prices, but very little done in either. Beans, peas, and Indian corn all flat. Fine Irish flour in moderate request at the prices of this day week, as also new meal, which was scarce and fetched 255. 6d.; old was retailed at 21s. to 225. 6d. as in quality. A parcel of Western canal flour in bond was let go at 165., being a decline of Is. per barrel. For wheat little inquiry. COUTTS, THE GREAT BANKER.-THOS. COUTTS, who long moved at the head of the moneyed and banking interest of the metropolis, was the fourth and youngest son of JOHN COUTTS, originally of Dundee, and afterwards of Edinburgh, where he held the office of Chief Magistrate in 1743. The mother of Mr. COUTTS was a daughter of Sir J. STEWART, of Allenbank, in Berwick snire, who was the maternal grandson of Miss GRIZEL COCHRANE, daughter of Sir J. COCHRANE, the associate of RUSSELL and SIDNEY in their project for liberating Bri tain from the tyranny of the last STUARTS. Mr. CouTTs was born about the year 1731. His father carried on the business of a general merchant, and established the bank which has attained such distinguished respectability under the auspices of Sir WILLIAM FORBES and his de scendants. An elder son, JAMES, entered into partner ship with a banking -house in St. Mary-axe, London, which corresponded with that of JOHN COUTTS and Co., Edinburgh. S u b sequently, THOMAS COUTTS, the sub ject of the present memoir, entered also into that house. He then became partner, with his brother, of a banking house in the Strand, which had long been carried on un der the title of Middleton and Campbell : and finally, on the death of his brother, in 1778, he became the sole manager of this extensive concern. He died at his house in Piccadilly, February 24, 1823. Mr. Courrs possessed the accomplishment and mariners of a gentleman ; plain but fashionable in his dress ; sedate in his deportment; punctual and indefatigable in business, even to a very advanced age. His great ambition throu g h li fe was to establish his character as a man of business, and he certainly obtained such a reputation in that respect as few men have enjoyed. Instances are re lated of his refusing to overlook a single penny in accounts, even with those friends to whom he was in the habit of dispensing his hospitality with the most liberal hand. With such qualifications, and blessed with length of days beyond the usual span of human life, it is not surprising that he acquired immense wealth, and placed himself at the head of that important class to which he belonged. Nor was he exclusively a man of business; he enjoyed the society of literary men in a high degree, and was distin guished for his taste in theatricals. He was also a liberal d Spenser of his wealth to the p00r.... Chambers's Hitiou of Illustrious Scotsmen. This is an anticipation by a few days of the regular pe riod of issuing these notices, and it differs front the last, which took place in June last, in fixing the rate of inter est at 3, instead of 4 per cent. This has been taken in the city as an indication of the correctness of what has been frequently stated of late, that the Bank Directors propose to increase their discount business, and that in• stead of transacting it at one uniform rate, they will ad just it in all instances to the value of money in the open market. There is much doubt, how ever, whether this policy will produce the effect intended by it, of an augmentation of the pro fits of the Bank, and it will be an immediate and serious injury to the private bankers and capitalists who are in the habit of devoting their spare funds to the same mode o f employment. The parties do not, in point of fact, stand by any means on an equal footing; private capital being the fruit of a- man's industry, which he can not have acquired without payment of full value for it, while that of the Bank of England is produceable at plea sure, and to any extent, by new issues of paper. There is not, in the present state of trade, employment to be found for one-tenth part of the deposits lying in the B ink, and if the rate of interest, already ruinously low, is forced ,till lower, we may again be driven, even in the face of our recent experience, into the mania of foreign loans and bubble companies.— Times. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SEPT. 6. These Sessions were resumed this morning, be fore F. CONST, Esq., chairman, and a full bench o Magistrates. BLOW, APPELLANT, LEVY, RESPONDENT. This was an appeal from the conviction by D. W. Gregorie, Esq., of the appellant, for refusing to pay the toll upon a break and a pair of horses belonging to his Majesty. The appellant was a coachman in the service of his Majesty, and the respondent was the lessee of all the tolls within 15 miles of the metropolis. A long argument ensued between the counsel on both sides, on the construction of two Acts of Par liament, whence arose the question, whether the servants of his Majesty were entitled to travel free from toll. The appellant, it was admitted on both sides, was in the service of his Majesty, as coach man, and on the occasion in question was exercising his Majesty's horses, and wearing the Royal livery. Mr. ADOLPHUS contended, that it was indisputable that the K:ng's highway was the King's property, and that no Act of Parliament could take away the rights and privileges of the Crown, without the consent of the Crown conveyed to Parliament by the Attorney-General, and that such a privation, if any was so made, must be distinctly expressed in the Act itself. The Crown enjoyed a common law right of exemption from toll of all kinds, as well as from taxation of every description ; but in the Act itself the clause stood thus—" No toll should, by virtue of the Act in question, or any other Act, be demanded or taken for any carriages or horses containing his Majesty, or any of the Royal Family, or going to or returning from his Majesty." Now, then, such being the case, was the appellant within this exemption ? The appellant, as his Majesty's coachman, was by command of his Majesty, for his Royal master's use and benefit, airing and exercising these horses on the day in question, and under the common usage was entitled to pass on the King's highway free from toll. It was true that the party was not travelling terminus ad terminum, but the Royal right of exemption from toll was not and could not be abridged by the present or any other Act of Parliament. Mr. C. Putwrs followed on the same side, and communicated to the Court the opinions taken with reference to this subject from the Attorney and Solicitor-General, who not only gave it as their opinion that all carriages belonging to his Majesty and the Royal Family were exempt from toll, but that they were equally so though drawn by post Horses. Mr. BROUGIITON inquired if there had been any instance since the General Turnpike Act of toll being demanded until now ? Mr. C. PHILLIPS—Never, until lately. Mr. BODKIN then addressed the Court at some length, on behalf of the respondent. He argued that the common law right as contended for by the other side did not exist. In all former turnpike acts, the exemption was for all carriages belonging to his Majesty; but in the present act the word, were " all carriages in attendance, &c. upon his Nlajesty and the Royal Family." If the object had been to extend the privilege as had been suggested, still the words " belonging to" ought to have been retained. After a long desultory conversation between the bench and the counsel on both sides, The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Const) said that the case was one of very serious consequence and import ance. If the question remained upon the last Act of Parliament alone, he should have no hesitation in saying there was no such exemption from toll as that now claimed. He confessed he thought some doctrine might be found in support of the King's prerogative, but at present he thought that, so far as the present case went, there was no ground for exemption under the provisions of this Act of Par liament. Mr. ADOLPHUS—Under the circumstances, he would beg for the case to be adjourned. The CHAIRMAN said his own wish would be that the case should stand adjourned for a rehearing un til the adjournment day. The rest of the Magistrates present acquiesced, and the Court then adjourned. Three steam-vessels engaged by Don PEDRo's agents sailed from the river on Tuesday afternoon, and Colonel BURRELL, who is to command the recruits lately raised in this country, embarked on board one of them, together with Captain BELL, Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. MACKEY, late one of the inspectors of the T division of police. For a day or two before the sailing of these steam-boats, the agents of Don l'Emto sent the recruits down into Kent and Essex under the command of a ser geant in small detachments, fearful that some opposition might be made to their embarking in the ports of London. As soon as the steam-vessels left Gravesend, the recruits, who had been kept in readiness, embarked at different places down the river Irons both shores, and by the time the steamers reached the Nore lights, about 1,600 had embarked, all of them fine hearty fellows, and the greater part men who had been in the army and seen some service. In the 72d regiment, or Manchester volun teers, in which I was an ensign, there was an officer, an honest, worthy, but blundering Fish man (Lieutenant Macnamarra), who had, to per fection, the natural habit of makino " bulls."— Mac had one d a y th e comman d o f ? ragged-staff guard, which being a central situation between the New Mole and the Old Mole, and close to the water's edge, had a ladder of ropes placed at the top of the line wall for the convenience of boats coming from or returning to the ships in the bay. This ladder was always drawn up at sunset, and fixed again at day-break. It hap pened that Lieut. Browne, of the Brilliant fri gate, had dined at the mess of the 12th Regi ment, and having drank freely, had forgotten the hour, until he heard the evening gun fire ; greatly alarmed, he instantly quitted the table, and hurried to ragged-staff guard, where the ship's boat had been waititig for him above an hour ; but he came too late, the ladder of ropes had been drawn up some minutes. What was to be done ? He applied to Lieut. Macna marra (to whom, by the by, lie was an entire stranger) to fix the ladder of ropes again, that he might descend ; but Mac told him it was con trary to garrison order, and that he dared not do it. Mac, however, at length yielded to the ear. nest entreaties of Browne, who descended into the boat and rowed off: but the one had ne glected to ask for, and the other to give, the " naval parole." The boat had advanced but a few yards, when it was challenged by the sentry on the line wall, ,( Who comes there ?" " A naval officer." " Give the naval parole." " I don't know it ; I am Lieut. Browne, of the Brilliant frigate." "I don't care who you are," replied the sentry; " but if you don't put back, I will fire into your boat." There was nothing else to be done but to return. In the morning the circumstance was reported to the governor (General Elliott) and the commanding officer afloat, Captain (afterwards Sir Roger) Curtis ; and both Lieut. Browne and Lieut. Macnamarra were placed under arrest. Knowing that, it tried, they must be inevitably broke, .Lieut. Macna marra wrote several petitions to the governor, but received no answer, and was in a state of great dis tress, walking up and down his apartment, and re peating, " If ever I do a good turn again, may the d—l burn Barnard Macnamarra." At last, on the seventh day, Major Harbrugh, of the 39th regiment, was sent to him with a message from the Governor. " Well, what does he say ?" was the eager inquiry. "He says that whatever the navy do by Lieut. Browne, you shall share the same fate." " Then," exclaimed Mac, clapping his hands together in great agitation, " I wish Me rascal may be hanged !" How ever, as they were both excellent men and offi cers, they were severely reprimanded and for given.—Literary Gazette. THE ORGAN. Of all instruments this is- the most noble, possessing powers of the greatest extent and variety. How the sober dignity of its tones harmonizes with the dark massive pile which we walk around and view with wonder ! while gazing on the heavy towers on high, its hollow tones within speak of mass and vespers, long gone by, and all the train of superstitious chivalry. And as we pace the long drawn aisles of light and shade, where the glowing beams of tinted windows fall on the youthful fair kneeling to ask heaven'sgrace, so beautifully ex pressed by the poet, — Rose bloom fell on her hands together great, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint. How the heavenly tones in solemn grandeur roll along! It is only upon the Continent that we can enjoy these sublime sensations. Holland, the Low Countries, and Germany, are spread over with these majestic instruments in profuse, variety. At Haarlem there is one of stupendous size : the effect of which surpasses every thing the mind can conceive. They are sounds which seem to roll from the skies into the abyss of har mony. In the puritanical service of the Dutch, nothing but psalmody is ever performed. For the purpose of leading their immense congrega tions, of not less than three thousand voices sing ing in unison, these organs are furnished with an enormous pipe called the vox hunzaua, which so predominates over the rolling thunder of the double diapasons, that you might conceive it to be the voice of a monster, concealed in this mountain of sounds. The grandeur of this . organ is much augmented by the vastness of the church in which it stands. Higher than West minster Abbey—it fills up the end of the large aisle, reaching from the ground to the roof, and . from one side to the other, the pipes having the appearance of vast columns of silver. The ex. temporary flourishes which the organist intro duces between the lines of the psalm, can only be compared to a commotion of the elements, or the rolling of the surges upon the shore. The largest organs in England arc but mere toys compared to this magnificent instrument, which strikes the senses with awe and wonder. The writer, on Whitsunday, 1825, was in the organ ;oft at Westminster Abbey, when the king and queen of Owhyee, Sandwich Isles, were intro duced by the dean, and placed near himself in the choir. The king, a vulgar-looking man, per fectly black, dressed in a black coat, white waist coat, and pea-green gloves, which were not long enough to conceal his sooty rists, stood up the whole time of the service gazing with amazement at the roof. The Queen, a tall, fine, masculine figure, was so struck upon the first burst of the organ, as to be thrown into extreme agitation, so much so, that she would have leaped out of the stall in which s h e was p l aced, had not her Maid of Honou r ( an E ng li s h l a d y ) prevented her by laying hands upon her. Every time the organ recommenced with its full volume of sound, this phrenzy returned, and caused much confusion. During the sermon she settled down into some thing like composure, and at the conclusion was led out by the Dean and otherdignitaries to view the edifice. Habited in a fashionable morning dress, her Majesty was only distinguishable from her attendants by her gaunt and gigantic figure, and the sudden ejaculation of surprise which she was constantly making. The King, however, lost in mute attention, never lowered his e y es from the roof, but kept staggering about the church till he made his exit at the door.—Gar dener's Music of Nature. ---- The Hafod Estate was yesterday knocked town by Mr. GEORGE ROBINS at 75,000/., the resel price fixed by the Meeter in Chancery.