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

I OLD BAILEY. -(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. CHARCE of 14UKnit. Catharine Zainbridge, aged 22, was indicted for the Wilful murder of William Francis, a man of colour, on the 19th July, in the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, by stab bing him in the side. She was also arraigned upon the Coroner's inquisition. The prisoner was rather genteelly dressed, and was ac commodated with a seat. She cried bitterly, and kept her handkerchief to her face during the whole of her trial. Elizabeth Bowles sworn—l lived in a room facing that in which the deceased lived, at No. 4, Match •walk, in the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell. The p, isoner and Francis lived together, and had done so for about a week. On the night of the 19th July, between 11 and 12, Francis came home, but not intoxicated. He was ruffled in his temper. He asked me for a light; anti I give aim one ; he said, " Woman, you would be frightened if yoti had heard all I have heard to night ;" adding, that he would not let the prisoner in that night. About a quarter of z:n hour after wards she came up stairs and went into the room. He told her to go out, but I could not hear whether she made any answer. I next heard plates and other things being broken, and a great rustle between them, but I could not hear whether they were striking one another. That rustle continued for a very few minutes; I cannot say whether any blows were given, but I heard the prisoner say, " I will stab you with a knife." All this Occupied but a very few minutes. Almost immediately afterwards I heard her threa•en to stab him. I heard her exclaim, "Oh Nancy, Nancy !" in an agitated manner. Nancy meant Anne Leo nard, who went up immediately. I was in bed, and did not go into the room or see them until the policemen carried the prisoner away. Besides the rustle there were words between them, but I could not understand what they were ; they were both in a passion, and there might have been blow, between them. Francis was a powerful man and about 50 years of age. Cross-examined, by Mr. BARRY.—Francis was a dark coloured man, and a foreigner. I was in my own Loom, the door of which was closed. Anne Leonard, a lodger in the same house, !sworn — Francis and the deceased had formerly lived together until the former went to sea, and bad returned from sea about a week, and again cohabited with her. I was not at home when Francis came home on the 19th of July ; but I Was when the prisoner came in. I beard the prisoner go into her room, and in about five minutes she called down stairs " Nancy !" two or three times, in a quick and hur ried manner. If she had not called to me, I should not have known that any thing had happened. I had pre viously heard the crockery-ware breaking. When I went up stair s the prisoner said she had broken the crockery ware. When I went up stairs I found the pri soner lying on the floor, and Francis with his foot on Part o f h er body, and her hair in his hand ; he was luting to strike her; the prisoner's cop was off; I asked F rancis what he was doing, and he put his hand to his breast, Raying—" See what Kitty has been doing." His shirt about his breast was covered with blood. The pri soner said, site had thrown a bason at him ; she appeared to be much in liquor ; I cannot say whether he had beaten het that night, but I have known him beat her; his temper was very violent. Cro ss - examined—I have known him bite her, and she showed me the mark on her arm; she used frequently to run out of his way in consequence of the violence of his temper ; he used often to lay hold of the hair of her head and beat her. By Mr. Baron BAYLEYI had seen the prisoner on that night at a public-house, and I persuaded her to go home, which she did ; she expressed no ill-will against Francis, who was eery jealou s of her. Mary Burgess, also a lodger in the house, stated, that When the prisoner came home, Francis told her she should not come in, and she said she would come in; witness afterwards beard a wrestling as if Francis was endeavour ing to keep the prisoner out, and she endeavouring to get in ; witness afterwards heard the prisoner call " Nancy," and shortly after, on entering their room, she sat , the deceased lying under the window, and the pri soner sittin g on a chair. „ Jo hn Douglas, a policeman, stated that on th e n i g ht i n ' ue 'ti°o he was near the house in which the prisoner liv ed' and heard her call Out " Little Anne" several times. Witness afterward s went up Pinto the room, and saw the deceased inclining over the back of a chair. The prisoner W as walki ng b ackwards and forwards in the room as if in d_istress. Th e deceased had a wound in the right breast, from w hich the blood wasflowing. The deceased said he had been stabb e d. Besides the wound in the breast the deceased had a wound over the left eye. Witness observed to the prisoner that the man had been stabbed, bu t she replied he had no t. On looking round, witness found a knife, which he 're , prod uce d , an d w hi c h was bl oo d y. The prisoner then said " that is not the knife; it was little Anne's knife." A woman, named Tucker, said that she had taken little Anne's knife down stairs. On looking about th e room, witness found another knife, which 'he also Produced, but there were no marks of blood on it. Wit ness told the prisoner that he must take her into custody, o n which she ran to a table drawer, and endeavoured to get another knife. On the way to the station-house she observed that it was all because she had spoken to another nun, of Whom Francis was jealous. William Butler, a policeman, stated, that t bout ten o'clock on the night in question, be saw the prisoner and deceased quarrelling in Old Gravel-lane ; witness removed them from his beat; the prisoner was abusing the deceased, who said to her, " Kitty, I will have a row with you to night... She shortly afterwards told the deceased that he should not come into the room that night, for she would go home and fasten him out ; witness saw no more of them until he subsequently went into the room and saw the deceased stabbed ; witness assisted in carrying the deceased down stairs, and on the way down he expired. Cross examined—The prisoner had certainly been drink ing but was not drunk. Mr. John Price, a surgeon, deposed that he examined the body of the deceased, whose death was caused by a wound inflicted by some such instrument as either of the knives now produced. Mr. Bird, also a surgeon, gave similar testimony. The prisoner, who had never lifted up her head or un covered her face during the whole of her trial, on being called upon for her defence, declined to say any thing. Mr. Baron Bayeev then summed up the evidence with great perspicuity, explaining at considerable length the difference in the law regarding the offences of murder and manslaughter- To constitute the crime of murder the act must be down with malice aforethought, and the law considered that malice aforethought consisted in means terminating in death, but used intentionally and without provocation. The Jury would have to consider two points --first, whether the deceased got his death by a stab from the prisoner; and secondly, whether (if they were satisfied on that point) there was that m dice aforethought which constituted the crime of murder, Snit whether also there was such a provocation on the part of the deceased as is reduce the offence to manslaughter. It must be observed that if a party strike a deadly blow with no other provocation for it than mere words, those words would not reduce the offence to manslaughter ; but if immediately before the mortal blow there was any beating of the accused party by the deceased, that reduced the offence of murder to that of manslaughter. The burthen of proving there was a blow given by the deceased so as to reduce the crime w.ts by la w laid on the party accused, but still that fact might be collected from the circumstances of the case; and where no third parson was present to detail what passed, it was for the Jury to consider whether or not there were certain circumstances in the case which satisfied them that there had been p ersonal violence on the part of the d ecease d . The Learned Judge then read the whole of the evidence, after Which The J ury ret i red, and on their return delivered a ver dict, ending the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter only. NE W CO URT. Sarah James and Mary Tomlinson, her aunt, were indicted, the former for stealing tea, pickle, capers, prunella, walnut; cauliflower, and a jar of strawberry salt, jam, the property of her master, Mr. Illakins, a grocer, and the latter for feloniously receiving the same knowing them to be stolen. Mr. Robert Jesse Makins stated that he was a grocer, residin g in Manchester street, Manchester-square. The Prisoner James had been his servant of all work for a Month; that having suspicion of her dishonesty he pro cured an officer, who on searching her bed found under her pillow a bottle, of capers, some salt prunnella, and a packag e of tea. On charging her with the theft she ex pressed her sorrow for what site had done, and hoped he would forgive her. The other prisoner Mary Tomlinson liv e d in East -street, two hundred yards from the prosecu tor's house. Ou searching her house, the officer found a bottle of cauliflower and sallad oil, which he (the prose cutor) could swear to by the peculiar colour of the wax that sealed down the corks. The COMMON SERJEANT asked whetber:the prosecutor had nut some private mark of his own by which he could identify the property ?—Prosecutor said he could swear to it by the cement on the cork,. Mr. Prtzwrs, who appeared for the prisoners, said that lie could find 500 bottles similarly sealed in the shop of Morell, of Piccadilly. COMIMON SERJEANT told the Jury that he bad looked through the depositions, and he could not find a single thing in them to identify the property found at, Tomlinson's as the property of the prosecutor. With re spect to James, the caaa was widely different, she having herself admitted the theft, and asked forgiveness for it. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found James Guilty, and acquitted Tomlinson. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, who had known James for seve ral years, gave her a most excellent character. Charlotte Doris, a young woman of light character, was indicted for receiving two ro cl:lac:s, the property of a young lady named Staines, residing at Hendon, knowing them to he stolen. Mr. PHILLIPS appeared for the prosecution. Miss Clementina Staines examined.—Lived at Hendon, as parlour hoarder, with a lady there. On the after noon of Thursday, the 9, 1 of Atavist, she left a small box, containing a quantity of jewellery, in a lower room, the window of which was open, but the blind down. In the afternoon of the same day, the police constahle of Hendon brought the box, broken open ; afterwards saw part of a cornelian necklace, which she knew to be her property. Warren, the constable of Hendon, stated that he had been sent for in consequence of the robbery, and, en search ing, found the box in a field, not far from the house. Saw a person named Grey, a well known thief, near Hendon, on that day. William Ray, a police constable, No. 92, S division— On the day of the robbery sew the prisoner in Camden town in company with a female named Grey. Hearing of the robbery, he went to the station-house and ascer tained the prisoner's address, and on searching her Waco of anode, in Jeffries'-buildings, Westminster, witness found a gold watch, silver thimble, a cornelian necklace, the duplicate of a pearl one, and various other articles of jewellery, together with eight sovereigns. By the CommoN SERJEANT-The prisoner said she had the things given to her by a gentleman. George H. Riddell, a shopman to Messrs. Hobbs and Co., the pawnbrokers, produced a pearl necklace which had been pledged by the prisoner at their shop for 9u., which the prosecutor identified as her property. The witness abed the prisoner, who was then dressed in the first style of fashion. how she came possessed of the neck lace, when she said a gentleman, a friend of her's, had given it her. _ _ _ Mr. Pi it asked the witness how he came to lend her so small a sum on so valuable an article. Witness said that was all tl-:e prisoner asked. If two sovereigns had been requested, it would have been lent directly. The COMMON-SERJEA NT made several severe observa tions on the improper conduct of pawnbrokers lending such small sums on articles so valu ible. Mr. CLAassois;, on behalf of the prisoner, submitted that there was no ease to go to the Jury, inasmuch as no proof had been offered that she had received the property from another person. Mr. PHILLIPS expressed his surprise that the depositions which were very important, bad not been returned, but felt confident there was quite sufficient to go to the Jury. The COMMON. SERJEANT summed up at great length, and the Jury, after retiring for about a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict of Guilty of receiving the pearl necklace, knowing it to be stolen. The pawnbroker who had lent the 9s. on the pearl necklace received a severe reprimand from the Common- Serjeant, who stated, that if be had been indicted, he might have had great difficulty in persuading a Jury he was not aware the property had got unfairly into the pos session of the party offering it for pledge. In conse• quence of his improper conduct the Court refused him his expenses. Dennis Foley, a respectable middle-aged man, was in dicted for receiving a broach, well knowing it to be stolen, the property of the same prosecutrix. Mr. PHILLIPS said, that no doubt could be entertained of the prisoner receiving the property from Davis, but, on account of his giving every information required, he should not press the case against him.—Acquitted. Joseph Nicholls, a young man, was then placed at the bar, and indicted for receiving two diamond broaches and a ring, the property of tile last-mentioned prosecutrix. Miss Staines identified the property on its being pro duced as hers ; and two pawnbrokers swore to the pro perty being pledged at their shops by the prisoner. Gibson, the shoprnan to a Mr. Jones, a pawnbroker in Tothill street, Westminster, on his cross-examination by Mr. Phillips, said that one of the diamond broaches which had been pledged by the prisoner, which contained no less than 65 diamonds and a great quantity of pearls, was not worth more than 30s. On the broach being shown to Mr. Wontner, he had no hesitation in saying it was worth 10 guineas, the pawnbroker having lent no more than 16s. upon it. Mr. PitiLues said the conduct of pawnbrokers, in lending such small sums on articles (deo valuable a nature, was most shameful, and he was afraid no good would be done among them till a few of their body were brought to the bar, and tried for receiving goods, knowing them to be stolen. The prisoner, in his defence, said he had been empllyed by Grey (who is not yet in custody) to pawn the property, and he was not aware it was stolen. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. _ . The COURT directed all the pawnbrokers to disgorge all the property they had so improperly received, and refused all of them their expenses. BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. The following table shows tl of houses of 101. per annum a parishes which now constitute which calculation was taken at and also the numbers of registe Greenwich St. Paul, Deptford St. Nicholas, Deptford Woolwich Charlton Plumstead Total., Population. 24,;•:3 15,340 6,036 17,661 2,3tt7 600 66,517 he population and numbers Lnd upwards in the several the Borough of Greenwich, the general census in 1831; .red voters : 6,201 2,591 Hence only three-sevenths of the electors have qualified themselves to vote. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. _ _ COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL—(TfI7S DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNTRY. Remaining at last Report, 22)5—New Cases,473—Deaths,ls9 Recovered, 324—Remaining, 2A5. Total Cases since the com mencement, 47,874—Deaths, 17,684. (Signed) WM. 111 A CLE AN, Secretary. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. _ ..... The supplies of Gram this week are tolerably good, and of Flour the return was moderate. The Wheat trade has advanced Is. to 2s. per quarter, in consequence of there being several country buyers at market. Barley, Beans, and Pease, unaltered. Oats find buyers slowly, but there is no alteration from the terms of Monday. Flour unvaried. ARRIVALS. Wheat. English Irish - Foreign 8,770 Barley. Oats. Flour. 292 qrs. 6,135 qrs. 1 3,354 sacks. 12,614 7611 brls. SMITHFIELD MARKET. In this day's market, which exhibited but an indifferent sup ply throughout, both as to quality and numbers, the trade with prime small Beef, Mutton, and Limb, was somewhat brisk, with other kinds of meat very dull, at Monday's prices. Mitch Cows went off tasdily at drooping prices, an useful short horns, with her small calf, producing only 19/. micas PER. STONE Of 1$LIIS• TO SINK THE OFFAL& s. it. to I. d. s. d. to a. d. Mferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 iecond quality ditto 2 8 3 0 Prime small ditto... 310 5 6 Prime largo Oxen... 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 2 Prime Scots, drc..... 310 4 2 Prime small ditto... 4 0 4 4 Inferior Sheep 2 2 '2 6 Large Hogs iccond quality ditto 210 3 2 Small Porkers 4 4 410 Coarse-woolledditto 3 6 310 Suckling Calves 12s to 26,. each. S , mtlidownWethers 4 0 4 4 Quarter old Pigs 12s to 18s.each. SUPPLY, AS rEK CL Beaits. ISheep and Lamb 477 7,290 .ERIC'S STATEMENT. MI Calves. Pigs. I 260 llO NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. Beef, inferior :2 02 2 I Stutton, inferior... - middling 2 2. 2 4 - middling., -- prime large 2 6 3 0 - prime - prime small 3 4 3 8 Pork, large Veal 2 el 4 4 -small Lamb 3s. Od. to ss. 2ki. s. d. tos. d. 22 2 4 . 2 6 3 0 . 3 6 4 0 . 3 0 4 2 . 3 6 5 0 The following very curious document, relative to the liberty of the Scheldt. is to he found in the memoirs of LINQLOT. It is the opinion given by the States of Zealand, in 1616, on the question of a durable peace : " If peace is made, they say the provinces, towns, and members of the Low Countries, must be allowed to enjoy the conveniences and the advantages which God and Nl tore have granted them, and of which they had the use and possession before the war, without its being possib'e, on any ground, or under any pretext, to suffer the obsta cles and the hindrances introduced during the war to sub sist afterwards, but which might be continued during a truce. Even should it be attempted to stipulate the con trary, by a treaty, all nations will recognise the injustice of it; such a stipulatio n will be a constant source of dis agreements and misunderstandings ; troubles will ensue, M which all the world veil' declare in favour of the s aid provinces and towns, because such impediments are con trary to commerce in general, and all those who frequent those provinces and cities, are interested in the question." NumberaHouses Registered of lOt. per annum Voters. and upwards. 2,310 838 1,600 672 270 274 1,822 677 140 59 47 COURT CIRCULAR. His MAJESTY, attended by Colonel BOWATER, left the Palace at St. James's, ahout'lo minutes past 5 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, for the Palace at Windsor, in a car riage and four, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons. The Duke of CUMBERLAND returned to his residence at Kew on Wednesday evening. Despatches were sent off on Wednesday evening from the Colonial-office for Sir WILLIAM HOUSTON, the Lieu tenant Governor of Gibraltar, and also for the Lieutenant- Governor of Malta, Air. Bußcr, the agent for Jamaica, transacted business yesterday o.t the Coloni,Ll-office. Lady BYRON is still here, but will take her departure in a day or two. The Countess Gurccrou is among our arrivals, and has bee❑ an object of much inte rest on the promenades. S►he resides at a hoarding house here.--Brighton Gazette. The Rev. LUNDY FOOT having preached a sermon at which a very small collection was made, a wag remarked that it must have been owing to his hearers not being "up to snuff." It is singular enough that Great Britain should be at this time the residence of the only two parties who ran ever be likely to dispute the throne of France with Louts PHILIP; yet so it is—the Duke de BOURDEAUX is in Edinburgh, and NAPOLEON'S R-presentative in London. There;is little doubt, we believe, that CHARLES X. and his companions in exile will quit Holyrood-house and take up their residence at Gratz ; but we hear that it «•ill he required as a condition from them, that the DuchNs of BERRI shall remain quietly at home with her family.— Globe. BILLINQSGATE OUTDONE.—The language of the East, says Captain SKINNER, at all times figurative and extravagant, exceeds anything that can be imagined in the metaphor of its abuse ; and the torrent of words that an enraged woman can pour upon the ear of her opponent is frightful indecd. In the village of Dropii, in Bessarabia, the wife of a man named DEMIAN PLOSON was lately delivered in one day of six dau4hters, none of whom lived more than a few hcurs. The mother suffered for some time afterwards, but is now perfectly recovered.—French Paper. THE GIBBET AT JARROW SLAKE.—Late on Friday night, or early on Saturday morning last, the body of JOBLING (the murderer of Mr. FAIRLES), which has teen suspended from a gibbet at Jarrow Slake since his execution, was stolen away. Suspicion is attached to the relatives of the deceased. The body im supposed to have been sunk in the river or buried in the sand. A young hair-dresser, in North -street, in this town, who was married only on the preceding Thursday, attempted to drown himself in the river, Priory-fields, on Saturday. He was rescued by some persons in the vici nity, and, by the aid of medical attention, brought to life, and, we true, his senses also. Differences with his pa rents i❑ respect to the marriage are supposed to have led to the suicidal attempt.—Sherborne Mercury. DEAR AT A GIFT.—A gentleman in this neighbourhood received a box from Scotland last week, ha ving been four days on the road, the carriage of which amounted to 18s. 6d. On raising the lid, a brace of grouse presented themselves in such a state of putrescence, that they were very offensive to the olfactory nerves, and were deemed unfit for the spit, to the no small chagrin and disappointment of the gentleman to whom they were sent as a present ! REMARKABLE EPIDEMIC.—The effects of epidemia are infinitely varied. I remember, at Oxford, some years afro, seeing a case of an epidemic, which con sisted in the mortification of the thumb to the first j'tint, and attacked nearly a whole village. * -" The pesti lence which began about A. n. 169 was characterised by a loathsune g ingrene of the feet, probably similar to the mortification of the thumb which I saw i❑ Oxfordshire.— Forster on Cholera Morbus and Epidemic Diseases. , A PHILANTHROPIST.—A philanthropist is a being whose zeal in the cause of humanity engrosses his every thought; he loves all men by profession, more espe cially robbers and assassins, and this he takes every ad vantage of making known through the public journals...— He never goes abroad without the plan of a penitentiary system in his pocket, and is always ready to accept, at the cost of humanity, any sinecure place of about 10,0001. per annum, with an indemnity for travelling, pnstage, ex penses, &c.—Theatrical Critic in Le Nouvelliste. A CAPTURE.—On Wednesday last (so says a correspondent) some monster of the deep was espied in the offing, opposite to Carsethorn. Stake nets and sand banks formed no obstacle to its progress whatever ; but, as sailors are always on the outlook, Captain BLAIR manned his pleasure-boat, immediately gave chase, and, after a lengthened struggle, captured a whale of the bottle-nose tribe, which at present lies upon the beach, an object of curiosity to the whole country round. In length, it mea sures 19 feet, and in girth 13 feet.—DurnfriesCouri er . SHOCKING ATTEMP T AT SUICIDE By A LADY.—A widow lady of fortune, residing at Clifton, made an attempt on her life last Saturday week by shoot ing herself with a pistol. The ball entered below the right ear, and is lodged below the left eye, where it now s. But faint hopes ate entertained of her life. She is the daughter of a wealthy Dublin merchant, and is the widow of a Colonel. Her family and friends are of the first respectability, and no known cause exists for the horrid act.—Bath and Cheltenham Gazette. SINGULAR DEATH BY SUFFOCATION.-- An inquest was held yesterday, at the Rose and Crown, Ehury-street, Pimlico, on the body of JAMES LUFF, aged 24, shopman to Mr. PHEASANT, grocer, of Ebury-street. The deceased, who had retired to rest in his usual spirits, was found on Tuesday morning lying in bed o❑ his face, quite dead. Two medical men were of opinion that the deceased had rolled over upon his face, and being over come with sleep, could not turn again, whereby he was suffocated.—Verdict, " Died by Suffocation." A freeholder of the county of Stafford has sent in the following notice to the overseer of the parish in which he resides :—" To the Overseer of --- I hereby give you notice that I disdain to be inserted in the list of voters for the Northern Division of the county of Stafford, and that the pa r ti cu l ars o f m y pl a ce of abod e you need not , b ut my disqualification is stated below. Dated this 18 t h of July, 1832. Nature of disqualification Contem pt . Where situste —ln my abhorrence of this despicable attempt, not only to give trouble, but to pick the pockets of the renting tenants and freeholders of a shilling. Signed —."—Stafford Advertiser. MEHEMED SALIK EFFENDI, Cadi of the city of Molova, in Anatolia, writes that an extraordinary birth has taken place there. The wife of an individual, named Yaltia, has been delivered of a sort of monster, havin g two horns on his forehead, each about eight inches in length. Its eyes were circular, and very large, its arms slender, is elbows and knees without joints. Itntnediately after its birth this deformed being gave signs of life by its convulsive movements, but expired almost immediately, in the presence of several of the neighbours who had as =embled to assist in the accouchement.—Moniteur Otto man, Aug. I. A RAT—A RAT !"—A friend from West Hartford (Conn.) informs us, that a drove of nearly 2,000 rats were seen early one morning last week on their way from this city. They had been driven away, doubtless, by chloride of lime, the smell of which these long-tailed in dividuals seemed particularly to abominate. The gardens and roads about the city were " tacked up" with these four-legged pedestrians, which have fled from before the case of a cholera preventive. Similar facts are recorded in a Providence R. I. Paper. ‘. Rats and mice, and such small deer," have vacated barns, cellars, stables, and houses, where chloride of lime has been F prink! ed --Hart ford Mirror. ARREST OF R. BARRETT, ESQ., PRO FRIETOR ec THE PILOT.—In consequence of an intima tion, sent to him from the Head Office, that a warrant had been is s u e d aga i nst h i m, Mr. BARRETT, the propr ietor ,f the Pilot newspaper, attended before the Magistrates, when he found that :the Government had commenced a presecution against him fur the article in his Paper so fre quently referred to in the proceedings in the Commission Court relative to the Comet newspaper. Mr. 13,311E7 entered into bail, himself in 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each. There has been a warrant for the same ar ticle issued also against the printer of the Pilot.—Dubl i n Morning Register. PHYSIOGNOMY. —A year or two after the ge ❑eral peace of 1815, the present Emperor of RUSSIA, then the Grand Duke NICHOLAS, paid a visit to England, and made an excursion through part of Scotland. I❑ the course of military duty, we chanced to be among the offi cere appointed to escort him through Stirling castle, after passing through the formality of an introduction. But little did we then think that the personage in whose presence we stood was in future years to figure as the Great Goth of modern times, and to out-Herod Ilerod—frir instead of a fierce and truculent Tartar, such as fancy might paint him to those who have seen him only in hie works, we beheld in the present Emperor of Russia. " a marvellous proper man," very tall and handsome, with a form to fascinate a female eye, and a face, pale, Urecian, fine, al most effeminate. LAVATER, himself, we verily believe, could not have detected the shadow of evil in the coun tenance of NICIiOLAS ; and we never think of him now without feeling the force of the sarcastic maxim in the " Man of Feeling"--namely, that we should look into a man's face. to see whether his nose be a long or a short one.—Edinburgh Observer. GALVANISM.—The spectacle was truly hor rific. When I entered the room where the experiments were to take place, the body of a man named CARTER, which had been cot down from the gallows scarce half an hour, was lying on the table ; and the cap being removed, his frightful features, distorted with the agonies of suffo cation, were The crime he had been hanged for was murder; and a brawny desperate ruffian be looked ! None of his clothes were removed. He wore a fustian teket, and drab knee breeches. The first time that the galvanic shock wis conveyed to him will never, I dare say, be forgotten by any one present. We all shrank from the table in consternation, with the momentary belief that we had positively brought the man back to life ; for he sud denly sprung up into a sitting posture—his arms waved wildly—the colour rushed into his cheeks—his lips were drawn apart, so as to show all his teeth—and his eyes glared at us with apparent fury. One young man, a me dical student, shrieked violently, and was carried out in a swoon. One gentleman present, who happened to he nearest to the upper part of the body, was almost knocked down with the violent blow he received from the left arm. It was some time before any of us could resume our expe riments.—Diary of a Physician. THE NAVY.—The survey of the ships of war in the Medway is still in progress, and, if we are cor rectly informed, some of the line•of-battle ships are much in want of repair. The Rowe (which has been launched 16 years) has many defective parts about her. The Mo• nareh, a beautiful 84 gun ship, now on the stacks in this dock-yard, has been completed, with the exception of caulking and painting, for three years past. Orders have lately been received from the Admiralty Board to finish and launch her as soon as possible. The Phocion steam-vessel is also again being proceeded with. She is built in a dock, there being no slip vacant at the time of laying her down. She is, without exception, the most beautiful vessel of the kind ever seen at this yard ; she is 159 feet on the keel, and a'out 198 feet over all. The Coorageux, of 74 guns, built in 1804, is now in dock, in order to he taken to pieces. She has been a lazaretto at Standgate Creek for some years, and is replaced by the Ramilies. A singular circumstance is related of this ship. On her settling on the blocks in the dock, she altered the line of her form at least two feet; to use a sea phrase, she has hogged two feet. She is one of the last ships constructed on the old system of wood knees and riders. Ships built on the mo dern system introduced by Sir R. SETTINGS present a con trast to the Courageux, as we are assured in many cases of docking vessels of this description not the slighte-t alte ration of farm has been percep!ible.—Chatham Paper. BYRON'S LOVE OF HIS RANK.— BYRON came to see us to-day, and appeared extremely indisposed ; after an hour's conversation on indifferent subjects, he at length broke forth with, " Only fancy my receiving to-day a tragedy, dedicated as follows: From GEORGE to GEORGE BYRON !' This is being cool with a venge ance. I never was more provoked. Haw stupid, how ignorant, to pass over my rank ! lam determined not to read the tragedy, for a man capable of committing such a solecism in good breeding and common decency can write nothing worthy of being read." We were astonished at witnessing the annoyance this circumstance gave him, and more than ever convinced that the pride of aristocracy is one or the peculiar features of his character. If he sometimes forgets his rank, he never can forgive any one else's doing so ; and as he is not naturally dignified, and that his propensity to flippancy renders hisu still less so, he often finds himself in a false position, by endeavouring to recover lost ground. We endeavoured to console him by telling him that we knew Mr. GEORGE a little, and that he was clever and agreeable ; as also that his passing over the title of BYRON was meant as a compli ment; it was a delicate preference shown to the renown accorded to GEORGE BYRON the poet, over the rank and title, which were adventitious advantages ennobled by the possessor, but that could add ❑othing to his fame. All our arguments were vain ; he said, " This could not be the man's feelings, as he reduced him (Load BraoN) to the same level as himself. —(Lady Blessinton in the New Monthly.) EXISTENCE OF GoD.—Therc is a God ! The herbs of the valley, the cedars of the mountain, bless him—the insect sports in his beams—the elephant salutes him with the rising orb of day—the bird sings him in the foliage—the thunder proclaims him in the heavens—the ocean declares his immensity—man alone has said, " There is no God !" Unite in thought, at the same instant, the most beautiful objects in nature; suppose that you see at once all the hours of the day, and all the seasons of the year; a morning of spring and a morning of autumn ; a night bespangled with stars, and a night covered with clouds ; meadows enamelled with flowers, forests hoary with snow ; fields gilded by the tints of autumn ; then alone you will have a just conception of the universe. While you are gazing on that sun which is plunging under the vault of the west, another observer admires him emerging from the gilded gates of the east. By what in conceivable magic does that aged star, which is sinking fatigued and burning in the shades of the evening, re appear at the same instant fresh and humid with the rosy dew of the morning? At every instant of the day the glorious orb is at once rising—resplendent at noon-day, and setting in the west ; or rather our senses deceive us, and there is, properly speaking, no east, or south, or west, in the world. Everything reduce& itself to one single point, from whence the King of Dmy sends forth at once a triple light in one single substance. The bright splendour is perhaps that which nature can present that is most beautiful ; for while it gives us an idea of the per petual magnificence and resist'ess power of God, it ex hibits, at the same time, a shining image of the glorious Trinity.— Cliateaubriund. _ _ SWAN RlVER.—lndependent of our agri cultural resources, we have, says the Weston Aus'ralian, (a new paper started at Freeinantle,) an unfailing supply of the very best description of fish the Swan River, in fact, teeming with them, and easily to be caught; not withstanding which fish keeps up a comparatively high price, which we are surprised at; there are certainly not m ►ny nets in the colony at present, those that were origi nally brought out having, from constant use, become rot ted. We have no doubt that a man would repay himself all expenses incurred by one week's fishing with a goad net. We have not been successful with respect to shell fish; crabs are to he had in great quantities, and very delicious the crab is here; but although the bed of the r►ver is strewed with large oyster-shells, we have not dis. covered where they are, nor have we as yet any other shell fish save the crab. When the colony becomes more thickly inhabited, we shall no doubt find out the localities of those delicacies, the existence of which somewhere in the neighbourhood there can be no doubt about. The flies at this season (December 17th) are perhaps the greatest tor ments we have ; the perseverance with which they attack the eyes and lodge themselves there, is beyond any descrip tion we can offer—and there appears no remedy but a veil, which last season seemed to be very much the fashion amongst gentlemen, although this season we hove not seen one. The large yellow-bodieel By is also a great nuisance to the housekeepers, as they actually blow the provisions as they are brought from the kitchen to the table ; and what is more disgusting, they blow the maggot actually alive. These annoyances, however, do not last long, and may cease altogether when the country becomes more thickly inhabited. POLYGAMY.-Yesterday, RICHARD PREN DERGAST was brought up before the Magistrates at the Police Office, Dublin, in the custody of peace-officer Cows, charged with polygamy. It appeared that a war rant had been issued from the Mallow Petty Sessions, county Cork, signed ADAM NEWMAN and THOMAS HARRIS, E.qrs. against PariNnEaoasr. Upon the ar rival of the warrant, it was given to the peace-officer Cows to have it executed. He knowing a police con stable, CALLAGHAN, who once resided in Mallow, asked him if he knew such a person as he was in want of ; and finding that he was an acquaintance of his, COLLIS trumped up a story, and said he had a warrant against a person named FLYNN, a friend of the prisoner's, and wished to enjoy the honour of an introduction. Accord ingly, they set. off to a house in Johnson's Court, kept by one SHANNON, and awaited quietly the arrival of their cus tomer, who soon arrived, and having taken some refresh ment, agreed to go to the watch-house with Comas, to sign "the book," CALLAGHAN being in uniform. They sallied out together in high spirits, he first whispering " the wife" to have the kettle boiled, as he would be back soon. But al as ! h ow d e l us i ve are all mortal dispositions! The man of many wives no sooner arrived at the watchhouse than the warrant for his apprehension was exhibited to his astonished gaze, and he resigned himself to the " luxury of woe." It further appeared that the wife who lodged the informations for polygamy against him, charged him with rape previous to their marriage, and he, in order to save his neck, tied the knot of matrimony with her, throegh the instrumentality of the Chaplain of the county Cork gaol. Her maiden name was FINN. He is married to his present wife, HANNAH HAYES, about seven weeks Upon this statement of facts he was removed to Kilittain_ ham, for transmission to Cork.—Dublin Morn. Register. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TER SAL L' S. The subjoined quotation is principally regulated by the betting at Warwick, where nearly all the men of business are assembled : scarcely any thing wa% done here yesterday. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. II to 2 agst Lord Kelburne's Retainer 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Margrave (taken) 9 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Brother to Maria (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Nicotris (taken) 12 to 1 aget Mr. S. L. Fox's Julius (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's Fang 13 to I agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Birdeatcher 13 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Ludlow (taken) 15 to 1 agst I,ord Exeter's Byzantium (taken) 20 to I agst Lord Cleveland's Trustee 27 to I agst Lord Sligo's Daxon 40 to I agst Mr. Chifney's Emiliana (taken) 40 to I aget Mr. Powlett's filly by Figaro (taken) It is generally understood that Beiram will not go. It I, reported that 4,000 euineas have been offered for Lud low, and the same for Nicotris. Mr. Crockford had his pocket picked at Warwick, on Wednesday, of 115/. in hank-notes, and some cheques. WARWICK RACES, SEPT. 6. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for 3-yr.-old colts and fillies. One mile heat: Mr. Yates's Vagabond Mr. King's Lucy Mr. West's Creeper Three others started, but were not placed. A good race. Won by a neck. The others were well up. A Match for 50/., h. ft. Mile Course. Mr. 0. Gore's Agitator Mr. Tomes's Graceful Won easy. The King's Plate of 100 gs. Two mile heats. Mr. Sadler's Jocko Walked over. The Town Plate of 501. Two mile heats. Mr. Griffith's Thorngrove Mr. West's Troville Mr. Gore's Jasper dr Two good heats. Thorngrove the favourite, at 4to 1. The Stand Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 50 added. Twn mile heats. These stakes did not fill. The company at these races has been numerous, and the sport, on the whole, of a very superior character. The last day's racing was much inferior to that on the two preceding, and great disappointment was expressed on ac count of the King's Plate being walked over for. 'WEYMOUTH RACES, SEPT. 5. The Members' Plate of 501. was won by Mr.Farquhar sen's b. f. by Cadiz, beating Mr. Bigg's Little Red Rover and Mr. Etwall's Caleb. The Town Plate of 501. was won in two hews, by Caleb, beating Mr. Leg's Varlet and Mr. Bigg's Pounce. The Hunters' Plate was won by Mr. Hatton's Young Sancho, beating Mr. Penny's Myrtle and another. YARMOUTH RACES, SEPT 5. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 35 added ; heats, two miles and a distance. Won by Mr. G. Ed ward's Crispin, beating Lord Berner's ch. m. by Merlin, and Lord Stradbroke's Gallopade. Hatch, 50.—Mr. Munro); Camilla beat Mr. Caldecott's Petite Anne. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added, was won by Mr. Munro's Atlas, beating Mr. Pierson's Tristram. The meeting, which has been unusually goad, terminated with a pony race. BARNET RACES, SErr. 6. The Ladies' Cup for ponies was won by Mr. J. Charl ton's b an. beating Mr. Goodyear's Quicksilver, and three others. The Town Cup for galloways was won in three heats by Mr. J. Edmund's Charming Molly, beating Mr. Far rar's Luck's All, and five others. The Hunters' Plate was won in two heats by Mr. Fle. ming's Mercury, beating Mr. Goodyear's Eleanor, and two others. The sport was excellent and the company very numerous. CHATHAM RACES, SEPT. 6. A Gold Cup, value 100 sovs., added to a handicap of 15 sovs. each, seven subscribers, three of whom paid 5 sovs. each,was won in two heats by Mr. Gardner's Ida, beating Mr. Dockeray's Midhurst, Mr. Rush's. Romp, and Mr. Wickham's Norm. The County Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, was won by Mr. Rush's Discord, in four heats, beating Mr. Theobald's Gretna Green and Mr.Shackell's Hindoo. The Hunters' Stakes were won by Colonel Beet's East Sussex,beating Mr. Latnbton's Harriett and Mr. Tilbury's Brigand. BEDFORD RACES, Szrr. 6. The two-year-old Stakes of 20 soy.. each, and 20 soya. added, was won by Mr. Sowerby's Tigress beating Gen. Grosvenor's f. by Chateau Margaux, and Mr. Edwards' c. by Centaur. His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. was won by Sir M. Wood's Lucetta (Robinson) beating Lord Berner's Rotter dam colt, Mr. Sowerby's Vagrant, and two others. A Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft. four snbs. was won by Mr. Sowerby's Castilian (Mann) beating Lord Tavistock's Schoolmaster, and Mr. Robart's Miss Eldon. The Duke of Bedford's Purse of 501. was won by Mr. C. Newman's Drover beating Castilian, Schoolmaster, and Schoolboy. The Woburn Stakes of 10 soya. each, 15 subs. was won in three heats by Lord Berner's b. h. by Comua (Boyce) beating Lord Clarendon's f. by Reveller, Mr. Sowerby's Vagrant, and G-n. Grosvenor's Santillane. The County Plate of 701. was won by Mr. Day's b. f. Salute beating Lazarone, Corset, Coroner and Pandora. CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MEETING. KILDARE, SErT. 3.—We have a very large party here, sprinkled with nobility, embracing the Marquis of Sligo, Earl of Miltown, Lords Langford and Clanmorris, Hon. Captain Westenra, Mr. R. Browne (Ranger of the Cur ragh), Messrs. Battersby, Blake, De Montmorency, Dis ney, &c. &c. The racing this day went off as follows: Sweepstakes of 50 80VP. I. ft, for three-yr.-old colts and - fillies. Four subs. Mr. Blake's gr. c. by Byron Lord Miltown's ch. c. Tancredi Tancredi's stirrup broke in running. The Anglesey Stakes (renewed) 10 Boys. each, for two yr.-old colts and fillies. Anglesey Post. The Turf Club added 50 soya. ; second horse to save his stake The winner to give three dozen of Champaigne to the Club on the day of the race. Mr. J. Kelly's gr. c. by Drone Lord Altamont's b. f. Veneer, by Robert 2 Lord Langford's f. by Starch 0 Mr. Blake's b. f. by Cameleopard Mr. E. Kelly's c. by Drone Mr. Maher's b. f. by Cameleopard 0 Ten others started, but were not placed. Even betting on the winner. Pony match, 20 soya. each ; C,onolly's mile. Lord Langford's gr. pony by Billy the Beau Mr. Gardner's Silver Locks, 4 yrs. old Even betting ; won very easy. PARIS RACES. The races in the Champ-de•Mars on Sunday last were honoured by the presence of her Majesty, the Princesses, and the Dukes of Orleans, d'Aurnale, and de Montpen sier. His Majesty was expected, but was prevented coming by having to attend a Council. The weather was tine, and there was an immense assemblage of spectators, both equestrian and pedestrian; the stands were literally crowded with beauty and fashion. There were two races for the Royal Prizes of 5,000 f. and 6,000 f. each, twice round the course (heats). The first (5,000 f.) was won by Lord H. Seymour's b. h. Cyrus, 5 yrs. carrying 115 lbs. (Freneh), rode by Moss, beating the King's b. h. Aloina (from the Aleudon stud), 4 yrs. carrying 102 lbs. ; M.Delarreque's b. m. Fiore, 4 yrs. carrying 102 lbs. ; M. de Royere's ch. m. Eleanore, 5 yrs. carrying 112 lbs. ; the Baron de is Bas tide's b. h. Diomede, 4 yrs. carrying 105 lbs. ; 51. Noel's b. m. Aline, 4 yrs. carrying 102 lbs. ; M. Bonvie's b m Corisandre, 5 years, carrying 115 lbs., and M. Bel homme's ch. m. Leonie, 5 yrs. carrying 112 lbs. The first heat was won by Corisandre, the second (which was b g e a i contes t ed l. n ira g hnet w s :l e t t cy h b ol d y ne withdrawn), o ean r se) e et nib C (g,yr y c r tc u hoye s r , ri6su a a: n no, d dowro C ehf o .ob r ‘yis, gainedaaa e n t d lwe r Cori s andre sna o tl n sl ti,oyye then e ll a e rtr t r.s la d, e yi r n s • d moues gr. m. Egle, 5 yrs. currying 112 lbs., rode by Moss. She came in first both heats, beating M. Faeroes b. h. Young Milton, 4 yrs. carrying 105 lbs. ; M. Del troque's b. m. Mauna, 4 yrs. carrying 102 lbs.; the King's b. tn. Pamela (Atendon Stud), 4 yrs. carrying 102 lbs. ; th) Baron de la Bastide's b. h. Cederic, 5 yrs. carrying 115 lbs.; Messrs. Tassinari and Salvador's ch. h. Oubyon, 6 yrs. carrying 121 168., and M. Maureuil's b. h.Coradin, 5 yrs. carrying 115 lbs. Mr. Shickler's b. h. Young Tandem, 4 yrs. was entered for this race, but was with. drawn ; the second heat was contested by Monna, Cederic, and Oubynn only ; in this heat also Cederic brok, away in the second round. They races wear better and more interesting in evert respect thau auy hitherto known in Paris; the betting, was very spirited. Next Sunday the races for the Prince Royal's prizes will take place. GERMAN RACES. The Oldesloe Races took place on the 30th and Slst of July. The results were as follow : Toe Union Plate of 1001.. for 3,4, and 5-yr.-olds. rlile and three-quarters. IL S. li. the Duke of Holstein Augustenberg's Somnambule Mr. Lichtwald's Zany, by Morisco Baron Biel's b. f. by Mustachio Mr. Weber's b. f. Freyd, by Brutandorf.... 4 Won by half a length. All the horses are English bred. Sumnambule, then the property of the Duke of Richmond, von the last Riddlesworth ; and Zany the July Stakes in 1830. He bad only arrived three weeks, havirg left New market the same day he ran his great match with Crotch. A Cup, given by his Royal Highness Prince Christian of Denmark, for 11,1 f-bred horse , . Heats, a mile and two furlongs. Mr. Applefield's br. h. Michtley, 4 yrs 1 1 H. S. H. the Duke of Holstein's b. h. 5 yrs 2 '2. Match 100 soya. Mile and 2 furlongs. His Serene Ugliness Duke of Holstein's ch. m. Medora, by his Herod, 'eat Baron Beil's b. f. Circe, by Gulliver. SECOND DAY. His Majesty's Plate of 1001. for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Heats, a mile and 2 furlongs. Duke of Holstein's Somnambule I I Mr. Lichtwald's Zany Mr. Weber's Freya A Silver Cup given by the Duchess Louisa Sophia of Hol stein Augustenburg, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, added to a Sweepstakes of 201. each. Two miles and a half. Baron Beil's Mustachio filly, 4 yrs. Mr. Lichtwald's Zany, 4 yrs Baron Applefeld's Nichtley, 4 yrs Match 1001. One mile.—Boon Beil's Guerilla, by Catton, darn by Walton, beat the Duke of Holstein's f. by Mows. The course is new, very good, and will in a year or two 'e excellent. A mile round. The run is capital, i,ome ;hing like the finish to the Rowley mile at Newmirke. THE RUSSIA TRADE. By the Sir Edward Bankcs steam. boat, which arrived yesterday from Rotterdam, mercantile advices were re c,ived from the Russian capital down to the 224 which give a detail of the progress of the commercial transactions with Great Britain in the principal articles of Russian prodece, up to nearly the end of August. The shipments of tallow since the season opened had amounted to 92,000 casks, and it was estimated that there remained on hand 60,000 casks. The accounts received from the interior of Russia stated, that the cattle had a most pro mising appearance, and from the operations which had already been entered into by the dealers, it was estimated that next year's supply of tallow will be very large. Since the last post there had been purchased about 3,500 casks, ;it prices from 115 to 116 roubles per pood. The experts of tallow up to the middle of last month considerably ex. ceeded those made in the last two previous years up to the same period. In hemp and flax a great increase of business has already taken place this year, the reduction of the import duty in this country by Government having caused large pur chases. In flax some extensive transactions had been en tered into fur Scotland, and the demand remained brisk. The purchases of hemp up to the middle of last month was estimated at 1,400,000 poods, and of flax 240,000 poods, leaving about 240,000 poods of the latter article for sale. The Bruck would close shortly. The purchases of codilla and tow had amounted to about 270,000 poods. A large increase had taken place in the shipments up to the middle of August last, 1,150,000 poods of hemp, and 145,000 poods of flax, had been put on hoard, while up to the same period of last year the exports were not much above 1,000,000 poods of hemp, and 46,000 poods of flax. Ordinary clean hemp was at 70 roubles, 73 to 75 for better samples, and 61 to 55 roubles per pood for outshot. Flax was at 95 to 10 roubles per pood for six and nine head, and from 130 to 135 roubles per pood for 12 head. In linseed very large purchases had been made, exceed ing 84,000 chetworts, and it was estimated that 40,000 more remained for sale. Of potashes the purchases had amounted to 12,000 casks, leaving 6,000 unsold. The shipments of deals to England had amounted to nearly a million standard ; of bristles, to 17,400 poods ; of yarn, 10,000 poods ; of iron, 270,000 poods ; and of raw hides, 45,000. The imports of coffee had been about 46,000 poods, and of sugar nearly 1,000,000 poods. The stock of Havannah coffee was about 50,000 boxes. The imports into St. Petersburgh of cotton twist, sugar, tin, dying woods, herrings, rice, &c., had been much above thoqe of last year, up to the same period. The exports from the Russian capital to the United States, of hemp, cordage, sailcloth, crash, and some other articles, were upon a very large scale, exceeding consi derably the shipments to tire United Kingdom. The exchange on London, at the latest date, was at 10 9-I6d. The number of British ships arrived, up to the date of the letters received yesterday, was 436, and 3 I () had sailed. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. beg the favour of you to allow me to make the following remarks, in reply to your observations on the political discussion which has lately taken place in " a Mr. Beardsworth's Repository." I have proposed to " rob" no one, and to injure no one. I have only proposed to restore the money which gave equal justice and equal security to both creditor and debtor in the years 1817 and 1818, and again in the years 1823, 1824, and 1825. Do you mean to say that creditors were lajured in those years ? I say that they were all bene fited, and that they would now be beneficed again by the establishment of a just and honest money, which would render all their bad debts good. You say that " things have now adjusted themselves to the transition of 1819." 1 deny this altogether. I say that the metallic standard has not yet come into operation. It has been suspended by the monetary relaxations which. the Government had recourse to in 1822 and 1826, and at this moment it is suspended like an avalanche over our heads, by the monetary tricks and contrivances which the Government has had recourse to during the last six years. The whole of the contracts now existing in the nation are contaminated by the influence of the paper sys tem ; they are founded in the habits and calculations to which that system has given rise, and they are at this mo ment more adapted in justice and reason to the practical value of the paper standard than they are to the practical value of the present metallic standard. Therefore there is no injustice, but quite the contrary, in accommodating our money to the present existing state of our social obli- gations. It is true, as you observe, that the immense transactions of the clearing-house require but little real money to dis charge them. But lam sure you are too well acquainted with business not to be aware that not one of the insttu ments of credit can be created without the drawer having confidence that he shall be able to raise the legal tenders in time for its discharge ; and therefore that the very slightest contraction or enlargement of the basis of legal tenders must have an immense effect in contracting or expanding the immense superstructure above it. It is true, Sir, Air. Cobbett's plan leads to the destruc tion of our social system; but fearful as is this alterna tive, I am of opinion that it is more just and more ad visable than to attempt any longer to persevere in the wild and guilty attempt to maintain a standard which is quite certain either to be shaken off by a general revolution, or to destroy the productive industry of the country, and re duce England to the social and political degradation of Egypt and the East. To the distress occasioned by this wild and guilty at tempt we owe entirely the bringing forward and the passing of the Reform Bill ; and if we persevere in this guilty object, you may be quite sure that the distress will continue to increase until it eventuates in the most frightful anarchy and revolution. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, Birmingham, Sept. 4. THOMAS ATTWOOD. P. S. You speak of the late distressing fluctuations in the circulation of Bank of England notes, as if they had been occasioned by the paper system. The truth is, that they have been occasioned solely by the unjust and im practicable attempts to restore the ancient standard of value. At each period, in 1816, in 1819, and in 1825, the pressure of the ast compelled the Bmk of England to reduce its issues ; and when the general distress was thus made insupportable, the Government at each period inter fered, and compelled the Bank of England to increase its issues again. It was thus that the circulation of Bank notes was increased, by order of the Government, in the autumn of 1816, in the autumn of 1822, and in the winter if 1825. If the Government had not so acted, the pres sure of the standard would long since have produced a state of universal anarchy in England. It is not right, therefore, for you to charge upon the paper the fluctuations and distresses which exclusively belong to the gull. Lord KERRY, eldest son of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, has been canvassing Caine during the last week, and from the result of it, he conilders himself ca rain of his election.