The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-26 00:00:00

tVENING EDITION. IUETING OF ALD. HARMER'S FRIENDS. lip 4 very numerous and most respectable meeting of t t "Yaten of the City of London and others, friends t of e 1". Alderman Harmer, took place last evening at i h ao u d b„ an Coffee-house, on Ludgate-hill, to consider t 1 ets r lt mea ns of secoring the election of the worthy Al.. to the Mayoralty for the ensuing year. The 'lionge room of the coffee-house was crowded to suffoca ;i by several hundred gentlemen, and the utmost or et and unanimity of feeling prevailed. At 1 take t evs , minutes after seven o'clock the chair was h u • e 4 1 Mr. Deputy Blackett, who, in opening the a 341 , e ss of the meeting, observed that they were not sier ea _ . their Y espousing the cause of Alderman . Harmer, but m ade °all also. A most unprincipled defending him md from i t t ' l li e upon that gentleman ; and in t n i t .Y, would only be defending the common rights of Aiirs.'s,,aions—(Cheers.) ..., . t ST a Common uouncriman, and . the Seere tll2,°l the Alders gate Literary and . Scientific Institu -1::u rose to mov the first resolution, which, together H"ith th y e . part of our paper. e e others , appears in another. hun.oihserytil that Mr. Har . mer . had risen from the lai"i' l " tanks of life to the situation he now occupied ; 1- '' I ' ll " if le . were now to be dulled the highest re 404wrderof ,his. ' meritorious conduct, which it was in the st °t his fellow citizens to bestow, there . would be tu; t d of all emulation, and of all that . stimulus tuin itiorYL7hieli the prospect of attaining to the highest 'ours "rours now afforded.—( Hear.) . For those bo ll t uere ought to be no disqualification, except bad e: e r • et er, and that his enemies did not p . reten o d_to_ o a n t NI ialgairist Alderman Harmer. The citizens fL op.- i ad nothing whatever to do with the peculiar . i opi ne °f Mr. Harmer—what they had to look to was Stacy) was Pu blic co d (Cheers.) lie (Mr. vs n conduct,—(Cheers.) 'bout 'apex out t° enter into a defence of shi tt , that would be wholly beside present question, the Dispatch nei the N4'141'148 whether the public conduct . of Mr. A1(17 . - 1 41 3 o ', i r aler had been such as to induce his fellow. high office which cita '4o la • meelare him disqualified for the kridistly claimed.—(Loud cheers.) ' tl !. k c° l3 COPE (a Conservative) seconded the re ,:llutaillti;.",(l did so with a double pleasure, because h . e sit linri .,' ,life been opposed to the worthy Alderman in He begged to .'e u - 'cal opinions.—( Loud cheers.) J el ltio u e a rst atl as doing so in the character of a professed lerl at tna o•--(Renewel cheers.) Mr. Harmer de ter, 'eked in his political, moral, and religious cha -1 4; 111 , d he (Mr. Cope) would be ashamed it, know fei s t :'• ' 4 urrner as he did in the intercrmirse e o o f o p e rlivate i and et h t . o 4 'ag oat Of their public intercourse . ' it ' ) n Ille aY other connection, he did not bear testi the°ll to his belief that whether in public 07 in private wli tt h ' e • °I "Mr. Harmer hiid been honourable to him, sa(i , et as a man, a Magistrate, or a private individual. the t,,t3udelieers.) He had always found him exhibit Englishman ; heated,tgiliitlie•lie manly sensibilities of an down e eli eu aw a portion of the press running 4Englishat'i4dividi'al they would be wanting in the feelings ~ ,', did rally round him. eh—co if they not . era:itorritz°llltion was then carried unanimously by ac -111,. ll ' 9,tsPos„„ePuty STEVENS, of Bishopsgatc-street, rose to sat ~,' t he second resolution, and expressed his delight fay'hui.- had assembled to express their opinions in honour 'le gentleman who was one of the mo ad u the rnaaistracy of the city of London, and he w h h ii o s Pini: n et trade himself obnoxious to any one, il -3 wh attalc}might, while he had all alon g. stea -3" ' •andreligious 11'N PPorted the cause of civil . liberty. ill the Y to be prevented by the'‘ leading" . purnal ? iv ab ea r, hear, and cries of " No, no.") NI! ere they l '`• o r l e te bate ' the ' string round their necks and to fol ter,s r evea they might be led : Were they never to *IC e their common sense ?—(Hear, hear.) They ietterig knawa Alderman Harmer, and they knew that 'iti ze w as not in the city of London a man to whom the Itanit'•rtaglit more safely,- entrust their property, that their do ' Ys tilth "r i or their dearest interests. They felt iledidl at d i l oonour to the choice of the citizens. 11 : 1.1t h.ii t i o u t t i t 7 b at would be the result of this contest,. and of the Court of Aldermen were far the ho- .. a it C'e to lend themselves to the purposes of opp t o o rot s t°l Alderman Harmer. What they . , had lara ti ° was, the public character of . the individual 30esttheY selected to till the civic chair, thanand a more , tl ti l i uPright, and really religious man Alder• li ght 4rt aer did not exist, be his opinions what they '.‘1,., (Cheers.) e ~•' alattsnats seconded the resolution,andsp o o f ke m t r o . 141;•ttistaatly charitable and benevolent habits a liberal sub :rib:lNa Harmer. Not only was 4 0; r I , t ° ad public institutions for berevoiseenats mostpur- t t n'i ut it his practice of private charity t4e ci s ir iv it• His . left hand knew not what his right I'V s iti • lt iii reBo lUtion was also carried by acclamation, with : tkr di e 8 voice. • moving the third . I ' 4 ll,: j a 7l l.araat PRITCHARD, in re tan hi'''eari an eulogium on the character of Alder- 1 j i bes a lrtll4 ' uttered in the House of Commons by Sir 'tr. if luki'ratosh (it will be found in the resolution). '° :,' , ..kk ' ' --."'',_ conduct since that eulogiurn was ro- Itth Y ""- "'''‘‘Sheriff• or Afderman, had been such p . a,rl so ro t ° bear it o ut. H e (Mr. Pritchard) having !4 rs /Ideal/3' °P P o rtunities of observing .aPetatia rirlylatl,Parmer in those capacitie t s h , e fe e l e t himself 1 aeolle ° e - clu ed upon to add his testimony to . t e h e e s of b. o nce of hi. • • - and the virtues and b ra i% i,. Priv a t e file, I\l 1 / 1 1° "n eh. Cl r - ) l i s. At. araeter.— t l iatn,„ "eK (a liveryman ) seconded the resolution. or t h )3 a•sr now stood in precisely the situationo That 15 4til rna rQu g h aat was placed some years the r,,, n 41 1. was, clay after - day, run down by *g tlieTir i l l z l e o s t , tl 051gned and t h e p a per, after giving,, d on -at st. , , then "e kith 4 / 3 . had tile coolness to say, be endured that i tb il l L W as it to . 't 41 e earned Lord." it to now we have k r ei i ~b , he craw o; °lt'd thus be attacked merely to gratify the s n ' ,, kts a so ' p.s 4 lue of the conductor o i f th a public Journal, or it had been placed (cilia , Il t wrue Perso n connected . w f. (e; .. u ,,1 side at the election or Southwark by the ,i i l ekr, h "°' h had appeared in the Dispatch ? low he ar 4 4t th,,,tos!, Ile called upon them no longer to bas ti t4 jad,:' w es to be led by the o nose by the Trines, found their judg i4 ap ort a v e for themselves, and Poi ; A the Pablie and private character t of the can tle,t'i L tit Peat deal had been . said f against the Dis t' (41), e " had subscribed to it or years, and he had 140 eil 4r , ry _,ed all that dereliction of principle that had it, t t JO bed against it. It had been consistent, which this,'realat.4als had not.—( Hear, hear.) But because tt t ' r e arasit'll exceeded that of the Times, and because i,ase4 wt•herefore, a rivalry between h w .. ac that Y an Individual should be sacrificed ? kr. lie('°ltation was carried unanimously. 1 1 111145 11 1 .. Gr (a Conservative, and a Member of the teidtl 8 0 -4 ' u ne . ll) rose to move the fourth resolution. d its i rs th a t ' one generally, if not universally, oppose I t !' ; -‘14 eca -rrn a er in politics ; but at the same time, wish al 'N., " r 't to that gentleman the same independence ko lli t rt Yt ; li t a ll _ which he claimed for o. himself. He had A i(i :e s the:torte(' the principle of ation, and he did I ti ti, rt nlia a i anY case had been made ' out for depriving s, et,rli.k,iraer of that honour and dignity to which el der 4 ,o,s'y course of things he was entitled. There torZ r uta u l i t a * et the Common Councit more honest than eap,:,ee x .i t d i r tncr, or whose conduct was more in ac tta:t tacit „ I , :i the dictates of propriety. In his judicial era iri e Uss ti T i ne he administered justice, he was always Vtlet, was'4ll to the side of mercy. If a man, whose lis' a r ker,. so unexceptionable as that of Aldermrn be - N•ahj ;te t having worked his way up to his present t n e ea s °. station w •to be debarred from the highest heat Wh in , . 5 as a k i o , olt was in the power of . lais fellow-citizens _ t he ivi tillsi', lll tely to gratify the malice and enmity which ci t , t ear ut . d "' t oere was an end of all that emulation whic t o ' 1 ; If the°l industry and integrity was intended to cx eftvall ia "elates of Alderman Harmer were allowed e p !'rs It '"e City would be disgraced.—(Cheers.) 4 11 11 ' td tl A n \ ,l l -. N s O N seconded the resolution, which was ter} q4l°,lllous!y. 35 ~°s c l 4 " e 'WAY moved the fifth resolution. He was ths 4 : l4 er t i , 4 50e assembled on so important an occasion 4 4 - e wiii3aa, orderly, and respectable a meeting. Had l a 4 w • 'ci et e re Present known Mr. Alderman Harmer cit, tl b l s: o c o l as well as he (Mr. Galloway) had, they be., t4 ar, w ith him that there was not a man in the 01 ' 4 ,ta 0 deservina of any honour which they could , t 4s ~ptan hini, or more devoted to the maintenance I,,,`Us h-ipts and the furtherance of the best interests wary ) cto'aw-eitizens.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Gal jirslie w as Mr. Harm er 4, years ago, when his in nhn ae more than 100/. a year, and he was then (h r ,; t i of hystrae straightforward, honest, and to the ex act 4 rsa I.l,eans, benevolent man that he now was.— kr iki,o; INow, that he had by industry, diligence, it i . t t ao z e 411 , by integrity, realised a large fortune, his it h 4 r ta n ltt Y seemed to be - how he should best bestow R 'lle „it anyantage of his fellow-creatures. Few men Oh t eroa a Y °I London were more benevelent or more s it , eili q than Alderman Harmer. For the office , ;t o e , mar he was peculiarly well cal - It ti,nte not more by his experience, than by his ' temper 4itio at the ' and conciliatory disposition. He 4 1 4 44, 3 s same tim e a man of the most modest psi'lat. not Inning manners.—( Hear, hear. hear.) it I, ili Q sp o 0g t _ , -IPPosed that Mr. Alderman Harmer, in i i o;;h t , ot u o be selected, which he undoubtedly did, ; .:la i l is _. 'Y of the ostentation attending the office— tii'l,et for t s i l l r _Or' , O* desire that he might succeed, from re p I n i vo . e ..,reat and pro.spercus ward which had so a l : r telt e t ` / Il l a Y t c alled him to fill the office of Alderman. bag c tint 0 tile ward would be compromised if he trewsthe ior.ted.—(Hear, hear.) And after all what papnr,L'enee arrayed against loin ? The Times 0 1 , r 4 ,t s itnati taut had Mr. Harmer been in his pre m trim °' ten years ago that paper would have t,5 4 ). 1-,,_ , 1 1 the same proportio n as it now abused :ktpa Ila t , e _g e e naaory of that journal was too well known stry ated there. Its incons i stencies had been so 'tiroditiary4alary, that it was impossible for any man of h1, 11 %•-•a( ri e' l e t a°rY to recollect one half of its vacilla ateasisig`C'eets.) Mr. Galloway concluded by ex a.,4llaN:o'sreonvictioa that there would be such an as v,",!4 iti L on d on l t Livery next Tuesday as had not been aald tor many years past, and that they titikrb,.ZYlt.rth:rge.,lisectiio_ni Oil! years past, and that they p CCtjoo of Alderman Ha ,h rm . h er. s vr. , vtirli—' - ---'•M(ie u toe reso.ution, IN lc sva i -..4 U0 llay. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1840• 'Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. COURT CJRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIR DAY.— His Royal Highness Prince Albert, went from the Castle this morning to Frogmore Lodge, to meet their Royal H . ghnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge from town. The Royal Dukes came to the Castle and visited her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent ;accompanied by the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg and the Princess Therese of Hohenlohe Sehillingsfurst, and attended by Lady Char lotte Dundas, is expected to return to dinner this even ing from town. The Earl of Surrey took his departure from the Cas te this morning, for Farnham, Bury St. Edmunds. Tae three Princes of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst left for town this morning. The Royal dinner party this evening will he composed of the party at the Castle, without any additional com pany. , The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, and the Princess Therese of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, arrived at Marlborough House :shortly before two o'clock yesterday afternoon from NN'indsor Castle. Her Majesty, the Duchess, and the two Princesses, went tocether to Gloucester House to visit the Duchess of Gloucester, and after wards wer.t to Kensington to visit the Princess Sophia. The Duchess of Kent and the Princesses of Hohenlohe left Kensington at hAlf-past four, in a carriage and four, f,r Windsor Castle. Her Majesty the Queen Dow ager returned to Marlborough House, stopping for some time at Clarence House, St. James's. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge left town yesterday morning for Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor. Their Royal Highnesses re turned in the afternoon to the residence of the Duke of Sussex, at Kensington P a lace. The remains of the late Princess Augusta were placed in a shell on Thursday ni;ht, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Princes Victor, Clodwo!d, and Philippe Ernest of Hellenlobe Schillingsfurst, arrived in town yesterday from Windsor Castle, and visited the Queen Dowager at Marlborough House. Their Serene Highnesses also went to Gloucester House to make their inquiries after the health of the Royal Duchess, and entered their names for her Royal Highness. Sir John Macdonald had an interview with the Mar quis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home-office. Earl Brownlow left Marlborough House, Pall-mall, yesterday, for his seat, Bolton House, Lincolnshire. The Marquis of Normanby arrived in town yesterday from his scat, Mu!grave Castle, Yorkshire. THE LATE PRINCESS AUGUSTA. It is now intended that the remains of her Royal Highness should lie in state at Frogmore-lodge about Wednesday or Thursday next ; the arrangements arc at present being made for that ceremonial. Frogmore-ledge, which was the private property of her Majesty the late Queen Charlotte, was left to her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta for her life, and at her death was to become the property of the Princess Mary, now Duchess of Gloucester. It was the expressed wish of the Princess Augusta during her last illness that her funeral obsequies should be conducted in as private and simple a manner as should be consistent with her rank and near relation ship to the Sovereign of Great Britain. The deceased Princess, in consequence of the un fortuna'e circumstances of her brother, George, with respect to his wife, was called upon to hold the Draw ing -rooms, which State etiquette has prescribed ; and in the performance of the duty thus imposed, protected the character of the Court from the contamination and reproach which it would have incurred but for her Royal Highness's nice sense of propriety. One of the occasions on which the deceased Princess was called upon to act with decision has been reported to us as follows :—" A certain lady, with whom it. was notorious the Regent maintained an intercourse by no means con sistent with personal lirtue, or respect for public opinion, was named to her Royal Highness by her Royal brother as one whom he was anxious to have gratified by a re-introduction to the Drawing-room, and urged the matter strongly upon the Princes 3, whose disinclination to consent was evident by her tone and manner. At length she said," Does your Royal High ness request me as a brother, or command me as my Sovereign The Royal libertine withdrew, and never again mentioned the name of the lady in the presence of the Princess. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN R. A. REYNOLDS. BRIGHTON, FRIDAY.—ilic court-martial on Captain R. A. Reynolds commenced this morning. It was held in the Hospital, of which the largest ward was appro priated to the purposes of the Court. The time ap pointed for commencing the business of the day was eleven o'clock ; but long before that time the doors were opened for the purpose especially of affording ac commodation to the press, to whom it WAg the desire, very kindly expressed by the President, that it should be given ; and in the carrying out that desire, every exertion was made by the Adjutant of the regiment, Lieutenant Knowles, and Quarter-master Collins. The morning, which was very unfavourable for those who were urged bylmere curiosity to see the proceedings, did not, however, prevent great numbers from attending the Court, and they began to crowd into the ward-room a very short time after ten o'clock, so that by the time the President had taken the chair he place was filled, it night be said, to excess. The scene, however, when the Court was full, was well worthy of being looked u p o n —independently of the circum stances that had occasioned its being brought toge ther—for nothing could be more splendid than the ap pearance of the different officers who acted as judges, and who were all arrayed in the most gorgeous uni forms. Still, however, more interesting than them was the demeanour and bearing of the gentleman who came before them, as one ready to meet the accusation of his commanding officer. Captain Richard Anthony Rey nolds is, I should suppose, about thirty-four years of age. He has, I understand, served for no less than fifteen years in the army ; and although his counte nance exhibits the deep bronzed colour of one who has been for many a year exposed to the burning rays of an Indian sun, still his figure and free buoyant action prove him to be one still possessed or all the vigour of youth. His hair and mustachios arc jet black ; and these, with the dark flashing eyes of one who has en countered many a peril (but so different from that to which he is now exposed), exhibit him to be what he is—a brave and gallant " Indian officer"—an officer such as witnessed the fall of Bhurtpore, and that aided in the destruction of the powers of Affghanistan. On the appearance of his prosecutor it is not necessary to make any remark, as he is so very generally known, excepting that upon this occasion he appeared to be extremely agitated, and was in the course of his open ing address so very much excited, that he actually began to weep. This burst of passion was elicited from him when he came to the reading of the second letter of Captain Reynolds. At eleven o'clock the Court was opened to the pub lic. It was found that net only were all the officers to try the charge against Captain Reynolds in their places, but the prosecutor and the accused were also placed on opposite sides of the room with their counsel. Mr. Wrangliam was counsel for the Earl of Cardigan, and Mr. Watson for Captain Reynolds. The PRESIDENT of the Court, before the business of the day was proceeded with, rose and said—" I wish to address myself particularly to the reporters. The Court have agreed to give them every accommo dation to take notes ; but they have one request to make—namely, that no publication will take place until the trial is over. The reason for making the request is this, that by publishing only partial reports, I will not make use of the terms ex parte statements, the proceedings may be exposed to comments that may do injustice. We hope, then, that that this request will be attended to, as it will be the means of for warding that which is our object—ultimately attaining the ends of justice." The Judge-Advocate then read the Royal warrant for holding the Commission—the appointment of the Judge-Advocate, and the following list of officers ap pointed to try the case : Major. General the Honourable Sir Hercules Paken harn, K.C.B. (President), Colonel Mildmay Fane, 44th Regiment, Colonel Arbuthnot, 72d Highlanders, Lieu tenant-Colonel Drummond Fusilier Guards, Lieutenant- Colonel Vandeleur, 10th Hussars, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Burgoyne, Grenadier Guards, Lieutenant- Colonel Broadhead, Coldstream Guards, Lieutenant- Colonel Dyneley, Royal Horse Artillery, Lieutenant- Colonel Brunton, 13th Light Dragoons, Major Sim mons, 61st Regiment, Major Cockburn, 60th Rifles, Captain Doherty, 13th Light Dragoons, Captain Spot tiswood, Oth Lancers, Captain Holkham, Royal Ar tillery, the Honourable Captain Pitt, Royal tior:e Guards Blue. The Judge-Advocate (Major Peppin) asked Captain Reynolds if he had any objections to the officers named? Captain Reynolds—None. The President and officers of the Court were next sworn, and all persons about to give evidence for the defence or prosecution ordered to retire. The Judge Advocate then read the charge, as fol lows : " For that he, Captain R. A. Reynolds, having at Brighton, on the 27th August, 1840, written and sent a letter to Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan, of the same regiment, his commanding officei , of an impro per nature, and being thereupon personally ordered by the said Earl of Cardigan as his commanding officer to the effect following, viz., that all letters addressed to him by Capt. R.:A.:Reynolds should in future be strictly offi cial, nevertheless the said Capt. It. A. Reynolds, in - direct violation and disobedience of such order by his com manding officer, did on the same day, viz., the 28th of August. 1840, write and address to him, Lieut.-Col. the Earl of Cardigan, a most disrespectful, insubordinate, of fensive, and insulting letter, imputing tohim conduct cal culated to exeitu him to depart from his duty as command ing officer, and which last-mentioned letter is as follows— [lle then read the letter in full, which is given in the Earl of Cardigan's speech]. Such conduct as aforesaid being in the said Captain R. A. Reynolds unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, prejudicial to the interests of the service, subversive of good order and military discipline." The Earl of Cardigan here proceeded to address the Court from a written statament, which, as he read very rapidly, it was exceedingly difficult to follow precisely as he uttered it. We believe the following to be a pretty correct version of it :—Mr. President and Gentlemen, I present myself before this Honourable Court to con duct the prosecution in obedience to the order of the Commander-in-Chief, and therefore, before I enter upon the immediate matter of the charge before you, I trust I shall be forgiven for expressing my deep and un affected regret that I have to appear in that capacity. The ap pearance of any one in that character is at all times pain ful, and must be so even under the roost favourable cir cumstances—even when they are backed by unanimous approbation and encouragement ; but must be doubly so, when one has experienced that to which I have been subjected ; and when I have been pounced upon, espe cially by a portion of the public press, from the very first moment that these proceedings were announced. These misrepresentations have been constant, even when lam deprived of all defence—it being prohibited to an officer on full pay to communicate with the press on military affairs. To all these calumnies I submitted in silence, on a full representation of the whole of this transaction, and after the deliberate investigation and judgment of the highest military authority has been pro nounced in my favour, in terms the most comprehensive and decisive. Satisfied, then, with the approbation of the General Commanding-in-Chief, I can disregard all the guilty attacks made upon me ; and I could do so the more easily, when I knew the day must arrive when I could appeal from the unlicensed aspersions of the Press to the calm, impartial, and deliberate judgment of this Honourable Court. Sure I am, that if those who in their publications, by putting ungenerous or deroga tory words into my mouth, which I solemnly declare never were said by me, and by imputing to me conduct unworthy of a soldier and a gentleman ; if they hope by LORD SAYE AND SELE.—\\ T e are requested to this to guide my conduct towards the prisoner, or to s tate, that the letter inserted in The Sun of yesterday sway me in the prosecution of this trial, then their object relative to the Horse Guards, and signed " Say and Seal," will be signally defeated. No, surely it is with no ani was not written by " Lord Saye and Sac." mosity towards Captain Reynolds, but it is with feelings SOl‘t ETU IN G ASTONISHING.—We have re- of the most distressful nature, and in obedience to a strict ceived the following from a correspondent on whose means sense of duty, that I have now to call your attention of information we can fully rely :—" I give you fair warn- to the very serious offence of which he is accused, and iig that the situation becomes hourly more eomolicated, I hasten, with reference to myself, into a short, and, 1 owing to the infatuation and obstinacy of Lord Palmerston. trust, temperate statement of the charge against him. If public meetings are not called in England, protesting My statement must necessarily be short—for the charge against his Anglo- Russian alliance, war with France is inevitable. Why does not your city of London take the that Was been read to the Court is so simple and so ex plicit, as to leave me little else to do, than to put the lead in expressing the national will ? Lord Palmerston now declares, that as Mehemet Ali did not accept the Court in possess'on of the circumstances under which conditions of the treaty within the time allowed, no fur- i the letter was written by the prisoner, and thus enable ther terms can be held with him. The Pacha must be you to understand the whole of the transaction on regarded from henceforth as a rebellious subject in arms which you have to decide. All others I dismiss. On against the Porte, and as such be pursued to the last ex- Tuesday, the 25th of August, at a private party in my tremity. As a preparatory step, Meheme: Ali has been own h ouse , in Brighton, I was in conversation with a c ursed by the Ulernas at Constantinople—and thus pu t young lady, whose name perhaps it is unnecessary to under the ban of the empire." --Morning Herald. introduce into this transaction, when she remarked that THE LATE PRINCESS AUGUSTA.—It is im- she did not see Cie Captains Reynolds—alluding to possible to speak too highly of the Princess's amiability of to the prison er an d anot h er o ffi cer o f t h e reg i ment ; an d temper, benevolence of disposition, aid general goodness causenanoo au t i I n i v ila - r i d t ed e do d e n( not t o,o l tit,e, his It you evlye S y: l t I I She tt ooa a rsbekneel,edo. cry w yg is toa y i 01 anxious xmi t a oe n urh d sme rslt cowi th:,sereplied, ~them t \h‘er b hm e ;,, of heart. Her kindness of manner aid of act have been she asked me why they were not there ? I said I had extended to all who have known her her left hand knew not what her right gave away ; and laver was any charity of her's :marred by cstcntation on be part of the giver. It has just come to our knowledge dm she established in Y Windsor an annuity of 3001. for she benefit of poor sot- not on good terms'" she asked; and I an diers'- wives and children—as one aim ng her innumerable swered, " That is a very long story, and Ido acts of munificence—of anx i e ty for fhe happinesz (y . her not. wish to enter into it." That is the whole of what kind! That h e r . R o yal Hi g hness did p o or—lic result of occurred ; b sing carried on in the usual style of conver a life so nobly spent —there can n ot .e a doubt ; and it is sation, exclusively addressed but to one pe rson , an d solely in rnswer questions put by that person. The certain that she left no will. Clareice House and Fro g _ to more arc now at the disposition of the Princess Sophia, c•rcumstr.nces, putting all regimental considerations for they were begwathed to the unmarried daughters of • aside, are such as that few persons would feel themselves George 111. ; but it is probable hat the Princess last na med will yield them , f o r a considtation, to the Crown ; called i limn to make upon me such a demand a s th a t and then they will become a fitting r s idenca for her Royal which Captain Reynolds addressed to me on Thursday, Highness the Duchess of Kent ; also at Ingestre House ! the 27.'th of August, which I received on the day fol would appear to be alienated from he honours due to her lossir sg , an d w hi c h l e tter as it is referred to in the high station.. — Court Circular. 1 Ch a! a cal.44e, I shall now read to the Court : REPRESENTATION OF IbCIIESTER.—II iS ; " Brighton Barracks, August 27th, 1840. rumoured—and we have reason to knowthat there is some: ! "My L or d—A re port has reached me that on Tues. foundation for the rumour—that it the intention of seve- d ay last, at a large party given by your Lordship, when ral influential electors of Rocheor to solicit Alderman ' asked why the Captains Reynolds were not present, your 1 - 11rmer, in the event of a dissoition of Parliament, t r . Lordship replied, " As long as I live they shall never join M r . B erna l i n secur i n g the ,iberal interest of th at enter n y house." I cannot but consider this report City. We k now o f no gentlen.n whose qualificati , stis are better su i te d to t h e R e f o rm's of that indepets ient hiChlY oujectionable, as it is calculated to convey an irn place th an Alderman Harmer : his ueeess w ould be beyond pnession prejudicial to my character , and I therefore a doubt,—the Tories being at the lowest and mosk d es . trust your Lordship will be good enough to authorise peratc ebb there ;—in fact, the:have no chance.!—but me? to cont ra di c t it. I am, my Lord, your Lord what will ierl‘Gitirrsy..GrUndy," of th] TitliCs, say 10,1bi5!... ship's obedient servan t, lightish 2i ' ' I ,` RICHARD ANTI - lONY REYNOLDS." The Earl and Countess of Beverl.ey and the Ladies Percy, from St. Leonard's-on-the-Sea; Lord Jeffrey, from Scotland; the Marchioness of Clanricarde ; Sir W. Boothbv, Bart., from Brighton; Major. General Sir P. Ross, from Cheltenham ; the Rev. Lord A. Fitzela rence, at the Burlington Hotel, from Maple Durham; Hon. Masiey St•inley, M. P., at the Clarendon Hotel, from the north ; Count St. Martin D'Aglic and suite, at Thomas's Hotel, from Tu'iu ; Count Survilliers and suite, at Thornpson's Hotel, from Germany ; his Excellency Count Woronzow-Dasehhaw and suite, at Mivart's Hotel, from the Continent; Lord Fitzroy Somerset, in Stanhope. street, from Walmer Castle; Mr. and Mrs. Strahan, in Hill street ; Sir Henry Peyton, Bart., in Grosvenor-place, from Bieestcr. DEPARTURES. Col. and Lady Susan North, and Miss Doyle, for Wrox ton Abbey, Banbury ; Hon, Mr. and Mrs. George Edg cumbe, for Mansfield Park, near Lewes; Lieut.-General Sir Warren Peacock, K . C. H., for St. Leonard's-on- Sea ; Sir John and Lady Stoddard, for Tunbridge Wells; Sir Ralph rnd Lady Lopez, from Thompson's Hotel, for Ma ristow House, Dover ; Hon. Sidney Herbert, M. P., for Shropshire ; the Dowager Lady Langford, on a Conti nental tour; Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies Mur ray, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea; Lieut.-General Sir Ru • fanc, and Lady Anna Maria Donkin, for ditto ; Hon. C. O'Callaghan, M. P., for Lord Lismore's seat, Clogheen House ; Colonel and Mrs. Berkeley Drummond, for Brigh ton ; Hon. and Rev. F. Howard, and Mrs. Howard. for Cheltenham ; Captain Mountjoy Martyn, for ditto ; Lieut-General Mundy, and Captain Mundy, for Brighton; Captain Pechell, M. R, for ditto ; Captain Boldero, M. P., for Hurst House, Berks; Sir Henry and Lady Martin, for Lockinge House, Berks ; Mr. and Lady C. Egerton, for Tunbridge Wells ; the Ladies Somerset, for Badminton, Gloucestershire ; Mr. C. W. Codrington, M. P., and Lady Georgiana Codrington, for Duddington Castle, Glouces shire ; Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, Lord and Lady Bateman, and Hon. Miss Hanbury, for Wales ; Sir C. Douglas, Bart., M.P., and Lady Douglas, for Dover. CHANGES. The Dowager Lady Huntingtower and Hon. Miss Tel lemache, at Hastings, from Brighton ; Lord Adolphus Fiizclarenee, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Howth, from a tour; the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Walmer Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington, from Petworth House, Sussex, the seat of Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham ; Sir John and Lady Kennaway, at their seat in Cornwall, from a tour; Lady Monson, at Malvern \Veils, from Cheltenham ; the Bishop of Worcester and Miss Carr, on a visit to Lord Wa-d, at Himley Hall, Staffordshire, from the Palace, Worcester ; Lord and Lady Hatlierton and Hon. Miss Lyttleton, at Teddesley, Staffordshire, from the Continent ; Viscount Eastnor, at Leamington Spa, from the family seat, Somers Castle, Herefordshire; the Marquis and Marchioness of Queens berry and Lady Douglas, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, at Drumlanrig Castle, from Kin. mount ; Sir Robert and Lady Fitzwygram, at Brighton, from Tunbridge Wells; Sir Henry Parnell, at Cobham Hall, from Dover ; Lord and Lady Wodehouse, at Kim berley Hall, from Yarmouth ; the Earl Cornwallis, at Hastings, from Linton place, his scat, near 'Maidstone; Viscount Cundeixa, at Bath, from Cheltenham. story ; I do not wish to go into it, that's all ;' or words to that effect. The conversation then ceased. The conversation was solely addressed to one person, and carried on in the ordinary tone of conversation and entirely in reply to the above-named questions," This evidence, as it was taken down by the Judge- Advocate, was then read to the Court. The following questions were then put through the Judge-Advocate. Captain Reynolds—Was I not a captain in the re giment when you joined ? The Earl of Cardigan— The impression upon my mind was, that Captain Rey.. nods was a Lieutenant and Brevet Captain in the East Indies ; but I cannot swear. The Judge-Advocate—What is the next question ? A point, however, was raised on this question, and the Court was cleared to deliberate on its admissibility. On its being re-opened, The Judge-Advocate stated the decision of the Court was that Captain Reynolds should confine himself to the charge immediately before them. Captain Reynolds then put another question in the hands of the Judge-Advocate, and the Court was again cleared to decide upon its admissibility. Cu our re-admission, The President stated the decision of the Court in these words :—" Captain Reynolds, the Court have decided that you cannot cross-question on any matter before the Court, nor can the Court admit of any such question." This decision was ordered to be recorded on the mi nutes of the Court. The Judge-Advocate then put the question for Cap tain 11 , 1p:olds—Lord Cardigan, did you state to the young lady it, the conversation in question, " As long as I live they shall not enter my house ?" The Earl of Cardigan—l should say, certainly not, to the best of my recollection. Ttie following questions were then put through the Judge-Advocate : Captain Reynolds—Did you take any steps to ascer tain my motives in addressing you that letter ? The Earl of Cardigan—Certainly not. How was it possible, without my getting into a correspondence ? Captain Reynolds—Did you show the letter to Cap tain Jones before the parade on the t.."Sth? Lord Car digan—No, I did not. The Judge-Advocate then read the cross-examina tion, by which it appeared that the division arose on the intention of Captain Reynolds putting in evidence to show the treatment to which he had been subjected by Lord Cardigan, and the conduct of that nobleman towards him in Canterbury and Brighton. Lord Cardigan—l beg my last answer may be dis tinctly understood. I did not show the letter to Cap tain Jones before the parade on the 28th. The Court declined to ask the witness any questions. Captain Inigo Jones was then called, and, being sworn, deposed as follows, the charge against Captain Reynolds being first read to him according to the pre scribed forms of the Court. The Judge-Advocate—Are you a Captain in the 11th Hussars, and do you remember the time the regiment was parading on the 2Sth of August, for field exercise on the Downs ? Captain Jones—Yes ; lam a Captain in the 11th Hussars, and I remember that day. The Judge-Advocate—Were you on that occasion the senior officer of the regiment, the two Majors be ing absent on leave ; and were you on duty in com mand of the Pavilion squadron at the Infantry Bar racks ? Captain Jones—l was. It was here suggested by the Court that Captain Jones should give his evidence on the case in the form of a narrative ; and, after a brief consultation, it was ruled accordingly . The Judge Advocate—Da you remember Captain Reynolds addressing you on that occasion, and state what he said ? Capt. Jones--1 do. It was on the 28th of August, 1840. We were on the race-course, when Captain Reynolds and I were summoned to Lord Car digan. We went, and Lord Cardigan told Capt. Rey nolds that he had received his letter ; that it was not a proper letter to address to him ; and that he should not give him any answer, or did not think it necessary to give him any answer, or words to that effect. Further more, he told him that when he addressed him he should address him officially as Colonel commanding the regi ment, and that he should affix his own rank to his name, or words to that effect. The Judge Advocate —Who was present at this ad dress ? Capt. Jones—There were present Lord Cardi gan, Capt. Reynolds, the Adjutant, and myself. The Judge Advocate—At what distance from the troops did this take place? Capt. Jones—l should think about 130 yards from the front of the regiment ; but I won't swear to the distance. The Judge Advocate—Was it so far as to be out of hearing of every person but those you have mentioned ? Captain Jones—Most decidedly. There had been a civilian standing with Lord Cardigan , but he went away out of ear-shot too ; his rode away. These questions were put by Lord Cardigan for the prosecution, but, according to the forms of the Court, they were transmitted through the Judge-advocate, the same as in the case of the defence. This closed the di rect examination of Captain Jones. Captain Reynolds (through the Judge-Advocate)— When I was called to the front of the regiment, did the Earl of Cardigah use the words " officially ?" Captain Jones—Most decidedly. Captain Reynolds—Did not you and the Adjutant ride away, and leave me alone with Lord Cardigan ? Captain Jones—l can't say. To the best of my belief the. Adjutant and myself rode away together. We al! rode away together. We might have been half a mi ,pute later. The Adjutant and myself left him there to ithe.best of my I left him standing. I think we went away rather quicker than Captain Reynolds. That's what I wish to say. Captain Reynolds—Did Lieut.-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan show you the letter written by me on the 27th of August, 1840? Captain Jones—He did. I met Lord Cardigan in the street. He said I wish to ex plain to you what you were called up for to-day ; here's the letter. And he showed me the letter. _ . The Court—This was after the parade ?—Captain Joncs—Yes. The President—We should be cautious how we let questions run into one another. Captain Reynolds—At what period did he show you that letter ? \Vas it before, or on, or after the parade on the 28th of August ? Captain Jones—After. Afer the parade, when the men were gone to dinner. 1 be lieve it was at the time when the men were at dinner. Captain Reynolds—Do you recollect speaking to me at the Pavilion stables, on the 28th of August ? Cap tain Jones—Certainly. Captain Reynolds—At what time? Captain Jones —I should think about two o'clock. The men had re turned from dinner to stables. Captain Reynolds—State what passed. Captain Jones—l went up to Captain Reynolds, as I under stood by what be said to me before that he was going to write another letter to Lord Cardigan. I told him I did not know whether I was authorised to say I bad seen his first letter, but that I had seen it, and it was not a pro per letter to write, in my opinion. And he said," Oh, never mind ; I shall take no notice of that ;" meaning the fact of my having seen the letter. I then toad him that he had better not write any more, for that if he did he would lose his commission ; and I added, that he had better sleep over it before he did a desperate thing. He said that was friendly, but he gave me to understand that he had made up his mind. Captain Reynolds—Did anything further pass ? Captain Jones—Not that I remember, except that he rode away. The Judge-Advocate—We want only what passed in conversation. Captain Jones—Oh, yes, he said Lord Cardigan had insulted him, and he grumbled at what he conceived an injury in general terms ; but I can't remember the exact words, unless recalled to my memory. Captain Reynolds—Did you or I commence the con versation ? Captain Jones—l did in both instances. By both instances I mean when we went down from the field and at the Pavilion. Captain Reynolds—Had we not an argument on that occasion whether or not Lord Cardigan ought to have answered my letter? Captain Jones—To the best of my belief we had not. I never gave an opinion on it. A Member of the Court—There may be an argu. ment without an opinion. Captain Reynolds—Did I not say that Lord Car digan had by his conduct grossly insulted me ? Captain Jones—Yes ; or words to that effect. The Judge-Advocate—Have you no further ques tions ? Captain Reynolds—No. The cross-examination of Captain Jones was then read to the Court by the Judge-Advocate. The re-examination of Captain Jones by the Earl of Cardigan was then resumed by the Judge-Advocate. The Earl of Cardigan—Captain Jones, are you able to state, to the best of your belief, whether, after you and the Adjutant had left Captain Reynolds and me, anything could have passed ? Captain Jones—l think certainly not. I was in a painful position. I did not look at Captain Reynolds. I looked away from him. The Earl of Cardigan—When Captain Reynolds said the Earl of Cardigan had grossly insulted him, or words to that effect, to what conduct did you under stand him to refer? Captain Jones—l understood him to refer to what took place that day—to his general conduct—to the fact of his not inviting him to h's house ; but I cannot say to which it referred, whether to what passed that day, or for not inviting him to his house. - The Judge-Advocate—Say what was your impression as to the conduct to which he alluded ? Captain Jones—l should say it was for not inviting him t his house. He was grumbling, but I turned away o , as I had no wish to hear him. The Judge-Advocate — You must affirmative. give a negative or The Court--- was your impression ? Captain Jones—l should s a y that it referred t o his hearing that the Earl of Cardigan bad said that be would not ask him to his house. A Member of the Court (Colonel V a ndeleur, we understand) —You said, from what Captain Reynolds told you before. W hat did he te ll y ou ? , Captain Jones —When we returned from the Add I rode up to Captain Reynolds—we were geing to the Pavilion Upon this letter it is proper that I should trouble you tsith d few comments, as it is necesssary to explain the cotifSe f tetok l end to which it is necessary that I should entreat your most serious attention. With Captain Reynolds I was not on terms of communication except ing upon matters of duty, and I, therefore, had no diffi culty in coming to the conclusion, that the purpose of his letter was not to enable him to contradict the report, but to enable him substantially to confirm it. I saw that he must have one of two objects, either to consider my answer the groundwork of an ultimate proceeding before sortie higher authority, or to make it the ground for requiring that setiefeetion at my hands, which, how ever usual in general society, toss aliviously inadmissible and highly improper in the relative positions of Cap tain Reynolds and myself, That it was the first, was most unlikely from the unofficial form in which the letter was addressed to me ; and then its tone was to be con sidered, and also the obvious unfairness by eliciting an admission from the party himself, to make it the ground work and proof of the charge t o b e b roug h t aga i nst hi m . I had then only to entertain the belief that my answer would be made a further pretext for a personal or hos tile collision, which, under the circumstances, it was my imperative duty to avoid. Impressed with this convic tion—one that the subsequent violence of Captain Rey nolds fully confirmed—l believed that the only answer I could return (if I returned him one) would not allay his irritation ; and being fully alive to the impro. priety of being driven into a personal collision with an officer under my command, and of which could not foresee the result, I therefore determined, after full consideration, to forbear from answering Captain Rey- , nolds, and so acted to the best of my judgment at the time ; and in so doing I have since, after again con sidering it, conic to the conclusion that I exercised a sound discretion to all parties. Accordingly, I took the first following opportunity of apprising him both of the course I had resolved on, and my disapprobation of that which he had pursued. That was on the Friday morning, when the regiment was paraded for exercise on the Downs. I then called Captain Reynolds for ward, in presence of the Adjutant of the regiment, and of Captain Jones, the next senior in command, and he, being then the duty-officer at the infantry barracks of the Pavilion squadron. 1 then addressed Capt. Rey nolds, to the best of my recollection, in these words, " I yesterday received a communication from you, to which I beg to inform you that I do not mean to reply, as I conceive that your letter was of an improper nature to address to me, and therefore request for the future all communications from you to me may be strictly . official, with my military rank affixed, and your own to your own signature." In the after noon of the same day, I received the letter set out at length in the charge. Immediately on reading that letter I sent an order to the Adjutant to place Captain Reynolds under arrest, and reported the whole of the transaction, by the first practicable post, to the General Commanding in Chief, who, through the Adjutant- General, acquainted me, in reply, that there was no alternative but bringing Capt. Reynolds before a general court-martial. And I have since received from his Lordship the command, notwithstanding my positive re quest, it I cou,d, consistently with the interests of the service, be relieved from this task, that I might be allowed to decline conducting this prosecution. 1 have, however, been commanded to do so, and in obedience to which orders I am now addressing you. I believe I have now stated all that is necessary, and without trespassing too much on your time. the whole of the facts of this most painful and very serious case. And having done this, nearly all that now remains for me is to read over the letter itself Brighton, August 28, 1840. " My Lord,—Having in my letter to your Lordship of yesterday, stated to your Lordship that a report had reached the that your Lordship had spoken of me in such manner as I deem prejudicial to me, considering the position in which I am placed ; and having in the most respectful manner requested your Lordship to allow me to contradict such report, and your Lordship having this morning positively refused to give me any answer, I beg to tell your Lordship that you are in no wise justified in speaking of ine at all at a public party given by your Lordship, and more particularly in such manner as to make it appear that my conduct has been such as to exclude me from your Lordship's house. Such assertion is calculated to injure me. Your Lord ship's reputation as a professed duellist, founded on the having sent Major Jenkins to offer satisfaction to Mr. Brent, the miller of Canterbury, and your also having sent Captain Forrest to London to call out an attor ney's clerk, does not admit of your privately offering in sult to me, and screenin g thetee yourself und er th e c l oa k o f commandiag officer;• and l must be allowed to tell your Lordship that it would far better b ecome you to select a man whose hands are untied for the object of your Lordship's vindictive - feproaches, or to act as many a more gallant fellow than yourself has done, and waive that rank which your wealth and Earldom alone entitle you to hold.-1 am, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient servant, - RICHARD ANTHONY REYNOLDS. " The Right Hon. the Earl of Cardigan, " 45, Brunswick-square, Brighton." [During the reading of this letter his Lordship became greatly excited, and was at the conclusion obliged to pause in his address for a few moments. After wiping his eyes several times he then proceeded.] With regard, said the Earl of Cardigan in continuation, to this letter, any comment on my part is superfluous—almost unbe coming. It is in direct disobedience to my orders, on the very day it was written. There is an omission of both our respective military ranks ; but that is not an omission on which I particularly insist, however cul pable under the circumstances ; but it is its substitii:ce .. : and contents, and its obvious insubordinate, unoffiCer like, and ungentlemanly tendency, that must make it be considered morally deserving of censure. Ha subordi nate officer can indulge in a tone so insulting to his commanding officer—if he may sneer at him as a pro fessed duellist, whose reputation rests upon his sending a hostile massage to a miller at Canterbury, and an at torney's (dirk in London ; if he can impute to him a readiness to offer insult privately, and screen himself under the cloak of commanding officer ; if he may dare wealth a buty b c by and oi n t , notse senior him to select one whose hands were untied for the object %r notill im t of rank theiCornet of his vindictive reproaches, and bid him, as many a more gallant fellow than himself had done, waive that r Earldom with thealo Captain, n e I junior entitlev cn him to hold--if' Regiment, o whichd— i may say with impunity, but without being visited by the se verest displeasure of a military tribunal, then it will be impossible tor a commanding officer to maintain that subordination essential to his efficiency ciency ; and then a sys tem will be encouraged fatal to the best interests of the service, and detrimental to the discipline of the army. The speech was then signed by the Earl of Cardigan, and handed into the Court. It was marked A. The Esrl of Cardigan was then sworn, and he de posed as follows :—I recollect this letter (that of the 27th of August),signed " Rd. Anthony Reynolds,' dated Brighton, Aug. 27, 1840, either on the evening of that day, or early the following morning. I received it on the evening of that day—evening or afternoon. The letter was then put in and read by the Judge- Advocate, the superscription being, " To the Right Ho nourable the Earl of Cardigan, 45, Brunswick-square, Brighton," and there being no address on the interior. This document bring admitted by Captain Reynolds, was received, and marked B. The Earl of Cardigan—To which I gave no reply, But on the following morning (the "Bth of August), when the regiment was formed for field exercise on the Downs, I „exiled Captain Reynolds out at a consider able distance from the regment, that is to say, quite out of the hearing of everybody except the Adjutant a n d Captain Jones, whom I ordered to be present, Captai n Jones being the next senior officer to myself, and Cap tain Reynolds, both the Majors being at that time ab sent on leave ; Captain Jones being also at the time a duty officer, being and having been placed in regi men _ tal orders, as capi ain of the week in the Infantry racks of the Pavilion squadron. 1 then addressed Captain Reynold as follows, or in words to that effect : —" Captain Reynolds. 1 ye sterday received a comma_ nicatiou from you to which I , beg to inform yo u 1 have no reply whatever to give, nas much as I consider it was a letter of an improper aature for you to address to me ; and I have to request that for the future all communications from you ;o me will be o r may b e strictly official, with my mili:ary rank affixed to the ad dress and your own to the signature.' Nothing more then passed, but I ordered the officers back to their posts. In the course of the same day, namely, Friday, Aug. 28, I received this letter. The letter was admitted by Captain Reynolds, and then read by the Judge-Advocate. It is that which forms the ground of the charge, and was marked C, as a document of the Court. The Earl of Cardigan—lmmediately on the receiot of this letter I wrote to Lieutenant and Adjutant Knowles to place Captain Reynolds in arrest ; and I reported that circumstance and forwarded th e l etter to the Adjutant-General on the Sunday following. I shortly afterwards received a letter from the Adjutant- General stating that the Commander in -Chief had no alternative but to bring Captain Reynolds befor e a ge neral court-martial. The President decided that the statement should be read for the Court. The Earl of Cardigan then repeated_ the statement the 2ath of Aug us t, as follows : "On Tuesday, 1840, I had a party at my house at Brunswick-square, to which several of the officers of the regiment were in• vited, and at which the regimental band being present, some of the ladies who dined there invited their friends to come in the evening, for the purpose of dancing. It was after the dancing had commenced, and after more of the officers had come in, that a young lady said to me, Ido not see the Captains Reynolds p re _ sent—why is that ?' My a nswer was,' Because I have not invited them.' Then the question followed, Why did you not invite them ? My answer was, Be cause I do not happen to be on good terms with them.' And then I added,' I am a fraid, if you are very anxious to see the Captains Reynolds, you are not likely to Another questio n was t h en meet them in lily house: put to me, Why are you not on good terms with them ?' To which I replied. Oh, that is a very long stables in the same squadron—and I said to him, " What is all this about ?" I told Captain Reynolds he could not complain, when be could not prove that the Earl of Cardigan had said so. The Judge-Advocate—What? Captain Jones— That the Earl of Cardigan said he would not invite him to his house. I told him that he could not prove that the Earl of Cardigan had said so ; buL if he could, he ought not to take any notice of it. I then used the same arguments as I used afterwards at the Pavilion. The Judge-Advocate—ls that all; Captain Jones —That's all. The Court—Was there any answer from Captain Reynolds when Lord Cardigan desired him not to ad dress him except " officially ?" Captain Jones—No, not a word. The Court—When Lieut.-Colonel Lord Cardigan had done addressing Captain Reynolds, did he order you to take your posts ? Captain Jones—No ; he did not say anything ; but be made a motion with his hand, and we went away. The President—Any further questions from the Court ?—None were put. Lord Cardigan—Did Captain Reynolds at any time tell you that Lord Cardigan had said anything further to him after you withdrew ? Captain Jones—Certainly not ; and, to the best of my belief, nothing did take place after I withdrew. The Court was then adjourned for a few minutes before the next evidence was gone into. On their re assembling, Lieutenant and Adjutant Knowles was next called, and the charge read over to him ; being sworn, he wr.s examined as follows : Were you present as Adjutant on the 28th of August ? —On the morning of the '_'Bth of August I was present when the regiment was exercising on the Downs, when Lord Cardigan directed me to say to Captain Reynolds that his Lordship wished to speak to him and also the senior officer on parade, which was Captain Jones. I accompanied those officers to his Lordship, at a distance of about 150 or 200 yards. Lord Cardigan said, " Cap tain Reynolds I have received your communication of yesterday, to which I shall give no reply, as I consider your letter improper to write to me ; and farther, that when you write again your letters will be strictly official, addressing me as commanding officer, and affixing your rank to your signature." After saying this, did Lord Cardigan order the offi• cers to their respective posts %—I did not hear him. Does Lord Cardigan usually order his officers to their posts verbally ?—Yes. Did those officers you have mentioned withdraw to gether ?—No. State to the Court what they did ?—I left imme diately on Lord Cardigan lowering his sword. Captain Jones and Captain Reynolds followed. Can you say whether they followed together or at the same time ?—I don't know. Did you receive Lord Cardigan's lowering his sword as a signal to retire to your post ?—Yes, I did. Is that Lord Cardigan's usual signal after he has spoken to an officer, for such officer to resume his place ? Did you, in obedience to Lord Cardigan's orders, at any time on that day place Captain Reynolds under ar rest ?—Yes, in the evening of that day. Did Captain Reynolds make any observation when vou were going to place him under arrest ?—None that I recollect. Cross-examined by the prisoner—Did Lieutenant- Colonel Cardigan desire you to call the next senior officer, or Captain Jones ?—The Earl of Cardigan said, " Tell Captain Jones, the next senior officer on parade, to accompany me." Did you know, previous to coming on parade, that I was to be called to the front of the regiment ?—I did not. Did you make any minute of the words used by Lord Cardigan ?—No. Did you hear Lord Cardigan say to me, " To your troop, Sir ?"—No, I (lid not. By the Court—After you had galloped to your regi ment, where were Captain Jones and Captain Rey nolds ?—At their posts in the front of the regiment. Had Lord Cardigan said to you before that day that he lr.d received a letter from Captain Reynolds ? Yes, he did, the night before. Here the case for the prosecution closed. This finished this day's examination, as it was four o'clock. The President stated that, owing to circumstances, it was desirable to adjourn the Court until Tuesday next. To the prisoner—Will that be time enough for . you to prepare your defence ? Prisoner—Yes. The Court then adjourned until Tuesday next, at eleven o'clock. THE CANTERBURY TALE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Whether Captain Inigo Jones made use of the words " tavern dinner," or " pot-house dinner," is not so very material ; but inasmuch as Captain lnigo Jones has confined his contradiction to this expression only, it necessarily follows that he virtually confirms Captain J. \V. Reynolds in every other particular alleged to be within the knowlcge of Captain lnigo Jones. Your's, &c., A CIVILIAN. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. The following letter has been addressed to an Even ing Paper : " 9, Lincoln's inn, Sept. 25,.1840. - . "Ste,—ln consequence of the numerous and unspar ing attacks upon the Earl of Cardigan, in his capacity of Licatenant-Colonol commanding the 11 th Hussars, which have recently appeared, and which still continue to appear in several of the public Journals, and observ ing that his Lordship's forbearance to reply to them through the same channels has been, in more than one in stance, construed into a tacit admission of the truth of the allegations made against him, we think it due to Lord Cardigan to state, as his solicitors, on his be half, that, so far from admitting the accuracy of the statements made against him (which, on the e3ntrary,he fee's to be full of misrepresentation), his silence is en tirely owing to the orders of the army forbidding any communication between officers on full-pay and the public press on military matters, and to those orders alone.—We have the honour to remain, Sir, your obe dient servants, WILLIAMS, POWELL, F. AND W. BRODERIr, AND WILDE. CAPTAIN R. A. REYNOLDS. The impression is very general that it was the Earl of Cardigan who applied to Prince Albert for the Court martial now sitting on the case of the above officer. The Court-martial was granted in consequence of the appli cation of Captain Reynolds himself, as may be seen from the following copy of a letter from him to Prince Albert's Secretary, requesting that his Royal Highness would not allow him to be condemned unheard : " TO GEORGE ANSON, ESQ., PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PRINCE ALBERT. " Brighton, August 31, 1840. " Sta—l have the honour to request you will do me the favour to bring before his Royal Highness Prince Albert, as Colonel of the 11th Hussars, this my state ment of a circumstance which has taken place in his Royal Highness's regiment, in which I have the honour to hold a commission ; and in so doing I must beg most humbly to apologise for so far presuming to trespass upon his Royal Highness, as to ask for his gracious con sideration of my case. " On Wedneday last, in presence of the several offi cers of Prince Albert's regiment, I was informed that Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan had, at a large party given by his Lordship on the previous day, when asked why I was not present, replied, ' that as long as he lived I should not enter his house.' Such remark, made by Lord Cardigan at his Lordship's own party, I considered as highly prejudicial to me, as calculated to infer that I was excluded for some misconduct from being a guest at his house of Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan, and as it was not made by his Lord ship in his capacity of commanding officer, I wrote the letter marked No. I to his Lordship, in the hope that such report was unfounded, and that his Lordship would allow me to contradict it. On the Friday morning, at parade, I was called to the front of the regiment, and in presence of a junior officer and the Adjutant, Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan told me that he would give me no answer to my letter, and ordered me, in his usual overbearing manner, to re join my troop. On the afternoon of Friday I wrote the letter marked No. 2, and was placed under arrest the same evening, where I have since remained. I do not ask to be screened from the respo has y er to whic thel h Li have neces sarily incurred by sending this letteu tenant-Colonel, nor do I deem it advisable at the pre sent moment so far to trespass upon his Royal High ness's attention as to offer a full explanation of the in jured feelings under which I wrote such letter ; but I d o most h u mbly solicit his Royal Highness's inter ference, as Colonel of this regiment, to prevent my being condemned unheard, or sacrificed to the power of the Lieutenant-Colonel, the Earl of Cardigan. My position as the senior Captain of this regiment, and the having served nearly fifteen years in it without on any occasion meeting with the disapprobation of those distinguished officers under whom I have been placed, I mention as some slight apology for bringing this transaction before his Royal Highness. With much respect, I have the honour to be, RI C s q. HAa Privatei n R D p rin A c . " Sir, your most obedient humble serv a nt, Secretaryell A E lh l e rN rt' t ? o Hussars. Cap " George Anson, 1 - toyal Highness Prince Albert." ROYAL MARINES.-A preparatory order has just been received for one captain, three sergeants, and 146 mee, including corporals and drummers, of the Wool wich division of Royal Marines, to hold themselves in readi ness to embark for a passage to Portsmouth, to serve board the Queen, 110 gun s hi p , as s h e will be as soon commis sioned next week by Captain J. W. Mentague , i immediately diately 1 as her complem en t o f men is obtained , will me Sir Edward afterwards proceed under the flag of Ad miral r Codrington W the Mediterranean. E V ENING ED iTI ON% MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. ? circularElENlN ;om the H ouse o f G CH RO N ICL F . — R D T A h l e . Messrs. Hammersley and CO., in to-day's Chrcnicle states that the business of' that firm i s necessarily : brought to a close. \Ve already observed complaints had been expressed that Mr. Ilammersley should have continued to conduct business under the firm of Messrs. Hammcrsley and Co., when he had no partners alive, but that he had the argument of practice and prece dent in his favour. The inconvenience, however, felt in this case has led people to consider the propriety of suggesting some remedy to prevent a rTirrenee of the same kind. A suspension of payments is certainly unavoidable on the death of the sole surviving part ner of a banking-house until his administrators have authority to act, and if the public know ingly confide their property to a single banker, they know the risk which they incur by so doing ; but when they are led to believe that there are . partners i n th e h ouse w h o , i n th e ev e nt of the death of one member of the firm, would remain to carry on the business, and when it turns out that they have tr:en misled, then there exists a ground fer iuquiry, and for seeing whether the law could not and ought not to pro tect them from incurring such danger fcr the future. All hanks of issue having more than six partners are compelled by the Act 7 Gco. IV., c. 46, to register the names of their partners at the Stamp•office every year. The principle of registration thus established in regard to banks of issue with more than six part ners, affords the public a complete protection against the suspension of payments by the decease of the partne:s In those establishments. We see no good reason that can be assigned why the law of banking should not be amended, so as to place all banks of issue on the some footing in that respect, and compel them all, without regard to the number of partners, to register periodically the names of the members of their firm. If such were. the case, the public would have themselves to blame if they held the paper of houses with only one surviving partner, whatever might be the name under which the business was conducted. It may be doubtful whether the circulation of credit notes on the continent would have brought the house of Harnmersley under the operation of the law, if amended so as to include all banks of issue, but such an alteration would have a very salutary effect as regards country banks of issue, and would afford the public a means of knowledge and safety which they are entitled to possess. If it be proper that banks of issue with more than six partners should register the names of their firms, surely it is still more necessary that the same guarantee should be asked for when the number of partners is less than six. The difficulty which presents itself in the application of a system of registration to private banks is that it would be an interference with the freedom of trade, and much too extensive i❑ its operation. If restricted, how ever, to banks of issue—that is to all houses that coin mone3 —the objection could not apparently be sus tained. The principle we have mooted is of deep in terest to the public, and requires mature consideration. There are many admitted detects in the law of banking, and much remains to be done. When the Committee of the House of Commons on the Currency again re sume their labours, the subject which we have now al luded to will probably be submitted to their attention. POST.—In the Fereign Market scarcely any busi ness of importance has taken place but there is a con tinued tendency to lower prices, and the speculative transactions much fewer since the advance in the rates of continuation, a high rate of interest being now de manded on all but the first-rate foreign stocks. The state of the whole Foreign Market is apparently that of suspence for the final result of the Eastern question, the majority of the jobbers being not believers in the multitude of reports, but still not willing to operate on the certainty of the general preservation of peace. A letter from Philadelphia gives an interesting ac count of a meeting of the Jews of that city, in further ance of the cause of their unfortunate brethren at Da mascus. The following is an extract :—" Our meeting was called for the Israelites only, but several Christians attended, and, upon its being intimated that they were desirous to speak, three clergymen, one Episcopalian and two Presbyterians, addressed the meeting in most liberal and forcible speeches, thus affording the unheard of spectacle of Christian clergymen, in the midst of a body of Jews, and in their own synagogue, addressing them as brethren." Though it may be proper to remark that in all the proceedings connected with the Jews of Damascus it has not been sufficiently borne in mind to bow many' centuries behind such countries as Eneland and the United States is the entire state of manners, prejudices, and judicial proceedings of the half-civilised population of Syria, where those scenes of Jewish op pression have occurred, it is, nevertheless, very satisfac tory that the proceedings at Damascus have been viewed with equal horror throughout the whole civi lised world. HERALD.—By recent advices from the Cape of Good Hope, great efforts have been made to increase the trowth of wool in that colony, and by experience it is found that a greater improvement has been made there, comparatively, than in any other place. New South \Vales will shortly completely supersede Ger many in supplying the market, and the Cape bids fair to rival even that country. The breed of sheep was in the former quite a new introduction, and therefore had the advantage of an excellent stock, removed to a new and invigorating climate ; while at the Cape the cul ture of wool had been once attended to, and allowed to fall into decay. The persons interested have now se riously turned their attention to it once more, and, by their exertions, it may be expected that, in the course of a short time, large supplies of Cape wool, of a supe rior quality, may regularly be expected, and that, with this colony and New South \Vales, we shall not only be rendered independent, for our borne consumption, of fo reign states, but become exporters. Nothing more is known respecting the affairs of the west-end banking•house than the circular published, but full information is promised on Monday. Under the melancholy circumstances which occasioned the suspension of payments, it would be highly indecorous to notice the various rumours which appear to be sent forth, merely as feelers, by other houses, for throwing the business into the hands of parties anxious to obtain a slice of the spoil. Until then, at least, nothing certain can be known, and it would, in the mildest terms, be very injudicious to create unnecessary alarm. The great probity and wealth of the late lamented Mr. Hammersley render it extremely improbable that any portion of the funds intrusted to his care have been turned aside from their legitimate purpose. SU N.—ln the Foreign Exchanges there was this after noon an improvement. Nothing decided, be it remarked, but still a slight tendency to advance. Bills were ne gociated at the following rates :—Paris, 25f. 40c. ; Amsterdam, 12 1 1 2 , to 14 ; Antwerp, 12 11 to 1-1 ; Hamburgh, 13 71 to -I ; and Frankfort, 148t1 to Until near the close of business this afternoon the English Stock Market wore a depressed and languid ap pearance, but a partial rally occurred, and it closed with rather a Letter aspect. We believe the cause of the im. provement to consist in the slight indication of a favour able reaction in the Foreign Exchanges. Consols for im mediate transfer opened at 87i but gradually ascended to BSi to 88, at which they closed. For the Account the current quotations were 87i to 88i- ; Exchequer Bills declined to 5 to 7 prem., money being in rather more request yesterday and to-day. India Bonds, however, supported the improvement to a discount. The New Threc-and-a-Half per Cents. alternated from 961 to 97i, and the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. from 961 to 96 cx dividend. Spanish Actives closed at 221, Portuguese New at 32*, Colombian at 224, Mexican at 25, Brazilian at 78 , F , Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 50g, and Belgian at 97i. Shares rallied a little on the decline of the early part of the day. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE MORNING PAFERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Times.) In the years which immediately succeeded the French revolution of 1880, and which witnessed the gradual formation of a temperate and pacific Government out of the violent and contlicting elements of that great change inthe policy .n Europe, two propositions were universally al low allowed to contain supportiglnd and France a of the pace. remained The t first was, that as long as ned a u ll n t it h e a d t , cnoouoldthbere Power, or e El or combinati on o f Powers, m would presume to attack them. The secon d, thatif the principle of non-inter vention was abandoned on any one occasion, the first cannon-shot would be the signal of a general war in Europe. These ' ' principles are as true now as when they were first put Europe a forward : they have secured the peace of as long as they were both kept steadily in view ; and the peace of Europe has been singularly endangered since the 15th of July, 1840, when they for the first time, directly were, violated. The intervention of the Five Powers in the affairs of Belgium was common to o them all—the intervention of Fran ce and England i the a ffairs of the Peninsula was intended to strenthen, rather than to sever, nur alliance with Louis Philippe's G ov ernment ; but the treaty of the Four Powers with res pect to the affairs of the East is the first instance which has occurred of an intervention in which France and England do no t j oin. It was by the r ob servance of those principles that the French Gthovern ment was enabled t o compress the passions of e na tion, asTong as the King devoted his whole energies to the maintenance of the peace. Louis Philippe believed that the sam e violent outbreak which w ha ould ve scattered desolation and democracy over Europe would have overthrown the monarchical institutions which it I was his task to re-establish. Hthat e knew war was ' no less dangerous to himself and t o the State than it wo uld have be en calamitous to Europe. R —y pre , venting it , he took the wiser and the nobler part. call to mind the o But if it be no t uninstructiv o to , principles by which the dangers f that period were i avoided, it is equally important to inquire whether the motives which France had io IS3O for preserving the