The Sun. — London, England, 1832-08-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is highly gratifying to find a man holding in the Church the high rank of Archbishop oc cupying himself with improvements in the eco nomy of the country. We allude to the volume on Secondary Punishments, just published by Dr. Whately, Archbishop of Dublin. Dr. W'hately is well aware of the connection be tween religion and the improved circumstances of the people; but in this volume lie shows, that, as a minister of religion, he is directly called on to point out in the penal system of this country positive causes of crime, which render the labours of the instructor of the people fruitless. " It has never been my prectire (observes his Grace), nor is it my intention, to otcupy myself with questions of a purely political character, especially questions of party politics. L3ut the present is not one of that description, and it is so closely connected with mnrality..-so much do I feel myself professionally, not only not prohibited, hut even velled on, to take an interest in it, that on investigatine the subject, and endeavouring to diffuse correct views of it, Ido not conceive that I am at all departing from the coutse I had marked out for myself. I found myself long since, as a parish minister, inculcating moral conduct under circumstances unfairly disad*antageous--when the law afforded not only no adequate discouragement to crime, Lot even in many instable-es a bounty on it. When I met with instances in my own immediate neighltouthooe, on the one ham!, nt persons of the best character not only re fusing to bplroceed against depredators, but labouring in evepe way to promote the escape of the guilty, because the law denounced death against the offences, and they could nut bring themselves to incur even the remote and almost imaginary risk of exposing a thief to that fate ; and, on the other hand, of persons receiving letters from relatives 'who had been transported, exhorting them to find some weans of coming out to join them, and depicting the pros perity of their condition in such terms as naturally to ex cite the envy of the honest and industrious labourers whom they bad left at home struggling for a poor subsistence-- when all this, I say, came under my own observation, I could not feel awl teach that Government answered its end of being fur the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of them that do well,' while its enactments produced, on the contrary, rather a terror to the good than to the evil. And I could not but feel that, not only as a member of the community, but as a Minister of the Gospel, I had a right to comp'ain ef this counteraction of my endeavours to diffuse morality." Transportation, it is now admitted on all hands, has utterly failed as a secondary punidi mein. It has failed in the most essential requi site—that of deterring from crime. The requi sites to be sought for in punishment are well stated by his Grave : " The points which most persons would look to (he says) as important requisites in any kind of punishment that is to be awarded, are, first, and above all other consi alerations, that it should be formidable—i. e. that the ap prehension of it should operate as much as possible to deter men from crime, and thus to prevent the necessity of its actual infliction ; secondly, that it shall be humane— i. e. that it should occasion as little as possible of useless suffering, of pain or inconvenience, that does not conduce to the nbiect proposed; thirdly, that it should be correc tive, or at least not corrupting; tending to produce in the eri'ennal himself, if his life be spared, and in others, either a moral improvenunt, or at bast as little as possible of moral debasement; and, lastly, that it should be cheep; such PIP to make the punishment of the criminal either ab solotelv profitable to the community, or at least not ex cessively costly." Dr. Whately thinks that the idea of a peni tentiary should not be altogether abandoned ; but that, as we have much to learn cn the sub ject of punishments short of death, it would be our wisest and safest course, in the present state of our knowledge, to establish in different places several penitentiaries, on different plans, such as may have the most to recommend them ; and, after a trial of a few years, to introduce modifi cations, as experience should suggest, and re model the less successful on the pattern of those which may be found to answer their purpose better. Dr. Whately inculcates the importance of not overlooking first offences, if we wish to prevent the spread of crime, which is much favoured by this sort of impunity.— Those who train dogs to fight badgers—first, he says, muzzle the badger, and the dog is thus encouraged to proceed, till it becomes habitual to him to attack badgers. Dr. W. thinks that when criminals are sentenced to hard labour, a certain amount of work should be required of them, with permission to exceed this as much as they please, the additional quantity to shorten the term of their punishment. lie would also allow pay to the convict for a certain portion of his work, to be paid over to him at his discharge. One of Dr. Whately's sugges tions is well deserving of attention at this time. Having stated the necessity of adapting the labour to the sex, age, strength, &c. of the cri minal, he observes, " I shiuld be disposed to give a preference, other points teing equal, to such kinds of labour as the convict might tesort to after his discharge as a means of maintenance; and with this view, to such as may be carried on without the aid of much machinery. In this respect, the labour of the tread-mill is less eligitde than in many others. In many instances recourse might be had to some of the less artifichd and more laborious operations of husbandry, such as trenching, stone picking, &c. This would require a larger number of such overseers as could be relied on for vigilance and firmness to prevent the escape of convicts; but I think there are sufficient advantages on the other side to make this plan well deserving of a trial. In par.. ticular it would afford great facilities fur the adoption (which I consider as highly important) of the system of task-work. " Convicts should never he allowed, as in New South Wales, to be employed and paid by farmers; hut the superintendants might contract for the levelling, draining, or trenching, &c. of a piece of ground, and would then set the convicts to work under their inspection. And though the payment for this, and indeed any other labour of con victs, could seldom he expected to cover the cost of their maintenance and other expenses, it might still be regarded as so much clear gain, since they must be maintained at any rate. " An experiment has, I understand, been begun on a small scale on the Sussex coast, in the neighbourhood of Pevensey, which, whether successful or not as a matter of speculation, may be well worthy of attention in reference so our present object. There is in that neighbourhood an enormous extent of sea-beach forsaken by the sea, and presenting an expanse of seemingly hopeless sterility. It has been found, however, that the shingle, when covered over to the depth of a few inches with good soil, will pro duce goad crops, an may be permanently reclaimed ; and the immediate vicinity presents an inexhaustible supply of such soil. The marshy meadows which are immediately bounded by this ban en region contain a vast depth of rich alluvial sod. The method accordingly which I have al luded to as in a course of trill, consists in digging up this soil to a considerable depth, and spreading it over the shingle; the pit thus dug is filled up again with shingle from the beach, to within a'aout a foot of the surface; and these pebbles being then covered with a sufficient depth of the soil dug out, and the turf replaced, the meadow is so far from being damaged by the removal of the soil, that it is even benefited by the substratum of gravel acting as an under-drain. The process is, of course, expensive ; but it is important to observe, that the whole of the expense con sists of the labour employed. Whether it will in any case answer as a profitable speculation, must probably depend on the existing rate of wages; and it has come to my knowledge, that in many parishes in that part of Sussex, labourers will at all times of the year refuse to work ex cept at the highest wages, because they receive a parish allowance whenever they are out of work. This system I hope and trust will not he allowed to continue much longer. But at any rate, though it may be doubtful whe ther this undertaking will in any case answer—i. e. more than replace the expense of maintaining the labourers, es pecially when these are convicts—it must at least repay a p.m! of the expense; and every act e of land thus brought into a productive state by the labour of those who, whe ther employed or unemployed, must have been maintained at the public expense, may, as I have before observed, be regarded as so much clear gain to the community." Dr. Whately has republished in this volume two articles, one on Transportation, anti another on Secondary Punishments, formerly contributed by him to a Review. He has also republished an article from the Law itlagazine on Coloniza. tion, not written by himself. In this last pro• duction, the writer contrasts the Greek mode o colonization with the English, and suggests that we should avoid in future the mistake committed in planting A merica, the Colonists of which were all of one order• in society, and make the colony a copy of the old country. This idea is not so good as that in the plan of Mr. Gouger, who suggested that labour might be kept down in the Colonies by removing labourers from the mother country, and that the rents of the lands granted by Government should be applied to defray the expense of removing the labourers. There can be no gentry in a colony without slaves. There may be capitalists, however, em ployed in agriculture, if labour can be made suf ficiently cheap and productive.—Morn. Chron. We publish the Report, which is ably drawn up, of the Parliamentary Committee on the question of General Registration. It is a sub ject of vast importance, and well deserving public attention. The country attornies are, we be lieve, very much opposed to it ; and such is their influence all over England, that county members, although perfectly well disposed and indeed anxious for the measure, are afraid to support it, and in many instances actively oppose it from the pressure put upon them by their solicitors. It is a disgrace to any civilized country to have gone on so long without registration, which is the only effectual safeguard to titles, and per haps one half the ruinous suits which people complain of in Chancery are occasioned solely by this want of security, because there is no de scription of inquiry so expensive to the suitor as that which relates to disputed titles. We have heard of many cases in which the value of the estate has been spent twice over before the title has been thoroughly investigated; and we have never yet known a case in which some of the most insurmountable difficulties would not have been at once removed, or rather never would have existed, if there had been a register to refer to. It is ob vious that all difficulties in title, which arise from the construction of a deed, are at once removed by taking the opinion of a Court upon the sub ject. But difficulties which proceed from the non-production of instruments, from the appre hension that deeds may exist to defeat the title, cannot be removed except by putting the parties to great expense, or by one party waiving his right to call for the older deeds, upon having an abate- ment made in the purchase money. There can he no doubt also, that if registration were adopted, he system of conveyancing would become much more simple ; all instruments creating legal terms would be . saved, and the construction of deeds generally, especially as regards recitals, would he very much simplified. Perhaps even printed forms of deeds might come into use, by which the expenses of conveyancing might be reduced 0 little more than the stamp and the cost now ittendant upon a transfer of stock. It may be asked, why this might not be done independent of registration ? At present it is necessary to deduce the title upon the face of the deed, which occasions the recital of the instruments through which the title is derived ; but if a deed were regis tered, instead of recitals it would be sufficient to state the reference to the page in the book which contains the pedigree of the title in the Register office. Then, inasmuch as registration requires the original deed or a duplicate to be deposited, conveyancers would naturally direct their atten tion to framing forms of such parts of deeds as were in common use ; and this might be done in such cases as limitations in strict settlement, mortgages, marriage -settlements, and such like, in which the important part of the deed is always the same, the only difference being the parcels Ind parties' names. Then how great would be the advantage of being able to sell or mortgage land with exactly the same facility that exists in buying or selling 100 3 per cents. ! The title to 3 per Cents. is, that the name and the amount of the stock are written in a certain page in the books of the Bank, and the evidence of that is a little bit of paper which the proprietor produces, containing a copy of that entry. Satis fied of identity, the purchaser goes to the Bank, :ind, finding the holder's name and the amount specified to be correct, he buys at once without any doubt as to the owner. But let a person go with his title-deeds in his hand, and it is dif ficult to be sure that the e may not be half a :lozen other deeds, giving the estate to half a dozen other people ; or the estate may have been mortgaged, or sold, or settled, and the (feed produced may not be worth the parchment it is written upon. But let there be an extract from the register-book in which the holder is described as the owner of the estate, and on .vhich appears a reference to every deed by ,vhich he or any body else have dealt with the property, all winch deeds may be examined at once, and with the absolute certainty that no other instrument can by possibility exist to de 'eat or affect the title, the purchaser will buy the land with the same safety and readiness that he feels in purchasing 3 per cents. This feeling of security will not only facilitate and multiply trans actions, but will enhance the value of property ; and, as Sir Matthew Hale said when he bought land, " Now would I give one year's purchase to know that I have got a good title," every landholder would feel that he had a possession safer to hold and easier to part with. That country gentlemen should object to registration really exceeds belief ; but it can only be because they do not understand the benefits, or are hood winked by their solicitors, who tell them that registration will expose all their title-deeds, and let all the world know wheu,and how often,they bor row money upon mortgage. It is needless to say that, in a busy country like this, men have oo much to do to have time to examine their neighbours' title-deeds. Besides, is it done with re , pect to wills ? Doctors Commons is open to all the world for a shilling. 'We are convinced there is no improvement likely to be carried by a reformed Parliament more really and extensively beneficial than this one of a general register.— Times. The condition of the Greeks under the Otto man yoke was bad enough, but since they have come under the protection of the Allied Powers their condition is still worse. It was not indeed to be expected that a people who had been so many centuries in a state of degrading bondage could, all at once, shake off with the chains of that dominion the vices which slavery engenders. Neither was it to be anticipated that the enjoy ment of the liberty for which they had panted through long ages of servitude and suffering, would have the effect of only exchanging one sort of national degradation and misery for another. So it is, however, that, instead of her emancipation from the debasing effects of Turkish tyranny opening the career of improve ment to Greece, the parent land of ancient civi lization is delivered up to those civil furies which hasten to complete the desolation that the sword of the savage Ibrahim left unfinished, and op pose the progress of those arts of peace which are requisite to consolidate the new State upon the foundations of national strength and social union. What is the source of the present calamities in a country whose people gave many examples of devotedness, patriotism, and heroic contempt of death, in the late conflict with Turkey, which were never surpassed ? We have repeatedly said, and we say again, that the source of those calamities, which threaten to replunge that country in barbarism, is Russian intrigue. Russian agents fomented divisions among the Greek Chiefs, that the distractions of the country might prevent the formation of a truly national and independent Government, and so the destinies of Greece might eventu ally be placed under the influence and within the grasp of the inordinate ambition of the Muscovite. When Russia was a much feebler, and less of a commercial State than she is at present, she gave indications of being extremely desirous to possess some places as naval stations in the Mediterranean. The Empress Catherine made a proposal to our Government to obtain a cession of the island of Minorca when it was in the possession of Great Britain ; but shortly after the proposal was made it was taken from us by France, in the name of the Spanish King. Afterwards Prince Potemkin suggested the plan of purchasing the islands of Lampedosa and Linosa, in the Mediterranean, on the coast of Africa, the former of which affords great natural advantages for a fine har bour, and would be almost as conve nient a naval station for Russia as Malta itself. It was also considered as well situated for an emporium for Russian products, brought from the Black Sea, for supplying the coasts of the Mediterranean. It was also intended to establish there an order of Knighthood, similar to that of Malta, for Russians and Greeks, of which the Sovereign of Russia was to be Grand Master; but Catherine could not induce the Court of Naples to part with the sovereignty of those islands. Since then the ambition that made Russia covet harbours, naval stations, and emporiums for her products in the Mediter ranean is not diminished. Such accessions to the growing commerce of the empire are not less desirable in the days of Nicholas and Pozzo d i Borgo than they were in the days of Catherine and Potemkin. Russia never assisted to sever Greece from Turkey but with the intention of acquiring that country for herself. Accord ingly, the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh sent Capo d'lstrias to that country, who was a Greek of Corfu, in the Russian interests, and he acted up to his instructions in making everything subservient to the ascendancy of Russia. He drove those Greeks who did not consider it " independence" to be handed over from an Ottoman to a Mus covite master, into open resistance to his Govern ment. In the midst of his treacherous and op pressive proceedings an act of tyrannicide cut him off, and his brother Constantine, who suc ceeded him as President, was soon obliged to fly on board a Russian vessel of war. During all these proceedings the Governments, both of England and France, have been made, unhap pily, subservient to the establishment of the Rus sian supremacy in Greece. The finishing act is put to our diplomatic folly, under the auspices of the protocol-spinning Lord Palmerston, by aid ing and abetting the project of raising the beard less youth, Prince Otho of Bavaria, to the throne of Greece, according to the suggestions of the Russian faction, who are willing to place an automaton at the head of the nominal sove reignty of the new kingdom, of which the Ca binet of St. Petersburgh will take care to pull the strings, while England will be honoured with the office of finding cash to pay the expenses, whenever the machinery gets out of repair—until the time arrives when, like Crim Tartary and Poland, an imperial ukase shall incorporate Greece with the hereditary dominions of the Northern Barbarian.—Morning Herald. It is rather extraordinary that among law re forms, (of which, by the bye, the country has heard so much, and experienced so little)no one has directed his attention to the singular fact, that nineteen-twentieths of the cases committed for trial at the Old Bailey are tried, not by Judges of the land, or by persons known to or accountable to the Government, but by per sons whose competence or incompetence rests entirely upon the judgment of the Aldermen and Common Councilmen of the City of London. Nor does this anomaly rest here ; but, still more strange to say, the sentences passed upon the same proportion of the convicts rest, for the most part, upon the mere solitary judgment of the one Alderman who may happen to be upon what is called the " rota," writing letters or reading the newspaper while the case is tried. We do not at all mean to question but that the persons on whom these formidable duties devolve execute them to the best of their ability! But it is the principle which we contend against, which seems almost as absurd as if the Burgesses of West minster were to be intrusted with the nomina tion of the Judges who preside in any of the Courts in Westminster Hall. It is no small objection too to these local corporate judges, that they consist of persons still practising at the Bar ; and, if they happen to be of any repute at the Bar, it has been no uncom mon thing to see the same person leaving one Court, as Counsel, to preside as Judge in ano ther. Even in small corporate towns these things are not very seemly, but they very much detract from the solemnity as well as confidence which ought to attach to all Courts of Justice when they are allowed to exist in the metropolis of the empire, at the very seat of Government and the fountain of Justice. The remedy is a very sim ple one—viz., that corporate bodies should be stripped of privileges which never ought to at tach to them, and in particular as regards the greatest Criminal Court of the kingdom, that prisoners should be tried and their fate decided by Judges of the land, amenable to Parliament, and for whose fitness the servants of the Crown are responsible. At any rate, whatever rights the Corporation of London may have within the city, it is preposterous that they should assume and exercise the same powers over a district em bracing the city of Westminster and the whole county of Middl esex . W e are aware i t may be said that the Corp ora ti on , b y t h e i r c h arter, elect the Sheriffs of th e county o f Mid dlesex, and maintain the gaol of Newgate as a county pri son. This mayor may not b e r i g h t , an d may or may not require alteration also ; but the very fact that three of the Judges of the land attend at each Old Bailey Sessio ns , t o d o some part of the duty, is a convincing reason, in our minds, why they ought to do in the met ropo li tan county what they do at the Assizeasrofceleveorynoththeer county ßank in the kingdom.—Morning Herald. question There i n i s thea very C hr ol long t t cl o f article charges Saturday the Bank which re quires a very short answer. with causing ruinous fluctuations in the prices of commodities by the changes it produced in the circulation, and it argues strongly in favour of a national issue. This is the sum and substance of the elaborate statement of the Chronic/e. Upbn the first point we have only to observe that ge neral assertions can have no weight in a matter of fact question of this nature. Let a pre rise time be stated, and then let the Directors stand or fall by the case they can make out aainst the charge ; but really this loose cen sure is worse than childish. Since 1819, when the Directors really undertook the manage ment of the affairs of the Bank, let a point of unnecessary over issue or contraction be fixed upon. This is all we ask. Let us have precise and consequently tangible charges instead of vague and futile ones. Respecting a national issue, our answer is that we believe that to be one great branch of the inquiry on the part of the Committee of the House of Commons. In the case of a national issue we are not aware how it is proposed to provide for that of the country; however, we shall say no more upon that question at present, but we will offer a single remark upon the effect it would have upon the Bank, and we believe that it would be ra ther advantageous than otherwise to that estab lishment. We, of course, cannot accurately go into calculations, but we take it for granted that the following cannot be very wide of the mark : Take the circulation at twenty millions, two thirds of which are employed in securities and one-third in bullion. That would leave thirteen millions for securities. We will take the amount of Exchequer Bills, included in these securities, at nine millions, at two and a quarter per cent., which would be about 200,000/. ; the remaining four millions we will state at three per cent., or 120,0001. a year, making a total of 320,0001. a year. On the other side is to be put house ex penses, upwards of 100,000/. ; stamp duty 70,000/. ; to which must be added the difference between three and four per cent. upon the capi tal of the Bank, amounting to 14,500,0001., held by the Government, making 145,000/. ; for the dead weight would then be handed over to the proprietors, who receive four instead of three per cent. This statement brings the amounts nearly equal, although we are aware that we have put the house expenses low at 100,0001. We know that we have somewhere seen them put higher—Morning Post. The claims of voters to be registered in Glas gow are 7,024, about half the number that might qualify. THE DIVING SCHEME.—Mr. DEAN re urned from London on Wednesday, having presented three bottles of the wine which he recovered from the Boyne to Earl GREY, two of which were given to his AIibESTY. Mr. DEAN visited the wreck of the Royal George on Thursday, and be went out again to-day, but there being too great a swell to moor the vessel, he was prevented going down on the wreck. The two guns which were recovered from the Boyne have been taken to the Gun • wharf, and the copper to the Dock-yard.--Plymouth and Devonport Journal. Monday night, at Huddersfield, a man of co lour, named G. EnwAaos, undertook the arduous task of running fifteen miles in two hours, having at the same time to trund'e a coach wheel weighing six stone. He accom plished this feat a few minutes within the time, on a piece of hilly ground between the infirmary and Egerton Hill, from the hours of 6to 8 o'clock. His only retnuneratit n was what his wife and himself could collect from the spec tators on the road, who must have amounted to some thou sands.—Lea Intelli9encer. On the 15th inst. a company of the 47th foot left Moy for Arboe, under the command of Captain WAR.. BURTON; and on the same day, a troop of cavalry passed through Moy on the same route. Two pieces of artillery also left Charlemont to assist the military, and a number of police on the same day left Portadown for Arboe. It was expected that the appearance of the King's troops would daunt the vast numbers who were assembled there to op pose the payment of tithe..—Cork Constitution. CROMER, AUG. 23.—This town is nearly full of company, and should its present good state of he ilth continue, it is expected to be a good season, as many fami lies will, no doubt, prolong their way to a late period. Lodgings are considerably reduced in price, and an abun dance of necessaries ara daily supplied from the surround ing villages. We never remember to have seen the sands more thronged with company than on Sunday last. A great fall of the cliff having taken place opposite the light house, which extends to low water mark, and covers several acres of ground, the light-house now stands in a ticklish situation, and we do not at all envy the situation of Mr. NEWSTEAD and his family. Two of the coast guard men, who were near the spot when the fall took place, nar rowly escaped with their lives: one of them was knocked down by a portion of the falling mass, and the other driven into the sea, but succeeded in gaining the shore after struggling in the dark a considerable time. The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, were very brilliant last night, illuminatinv the northern horizon with its bright corruscations in a very unusual manner, and affording gratification to a great number of persons, who throng-d the cliff till a late hour to witness it. —Norwich Mercury. Loss OF THE BRILLIANT.—NOne Of the bodies of the six persons drowned were found until Friday morni morning, twgheennt that en of and Mr. BAKER'S rat s himself, that found ; also the bodies of Messrs. HuTcHit 4 s and SEALKY, (forit perished) was wastlie son of and that of BEADEL the steersman, were picked up. One of the bodies was found at Gravesend, two at Greenhithe, and one at Purfleet. The unfortunate circumstance was i caused by the persons on board persisting n carrying too much canvas. Several boatmen on the river cautioned them several times, and advised them to reef their very large jib. It seems they laughed st the advice, and continued sailing with on'y two small reefs in that sail. c7hoLciaturworf,raleesd: got ot b s uae u pt d i l i t ] , n e t n ew : ybhuoetelahs. where thatat t : li e a e wnwd p aa e sbs r fr s ao n as n nut eg s The boat in tacking missed stays, her heavy sail weighed her down upon one side, when she filled and went down. fastened o n bo ard it. eo t b : st a i the or d .f ROBERTS' T o h h were e e ßEß a n ß ff o Tr a t is i l r f a i b wa o Brilliant, consequently this boat went down likewise.-- curiosity during the whole of the week. FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE. -- Saturday morning a fire broke out at the lower part of the shop of Mr. BROMHEAD, tobacconist, King-street, Camberwell, which threatened destruction to the whole neighbourhood. Before the engines could arrive from London the burning element had obtained such mastery that apprehensions were entertained that the whole street would be enveloped in one conflagration. At half past five the house fell with a tremendous crash, and the corpse of a female, nearly burnt to a cinder, was found among the ruins. It proved to be a lodger in the house, named LEE, aged 58, a very infirm lady. The fire was totally extinguished by eight. FATAL ACCIDENT.— Another instance of the impropriety of carrying too much sail on small boats occurred near Seaham, on Monday last. As four young men, from Sunderland, who had been on a visit to Seaham, were returning home, the boat upset by a sudden gust of wind, and three of them were unfortunately drowned. The fourth was saved by clinging to the bottom of the boat, from whence he was taken by the Seaham pilots, and safely landed there. The bodies of the unfortunate sufferers have not yet been found. Their names were JOHN TAYLOR, ROBERT GILLESPIE, and THOMAS BUR DON. — Glasgow Courier. SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG FE MALE —Saturday night, a coroner's inquest was held at the Old King's Arms, Kensington, on the body of a young female, name unknown. The deceased appeared t o h ave been exceeding l y beautiful, being formed with the most perfect symmetry, both of p,rson and f ea t ure ; s h e was a bout the middle size. BASTER, th e super i nten d ent of t h e Humane Society, stated that be found the body on Saturday morning, in the Surp en ti ne Ri ver, i n H y d e park, l y i ng in shallow water. There was a contusion under the left eye, and a slight mark un d er t h e c hi n . Th e clothes were fashionable,--a sprigged muslin gown, fine white stockings, and black satin sandal shoes. A brown silk bonnet with a veil were found near the body. There was nothing about her to indicate who she was. It was mentioned that there was a report pr e v a l en t, th a t t h e de ceased was a native of Windsor, and had formed an ac quaintance with an officer during the encampment there, and that he had prevailed on her to accom p any hi m to town , and effected her ruin, and then d eser t e d h er , w hi c h led to the c ommission of suicide. A juror observed, that she might have been thrown into the water; and the bruises on her face seemed to indicate that she bad sof fered violence; he thought the body should be examined by a surgeon, and every exertion used to obt a i n f urt h er ev idence. This opinion being concurred in, the Inquest wa s adjourned. CORPORATION FREAKS. (From the Kent Herald. ) Tuesday a Court of Burghmote was held in this city for the despatch of business; and, much to the surprise of the whole Court, Alderman Browne introduced a subject which threw the members into the greatest possible confusion. He prefaced his motion by saying he anticipated the greatest unani mity on the occasion, as it would in some degree remove the great disgrace which had fallen on the city of Canterbury. The Alderman concluded by reading an address to the Archbishop of Canterbury, congratulating him on his appointment to the head of the Church, which took place five years ago, and expressive of the regret felt by the members of the Corporation on the hissing and hooting which his Grace experienced on his visitation. This address, which was couched in violent languago, and redo lent throughout of party spirit, was seconded by Mr. Pout, supported by Mr. S:toulion and Mr. E. Kingsford. It was strongly opposed by the Mayor and Alderman H. Cooper, who deprecated the mea sure as brought forward from party considerations, and as tending to keep alive a spirit of animosity and discord amongst the inhabitants, besides attacl - ing a considerably greater degree of consequence to that which had occurred than was necessary. It was also opposed on the ground that it might tend to prejudice the cause of those who were now under recognizAnce to answer for their conduct at the ses sions. During a very angry discussion,which lasted a considerable period, the Alderman was repeatedly ad vised,even by some of those who supported the mea sure,to withdraw the address, as from the feeling of the Court it was calculated to cause the most painful re flections in the mind of the Archbishop, who had lately expressed himself so well satisfied at his re. ception. The Alderman, however, advised by some who may well feel ashamed of their conduct in this affray, obstinately persevered in taking the sense of the Court by a division, when the whole he could muster from 30 members present was 16—there be ing for the motion 16, against it 12—and 2 would nor vote on this question. Unwisely have - the Tories acted in bringing thi• unpopular topic once more before the public; and a very equivocal compliment they have concocted for the Archbishop a Corporation address from a Court almost equally divided against him, and with out the sanction of its head, the Mayor, and of its two most important functionaries, the Sheriff and Town Clerk. ludeed, these gentlemen, in the most expressive terms, declared their disapprobation of the proceedings, and the Mayor concluded a pro tracted conversation in the following emphatic man ner :—" I beg most solemnly to protest against my name being included in the address as an official do cument." It surely cannot, in common decency, be presented. These exploits, added to several recent exposures, have contributed thoroughly to disgust the citizens with the corporation; the inherent cor ruption of all self-elected bodies is now very gene. rally admitted, and we know that many who not long since held a different opinion, concur with us now in thinking that the sooner this Court is abo lished, the better for the public interests. RECOLLECTIONS OF LORD BYRON. (From the Court Journal.) (BY A FOREIGNER OF DISTINCTION.) In 1817, Monsignor Ludovic de B ern?, for merly head Almoner to the (then) King of Italy, Napoleon, was accustomed to invite toge ther, in Milan, in his box at La Scala, a society of twelve or fifteen young persons of his more immediate acquaintance. One evening a young man entered the box, he was short in stature, and had the finest eyes I ever beheld : as he came forward to the front of the box, we remarked that he limped a little. Monsignor de Breme said,—Gentlemen, Lord Byron, and then he recited our names to his Lordship. Having had some slight experience of the English character, always retiring from the appearance of being sought after, we took good care not to speak first to Lord Byron, nor even to look at him. There was in the box a very tall and handsome man, whose manner s?emed to betoken a soldier. Lord Byron seemed to depart, -on his account, somewhat from his usual reserve. At subsequent meetings we thought we could perceive that Lord Byron, whilst he was an enthusiastic admirer, was, at the same time, jealous of Napoleon Bonaparte. He more than once remarked, " We are the only public characters, he and myself, who sign our names N. B." (Noel Byron.) The evening on which his Lordship joined our party, he had been given to understand that he would meet, in our box, an officer who had made the campaign of Moscow. In 1817 that event still retained The to a c next kire s day, a i y n , e o Lord the charm o f nove lty. L or d By ron t oo k our friend with the must ac hi o s a nd m ilit ary a i r f or the Byronwtathe the fugitive edm fr o e m the honour objecto of commencement the greatestof our friendship. esteem ad He was b r e e s p e e o c n t e t e o a a ed l of u s I that one . evening,t stmu nor, o n ha o t w eve ques tion I do not recollect, he gave us incidentally to understand that he was entitled to carry the point with a high hand, seeing that he was a nobleman, and a peer to boot. This little sally of impertinence did not escape rebuke. Mon signor de Breme immediately quoted the anec dote told of the Marechal de Castries, who, iiri sence to the arguments of d'Alembert, exclaimed , patient at the deference once shown in his pre ' A pretty fellow, that, to attempt to reason — a man who has scarcely a thousand crowns a-year.' Some of our friends, it must be con fessed, thought Lord Byron somewhat haughty, eccentric in manner, and, indeed, a little timbre. It was amusing enough to hear him, one even ing, defending himself, with great warmth, against what he termed an attack upon his cha racter, made by some journal or other, wherein he was compared to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He worked himself up to a violent passion, in sisting that there was nowhere the slightest re semblance between them. The true reason for all this bluster, a reason which he took good care not even to hint at, was, that Jean-Jacques had once been a servant. The mind of Lord ts ß iti r y eo r t o lig n dley r a e a s e so m fh b ihs l es t ie h nl a of Rousseau being constantly aenodasotfantye effectoccupied n nothing ip rodproduced e s t d r ) by him on others. Hence his marked dislike to Shakspeare : sometimes, even, I am tempted to believe that he despised him, for having, in the Noble Bard's opinion, condescended to meta morphose himself into Shylock, the vile Jew of Venice, or into Jack Cade, the vulgar de magogue. Lord Byron piqued himself on his conquests with the women. His vanity on this head was egregious, but harmless. At Milan , and espe cially at Venice, some months afterwards , his fine eyes and hair, and the eclat of his name, had their effect on several very young, noble, and certainly very pretty women. One of them, to my knowledge, travelled upwards of one hundred miles to be present at a masked ball to which Byron had been invited. He was by some means aware of it, and either from pride or timi dity, took not the least notice of her. " He's a clown,' she exclaimed, on her return home. Passion had certainly its share in the composi tion of his soul ; but owing to the effect pro duced on him by all the affectation and littlenesses of civilization, his attentions were directed exclu sively to that kind of woman, even in good so ciety, in whose eyes the wealth and rank of an admirer form his greatest merit. Not contented with endeavouring to be thought the handsomest man in England, Lord Byron had serious pretensions to being the best dressed and most fashionable. When in his character of a Dandy, it was with a deep thrill of admiration and of jealousy that he pronounced the name of Brumtnel. " That man," he would frequently remark, " was the arbiter elegantia rum, the monarch of the fashionable world, from 1796 to 1810." On these occasions, when personal beauty was not the theme of his dis course, he would contrive, very adroitly, to turn the conversation to the subject of high birth. When the folly of birth or of personal appear ance was not dominant with Lord Byron, he would suddenly reassume his character of a great poet and man of sense. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. 1 Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. Ter Quarter. Callisle Hexham Nlorpeth Penrith , Sheffield Winchester S. to s. S. to s. 60 33 60 70 36 42 68 72 36 40 64 I 31 68 26 58 65 32 35 B.d. 8. d. 8. d. 5. (1. 66 73 39 46 7(1 90 48 54 96 99 64 66 70 93 36 46 98 99 56 60 74 79 36 39 90 100 46 50 S. tO S. 22 27 22 27 24 22 22 24 s. d. s. d. 16 19 36 40 36 39 33 4 0 38 47 20 24 22 26 Per Bushel. Carmarthen...—,, Coventry Newcastle (Staff.) Nortliallerton Swansea Warwick Per 8011. Barnardcastle Durham Richmond Stockton '206 21 0 90 100 15 o 18 6 9 0 10 6 117 3 210 94 100 ;166 180 96 100 66 74 56 76 58 90 54 70 Beans, 5. s. 41 34 37 42 46 s. d. s. d. 00 00 56 60 53 56 56 60 62 66 00 00 73 76 0 0 11 0 10 6 12 0 86 90 ,0 0 00 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-Aug. 24. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk -s. 535. to 61s. fine 645. Lin. and Cam. -s. 535. to tits- fine 645. Yorkshire -s. 575. to 625. fine 645. - White -s. 595. to 655. fine 675. - Foreign, Red -s. 488. to 565. fine 625. White... ......... ...-s. -s. to -s. fine 665. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 32s. to 345. fine 375. - Lincolnshire 318. to 3Ss. line 40s. -- Yorkshire Wold 365. to 395. fine 40s. - Foreign -s. to -s. fine -s. Beans, Small -- Tick 335. to 355. tine 36s Oats, Potato 22s. to 245. fine 255. - Poland -s. 203. to 235. fine 241. - Friezland and Small -s. 17s to 228. fine 235. - Mealing I Id. to 12 1 ,4 d. per Stone. Shelling 2ss. to 2Ss. Od. per Load. Malt 34s. 435. fine 465. per Load. Rapeseed 23/. Os. 251. Os. 271. Os. per Last. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley Oats. Beans. iMtmeas. --, ---- Aberdeen ...... 50 58 25 28 18 22 30 31 8erwiek............ 48 49 22 22 15 233 2 2 24 34 37 Coldstream 46 50 23 25 16 18 22 23 Cupar ..............., 68 71 30 34 22 25 27 29 —• Dundee 60 72 34 35 21 24 29 30 Elgin .........--. 60 62 28 30 18 21 23 30 -.. .... Inv er n ess—... 57 60 30 32 20 24 23 30 46 Kelso ---- 50 53 24 26 17 18 23 25 Kirka1dy......... 40 45 27 39 25 32 45 48 43 44 Perth 65 72 30 35 24 26 26 30 /L.,a. -- . The size of the measure varies throughout the eauntrY. EDINBIJR We had a small the sales in general Wheat. First B4s Od Second Third 67s Oil GUI CORN MARK supply of all kinds were rather better. Barley. Oats. 384 Od 2.8 s 84 374 (ki 265 Od 36s Od 24s Od E.:T.—Aug. of Grain Pease. 35s Od 34s Od 328 Od to-day, and Beans. 33s Od 3-18 Od 321 Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per lb. Os. 3:11.. to Os , 7d. Fresh Butter, lb. s. 10d. to Is. Od. Mutton 0 4 0 6 Salt Ditto...—«, 0 9 010 Veal 0 5 0 8 Ditto, per cu t. 0 0 78 0 l'ork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doe. 0 8 0 0 Lamb, per qr. 0 9 3 0 OatStrawikp'.)lo 6 11 0 Fallow, cwt.... 33 0 35 0 Wheat Ditto...lo 6 11 0 Quarters Loaf 0 9 010 Barley Ditto 0 0 10 0 Potatoes, 17-11 b. 0 4 0 0 Hay, per 0 7 1 0 EDINBURGH MEA The supply of Oatmeal at tl and sold heavily, at last week's Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £l 17 0 Second ditto 1 15 0 Barleymeal 1 13 0 Peasent eal 1 6 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. la GLASGOW CORN Our Grain market continues dul Wheat, per 2.10113. s. d. s. d. British, old 250t030 0 MA RKET.—Ang. 22. 1, with little alteration in prices. Oats. per 2641 b. .. d. s. d. Irish l4 0 to I 6 British —o —0 Beans, per 2601 b. I English Scottish Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1401 b l5 0 16 0 Flour, per 2801 b 4B 0 50 0 new 300 330 Canada, free 2'7 0 29 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English — 0 C Scottish 2B 0 30 0 Irish CORNWALL MARKETS. TRURO—Wheat (average} 245. 9J.—Barley, 13s.—Oats, 9s. 6d. ST. AusTem.—Wheat, —s. to 25s.—Barley, —s. to 12s.—Oat', Os. to N. 3d. PENZANCE—Wheat, 265. to 29.1.—Barley, —s. to 13s.—Oats, Os. to !?s. 111.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Pork, Od. to Butter, 10d. per lb. . - LA UN CESTON—•W heat (average) 21s. o.l.—Barley,llB.3(l.—Oats, 7s, 01—Beef, sd.—Mutton, 6d. Lisfmattn—Wheat, —s. to 21s. 6d.—Barley, 13s. 6d.--Oats, O. to 86. Ocl. Bonsori—Wheat (average)4s. Od.—Barley, 12s. 6d.—Oats, 9s HELSTON—Wheat, 255. 6d.—Barley, 14s Od. ST. COLUM B— Wheat, 245. to 25s.—Barley, 12s. to 13s.—Beef, and Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Lamb. Od. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday 2,897 0 Quantity .of fine 212 4 Average Produce 7% 0 Amount of Sale, 15,4471. 17s. 6d.—Average Standard, 1101. 75.0 d. It is understood that all future creations of Peers will be confined to persons of considerable fortune. In consequence of many branches of the Nobility being with out known addresses in London (except nominally, at public hotels, &c.), inconveniences awl disappointments have arisen to Royalty itself, its invitations (which take the shape of commands) having been repeatedly neglected, delayed, &c. Hence, also, many exposures and revelations, which have thrown disgrace on the Peerage, and which, as we have already stated, will confine new creations to persons of real wealth.— Court Journal. We are told that in the service of plate of G. W. TAYLOR, Esq., M.P., are " a shovel, tongs, and poker, of solid silver." And what of that? At Dunham Massy, in Cheshire, the seat of the Earl of STAMFORD, the very commonest utensils in the house are silver, and this plenitude of the precious metal arose from a bequest i th! will of one of his Lordship's ancestors that some 2,000/. or 3,0001. per annum should be appropriated ex clusively to the purchase of articles of silver plate. Sheffield Mercury. A GOOD SHOT.—Friday last Mr. JAMES EASTMAN killed five out of a covey of seven wild ducks, at , o e shot, on Parkhouse estate, adjoining Southmolton.,..... Western Luminary. DREADFUL MORTALITY AT PLYMOUTH. .—(Extract of a Letter.)—The family of Captain 1.---- have suffered severely from the prevailing pestilence. Mrs. L—, and three of her children, were the first victims. The following day the daughter of the nurse called at the house, became suddenly indisposed, and soon after expired. Toe second son returned from sea the next day, and while rendering assistance to his distressed family, took the hor rible malady, and in a few hours was no more. Th e nurse was the next person that died. Since then the hasof the eded daughtersanothe has a t s o r t e h c i o s ve f r r e i d g frightful list . a n tack of the cho!era. At the same place Dr. CARNE, who deaths, an s succeeded Dr. HAY{ XER , di ed last week, as did also Mr. C AREE , two days after , leaving a large family. In Cam bridge-street,one one of the finest and most airy streets, and quite detached from the town, twenty were lying dead in one day. The cases in Plymouth alone have been 1,5001 and 600 deaths. Mrs. WYATT, at the brewhouse, and her servant, were attacked with the fatal complaint, sad d ed within a few hours. BIRTHS. The Lady Sussex Lennox, of a still-born child. On the 27th inst. the lady of S. Haines, Esq., of Judd-street , of a daughter. On the 2:ld inst. a t S pr i ng house, Merton, Surrey, the lady of William Richardson, Esq., of twin daughters, still-born. On the 54th inst. a t M argate, the lady of H. Thompson, Esq. of a daughter. chOesntetrh,eof a son.inst.lstha, Mrs. Thomas Swindells, King-street, M'" MARRIED. On the 25th inst. at St. Margaret's, Lothbury, Mr. Benjarilin Baines, of Lothbury, to Mary Ann, only daughter of the le. Mr. Thomas Bristow,' , of Hoxton, and granddaughter of th e Rev. Edward Bristowe, late of Edwinstowe, N o tti ng h ams hire. On the 2:3d inst. at Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, by the a' Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, Thomas, second son of the la te Fdward Sherwood Esq., of Purley, Berks, to Charlotte, O il , daughter of Mr. Hutchins, of the former place. DIED. • On the 22d inst. at Heathffeld, Staffordshire, Ann Watt, re ., lict of the late James Watt, Esq., in her 39th year. On the 25th inst. in Guilford-street, Elizabeth, widow of tb e late Thomas Edwards, of Coleman-street, Esq. On the 23d inst. after a few hours' illness, of the cholera, Sara h ' second danghter of Mr. Macdonald, of Blackfriars'-road. On the 23d inst. in the 29th year of his age, William Hei r " third son of Mr. Charles Ingall, of Upper Thames-street, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUN (4. Jor To/I SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LDNDOM. MARKET.—Aug. 21. its day's market was middling, prices. Per Stone or 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £0 2 0 Second ditto Barleymeal 0 1 10 Peasemeal .-2d, 155.-3(1.208.—Pea11 244.