The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-03 00:00:00

r . - _ EVENING EDITION. TRIAL OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPO- LEON AND ACCOMPLICES. THURSDAY, OCT. 1. A little after twelve o'cleek, Prir. ce Louis Napoleon' General Montholon. and the odaer prisoners entered the Court, and were led to benches by a guard of gendarmes. The President (Baron Pasquier) took the chair at half past twelve, when the list of Peers was called over. The pleadings on behalf of the prisoners were then opened. M. Ferdinand Barret. retained for the defence of the prisoners generally, observed that this trial was one of high importauce, as ineoivieg a question of poli e tical rights. Prince Loeis 'Napoleon relied upon the principl of the sover&enty of the people, which he thought ought to screen him from the improper jurisdiction to which he was sabjecteu. This case should have been submitted to the test of the common law of the land. The liberty, the dignity, the honour of Prince Napoleon, in whose veins flowed the blood of the great man whom tees all were with just reason entrusted to the hands of the most brilliant ornament of the French bar, who had done all that so arduous a task required. His duty waa to defend the prisoners collectively, and prove to the Court that the position they were placed in was not of the character described; the attempt of which the Prince and his companions had been accused was de scribed as the result of an insolent and wild ambition, void of patriotism and dignity. In his opinion the Procttreur. General had not taken an enlightened view of the ques tion, and had purposely avoided touching on the Imperial regime. The object which stimulated the Prince and his friends was not dictated by a poor ambition, but the glcrf of France, and based upon the sovereignty of the people, whose respect and confidence he sought to obtain. It would be just to examine minutely what were the ideas of the Prince he planning and executing this attempt. It would be proper to determine whether he carne to demand his right of inheritance as a lawful heir, or, as described by the Procureur- General, to carry en a wild a:A senseless speculation. He, however, was not actuated by either of these motives, but came to ask for the fulfilment of the wish expressed in the Emperor's testament nt St. Helena, and that his family should be relieved from tee sen tence banishment decreed against them. The Learned Advoeeee then referred to the evidence agaiast the pri soners Voisin, Parquin, Bataillc, and Dtsjardins. Col. Voisin, he observed, had served his country for many years during the Empire, and was one of the last cffieers de. voted t o Napoleon ; it was natural that he should fee! an affection for his nephew, who had besides so many claims to his attnifirrient: Colonel Voisin was devoted to the Prince, but he protested against the odious imputation of having joined in an attempt to revolutionize the country. At all events, be Wi3 convinced that they would take into consideration the two , wounds he received in the affair at Bouleene---n wounds inflicted by citizen balls upon a body covered with the glorious scars of the field of battle." l'oese sufferings ought to be consldered a sufficient punishment for his inconsiderate participation in the expedition. Colonel Perquin was also a brave officer, and had fought in the battles cf the Empire. His devotion to the Prince's cause was extreme ; he was at tached to his service in the quality of Aide.de-Camp ; he had constantly refused to accept employment under the Re. storation, as it was contrary to his Bonapartist ()pinions : he thought he was right, and acted up to his convictions. The Learned Advocate, in referring to the case of the pri soner Desjardine, observed that even the Procureur-Gene ral had admitted that the prosecution could scarcely be maintained as agaidst him, as it app, ared that he thought he was employed merely as the Prince's Secretary at Lon don, and had no idea of the expedition until on board the City of Edinburgh ; he had sought employment from the Prince, in order to relieve the distreis of a large family. The other prisoner, Bataille, was led by his zeal to join the Prince's cause.' and, by the glorious memory connected with 1 is cause; his object was not to create a revolution, but to assist the Prince in recovering his rights as a French citizen. The offence charged against his clients Wes of a political nature, and the Court being composed of political men, would be best able to judge of it in its various bear. logs. He was fully convinced that they would do so with impartiality, and pronounce a verdict dictated by justice. The prisoner Mesonan, in his defence, said that he had promised to the Prince's mother never to abaedon him in whatever position he might be placed ; his affection to the Bonaparte family was too strong to allow him to desert any member of it when exposed to danger. M. Delacour addressed the Court on behalf of Mesonan, whom he described as a brave and honcurable officer, pas sionately attached to the Imperial family. He re-entered the service after the restoration, but was, as he supposed, treated with harshness and injustice by being placed upon the retired list. The Learned Counsel then commented upon the evidence in support of the prosecution, and espe cially teem the contradictory nature of that given by Ge neral Magnan age net his client. The Court would, how eeer, take the creole circumstances of the case into consi deration, and ba guided by jut t en in their judgment. The prisoner Persigny said that for many years he was convinced that the ideas and intentions of Napoleon were the best for the interests and glory of the country. It was his firm belief that in France authority was not sufficiently wircm_g nor liberty sufficiently extended. The only remedy for this state of ni=nes was the propagation and develop . Nipoleon ideas. He regretted the absence of an ablsr voice than his to explain to the Court the utility and sincerity of those opinions, destined for the regenera tion of France. Their object was to restore the glory of the empire. Here the prisoner was interrupted by the President, who said he could not permit him to proceed in such terms; the affairs of the empire had nothing to do with the present case; besides, of what service was the glory of the empire in the catastrophe of 1815 ? The prisoner said he had a right to state the motive; of his conduct. The Napoleon principle were the best for securing the weifsre cf France; for instance, when he drew a comparison between her former and present state no cog cculd have a doubt on the subject. The prisoner was again stepped by the President, who told him that e unless he kept to the facts of the case, he could not allow him to proceed, and that he must leave his defence to his counsel, The prisoner said be preferred sitting down to being cut short in his defence. M. 13ariUon, the prisoner's advocate, then rose, r.nd was about to address the Court at the hour of post. TUBKISH AND FRENCH FLEETS. It appears to be now acknowledged that the journals were mistaken which announced the passage of a Russian fleet through the Straits of Dover, but one thing remains certain. namely, that on the 16th ult. the fleet was on the point of settiog sail with the ostensible intention of going to Revel. Ilow..!ver, at all events, if the fleet has not left the Bhltic, it array do so on the shortest notice, and it must do so if it be intended to employ it before neat spring, fcr cehz:rwise tl:en we will soon block it up in the port. In this state of things, much has been said of the measures that ought to be taken, and one of the reports on change to-day was that Admiral Latitude was going to return to Toulon with crirs to take the command of die reserve squadron, and to prcceeel to the Straits of Gibraltar to meet the expected. fleet. Our re;;;lL.rs will of course under stand that we by no means answer for the truth of this report. We are rather inclined to detibt it. How ever, it may be interesting to state the force which Admi ral Lalande might in a short time have under him. About the 15.11 of October we shall have at Toulon two three-de,:ker.l, the Ocean and the Souverain, four other ships of the line, the Marengo, the Ville de Marseilles, the Geacreux. and the Trident (the trio latter are now con y, tveons to Africa), three frigates, the Iphigenie, the Ur inn, atd the Ind,pendente, and the Circe corvette, in a!l ten men-of- war. liut why should we enumerate forces of which there is prolhif no more imeotion of making use than of the vtpven (4 w•rtr .which are now at Navarino, under the command of Admiral Hugon.—Le Commerce. ELOPEMENT.—An elopement took place last week in this county, under circumstances of a most extra erdleary nature, but which at present cannot be disclosed without prejudicing the endeavours of the family to dis cnver their lost daughter. We may, nevertheless (the mire especially as the subject is the topic of conversation throughout the county) state that a rumour was circulati.d through this city, Leominster, and Ludlow, and ether D.'' , of tee coutey, that a ladv of considerable personal attractions and high accempli:hreents, in the 24th year of her age, had C;opCd with her father's groom, an un educated and very ordinate person, between 40 asd 50 years of age. It appears that on Tueseay eyenisg the 221 ult., the lady in question lift the residence of her lather (a gentleman of wealth and station in the ccunty), accompanied by the said groom, and arrived at the Grey hound Hotel in this city, whence the groom returned h ae o p m a e reti t n h g e l b a y dy ti r re ere rn ai o n T ing for the night, .for the purpose of morrow morning's Liverpool mail for Ludlow, whither she her famil y, with the cognizance of to visit a married sister. She took her place accordingly, and on arriving at Leominster complained of being so indisposed that she requested that her luggage might be taken out.of the mail, as she determined to re main there, a in t l t i h a e w, s a tr t m L e n t i im i e directing the guard to inform her brother. as . he would be there waiting for her, the cause of her non. arrival, and requesting him to drive over to Leominsterguard Performed his mission, hut on the gentleman 'r;the learning from him that the lady was butslight a l n y d ind th is o p u osed, he returned to take his breakfast, o ver to Leominster, where he drove l e i sure ! y arrived e l ev en and twelve o'clock. The lady bad, between however, by that time departed ; f o r shortly after her arrival, the Lion a man, h who proved to be the said g room, r ode into Hotel yard, and in q uired if a p erson answering she de scription of the lady was t here ; and on finding the was, he immediately p roceeded to the room occu p ied by the invalid, when, eMier by threats or persuasion, h e pre _ veiled upon her to accompany him, which she did, t o a small public-house kept by a relative of the groom's. arose, On tie arrival of the lady' s brother-in-law, suspicions si don further inquiry it seal soon discovered that th e PI 00111 and the lady had departed together. Pursuit in evo ry direction was instantly commenced; labour and ex pence were not spared, and it is really marvellous that all traces of the party was quickly lest, and up to the pre cut moment. the alaious relatives of the abducted lady iv • in total ignorance of her location. It is supposed that she is not married, but that is at this time detained agga z i n hat her will in secrecy. The whole affair is involved A, 7*t el7; but we have no doubt, from the proceedings ticet ;aetivity, it will shortly be cleared up. It certainly tri cod, after to us, from the fact of the party not being c i uis ing ' ur t , t:I ll e most indefretigable, extensive, and judi- L( ominater7.— at the lady cannot be very far distant from tv , e, __ _ u.e S' n i t nc e the preceding paragraph has been in I Smith ith - h v a,• 4 blew ,owned that the efforts of Superintendent discovered. On 6 :red with success; the lady has been lo a e : olding her lather she was seized u_ ith hysterics, an d w irediat, ly attended by Mr. } roysell, surgeon, under wh ose kind and skilful care she h; a been restored to her fat h er's resid ence . W e h ope to I be enabled next week to give a mor e circumstanCal ac coent of this mysterious affeir.--Lieref or d Tines, Oct. 8. AT an ANNUAL GE NERAL MEETING I of the PROPRIETORS of TEN or more SHARES in the EAGLE ASSURANCE COMPANY, held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, on the 24 of October, pursua nt to the Deed of Settlement , - Sir J A.:d ES M‘GREGOR Bart., F.R. S., in the Chair. Th e Directors presented a hEPORT upon the affairs of the Company, declaring a Bonus to the assured, and an increased Dividend to the Proprietors, which was read and approved. It was resolved, that the Thanks of this Meeting he given to the Directors for their active endeavours and unremitting at tention to promote the welfare of this Company. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Auditors 1 for their diligent discharge of their important duties. 1 That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Actuary. l By order of the General Meeting, HENRY P. SMITH, Actuary. 1 The Eagle Insurance Office, 3, The Crescent, 1 New Bridge street, Blackfriars. ELECTION OF ALDERMAN HARMER FOR MAYOR. PUBLIC MEETING of the Friends of ALDERMAN HAIIMER will be held at the Salopian Coffee-house, Charing-cross, on MoNDA 1- Evening next, at Seven o'Clock precisely, to take measures for effectually seeming the Return o► the Alderman as Mayor for the ensuing year. THOMAS DE YEAR, Chairman. Committee-room, Salopian Coffee-house, October 3, 1840. ELECTION OF LORD MAYORS TO THE UNPOLLED LIVERY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, PO you we respectfully address ourselves. To you we appeal in this critical juncture. The " Times" has told you that " Never before was such a disgrace inflicted on an Alderman of the City of London as this public rejec tion by the Livery will inflict, if it take place, on Alderman Harmer." We calmly ask you, then, if you are content now, for the first time, to heap so great injustice on one who, should he have erred in judgment (and where is the human being who has not ?), has yet, you all admit, been faithful in the dis charge of his public duties; just and upright in his private deal ings; humane and charitable to the poor? Is there a show of reason in disgracing such a man ifs this? Is it kind? Is it considerate? Reflection, when perhaps it shall be too late, will answer No! You have been taken by surprise in this matter. You have been hurried away by the torrent of calumnies which has been mercilessly directed against him. You have not had time to reflect. Conceive yourself, for an instant, in a like situ ation, misrepresented, vilified, held up to scorn, and placed on a level with the basest of miscreants. And all this, by whom ? By a newspaper of immense talent, placed in almost every one's hand professedly for their edification and improvement- And for what ? To gratify private revenge. Is this to be permit ted? In honour, justice, mercy, come forward, and suffer not a high-minded Gentleman to be crushed by a species of tyranny more borriole than anything which can be conceived. By order of the Committee, J. BLACKET, Chairman. Committee .room, Swan with Two Necks, Lad-lane, _ . October 3, 1840, THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE HISTORY OF A FLIRT. Narrated by HERSELF. " Displays a profound knowledge of the human heart, the secret recesses and workings of which it probes, and lays bare with a master-hand."—Courier. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. *,. Orders received by all Booksellers. BELL'S RESIDENCE IN CIRCASSIA. This day, in 2 vols., Bvo., with numerous Illustrations and a Map, price 325. cloth, TOURNAL of a RESIDENCE in CIR CASSIA, durinv the Years 1837, 1838, and 1839. By JAMES STANISLAUS BELL, Esq. Edward Nloson, Dover-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTP.IS. THIS EVENING. OCT. 3. Will be repeated the New Play, in five Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, Esq.. entitled 'HE BRIDE OF MESSINA. John di Procida, Mr. Moore ; Fernando, Mr. Anderson; Gnisearde, 111 r. ('eoper ; Isoline, Miss Ellen Tree. The Interval between the Play and the Aiterpiece will be oc cupied by (first time) A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN THE MORNING. . .• After which will be repeated a New Musical Drama, entitled THE GREEK BOY. llylas, Madame Vestris ; Doge of Venice. Mr. S. Jones ; Count Malveggio, Mr. Diddoar • Silvio, Mr. Keeley; Claudio, Mr. Binge ; Bernardo, Mr. F. Matthews ; Benedetta, Miss Cooper ; Constanza, Miss A. Taylor. On Monday, The Bride of Messina, with the Greek Boy. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. • ' First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 23. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to !oramenee at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bend-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Mr. Kenney's New Tragedy, entitled " The Sicilian Vespers," in conjunction with Ainsworth's Original " Jack Sheppard," have attracted the most brilliant overflows ever witnessed. 'lbis elegant Theatre is nightly crowded to the cieling. THIS EVENING, OCT. 3, Will be acted a New Trdy entitled THE SICILIAN VE SP ERS. I Supported by Messrs. Elton, Saville, Hughes, Neville, Iles top, aad Johnson, Miss Grant, and Mrs. Vining. To conclude with IJACK SHEPPARD. Realizing all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivans. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. BUTLER, Sole Lessee of the above Establishment, most respectfully announces to the Nobility and Pubiic in ge neral that the Theatre will OPEN for the SEASON, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1!_40. During the recess the Theatre has been re-painted and re decorated, and every attention paid to the comfort of the au dience. The Theatre will open with " GOD SAVE THE QUEEN." After which, a Burletta from the French, entitled MATSON A VENDRE. Versac, Mr. St. John Horton (from the Theatre Royal, Edin burgh, his first appearance) ; Madame Dorval, Mrs. H. Cum mins; and Lisa, Miss Crisp. A Drama, in Three Acts, will succeed, to be entitled STOP HIM WHO CAN ! Vapid (a Dramatic Author), Mr. Balls (his first appearance since his return from America) ; and Marianne (Mrs. 'H. Beverley (her first appearance here). The whole to conclude with a new Burletta (Never Acted) to be named the RAILROAD STATION. Mr. Sampson Jones, Mr. Samuel Roaby (his first appearance in London) ' • and Mrs. Wm. Smith, Mrs. Garrick. Dress Boxes, 4s. • Olympian Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. Half-price--Dress Circle, 2s. ; Olympian Boxes, ls. 6d ; Pit, t. JUR IA ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW M r.•,mr .2 minutes atter 7. i Evening 13 minutes after 8 tie Publication of the Evening Edition of TNIC SUN cam- menced at 50 minutes after Three. ...oL._..r.cv, 41-7.:'‘i='.,7 ----,---,----:t,-- ,i.....•,„, 1 - t'IL LONDON: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1840. Intelligence was received at the Admiralty, early this morning, that an attempt had been made to set fire to the Camperdown, at Sheerness. Before the officers had left the ship, or the workmen had left the yard, a smoke was discovered in the after part of the ship, which was immediately traced to its source in the cockpit, and the fire was extin guished. On examination it was found that a birch broom had been placed in one of the midshipmen's lockers in the cockpit, under which was a cock of hay and some powdered resin, to which fire had been applied. The only damage done was the de struction of the locker, which a few shillings will repair ; but the facts we have stated leave no doubt that this was a wilful attempt to destroy the Cam- perdown. Lord MINTO and Admiral ADAM left town very soon after the arrival of the news, accompanied by the Admiralty Solicitor, to institute a searching in vestigation on the spot into all the circumstances. We are able, at the same time, to state on au thority, whatever countenance this wicked at tempt may give to the supposition that the Ta lavera was designedly set on fire, that no evidence whatever has been obtained that such was the fact. The report contained in a west country paper, copied into the Times this morning, that a parcel of chips had been - found heapcd together in the fore-peak of the Min den is without foundation. We trust, there fore, that this attempt to set fire to the Camperdown wily turn out to be the o.ny act of wickedness, produced perhaps by the extraordinary propensity there is occasionally in the human mind to imitate or commit those crimes which from any circumstances excite public attention• It was stated a few days ago, itTa Tory Journal, that to Christianity we owe cur civilization ; and the inference is, that we shall relapse into barbarism lif the priesthood be not honoured. Is this one of those cumulative assertions, to heap on the object !•of men's love all possible perfections, without any other foundation than the attachment of lovers ; or is i t a we ll-weighed observation, full of truth, and pregnant with instruction ? This seems an im portant inq&ry, worthy a few moments' considera tion, at a time when political passions and political SHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1810 theories prostitute the name of Christianity to most injurious and unsocial purposes. CHRIST expressly said, "My kingdom is not of 1 this world ;" applying that, we apprehend, as much to his moral kingdom as to that physical dominion he was plainly not destined to enjoy. His disciples and the teachers of his doctrines present Christianity to us under a twofold aspect—first, a means of salva tion ; secondly, a code of morality. There is no thing that we know of to hinder the means by which life everlasting may be obtained also becom ing the means of promoting morality and happiness on earth ; but in no part of the Testament is anything like a political code found, and in no part of it are we taught to look on CHRIST as the author of those improvements, or as having any knowledge of them, which we call civilization. When DARWIN foretold some of the many uses to which steam is put, r.tien WATT in vented it, and STANHOPE pointed out how it might be applied,—when BACON corrected our modes of thought, and taught men how to investi gate,—or when PENN laid out his colony in Ame rica, they may in some sense be said to have been the authors of the civilization which followed. Christianity, totally foreign to most of our im provements, can scarcely be said, in any correct use of language, to have contributed to promote them. At any rate, all its effects in this way must have been as a moral code, not as a scheme of salvation. To look at its effects under this head is not there fore to question its dogmas, but to examine an assertion of the Morning Herald. Now, the first thing which must strike every one on being told that Christianity, as a moral code, is the source of civilization, is, that there is no resem blance between the doctrines of Christianity and our civilization. They are, in many points, fol lowed by no man and nowhere. Those who teach it never turn the second cheek to the smiter, never give their coat to him who would have their cloak— never court poverty—and rarely or never forgive offences, but obtain all the redress in their power, or inflict all the punishment they can devise. Moreover, it is continually said, and we believe proved, that the innate desire of man's heart to rise in the world, or to better his condition, has been the soul of improvement, and of all civiliza tion ; while one doctrine, whether contained in the Testament or not, continually taught by the clergy, is, that men should remain content in their condition—content, therefore, in all the barbarism and ignorance in which they are at any time placed. The honest pursuit of wealth,stimulating the exertions of the merchant and the farmer, exciting the hopes of the inventor and strengthening the patience of the investigator, has made the different countries of the world known to each other, and has knitted many of them together in the bonds of commerce, has spread tillage over Europe, has spared toil by multiplying our mechanical helps, and has given to us most of the wonders of science. This great spring and source of civilization is directly opposed to the doctrines of Christianity, which are all in favour of poverty and of repressing this desire, and they cannot therefore have contributed to promote civilization. Moreover, it may be observed, that the doctrines of. Christianity, as set down in the books, are un changeable. They were delivered and compiled some eighteen hundred years ago, and have not since been altered. But they have been differently interpreted in different ages, as men have become civilized, and at one time have been held to warrant the most barbarous executions, while in modern times they are made to plead for the preservation of the lives of criminals. We boast, and with some propriety, of the humanity of the moderns as compared to the ancients ; we boast of our greater justice, of our greater for bearance towards one another, of our greater respect for mutual rights, of our hatred of cruelty and arbitary authority ; but all these improvements have grown up gradually from the increased know ledge of the people, and in the great majority of cases have been opposed as long as possible by the authorised teachers of Christianity. The Refor mation in the sixteenth century, the abolition of the slave trade in our day, the extinction of san guinary laws, were all in turn opposed by the teachers of Christianity. Instead of being the heralds of coming improvement and the pioneers of civilization, they have latterly laboured to keep men where they were, and to remain in one state of civilization. We know that the assertion of the Morning Herald is very generally made, but there are so many persons interested in deceiv- ing the people on this point, that its generality does not weigh with us against facts, and we decide against the Herald's assertion. with all the keenness which self-interest imparts to investigation. There are several circumstances, we understand, which make the intelligence we have borrowed from the Herald concerning Beyrout very doubt ful. It is said that nothing whatever was to be gained by making such an attack —that the place could not hold out an hour against a single vessel, much less nine hours against five line-of-battle ships, and therefore this intelligence is not believed in well-informed quarters. Public attention seen-is almost diverted from the Earl of CARDIGAN, to fix itself on the Horse Guards. About the Noble Earl the pub- lie mind is completely made up, and it looks for nothing to confirm, while nothing can unsettle, its judgment. Whether Captain REYNOLDS be cashiered, or have his sword returned with ho nour, the Earl of CARDIGAN stands irre trievably condemned. The Horse Guards may refuse one Captain REYNOLDS a court martial, and may, to shield the Earl of CARDIGAN, order another Captain REYNOLDS to be tried for writing an improper letter, and refuse all 'investigation into the undficer-like, ungentlemanly conduct which provoked it ; but it cannot prevent the Noble Earl from being tried by the public, and, by an irrever sible sentence, condemned for life. The more the conduct of the Earl of CARDIGAN is made known, the more justly the . public will appreciate it, and the last act, to which Mr. FIELD, the gunsmith, has borne witnes,,has removed all doubt as to the nature and character of the man. But the conduct of the Horse Guards is not yet so clear and decided. People know not exactly what to think of its listening to the practice of backbiting, and its ordering a court-martial, which is necessarily partial by being limited. They ate curious :o know whether those who have interposed to protect the Earl of CARDIGAN are not them selves wounded. They begin to doubt whether such obviously partial conduct does not strike at the root of all discipline. They ask themselves what the privates can expect when the subalterns are treated worse than menials. Men who submit every clay to personal degradation they think are not very fit to be entrusted with the ho nour and the defence of the country ; and seeing that the Horse Guards is disgracefully partial, and the bulk of the army disgracefully tolerant of in- justice, they begin to be alarmed for the safety of the State entrusted to an army so governed and so disciplined. As the Parliament is not assembled, there is no chance of any immediate improvement or any re dress. In the mean time it will be the duty of the Press to keep the subject alive, and use the present opportunity to bring the misconduct of the Horse Guards prominently forward. On the pending court-martial we shall postpone our -remarks till it be closed, but we cannot help at once saying that we regard a court-martial• to inquire into a breach of discipline on the part of Captain REYNOLDS, growing out of an insinuation on the part of the Earl of CARDIGAN, which was most calumnious and injurious to Captain REYNOLDS, and which court-martial is prohibited from inquiring into the previous circumstances which provoked the letter, is a gross injustice. What would be thought if a Ma gistrate were to commit a man for an assault, who had slapped the face of another for calling him a thief, and refused to inquire into the language which provoked the assault ? But that sort of injustice is delir b§rately committed at the Horse Guards. It is consistent with the principles of discipline to support Colonels acainst Captains, however wrong they may be. The proceedings of the Earl of CARDIGAN must, we think, lead to a public inves tigation of the conduct of the Horse Guards, and of the discipline of the al my. The Livery consists of 11,000, and including this day, not 5,000 have polled. The election of Mr. HARMER may yet, therefore, be secured by one united, vigorous effort, and it becomes the Livery to make it. Let them not be frightened by thr, unchristian denunciations.of the hypocrites, calling out blasphemy and impiety against Mr. HARMER. CHRIST, in whose name the attack is made on him, sat down in mercy and kindliness with publicans and sinners, and expressly commanded his Disciples, on such questions as a man's belief, to " judge not lest ye be judged, l s The arrogant, impious men who are now dealing damnation on those they deem His foe, and are attacking Mr. HARMER in His name, do it in di rect contradiction to His commands ; and having a base object in view, t o attain which they insult and injure an honourable man, they are both knaves and hypocrites. W e hope that the six thou sand Liverymen who are yet unpolied, will, for th e honour of this great metropolis, and for the honour of human nature, teach this junta of rogues that they are not to be duped into b e i ng t h e instruments of their mischief. They call out blasphemy, but no blasphemy can equal that of declaring that the priests are ap pointed by GOD the coadjutors of the land owners in the work of depopulating our cities. They call out sedition and immorality, but what offence committed by the Dispatch comes near the scoundrel law which dooms the , people to starvation. Those who de mand the Livery to reject Mr. HARMER are the allies of the authors and abettors of the Corn-law. They. are all engaged in the same crusade against freedom of trade and freedom of thought. Erewhile the Livery and the apprentices of London taught , and kept them in a the arm e d re tainers and instruments of the great landle. Surelyo v wners g good they will not now su ff er them selves to be betrayed by a few canting hypo crites i n t o th e hands of their old enemies. Erewhile th e industrious classes of this co untry — the struggling frugal classes—have put bounds on the arrogance of both priests and landlords ; and it is yet in th e i r p ower , by a long pu ll and a strong pull , . to teach th em a great moral moral lesson by placing Mr. HARMER at the head of the poll. On Monday we hope th a t t h e Livery will show their sense and their power. Lord PA LNIERsTo N 's note of the 31 st of August , communicated by Mr. HENRY LYTTON BULWER, to M. 'Nulls, in the abs ence of Lord GRAN• VILLE, from Paris, is the most luminous clocu ment that h as y et a ppeared o n the Eastern ques tion. It w ill b e f oun d in an other part of The Sun, and will we ll repay th© trouble of an 'attentive perusal. Of course it will shortly be followed by the publication of the answer of the French Premier. The rumoured decision of the British Cabinet, their plc3, to and th e r idi cu l e w hi c h a Ministeria l Mornin g Con temporary a ff ects to throw up on the su pp osi tion that wouldsuit what are called the h av e greatly increased the " caprices" o f France, m odify any p art o f the ori Fourental Powersui ill-humour of the Paris Journals. Those of Thursday contain some bitter observations upon these topics. Now, though we think the conduct of the French Government very culpable in aban doning propositions which it was the first to sanc tion, and in making such an abandonment of its views the groundwork of a quarrel with a friendly State, we are very far from maintaining that the Four Powers ought to make no concession to the feelings of wounded pride under which the French nation is now suffering so acutely. The Eastern QueStion, so far as regards the Four Powers and Fiance, is no longer one of abstract politics. Na tional feelings have become mixed up with national interests. France labours under an impression that an insult has been offered her, and to make it the more stinging, that a Power professing the liveliest friendship for her concurred in it. Now .the er roneousness of such an impression is no justifica tion of a refusal to make any sacrifice to remove it. On the contrary, good feeling dictates as prompt and as earnest a solicitude in healing the suscep- tibilities wounded by a fancied as by a real injury. France has unquestionably herself to blame for the state of isolation in which she now stands with regard to the Great Powers of Europe. Never- theless, on a calm review of all the circumstances and documents made public respecting the Eastern question, we admit that the British Government does not a..)pear in our eyes undeserving of re preh7nsion. On more than one occasion, during the negotiations, there was a want of courtesy to wards Fiance on . the part of the English Cabinet, which use are not surprised to learn engendered suspicions of Lord PA LNIERSTON'S arnica- blc initnitions in the mind of the French Prem►er. It was natural that the omission► of all reference to F►ance, in her MAJESTY'S Speech from the Throne, both at the opening and the closing of the last Session of Parlia . riient, should excite the jealousy of the French publiC ; the more especially as the affairs of Portugal, Spain, Bel gium, and Holland, were thought of sufficient rnag ►.itude to occupy the longest paragraphs in these Regal enunciations. We noticed these omissions at the time only to express our deep regret that so little regard was paid to the feelings of the French people. Nor does it appear to us from all that has yet transpired, that when M. THIERS assured the Four Powers of his intention to abandon the Ori ental policy of his predecessor, Marshal SOULT, much solicitation was employed to ascertain the line of policy which the French Premier wished to substitute for that which he was about to discard. On the contrary, it would seem that three of the Powers received the announcement with an indif ference which could hardly fail to mortify and en- rage the French Government. To the represents. tives of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, the secession of Fra. , ce was an occurrence of no moment; and we half suspect that Lord PALMERSTON, (his note of the 31st of August notwithstanding), for a moment forgot what was due to the susceptibility of the French nation, on a point which so nearly con cerned her honour and dignity. At all events, we must confess that no proofs to the contrary have yet been published, save those of a date too late to be productive of beneficial results. If, then, we are right in assuming that enough was not done to afford France opportunities for cor recting her first grave error, we can discover no reason why the Four Powers should now refuse to make some concessions, with a view to soothe her wounded feelings. We are for paying the the utmost regard to the faith of treaties ; but the spirit of a treaty is not violated by any change in it, to which all the parties who sign it cry, con tent. The Treaty of London contemplates two objects—the maintenance . of the integrity of the Turkish empire, and the peace of Europe. - Now, both can be only secured with the concurrence of France; and therefore it is essential to obtain it The Powers who made the Treaty are competent to revise it ; and such, after all, is‘our confidence in the good sense of the French Government, when not un der the influence of wounded self-love, that we think an offer to make such a revision, to include France, woad not involve the sacrifice of a single article which would impede its execution. We feel as sured that the French nation, so far from misinter preting such a concession in the bombastic arid ridiculous way represented by the Chronicle, would fully appreciate the magnanimity of such an act on the part of the Great Powers. To take for granted that France would attribute, as the Chro nicle would have us believe, any concession of the Four Powers to poltroonery, is to offer an insult to the common sense ,of the French Government and people. When not smarting under a fancied insult, France is too capable of just and generous senti ments, to give way to such delusions. As we know that our Government has nothing more at heart than the maintenance of amicable re lations with France, we trust that the Journals on both sides of the 'Channel will forbear to indulge in taunting expressions, which only serve to inflame the evil passions of the uneducated multitude. The article to which we have alluded in the Chronicle, was penned in a. *bad spirit, and in the worst taste— in a spirit and in a taste as disagreeable to Lord PALMERSTON as they can be to M. TRIERS. Let our Paris Contemporaries not be deceived by outward appearances. The Chronicle has spoken on this oc2anion in tones which find no echo in the British Cabinet. What demonstrates, too, the absolute absurdity of t',he strain so positively offen sive in which it indulged, is the fact noticed with characteristic sagacity I,y the Journal des Debats of Thursday, that the Cabinet Council was ad journed from Monday till'. that day, in order that the whole Cabinet might be present. No final measure was therefore adopted on Monday. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, OCT. I. I irst Highest Lowest Last Prioz Price. Price. Price Freoch 5 per Cents lO4 50 ... 101 73 ... 104 ... 104 10 4 1 ,4 per Cents ...... 3 per Cants 7l 50 71 60 ... 7i) 60 ... 71 8 ink of trance 2775 ... 2750 Laintte•Bank 1 , 00 0 1 . Sh , 1005 • —lOO5 ... 1003 —.1005 5,000 f. Sh delgisin Bank 5 per Cents 31 cr Cents 6l 75 ... 61 75 ... 61 75 ... 61 75 , paniish Active '.::B% ... 28% ... 23 ... ~ , . 81 / 9 Passive SIA ... * 4 ... 54 ... 514 Porte Rite, 3 per Cents 2OY, ... 20% ... 20 ... 2 , N Don Miguel . 3 ... 3 ... a ... 3 Neaps titan ....... . ....... I:6 `.:5 ... 9'l 25 ... 96 25 ... 96 25 ttUl /aa RAILWf►V SHARES, .155 355 ... 355 ... 355 ... . ..... :52 50 v 52 50 ... 210 ... 250 Orleans . 430 430 430 430 v,rsai;les, L.L. -- - ; ALDERMAN HARMER.---About toienty years ago Mr. H armer prosecuted a yoking man of the name of Mat thews for a capital offence, and a conviction was ob tained. Having afterwards, however, some reason to doubt larts of the evideace, he instituted a rigid in quiry, and finding that thvre were strong proofs of the convict's innocence, he laid all the documents before the propor authorities, and the result was a free pardon. ELECT lON FOR LORD MAYOR.--On the second day of the ele ca ion Messrs. Grote and Pat tison voted for Mr. Alderman Harmer, and were loudly cheered. Mr. Smith, M.P ~ also voted for Alderman Harmer, and no doub-. some of the most respectable members of the Corporation ,have heen eager to give their votes in favour of free discussion, and in opposition to the Lynchers of Exeter .and the City of London. A new I 'arkle is in rehearsal at the Adelphi Theatre, found ed upon one of Washington Irving's popular talcs. Mrs. y, %tes is to be the heroine of it. THE SAVI, VGS' BANK MURDER.—We un derstand the Gov, trnstient reward for the discovery of the murderer of Millie is about to be distributed. It is 100/ , and the reward c freed by the Directors of the Sayings' Bank, which is t, ) be distributed, is another 1001-- lA'or/hem Liberator.. TIIE LATE SiR !toss DONNELLY, K.C.B. —This Gallant CflEcer, whose death we announced yesterday, was in the seven ty - s eventh y ear of his a ge. It will be in the recollection t 4 f our readers that a Coin mission of Lunacy wa; issued at the instance of his family in June last, the Gall ant Admiral ii , Qving been for some time previously incap. Able of manag.ing his affairs. The deceased's Admiral's rcommission was ..iated as follows ; Lieutenant, Sept., 2:i, 1781; C o mma:oer, July 6, 1794 ; Captain, June 2.C. 1 795 ; Rear-Admit;l, June 4, 1814; Vice-Admiral, May . :27, 1825 ; and Adoiral, June 28, 1838. For his dist'itvuished services he was nominated a K:,i;;lit Commands r of the Bath in February, 1837. When Senior Lieu' rnant he was in Howe's action, and succeeded to the co; nitlic.nd on the death of the Captain of the Montague in the t o victory. lie commanded the Nar ci,:sus at the red's tion of the Cape and the capture of Buenos Ayres, and vl , o the se;,tnen and marines at the landing at Monte Vi The source of the error is obvious. Chris. tianity has accompanied our civilization, and per sons little accustomed to reflection assert that it has caused it. We say our civilization, because there has been in every age and every country a species of civilization, which confirms the opinion that civi lization springs from no peculiar doctrines, but from the innate desire of man to better his condi tion. Our clergy, the principal part of whose education consists in studying the writ ings of the Greeks and the Romans, who, in fact, call a knowledge of their languages, and what they did, exclusively education, will not deny that the Greeks and the Romans, who had gr eat skill in poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, agriculture, navigation, &c., had attained a hi g h pitch of civilization before Christia.:ity was heard of. In like manner the Chinese, the Hindoos, and various other people and tribes in Asia, have made a considerable progress in civilization, without ever hearing the name of Christianity. The Mexicans and Peruvians had a civilization of their own when they were discovered, which was certainly in no wise connected with the religion of their conquerors. Our civilization—that is, the civilization of the barbarous tribes of the north—was not only in a manner coeval with Christianity, but was, we will admit, in the early ages fostered by that. It will not be forgotten that the chief seat of Christianity was, in the early ages, also the capital of the world. Nor is it unknown that Roman civilization was to some extent preserved and diffused by the noble Romans who took refuge in the Christian priesthood to escape the ravages and insults of the conquerors, and so in turn became the masters of those who had overrun their country. Roman civilization was preserved by the Christian priest hood for some ages ; that civilization and Cirri tianity for a long period went hand in hand ; but when the Pope had become a powerful sovereign, and jealous of further improvement, they separated, and have never since been united ; Christianity in Europe, as taught by the priesthood, striving cor tinuallv to hold men back, and the natural desire of bettering their condition continually urging them on. We might_ enforce these views by many illustra tions, but *e -Aare already trespassed too far for the columns of a newspaper, and certainly we should not have touched on such a subject had not the opposite assertion been assigned in a Tory print as a reason for increasing our respect for the priest hood. When our rights and liberties are made to depend on our agreeing or not with the Tories and the Priests on certain religious doctrines, it must be expected that those doctrines will be subjected to a close examination. Those are no friends to Chris tianity, in our judgment, who connect it with the political passions of men, and expose it to be sifte EVENING EDLTION.„ ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. LORD CARDIGiI-A -DUEL. THIS DAY. (From a Correspondcnt of the itforni ig Chronicle.) ' As this affair will probably lea& to t h e tr ial o t N o o s b t l a e te E s a b r o l r b t e l l y br s e on ts p p e a e r i t 's ic , u it la u rs lay re n s o p t ec b t e in u g ninterestiol t of proceeding to be adopted in this extraordinair'ye Ca°suer.'"sg a case which, in all likelihood, will occasion a serious ill• terruption to the progress of public business when Par" 'lament is re-assembled. In considering this question, the governing Pr eee. dent to he referred to is that of Lord Ferrari, wav was tried in 1760 for the murder of his ste ward, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, relieved, bebr ever, in some degree, by doubts, which were plaus ibl y entertained, of his sanity. Lord Ferrari (as e ver ' body knows) was tried by his peers, convicted, ee ll. dernned, and executed. ...,n of The next case is that of the late L ord Courten-J , infamous celebrity, against whom a true bill was fau by the grand ju of Devon. This case occu Hrred, I ry f think, about twenty-five years ago. The ow ie ° Lords was sitting at the time, and having beets ae; quainted with the indictment of Lord Courteney, a W I of certiorari was awarded for the purpose of the record before the House. A return wisedulY OS for to this writ of certiorari by the clerk of Peace the the county of Devon, who attended at the bar.of .. House and delivered in the record and proceedings, 7„ appears by a memorandum entered to that effect in then Lordships' Journals. Lord Courteney 11.1 to Fran (.1 Oa, where he remainedtill his death, further in Paris. The case, consequently, proceeded no , 1 ap prelleil The writ of certiorari in this case is not. a Queen's Bench writ, as has been supposed, bu„, writ passing under the great seal, issuing,. out of Cb; briogiodge eery, and directed to the Judges of the Court ia P the session of the record, requiring its transmissi° too competent tribunal. This, however, is a ttuin t ao f may be easily ascertained by referring to the ea— a 1 Lord Courteney. The writ proceedsc on the fe u a k wes t b ml e t e Ti menu t r hs i ee given ofd precedent principle that every subject, whatever his roo- , Ace . itYhbehyi hi s veers: sitnioLt statute, ioo i n t i i buts 00 t olgr - A , the r uul a h w a r s i t its of right ,orig i n in the Grand Jury may. find a true bill ngAitst in 011 Cardigan. if they do so, his Lordship wil l ' ~,1 be probability, appear and plead privilege ; but . eve" if not not plead his privilege it will be pars jdri fi , l lord.. Courteney's case talon% notice of it, and the trial cannot proceed. rs_ly,.,, be ship, in that event, will be consigned to prison; s''' - . must continue till released in due course of W l ' to 11 0 Were Pariiament now assembled, the cours e u ld adopted for the purpose of bringing up the r ecord 047 0 be precisely similar to that pursued in Lord ourtePelio case ; but as this is vacation time, no P eer can no% his place to bring the matter forward. r . ' wo ts' Lord Cardigan, however, may petiti on the tirt'issico constitute a Court of Peers, and to issue a o ulni - , 0 to appointing a Lord High Steward ; or ap r M a jesty bi the same effect may be recommended to her Meie v i tl dr the Home Secretary, as rendered necessary by I r mo ° , mends of public justice. These hints 1 hav e tm. b i e ct loosely together, thinking that the interest of tbe 5% . 1 j o f at the present moment might render them deserneagia a place in your able and independent journal. 11 pro b a ble here, in the country, no access to hoAs, it is P r :b a oi that lam wrong on some points - but no re s t Doe can arise from the mistakes of an at'ionytne" dent, who subscribes himself, Sir, o ur verY ° ,.IQ y aus Tic v w , servant, corre be e f iet t -........_ ~....---- • LORI) CARDIGAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE, SUN; se ye rsi _ SIR —As you have admitted the insertion or 00 letters relating to the Court-martial at Brieb t ° l3 ' or your valuable paper, permit me to ask throug.h itseeobr itv%iystaenddolnvb wherefore answer for e Captain Ilium if the Miss Cunningham who 0 pertinaenba Cardigan' as t ' D , es ees aa Pr t ee Is nt the tea-party at his Lordship's house, Li oa rs; from Reynolds Lord C ar el v i g daughter or sister of an o ffi cer in the 1 ltb D' u A her and also whether the lady in question repeatt'oidj, conversation with Lord Cardi oe or whether •it was overheard by any third per° . x c a i o x ca gratuitously upon themselves the disgracef° of tale-bearer on the occasion li 01 has gan to Captain We w ho I have heard it hinted that Niiss Cutini n g -11 oeg" merely the organ of a little knot or faction IA tf A ul d her means, wished to fasten a quarrel 0 0 i'•• -r oul. aitY w t.ac prevent as the t b a public present tutr_cAnea digan, but I can scarcely believe that any I , .4 for 0 willingly or knowingly lend Ws'. consent to base a purpose. 00b i n ; trod ed' it However, as the matter has been so to - fa i r tbs on the public attention by the press, it is l ut e f a ct. s i through its means it should also be Plec e , u , e rTh e eter to the real basis of the quarrel ; and as i' ss --- ,and ham is the ostensible cause of the whole affair, ti to unpleasant crisi sh publicity sucha supposed that the fair lady i s nowise erese,; to .. .. .. Ty n o hFi. proceedings ißcs i have e ol a nEc r deui aceepatb h tt a ramea • T s i di fro m te n d e l 1 Too o r A a uo, r soait wi r h n i ß i i ivttri author* a ' r t ti i i _ ( ..i. g t I,.. lib iti ar !r o(i - e s, t i b b h o i ti. - es d o. . ‘, I, I remain, Sir, your obed s i t en a t atEAra seen, SAM SLICK. serve, appears among the contributors to BerP` l reolt s fe cellany this mcsele His two call ed a • " 't he 'g vi • ,AISA ow Kent's Lodge," and another ll ' g 0 0- i, r Half," running over with rich hefa h sb u ibt m ile o cnr u nt r ood . saconlo 'r n . i ft nac e od s n e a '; ols ,el foc ' oeo ' . I:i t i P- eti: with Thomas Ingold,,by's " Rack Mreestretsseine'r Ed tor's powerful story pa r p o er by Dr. W. C. Taylor. Mi 'l4 110 gal 010 liOSte • , u et I. _ C vvquill, the author of " Thess' 'of P I Th,,rn " 4 , • , Colin Clink," &c. & Subalte rn titota one de '' Goy Fawke ent°,-wilio, es' Numbers which have c "' ce9s dot Se il yet been published ' Misc liany. Ise Is° E erap v toe o rat x .ed Po hAe ß l j ta:seaellsi OCT. 2. Mr. Spiers, tag' a ll ~ evceiet 011 person who left the Talavcra on SaturdaY , e th x e o p n ae r establish the improbability of its having luier-ctect eil gidge:l' She was quite empty, and no work had bee '", he tilt' . It e o k f s t . h e i n ee ,s o ip ,s her for O tw a da e efi-n' t ,c he other hoe d ' "IWO' - th i e lic s h till s e o s ni t ee h en o w n e r which fiat t ie s fire broke out has caused much stto-cirittr• at a quarter-past four on Sandal, e lic . o , • nt- our, t h e ir e 10-' great number of the workmenwould and with et e a ttas_ e u! t her or friends at a distance from Dcvonport, .‘o_, pt 1, 4 , point, or other villages in the neighboure ° c aeie 4, point, did the fire ' increase gradually but had s eised ti. the atoo stem to stern, within the first few anetes after f s pa"' was observed. Some mention has been loa d° cl e reo° *l ; neous combustion, but though not of rare ()Oa°, lis t fa t o board vessels loaded with cotton, or other ma tt c et 0 6 .to fermentation on the access of water, it cannot oe ~d, j a , empty hulk, perfectly dry and clean, and We ll a ! irz f a ss ao t e :The stronest excitement prevails, and further le o __ o f t , is anxious ly looked for. Sir William Part .er, e p l . i!' Lords of the Admiralty, arrived here last We t, I rs otso f :, Minto is eepeeted this morning. Mr. J. EadY , te d I :fi Surveyor of the Navy, is also here. It tsas ,.,: l r l f tr ilto night, y on tolerably good authority, that a Ps''..e . :ist 3 11 , Sow-street officers have been sere. down ° - been inquiries now making. T C 11S9 ss 6 / THE DUBLIN CORPORATION.---- t 1 e stated, and not de ' • ar4 til3°ls 1° f enied, that the parties with as much of the chattelproperty of the eittisoies; in the '",,ir to can lay their ei awa upon. The pictures o no -. OW House, some of which are valuanle (there are A the cj iil i by Reynolds).-.the furniture, such as it is, en; , e aed •s and paraphernalia. Now tha t ' the ship is `,ails pera . i. jii e gong to the bottom, these are to be the veils a ll o , to '' la s sees of the drunken crew. We do not desir e the a gJer t ' I. of cere. Bat we speak quite advisedly when we _r 0 1 4 i ii if they embezzle, pilfer, steal, or destroy the P l 7O all the city of Dublin, the wrong-doers will b° tO's 3 reached by the law.—Dublin Evening Past. Pane MO sr ACCIDENT ON . RAILVVAY.--Tiie 0,000„0. train, which arrives here (Nottingham) betwee ° . 0 At.,o four in the morning, met with an accident ees r sa Id P o o burrow, on Wednesday morning. The gate 0E i '' og .. sa l , been left open, and a horse worth 201. was I Y,. peo s _,,lee the rails ; the darkness prevented the engire e t - h. &e e l; ; serving it, and the animal was cut topieoes'e „esel s g A and tender being thrown off the line and mug 1 , , a ises' r , se the engineer and stoker escaped with a fe w ',,,ig• - ,be cask of gin was staved in, which e ff orded the t ,, i et iP ' o pportunity of getting more than " three s b- * a . wind " without cost. —Nottingham Review. es fl an f t o A WATERLOO BULLET.—,Mr. Ja lll • ' es - Reg , LI) etO ford, of Langley, who was a private in the Ist - op Or o i r Guards, at the battle of Waterloo, was all„ ° ,th - ich h e , - ets of that celebrated battle, in consequence or - ,,,, a s o° "ertl tamed hie discharge and a pension. The be u .a ss 9 , - ic e treated, and remained in a quiescent s tate , i t ( l icia. we ja time ago a tumour appeared between his sbl A ce eserr It increased so as to render surgical assistance ne rge ati . irii probing the tumour the ball was found by the se ~, v 31 40 had entered at the point ol the left shoulder, rr c , o b v x , under the scapula, was lodged in the middle 0' boil close ve boil close to the spinous process of the hree , -- om a rr from whence it was extraense last a cek. - - to hear he is doing well.—Derby Reporter- gonlon. The excavations in the site of the dir ecti°: V.lla at Brornham, are still going on under tb°,oo spali ci f Mr' J. S. Money. The foundation!' of e ' d , are s t .: o merits are now visible : 'and more, it is suPPseilleci w as concealed by the soil. Two sepulchral U. . 0 well ,a t burnt human ashes, have been. brought to ligb t ':ieg lig: a coin of Caraysius, which is valuable as ll° d the g -- on the age of the buildings Caraysius usert),°„cassitee. vernment of Britain, A. D • ' , 87, and bold it til' i : A CO ted by his chief Minister Allectus, (of w hom a , ' ° D. 2 94 :i was \ lately discovered in an adjoining' field) t'inbabite, Ve may conclude, therefore, that the Vill a s.s9 tbse ' l ' sst at that period, and that its age cannot be le ss to Years.—Devizes Gazette. d I's' en " What newspaper would con recornal ighr,oo; advertise in ?" said ac • ' big ee • recd advertise traaesman to . h . 0 Always choose one," was the reply, w ilic t con ",ll;robsv" by the more wealthy classes, and which doc:. t G ender !".--- !ain so many advertisements as to prevent lity of yottr owe being read by the gene ral r and I Essay on Adverti, ost - ing. a Ctiv e THE STAG HOUNDS.--Tlie m rac k eg f`' energetic exertions arc making to bri ng thi° c Triervf . _ w oo. r c joie blishment into full play the ensuing been e c ve fee stags in the highest •pewiele condition ha s aid pro from the park, at Berkeley Castle. All class! t o slew.; have come forwards. The more itnnieu'Aryi rote; ment. we are informed, is confided t o CePte &oleo, Mr. Taste, and Mr. Edward Preen, three gles, con6' whom both town and country will bee. th, e le 0 of s l li dente. There appears to have bon an aesen.cone owe thing like party diseeiee oft this oecasion, 2 % 1 e 100 0./ alone has been looked at—the benefit .of t Cheltenham Examiner. TWO O'CLOCK. ... 1,856 2.355 2,324 Alderman Harmer Alderman Pirie Alderman Johnson AT THREE O'CLOCK. Alderman Harmer Alderman Pine Alderman Johnson • • • 000000000 1,884 2,393 . ATTEMPT TO FIRE SHEERNESS DOCKYARD. (From a Second Edition of the Times. SHEERNESS, FRIDAY EVENING, 8 P.M. Her Majesty ship Camperdown, 120 guns, was attempted to be fired in the Basin this evening by some incendiary. The fire was first discovered in the Midshipman's berth, but was extinguished after burning a locker, but on further search a well laid train was discovered in the warrint officer's store rooms, consisting of rosin, oakum, and lucifer matches. The above is official. GUILDHALL- 7 (1'111S DAY•) MAGISTERIAL SAGACITY:LA wretched-looking man named James Smith, was brought before Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, charged with having stolen a pair of reins cur. of a dray !..clanging to Messrs. Hoare and Co., on the 25th of August last. A City policeman stated that he had been ever since on the Lok-out for the prisoner, having been informed that he was tae thief, but could not meet him until yesterday. John Alien, a drayrnan in the service of Messrs. Hoare and Co., stated that on the day in question, a pair of reins (his own property) was stolen out of his dray in Halston street. The fiver of an omnibus told him the prisoner took them, and he gave information to the police. He, did not himself see the prisoner take them. He did not think the omnibus driver saw him Other, or he would have had him stopped. Sir P. LAURIE—I see you want to screen the fellow. Witness—They were my own reins. I bought them that day for ss. Sir P. LAURIE—III engage you knew him before. You want to screen him. Witness—l knew him, and gavo him beer. Sr PETER (to the prisoner)—Well, do you confess you stole the reins ? Prisoner—l do, your worship. I was ready to drop with hunger. Sir PETER —You see he is a common thief. He steals the property, and then he acknowledges it. The prisoner was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. A COOL AND JUST REPROOF. TO THE EDITOR OF TIME STANDARD. SlR—With your habit of identifying me with Pontius Pilate, I feel that it is not part of my business to find fault ; but as it is stated in your paper of last night, that the circumstance of my having attended High Mass has a tendency to wound religion, you will be gratified to be able to give, on my authority, a positive contradiction of the all , ged fact.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your very humble servant, Oct. 2, 1840. MORPETH. THE LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. _The Annual Meeting of the Liverpool Agricultural So ciety took place last Thursday. The show of live stock was not so large as we have witnessed on preceding oc casions, but the quality of all kinds was much superior. The attendance of agriculturists was very numerous, and there were present els., a very considerable number of the Liverpool inhabitants. Lord Stanley was on the ground early in the morning, accompanied by many gentlemen of the landed interest. The causes assigned for the limited exhibition of cattle were, that they Royal Society having determined, to hold their next meetirg at Liverpool, many persons were induced to reserve their stock for that occasion. Secondly, that the prevail ing epidemic in the South of England had operated in a very material degree with prejudicial effact to the exhibi tion. Notwithstanding, the show was very good, and the results have proved highly gratifying to all who were present to take an interest in agricultural pursuits. In the afternoon a most substantial repast was provided, which was discussed with infinite gusto by about four hundred individuals. Among those present we observed, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M. P. ; Sir Joshua Walnasley, Knt., Mayor of Liverpool ; Blackburn, Esq., M. P., T. B. Crosse, Esq., the late High Sheriff; Hon. Captain Stanley, &c. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER THROUGH NEG LIGENT DRIVING.-0a Friday an inquiry was commenced before Mr. Baker, at the Cumberland Head, City-road, touching the cause of the death of Elizabeth Wells, who was run over on Tuesday evening last by an empty coal waggon, driven by a man named Elliott, now in custody. The body of the deceased not having been opened, the in quiry was adjourned until Tuesday next, so as to ascer tain the precise cause of death, and that Elliott might be present, and other witnesses brought forward to solve the contradictory evidence adduced on Friday. INSURRECTION IN THE ISLE OF MAN.— (From a Correspondent of the Advertiser.)—Douglas, Isle of Man, Sept. 29, 1840.—A regular insurrection hss taken place in this little island, in consequence of the al teration ill the currency, which has been, by an act of Tynwald, assimilated with the English money. The people have gathered in all parts of the island to oppose this alteration. We are under reeular martial law ; all houscs are c!osed at seven o'clock in the evening, and bodies of special constables parade the streets. The mi litary, thirty men in number, are continually under arms. The insurgents nearly killed the High Bailiff of Peel. and another gentleman, a son of one of the members of the house of Keys ; but in Douglas all seems pretty quiet. A thing of this kind, in a little spot like this, I can assure you may materially affect business. SUICIDE OF AN AGED MAN.—On Friday af ternoon an inquest was held at the Wellington public house, Cannon-street. St. George's in the East, before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, on view of the body of James Cteverley, aged seventy years, who had terminated his existence by hanging himself. From the evidence it ap peared, that some time ago the deceased, who was a jour neyman sailmaker, was seized with paralysis, which de prived him of the use of one side, and rendered him inca pable of doing any work for three months. On Wednes- . day morning last he proceeded to the place he had pre viously worked and obtained employment. Such, however, was the state of his debility and weakness, that he was un able to get on with the work placed before him. This seemed to weigh most heavily upon his mind, and he went home to his lodgings, where, in a short time after, he was found suspended by a strong cord front the bedstead, quite dead and cold. Overton, the beadle, produced a strong cord, about two feet long, with an iron book about four inches attached to the enl, and which is used by sail makers, and said it was the instrument with which the de ceased had effected strangulation. He also said the de ceased had not been suspended by it, as the bedstead was too low to admit of it, but was found in a kneeling position; and it would seem as if the deceased had endeavoured to relieve himself from the pain occasioned by strangulation, as, whee d =covered, one of the fingers of his left hand was found fast on the point of the hcok before-mentioned, and which formed part of the noose. The Jury, after hearing the whole of the evidence, returned a verdict of " Tempo rary insanity. Our citizens have been amused for some day's past by the appearance of a white crow, sporting its figure among the trees of Stanley Hill. It does not appear to be much of a favourite with its sable brethren ; and, were it not that it has placed itself under the special protection of the Duchess of Athol!, its person would soon adorn the walls of the Dunkeld Museum, a reward being offered for its apprehension. Caledonian Mercury. Died, September 26, al his apartments in Regent -street, Sir James Lawrence, Knight of Malta, the only Englishmen who enjoyed that honour. He was the eldest son of the late Richard Lawrence, of Fairfield estate, in St. James's Jamaica, a lineal descendant of Henry Lawrence, Lord President of Oliver Cromwell's Privy Council, Sir James had been long known in the literary world; and although bit imagination, like a great leviathan:, delighted to take its pastime in the ocean of conjecture, yet he was at the same time a good discussing philosopher. He was also a pretty minor poet, and many of his verses were well-spiced satires upon falsehood and cant, consequently admirable panegyrics upon truth. He was an upright man, and most steady in his friendships. On the 29th his remains were interred in the grave-yard of St. John's Wood Chapel. The hand of a friend pens this shot t tribute to departed worth and talent. GALLICIA, SEPT. 9.—lf the conspirators, re• spectiog whom something lately transpired, had reckoned on the people, they would very speedily, if their mad pro jects his not be n at once baffl d, have found what a great e2r,:r th bad committed. Those are very ill informed, who think that the Sclavonien population, subject to the cc :ptre o Aus via, are not much attached to the Imperial H.e.se ; on the contrary, they are most zealous patrict4, as everybody who apens his eyes plainly see. THE LUDLOW CASE.—A subscription has been commenced by the commercial men of the Uni.ed Kinadom, to compensate Mr. Macreeth for the inconve nience a,cl suffering sustained by him from the late bor rible attack on his life at Ludlow. The amount of sub scription is limited to one shilling each, and the subsorip• tion list is to be kept open till the 20th of May, 1841, in order to give commercial gentlemen who have circuits of from three to six months an opportunity of showing this mark of respect and sympathy to a highly esteemed colleague. STOCKHOLM, SEPT. 22.—T11e post of Minis • ter of Justice has born offered by the Government to the Counsellors of Justice Brcdberg and Isberg, and the latter has had two audiences o' the King, which, however , ter minated in his declining the office. It is had now been sent toßaron Ehrenhorgh. sa id that an offer MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--p.lendid festi vLitaiuedsetro,okßpalrat7 G a a i n h g e e an ti c ieeunste,se oNfveSditrieTd,haoymlaasstD, i Dick Lauder, Bart,, G r ange House, last , in The cere mony honour of the marriage of Miss Charlotte Lsoreon Dick Lauder to Alexander Mitch ell Lines, Esq. andwastheEarlßenceAdvocate Mrs. Rut h erford , and Countess of Stair, e m nd i i d d Le ball _ Lord Cockburn and Miss Cockburn, Lad s y ir M \s a ft r i v ita D m un ß d e a e s , , the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Coventry, a Bart. In the evening Sir and supper to the rank f Thomas o , B a s gaveand a splendid beauty thiao, and the officers of the Queens ays and 29th Re giment. The Nottingham Revietv says—" The follow ing is a literal copy of a paper posted last Sunday on a church door not a hundred miles from East Brid g ford : Tha will ha Meting on Wednesday night at 7 A clock at Mrs. Macons at the Rane Deeat, to take In Condatinons a few orators concaring the Poor and other Porpolca.'" i