The Sun. — London, England, 1832-08-20 00:00:00

. • • .4 LEEDS MEETING in FAVOUR of the POLES• (From the Leeds Mercury.) On Thursday, at noon, a numerous and highly respect able meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds was held at the Court-house, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of presenting an address to the King, praying him to interpose the influence of the British Government with the Emperor of Russia in behalf of the oppressed and persecuted Polish people. The meeting was convened by the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition to him. Owing to the unavoidable absence of the Mayor, W. H e y, Esq., who was called out of town by his professional duties, the Chair, nn the motion of John Clapham, seconded by the Rev. Dr. Hutton, was taken by W. 0 - burn, jun., Esq. The CHAIRMAN said, since I was able to think at all, I have always felt deeply fur the fate of Poland.—(Hear.) I believe that from the period of the first formation of the Europein Republic, no such shameless violations of inter national law have occurred as have been perpetrated in the several p trtitions of Poland.—(Cheers.) Mr. TOTTIE said, the subject before them involved a dilemma. On the one hand, those who had been instru mental in calling the meeting might be accused of urging the Government to go to war ; and on the other, it might he urged that it was an interference on their part with the rights of foreign nations. With respect to war, he had always been the advocate of peace, and was so at the time when the French war commenced ; but that war was a popular war, it was the doing of the people themselves. If it was right, they had the feeling to enable them to bear those burthens ; if it was wrong, they should be content to suffer for their own errors. That was one hide of the dilemma. With respect to interference with foreign na tions, he was as adverse to it as any man in the country in the form of warlike interference ; but in the form of ne gotiation or representation they surely had a right to in terfere with regard to such contracts and matters as were set forth in treaties, to which nations were parties as well as themselves; and so far only would he be an advocate for that interference on the present occasion as to protest ar,ain , t and endeavour to stop the proceedings of the Em peror of Russia, as infractions of the treaty of Vienna ; and in that mode only it was that he would urge the mea sure by the address which he should have the honour to propose to them. Count LADISLAS DE PLATER then rose, and was re ceived with enthusiastic cheering. He said, Gentlemen', we are at present assembled for one of the most important objects, involving the welfare of twenty millions of Poles, who are the victims of an unheard-of persecution, of the most abominable treatment.—( Cheers.) It is scarcely possible to conceive how, in the eighteenth century, a whole nation of twenty million inhabitants, speaking the Came language, having the same religion, the same love fur their country, could be in the most atrocious way cut to pieces, and divided between three Foreign Powers, who had no right over Poland except the right of the strongest, of the most insatiable despots.—(Loud cheers.) The his tory of Poland is a most beautiful picture cf a nation who have made the most heroic efforts for the preserva tion, not only of their own happiness, but of the wel fare of all Europe.—(Hear, hear.) Who has preserved European Christendom, if not the Poles, with their gal lant King Sobieski, who certainly did not expect, that af , er having raised Austria from annihilation, she would in 1;75 assist Russia in her robbery of Poland, and in 1831 break in f ,your of Russia the strictest neutrality-, and in 1 832 deprive the Polish refugees even of an asylum? Polish history is the most extraordinary picture of human changes—it is the most astonishing reverse from liliHty to oppression. from heroism to misfortune.—(Cheers). The whole of Poland consists of four rich and extensive provinces—the late Duchy of Warsaw, or the kingdom of Poland—the Lithuanian provinces—the Duchy of Posen—anal the province of Gallicia. The partition of Poland was brought about by the secret influence of Russia—by her treachery and intrigues—her most dangerous arms, and the active assistance of Prussia and Austria. Poland was never conquered—(Loud cheets)—even in the late war welt Russia, the brave Polish army did not offer any sub mission to Russia, and preferred to take refuge in Prussia, after having lost the chance to continue the strugg'e with success.—(Cheers.) Toe great European Powers, after the dismemberment of Poland, found it necessary to fix the future existence of this unfortunate country by a so lemn treaty, which was concluded at Vienna in 1815 The substance was, that the whole of Poland was to enjoy national institutions and representation, and the kingdom of Poland (the late Duchy of Warsaw) was to be bound to Russia by its Constitution, which was one of the most liberal Constitutions. This treaty was signed by the Ple- • nipotentiaries of the great European Powers, and by Lord Castlereagh on the part of Great Britain.—(Hear, hear.) But what has been the result of this guarantee of Pulish freedom ? During the successive fifteen years not a single part of the Constitution has been observed ; no one na tional institution given ; and, what is more disgusting, the very national institutions which were in existence be fore the treaty of Vienna were taken away, and Poland sacrificed to the most cruel military tyranny of the Grand Duke Constantine. In this stare of misery and political degradation Poland manifested heroic patience during 15 years; after which it was, indeed, beyond human patience to wait longer. And after so many years of most cruel oppression, Poland rose to vindicate her rights—to be free and independent.—(Cheers.) There are no sacrifices that she has not submitted to—no effort that she has not made. Old men, women, and children—every one ha joined most bravely in the national struggle. Every where the same efforts, the same love of the country ; and if the brilliant victories of Poland did not longer continue, We must ascribe it to the indifference of some powers who guaranteed the Polish nationality, and who did not pre vent the shameful secret assistance given by Prussia to Russia...—(Hear.) At present the barrier between bar barism and civilization—between liberty and oppression, it destroyed.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Will you believe, gesseleinen, that at this very moment, many thou eslnd iitizens are sent, in the most atrocious way, attached to a bar of iron, on foot, on their way to Siberia —that infants are torn from the it parents and sent by thousands, boys to the Military Schools, and girls to the rratnufaetorie4, in the interior of Russia, where they lose for ever their nationality—that even the women are sent to Siberia--that many mothers, in their despair, have plunged the dagger into their infants' breasts, and have with the same dagger killed themselves—that those un heard-of cruelties are perpetrated without any considera tion for age, for sex, or the rank of the inhabitants—that great numbers of this unfortunate people die on their way in consequence of the most barbarous treatment—that Poland in a very short time will be peopled by the Russians, and Siberia by the Poles—that the language, reli;ion, civiliza tion, are destroyed, many of the churches in ruins, many occupied by the Russian priests—the universities and the schools abolished—military tribunals established—all for tunes confiscated, and Polish villages peopled by the Rus sian peasantry, committing the most atrocious enormities —that by Russian intrigues the greatest part of the Polish army, who had taken refuge in Prussia, wa4, after many murders, compelled to return to Poland, and then sent to Siberia, or compelled to be common soldiers in the gp o ian regiments fur all their lives.—(Shame, shame ) This is the wretched state of Poland, perishing un ger the despotism of Russia. And what hope can we sae fur her futnee recovery, if the free Governments of Curor will not put a stop to those cruelties?—(Cheers.) Will Groat Britain forget her most solemn guarantee ct Polish liberty? Will Great Britain suffer such a viola tion of a treaty---a destruction of a whole nation? No ! She has too strong sentiments of honour and dignity; too much the friend of liberty ; and too powerful to suffer such an indignity. What guarantee can you have fur the welfare of Europe, what security for liberty, if the anti liberal powers will eo (as they are going) fo rward in their system of oppression ? The fall of German liberty, of this hope of the future general freedom, is the be;inning of this atrocious crusade against the happiness of the people.—(Cheers.) Every day the influence of those anti liberal powers is stronger—every day they are advancing in their unholy alliance, and are nearer France and Grua! Britain.—(Hear.) What will they do, if this tyrannica* system, this moral cholera, shall come to France ? Per haps it will be too late for Great Britain, and fur the saf-ty of her liberty.—(Loud and continued cheers.) The Rev. JAMES FAWCETT would beg leave to second the mot:on• Mr. EDWARD BRINES, jun. moved the second resolu tion. He said it is needless for me, after what you have heard from Count Piarer, to speak of the partitions cf Poland, when surrounding despots tore her limb from limb—cr . her partial re-establishment under Napoleon and by the treaty of Vienna—or of the violation of her Con stitution by the brutal tyranny of the Grand Duke C,,n stantine.—(Hear, hear.) Nor need I remind you of the heroic struggle made by that hiah-minded and lion-hearted people to break their chains. Their gallant exploits are fresh in our memories—how they often attacked and de feated three or four times their own number of the inva ders not wanting in courage or discpline, and fought with .uch prowess, that for every Pole stretched on the earth there were generally five Russians laid beside him. Surely every exertion which our Government can make, short of war, ought to be put forth, in order that our honour and character may be saved. If I were to relate to you the exploits of Vie gallant Poles during the late contest, the narrative would scarcely he credited ; in fact, * We may observe, that Count Plater never before corn. vosecl in the English language.—ED, 1. all that is recorded i❑ the ancient annals of chivalry was equalled by the achievements of that people, and the plainest relation of facts would appear to be an improbable romance. I may mention that the gallant Count on my right is a member of an ancient family in Lithuania, and one of that chivalrous and accomplished Nobility who per formed the duties both of legislators and soldiers—(Cheers) seaieil one day as d representative in the Diet, and the next in his saddle ; to-day using ' the arms of eloquence, and to-morrow using the sabre ; joining in all the im p irtant deliberations of the Legi.lature, and then springing to arms, and engaging bravely and conspicuously in all the desp•-rate conflicts with the invaders.—(Loud cheers.) But in the family of Count Plater there was a still more illus trious example of the pure and lofty patriotism which aiii • mated the Polish Nold'ity. The Countess Emily Plater, a young unmarried lady, of beauty, wealth, and accom plishments, rose with her gallant brothers, organised the peasantry on her Lithuanian estates, and led them on, armed only with scythes, against the trained battalions of Russia.—(Cheers.) Forgetting the softness of her sex, she mounted the war horse; she endured the severe hard ships of a partisan warfare ; she emulated the exploits of the boldest chieftains ; she appeared in the front of her troops and in the thickest of the fight; she defeated and captured Russian Generals and their detachments (Cheers.) In short, there is nut in history, in all Greek or Roman fame, anything to equal the achievement of this extraordinary woman. At length, receiving no efficient support from the Polish army, and her troops worn out by repeated conflicts, she was compelled to yield to over whelming numbers. Disguised as a peasant, she set out on foot through a country occupied by the enemy, to reach Warsaw ; but, overcome by fatigue, privations, and anxiety, she sickened on the road ; she laid her tender frame on a pallet, in a rude hut of a frontier village of Lithuania; being attired as a peasant, and not daring to reveal her rank, she suffered the want of all those atten tion: which her sex and her habits of life rendered indis pensable ; and in that situation she languished and died, leaving a name which history will hand down to the fondest admiration of posterity.—[An extraordinary sen sation was produced by this wonderful but authentic nar rative, and at the conclusion the audience gave vent to their admiration in the loudest burst of applause.] Mr. JOHN FOSTER, of the Leeds Patriot, approved of the resolution, and, as far as respected himself, should with great pleasure ope❑ his office for the reception of the ad dress. Mr. S. SMITH, surgeon, felt himself highly honoured in being called upon to second the motion. Mr. SMITHSON st tted that the question before the meeting was one of great importance; it was whether the Govern ments of Europe should be Governments of dictation or deleptior. If the Poles are ever to be governed by dele gation they must unite. He highly approved of the pro ceedings that had been brought forward. Mr. RICHARDSON said—l have been required to move the 3,1 Resolution. Allow me to urge upon your attentio❑ the dreadful wrongs which the Nobleman before you has suffered i❑ his own person and family—wrongs which, from the excellence of our own institutions, we, as Eng lishmen, can never be called upon to endure. Remember we have a duty to perform for Poland, when we contem plate her ruined institutions as a nation, as well as the sufferings of her sons, driven to exile and wretchedness in the wilds of Siberia, by the tyrmny of a Despot. have we not a right to interfere as a nation to mitigate those wrongs? Without discussing the policy of our going to war, we have ungsiestionably the right of interference by existing treaties, unless it be contended that national treaties are entered into to protect the thrones of monarchs when they play the despot.—(Hear, hear.) They are, or they certainly ought to be, powerful to secure the liberties of the nation and the rights of mankind. Mr. Richardso then moved the third resolution, and concluded by c Wing upon the meeting to express that sense of the valour and patriotism of the Poles, and that sympathy in their suf ferings, which the resolution so eloquently expressed. Mr. CUMMINS said, it is with peculiar satisfaction that I second the motion just made. The motion of thanks to Count Plater was carried by acclamation, and with several rounds of cheers. Count PLATER returned thanks. The Ms , . Dr.Tr-rol4 said—Mr. Chairman, the ob ject of the meeting has been fully accomplished. The triumph of the feeling which has cal'ed us together is com plete. No one who has witnessed the proceedings of the day, and the cordial reception which has been given to this illustrious stranger, can doubt of the strong sympathy which this British audience feels in the wrongs and suffer ings of Poland.—(Hear, hear.) What remains is mere matter of form. The Rev. Gentleman concluded with moving the 4th resolution. Mr. JOHN CLAPHAM seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. Osburn, his conduct in the Chair, and the meeting separated. The Portsea parish officers are busy in making returns of the number of borough voters, who, in their estimation, are eligible upon the face of their poor-rate books to be entitled to a vote. From the belt view they can give of it 850 will be the extent of the qualifications. —Hampshire Telegraph. The Marine Artillery force which embarked from this port, under the command of Major Parke, in the Tyne, has lie,n transferred from that ship to the Romney troop ship, at the Cove of Curk —Hampshire Telegraph. A model of Mr. W. BATTEN'S patent com pressor, for checking and stopping chain cables, has been exhibited here within these few days. It appears a most effectLatl invention for the purpose, and to.acc,mipanied with any danger : it is fitted on the under part of the combings of the hatchway, and can he managed by one luau. The Isis, Madagascar, and Rifleman are fitted with it, and Sir T. STAINES, Captain LYONS, and Cap. tain MITCHELL, speak in their certificates in the highest terms of its use and efficacy. The IVater Witch and Zephyr yachts are also fitted with it, as well as the Ver non frigate and Snake brig. Its fitment is nut expen sive, and it is ev.-ry way worthy the attention of naval men.—Hampshire Telegraph. NAVY AGENTS.—A clause has been intro duced into the Act of Parliament fur abolishing the Navy and Victualling Boards, which is of great importance to naval officers, though we do not find that it ,has yet attracted general notice. By the old regulations Navy Agerits were only permitted to charge sixpence in the pound as their commission for transacting the business of their clients, but the clause alluded to autLorises a further charge for extra trouble, the amount of whch is left to be determined by the agent alone, unless an agreement is en tered into beforehand. We hear that the naval officers i❑ this neighbourhood are about to forward a remonstrance to the Admiralty against this enactment.—Devonpurt Telegraph. _ _ CRoPs.—Harvest has commenced in this neighbourhood, and will bt.. pretty general in a week or ten days. Nothing car. * xceed the promising aspect the crops present throughout the whole country; and, it is confidently expt.cted, that the harvest generally will be one of the most abundant we have had for many years. Kendal Chronicle. Fine fresh salmon was this week offered at 4d. per lb. at Carmarthen, the apprehensions of cholera having operated so far as to induce several persons to de cline purchasing. The town is quite healthy.— Cambrian. A sword fish, of a large size, was caught at the Old Passage on Monday se'nnight.—Cambrian. THE HARVEST.—The weather continues re markably favourable, and as a consequence the operations ol the farmer are carried on with great activity. The grain ripens rapidly, and in a week's time will probably be nearly entirely fit for the sickle. In this neh , libourhood shearing has already commenced with several farmers, an I on Monday last we saw a great quantity housed near Great Salkeld; but instances of this kind can only as yet he rare to any extent. Wages, however, we are sorry to say, are not likely to be so good as are usually obtained during seas ,ns such as the present. In some places in the country, we are told, so abundant is the supply of labour ers, that only a shilling a day, without victuals, is oh obtained by able labourers at shearing ! In Carlisle the general wages are Is. Gil., Is. 9d., and sometimes, but rarely, 2s. per day without victuals; but owing to the prevalence of cholera in the city, there is an abject on among farmers to come here for shearers, and very few of them are seen at our Cross in the mornings, which is not, in comequl•nce, so great a resort for shearers as formerly. —Carlisle Journal. MELANCHOLY DEATHS FROM CHOLERA. —On Monday, the 6th instant, a lady and gentleman came in a gig to the Rumbling Bridge Inn, in the parish of Muckhdrt, Perthshire. On alighting at the inn they stated that they had come from Perth, and that both felt An express was sent t.) Dollar for a surgeon, who, on his arrival, found them both labouring under cholera. In spite of every effort the gentleman died early the next morning, after enduring the greatest suffering, and the lady (his sister) died on Friday morning. Their sufferings were so continuous that there was little opportunity for inquiring who they were. The gentleman's name was WHITCHURCH, and the lady's, Louisa. It is supposed that they came from England to procure ground for shoot ing. Their pony, gig, money, &c., are in safe keeping till claimed by their relatives.—Edinburgh Paper. ' J ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS MORNING•) NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LANc 4srrit, AUG. 18. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. SARAH SEVERN V. CHARLES BALDWIN BROWN. Mr. TOMLINSON opened the proceedings by stating that this was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. F. POLLOCK stated the plaintiff's case. He read the letters, which Le said must be a matter of extreme re gret to all, even to those most experienced in human de pravity ; but that the defendant should have allowed those circumstances to be stated in a coutt of justice was a matter of greater astonishment, and showed how little shame the defendant felt in the matter bring published to the world. At the age of 17, he proposed to marry her. He was received, and permitted to pay those attentions, on the solemn promise of marriage ; hut the melancholy and unhappy termination was, that instead of becoming h's lawful wife, she became his mistress, and the fruit of the connection were several children. Under the pretence of marrying her, he took her from her mother's roof, and when they returned to the house, he pto. fessed to have married her, and declared that she was his lawful wife. He told her his father ex pected him to marry another lady, and therefore wished it to be kept secret till the death of his father, when he would proudly avow her his wife in the face of the whole world. When his father died his promises were put to the test, but satiated with beauty, he deserted her, and she now sought to obtai❑ from the Jury that reparation to which she was entitled for the violation of his promise. It was necessary that he should lay before the Jury one or two of the defendant's letters, and he was sorry to state that in one of them was a passage of a darker and blacker dye than be had ever seen disclosed on the civil side of a court of justice. The letter was without date, but he believed it had been written some time in March, 1831. It com menced thus : " My ever dearest dear :—I have sent thee half a strike of malt and some other things.—My dear, my heart jumped for joy when I see you know what (alluding to the child), and we must for ever be very cautious. When you write again send me word about every thing. I have sent you a little money in the malt, which I know you will spend as frugal as you c in, for know, my dear wench, here is that man to pay at Newport five pounds for you know what ; and there will be Mrs. Purcell's rent before it be long; so Heaven knows how the money must be raised. My dear, you don't signify what is to be dime, as it won't lie in my power to be always helping you out. Now don't you think it will be far better to get the child out to nurse, and you get a situation somewhere, and thy poor mother to he got somewhere, as the rer t of the house will maintain the child well, as you well know ; it is mere nonsense of thee stopping at home to nurse the child ; it will never do; and I see no chance of your get ting employ where you are ; so, my dear, it is of no use you thinking that I want to get you out of the way, and all this, that, and the other, for my love and affections are andsfor ever will be the same ; but if you will look at the thing in a write light, you must consider it useless for you both spending your time in such a way as stop ping to take care of the child : in short, it must and will be far. better for you to get into some situation, and not to trifle your time away again. I begin to see the error very much of such conduct--so we must endeavour to establish our characters again, and pray to God to bless us both and to forgive us all our past sins; and I make no doubt, with good conduct and soliciting God's blessing, thee will make a good prosperous woman yet ; but it is no use of thee thinking of dragging thy poor mother and child about the country with you—that will never do—the expense is to great for me to support. It must be done in the way I say, and pray state your opinion on the business when you write again, which let it be till the latter end of next week first, and don't you think what I have said to be any ways hard, for I well know it must come to it; therefore, my dear, think thy beat of it, for there can be no excuse now ; and when you think properly about the thing, you will find all right. So must conclude with bless thee for ever, bless thee—you have been a true and sincere dear friend to me, and I never can think of doing too muca for thee. God bless you, God bless you—good bye until I see you again. Pray don't make thyself the least uneasy, for I hope all will be right. Say how you ate off for potatoes." Sometimes ti ere was a strange mixture of the ridicu lous with the pathetic, and here with all these blessings the defendant said, " How are you off for potatoes?"—(A laugh.) The defendant, although in good circumstances, and able to satisfy the poor girl, was extremely avaricious, and loved to keep his money. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read another letter written by the de fendant, which commenced thus— " Dear Sarah—l am happy to hear that all is over, and I will pledge thee my word it never will he the like again with thee by me—sorry, truly sorry it has so hap pened ; now exceedingly obliged to Mr. Clay for his kindness, and I will send you a little game for him before long. Be By informs me about getting the child in the Quaker's foundling. I should have been happy so to do, but have not it in my power; it is a deal of money to give on an uncertainty, and I have not been very fortu nate of late ; therefore cannot do it." Mr. PoLLocx then proceeded to read the remainder of the letter : " I shall pray for the good Lord to take it to his foundling, where it will be better provided for. The better way for you to do will be to dry nurse it imme diately, and I will see for a good nurse for it somewhere in the neighbourhood of Stafford ; and when I have met with a place that will do, I will write to you immediately and send you word where the child must be brought, and you must get Bessy to come with it, as there his coaches that corms through Stafford to Liverpool, and many in the course of the day, but I shall write to you every par ticular in the next, and you must be sure send it to the time I appoint. Be sure, dear Sarah, to dry nurse it itn inedi itely. But pi ay God think of it, and take it out of this troublesome world, as there is nothing but daily trou bles. I am sure I don't know the day when I re ceived any pleasant news ; every thing seems going against me. I hope to God you will put your trust in the good Lord, and pray fervently to him to assist you in your undertaking, for I sin sure it will be the last effort I shall have it in my power to do for you; but may God in Heaven look down on thy poor innocent child, and take it before long into his blessed kingdom." Goad God (said the Learned Gentleman), is this the man upon whom the sun shall shine, and to whom the earth shall be fruitful ? Is this the language that a man should addre,s to the mother of his own child at the mo. ment that she was entitled to his kindest sympathy? The Learned Gentleman concluded by declaring, that never since he held a brief in a Court of Justice, did he feel so deeply interested in a case; and he trusted the Jury would co❑sult their own hearts and feelings and say to what da mages this young woman was entitled. Miss Severn, the plaintiff's eldest sister, in November, 1828, received a letter from Mr. Brown, requesting her to procure a situation for her sister Sarah, or a school, that she might be instructed, as he wished to make her his wife, and he did not wish her to live in idleness at home. The witness and her sister then opened a shop, but they were unsuccessful in business. Mr. Brown et that time lived at Church Aston, in Shropshire, and visited them twice while they resided in Liverpool, when the plaintiff became frequent in his visits. The defendant admitted that he had seduced her, and said he intended to make her his wife as soon as he could bring things round with his father. She asked him why he di l not marry her then, and he said if he did his father would cut him off with a shilling. He then went down on his knees, and wished the earth might open and the clouds fall down upon him if he did not marry tier as soon as he could arrange with his father. A few weeks after the plaintiff was delivered of a child, which died when it was a month old. At the second visit wit ness asked him when he intended to marry her sist r, and he said as soon as lie could, and she said lie was quite old enough to marry when he liked. He was then upwards of forty. Her sister bad some words with him on one occasion, and said she was quite tired of that situation of life, anti would go to service, and refrain from that course of life in which she was ; he seemed very much hurt, and made gruat fuss for her not to do so, and said he would marry her as soon as he possibly could. • . Cross-examined by Mr. WILLLAMs—Her sister got 701. which Mr. Stanley brought her, and he Yentured to give her 101. more. Her sister asked lor 201. more, when Mr. Stanley produced a paper for her to sign, which she would not sign unless the defendant sent 20/. more in the course of the week, paid her bills, and undertook to main tain lnr two children at ss. a week each. Mr. Stanley said he had no more money with him that he could spare. Mr. Brown paid 1001. to enable her sister to go into the shop at Liverpool in 1'829. He sent her a little money when she was at Shrewsbury. Mr. WI Li.iams, for the defendant, said the jury's duty was to award such damages to the plaintiff as would compen sate her for the loss she had sustained in not being married to a man of so vile and so diabolical a character as had been described by bis Learned Friend. In alluding to the defendant's letter, which he commenced with talking about a strike of malt, he observed how great must have been his attachment when he could commence his love epistle by talking of a strike of malt, and after running through his love rhapsodies, concluded by asking his dear Sarah " how she was off for potatoes.''..—(Great laughter.) The Learned Counsel said, he remembered in the famous case of Mrs. Clarke many years ago, that in one of the late Duke of York's letters, among other inquiries, his Royal Highness asked about the price of potatoes. In advert ing to the alleged promise of marriage, he asked, could the Jury put any other construction upon the matter than that an illicit connection had been formed between the parti-s, of which both of them were tired. The Jury, after consulting together a few minutes, in quired the amount of damages laid in the declaration ? Mr. Baron BOLLAND said they were laid at two hundred pounds. The foreman asked whether two hundred pounds was the maximum of what they could give?—The Junc E re replied that it was. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of two hun dred pounds. The defendant, who is a stout man, having the appear ance of a farmer, with a venerable gray head, was in Court, and seemed to take great interest in the proceedings. THE ROYAL VISIT TO WALES.—BEAU MARIS, Aun. 16.—We are making preparations to cele- , hrate the birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT to-morrow, who has endeared herself to all the neighbourhood by her condescending affable manner, and by her many acts of charity. In order to hand down to posterity the honour conferred on the Beaunaaris Eisteddfod by the presence of Royalty, and as a testimonal of their Royal Highness' approbation of our National Festival, an order his been sent to Mr. ECUs, Medalist to the Royal Cambrian Institution, London, to prepare twenty-five extra silver medals, with the arms of the Duchess of KENT on one side, and on the other the following inscription : " Presented at the Beaumaris Eisteddfod by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of KENT and Princess VICTORIA." —The‘e badges of merit are to be given by their Royal Highnesses to the successful candidates for the prizes, in addition to those already advertised. There is also a most elegant silver gilt large medal ordered, which will be awarded during the Meeting to the successful bard for the hest stanzas on a subject which will be hereafter proposed. Our bards are very fond of writing on the spur of the moment, which they do with great facility. The polite and very gentlemanly demeanour of Sir JOHN CONROY, and his readiness to make the wishes of the inhahitanti know❑ to her Royal Higness, are universally eulogized ; as is also the liberal and spirited conduct of our Presideut, Sir R. B. WILLIAMS BULKELEY, who has subscribed 100/. towards the expenses of the Eisteddfod. The LORD CHANCELLOR IS now on a visit to his venerable mother and his sister, wile are inhabitants of his Lordship's seat at Brougham Hall, in the county of Westmorland, where considerable improvements in that ancient mansion are in progress, under his Lordship's im mediate direction. Lord BROUGHAM'S stay in the North depends upon circumstances. His time, however, will in part be occupied in drawing up judgments in various causes connected with the Court of Chancery, which were promised by his Lordship at the last sitting of the Court. The Right Hon. and Most Reverend Lord JOHN GEORGE DE LA PORK. BERESIORD, Primate of all Ireland, has barricadoed the front windows on the first and second floors of his Palace in Charles -street, St. James's square, not only with wood, but with wrought iron plates of a considerable thickness. The present ap pearance of the mansion is that of a lunatic asylum, a prison, or a hospital, constructed to exclude the cholera. Mr. HOLME SUMNER, undismayed by past reverses, is again in the field for Surrey, where an active canvass is going on in his behalf. The Honourable Gen tleman was himself at Guilford market on Saturday, can vassing the farmers. Dalkeith Palace, the appointed rendezvous of the Conservative clique, during the interregnum of the Charles-street and Carlton-terrace gang, will shortly re cetve the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Duke of GoRDoN, the Earl of ROSSLYN, the Earl of LAUDERDALE, Lord INlELvir.r.r, Lord ABERDEEN, and some others of the ex piring huroughmongers, who are alarmed at the indepen dence manifested generally by the newly-acquired voters in Scotland. In almost every instance Reform candidates are likely to be elected, and the influence of the Tory faction thereby excluded for ever. The Conservatives are, how ever, determined all shall not be lost without a struggle. Last night the number of voters registered was 4,B7o.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. His Majesty's ship Vernon, 50, Captain Sir F. COLLIER, was towed into harbour on Saturday, by the Echo steamer, and has since had her fore and mainmasts stripped.. Early next week she will be again ready for sea, and will proceed to join Sir P. MALCOLM'S squadron on the coast of Ireland. Captain SYMONDS, the Surveyor of the Navy, goes in her, for the purpose of being present at the trial of her relative merits with the Castor, built by Sir R. SETTINGS. The Vernon, being a new class of ship, has excited much curiosity among naval men here, by whom she has been visited in great numbers, and who report favourably of her extraordinary appearance, ca pacity, and powers. As yet her sailing qualities have not teen fairly put to the proof, but we understand that as far as opportunities have occurred, she promises to prove an admirable seaboat. A few gales on the Irish coast will, however, set this matter at rest, and we shall he anxious to learn the result.—Devonport Telegraph. The Water lVitch yacht, mouting ten guns, the property of the Earl of BELFAST, arrived at Cowes this morning, from the Cove of Cork, in 43 hours, having left the squadron under Vice-Admiral MAcotm there, con sisting- of the Donegal, Castor, Nimrod, Tyne, Trinculo, and Prince of Wales revenue brig. The Marquis of ANGLESEY had reached Dublin in his yacht the Pearl, in seventeen hours from Cork. The Water Witch, in five trials with the squadron, has shown a most decided superiority to windward, both in light bret zes, moderate breezes, and very strong winds, with head sea, having on the latter occa►ion weathered on the Donegal and Castor two and a quarter and two miles in one hour, by the Donegal's log. The Water Witch has also proved her self a vessel most fit for his Majesty's service, carrying her guns and ports in a strong wind (under a press of sail), a foot higher than the large brigs. She passed the Dryad, Commodore HAYES, off the Lizard yesterday afternoon, with a fair wind round the Land's End.—Hampshire Telegraph. THE MOORS.—The grouse this year got a day of grace in consequence of the 12th falling on a Sun day. A gentleman, who returned home at an early hour on Monday night, declares that he never saw the birds so plentiful in his life. Although drenched and interrupted by the rain, he bagged eight brace of thumping birds ; and be is modest enough to say, that hut for his bad shoot ing, he might have bagged twice the number.—Dtun• fries Courier. PEDESTRIANISM.—A few weeks since, HAR RISON WALKER and JOSEPH CLARK, natives and r.sidents of Keswick, ascended in one day the three highest hills (excepting the Pikes), in the district, viz. :—Seawfell, Helvellyn, and Skiddaw, in the short space of eighteen hours from the time of setting out. The distance is com puted to be about fifty miles ; and considering the diffi culty of ascending and desending these stupendous nviun tains, it may be considered a most arduous task.— Carlisle .Journal. CHOLERA AT LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.—New cases, 136 ; deaths, 44 ; recoveries, 60 ; remaining, 211. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, SATUR DAY.—There has been a steady demand for Cotton during the week, particularly to-day, and the market closes with firmness at the full prices of last week, excepting the De meraras, which went off flatly by public auction this day, and at rather lower rates than had been previously current. The sales of the week, including 500 bales American, g 9 bales t 2 ta s k 2 e 3 n sco on ba s g pe s. cu la l t t i s i n s , Cot ton have been sold to - day ,—namel y , 600 Brazils and stated, amount t o that 1 f ri u , l 2 l s l o ,so b o i Egyptians, the former in Pernams, at 9id., 13aliias, at 711, and Maranhams at 7ad. to 9d. ; the latter at Bd. to 84d. ; and 1,000 in American fine descriptions at 64d. to B,W. STATE OF TRADE.—With much pleasure we notice that the demand for the fall trade is beginning to increase the sales both in our cloth-halls and warehouses, r( s i v eaeri o ri ,fh o afi r axesi t dt l sh i tre markets e l e l l to o‘aysretkerkeutsghs struggle eareset with atsthhone large, aistnal improved.— od vav a ena t .c t_h ead e t and to revive the drooping spirits of our merchants. The protracted period of stagnation is, we would fain hope, at d. wool and an adv ance d rz ,t e o f wages; an d Bradford ns:foreign andu and i f a ? H o c r u t uri i as he finds himself unable to obtain a proportionate ad vance in the price of his goods, he is compelled to diminish the quantity made, and to supply himself as it were from hand to mouth. The commencement of the fall demand will, however, inevitably increase the quantity manufac tured, and call again into employment some of the many hands which are now reluctantly idle. It is universally agreed that stocks are low both in the hands of the mer chant and the retail dealer; and this, combined with the prospect of an abundant harvest and a low price of food, is an encouraging symptom to those who have to supply the nation with clothing. There is no immediate prospect of an improvement in the foreign trade, which, from a great variety of causes, is decidedly bad; but an amelioration of the internal state of the country may, we think, be con fidently looked for.—Leeds Mercury. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (From the Times.) The contents of the Paris papers of Saturday, which we have just received, are not important. Our King's speech, on the prorogation of Parlia ment, had been received, and was published in the afternoon edition of Galignani's Messenger. It does not seem to have produced any impression in Paris. According to the Constitutionnel, each of the French Ministers was busy in preparing for the new budget, from which that journal infers that the Chambers will meet on a much earlier day than the ministerial papers had led the public to expect. The Swiss cantons have already put in readiness a force of 100,000 men, which was considered quite sufficient to maintain the national independence. Addresses to the Kings of Bavaria and Wurtemburg were in the course of signature among their subjects, en treating those two Sovereigns to resist the dictates of the Diet. The last private accounts received from Munich in Paris state that the King was really disposed to maintain the constitutional rights of the Bavarians. We are sorry to find that the arrange ment lately entered into for daily communications, by post, between London and Paris, will not be put into execution until the Ist of April. No reason is stated for the delay. A letter from Bologna says, that the Pope's army now amounts to 16,000 men, Swiss auxiliaries included. (From Galignani's Messenver of Saturday.) ATTEMPT UPON THE LIFE OF THE KING OF HUNGARY. The following intelligence, dated Vienna, Aug. 9, was received yesterday by express :—" A report was spread to-day that an attempt was made this morning upon the life of the young King of Hun gary at the baths of Baden (about fifteen miles from Vienna). But the inhabitants have been at the same time assured that Providence turned aside the blow. The following are the details of this event : —" This morning, after mass, the King, attended by the Gentleman of his Chamber, Field Marshal Count Salis, took his usual walk on the road to wards Berg. On arriving at about one hundred yards beyond the last house in the direction of the Valley of St. Helena, a Captain named Reindl, who was a state pensioner, fired a pocket pistol at the King, the ball of which struck his Majesty on the left shoulder, but fortunately lodged in the wad ding of his coat, and only occasioned a slight con tusion. In an instant three persons, who happened to be near, ran to seize the assassin, who, after throwing away the pistol he had fired, discharged another into his own mouth, the ball of which lodged in the roof. He then fired a third pistol at random, on which he was seized, and taken to the Hotel de Ville, at Baden, and afterwards conveyed to Vienna. The wound in his mouth is not of a serious nature, and it is evident that all the three pistols were badly charged. The King, without displaying the least emotion, immediately returned into the town on foot, and went to the Emperor, in order to con vince him by his presence that there were no grounds for apprehension. Reindl, who was a man of extravagant and disorderly habits, had applied to die young King for a grant of 900 florins, but hav ing received only 100, he became so enraged that he committed this desperate act. After undergoing an examination at Baden,he was brought to Vienna, and will be delivered over to the military tribunals. The rage and horror excited by this base attempt has been so great, both here and at Baden, that it was with the greatest difficulty the criminal was saved from the exasperation of the people. At 12 o'clock to-day the Emperor and the King of Hun gary attended the ceremony of the consecration of Cardinal Spinola, and proceeded to the church on horseback, which afforded the people an opportu nity of displaying their exultation at the happy escape of the son of their Sovereign from a danger so imminent. The funds, far from having fallen in consequence of this event, have improved. Bank Actions are 1,136 37; Metallics 5 per Cents., 87." It is said that each of the Ministers is busily em ployed in preparing for the new budget, and thence it is concluded that the Chambers will meet on a much earlier day than the Ministerial journals have led the public to expect.—C'onstitutionnel. The France Nouvelle announces that positive in formation was received yesterday, confirming the as surances of the English Courier as to the accession of the King of Holland to the arrangements proposed by the Conference. It adds, that the only secondary point remaining to be arranged is of so litee interest to Foreign Powers, that in whatever manner it may be settled between Belgium and Holland, it may be considered certain from this moment that it does not contain the slightest gerM of war. The Augsburg Gazette of the 14th inst has the following letter, dated Chambery, Aug. 4 :—" All the accounts that reach us from Turin and the western frontiers are of a serious nature. The sanatory cordon now forming is to extend aiong the whole of the Sardinian French frontiers. The Government at Turin is adopting precau tionary measures in case the affairs of Italy and Germany should take an unfavourable turn, and the French Government should be forced to an intervention by the opposition party; conse quently it is reported that the fortresses will not only be supplied with provisions, but that war stores will be conveyed from the depots of Lom bardy to the French frontiers. The works at the fortifications of Alexandria, as well as at the forts Bard and Ventimiglia, which had been suspended for a long time, have been resumed with great activity. New fortifications have also been added to the fort d'Exiles on the French side. The contractor for these works is said to have received a million of livres, with the injunction to complete them by the beginning of September. Some surprise is created by the number of French deserters that come over into Savoy with their arms and baggage. Of the 7th regiment of light infantry, which is in garrison at Briancon, parties of from four to six men arrive frequently. The regiment is to change garrison in consequence of this desertion. Several visiters of the waters of Aix, among others Messrs. Puysegur and Mosson, lately made an excursion to the Mont du Chat, where they lighted a fire. The great heat and drought soon caused the fire to spread over the heath, and it reached the forest. On the Ist inst. it was not extinguished, and had caused great damage." The same paper also contains the following, dated ' Stockholm, July 31 :—" After a stay of eight day 4 at Christiania, the King of Sweden intends to make a tour through the interior of Norway, to visit the sea-ports, and then return for a few days to Christi ania. It is said that his Majesty, after visiting Scania, will have an interview with the King of Denmark ; and some say that the interview will take sent t e t a o t C o o o p r etihagen. Monarch The King of armsD e Denmark r a li gt as n: n ap resentof pistols, &c.) of Danish manufacture, which call forth general admiration. Whilst the editors of the Boras and the Stockholm Dagblad, accused on account of an article against the head of the ecclesiastical de l par,ment, have been acquitted by the Jury, the editor of the Wadstena has been condemned for copy ing the same article to pay a fine of 33 rix-dollars." dent of the 1 3 th instant The Nuremberg Correspon announces that the Consort of Prince John of Saxony was delivered of a Prince on t h e B th instant, at Pilni.z, which was announced to the inhabitants by a discharge of 180 guns. According to a report current at Dresden, a matrimonial alliance is in con templation betwee n the co-Regent, Prince Fr e d er i c k of Saxony, and a Prussian Princess. The same paper gives a letter of the Bth instant, from Cassel, stating that a meeting had been called, for the purpose of an address upon the late resolutions of the Diet,but an hour previous to the time fixed, the Conimmis ' sary of police sent a letter to the parties who had given notice of the intended assembly, forbidding its heir)g held until an express permission had been ob tained from the Magistrates. This caused a momen tory agitation amongst the people, which, however, was pacified by a notice from the leaders, announcing that an appeal would be immediately made to the tribunals against this violation of the Constitution. The Stuttgard Journal of the 9th inst. states, that on the 3d, the district of Maulbronn presented an address to the King of Wurtemberg, against the resolutions of the Diet, signed by 1,434 persons, in which the mayors of all the communes joined. Extract of a letter from Frankfort on the Maine, dated the 13th instant :-" In consequence of the disturbance that lately has attended the return of the Civic Guards from exercise, it had been ordered that they should go out only on Sunday mornings. The clergy, however, having complained that the noise of the music on their return into town, inter rupted divine service, it was further directed that the bands should cease playing on reaching the city gate. This new regulation was carried into execu• Lion yesterday, and as soon as the head of the co , lumn of the Chasseurs of the Guard reached the gate of Bas-Mein, the music ceased. Upon this the troops immediately halted, and, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the Colonel, refused to march el unless the band continued to play, and so determine l was the corps in this resolution, that the Colon , was forced to comply with their demand." A letter of the Bth inst. from Bologna states, that the Swiss regiments in the service of the Pope are nearly complete, and that his Holiness has now an army of 16,000 men, infantry, cavalry, and artillery , without reckoning the carbineers or gendarmes. lII' treasury, however, is empty, but, nevertheless, hit soldiers, and particularly the Swiss, will expect to be paid, and, consequently, various financial project' have been talknd of, but hitherto nothing has beet ' seen but the assignats of Cardinal Albani. We have received Naples Gazettes to the 2d in' scant. The following are extracts :-" A few day' since, as a grave-digger was employed in opening I', grave, in the commune of Ebeli, for the purpose 0 ' adding to the number of its tenants, he was surf°• cated by the mephitic vapour arising from it. Twe of his comrades, who successively descended tt assist him, shared the same fate ; and although me dical assistance was promptly procured, all effort to restore animation were unavailing."-." On th. 23d of July Vesuvius presented some remarkabl phenomena. About an hour before noon on that day, a small crater was formed in the interior of Of, ancient one, directly under that which was forme', in March last. An irruption immediately too l ' place of liquid volcanic matter, which, after remail l. ing suspended an instant in the air, fell back into Ol e crater. Up to the 29th the mountain continued t ° . throw up at intervals Plaines and stones. On t he morning of that day the eruption became more COn' siderable, the stones were thrown up nearly halt . , l/ mile in the air, falling back like hail on the who ) circumference of the crater. The explosions e , i curred at intervals of scarcely three minutes, a° were heard at a great distance. In five days o' e crater was enlarged to '250 feet. On the sat evening 13 streams of lava, all of which, however' are small and unimportant, found vent from the ill' side of the same crater ; two of them took the d i ' rection of the Torre del Greco, following th e tract of the former ones ; others remained al the cone itself, and the remainder scarcely pass e r " the edge in the direction of Boscotrecase. shall continue to record all the phenomen a which may subsequently occur."-" A s torm a' extraordinary violence, although of but short du: ration, occurred OR the 24th of July, and occasioned great injury to the city of Foggea and the surroune v ing country. It commenced with a terrific hurricane' which broke nearly all the windows of the house, and threw down several buildings, amongst othe r ' the belfry of the church of Nostra Signora Addolo; rata. This was succeeded by a storm of rain, mine with hail-stones of extraordinary size. We htl“ not heard of any personal injury being sustained, e; cept by a boy, who, in running out of the waY one of the falling buildings, fell and broke his lei' but the damage done to the olive grounds and ()the, plantations is immense." A letter from the Isle of Aix of the 10th instan t states that the Poles who arrived by the S'auni °l l had been landed in the island, mid were receiv e d with the utmost cordiality by the inhabitants, th e military, and the navy. In less than six hours the) were presented for their use a very large supply wearing apparel of every description. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, AUG. 18.-Five per Cents., 99 1 oO 3.5 c. 30c. 125 c. 20c. 10c. 15c. 10c. 15c. 99f. 10c. ; Loan of 1832, 1 40c. ; Four per Cents., 82f. 75c.; Three per Cents., 69f. 50c. 35c. 30c. 25c. 30c. 20c. ; National Loan, 99f. 55c.; Bank Action!: 1,660 f. ; Rente de Naples, Blf. 45c. 40c. • Roman Fiveper Cent, 801 ; Rente d'Espagne, 11%; _kente Perpetuelle d op pagne, 57,. %; Belgic Loan, 78 I % Lxcha u g,F., e e London-One month, paper, 25f. 75c. ; money, 2af. 70c ; In' months, paper, 9.5 f. 65c. ; money, 35f. 60c.--fours Authentique' LETTERS FROM PORTUGAL. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) The following is an extract of a letter we ha ve been favoured with from an officer of the British squadron, off Lisbon, dated August 3, 1832 :-- . This morning the Miguel squadron, composed of th e a Don Juan, '74, a frigate of 46, three corvettes of 22 an 24, and three brigs, came out of port, and made sail t° : wards Sartorius. He got under weigh, and recalled I'l/ vessels which were scattered outside—they have got togs' ther now (noon) two frigates, a corvette, and a schoorec ',' there are to leeward an armed ship of ten guns, a br i g; and a schooner : both squadrons are standing off shore, the larger in chase of the smaller. It is supposed Sar tori : will go about by and by, when he can fetch to wind l'e them all, and he may attempt something in the nights bu b the force is much too strong for him to do any thing vi', it if properly handled. Some of us reckon much on t 13 , - , quality of the respective crews. 1 suppose s ar tori'l„ men will be better disposed and better able to use °eve guns than the other party, which for the most par t B ill been forced into the service very lately. A little time ” b , show, but as we expect the packet out to- n i g ht, I 0 3 ° figed to close my note. t " Seven P. 31. —Both squad rons were out o f sig" , - 1 e f sunset ; the Lever e t is f o ll ow i ng t h em to see whit .i ", -. 0 do. It is the g e n era l expectat i on i n t h e B r i t i s h squal ri g that Sartorius will now h ave some opportu n ity of criPP - these gentry. gale sic " Fogs are very frequent on the coast, and a ga'eteir calm would produce a great effect in diminishing t u y power, while Sartorius would be none the worse, arid 'a ~ calm, having a steam-boat with him, might take any r e ' re Lion he chose, and ruin them. The proceeding s nd watched with intense interest by the tars, who Wi / '. o f ' his Majesty would lend Pedro one of the smallest D o t dated August 3, l 4 ,4 I an hour, just to settle the difierence.' They did .., are at blame Sartorius for retiring, as the force s ' °' o e s j c e o i i t o n y f ed him, and none °f $ I l i double his, but they felt sure he woofrue l e tti oeip s v o oi ° ra n tgo, w ab i n in n u g ,ti o s : sc e :r or e de lej ir s cs ° o l , them." 8 0 Don there 1:I hasi ......E ,, x i tf h a e ct E o n f g a lis l i e i tt s e h r iip fr s o o m ff O o p p o o r r t t o o s anchor two 0 1 0 i from e,ns e q tl u i the n b , a . e r f , ,y wlfjoerpeph possessesiee io,ua have purp ose letters to and from England by the Lisbon pa c ket, Si°, l , Don Pedro landed here and obtained possession of the O n ', of Oporto, army - cannot rit ' the amount of ; it is nut more than six leagues dists e j The report today is, that Sir John Campbell has ar t , i g f el‘ to take the command of it, and is now about to a t ' .- '0 favour of Don Pedro in Lisbon ;in fact, - ° T , e ,, r o '' i' firmly believe the inhabitants care little . . about ln the f 'c r" totion, anti less about Prdro. To show what bad i °-'' l ' gu b e e r e s n no deTtnonstratiiei:l 'i ,y 0 0 mutton they had a league Oporto. of Hitherto cau nt r .. when they left the Azores, I need . e d sate that Don Pedro fully expected to have . 03 ,0 by two re , ' • ,dnients on his landing. These two reg , b iell have fought against him ; and in the two affairs tined he has h a d s i nce he landed, his army is reduce d , by ' bo le and wounded, one thousand men, His W w bo strength consists in the weakness of his adversary, ola appears to be afraid to move out of Lisbon. Time F re e ict and English fight side by side, and rival each oth ioo ; gallantry. I was frequently with the French 10 0°1 0 1 yll its Colonel, a Parisian, dashed into a charge of the er' s elf cavalry, and after cutting two or three down, he bite for was cut to pieces ; however, lie ambitioned that f° t '' to the day before he expressed a hope and a detertnin ot : °- A be killed in the first action in which he was engagr“ v i e!, Mr. Burgess was killed, a young man who had bu t P. r . 0 1 from Engl Ind the day before. In the previous af f3 , l l or Pennyfel, none of the English corps were kil l b irsts, wounded ; but twenty dropped down dead from t 0 of heat, or being needlessly pressed up a hill in the be ad the day; nine grenadiers were among this numb er ';" two others were murdered while asleep, and their WO and eyes cut out ! Thomas Kent, John Loder, amid fille d' Liam Knowles, all natives of the Isle of Wight, wer e ' 1 ; the and a man of the mime of Sibbeck was shot throlig foo t; calf of one leg, and the ball went through the otb e r na pei he is doing well. Captain Hill is serving in th e v Maria."