The Sun. — London, England, 1832-08-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Accounts are renewed in the German papers ofthe barbarities (which we described two months ago) committed by the Autocrat of Russia on unhappy Poland.. The facts formerly stated in the public prints, and alluded to in the British Par liament, have never been contradicted,•and can never be too often or too loudly denounced. The German journal, from which we have made our present extract, seems about to draw a ge 7 neral picture of Russian oppression, so far as a German censorship will permit its exhibition, and it could not do better than place in the fore ground the Czar himself, standing with the in famous ukase in his hand, which outrages human nature, and converts every mother into an enemy. The wanton freaks of despotism—or the enor mous excesses which unrestrained power is apt to commit on unresisting weakness—would be altogether incredible were they not attested by so numerous examples, and supported by such irrefragable evidence. No person beyond the limits of a slave country, or unaccustomed to narratives of slavery, could form a conception of the extent to which the habit of indulging with impunity in angry passions, and of inflicting without responsibility arbitrary punishments, bru talizes the mind of the tyrant who calls another man his property. Sympathy with the sufferings of persons between whom " so great a gulf is fixed" as that between the master and his slaves, is entirely excluded. Pain or hardship endured by the wretches who may be trodden under foot, without : being allowed, like the worm, to turn round on the heel that presses on them, is reckoned as nothing. The feelings, the inte rests, the opinions, of such a degraded class of beings are disregarded, unless where their re sentments may be dangerous ; and even their lives may be sacrificed, on the most trifling oc casions, and without the slightest remorse. — Examples of this kind must occur to the mind of every one who is in the habit of reading ac counts of the cruelties practised by the Turks to wards their infidel subjects, or who is in the least acquainted with the state of many parts of the Russian empire. More than four-fifths of the inhabitants of the latter empire are in the state of predial or domestic slavery, and from the Cz it down to the owner of the smallest village, with its human stock, the influence of this bru talizing relation to the great body of their fellow creatures is impressed on their feelings, manners, and character. It is necessary to keep this fact in mind when reviewing the conduct of the Impe rial savage towards the unhappy Poles, who had so deeply offended his pride, and whom he could only regard in the light of contumacious slaves resisting his authority. The reports of his cruelties and atrocities towards them,—which in other countries, and under other Governments, would be set down as fictions, undeserving of examination or belief,—are thus rendered cre dible on ordinary evidence. The ukase for " the confiscation of Polish children," as the German paper calls the late infamous decree, does not appear to us more incredible than many other well-attested enormities which were per petrated by his troops during the war, or have been inflicted on the vanquished since their re subjugation. We cannot, therefore, see on what ground an evening contemporary has ventured to question the authenticity of the ordinance. It is certainly revolting to humanity,—it evinces a hardened indifference to human feelings and human sufferings,—it appears to be almost an useless crime,—a provocation to vengeance in its execution, without the prospect of an ade quate advantage from its success ;—but is it more cruel or more unjustifiable than his conduct towards the gallant and distin guished noblemen and officers whom he sent to Siberia, chained like galley-slaves,— obliged to walk bare-footed,—stripped of their distinctive dresses, and even deprived of their names, and numbered like cattle ? In this lat ter well-attested fact, we find a wantonness of . barbarity, or what the French would call a luxury of vengeance and malignant rancour, calculated to deprive almost every other tale of Russian enormities of the effect of surprise, or the sus picion of fiction. The object of the Czar is to destroy the nationality of Poland, and to amal gamate the Polish provinces with the rest of his empire. He seems convinced that he cannot enjoy perfect security till that end is completely accomplished. A Polish nation may still exist as formerly, in a Polish legion, and, like the latter, may, by some political convulsion of Europe, be carried back to the Vistula, to find its country, and to unite with its congenial race. The immense number of emigrants whom his broken faith and barbarous persecutions have driven to seek a refuge in foreign lands, and who cherish in their exile the patriotic hopes of a tri umphant restoration, must _eive him uneasiness even among his hordes of 407000,000 f slaves. Hence he has endeavoured to leave them nothing in Poland which can sympathize with their sufferings in exile, or prepare the means of their return. Hence he has abolished the Polish army, and incorporated its soldiers with his Russian troops. Hence he has for bidden the Polish colours, and deprived the Poles of the exclusive administration of Poland. Hence he has commanded that no King shall be afterwards crowned at Warsaw, but that the future Emperor shall put on the Polish crown along with the Muscovite, at Moscow. Hence, (without enumerating his other revo lutionary changes) he has abolished the Uni versities of Poland, and tried even to abolish its language. The ukase for transporting Polish children to his military colonies, or to be brought up in his Russian provinces, is, in its object, only a part of the_ same system, though in its operation it has become more revolting to pub lic feeling, and has justly excited a more general indignation. To attach Poland to his empire, as a separate state, by the sentiments of gratitude, or the gift of free institutions, is a policy which he has long abandoned, if he ever entertained it. His only other resource, therefore, was to have no Poland, but only Polish provinces, and to confound the Polish helots with their barbarous masters. To have commanded all or even a great portion of the children born in that unhappy country to be torn from their parents and transported from their homes, would have been as absurd as it would have been ini quitous ; but a decree which orders the " orphans and the children of the poor" to be carried to Russia is capable of execution, and, if left to be worked by the discretion of Russian commanders, may soon people his military colonies with Polish subjects. Had he intended no attack on Polish nationality by this charitable pretension, why were the children not maintained at home— why put them in baggage-waggons, to carry them beyond the limits of their country? Fa naticism and religious bigotry—as they have displayed themselves in the dark proceedings of the Spanish Inquisition, or in the cruel ex pulsion of the Jews and Moors from the Penin sula— have always been represented as the pas sions most calculated to steel the heart against pity, and to prompt to the infliction of' the greatest sufferings of which our nature is susceptible. One of the tortures practised on that hated and unhappy race alluded to, who were thought un worthy, three centuries ago, to live among the ancestors of Don Miguel's subjects, was that•of snatching the children from their mother's arms, in order to sprinkle them with the waters of baptism, or to retain them for future conversion; and this torture is always described with most feeling by the witnesses of the barbarity. What fanaticism did in Portugal, the selfish policy of Nicholas does in Poland, and we much question whether any eye-witness of the scenes of Lisbon, in the last Jewish persecution,—when mothers threw their children into wells to avoid the grasp of the priest,—has given a more heart-rending picture than that contained in the following ex tract, with which we conclude these remarks : " Up to the sth of May, four convoys, each of 150, had been clandestinely sent out of Warsaw alone. On the 17th of May, the fifth convoy, consisting of more than twenty waggons full of Polish children, from the ages of six years to seventeen, was sent away, not in secret, but quite openly. The scene was heart-rending. ' For .ome days past,' writes an eye-witness, the weather had been very bad and cold ; and on that day (17th May) there was a heavy rain. Nobody was seen in the streets; a'l at once, about one in the afternoon, there was heard an extraor dinary rumbling of.waggons, trampling of horses, and cries of women mingled with sobbing. It was the caravans with the stolen children rolling from the Alexander's barracks to the bridge. Every body who had any provisions, clothing, or money in the house, sent or carried it out, put it in the waggons, or gave it to the innocent creatures for ever lost to their mothers and their country. The mo thers, running after their children, rush among the wag gons to stop them ; other women join in their grief ; a general lamentation is heard, with loud curses from the gendarmes, but without effect.' " Times. A public•meeting is to be held this day, to give expression to the feeling of the country with respect to the important struggle of which Portugal is the scene. That England does, and ought to, take an interest in such a struggle will at once appear when we consider the questions at issue ; for it is not a single question that divides the parties and armies of Portugal at this mo tnent. There is first the question of legitimacy and right, which all the world, with the excep tion of the usurper and his creatures, admit to be on the side of Donna Maria. There is next the question of constitutional as opposed to des potic Government, which has advocates —warm, anxious, and, we may add, interested advocates in the community of every free State, however separated by local or political position from that in which the struggle is going forward. These principles together constitute an irresistible claim upon the sympathies of every friend of justice and freedom, more especially in this country, which, from the greater influence it exercises on public opinion throughout the world, is more imperatively called upon to give the benefit of that influence to the progress of human improve ment. But, besides the obligation arising from the nature of the cause itself, the fact of the ex istence of a party in this country favourable to the usurper renders it still more incumbent on the great body of the people to disclaim the opinions of that party, and vindicate themselves from the slightest participation in sentiments which reflect discredit on those who hold them. It is impossible to forget the insidious attempts made by Lord Aberdeen and others during the last Session of Parliament to throw impediments in the way of Don Pedro's exertions, as if it were an object dear to their hearts to perpetuate one of the most disgusting specimens of des potic Government on the face of the earth, and to promote, by inuendo and implica tion, and all the underhand tricks of ex perienced tacticians in political fraud, a system which, at the risk of public odium, they dare not patronise openly. Remembering those at tempts, it is the more necessary that the people of England should speak out on the present oc casion, if it were only to remove the stigma from the nation at large, and place it upon the heads of those who alone ought to bear it. That such will be the effect of the meeting this day, arid of other similar meetings, which no doubt will spring from it, we confidently anticipate. The presence of the Duke of Sussex, who has con sented to take the Chair, will be in itself a pledge as to the constitutional and liberal spirit from which the whole proceeding has emanated. To the honour of that Illustrious Person, he has ever been amongst the foremost to assist in the pro motion of every good cause, amongst which we rejoice to see included the cause of Portugal at this crisis of her fate. It well becomes the most popular Prince of the House of Brunswick to lend his countenance to the patriotic efforts of the brave men who are now contending against the Usurper, and to do so at a moment when other Princes are degrading themselves by the assistance they afford to tyrants in the propaga tion of their infamous decrees.—Morn. Herald. We understand that the Marquis of Palmella, during his stay in London, had an interview with Lord Palmerston on the subject of the ob stacles which Admiral Parker is stated to have thrown in the way of the correspondence between Lisbon and Oporto, and also of those persons who are anxious to join the forces of Don Pedro. The result of this interview is not stated, but as the Marquis appears to have been pretty well satisfied with his reception, we may assume that it was favourable. The truth is that. not only has no protection been afforded to persons who were desirous of giving their sup port to the constitutional cause—a line of con duct which might be defended on the ground of neutrality, but, on the contrary, a thousand °b oucles and difficulties have been opposed to them. We will merely mention one fact to show the spirit of Admiral Parker's neutrality. Five or six young men, of good family, who had escaped from Lisbon, on board an English schooner, not having been able to reach the squadron of Ad rniral Sartorius, were, by order of Admiral Parker, treated with great rigour, and, notwithstanding their known respectability, put for several days on the rations of common seamen. Altogether the conduct of our Admiral has been the sub ject of great complaint by the Portuguese pa triots, and most particularly on the ground of the impediments offered to the correspondence be tween Lisbon and Oporto, the freedom of which is essential to the interests of Don Pedro, in order to enable him and his partisans to expose the falsehoods of the Miguelites, and prevent the dissension which this is calculated to cause. As the British Government have determined op neutrality in Portuguese affairs, we presume that it is desirous of seeing it impartially maintained. There may be little foundation, perhaps, for many' of the complaints which are brought against Admiral Parker ; but unless Lord Pal inerqbn wishes to sc: the boasted neutrality of England made serviceable to the Usurper, he will immediately order inquiry into the statement which has been made by the agents of the legiti mate Queen.-11/orning Herald. Is ,the Lord Chancellor sincere or insincere in his s professions about his legal reforms, or is he, under the specious pretence of a change ft r the more economical and better, only increasing his own patronage, and not saving the public any thing at all ? Let us try him by his pro posed change of the Court of Review. Here is a Court, costing twelve thousand a year, per fectly unnecessary, consisting of four Judges, four Registrars, and eight inferior officers (plenty of patronage here), all of whom the Lord Chancellor himself- has admitted to be very much underworked. Common sense says, if a Court (merely experimental in its creation, be it remembered) turns out to be useless, let it be abolished ; and so it should be with the Court of Review ; for the Vice-Chancellor would do all the work it does, and the money it costs would be saved to the country. No, but though the Court is admitted to be useless and expen sive, and although it is known to have been only experimental, it is not to be abolished. No, the patronage, the Judgeships, and the Regis trarships, and all the other snug little berths be longing to it forbid that ; and so the Lord Chancellor says, " I can't abolish it, or else what is to become of Messrs. Erskine and the other Gentlemen and Knights of the Court ?" What is to become of them, indeed Why, as they are there, pension them off, and rather pay a small annuity during the lives of these in dividuals than perpetuate such a nuisance as the Court is. But then good bye to the pa tronage ; and how can the Lord Chancellor serve his friends ? We are sure that if his Lordship had brought in a short Bill at the end of the Session to have put down his Court it would have passed nem. con., so unpopular is it, and such a measure would pass at any moment of time. This, however, is not Lord Brougham's mode of proceeding. He wishes to have the distribution of the places, and (mark the cun ning of the man) hear his proposition. He will unite the Court of Review with the Insol vent Court, and by that means the Judges of the Insolvent Court will be the oftener enabled to make circuits. Lord Brougham is well aware that the four Judgeships of the Insolvent Court, and the other nice places there, are quite as handy and acceptable gifts for himself and his friends as those which we have enumerated of the Court of Review, and so he will abolish neither, but perpetuate both. His Lordship is about to be (the first who ever was so) Lord High Chancellor for life. He may probably live many years to enjoy that high office. The Insol vent Debtors' Court cannot last one. The object of that Court is to discharge persons from prison who have been arrested for debt. But there is au Act of Parliament already prepared to put an end to the power of arresting for debt. Where then will be the business of the Insolvent Debtors' Court ? If it were not for this job of consolidating it with the Court of Review, and so perpetuating instead of getting rid of two useless Courts, it must, when there shall be no debtors to be discharged, die a natural death. The Judges and others of the Court would hold their then sinecures for life, but at last the expense of it all must cease. The Lord Chancellor, good easy man, likes not this prospect. He wishes for the places to bestow. There are plenty of hungry vizards and others about him yet, and the Lord Chancellor likes to give. But was there, we ask our readers, ever such hypocrisy ? Under the pretence of giving a Court, which has nothing to do, some work, he says that it is his intention to unite it with another Court, which he knows will soon have nothing to do too ; thus keeping eight Judges instead of none, and saddling the country with the expense of two Courts where no Court at all is wanting. If this be not proper humbug we know not what is ; but if the people of Eng land be taken in by it we are much mistaken. If Lord Eldon, Lord Lyndhurst, or any Tory Lord or Commoner had attempted such a job, who Would have been more ready to expose it than Henry Brougham, ‘‘ho now most egotistically talks of his reforms, his concessions, and his this, and his that, as if there was no other man in or out of the House of Lords like him ? We admire his talents, and are proud of him as a fellow countryman, but when he talks of Reform and of concessions, and other such things, we must tell him that he has effected no one Reform for the better, that he has given up no one thing for which he has not got more than an equiva lent, and that we cannot put any trust whatever in his professions, as his practice is so different from what he preaches.—Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. B 0 TV- STREET. Yesterday Mrs. Patience Cromwell, of Drury court, was summoned before Mr. ROE by Mr. Tay lor, the surveyor of the parish of St. Clement Danes, for suffering the cesspool attached to her premises to overflow upon the footway pavement, contrary to law. M. Kenny, the surgeon, of the Strand, was at that time attending two cholera patients in Drury court, and was quite satisfied that the stench of a cesspool was quite sufficient to engender the coin. plaint called cholera morbus. The defendant was convicted in the penalty of 5/. and 4s. 6d. costs. She declared her inability to pay it, but was told that if the fine was not forthcoming, a distress warrant should be issued. On a subsequent appli cation to Mr. Roe, by Mrs. Cromwell, she was allowed one week to pay the penalty. Last night Mr. Dix, the assistant-overseer of the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, came before Mr. ROE, and stated that a person had died of cholera in the Seven-dials, and the parochial authorities, in obedience to the instructions of the Board of Health, had intimated their intention of causing the imme diate removal of the body for interment. The rela tives of the deceased, however, had declared that they would resist the burial, and under these cir cumstances the parochial authorities were desirous of obtaining the assistance of the pulice, in order that the body might forthwith be removed for interment. Mr. ROE directed Dodd, the inspector of police, to proceed immediately with a sufficient number of the force, and attend the parish officers in the exe cution of their duty, in order to prevent any breach of the peace that might take place. The Magi strate further directed, that if any persons resisted the law, they should be at once taken into custody. Mr. Thomas said, that the instructions of the Police Commissioners were, that the police force should not interfere in enforcing the burial of per sons who died of cholera. Mr. ROE immediately directed Ellis the officer to proceed, without delay, to the parish authorities of Sr. Giles's, and say that it was his desire that 20 special constables, chosen from the inhabitants of the parish, should be summoned forthwith and sent before him, in order to be sworn in for the purpose of enforcing the burial of the deceased. The Ma gistrate also directed that the principal officers under his immediate control should attend the special con stables, and direct them how to act. After the lapse of about half an hour the beadle of St. Giles conveyed a message from Mr. Dix to Mr. Roe, stating that every endeavour had been used 40 procure the householders to act as special con stables for the occasion required, but without effect. Mr. ROE observed, that it was very odd indeed that such a difficulty should be found. The beadle said, there appeared a great unwil lingness on the part of the inhabitants to act. He (the beadle) had been to the house where the body lay, and had seen that the coffin in which it was con tained was properly secured and pitched over. Mr. ROE s aid, men must be procured at any rate, and that the body should be immediately buried. He then directed that the watermen of Strand-lane should be applied to, and that ss. a man should be given to them for their trouble. On these terms between 20 and 30 men were speedily collected, and, having been sworn in as spe cial constables for the occasion, were placed under the direction of the principal officers, and proceeded at once to execute the task assigned to them. MARLB OR 0 U GR- S TREE T. A lady, accompanied by some friends, waited nn Mr. DYER, to request his advice in the following matter : About five years ago she had been separated from her husband, who had become insolveht, ail& was' the next day about to get his discharge under the In solvent Debtors' Act. When under examination before the Commissioners he had sworn that his first wife (the applicant) was dead, and that he was married to a French lady of large property, with whom he had been for some time living. As no one opposed him, he was ordered to be discharged forth with, and as she (the applicant) was certain his in tention was to leave this country with the French lady whom he had avowed to be his wife, she wished to have a warrant to apprehend him for bigamy. Mr. DYER inquired what proof she bad of the second marriage ? The applicant had not yet had time to obtain the needful Proof, as the intimation of the second marriage' had only been conveyed to her a few hours ago, when her husband was brought up to the Insolvent Court. Application had been made to the governor of the prison, and he had advised her to take the opinion of the Magistrate. Mr. DYER said the wife could not act in any way in this matter. The best 'course to pursue, would, perhaps, be, for some person to give the husband into custody when he waseleased, when he would be brought before a Magistrate on a charge of biga rdy, and the proofs would be gone into. The lady thanked the Magistrate, and retired with her friends. Q UEEN- SQUARE. Yesterday, a middle-aged man, dressed rather shabby-genteelv, was brought up in custody, and placed at the bar before Mr. WHITE, charged with assaulting with an intent, &e. Mr. WHITE should require very heavy bail. As he refused to say who or what he was, he might be a person of a very large fortune for ought he knew. lie would not take any bail until he knew who the prisoner was. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. Jonathan Nichols, of No. 25, Commerce-place, Lambeth, was charged with attempting to stab him self with a knife at the Prince's-head, Prince's -street, Lambeth; he afterwards attempted to hang himself, but was prevented. The defendant has made frequent attempts to de stroy himself, and has been several times in custody fur the offence. On being questioned as to his motive for attempt ing to destroy himself, he replied that it was all owing to liquor, and he now solemnly vowed that he would never touch another drop all the days of his life On this promise he was discharged, THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Daniel Hallsey, master of the Essex, Gravesend steam-packet, appeared before Me. BAL• LANTINE, at this office, to answer an information laid against him for navigating his vessel at a greater rate or speed than five miles an hour between Lon don-bridge and Limehouse-reach. Cutler and Hartley, beadles of the Watermen's Company, on the morning of Monday, the 14th in stant, went on board the Essex, at Fresh-wharf, London-bridge, and she was exactly eight minutes proceeding to the London-dock entrance at Wapping —a distance of 1 mile and 25 poles, including stop pages. She stopped twice between London-bridge and the Dock entrance, and each stoppage occupied a minute, They also timed the vessel from the Dock entrance to the King's Arms, Limehouse reach, a distance of 2 miles, 3 furlongs, and 32 poles, which the Essex performed in 15 minutes, making the whole distance of 3 miles, 4 furlongs, and 17 poles, in the space of 23 minutes—about 12 miles an hour. Mr. Nicholls, a surveyor, proved the distance as mentioned by the beadles ; and Mr. Banyon, clerk of the Watermen's Company, said that Hallsey was a registered freeman. The witness Cutler and Hartley admitted, in cross-examination, that the Essex stopped while two craft passed her, which would certainly have been run down if she had not done so. Mr. BALLANTINE saw no mitigatory circutnstances in this case. He therefore felt himself called upon to inflict the full penalty of 51. and costs on Captain Hallsey, for going beyond the legal speed of five miles an hour, and, as he was certain that could not be done without endangering people's lives, he called upon him to find bail, himself in 1001. and two sure ties in 50/. each, to keep the peace for the next twelve months, and to manage his steamer so as not to place the lives and property of his Majesty's sub jects in danger. The required sureties were entered into, but Mr. Pearson, the defendant's solicitor, gave notice of ap peal against the conviction at the Quarter Sessions. Mr. Ryland, on behalf of the Watermen's Com pany, would take care the defendant's former recog nizance should be estreated in the Exchequer, and that the company would prosecute the appeal. TOWN-HALL. Yesterday, GeOrie farntan,arespectable looking man, about forty years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with embezzling considerable sums of money, which he had received for Mr. Benjamin Edington, his employer. The witnesses were bound over to prosecute, and the prisoner was removed from the bar. UNION-HALL. Yesterday John Smith, a young man of respect able appearance, was brought before Mr. MURRAY for final examination, charged with stealing three 10/. Bank of England notes, the property of Mr. William Bailey, ironmonger of Gracechurch-street, and Thomas Wild, a young man of equally respect able appearance, was charged with being concerned in the same robbery. Upon a former examination the prisoner Smith attempted to destroy himself by swallowing a quantity of laudanum, while standing at the bar of this office, hut was prevented from taking the whole contents of the phial which con tained the liquid, owing to its being dashed out of his hand by a person who stood near him. The stomach-pump was had recourse to, in order to save his life. The Magistrate committed Smith for trial, and remanded Wild for further examination. Yesterday afternoon, an inquest was held be fore Mr. STIRLING, at the Globe public-house, Stephen street, Lisson-grove, on the body of THOMAS FALCUS, tobacconist, No, 69, Lisson-grove North. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased, who was a fine man about 40 )ears of age, was formerly a seaman in the British navy, and had received several wounds in his head, which at intervals brought on either a desperate fit of madness or a melancholy depression of spirits. On Sunday morning, about half-past 11, he called upon his brother, Mr. JOHN FALCUS, of 15, Adam-street West, Marylebone, on which occasion deceased appeared very dejected ; he remained with him until half-past 1 o'clock, and then signified his intention of going to M. HEDGE, a surgeon, in Fetter lane, to he cupped, as his head was getting bad, but in stead of doing so he proceeded to Mr. diteusele's, a surgeon, living next door to deceased, and purchased a quantity of arsenic, for the alleged purpose of killing mice; and Mr. GILLESPIE not being aware of his occa sional fits of insanity, both the deceased and his wife tying purchased the same drug frequently before, he made no hesitation in letting him have it. The deceased then went into his own shop, and having procured some water and a glass, mixed up the poison and swallowed it. Every pos sible medical assistance was rendered, but to no elect, for the deceased expired at 9 o'clock the same evening. lle frequently said he had tak en th e po i son hi mse lf, b ut re fused to assign any reason for so doing. The Jury, after cons ulting together f or upwar d s o f two h ours , re turned the following verdict t —g‘ That the deceased took p aeon, being at the time in a state of extreme agitation " ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS IN FRANCE. The means by which the Journals in Paris are supplied by the English papers is not gene rally known in this country, and an opinion exists that it is by a monopoly of the Foreign Post-office. A few remarks on that subject may not be uninteresting, and will show that the pre sent French Government has no desire whatever to prevent the free introduction of the English papers into France. Previous to Charles X. becoming King of France the English news papers were forwarded through the Foreign Post office, as an understanding had been entered into between the French and English Post-masters- General on that point, and the French journals were received through the same channel in this country. This system was carried on for some time, when complaints being made by the French and English journalists of the enormous price each had to pay for their foreign news, induced some individuals to attempt some other method of forwarding the papers to both capitals, inde pendent of the Foreign Post-office, and they succeeded in obtaining from the French Govern ment permission to receive a certain number, on paying the regular postage. Since the downfall of the infatuated Charles X. and the establishing of an estafette between Calais and Paris, the English journals are received in that capital on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sun days ; and by an extraordinary estafette, the morning and evening papers of Wednesday are received on the Friday, and the Saturday's on Monday ; so that the French journals have daily news from England, whilst the estafette from Paris to Calais only leaves on Sundays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, allowing the English merchants and the papers but four days' intelligence by express, which inconvenience is most severely felt in the city. Great efforts have been made by the Chamber of Commerce in Paris and the merchants of London, with the French Government, to have a daily estafette established between the two capitals ; and to carry this desideratum into effect Sir H. Parnell, M.P., Mr. P. Thomson, M.P., and Dr. Bowring, during their recent visit to Paris, had several interviews with the late Minister of the Interior (Casimir Perier), M. Compte, the Post master-General, and M. Briere, the Under Se cretary, on the subject. The Duke of Rich mond has been exerting his influence to have a daily estafette established, which will be of such eminent advantage to the commerce of both countries, and do away with all monopoly. The French Government, desirous of encouraging a nearer relation between England and France, are making arrangements to carry this plan into effect at the commencement of the next year, when a small mail, with two horses, will convey the letters and papers from Paris to Calais, and vice versa, from January next, by express : thus doing away with the horse estafette. Another great advantage that will be derived by this new regulation is, that letters may be sent direct to the Continent, either by paying the whole of the postage on this side, or letting the parties pay it on the other ; thereby obviating the mis takes that too frequently happen by persons put ting letters in the post without paying the in land postage. At present the charge for an English paper in Paris by the ordinary estafette is 30 francs per month—that is, for four times a week—Monday's, Tuesday's, Thursday's, and Friday's papers; and 20 francs extra are charged on the Mondays and Fridays for the English news of Wednesday and Saturday, brought by the extraordinary estafette. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—There has been a steady demand for Musco vades ; the estimated sales last week were nearly 4,000 hhds. and tces. ; there was no alteration in the prices.— The stock of West India Sugar is now 38,661 hhds. and tees., which is 8,381 less than last year. The stock of Mauritius is 54,957 bags, being 49,119 less than last year. The delivery of West India Sugar is 3,594 hhds. and trs., being 480 more than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 6,500 bags, being 1,475 less than the corre sponding week of 1831. The Market has been very steady all day : the estimated sales are 900 hhds. and tees. ; there is no alteration in the prices. The Refined Market was dull last week, but owing to the small stock of low goods the prices were maintained, and considerable pur chases of Lumps were reported at 645. and 645. 6d. ; fine goods were offered rather lower, but it did not induce the buyers to purchase on any extensive scale. There was no alteration in the Refined Market this afternoon. EAST INDIA SUGARS.-At the India House 9,345 bags Bengal, fine white 28s. a 305., good 245. 6d. a 265. 6d., ord. 235. 6d. a 245. ; about one-third was taken for ex port. The prices were 6d. to Is. lower, except the fine white, which fully supported late prices. MAURITIUS SUGARS.-The request for Mauritius Sugar last week was general and extensive; the purchases were about 14,000 bags, and sold at full prices, good brown 50s. and 515., up to 555, for fine yellow ; some brown, for export only, sold 18s. to 228., low to fine brown. FOREIGN SUGARS.-By public sale last week 1,542 chests of Havannah Sugar were nearly all taken in ls. to 2s. lower, fine white 365.-Average price of Sugar, 11. Bs. 241. per cwt. COFFEE.-The Coffee Mirket last week was very dull, particularly the Foreign Coffee, on account of the very large arrivals, and the unfavourable reportslof the principal Continental ports, the latter being heavy, and with larger stocks than usual. By private contract some fine ord. Brazil sold at 60s. The British Plantation descriptions at public sale sold heavily, but nearly maintained former prices. By public sales this forenoon 200 hhds. and casks Jamaica Coffee went off heavily about ls. lower, good ord. 765. a 78s. The Market is uncommonly dull. Rum, BRANDY,. and HOLLA NDS. -The Rum Market remains in a nominal state; proof Leewards about Is. 7d, but few sales reported, 5 over at ls . Sd. ; Jamaica Rums are inquired after, but only where the buyers thought they could purchase at lower rates, which have not yet been submitted to. Brandy continues in good demand, on ac count of the extensive home consumption. The sales of pale Gin are at 2s 6d., and for German 2s. 3d. is asked, but there are no buyers. TatLote.-There has been a renewed inquiry for Tal low ; the prices are higher. and the Market firm. IRISH PROVISIONS. -The import of Foreign Butter, owing to contrary winds, in the last week, was only 107 casks, but of Irish 17,441 firkins, and 1,920 bales of Bacon, with an arrival yesterday of 3,189 casks of Fo reign, and 260 firkins of Irish Butter. The Butter Market still continues in a very depressed state, and all descrip tions are offering at lower prices : the finest Friesland can not be quoted over 828. a 84s. per cwt. at the quay; Cork and Limerick may be nominally quoted 775. a 78s. on board, 808. landed ; Waterford 745. a 78s. on board, 769. a 795. landed ; Carlow 78s. a 80s. on board, SOs. a 82s. landed ; Dublin 755. a 765., Sligo 765., and Newry, 725. a 735. on board. Bacon goes off slowly at 545. a 555. for fresh-landed small singed; stale parcels can be bought 28. a 3s. per cwt. less. Bale Middles we quote 445. a 465. ; tierce Middles 445. a 488.-Bladder Lard 565. a 628. ; and Hams as to weight and quality 565. a 745. per cwt.-The transactions in Beef and Pork continue very limited, without any alteration in prices. By the last ad vices from Himburg, the shippers of provisions there ex pect to be able to make early shipments of India Beef at 909. per tierce, Mess Beef '7os. per tierce, and Mess Pork mo re inquiries simn ca f ri o el r asse S t.o pice o s f , at 565. per barrel, free on board, for this Market. the in quiries r e i n c t o z 5 5 . 7 - d . T a h SPICES.-There da.r,e Pepperrather f Hots. -The duty is becoming more steady ; the esti mate to-day is 155,0001.. Rice. Rice is held with much firmness, . and the sales strips q l f a ru t u e ilFT4ir t Nt y i;elD.wußs m ,l A:by: a :en d . ecs_d e ht_oe a l.:Te_ r s:air e hafl heyerr a if t toh;aere p ni r itdiss i ha c ttne e hel prices about Instsolaafertil )northern h e s ae alteration 0 6 et i oanTp . at oajohorp:tii appear : h i tanto, e horf r e.tlEnonruderi Europe po e go od at at a 4 I. ; the purchases are not on an extensive scale. COTTON.--The accounts from the outports are favour able. The market here is very steady. The purchases since last week consist of 660 Surat, qd. a sd. ; 700 ditto, public sale, 31(1. a 48d. ; 50 Bengal, 4Ad. TEA.—The prompt for last sale is on Friday next, and is rather heavy, which causes the market to continue in a languid state. ASHES.—Ashes at public aale.last week realized quota tions. OlLS.—Common Oils are firm, and a fair business doing. Olive Oils without sales. Rape Oil a shade lower ; at the reduction extensive sales have been made. Linseed Oil on the spot is scarce, owing to the continued export demand; all the late arrivals of Linseed have been taken by the crushers at prices that will not afford Oil at the present rates; and, from accounts from the seed dis tricts, Linseed cannot be imported within shillings of its present price. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Per Quarter. s. to s. Boston — 55 Gainsborough 61 Grantham 57 60 Grimsby 56 65 Horncastle 60 63 Lincoln Spilsby .. 58 62 52 60 52 66 Barley. I Oats. I Beane. 8. to s. I s. to s. 8. to S. 33 - 23 - 19 37 - 16 - 37 32 38 r 37 44 7 21 3 34 0 42 30 35 18 22 40 44 • 18 24 35 37 18 22 38 40 20 25 33 86 16 25 32 40 29 30 30 38 36 42 NORWICH, Aug. 25. Wheat (per qr.) —60 s 68s. I Beans (per qr.) 85s. 40s. Barley 3os. 325. 345. Pease, Grey 365. 40s. Oats CANTERBURY. Aug. 25. 60s. to 685...... vid,............ —s. to —l. —s. to —5....... Grinding.. 265. co 325. 20s. to 225...... Ol &wow«. —s. to —4. —3. to 405... Old-- 365. to 38s. —s. to —5...... Grey............. 335. to 375. Wheat, white.«...-- Barley, Malting ~...: Oats , _ Beans ...........----.... Pease -----.... MANCHESTER, Aug. 25. Wheat, per 701 b. 9s. 9d. to 103.2 d. Red Os. 61. to 9s. Sd. Barley, per 601 b 5 6 6 0 Oats 3 3 3 6 Beans, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 5 6 Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels 43 0 49 0 Flour, per Sack of 2801 b EXETER MAR Beef (score) ..Rs Od. 9s. 6d. Mutton 51 0 6 Veal and Lamb-0 6 0 7 Pork 0 4 0 6 Geese (each) 0 5 6 Ducks icounlel-4 0 5 0 Fowls 0 4 0 .KETS —Aug. 24. Wheat (bushel) ..Bs. Od. Bs. 6d. Barley 6 4 9 Oats 9 3 2 5 Beans 5 6 6 0 Butter 0 1 3 Eggs (12) 0 1 0 Potatoes (Peck) 6 0 7 R K ETS. _ :E.—FRIDAY, Aug. 24. From To Average. 1,723 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 25 0 36 0 28 8 154 Bele l6 stone 11 9 13 0 12 3 0 16 stone 0 0 0 1,058 Oats —l2 stone 9 0 12 0 10 3 10,762 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 6 0 23 0 0 1,443 Oatmeal 8 stone 9 0 14 0 10 2 Sold to Rakers only. 9,445 Cwt. Flour lB 0 23 0 Average price of Wheat and Flour 48.. 4d. per Firsts, from 21s. Od. Receipts of Flour, 8,281 Sales of Do. 10,762/Seconds , from 18s. Od. Thirds, tYom 6s. Od. IRISH MA . DUBLIN MARKET NO', I 19 9 ;acic. to 235. Od. to 20s. 0,1. to 12s. Od. PRICK OF BREAD. --..9%d. I Half Quartern. Quartern Loaf. Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. I s t. I 2d. --- ----- s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. 8. s. d.as. d. C0rk...,...,. 230 28 012 0 130 88 11 617 0 196 60 166 Limerick 126 8 31 012 0 13 412 0 13 616 0 19 8 0 0 15 0 Waterford 290 310 130 150 90 100 17 0 18 010 0 15 0 Clonmel .... 29 4 30 0 12 0 16 0 I'3 6 13 917 0 19 013 0 16 0 Carlow —.... 25 0 27 013 0 140 80 9020 6 210 00 00 Beef, Mutton, Pork, Butter. 00 1 per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. sth. 'd. a d. d. a d. s. d. a s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Cork 4f 5 5 6 29 0 32 078074 0 68 064 056 0 Liinerick— 3 434 434 0 35 0178 075069063 0 57 0 Waterford 3 6 3 535 0 36 0780 76 70 066 060 0 Clonmel..3 4 4 6 37 0 380760700 o—o —0 Car10w.......14 510 0 00 0082 0 78 68 0580 -- 0 KILKENNY.—Butter 78s. to 80s. per cwt. ; Wheat 30a. to 32s per barrel ; Flour 20s. to Ns. per bag; Oats Bs. to Ios. per bar rel ; Barley 13s. to 15s. ; Beef 4d. to 54. per lb. ; Mutton 4d. to sd. ; Potatoes 2d. per stone; Coals Is. 2d. per cwt.; Bacon Pigs 325. to 335. per cwt. COTCH ➢IARKETS. ITON CORN 1%1 A ItKET.—Aug. 24. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans. 37s 6d 24s Od —s Od 32s Od 32s Od 22s Od —s Od 29s Od 31s Od 20s Od —s Od 286 Od of Wheat in market, 174 whereof were sold. 35 Uasold.-0 Grey. .31. lls. 6d. 6.l2ths. 'ET 23. Beans. ais Od 305 Od 2Ss Od HADDING' Wheat. First 7Bs Od Second 6Bs Od Third There were 209 qrs. Average DALKIETH CORN MAKKc.l.—Aug.5 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. First...... 72s Od 37s Od 26s Od 34s Od Second... 62s Od 34s Od 24s Od 30s Od Third..... 48s Od 28s Od 20s Od 28s Od Amongst the numerous transparencies which decorated the houses in Brussels on the entrance of King LEOPOLD, there was a very remarkable one representing father Scheldt breaking his fetters. Tuesday, Mr. ROBERT HEWLETT, chair maker, put a period to his existence in Great Bolton dun geon, by hanging himself with his apron strings. The un fortunate man had only been married about five weeks, and had quarrelled with his wife on Monday and Tues day. A distraint fur rent was put into the house, aud, in consequence of the resistance made by HEWLETT to the bailiffs, he was lodged in tile dungeon. There was a boy in the same cell, but, it being dark, he was not aware of the rash deed having been committed. Deceased was found about an hour after he had been placed in confine ment by RottiNsoti, the constable, and medical assistance was immediately procured, but the vital spark was extinct. —Manchester Guardian. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDEN T.—On Saturday evening, as Mr. JOHN BARRETT, of Barking, in Essex, was proceeding down the river in his sailing barge or lug boat, of 20 tons burden, laden with 11 tons of salt, be met the Brilliant Gravesend steam-packet off Blackwall, pro ceeding towards London at a rapid pace. A wave, caused by the heavy swell, dashed over the barge, which was t , seed about, and rendered unmanageable. A second wave dashed fore and aft over the barge, and she be gan to sink ; on which BARRETT and his boy jumped into a small skiff fastened to her stern. They had scarcely jumped into it when the vessel filled with water and went down, nearly swamping the skiff and drowning poor BARRETT and his boy, who were excessively alarmed. The Brilliant proceeded onwards. It was jut dark, and it is supposed the captain of the steamer and people on board were unconscious of the accident. EXECUTION OF GAMMON.--Admitting the law to be just which commands extreme punishment for such a crime as that for which Josix GAMMON has suf fered, we are bound to confess that we cannot point to oue circumstance which might have entitled the miserable culprit to any mitigation of his sentence. JOHN CAat -mow could neither read nor write, and, we understand, was a remarkably ignorant man. Since his condemna tion, the wretched criminal has been very penitent ; he has frequently acknowledged the justice of his sentence, and repeatedly expressed a wish to depart from this world. About a week since his wife took leave of him, and ex horted him to snake his peace with Con. At 10 o'clock,. the workme❑ had fixed the platform and steps. The mi serable man passed a restless night, and, at intervals, prayed fervently, and often expressed to the person ap pointed to read and sleep with him, a wish that the hour was come. At 11 o'clock the whole of the prisoners assem bled in the chapel, where the condemned received the sa crament. At 12 a great concourse of persons had assem bled in front of the gaol, but the ❑umber was much s maller than usual. At half-past 12 the unfortunate man WO launched into eternity ; the body, after hanging the usual time, was taken down. He died without a struggle..., Hereford Times of Saturday. BIRTHS. On the 28th inst. the lady of H. De Castro, Esq., o f a daugh ter On the 27th inst. Mrs. William lringliam, Cunningham place, St. John's Wood, of a son. On the 28th inst. at the Crescent, Clapham-common, the ladi of George Gay, Esq., of a son. On the 28th inst. in Tavistock.square, the lady of Nathanie l Gould, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On t h e 3d Inst. at St. John's, Waterloo -road, Charles Friel' o f Muswell-hill, to Emm a , youngest daughter of E. r• Esq Esq., of Upper Sta mpford-street, Blackfriars. On the 25th inst. at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, Nicholas Heald, of Powis_place, Queen-square, solicitor, to M 3 . 1, Helen, daughter of Thomas Coates, Esq., of Smedley.. hall, ne a toe former place. On the 28th inst. at St. Mary's, Newington, Mr. Thomas Stead„i man, of Truro, Corn wa l l, youngest son of Dr. Steadman, "of Bradford, to Marth a L ydia, daughter of George Kitson, Esq., Ne wi ngton - place, Surrey. DIED. On the 26th inst. at Blakely-farm, Etwall, Derbyshire, the 24th year of his age, in consequence of hzemorrhdge from t"" lungs, Edward, son, and last surviving child, of Mr. Thom." Wilkins, formerly of Manchester. rt. On the 26th i nst. i n Palace-street, Pimlico, Mr. Thomas Ba rb lett, aged 65. On the 26th inst. in Lincoln's-inn-fields, aged 21, Williams Young Hadden, Esq., second son of the late John Hadden, ,,. Nottingham. On the 28th inst. after a long and painful illness, Wilhs m Fynmore, of Craven-street, and St. Mary Abbott's-terrace, I R e sington, Esq. On the 27th inst. in Grosvenor-row, Chelsea, Mr. John For9M aged 58, after a few days' illness. of On the 27th inst. Susanna, the wife of John Hawkins, EA' , Hitchin, Herts. On the 15th inst. in Bath, aged 89, Edmund Anderdon, one of the Magistrates of the county, and one of the oldest men'' hers of the Corporation of Bath. On the 28th inst. aged 2'2, Edward Tomlin, third son of 'ft' William Heath, of Barclay-house, Hackney. —woe. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MU RDO YOU N G, AT TO° SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON.