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~s.. S.. ~~ , A • t` . ImptriaT Varitamtitt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. The soap duties act was read a second time. Lord LYNDH VAST presented a petition signed by upwards of 800 bankers, merchants, and traders of Glasgow, com plaining of the Russian blockade in the Black Sea, by which their imPortant trade with Circassia in particular, was com pletely cut off, and praying the house to take such measures on the subject as might be necessary.' Earl STANHOPE presented a petition, signed by seventy two British subjects, late of Melleraie, in France, but now-of Mount Melleraie, in Ireland, complaining of having been dragged out of their domicile, erected out of their property, incarcerated, and transported, and praying for the production of the documents, and for the adoption of measures to obtain compensation for indemnity and damages. The noble earl wished to know whether there would be any objection to the production of the documents the petitioners prayed for. Lord MELBOURNE said he believed that the petitioners, in September, 1831, after events had changed the 'reigning family' of France, were requested to leave their convent. Having refused to do so they were expelled by force, and he believed took up their abode in the south of Cornwall, A great deal of correspondence had taken place respecting them, and a question upon their case had been referred to Sir Herbert Jenner, who was of opinion, that there was no ground - whatever to authorise the English government to de mand compensation for them from the French government. He did not know that there would he any objection to a pro duction• of..extracts of the documents. The whole of the despatches were extremely voluminous, and it might not be expedient to make public certain parts of them. He really could not think that any good purpose could be answered by their production, but he hoped his noble friend would be content with extracts. • CHARTISTS. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from Lovett and Col lins, two of the apprehended chartists, complaining of their treatment whilst detained in custody. His lordship minutely detailed-the contents of the petition, and severely condemned the treatment to which the prisoners said they had been ex posed. He, however, observed that too much could not be said in reprobation of those who, instead of being what they called their posts in the hour of danger, skulked in the dark, and left the consequences to the dupes of their machina tions. One single act, such as that which had recently dis gracecl,Birmingharn, was more calculated to throw back re form; and to restore oppression, than all that a despotic go vernment could ever hope to accomplish. He often recol lected the saying of his great and gallant friend, now de ceased, Lord St. Vincent, who used to remark that no error was more fatal than theirs who, from misplaced humanity, which was often called timidity, abstained from taking im mediate and vigorous measures to preserve the public peace. It was not humanity, it was cruelty to the victims themselves, only to thieaten when the magistrates were called upon to act.' He, however, did not mean to impute anything more than error' in judgment to the magistrates of Birmingham, and perhaps a Mistaken feeling of humanity : but however amiable that feeling might be in private life, and however venial that .error in judgment might be, still when a man stepped into public life, he ought to brace up his nerves and act with decision. The Earl of WA awlc IC defended himself from an insinua tion which had been made elsewhere, of his not having, as Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, fulfilled the duties of his office. He denied the truth of the insinuation, and declared that he had always rendered every aid to the government which was in his power. His lordship added, that if his in formation were true regarding the Birmingham riots, there was not a single magistrate present until after the houses were all burnt. The other night he was found fault with be cause he had asserted that, between the political unionists and the chartists there was only a shade of difference as re garded their -political opinions. He knew full well that at the political unions physical force was spoken as being essen tial if their grievances were not redressed. When those unionists had gone as near the wind as possible in those matters,- they then declared those unions to be dissolved. Now tothe chartists the same sort of language was used. He had heard that the political unionists now called themselves whigs, and the hon. member for Birmingham said that he was no agitator; but he (Lord Warwick) knew not what agitation was - if the hon. member for the last eight or ten years was not 'engaged in it. He was of opinion that such men as these who had been members of the political union, ought never to have been placed in the commission of the peace,—(Hear, hear).— , Before the appointment of the present magistracy, the number of magistrates being twenty-two, the political feeling was, of course, different om what it now was among that body. Out of the twenty-two, when the new magis tracy were appointed, ten were retained, and of those ten four were conservative and six were opposition. Thirteen new magistrates were appointed, all of one political feeling, con sequently. there were nineteen on one side and four on the other. Ile moved for a return of the number of magistrates appointed by the secretary of state, with the correspondence, or extracts therefrom (we believe) which had taken place be tween the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire and the secre tary of state. Lord MELBOURNE entreated the house to suspend its judgment on the subject, and read a statement by the mayor of Birmingham in exculpation of his own conduct and that of his colleagues. The Duke of WELLINGTON observed that her majesty's ministers are naturally anxious to prevent the conduct of the magistrates of Birmingham from being too closely scanned, inasmuch as her majesty's ministers are clearly responsible for the acts of those magistrates. ELECTORS REMOVAL BILL. The Earl of CLARENDON moved the second reading of the bill, and as an instance of the evil that now existed, stated, that in the borough of Salford, among a constituency of 2,000 there were 200 annual removal,. and of these 200 not more than 10, on the average left the borough ; but the remaining 190 were, by the law as it stood, disfranchised. Aftei a short discussion, an amendment by Lord REDES• DALE,.that' the bill be read a second time that day three months, was carried ; the numbers being for the amendment, 80, against it 39; majority 41. • The Lower Canada government bill was brought up from the commons, and read a first time.—Adjourned at half-past one o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TOURSDAY. TREATMENT OF THE CHARTISTS. Mr. LEADER rose to present a petition from William Lovett and John Collins, who stated that they were, on the W I instant, arrested at Birmingham, and brought before the bench of magistrates, that at half-past eleven o clock, on the morning of the 7th, they were removed to the county gaol of Warwick ; that they were finally committed ; personal hail to the amount of £3OO having been demanded, and two sureties' each in the sum of £250. The petitioners com plained of the exorbitant amount of hail demanded, seeing that, awthey were working men, it would be impossible for them to proettre.the bail among men in their own sphere of life. They also complained of their treatment in prison. The petitioners begged, to be understood as making no com plaint'of the personal conduct of Mr. Atkin, the gaoler; but of having been treated as common felons, with the ut most indignity, and limited in the quantity and quality of their food : they prayed, that the house might take the pe tition hito consideration, and the treatment that had been inflicted 'upon them, which they alleged was such as no EngliilifilAn ought to be subject to while under confinement pendini the production of hail and previous to conviction of crimes' 7ln that prayer he (Mr. Leader) agreed, and he thought 'no one could say there was anything improper in the. pitiyer of the petition. He moved that the petition be printed with the votes; and he gave notice, that, on the first order iy, he should move that it be taken into considera tion. Mr./FoX M.sicts. said, as this petition involved some seriouk'eharges he thought the hon. member for West minstet Would have done better had lie kept it in his pos session for a day, in order to make himself thoroughly ac quainted with the .charges, and to give notice to the hon. member for Warwickshire, who was closely connected with it. He must say, that, after the treatment of Dr. Taylor in gaol, he was surprised to hear the allegations in the petition. He, IMWevei-, had no objection to its being printed. Mr: - 'LEADER said he had made no charge against any man or set of men. He had merely stated the prayer of the petition,' and there was now ample notice to the hon. member for Warwickshire As to the truth of the allegations, he knew Dr Taylor, and he also knew Mr. Lovett; and he would' gay that a more honourable man did not exist than Mr. Lcivott. He would answer for him on his own personal knowledge.—The conversation then dropped. NEW POOR-LAW ACT. Mr.' YbRKE moved for a select committee to inquire into the allegations of a petition, presented the other day by the hon. member for Oldham, casting imputations on the eharaetir'of the Earl of Hardwick, and the board of guardi ans of 'tie Thrapston union. He would only relate the situ ation in Which that board was placed. The house would scarcely - believe, that the hon. member for Oldham had given no notice to the parties concerned, of his intention to present this petition ; and that they had, consequently, no opportunity afforded them of denying the allegations. He would ask that hon. member if the petition had been ex amined by him previous to presentation. with a view to in vestigate the truth of its allegations ; and if it had been sent to him by the person from whom it purported to come, as there was attached to the petition only the mark of that individual, and that mark unattested. He would further ask hiM if he had communicated the contents of that pe tition to the board of guardians of the Thrapston union, or to the Earl of Hardwick, and if he had intended to follow it up by any specific motion.—(Cheers.) Mr. FIELDEN said, the petition had been sent to him some months ago, by a clergyman resident in the parish. He had looked it over; and, seeing nothing improper in it, he had thought it his duty to place it before the house. Ile had not explained the subject of it on the presentation, as that would be against the rules of the house ; but he would now inform the house, that he had yesterday morning received a commu nication from the individual from whom he had received the petition, stating that the man had since been committed to prison as a rogue and vagabond, but that he could bring for ward eighteen responsible witnesses to prove that he was neither the one nor the other, and that this was merely fol, lowing up the persecution to which he had already been sub jected. He (Mr. Fielden) did not intend to follow up this subject by any motion. Had a committee been appointed to investigate the working of the poor-law, he would have laid that petition before it ; but he knew how difficult it was to get the grievancesof any poor man investigated in that house. He might as well state, that the Rev. Mr. Maberly (" Hear, hear," from Mr. Yorke) was the individual who had sent the petition to him. Mr. YoRKE said that, as the honourable gentleman did not intend to follow this matter up, he hoped the house would grant him a committee to investigate the allegation in this petition, for he was sure that there never was a case so com pletely demonstrative of the manner in which the poor-law act was got up. He did not ask this on behalf of the Earl of Hardwick, but on ptiblic grounds, in order to show the man ner in which these cases were got up. He did not wish to be on the committee himself, nor did he wish to have the ap pointment of it ; but he could assure the house, from his own knowledge of the facts, that, had the hon. member for Old ham made any inquiries into the case, he would hardly have taken upon himself the responsibility of presenting that pe tition. He would give notice that on Tuesday next he would move for the appointment of a committee. Mr. FIELDEN hoped the noble lord would agree to have the case inquired into ; and if it should be proved that the parties had been charged unfairly, no one would regret more than himself that the petition had been placed in his hands ; buiLhaving been confided to him, he had no alternative but to resent it. He hoped the noble lord would put him on the committee, in order that he might investigate circum• stances; and if he should find he had been misled, he should be happy to'state so to the house. LOWER CANADA GOVERNMENT BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the third reading of this bill. Mr. HUTT thought that some measure ought to be adopted for regulating the disposal of land, and promoting free emigra tion to the colony. He considered it expedient, that the noble lord should inform the house whether it was the inten tion bf the government, at an early period in the next session, to bridg the subject forward. He trusted that the noble lord would - give some explanation, and he would not, at the present moment, offer any resistance to the third reading. Mr: LEADER objected to the bill for several reasons. In the tirt!t place, he looked upon it as a continuation of the coerei4jn bill of last year ; secondly, it was not the measure which: the'. government ought to have introduced for the regulation of the affairs of Canada, because the measure that was required was one that gave a permanent regulation to the atfairs'of that country. He objected to the bill, because it contaihed elausc, so highly objectionable, that any bill con taining Such a clause ought not to meet with the panction of parliatnent. , He alluded to the clause giving to the govern ment thepOwer of permanent taxation against the wish of the , 0 ,16:61t tlif! province. Th e con d uct of L ord Durham was to • lieu kooreprebepaible. Why had he not, according to . . . . , --• !l i . f .' _ 1 4 44 „N. N his promise, done something in another place. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord had made promises, and pompous declarations of disclosures which he had never made. The noble lord had stated in Canada, that he would exert himself to the utmost on his arrival in this country on behalf of the Canadian peo ple, and he would defy hon. members to point out what he had done. What was the state of the Canadas at the present moment ? There was a complete stagnation of trade—there was a total cessation of emigration to the colonies ; and the Canadians, the subjects of her majesty, were fast crossing into the United States, where they had security of life and property—no less than 700 Canadians had crossed within ten days—driven from their homes by the neglect of the govern ment to give the security. The government had endeavoured to get through the session without doing any thing they ought to have done, or at least with doing as little as possible. After a discussion, in which Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Labou chere, Mr. Hume, Sir G. Grey, and Mr. C. Buller took part, the bill was read a third time, by a majority of 110 to 10. The bill was then passed. The register of births, &c. bill was read a third time and passed. n The house resolved itself into a committee of the whole house on the summary jurisdiction bill, of which a number of clauses were agreed to, and the chairman reported progress. FACTORY BILL. Mr. F. MAULE said the factory bill having undergone great changes, it would be necessary to reprint it, and he should therefore merely move that it be committed pro forma" on Saturday.—Adjourned at one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The royal assent was given, by commission, to various pub lic and private bills, which were enumerated in the parlia mentary report. Among them was the Jamaica Govern ment Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in answer to the Earl of Wick glow, stated that he still hoped, previously to the conclusion of the session, to be able to introduce his measure to extend the Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Act to Ireland. The Soap Duties Drawback Bill went through committee. The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill (with an amend ment) was read a third time and passed. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, as chairman, presented the report of the select committee of lords, "on the state of Ireland in respect of crime." Lord BROUGHAM (after there had been some conversation on the subject, and on the contents of the report) gave notice that on Monday fortnight he should submit a motion founded on that report, as far as the same regarded " the administra tion of justice in Ireland." The Bills of Exchange Bill (second bill) was read the third time and passed. On motion of Lord LYNDHURST, the Election Petitions Trial Bill was read the second time, his lordship observing that he deferred the statement which he had to make on the bill till he moved that their lordships resolve into committee on such bill. The Stahnaries Courts (Cornwall) Bill, the Highways and Turnpike Roads Returns Bill, the Prisons (Scotland). Bill, &c., were severally forwarded a stage. The Marquis of NORMANDY intimated that he should move the second reading of the Lower Canada Government Bill on Friday next ; his lordship had previously named Tuesday. Their lordships then adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY A good deal of conversation arose on the various " Small Debts Bills" now before the house, Lord J. Russzm. stating that be could give the assurance that early in the next session he would introduce the long promised. County Courts Bill, a general principle in which would meet the provision contemplated by these numerous bills. The reports of those various bills were presented, and ordered to lie on the table.. Colonel SIBTHOILP repeated his notice that on the first supply day, he would submit his motion for the reduction of the duty on fire insurances. Mr. P. THOMPSON (in answerto Mr. O'Connell) said that he had received information that the French government in tended to impose a restrictive duty upon foreign linen yarn ; 'but that he did not know when it was to take effect, whether during our parliamentary recess or not. Mr. HAWES having moved for a copy for the rules of Warwick Gaol, Sir E. WILMOT said that, in consequence of the petition presented on Thursday, he bad written requesting an inves tigation into the allegations of the petition ; and that on Monday he expected the report thereon, when he would 'sub mit them to the house forthwith. Mr. Hurr moved for returns as to the steps adopted in consequence of the address regarding the Danish claims." Lord J. RUSSELL (in answer to Mr. Parker) said that he did not intend to proceed with the Collection of Rates Bill ; but that he intended to introduce another bill more effectu ally to provide for the relief of the poor, the provisions of which should be timely imparted. Lord SANDON deferred the Small Tenements Bill till next session. Lord J. RUSSELL (in answer to Captain Boldero) said that it would require lengthened detail, to state what had been done regarding the Spanish legion ; and he begged that the inquiry might be made of Lord Palmerston when that noble lord was in the house. The Warehousing Bill went through committee, was re ported, and ordered to be read the third time this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—S.kTuRnAy. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the house resolve itself into committee on the poor law commission continuance bill. The motion was strongly opposed by several members, more especially by Mr. LIDDELL, who condemned the sys tem of centralisation," a system fraught with danger to the best interests of the community. The question of going into committee was carried, on a di vision, by ayes, 86 ; noes, 27 ; majority, 59. Mr. DARBY then moved that it be an instruction to the committee to introduce the following important clause : " And whereas many able-bodied persons who were married before the passing of the Act 4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 76, are unable to maintain their families, be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful, after the passing of this act, for the guard ians of any parish or union, if they shall think fit, to give re lief to any widow having a family, or to any able-bodied person in any parish or union, who shall have been married before the passing of this act, and who shall be unable by their industry to maintain their children, the issue of such marriage, notwithstanding any provision contained in this act, or in the said recited act, or any order or orders issued, or which may be issued by virtue of this act, or of the said recited act : provided always, that no part of such. relief to such last-mentioned able-bodied person shell be in money." Mr. Fox NI AuLE opposed this instruction on the ground that it tended to subvert all the leading prikciples of the bill. Lord -J. RUSSELL also opposed it on the ground that the change indicated by Mr. Darby would not conduce to bene ficial working of the law. Sir J. GRAHAM said that he was prepared to share in the responsibility of introducing the original act, and that he was prepared, moreover, to assert that the new poor law had wlrked beneficially for the labouring classes, as well as for he rate-payers. the motion was carried on a division, the numbers being ayes, 62 ; noes, 46—majority, 23. Lord J. RUSSELL said that, as Mr. DARBY'S motion had been carried, and as that motion involved changes of so much importance, he did not feel justified in then stating the course which the government might deem it necessary to' adopt. The committee on the bill was then named for Monday (yesterday). The several bills on the table having been forwarded a stage. Mr. Fox MAULE moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill " to provide for the more effectual collection of rates for the relief of the poor." It was brought in, read the first time, and ordered to be read the second time on Friday next. The house shortly afterwards adjourned. DEATH OF THE SULTAN OF TURKEY. The Paris papers of Tuesday bring us the important intel ligence of the death of the Sulon Mahmoud, who expired, at Constantinople, on the 30th of June, in the 54th year of his age, and the 31st of his reign. news reached the French capital on Tuesday last, being transmitted from Strasburg by the following tele graphic despatch : " Simsbury, July 15, Six P.m. THE PREFECT OF THE BAS-REIN TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. " The minister of foreign affairs of Bnden has just in formed M. de Bacourt of intelligence having been received at Vienna that Sultan Mahmoud died on the 30th ult. His eldest son, declared to be of age by the divan, has been pro claimed emperor. On the 28th orders had been sent to Hafiz Pacha to suspend hostilities." The deceased Sultan has had the mortification of seeing, during his lifetime, some of the largest and most lucrative of his possessions wrested from him by violence, or alienated by the arts of his allies. His death, at the moment when he had fully determined upon making the endeavour to re conquer his Egyptian and Syrian possessions, cannot but be regarded as an event of signal importance, as well as one of signal opportuneness to Mehemet Ali. The present Sultan was born on the 19th of April, 1823. When the intelligence of the Sultan's death reached Paris, summonses were immediately issued to the different cabinet ministers, and a council was held at Neuilly, over which Louis Philippe presided, in order to determine upon the course to be pursued at the present juncture. The result of this consultation did not, of course, transpire, but it was an ticipated that oriental matters would now assume an entirely pacific aspect, and that 'Mehemet Ali's independence, under the guarantee of France, would be secured. (From Gallignan's Messenger.) Sultan Mahmoud-Khan 11. was born on the 14th of Ramazan, 1199, of the Ottoman era, or the 20th of July, 1785, of the Christian calendar. His father was Sultan Abdul Hamid, and he succeeded his elder brother, Sultan Mustapha IV., on the 28th of July, 1808. He has left issue three princes, the present Sultan, Abdul Medjid, born 19th April, 1823 ' • Abdul Aziz, born Feb. 9th, 1830 ; and Nizamud- Din, born 6th December, 1835 ; four princesses, Salyha- Sultane, born 16th June, 1811, and married in 1834 to Halil Pacha; Mir-Mah-Sultane, born 9th June, 1812, and married in 1836 to Muhammed-Saul Pacha ; Khacidje-Sultane, horn 6th September, 1835 ; and Adile-Sultane, born Ist May, 1836. These are his legitimate children hut besides them his highness has left a numerous progeny by the ladies of his harem. The Sultan had seen some of the largest and fairest pro vinces of his immense empire wrested from him by conquest, or partly alienated by treaty and usurpation of his sovereign rights—Moldavia and Wallachia on the north ; Greece, Egypt, and Syria on the south and south-east. He was one of the greatest reformers of his age, had freed the Porte from the military domination of the' Janissaries, and had gone far towards effecting a social re-organization of the Turkish nation. His highness was greatly esteemed and re spected by all who had been diplomatically, or otherwise, introduced to his notice ; 'he was warmly beloved by his family and his subjects ; and he may be justly styled to have been a great and good man. Letters from Constantinople of the 27th ult.—three days anterior to the death of the Sultan—announce that all the prisoners for debt were released, and their debts paid by the Sultan, that they might offer prayers for his recovery. Great largesses were given to the poor for a like purpose. The only recent appointments made in the household of her royal highness the Duchess of Kent, are Lady Fanny Iloward, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk, and Lady Caroline Dundas, sister to the present Earl of Zetland. KIRRIEMUIR.—A SINGULAR TROUT.—On Tuesday, a boy was brought in here from Coltbank, in the neighbourhood of Kinnordy House, and lodged in jail for the night ; but al though his crime was a very provoking one, he was liberated in the morning. He had abstracted from a well a large trout, which, 21 years since, was placed there by the farmer of Colt bank. At the commencement of its long term of residence, it was a puny animal of a finger's length ; but, long before it was thus ruthlessly kidnapped, it had become a giant amongst the fishes—albeit there were none to share its watery hermit age. Its length was 19 inches ; girth, 11 inches ; and weight, 211bs. When a stranger apprdached the well, the trout leaped to the surface of the water, and snapped furiously ; but to an acquaintance it was gentle and complacent in the high est degree. It would eat worms and even berries from the hand with great avidity, and did not object to be extracted for a time from its native element, and shown off as a lion to strangers. With the owner and family at Kinnordy House it was an especial favourite, and to them the fish was indebted for many visits. The celebrated Professor Lyall, the geolgist, visited its cell invariably on his annual return to his native place, and last year gave instructions, it is said, to have the well enclosed with rails—but this was neglected ; and, in an unlucky hour, the spoilertaroe, and robbed it of its only . at tractiOu, gid its woudrpusleriartt ofiife.-3,lqtaroye lietnew. THE BIRMINGHAM RIOTS. (From the Morning Herald of Friday.) BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY EVENING.—The declaration made by Lord John Russell in the House of Commons, last night, that " he should think it proper to institute an inquiry, in order to ascertain the facts connected' with the transaction, and especially to obtain proof, if proof could be obtained, of the alledged information to the magistrates that such a riot was probable," has induced a pretty general belief that a sa tisfactory investigation of the circumstances connected with the absence of the magistrates on Monday night will take place. Many persons, however, particularly those who re collect the mode in which his lordship went into the inves tigation relative to the election riots here in 1837, and the results of the inquiry, are not so sanguine as to the satisfac tory consequence of the promised investigation. The evi dence furnished to Lord John' Russell on that occasion was treated, it is stated, in a very summary, if not very dignified and impartial manner. An opinion which prevails that the purposed investigation may have a similar result is strengthened, in the estimation of many, by a letter'which was received this morning by a gentleman of this town. The letter in question is from the Home-office. It is in repl, to.the memorial which has been given in the columns of the Morning Herald, and requests to be furnished with the evidence on which the statements of the memorialists were founded. It appears to me very ques tionable whether or not the information will be furnished, ex cept upon the understanding that a full and public investi gation be intended by Lord John Russell. One portion of Lord John Russell's speech has caused considerable amusement (even amidst the sadness which reigns) amongst the sober. thinking part of i gie inhabitants. His lordship is reported to have said— "He wished the house to recollect that comments were made on the magistrates of Birmingham, for having with great violence and excess of zeal interfer e d with the peaceable meetings of the inhabitants of Birmingham. He stated this, because it was impossible that such comments should be made without tending a great deal to shake the disposition which the magistrates had to place themselves in a position in which they might be made the subject of such remarks." His lordship, it is presumed, refers to the alleged indiscri minate attack upon the Bull-ring meeting by the new police, when under the orders of the mayor. Certainly it would seem that the " comments" were justly called forth. A pro clamation against the Bull-ring meetings was posted ; the people were allowed to assemble in defiance of the procla mation, and they were then (such is the unimpeached state ment) attacked without notice, and indiscriminately knocked on the head as if they had been so many " deaf adders."— And his lordship thinks that the condemnation of such alleged conduct tended to prevent the magistrates from being pre sent to avert threatened danger; for that a riot was contem plated, and that the magistracy were made acquainted with the contemplation, appears—if concurrent and respectable testimony is to be credited—to be unquestionable. The lan guage of Lord J. Russell, it is thought, will bear no inter pretation except that which has just been given to it. Mr. Scholefield, who followed Lord J. Russell, appears to seek for a justification of the magistrates in the alleged fact that they came as soon as they were fetched; and I am in clined to believe (from a letter-in my possession, written last night by the mayor to Mr. R. H. Taylor, the ward leader of St. Peter's ward,) that the magistrates are of opinion that the special constables have been guilty of disgraceful supine ness, and that information of the riots was not promptly conveyed to them. The letter is of a " snubbing" character, and, in my humble opinion, indirectly conveys the censure mentioned. As the letter was read at a meeting of ward constables, at which it was not known to the chairman that a reporter was present, and as the mayor is of opinion the letter ought not to be published, I refrain from taking upon myself the responsibility of giving it, sending it up, however, to you, in order to afford you the opportunity of judging of the inference I have drawn from it. Lord John Russell appears to be very anxious to express " his belief that no part of the occurrence is attributable to the nomination of the magistracy." Without presuming to offer anything in disproof of his lordship's opinion, I may, perhaps, be permitted to give an extract from a petition signed by a large number of the most respectable inhabitants of this town, addressed to her Majesty in January last, re lative to the appointments, and from which petition it would appear that certain of them had an inkling of a suspicion of what has' occurred : " That your petitioners are informed that the said (town) council are about to apply forthwith to your Majesty to give your Majesty's royal commission to certain persons, to be therein named, to act as justices of the peace for the said borough of Birmingham, and also for the grant of a separate quarter sessions of the peace, by which the jurisdiction of the county magistrates within the limits of the borough will be at once taken away. " Your petitioners beg most humbly to represent to your Majesty that the administration of justice has hitherto been intrusted to justices of the peace for the county of Warwick, and is now exercised by 18 gentlemen of various political opinions (acting for the borough division of the county,) re cently selected according to the tenor of your Majesty's origi nal Reform Act, and that this body has been found amply sufficient for the purposes of the said act. " Your petitioners most humbly represent to your Majesty the importance of keeping the administration of justice free from taint of partiality or political bias, more especially in a large and populous town like Birmingham, where the manifes tations of public feeling have been frequently roused to a dan gerous extent." It is a singular coincidence that the riots during which Priestly's house was burned, commenced on the 14th July, and that the great complaints then made were of the negli gence of the magistracy. Hatton, in his " History of Bir mingham," says, " The authorities were not so desirous as became men in their stations to quell the riots ; it is true that early on Friday special constables were sworn in, and ordered to assemble in St. Philip's Churchyard, but no magistrates appeared to lead and direct them. * * * * It was really an awful day ; the peaceable inhabitants saw the authorities either unable or unwilling to protect theni. * * * * Doubtless there were brave hearts which swelled with the desire and determination to meet and revenge themselves on that lawless mob for all its atrocities, but the ardour was damped, and the determination arrested by the cold unwillingness or cowardly inability of the autho rities. The timid were shrinking with fear, the brave were burning with shame, the authorities paralysed, &c." The magistracy appear to be taking what in their judgment are the best steps to preserve the peace of the town, and they have recommended that the wards should respectively pro vide themselves with a small number of persons of discretion and coolness, who should patrol their ward on horseback, so as to be ready to give the earliest informatlon to them (the magistrates) of any important occurrence. It is the opinion of those who are intimately acquainted with the . character of the mob; and the feelings and, intentions of the chartists, that the greatest possible vigilance is called for, and that such vigilance should be observed for some time to come. As the persons who express this opinion number among them several of those who, it is sated, made kown to the magistrates their apprehensions that a disturbance would take place on Monday night, the opinion would seem to be entitled to considerable weight. It is indeed feared (and I but give the conviction of those who are certainly competent to offer a well-founded opinion), that if the vigilance of the magistrates were relaxed for a single night the town might be again assailed by the ruffian mob. In yesterday's communication I noticed the desire on the part of the whigs to find in chartism the " sufficing reason" for the riots. From a careful inquiry I have reason to be lieve the chartists regret that the riot and the burning took place ; not that they are averse to riot and burning, pro viding both the one and the other took place at the " proper time.' From all that has transpired my own opinion is that the chartist party did not commence the riot, but that some of the chartists mingled with the rioters, and assisted in the dreadful scene after the attack had been made on the houses in the Bull-ring. When men have been permitted for months to declaim upon " ulterior measures," and to express openly that those ulterior measures include amonc , ' them a re sort to the pike, the dagger the musket, and the torch, it would be expecting too much from the forbearance of such men to imagine that they would refrain from mingling in in cendiarism when once it commenced. They might well ex pect that the authority which permitted the threat would be slow to prevent its execution. Strong in the encouraginc , Whig precedent of the right to appeal to physical force, and emboldened by long indulged impunity to their sedition, the chartists (thanks intst espe cially to Lord John Russell and Lord Melbourne) are not likely to give up their anarchical sacred month, nor are its anticipated results to be avoided, except by the most watchful and ceaseless vigilance. The solving of this matter would appear to be involved in the question, " What political use can the whigs make of the chartists ?" The magistrates sat yesterday at the public-office. There were present on the bench Messrs. Shaw, Walker, Beale, Van Wait, and Lawrence. _ _ FrederiCk Bird and Thomas Leyland were placed at the bar, the former charged with having in his possession the pike mentioned in yesterdays correspondence ; and the latter with having manufactured it. Hall, the police-officer, deposed to finding the pike. [lt was of a battle-axe shape, with a handle five or six feet in length.] Bird, when questioned as to the use for which the pike was kept, said he had it made' for a lodge. The other prisoner was pointed out by Bird as the man who made the weapon, anti he was accordingly taken into custody. Leyland, upon being questioned, said Bird gave him a piece of paper as a pattern for the pike. The pike had been ground since it left his hands. One of the Birmingham police deposed that he accom panied Hall to Bird's house. When he entered the house Bird said, " Oh, my God, we are done," and his wife said the same. Leyland's master said that he (Leyland) applied to him about a fortnight since for liberty to make an axe for a club. He allowed him to make it on that representation. The magistrates expressed their surprise at the last witness allowing Leyland' to manufacture such an instrument at a time of excitement. Bird was ordered to find bail, three sureties in £5O each, and hi►nself in £lOO, to keep the peace for 12 months. In default thereof to be imprisoned for six months. Leyland wa,i discharged. John Jones, Francis Roberts, and Frederick Howell, were charged with taking part in the riot on Monday night. • Hall, the constable, deposed to seeing Roberts amidst the mob on that night, and to his being a leading character among thempb assemblages. _ _ Thomas Rose, ;a baker, deposed that he saw the prisoner Jones on Monday night, at the time of the riot, waving a handkerchief made fast to a stick, and crying out to the mob to come on. Jones, who was then amidst about 40 persons in Moore-street, went into the Bull-ring. Jones admitted that be was in the crowd, but denied that he had a handkerchief in his possession at the time. Several witnesses deposed to their seeing Howell (who has lost a leg) at the Bull-ring riot, with a bludgeon over his shoulder. One witness spoke to Howell's being at the head of the mob, and leading them on to attack the houses in the Bull-ring. A serjeant of the dragoons stated that he took Howell into custody on Tuesday morning. Howell was then in the street in the midst of several persons, and flourishing a kind of sword, which witness produced. Howell also had a stick (it was a perfect bludgeon) in his possession. The weapon produced was of the most deadly nature. It is a sabre with an iron socket welded on to it, and into the socket a heavy mahogany handle, about 121 inches in length, is nicely fitted. The blade is about 33 inches long. Howell denied being present in the Bull-ring on Monday night. The prisoners were committed for trial. Since I left the public office \%ilks, a chartist, has been committed to take his trial at the assizes for having, on Sun day last, at Holloway-head, advised the people to break up the railroads and barricade the streets. (From the Mominy Herald of Saturday.) BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.-It will be per ceived, from the the following correspondence, that I was correct in the impression that the memorialists for the sus pension of the magistrates would not furnish the information required by Lord Johu Russell : " Whitehall, July 17, 1839. " Sir,—l am directed by Lord John Russell to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, trans mitting a memorial from certain inhabitants of Birmingham, v.mplaining that their lives and property were left unpro tected to the violence of an organised mob, although full and authentic information had been early given to the mayor and magistrates of the borough of the intentions and plans of the rioters,' and to request the memorialists will transmit to his lordship any evidence or proof in their power to show that previous information was given to the magistrates of the in tentions of the rioters.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant, " S. M. PHILLIPti. " Jolla B. I - fibbed, Esq., Temple-3troct, Birmingbara." " Temple-street, Birmingham, July 18. "My Lord,—l have the honour, on behalf of the gentle men who signed the memorial which I had the honour of transmitting to your lordship last Tuesday night, to acknow ledge the receipt of a letter from your secretary, dated the 17th instant, and to express their gratification at finding from the report of the proceedings in the House of Commons last night, that your lordship is of opinion that the single ac knowledged fact of the property of the inhabitants of the town having been left unprotected for upwards of an hour and a half on Monday night, is of itself sufficient to make an inquiry into the conduct of the magistrates absolutely neces sary. When that inquiry takes place the memorialists will be prepared to adduce the, fullest evidence in support of their own charges against the town authorities. But they cannot but remember that when on a former occasion others of their fellow townsmen thought fit to represent to your lordship the disgraceful conduct of the civil and military authorities, your lordship submitted those representations to the parties ac cused, and received from them private explanations, with which your lordship professed to be satisfied, without com municating to the complainants the answers x% hich you had so received. The only result of what was then supposed to be a discharge of public duty was a censure from your lord ship; and in one instance, a challenge to fight a duel from one of the persons whose conduct had been impugned, sent to a most respectable inhabitant of the town who joined in that representation. Under these circumstances, therefore, your lordship will not be surprised if the memorialists re spectfully decline to make any private communication to the Home-office, at the same time that they reiterate their readi ness to adduce the fullest proofs of the truth and justice of their charge beforeany legally-constituted tribunal, and when they can do so with safety to themselves, and with confidence that it will not be' done in vain.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient humble servant, " JOHN B. HIBBEAT. " To the Right Hon. Lord John Russell." It will, no doubt, be recollected that the radical party at the election of 1837 made a murderous attack upon the con servative committee who were sitting at Dee's Hotel, that they demolished the front of the hotel, and the lives of the committee were upon the point of being sacrificed at the shrine of reform liberality. The extraordinary delay of the military upon that occasion must‘be in the memory of your readers. Upon that subject the depositions of about 20 persons of the highest respectability were forwarded to Lord John Russell. The above letter of Mr. Hibbert shows how those depositions were treated. I believe that nothing but an open inquiry will satisfy the people of Birmingham. Mr. Maule (solicitor to the treasury) has arrived in the town. It will be seen, from the following proceedings of the town commissioners, that the delicate question of " Who's to pay the piper"—i.e., the expense consequent upon the introduc tion of the police in Birmingham, will have to be debated by the " active" magistrates of the town. There is something extremely amusing in the explanatory tone of the magistrate's letter. A special meeting of the town commissioners was held to day to take into consideration the following resolutions of the magistracy : " Borough of Birmingham, " At a meeting of the Birmingham magistrates, held at the public office, Moore-street, this 17th day of July, Dr. Booth in the chair, " It was resolved, " That on the occurrence of the recent nightly assemblies and processions which endangered the peace of the town, the magistrates, finding the regular police totally deficient in the strength and firmness requisite to prevent such meetings, were compelled, by the urgent necessities of the case, to seek foreign assistance without delay and without the power of previously consulting the commissioners under the Street Act. " That the precautionary measure, of bringing the London police into the town has been the source of a heavy expendi ture and is likely so to continue. " That the magistrates have no control over any fund for the payment a those expenses. " That it appears to this meeting the proper authorities to apply to are the commissioners under the Street Act. " That an application be made to the commissioners to take the requisite steps to ensure the payment of the charges incurred by bringing the London police into the town, and by the contiluing of such assistance until the peace of the town be permanently secured, or a new and sufficient police force be organised. " That a copy of the above resolutions be sent to the Com missioners." The Commissioners unanimously adopted the following re solutions in reply to a communication from the magistrates : " That the communication from the magistrates be entered on our minutes, and that the magistrates be respectfully in formed that the Commissioners have not legally the power to defray the expenses already incurred. " That the magistrates' letter be referred to the Lamp and Watch Committee, and that they be requested to forthwith confer with the magistrates as to future measures for main taining the peace of the town, and that the said committee be authorized and requested to appoint such constables, patrols, and other persons, as shall in their opinion, con jointly with that of the magistrates, appear necessary or ex pedient under the circumstances ; and that it appears to this meeting that resource should still be had to a portion of the metropolitan police, until a more efficient local police be ap pointed, and therefore that the Lamp and Watch Committee be authorized and desired to make such appointments." The committee sat immediately upon the breaking up of the meeting, and it is understood that the most vigorous assistance will be given to the magistrates by the immediate establishment of a well-qrganized local police. In the mean time the London police are to remain in Birmingham, the expense of their maintenance being for the time defrayed by the Street Commissioners. An application will, however, be afterwards made to Government for the re-payment of the money previously expended ; it being considered, as stated by one of the magistrates at the meeting of the Commissioners this morning, that Birmingham in thus defeating the machina tions of the Chartist mob was in fact fighting the battle of the entire country. Had the insurrectionary movement been successful in Birmingham, there is little doubt that similar efforts, if not equally successful, would have been made in other parts of the kingdom. CHARTIST ASSEMBLAGES. Since our last several other meetings of a similar charac ter to those we noticed on Wednesday, have been held in the outskirts of the town; one convened by placard, but the others held without any public notice. On Wednesday evening a meeting was held in Boardman's Square, Miles Platting, which was attended by about 300 persons; a man named Davies in the chair. - The speakers were David Roberts (the chairman of the meeting held in Stevenson's Square on Sa turday evening last), Butterworth, (one of the speakers at that meeting), and a man named Donovan ; and it being reported that David Roberts, subsequent to his speech, had been apprehended, the meeting adjourned in a body, declar ing their intention to visit the lock-ups, and ascertain where he was. The report was a false one, and we have not heard of the mob making the threatened application at any of the lock-ups. The same evening, another and a much larger meeting was held in a field near a ropewalk adjoining the Stretford new road, and not far from Jackson's Lane, Hulme, at which the language was of a very violent character. On Thursday evening, there was a meeting in a hollow between Every-street, Ancoats, and the river Medlock. About five or six hundred persons were present - . The speakers were Butterworth, Edward Curran, Doyle, Dakes, and Rushton. The chairman stated that another chartist named Leach was unavoidably absent ; but that there would be a meeting in Hu/me on the following evening, at which Roberts, Leach, and several other friends would address the people. This meeting separated shortly after half-past nine.—Last evening another meeting was held' in the same field in Hulme, which was attended by about .400 persons. The re w as a gr e en flag " The Hulme and Chorlton Ro w A ssoc i a ti on ." The speakers were the Rev. W. V. Jackson, Doyle, David Roberts, &c. It was announced that on Monday night there would be a meeting of " the convention ;" and the meeting, about half-past nine o'clock, adjourned to Tuesday evening next, at the same place. There was also a meeting to be held last evening in Salford, on Shaw's Brows, where several meetings have been held on the last few evenings ; but whe ther it was held, we have not been able to learn. It will be seen that the same individuals figure at most of these meet ings as speakers. Two, at least, of these itinerating orators have already been before the public. Doyle was one of the individuals in custody on a charge of riot at Mr. Guest's Mill in Holt Town ; and Butterworth, we understand, was some time ago in the service of the police commissioners as a watchman, but was dismissed for misconduct. There have also, we understand, been assemblages of a similar character in and about various other towns in the district.—One which was held at Bury on Wednesday evening was of a very threatening character, and produced great alarm amongst the peaceable inhabitants of the town. It appears that a meeting having been announced to be held at a place called " the people's hall," a report was circulated by some design ing person to the effect that the London police officers in tended-to be present, in order to note what passed. This announcement, which was utterly unfounded, caused great excitement ; and a large number of persons assembled round the building, with the view of resisting the entrance of the police. The excitement was no little increased by a placard which was posted in the town, calling upon the chartists to be firm, and to " reserve themselvesfor the eleventh hont." What the author of the placard really meant by this exhor tation, we cannot take upon us to say ; but, by the Bury chartists, it *as generally understood to mean that they were to resort to some " ulterior measures" at eleven o'clock that night. The consequence ;was, that the streets were filled with gangs of desperate fellows, mostly from the country, armed with bludgeons, and evidently ready for any sort of mischief, when it was pointed out to them. In short, nothing was wanted but an actual commencement of violence, how ever slight, to produce a riot of the most alarming and destructive character. Fortunately, that commencement did not take place ; and the asseniblage in the streets, not having their attention directed to any particular object, became tired of doing nothing, and gradually dispersed. Their appearance, however, had caused so much alarm, that an express was sent over to this town for military aid. A strong body of dragoons was consequently despatched towards Bury soon after midnight; but, we believe, they did not enter that town, but returned to Manchester as soon as they ascertained all was quiet.—Manchester ,Guardimi. The Midland Counties Railway, between this town and Rugby, is making great progress, and appears likely to be opened to the public about this, time next year.-_-.-Leicesler Chronicle. It is stated confidently, but we can hardly believe the statement, that the Dean of York, Dr. Cockburn, actually authorised the choir of the cathedral to officiate as singers on the opening of Mr. Maxwell's new-built Roman Catholic chapel at Everingham. It is further stated that two mem bers of the choir positively refused to act as mummers in so degrading and disgraceful a manner. The matter ought to be fully inquired into, and if the report be unfounded, surely the dean will be the first explicitly to contradict Times. GRATITUDE TO PARENTS.—When we are aware that those to whom we owe existence have devoted long years, during our infancy and youth, to protect, to nourish, and to guide us,—when they have thought of us rather than themselves, and sacrificed pleasure and amusement and tastes and feelings for our benefit ;—when they have spent the weary hours of watchfulness over the bed of infancy and sickness ;—when they have rejoiced in our joys, and mourned for our sorrows ; when they have made efforts for us that they would not have made for themselves, and even corrected us with more pain to themselves than to us, for our benefit ;—when they have felt it a pang, and yet a duty, to deny us what we sough ; and when they have given up, in short, time, thought, pleasure, exertion, energy, hope, comfort, selfishness, for our after- Welfare ;—when they have done all this, and we know it, there is nothing on earth can equal, or should equal, the love and gratitude of a child for its parents.—Charles Tyrrell, by G. P. R. James. ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR, DEAN STREET, SOHO SQUARE.—In a report of this Institution, Mr. Curtis recommends in cases of obstruction of the Eusta chian Tubes a gargle of Cayenne pepper and port wine ; also a very simple mode which obviates the necessity of an opera tion. It consists in merely closing the nose and mouth, and forcing the breath into the tubes by the act of expiration. This plan however, is not new ; it was some years since recommended by Dr. Sims, in a communication to the med ical society of London, and it appears that as long ago as 1820 Mr. Curtis had an instrument constructed by Mr. Thomson, of Great Windmill-street ? for inflating the tubes. The account given in the report of the success attending the modes of treatment pursued at the dispensary, affords a strong argu ment in support of constitutional practice in preference to surgical operations, which latter are reserved at the Dispen sary as dernier resorts, to be . employed only in urgent cases, or whoa all othor limes have failed.-044rwr. THE UNITED STATES. We extract from the latest New York papers the following information relating to cotton and money : NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. (From the Weekly Herald, of July 6.) In looking round upon the general condition of the money market, we find, both in this city and the interior, a growing depression. This depression must continue until the banks and markets have passed the crisis which is now approaching. The condition of the western banks has been, for the past few weeks, approximating that of the southern or cotton banks ; that is, they have been directly or indirectly concerned in the produce of speculation, and their operations have been sustained by the arrangement with the city banks, by which their bills have been redeemed. The markets for produce have so long been choked, and the supply has exceeded the demand to such an extent, that purchasers would not come into the views of buyers. The whole circle depended, in a great measure, upon the movements of cotton. The confi dence entertained in that article caused the banks to back the operators in it, until the news by the last few packets seem to have shaken that confidence, and the southern banks are now rapidly decreasing their circulation. This causes a fall of prices in those markets where the western banks are in terested. This fall occasioned extra exertions on the part of the western banks to sustain their customers in this market : their issues are, consequently, large, and much later than usual in the season. This caused a continued demand upon the redeeming, banks late in the season, and in the face of which came financial news, from England, of a disastrous character. No alternative was left the city banks but to cease to redeem the western notes. The consequence must neces sarily be, that, after the 27th instant, an immense quantity of western paper will be afloat, which will subject the issuing banks to a suspension. They will, however, in all probability, take care of themselves ; in which case, the dealers here will find great difficulty in sustaining themselves through sales of produce, at greatly reduced prices. This may subject them to great loss, but will be highly beneficial to the community. (From the Courier and Enquirer.) FRIDAY EATNING, JULY .—The Stock Market to-day has again evinced the same inactivity and depression which has charaterised it throughout the whole of the past week, accompanied by a further tendency to decline in the prices of most descriptions. In the Money Market we are unable to notice any improvement, and this fact, taken in connexion with the inactivity incidental to the season, and particularly felt at the present time, may account, in a great degree, for the languor which now exists in all monetary affairs. The steam-ship Liverpool sails to-morrow, and will take out ac counts of a heavy Stock Market, and an unsteady and limited demand for cotton, notwithstanding the improved account of the English and French markets for the article received by the same vessel. We are, consequently, again looking out with anxiety for further advices from the other side, by which our markets will be, in a great measure, governed for some time. The British Queen is generally expected about Sunday week next, and the Great Western leaves Bristol for this port to-morrow. _ Sales were to-day of United States Bank at 113 A :, North American Trust Co. 76; Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. 70; Vicksburg Bank 42 sellers 30 days ; Stonington Railroad Co. 261 ; and Harlem Railwood Co. at 50. The amount of bills offering on Europe continues limited, but is adequate to the demand. The sales made for the steamer Liverpool, to leave to-morrow, and the Havre packet of the Bth, were chiefly at 91 to 91 per cent on England ; 5f 12} to 5f 15 on France ; 41c. on Holland : 36tc. on Ham burgh ; and 81 to Mc. on Bremen. The Bank of the United States continues to draw on London at 91 per cent premium. COTTON TRADE. (From the New York Morning Herald of July 6.) The trade continues to present the same appearances which, have characterised it for the last f e w months. The contest between the spinners and holders goes on with increasing rancour as the denouement approaches. Since the arrival of the Liverpool, our own market, although very quiet, has been more firm in prices. Purchasers, however, do not come forward. Both parties seem to be waiting the effect of news at the south. The following is a comparative table of the receipts, stocks, and shipments, tQ the present date, in all those ports of the United States : Receipts. Shipments. Stocks. 1839 1,321,000 932,807 191,678 1838 1,710,000 1,384,184 189,176 1837 1,279,000 1,009,565 183,536 The impression now among holders on this side is, that the spinners are short of their usual stock of the raw material, and that their purchases are from hand to mouth only. They undoubtedly purchase small, in the full belief that the com ing crop will be large. Every exertion is made by their friends to sustain them in this belief, by circulars containing repre sentations that the crop is unusually forward, and will be in market early' in August. To all dealers it is well known that cotton in the most favourable seasons, never reached market in any quantity before the latter part of September. These lame statements have rendered holders more confident of success, and the news of a revival of trade in Manchester has rendered them very firm. The great principle of supply and demand is that which should regulate trade of all kinds. An attempt has been made by speculators on this side to make the most of the short crop, by forcing up prices in the face of a decreasing demand : holding and stavir , off on both sides, has brought the balance of the crop so late in the season that the whole question of its prices depends upon the probable quantity of that which is now growing. Knowing this fact, the utmost exertions are made hy both parties to drive into maturity in order to bias the malfernents of the other. The attempted estimates are, therefore, very conflicting. One party, on the basis of high prices obtained, and a favourable season run up the amount as high as 1,630,000 bales. The other, predicating their belief on the derangement of money affairs, and the alledged drought in the cotton sections, limit their ideas to 1,350,000 bales. _ _ The arguments ott both sides have some show of plausibi lity, and may operate more or less, but, at this season of the year, it is preposterous to attempt to estimate, with any de gree of accuracy, the extent of the growing crop. The pre sent receipts, as indicated in the above table, are ,now near the lowest estimate which has been made of the past crop, and the arrivals have, at latest accounts, fallen-off in a great degree. They were as follows At New Orleans, for the week ending on the 27th ult., 650 bls At Mobile.. 0 1 „ At Charleston BOO „ At Savannah . At Florida. At N. Carolina At Virginia ' Total receipts l5lB bls.. These small receipt indicate, that the crop is nearly all in. The stock on hand is about the same as last year, while the exports have fallen off about 450,000 bales. This is the exact position of the crop on this side. The new crop will not, possibly, reach market before September, nor can any esti mate be formed - for its extent. Under these circumstances we are of opinion, that, without interference of any kind, prices would have ruled nearly at the present rates; but the action of holding has destroyed trade an:l checked demand, rendering kricesartiticial and subject to revulst;tn._ UNITED STATES COTTON MARKETS. NEW YORK MARKETS, JULY 6.—The advices received, on Sunday last, from England, by the steam-ship Liverpool, to the 13th ult., though regarded as more favourable, have failed to produce any permanent change for the better in our market, which has continued in an unsettled and inactive state up to the present time, holders generally demanding an advance of lc. on last week's prices, and which has, in some instances, been obtained for good quality, but cannot be con sidered _as established; and of common descriptions sales have been made fully as low as previous to the Liverpool's arrival. The transactions of the week are estimated at 2,000 bales, viz., 950 bales Mobile, at 114 c. to 151; 400 bales Up. land, at 111 to Hi ; 350 bales New Orleans, at 11¢ to 15; and 300 bales Florida, at 114 to 14. SAVANNAH MARKET, JUNE 2S.—The sales of cotton amount to 406 bales, at 7to In cents. Cleared in the same time 1,715 bales, leaving a stock on hand of 5,547 bales Up land and 298 bales Sea Island. The Savannah Shipping and Commercial List estimates the stock of Cotton held at the following places as annexed, viz., at , Savannah, June 20 5,845 bales. South Carolina, June 21.. Mobile, June 21 New Orleans, June 21 52,304 Virginia, June 17.. f 1,950 North Carolina, June 17 Augusta and Hamburg, June 1 10,921 Macon, May 1 Florida, June 18 Mont Lit MARKET, JUNE 20.—Arrived this week, 7 bales, and exported in the same period to Liverpool New York 2O .. Together 1314 bales, reducing stock 1307 bales, and leaving on hand and on ship board, not cleared, 12,038 bales, against 20,320 same time last year. This, market since our last notice has been entirely passive ; scarcely ,300 bales have been taken within the week, and those in small parcels, at about the same rates as those of the previous week. NEW ORLEANS MARKET, JUNE 26.—Bustuess generally continues very dull, and, owing to the very gloomy state of the monetary matters, there is but little prospect of improve ment for the balance of the season. In cotton we have no change to notice as to the demand ; the sales for the last two days are about 1,500 bales; 500 bales of which were sold on Monday, in small parcels, at the current prices of last week. On yesterday; a lot of 1,000 bales N. Alabama and Tennes sees were sold at 111 to 121 cents—said by some to be a slight reduction on former rates. The receipts for several days past have been unusually small, and it is thought that the total receipts at this place will not exceed 600,000 bales by the Ist October next. THE CROPS. The accounts from Mississippi of the grope of wheat and cotton are mast favourable. On many cotton farms the bolls had been formed ; and, altogether, the season was a most promising one. The above information is from Vicks burg and Columbus, under date of the 20th ultimo. The river was ,very high and. rising. Citors i s Mississiret.—The Vicksburg papers, of a late Abdo, mention that the prospect is most auspicious for a plenteous and excellent crop. From every part of the state thelmost . cheering accounts have been received. In North Mississippi, says, the Whig, heavy crops of wheat have been raised and it is more than probable, that, next wi n t er , our State be independent of the west " in the pork Ilpe." COLUMBUS, Miss., JUNE 15.-- , --The cotton crop wi'S never more early or more promising, in this neighbourhood, than it is: the present year. On many. farms it is beginning to bloom, and on some bolls have been formed. We were shown, the other day, a full bloom taken from the farm of Mr. .1. Connell. He tells us the blooms are fast opening all over his field. We have also been shown a boll, as large as a man's thumb, from the field of Mr. Hoskins, a few miles from town. This is the earliest we ever knew. We believe it was some three or four weeks .later, last year, before the bolls were formed. THE CaoPs.--We are sorry to hear that the late storms have severely injured the lowland crops about Lincoln. The hay, in several cases, is scarcely worth mowing, and the grain has been so beaten down that it will never become of any value.—Hull Times. ' At the meeting of the English Agricultural Society, held at Oxford on Tuesday, Earl Spencer read a prize essay, from Colonel Le COuteur, of Jersay, containing an account of the most approved varieties of wheat that had been introduced into England, for which a prize of twenty sovereigns, or a pi ec e of plate to that value, had been awarded. The first des cription referred to was that of the Hoary White, or Velvet een, a species formerly existing in Kent, where, however, it appeared to have been lost. This was described as one of the most profitable, leavinga balance to the cultivator of £l5 6s 9d. per acre. The next variety described was the Jersey Dantzic, which is, however, known in different parts of the country by several names. It is not so hardy as the former species, though it sue eeds well in any part of this kingdom, except the north of k cot! Ind. Like th e f orme r, i t i s not liable to degenerate, and the straw is useful for bonnet making ; the estimated profit per acre is £l2 14s. fid. The third descrip tion named was the Whittington, the grain of w hi c h was light, firm, and plump, and a ff o rded a straw generally six feet, and not unfrequently seven feet in height. This variety is hardy and very productive ; but the straw is to long to he used for thatching, or for any practical purpose. The fourth variety was the Talavara Belle Vue, which is hardy and pro lific, appearing above the ground in twenty-five, and ripening muc7.l earlier than any other description of wheat. Numerous experiments were adduced with respect to other varietiei, lid tie etder oxiited coutdderablo NEW SOUTH WALES. We extract the following from the Sydney papers with which we have been favoured, and which we acknowledged in our last : THE DROUGHT. (From the Sydney Monitor of March 22.) The following notices of the weather and consequent state of the country tally with our private letters : A. number of cattle are daily found drowned in Hunter's River ; these accidents are occasioned by the scarcity of water—the settlers on some part of the navigable portion of its banks are compelled to go twenty miles to procure fresh water for the use of their families.—Australian. A correspondent has favoured us with the following ex tracts of a letter received by him from Port Phillip, dated March 3d :—" The country is altered much for the worse since you left, and a greater part of the journey we were com pelled to take a different route for want of food and water ; nearly all the grass that had escaped the general destruction, is now burnt, and we experienced great difficulties in procur ing sufficient for the cattle. At present both the Rivers Hume and Ovens cease to run at the well-known crossiii places The whole of Faithfull's, Chisholm's, and the other runs ad jacent to ours, are:burnt up ; the only bite that is left us now is in the large flat between the two rivers, and that we have pretty well reduced already, and which would have been to tally destroyed had we not exerted ourselves day and night. If no rain falls before the frost sets in, God help the poor sheep and cattle,-for they must starve.- * On our road we stopped at the Honeysuckle Creek, where the-Blacks were encamped in great numbers, but there were too many of us for them to chance making an attack, or in any way to molest us ; for, beside our own party, Mr. Bow man's drays and fourteen of his men were with us, or else I am certain we should have been rushed, for they encamped near us for several nights. The Blacks have killed forty head of cattle belonging to Mr. Faithfull, and thirty-six sheep of Colonel White's since you left. You may expect to hear shortly of sonde wild work taking place here, the Blacks so continually encamping near us. *‘ The cattle were all mixed together, but are now wildly stray ing all over this part of the country, in small mobs. We had a good deal of rain last night, which had the good effect of cooling the ground ; but to-day it is scorching hot."—Aus tralian. We learn from our correspondent that the maize crops are a total failure in both the upper and lower districts of Hun ter's River ; a few persons who cropped their lagoons have an average crop. Ten shillings a bushel has been offered on the spot, for any quantity.—Australian. Extract of a letter from Patersod, Hunter's River, March 15th, 1839 :—" The country here is in a most deplorable state for want of rain: there will. be no maize, and very little tobacco in the neighbourhood. God knows what will become of us all, if some change do not take place very soon."— Herald. INCREASE OF SHEEP. (From the Sydney Herald of March 20.) We have seen and probably printed, various calulations touching the increase of sheep. We take, however, the facts which we have this day the pleasure of communicating to our readers, as a much more important and substantial proof of what can be done in our splendid country with care and attention. Early in April last, Mr. Robert R. Leake. a young gentle man well instructed in pastoral affairs, and formerly employed by the South Australian Company (whose service he says he left in disgust), landed in the province 390 ewes and 10 rams. The dropping of lambs unfortunately commenced immediately after landing, and while the ewes were suffering from the effects of the voyage, so that a considerable number were lost. The produce, however, of the flock on the Ist of June amounted LO 351 lambs. On the Ist of January last the same ewes lambed the second time, and the produce were 306 lambs : making the increase of Mr. Leake's flocks as under : May 1. original flock, ewes and rams 400 June 1, increase, lambs 351 Jan. 1, 1839, increase, lambs 657 Actual increase within seven months 657 Total flock on the 13th Jan. last The lambs of the first dropping in the colony will produce in August next, along with the imported ewes, and Mr. Leake calculates that his increase of lambs upon the whole flock during that month will amount to 540, which, added to the present flock of 1057 shows an increase upon the original importation of 400, of one thousand one hundred and ninety seven within little more than sixteen months ! Truly it is not surprising that sheep farming should be ea g e r ly pursuz.d. THE BARQUE " CHILDREN."—We regret to learn that this vessel was lost near Cape Nelson, and that the captain and eighteen of the crew and passengers were drowned. It is however with sincere pleasure we announce that our es teemed friend, Mr. Samuel Bryan, has escaped; and that although severely injured in the leg, he will yet be restored to his family and to usefulness. We have been favoured with the following extract of a letter from Lewis W. Giles, Esq., of Launceston, dated February 19, to his brother the Colonial Treasurer We have just received news of the total wreck of the Children for South Australia, with 140 sheep, on ac count of Samuel Bryan and Henty • the former was on board and narrowly escaped wiih his life, ,Master and eighteen others drowned. The vessel went to pieces in twenty minutes after she struck." PORT PHILIP. (From the Sydney Herald of March 20) We have received Port Philip papers to the 2nd instant, from which we give the following extracts : W. Furlonge, Esq., has imported from Van Diemen's Land, sheep to the amount of six thousand ; we understand four thousand more will be brought over in the early part of next season. His stock, from letters we have had the plea sure of perusing, are of the pure unmixed Saxony breed, have always been kept apart from other flocks, and are bred from a stock originally imported direct from Saxony by the proprietor. For length of staple and quantity; the best judges have given it as their opinion the wool of these sheep stands unparalleled in Australia Felix. Every day supplies fresh food to our craving appetite for distinction in enterprise. A few months since a steamer for the first time sent its jet of smoke in the air; as the strange little craft plied up the river. Now we have a mail convey ance about to be established by Mr. Wright, between Mel bourne and Geelong ; it will run a distance weekly, and as a regular matter-of-fact occurrence, at the moment when the people of a colony in South Australia, have discovered a fresh water river at only the same distance from their capital. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. (From the Sydney Herald of March 18.) We have received Hobart Town papers to the sth instant, from which we make the following summary : It is intended to erect forthwith an extensive fortification on Macquarie Point, and excavations have been commenced for that purpose. Captain gwanston's Company have purchased, at the re cent sales, the territory they occupied at Port Philip, between the two rivers debotiching on the port. The quantity ex ceeded sixteen thousand acres—the purchase amounting to about £9,000. • It is rumoured that the ship James is chartered by Van Diemen's Land government, by direction of the British ad ministration, for some purpose connected with the talked-of colonization of New Zealand, and that Lady Franklin will avail herself of this opportunity to visit the interesting islands of New Zealand. Wedid not hear stated by whom her lady ship is to be accompanied, but most probably Captain and Mrs. King, with the ladies of Government-house, will form the party, if indeed,any such is contemplated, of which, as we have above stated, we know only by rumour. We have received this morning, via Launceston, the South ern Australian, of the 6th and 13th February, from which we have only room to select the following : The barbue Platina, Captain Wellbank, arrived at Adelaide from London on the 9th February. Heavy complaints were made of the wretched state of the water obtained from the river. and the origin of the dysen tery pfevailing there, was attributed to this cause. The 21b loaf had fallen from 9d. down to 63t1. The aver age price of ewes at Adelaide was 355. ; flour 325. per 1001bs. ; potatoes 12s. to 15s. per cwt. ; salt butter 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d., and cheese Is. Id. to Is. 4d. perlb.—Colonial Times, March 5. A considerable rise in the price of wheat was anticipated. THE MAaiETs.—Wheat still rises. It is purchased readily for New South Wales at 9s. 6d., although the Sydney Journals quote the prices under that rate. Other articles as before. The following is the market article of the Cornwall Chronicle:—" The demand for Sydney, and on speculation during the past week has been considerable, and raised our prices of wheat fully one shilling per bushel. In flour, the trade remains steady at a proportionate advance. heat 7s. 6d. to 9s. 6d. per 6Olbs. Flour, first quality, £25, seconds, £23, ration, £2O per 2,000 lbs. There is nothing else of any local interest in the papers. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (From the Sydney Gazette of March 19.) By the recent arrivals the South Australian journals to the 20th ult. haue come to hand. Below we publish a few of the most interesting extracts. The new Colony is suffering dreadfully from the drought, and dysentery to a great extent prevails among the inhabitants, owing, it is said, to the wretched state of water. The state of the river from which the town is supplied with water, is thus described in The Southern Australian :—" The state of the river at present is perfectly disgusting, and the people should recollect that in drinking its waters just now, they drink in the essence of all nastiness and filth, which, stagnating in the pools of the river, engender insects and vermin abominable to think of." So much for the flourishing town of Adelaide. Sydney, even during the four years drought, was never redu ced to such a pass as this. At the worst, the water has al ways been pure, if it has, sometimes, not been over-abundant. The recent arrivals have brought the dates of our Hobart Town intelligence up to the Bth inst. We are also in posses sion of Port Philip papers to the 6th inst., but our already crowded space will not admit of our extracting from either iu our present number. In our next we must make up for the deficiency. From Van Dieman's Land the only important news is, that Mr. Alfred Stephen had received, and had resolved upon, accepting the invitation to the vacant seat on our Bench. — Wheat is quoted in the latest papers at from 9s. 6d. to 10s. pea bushgl. Flour, fine, at £2B ; .second, £26 per ton. (Prom the Sydney Gazette, of March 23d.) MELBOURNE.—In August, 1835, a selection of land was made, upon which stands the town of Melbourne; but it was not till June, 1837, that any of the land became the property of individuals. From the latter date to January, 1838, a period only of one year and seven months (where all before was a forest, or an uncultivated waste) . there has arisen a large town, not a town of mere huts and weather-boarded houses, but in a great many instances, of good, substantial brick houses, with most excellent stone foundations, at the sight of which every new comer is perfectly astonished. In the months of June and November, 1837, Government put up and sold by Auction at Melbourne 148 allotments of land, each containing 76 perches; the whole being 87 acres and 64 perches. These sales realised the sum of £7,032 upon these 184 allotments, there have been erected (up to the time of our calculation) 277 houses and stores, which have cost in building, in round numbers, about £65,000, making a total of £72,032, expended by residents and non-residents upon the town of Melbourne alone. To the above we must make two more additions ; the shipping and boats belonging to the town we estimate at £lo,ooo—we now this is a low calcula tion, but then we prefer being under than over in our state ments. Then there are the stores and furniture, &c., which if fairly valued we think would exceed £lOO,OOO, thus mak ing £182,032, as being the valuation of capital immediately connected with the town of Melbourne, and nearly all ex pended within the short space of twenty months, But we must now proceed - to another statement we have taken no small pains to ascertain, the number of sheep and cattle, and the number of owners to whom they belong, and who are now located on the different stations, or sheep and cattle runs of Australia Felix. We find the number of stock owners to be about 150, many of whom possess from 5,000 to 20,000 sheep each ; or large herds of very fine cattle. The number of sheep is estimated at 350,000, the number of cattle at 14,000 • there are also several hundreds of excellent h orses . The value of sheep and sheep stations we estimate at £500,000. Cattle and cattle stations at £112,000. Horses, £12,000. To speak of sheep alone, the number we have mentioned will give an average to each stock owner of a little more than 2333, or an average of value to, each of £3,666 13s. 4d.— Port Phillip Patriot, Feb. 27. BEES.—A hive of bees, the property of Abraham Hodgson, of Oatland Cottage, near Armuthwaite, has cast no less than four times in the course of fourteen days ; the first cast took place on the 20th of June, and the whole of th' swarms, which have been safely hived, are strong and healthy ; the first east at this time contains upwards a 20159. of hquey,ft—ClirMe PornstrlC POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-FRI D AY. ATROCIOUS ASSAULT ON A PO LICEMA S ' 00 . At the police-office on Friday, a tide-waiter in atos °°l toms, named Sweeney, was placed before Mr. Su charge of having committed a brutal assault on ;' lt heiv officer, William Thomas, 178. The case was ng t he d i : e i the magistrates on Monday, but in consequence ° a dios A gerous state in which the officer then lay, it wa! , until yesterday. The officer looked extremely n:_ e jos' obliged to be accommodated with a seat during tiles or, gation. He stated that he was on duty last MolT e ' E stf mg, about two o'clock, in Cropper-street, whe' .e I poi prisoner and another man knocking at a door. , I asked him (th officer) if he would have a glass ale) his answer bei e ng unfavourable, he commenced a l i o, upon him—knocked him down, took his stick froinand bed beat him with great severity about the shoulder s • The beating was so severe that' he beCame to remained in that state until police-officer Eau%l3o' assistance. The latter stated that being on ll.stree:. street, be heard a noise in the direction of CroPrthe He proceeded there, and found the last witness in or, he himself described. A man was standing at 3 4 . t he 1,1 seeing witness, he ran into the house, and slit' , dter, Inspecter Wharton stated that he came up shor tl y was informed by the last witness that the person cruelly abused Thomas had gone into a ho; pointed out. He broke open the door of ti proceeding up stairs, found the officer in be blood on his hands, and had him conveyed to Bridewell. James Carthy stated that' he Sweeney from the Prince's Dock, where they on duty. They lodged in the same house. 7 , had an altercation with one of the officers. IA see any blows struck, for he left them and the house. Mr. Devonport, on behalf of cross-examined Thomas at some length, for showing that Thomas was drunk at i'he' tiul admitted having taken spirits—two penny' about ten o'clock the preceding night, and whiskey, given to him by a servant girl in Bob he had engaged to call at an early hour the He was not intoxicated. The inspector and the swore that they believed him to be sober at tl Rushton : It is fortunate for you that this cas' a different result. For some days this poor of in jeopardy ; had he died, you would assure , put on your trial for murder. It is one of tl cases which it has been my misfortune to inv , prisoner was then ordered to find sureties, hi. and two sureties of £25 each, to take his trial at the SATURDAY. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. •At iso On Saturday last, at the Police-office, John 13. Wrirng brought up before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of havi_"olo betzled moneys, the property of Mr. Bean, proprietor,soo! Albion. Mr. Bean, on being sworn, stated that the had been in his employ, as shopmairand assistant booToV In that situation he had received, from individuals wia%pel, called at the office to settle their accounts, sums °f. 0 0, 111 for which he gave receipts, but never entered the, P) , - bets". the cash book nor gave it to witness. The acts 0 1 e%• g bee" ment were discovered (suspicion of dishonesty ha c t i e ofic e l previously excited) by breaking open a drawer in ta i used by the prisoner, and finding therein a quantitY fro° oranda, containing the names of a number of individuca the whom the prisoner afterwards admitted he had rece,r,coer amounts written after their names. Mr. Bean , on al-b, ing the embezzlements, told the prisoner, that the sFyoy son which could induce him not to take proceedings him for the frauds would be the giving of such inforn.l3edint would save witness from the disagreeable situation of scent' out out to his customers, at the end of the half-Year, p art ' of which had been paid, either in the whole or in of the loose memoranda and the reluctant admissionsdifol: . . prisoner, a list of accounts received by him was, w k i tl3 0 80, 4 j $ii ty, made out, the accounts so received having by ' t mission, reached to upwards of £l5O. The P r ' s- o u e nts_ A 4 then discharged from his situation. Since the a ee „ - Aodru_ v , the last half-year had been sent out, seueral, 0,1; the list, had been brought back, having been Pal' e e l s, or in part, to the prisoner. Under these circuinstan Bean deemed it his duty, for the sake of public ite" tra dre of well as for the vindication of his own character as 11 3 01, man, to apprehend the prisoner. Mr. Wh ie r. is 3l ,, e t Gloucester-place, Low-hill, proved thepayment °' -• eeiP ' r money to the prisoner, for which he had given a re „hos, for which he had never accounted. Mr. Davenport' for peared for the prisoner, cross-examined Mr. Bet n ,:e . .. t e purpose of establishing the point, that he had inau e :,istinsj of forgiveness to the prisoner, on condition of his 8— r etfit e make out a list of his embezzlements. The witness "risolle; what he had previously -sworn, that he had told then to t3,4' that " the only reason which could induce bin' proceedings againsi him for the frauds would be.,tathe''' of such information as would save him from the d 't ot ' o f situation of sending out to his customers, at the half-year, accounts which had been paid, either i'' n ' Now: in part." Mr. Davenport submitted, that such I.l..eedio? precluded Mr. Bean from taking subsequent Prbtoitdite"; against the prisoner, whose delinquency he ful l y ( 3 , t. ,„;11 Mr. Rushton totally diff e r e d f rom Mr. Dave ll P -r of ( "AI promise was one of forgiveness, and the discover). tie ,e cases of embezzlement, not included in the list' ' t er 3 , justified Mr. Bean, in the vindication of his charse tradesman, in causing the prisoner to be taken into °..;;os e Under these circumstances, he should remand the prison Tuesday. O S ' te , STATE OF NEWTOWN AND LLANIP — L Both Newtown and Llanidloes are in a very need 9 and but for the presence of the military (whoin theelottl having orders to march,) it is very improbable the a lade, would remain quiet. The principles of chartisinlBe' p eoP ith made rapid advances into this part of Wales. I ': 10 11 „r , it appears, are much dissatisfied with the new P°°„`ijett'd which is in full operation among them; and Hen r ',; o n, . As k ( ington, Charles Jones, of the National Convel'ilitni Powell, the chartist orator who ,cas to be tried on oc i P l o d last for sedition) have used ( the introduction of t he P det 133 e. of that measure, its inhuman provisions, &c., in fe elis'd effectually to ingraft upon their minds a democratie. 00.0 A Mr. Williams, an attorney of Carmarthen, wh ° the people's delegates to the National Convention, a the defender- general of all the chartist prisoners ; ful" for which purpose, it is understood, is drawn t .",joe lo y; national" fund. A true bill has been found again st es , ber of the National Convention, named Charles .)°,eohilr sedition, but be is not in custody, and, it is uncle s ' 1 •er 3 tends keeping out of thenwaustcdy, way. se% The trials in the court have been un import.all t :,, t a have been found guilty of assembling at N e wtown , , — „ o tit . : o , ing and drilling, but their sentences are deferra l r e trial of the Llanidloes rioters as many of themP lai nected with that outrage, and will cons eq uently v" . tn o upon their trials collectively. lb), Hitherto the time of the court has been occuP i nt ing the people charged with drilling individually , u i r be tr' . Llanidloes rioters, upwards of' 30 in number, lci" •• ge tother. 01, s A ir The prisoners were brought from Montgomery it , r e tance of seven miles, every morning to I, VeishP eLt rf - lie- r -feo ' coaches, and are taken back in the evening, shire conducted under an escort of the MontgomerY too the nr m may comin, and t and going. he streets are clowded with per sons .to o• The 12th Regiment of Infantry are stationed at e 3 t o t and Llanidloes. The officers o f that corps we r -lle,l`e bat dined with Lord Powis on Wedne s day, at Powis Cr e e p;,, in consequence of the receipt of a letter describing t i '; t ell state of Newtown, they did not do so, but irnivel"-- be paired their reiment. The to Montgome g ryshire Yeomanry are on the a l S . rt t : 4 O called at any moment their servi c e s may be renu ire .o, Three chartists, connected with the Llanidloes rl-bot been tried, tried, and two convicted of stealing tire - a rres ' pos t * tence was deferred nog tlie It appears that they were in the habit of Pr" fro° of the country places demanding the loan of °i ns l ieti farmers, and they gaVe them through fear for the their persons and their crops. " r iag o t, Powell, the chartist leader, has been in cour t je - d10h.1 3 progress of the trials, awaiting his own, and on jeti at the conclusion of the business, he was surronnoolllot number of persons out-side the court-house , t 0 , 0 ,. o tl. l to was complaining of the mode of dispensin g sa i l , the. forms of law were a complete farce. Some grog et him that, in his case, he might probably find thero a lo poof o t It appears that this Powell was a respectable i re w ed li bf in the town of Welshpool, b u t ru i ne d himself 19,1. 00 0 (1 ,1 with "national affair s ," i ns t ea d o f a ttending to -re b which latter, like many others, he might have some competency. HORRIBLE MURDER AT WORD7 i .b a 5 " - te On Wednesday evening last, the inhabitants in a Ae t village and the whole neighbo ur h oo d were throwt,' r at" - a of the utmost excitement f rom th e di s covery of tuf te eve t ' e a of a female named Eliza Pain, a servant to )I , l* * 13e t ; s 'or farmer, residing at Hebden, a b ou t a m ile distan". )Ir. "jir six and seven o'clock of the night in question, 85 the the man, who holds the office of r e l e i v ing overseer lar e 19)" be trict, was proceeding on horseback down a lane / 1° n le village, his attention was drawn by the cries of 3 " i h i 4 immediately quickened his pace, and shortly cau h i,, l o' deceased, who was staggering from the effects of b " a d, g she had just received at the hands of an a ssastiii h „pte s ele proceeding to follow up his brutal attack when tt e , e iyet! ce el the gentleman named. . The latter immediately s ..d plti j fellow, who after some resistance, was securd , under arrest at the New Inn. M r .Noraian pr o `" the' ante, and cause the body of the girl to be take" d ea l, or be inn. On examination she was found to he quite r ,a t;o, the effects of various blows, some of which aPP e3 e ie inflicted by kicks, and others by a knife. ) IP . accused is Charles Wakeley. Both the prisoner and the girl were in :eliseer:aielee4ldi Reeves, farmer, of Wick St. Lawrence ; the dee e el ; 0 0 0 4. his parish apprentice, 14 years of age, and had be:-otterjeri Worle on an errand, when she was met by the P i nfit! ; to brutally murdered. The weapon with which the s .," ( its pc; ibe was , effected, was a common chop knife, whic h . ;;oa to have belonged to the prisoner. On e xamin" -- , o per h vbeo body by Mr. Hardwick, surgeon, he found fil e ."% sts' wounds on the right side of the neck ; five o r s ft teqd wounds over the left eye ; a severe bruise on the ! e tc hes and a deep wound on the left side of the neck , 2at to 01. and 3 inches long; the last n a med was sutticiel,!, iot el death. The carotid artery was not injured ; t" at die jugular vein was opened. 0 6 1 - oies An inquest was held on the body of the dee e se t, New Inn, by D. Ashford, Esq , coroner for Soicer t cbsoe a verdict of Murder ;as returned agith i i oti 30 . Wakeley, who was forthwith committed for trial tti oit, o ,l coroner's warrant. The prisoner is apparent!): t he at years old, of .dark complexion, and was dressed is . attire of a country labourer. During t h e inquirY ter deeply affected, and occasSionally wept aloud. b e en e rr Wakeley is a native of Worle, and has alwa) .- ila bits h id! , pected as a quiet and well conducted inan ; of ► l 3 ° those of temperance and prudence, in contirmatioo to to o since the unhappy occurrence he has handed . e v; he i : c o friends a sum amounting to upwards of 8/..w hi pseat saved from his earnings. No reason has at , 1 1 ' ) 1 r ie - dece l he assigned for the rash act he has committed. bell , ' n was equally admired for her uniform good whole affair is therefore wra pt in the most perfect I.l"„ste Felix Farley's Bristol Journal. roa—,4o d e , ANECDOTES OF PHYSICIANS —A lady fOP for generous living had given her . a flushed face an" . e lf nose, consulted Dr. Cheyne. Upon surveo"g ' P ate, glass, she exclaimed, " Where in the name of w°u( ter I° , i l ' did I get such a nose as this ?" "Out of the deca l ' irboo l t,,b l out of the decanter," replied the doetor. — D r .,.'l" s bQ who was a celebrated physician in his day, for two things, viz. the .slovenliness of his PePTh e ilig i , dislike to muffin., which he always reprobated t ii• unwholesome. On his breakfasting a p l a te o e ' llt le o o Melcomb's, when Garrick was present, beingintroduced, the doctor grew outrageous , 5 . t ► exclaimed, " Take away the muffins ! " at Ili Garrick, seizing the plate, and looking sigai6cted that doctor, "take away the ragamuffinqo t ier ,10,1 Richard Jebb was very rough and harsh in his in; ve ry' r iet *, one morriin_g,4pilitilf once observed to a patient to whom he had bee thei pato,. —" Sir, it - iR my way. " " Then," rePh t , „. ar, °. pointing to the door. "1 beg you will make —Dr. Ratcliffe had a great objection to Wng,. hi; ' ICC t b ° ' pavior, after long and fruitless attempts to ge', settled, caught Dr. R. just gett r (Mt of his cl th e lig t o own door, in Bloombury Square, and demnde"AocOr' tion of his debt. " Why, you rascal," sMd IVV'oith you pretend to be paid for such a piece of w ol '• t o ver oir , 7 earth to hide your bad work." " have spoiled' my pavement, and then covereu.j t he .6 • tje, , t a,P "mine is not the only bad work that the earth h 10 ,. dog, you," said Radcliffe,. `. 4 arc you a o 'l o ' rigire rou 9baillve Doctor," sal THEATRE- Seeond Night of lIR iolent-Garelen• D Tnen,raged at this Thi gis Pwilcol• inents mmel Oar, LO` LAU -al,tain lieldare.. Air. Lydia.... fr,°l• which, tlie new I 'lr. Power, and prod Th,ltreßoyal, Cove fi O'FLANNIGI ve .11insualhsEn Is i,llletim O'Plannigan Ai originally perform( Ned Pinch— • • (Pi i W hite.. (i n lm lek,t,he Linnet. 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