The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-24 00:00:00

EXECUTION AT NORWICH. (FROM A CORRESPOND T.) NORWICH, Auo,. 2l.—This day, precisely at twelve o'clock, John Randalsorne was executed for the murder of his wife, on the bridge of the Castle-11.11. An im mense concourse of persons were present to witness the awful scene, and notwithstanding all remonstrances hundreds of women and children of all ages were spec tators also. TN wretched culprit appeared to be sinking from mentel or physical exhaustion, and was obliged to be supported by two attendants on the scaffold even until the drop fell. The executioner was very quick and ski, All is his arrangements, and the poor wretch was speedily swinging in the air a livid corpse. A. thrill of horror, toil partly suppressed exclamation, accompanied by a ttirt, pervaded the whole multitude when the drop fell. Thus perished in the prime of life the unhappy man, the justly convicted murderer of a defenceless wife. Whatever may be the general effects produced on the minds of spectators at public executions, it is ncly jus tice to state that upon this awful occasion the multitude conducted themselves in a very quiet, orderly manner, a:id there appeared to me to be much less of levity of manner than is generally witnessed. It is not yet publicly known that he has made any confessicn. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (SATURDAY EVENING.) TlMES.—Great curiosity is felt in the city with respect to the publication of the evidence taken by the Select Committee on Banking. Various conjectures are made, and various projects are rumoured about, as to what system of currency will most probably be adopted. Among others the followieig is said to have been recommended, and has excited some attention. The Bank of England is to be the sole body in the United Kingdom which can issue promissory notes payable to the bearer on demand. This arrangement would, of course, include the suppression of all other banks of issue, unless indeed, other institutions were allowed under the control of the Bank of England, which might have the power of issuing notes. With the existing banks there is to be no further interference, but thoy would conduct their banking business as usual, with tine sole exception of issuing notes payable on demand, other than those of the monopolizing body. For keeping out the circulation of the bank notes the existing bankers are to be allowed a commission of 15s. per cent. ; that is to say, if the interest charged by the bank were four per eent. the private institutions would have to pay W. .ss. per cent. for the amount they circu lated. This plan is said to have been introduced to the Committee by Mr. Norman, the Bank Director, and is therefore presumed to be one of which the Bank Di rectors generally approve ; but other sections of the banking interest throughout the country, among whom ome hints of this nature have been circulated, are up in arms about it, and meditate a very strenuous opposi tiol. Most people will doubt the fitness of the Bank Directors, alter the specimens given of their manage ment for many years past, to undertake so important a ust, and there Etre clearly many other circumstances to be considered before this measure, or any measure resernblkg it, can be brought into operation. POST.—The stock Markets laboured under great depression again to-day, Consols being at one time quoted as low as 89i for the Account. They seem to still affected principally by political causes, but we rather think some uneasiness is felt by our capitalists i❑ consequence of a rumoured defalcation in the revenue. It is said that the public accounts exhibit, so far as the quarter has proceeded, but a very meagre appearance compared with those applicable to the corresponding pe riod of last year, allowance being made for the increase lately established by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the duties and taxes. The duty on foreign wheat is already reduced to Gs. Bd. per quarter, and it is ex pected to go still lower, in the event of which the stocks on hand will be cleared for consumptio❑ ; but the Treasury will not benefit by this to an extent worth no twing. A4nong the items named in which the threat ened falling off is expected to be conspicuous, that of hop duty is regarded as the most formidable. The sum usually derived from this branch of the revenue has not, if we recollect rightly, been much under a quarter of a million for many years past. This year, however, it is estimated at theinsignificant amount of from twenty to twenty-five thousand pounds only, and heavy wagers have been staked upon the event, The anticipation of a. deficit so — considerable in the receipts of the current quarter is founded, no doubt, in a great measure, on the knowledge which exists that there has been of late a good deal of stagnation in many of the leading depart ments of our commerce. The quotations rallied mate rially towards the close of bnsiness. HERALD `—The private letters from Paris notice t h e .momentary failure of a very large *peculator and -epitalist on the Bourse there, whose differences amounted to the enormous sum of 150,0001. Every claim upon hi.e was subsequently and honourably met, but such an event serves to show to what an inconceivable extent stock gStnbling is carried on there. It is pehaps not improbable that the stoppage was intentional, as tending, if the same rules in such matters obtain on the Paris Bourse as in the Stock Exchange here, to facili tate the liquidation of his accounts by establishing one uniform price, viz. that of the moment, at which the differences airing and receivable must be settled. For instance as he was an operator for the rise, and was th,refore a purchaser of stock in much larger quan tities than he could take and pay for, he would on or before the day of settlement hive been forced to become a considerable seller, that is, to throw vast amonats of time and money stock on the market, where pacer were already declining, and with such heavy sales must naturally have given way still more ; a state of things bad enough for the unlucky speculator, but generally rendered sill worse by the speculators for the fail, who perceiving the nature of the operations going on press down the market still lower with other sales so as on the liquidation of accounts so to have de pressed prices as to enhance their own profits by all the difference between the purchasing and selling prices of the embarrassed loser. The fortunate ar rangement Of the large account of this speculator, teeth some others, besides defaults, which created strong appreheneiens for the issue of the settlement of the account to be gone through this week in Paris, had considerably allayed the uneasiness before prevalent, at el it was considered that it might be got through with out any particular difficulties more than the transfer of fortunes from one class of stock-jobbers to another. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM PILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. (From the Times. ) We will not enter at this moment into a commentary on the falsehoods, or the sophistries, or the absurdities of those who, for purposes of their own or of other people's—some through treachery and some through tally—bestir themselves for the repeal of the union be tween England and Ireland. This at least is clear, that whosoever else are betraying their duty, the Ministers are betraying theirs. If they were impressed a sincere belief that the aggregate people of the two countries would be the better for that repeal, or even if they seriously fancied that Ireland her self, considered singly, would he benefited by the -severance, then, whatever might be thought about the statesmanship of such a set of rulers, at least it would he possible to acquit them of actual dishonesty. But they have not even the excuse of being dupes. Tney unequivocally, and even loudly and ostentatiously, reclaim their better knowledge ; they profess their solberence to the principle of the union—their reso sstion to maintain the integrity of the Crown's domi niesiss—s et they favour, by their criminal connivance, he unnateral conspiracy which would pluck away Ire 'and from the heart of Britain, and they foster and .awn upon the man who gets his living by the daily wages of revolt. The miserable shillings, the very pauce of a starving people, are solicited, demanded, levied, by cai,jery, by superstition, by direct intimida tion, to ry - The hollow mo unte b an k s who deal in th i s anlversa remedy for Irish woes ; and the authorities --I l ia ought to arrest these unlawful itinerants, end guard the gaping, helpless crowd against their impos serzs, come in Nish cap in hand and vouch for every vagrant in the an. At the Castle of Dublin these marauders are the guests of the Lord Lieutenant, the Queen's Viceroy ; i n th e H ouse o f Commons the; a the " Learned and Honourable F r i en d s " of the Chiefre Secretary for Ireland. What inference ase unin structed men to draw from all t h ese contrarietieso They hear the Ministers of the Crown condemn the agitation of repeal ; they see those same Ministers ca ressing its fiercest agitators. Can they conclude that repeal is any very serious mischief in the eyes of the Government? Talk of Chinese authorities winking at the safe of a poison that lulls the people! what say you to connivance at a poison-trade which maddens them? Yet, is good truth, connivance is too faint, too favour able a word. If the mischief were done in secret, and the Government, having intelligence of it, should simu late ignorance and evade the notice of it, that would be simle connivance. But here th opt uded in open day and broadcasteseeds of rebellion are over all the land ; here is aibraggdrt and bullying nuisance which publicly dares the Government to repress it, and which the Go vernment yet shrink from repressing, till their unworthy acquiescence has sudden into a recognition. Thus the trade of repeal at this day not only is a profitable, le, but has becom e a sa f e one . It i s a licensed traffic ; its hawkers carry the Government badge. (From the Morning Advertiser.) The Session of Parliament, which has closed, was one of the most protracted in its sittings which recent years have witnessed. It commenced in the middle of January, and, consequently, lusted nearly seven months. W e . wish that the value of its legislation had, in any measure, corresponded with its duration, Unfortunately that has jot been the case. It has, on the whole, been unproduciive of good fruits of a positive kind. Ministers harassed, without one hour's interruption, from the commencement to the Close of the Session, by a nume rous, an organized, and inveterate opposition, were not telly defeated in some of their beg! uleasures, but the ab- solute certainty of not being able to carry them through, prevented their bringing forward other important plans of Reform. It is clear that the present state of things cannot long continue. The country will not silently submit to be thus tantalized year after year. Means must be taken against the return of another Session to insure the triumph of those Liberal measures, which the voice of the people and the interests of the country im peratively require. But while it is matter of deep re gret that the protracted Session, which has just closed, has not been more productive of beneficial results, it has not been altogether barren of good. In some in stances great principles have been asserted—in others, important measures have been carried. At present we only refer to one, namely the Ecclesiastical Revenues and Duties Bill. With some few unimportant miscalled amend. ments, that measure has been passed into a law, and the great principle of the right of the Legislature to make what reforms in ecclesiastical matters it deems expedient, has been thereby asserted. This, the Church racy depend up on it, w ill b e no un p ro d uct i ve pr i nc i p l e . It will be followed up, ere many more Scs;ions have elapsed, with reforms in the religious establishment which will first shake to its centre, and then lay in the dust that system of prelatic domination and cupidity, which is as discreditable to episcopacy as it is inju rious to true religion. The spirit of the age demands, as one of the earliest ecclesiastical reforms, that the Bishops be ejected from the House of Lords— a place in which they ought never to have been suffered to set a foot—and that their present princely salaries be re duced to 1,000/. or 1,200/. per annum. (From the Morning Herald.) The cause of Conservatism, as opposed to the spirit of reckless revolution, consists mainly, if not entirely, in directing the spirit of confidence into its legitimate and proper channels ; whilst the anarchist or radical addresses himself to this inherent impulse of the human mind, with the hope and desire of destroying all existing institutions, the Conservative wishes every alteration and improvement in society to proceed in harmony with the laws and religion of his country. He does not defend errors because they are ancient but he desires to rectify them in harmony with ancient institutions. He works upon the endless capabilities of improvement in things Which are, rather than, by demolishing the present edifice, to call forth a new erection on the ruin and subversion of everything which is received and established. This, we say, is the great pervading and practical distinction between the Con servatives and the Radicals, and it is a distinction which ought to be kept steadily in view whenever an appeal is made to the country by a general election. That election, take place when it may, will be decisive of the British Constitution in Church and State. It will either crush the mad desires of those, who, under the specious name of Reform, are seeking to destroy the laws, liberties, and religion of England ; or it will enable them to carry all their schemes into rapid effect, and to lay prostrate the grandeur, glory, and security of the British empire. The question is therefore between reform and revolution—between the wise, sober, and comprehensive revisal of existing institutions, and that mad desperate love of change which is the certain fore runner of universal anarchy. (From the Morning Chronicle.) When, in a recent article on Canada, we adverted to the grounds on which Lord Sydenham's government was entitled to confidence and support, we were fully aware that our sentiments were in unison with those of moderate and reflecting men, both in this country and the North American colonies. Accordingly, we are not surprised at the candour with which a Contem porary (the Weekly Chronicle) confesses that " we were wrong in our anticipations as to the result of Lord Sydenham's mission to Canada, where he has shown talents for which we did not give him :cre dit, and fairly earned the honour that he has achieved." Nor has a similar tribute of approval been withheld by an able journal, which cannot certainly be accused of partiality towards the Go vernment or its colonial policy. " Who knows," says tike Colonial Gazette, "but that Governor Thom son (who has, we think, fairly earned his peerage by his exertions in favour of the Union) will carry out the whole of Lord Durham's policy ? We are among those who sincerely wish that Governor Thompson may continue to deserve his Peerage." It is impor tant to place on record these testimonials of satisfaction because they proceed from parties whose approval is at all events sincere, and because the Tory camp thus remains the only quarter from whence the Canada Bill, and the exertions which brought it about, are regarded with discontent. The comparative merits of Lord Durham and his successor are a very insignificant part of the Canada question, and would never have been alluded to by us, had it not been that contrasts had been drawn be tween " the Peerage and the grave," and the like, in a tone of sentimentalism, which did appear to us in the worst possible taste. The character of Lord Darham now belongs to history ; it can gain nothing by compari sons of this description ; it will lose nothing by expo sure to the test of the severest truth. His noble name wir live long in the memory of the Canadian people, as the bold and skilful pioneer of those healing measures which he was not destined to carry into effect. To realise Lord Durham's plans was the mission of Lord Syden ham ; he has fulfilled that mission as an able Statesman and an indefatigable man of business, and public opinion has not failed to award him his due share of the praise. CENTRAL URLITINAL COURT. OLD COURT. EMBEZZLEMENT.-IVm. Bell, a corpulent person, of respectable appearance, aged 66, was charged upon three indictments, imputing that he had received divers sums of money amounting to 1701. and upwards, for and on account of the Equitable Gas Light Company, to whom he was a clerk, and that he afterwards feloniously em bezzled, secreted, and stole the same. The prisoner, i❑ the absence of his Counsel, pleaded not guilty. Mr. CIIkMBERS shortly afterwards came into Court and conferred with the prisoner, and the Learned Gen tleman requested that be might be allowed to retract, and plead guilty, by confessing judgment, and throw him self on the clemency of the Court, as he (Mr. Cham bers) understood, that the prosecutors were anxious to save the prisoner from transportation. The prisoner put in a written paper, which was read. It set forth that he had first become irregular to serve another person, and the defalcation became a glowing one, and he regretted that he did not make a disclosure to his superiors. The ltecoarca told the prisoner it was a painful duty to pass sentence upon a person of his age and apparent respectability —a person, too, who had filled a responsi ble and highly honourable situation. The Court had no feeling to indulge but a sense of the duty it owed to the public, and they must decide in all cases according to ci-cumstances, without respect to the sphere of life in which the prisoner bad moved. The prisoner might be assured that he was under no obligation to the Court because he was not transported—it was age, and that alone, which saved him from that punishment. The sen tence of the Court was that he be imprisoned in the House of Correction (Coldbath•fields) for eighteen ca lendar months, and kept to hard labour. The convict appeared deeply affected. ROBBERY ON BOARD A GRAVESEND STEAMER.-- John Collins, aged 24, described as a butcher, was in dicted with John Davis (who has absconded) for steal ing, on the 6th July last, divers orders for the payment of money—to wit, among others, one note of the Bank of France, of the value of 1,000 francs, the property of Gilbert Claud Alzard, on board a vessel on the na- ' vigible river Thames. - Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine were for the pro secution ; and Messrs. Payne and Paillips for the etence. The prosecutor was examined through the medium of an interpreter at considerable. length ; and it appeared by his statement that he was robbed on board the Fal con steamer of his pocket-book, which contained French notes to the value of 11,000 francs, about 4541. 15s. English money. There being no proof that the prisoner was on board the ves3clon the day in question,the Jury acquitted him. It was stated that Davis had forfeited recog,nizances to the amount of 4001. SENTENCES. The following prisoners, who had been convicted during the Sessions, were brought up to receive the judgment of the Court : Elizabeth Cleaveland, convicted of throwing a quan tity of vitriol in the face of a man named George Day, by which he was dreadfully injured, and totally de prived of the sight of one of his eyes. Mr. Baron GURNEY sentenced her to be transported for ten years. The prisone r l e ft the bar declaring she was innocent. George Ki ng a young man of very respectable ap pearance and connexions, was convicted of embezzling aletter which h a d come i nto hi s possession by virtue of his employment as a clerk in the General Post office. Mr. Baron GURNEY addressed the prisoner to the following effect :--Prisoner at the bar, you were a clerk in the General Post-office, a situation of great trust and confidence. You have been found guilty of abusing that trust, by secretin g a letter containing money. You could not have obtained an appointment to the situation you held, unless up to the moment you were appointed to it you had borne a good character. It has been suggested to me that you are the son of a military offi cer, and that he and some other members of your family have meritoriously served your country ; perhaps it was on that account you obtained an appointment in the Post-office. You have abused th e trust that was re posed in you when that appointment was made. It is a most melancholy thing to see persons of education and character abusing a trust so reposed in them ; but unfortunately cases of this kind occur ses,io n after ses sion, and I am sorry to say that offences such as that of which you have been convicted are by no means on the decrease. As a warning to others, it is necessary that the law should be executed to its fullest extent. Not long since the offence of which you have been convicted was a capital one, and in all cases of convic tion the punishment of death was invariably inflicted on offenders. Since then the Legislature has thought fit to lessen the severity of the punishment for that of fence, but I much fear that if its commission continues to be so frequent as it has been lately, that the said law will be re-enacted. I have carefully considered all the circumstances of your case, and I find that I cannot consistently with my duty remit acq portion of the punishment which the law awards to the offence of which you have been found guilty, and it therefore becomes my painful duty to order that you be trans ported beyond the seas for the term of your natural life. The prisoner, who heard the sentence without dis playing any emotion, then bowed and left the dock. Gates, convicted of cutting and maiming. The Learned Judge said his offence was attended with very aggravated circumstances. Tile crime of stabbing had greatly increased of late, and must be put a stop to by the strong arm of the law. He then sen tenced the prisoner to be transported for twelve years. DISCHARGE OF TWENTY-TWO PRISONERS BY PRO- CLASIATION. Late on Friday night the following prisoners were brought into Court and publicly discharged, the Grand Jury having ignored the bills of indictment preftrred against them, viz. :—O. Jones, J. Bell, T. Lester, Eliza beth Riley, H. Prior, Jane Gee, J. Harris, W. Preston, J. Berry, G. Murray, J. Davis, Mary Smith, Eliza Coleman, Mary Ann Lynch, Sophia Baker, otherwise Frederica August, J. Phillips alias Liveman, Jernima Ann Snipe, Mary Ann Rogers, Jemirna Coates, W. Davison, Maria Watkins, and Dennis Murphy. BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS. On Saturday Messrs. Philip Clark, John Sutherland, Francis Willoughby, and Eustace Arkwright, four officers in the 9th Royal Lancers, stationed at Hounslow Barracks, appeared before Colonel Clitherow, the Rev. D. Walmesley, and Messrs. Baillie and Pownall, the Sitting Magistrates, on summonses for various infringe ments of the rules of good order, and offences against the statutes enforcing the same. The Court was crowded during the proceedings, the nocturnal freaks of parties of " fashionables" having of late become most an noying to the inhabitants of Hounslow. The first summons gone into charged the four defend ants with having, on the night of Sunday last, the 16th instant, wilfully and maliciously thrown down and injured a certain gate belonging to Mr. John Peto, in the parish of Weston, whereby they had incurred a penalty of 51. The defendants pleaded not guilty. William Beechsy, a police constable of the T divi sion, No. 182, deposed—On the night of Sunday last, a little before 12 o'clock, I saw the four defendants in the Barrack-lane, at Mr. Peto's gate. They were in coloured clothes, and had the gate in their hands off the hinges, close to a wheat field belonging to Mr, Peto. I saw them throw the gate down. I went up to them and told them that I knew two of them, namely, Mr. Sutherland and Mr. Arkwright. They then asked if I knew their names, when I told them I did. I then fol lowed them down Barrack-lane, where I left them. , Mr. Arkwright---I can declare I was not there on the night in question. I was nn duty, and had seven sentries to visit about the time in question, as I shall be able to prove. The witness, in answer to further questions by the Bench, said the clock struck 12 as the defendants went into the barracks. Mr. Arkwright then called Corporal Robert Ste venson to prove an alibi, who stated—Mr. Arkwright is one of the officers of the 9th Royal Lancers. On the night of Sunday, the 16th, I was on the barrack guard, and was visited about a quarter past eleven o'clock by Mr. Arkwright, who afterwards went to wards his apartments. Did not see him after that time. The BENCH said that did not prove an alibi : in fact, nothing. The defendants having nothing further to offer in answer to the charge, Colonel CLITHEROW (the Chairman) having conferred with his colleagues, addressed the defendants, and said, they think it their duty to fine you the full penalty of 5/. each, with the costs, or one month's imprisonment. The second summons charged the defendants with having, on the same night, wilfully damaged a quantity of wheat, the property of Mr. John Peto, whereby they had incurred a penalty of 20s. above the value of the property damaged. After bearing evidence, The BENCH said they considered that case also proved, anu fined the defendants in the full penalty of 205., and the amount of the damage, 2s. 6d. each, or ten days' imprisonment. The third summons charged the defendants, on the same night, with wilfully and wantonly disturbing the inhabitants in the parish of Heston, by ringing bells, whereby they had incurred a penalty of 40s. After hearing evidence also on this charge, the Magistrates fined the defendants 40s. penalty and ss. costs each, or ten days' imprisonment. Thu fourth summons was against all the defendants for a general breach of the peace on the night in question. Inspector Marguard said that the summons had been laid for the purpose of holding the defendants to bail to keep the peace, or to appear at the Sessions, so great was the annoyance these proceedings occasioned to the neighbourhood, but convictions having taken place i❑ all the other cases, be should withdraw that one. The BENCH told the defendants they had been leniently dealt with, and they might rest assured that all future proceedings of the kind woud be marked with the utmost severity of the law. The summons was then withdrawn. The floes, with costs, &c., amounting to 334 .ss-, were paid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. THE ROBBERY OF THE ABERDEEN .TOWN AND COUNTY B•NKING PROPRIETORS.—Mr. Hartley, the solicitor, applied to the Lord Mayor for assistance on the behalf of the creditors of Alexander Christie, a bankrupt, of Eastcheap, under the following circum stances : He had on the precedin g day been engaged in the examination of th e b a nk ru pt before the Commissioners, when two young men, who, it appeared, were the bro thers of the bankrupt, were brought before the Lord Mayor, on the charge of having plundered the Aber deen Town and County Bank of large sums of money, and lie could not of course attend the justice-room. He found, however, by the account of the proceedings at the Mansion-house in the newspapers, that upwards of 530/. had been found upon the prisoners by For rester, which money they declared they had not taken from the Bank ; and it was ascertained before the Commissioner of Bankrupts that that statement was correct. The LORD MAYOR—Forrester has already departed with the prisoners and the money by the railroad on his way to Edinburgh. Mr. Hartley said that he had hoped to have been in time to claim the money for the creditors of Alexander Christie. The fact was, that the prisoners had em ployed a solicitor to execute a warrant of attorney, in Alexander Christie's name, for 1,9601., payable to them at short dates, and they had, by virtue of that authority ' sold all thelproperty at Alexander Christie's house in Eastchcap, and the 528/. 12s. found by the officer in their possession was the produce of the sale, so that the Aberdeen Town and County Bank had no right what ever to that sum. The LORD MAYOR—Forrester held the money, and when it was claimed here )esterday by the solicitor for the Aberdeen Bank, as part of the property with which the persons had decamped from Golspie, the officer said that he should, in case there should be any dispute about the cash, keep custody of it himself. Mr. Hartley said he was satisfied that Forrester would be very cautious as to whom he would deliver up the money. The Loup MAYOR—No doubt of that. It appears there is likely to be some dispute on the subject, for John and James Christie said yesterday that they as cribed the situation in which they were placed to the difficulties they had to encounter in consequence of their brother Alexander's failure. Mr. Hartley—At ail events the money is the produce of the sale of the goods in Eastcheap, and we shall cer tainly claim under the bankruptcy. A DEFAULTER ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE.—TWO gentlemen applied to the Lord Mayor for warrants against a Stock Exchange broker who had disappeared, niter having been entrusted with a large amount in Brazil Stock, and also in Spanish Active and Spanish Deferred Stock. One of the applicants, it appeared, had placed in the hands of the broker securities of the kind to the amount, in the present state of the market, of between 1,4001. and 1,5001. and the value of those entrusted to him by the other was upwards of 1,100/. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the applicants had any proof that the broker had misappropriated the Foreign Bonds?—They replied that on Wednesday he had been declared a defaulter, and the Stock Exchange Committee came to a resolution to open his chest, in which he kept all his securities. The chest was accord ingly opened in the presence of the defaulter's solicitor and the applicants, and not a single bond was to be seen. --- Tbe Loan Nl...you—Was no property of any kind in the chest ? Applicant—Nothing b u t th reepence . That he has misappropriated our property there is no doubt whatever. The day after he absconded he sent his key to his solicitor, and some bills, which he stated were to cover our deposits, which ought to have been held sacred. If he has not appropriated our bonds to his own use, why send the bills, which, he said, were to cover them ? The LORD MAYOR—There is certainly very good ground for believing that they have been misappro priated, and I shall render you all the assistance in my power ; you shall have a warrant to apprehend the party. The applicants, one of whom in particular seemed to be greatly excited, expressed their determina tion to follow the broker to any foreign country to which he might have absconded. THAMES POLICE. CONVICTION OF THE GUNNER FOR SMUGGLING.- 011 Saturday evening, just as Mr. BALLANTINE, the presiding Magistrate, was about to leave the bench, Joseph Lancester, the gunner of the British Queen steam-ship, was brought before him, charged with being concerned in the late extensive smuggling of tobacco and cigars on board the vessel at Blthwall. Mr. Penn, clerk to the Solicitors of Customs, attended on the part of the Crown, and Mr. Recknell, a Custom house agent, was present to watch the case fur the prisoner. • Mr. Penn briefly stated that this prosecution was in stituted by the Commissioners of Customs, and it would be made out that the ship, British Queen, was in the parish of All Saints Poplar, and that on Tuesday last the revenue officers found a large quantity of tobacco and cigars aboard. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said he was innocent of smuggling any tobacco, and knew nothing of the concealment of any on board ship. He was pro ceeded against merely from prejudice. The MAGISTRATE said it was evident the prisoner and others belonging to the crew had made a larger adven ture, and he convicted the defendant in the penalty of 1001., and to be imprisoned until the fine was paid. The defendant was then sent to Clerkenwell prison. On Saturday 150Ibs. more of tobacco and cigars, taken out of the British Queen, were lodged in the Queen's warehouse. Th e w h o l e quantity seized by Giles, who is quite a tartar among the steam ships, is about 1,3001b5. The ship is still under detention. Mr. BALLANTINE, during the above investigation, repeatedly said there must have been a bad look-out on the part of the Master and Officers, or such a large quantity of contraband tobacco could not have come on board. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE WESTERN CIRCUI T—BRIsroL, Are. 22. SNELL V. oNvEN. This was an action to recover 481., being the amount paid by the plaintiff for ten shares in the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, for which he had received no value. Mr. Erle and Mr. Butt appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Sergeant Bompas and Mr. Cockburn for the defence. It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff, in the year 1836, had bought the shares of Mr. Richard Hall, a broker, who was authorised by the defend ant to dispose of them ; but then, when the transfer was made, the name of the purchaser was left blank, and Mr. Owen's name still remained on the books. This practice was adopted by the brokers, in order that the shares might pass through a num ber of hands without the expense of stamps on each transfer ; but in this case, the defendant wishing to get rid of the responsibility of paying up the calls, and the plaintiff declining to have his name registered, Mr. Hall himself bought the shares, and had them registered in his owo name, and paid up the calls. Subsequently he sold them again at a loss of Si., which the defendant made good. In 1838 the plaintiff determined to become a registered proprietor, and went to the office to have the transfer completed, when he discovered that Mr. Hall had had the shares registered in his own name. Verdict for the defendant. BRIBERY.—BARTLETT V. HUNT. This was an action to recover 50/. for bribery at the last municipal election for this city and county. Mr. Erle, who, with Mr. Crowder, and Mr. Green wood, were retained for the plaintiff, stated the case to the Jury. Hunt was charged with having, on the night of the 21st of October last, gone to the house of Mr. Wilson, who was a registered voter, and promised him thatiMr. Webb's, the Conservative candidate, Com mittee would, if he would vote for that gentleman, give him 5/. in exchange for a drinking glass of the value of sixpence. William Wilson, the voter attempted to he cor rupted, swore that the day before the election the de fendant, whom he had slightly known before, called on him, and having been ushered in, began to talk about " polling money" of 7s. 6d, per man which had for merly been paid by the candidates at parliamentary elections. He then observed that the election of Town Councillors took place on the following day, and on his (witness) telling him that he had made up his mind to remain neutral and not vote at all, he remarked that it was the bounden duty of every man to do the best he could for his family, and to provide all he could for them honestly ; he then struck his knuckles two or three times upon a rummer glass which stood on a sideboard, and asked if he ( Wilson) would sell it ? Wilson said he did not wish to, as it would be no object to him, and Hunt then asked if he would take Si. for it. He replied that he would not, as he had made up his mind, let Hunt do what he pleased, to stick to his text. The latter then went on to remark further that Si. would be a good help to a poor man, and would enable him to pay his rent, and upon witness assenting to the remark he took his leave, proposing first to call in the morning, and afterwards saying be would be back in half an hour. At a late hour of the evening he called again, and he then said he had just come from the Com mittee for Webb, who could not offer him the Si. in a direct manner, as that would be considered to be bribery, and would subject them to a penalty of 2501., but they (the Committee) invited him (Wilson) to breakfast with them at half-past seven o'clock the next morning, and then it should be all right. After some further evidence, Mr. Justice Coleridge summed up at great length ; and the Jury, after con sulting rather better than an hour, returned a verdict for the defendant. The case excited considerable interest. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—LzrE.ftroor,, Aua. 22. THE QUEEN V. PRENTICE AND ANOTHER. This was a criminal information filed in the Court of Queen's Bench, against Messrs. Prentice and Catteral, the proprietors of the Manchester Times newspaper, of the Itith of November last, for an alleged libel on Sir Robert Holt Leigh. Mr. CRESSWELL, in stating the case to the jury, ob served that there was at Wigan a free grammar school, for some time tim e h as of b w een h , iachtrtuhseteper.oselctuwtoarsiist; andthat capacity that the libel was directed against him. I n the year 1812 an Act of Parliament was obt a i ne d t o enable the trustees of the school to sell some part of the property, of which Sir Robert became the purchaser, and the gist of the charge was, that he had jobbed with the trustees to obtain an add tion to his grou n d s . Th e object of the article in question was to show that the school, if properly con ducted, was capable of being made much more bene ficial, but that, owing to the trustees being a clique of Tories, it had been grossly mismanag e d, an d t h e o bj ect of the institution perverted. A passage from the re port of the Commissioners relative to the school was quoted—" Paid R. Grimshawe 91/. for obtaining an Act of Parliament for alienating the school property, and serving the interests of Sir Robert Holt Leigh." This article was followed by another in next week's paper, by way of explanation, in which it was stated, that so far as Sir Ih. H. Leigh was concerned, there was no intention of charging him with collusion ; but that the appropriation of the funds of the school for ob taining an Act of Parliament to enable the trustees to tranfer a portion of the property to Sir R. H. Leigh was an alienation of those funds : this was styled " a fact an d an i n f erence ," leaving, the Learned Counsel observed, an imputation that Sir R. H. Leigh bad l) •, and disgracefully trafficked with his co " •in to himself, to the detriment of the basely, mean trustees tor gain charity, which he ought to have protected. The de fendants had not justified, and he tailed upon the Jury to do ju s tice to the character of the prosecutor by their verdict. The form a l proof of the publication being gone through, Mr. P RENTICE a dd resse d th e j ur y. H e ex p res s e d his regret that he was prevented from examining Mr. Gaskell and his clerk, who, if put into the witness box by the prosecutor, would have shown how far he had gone to mike any reparation in his power for the injury which Sir R. H. Leigh might have sustained. He complained th at h e an d h i s partner h a d b een h ars hl y dealt w i t h b y this mode of proceeding, when an action would h ave served the purpose ; witness-b ox , t h e w h ole, truth m ight have been elicited. o r had an indictment been pr e f erre d , and Sir It. H. Le i g h b een put i nto t h e lie refer re d to the affidavit of the prosecu t o r i n th e Court of Q ueen ' s Bench, which, though true , did not , be said, conta i n the whole truth, an d proc eeded to show that th e s t atement in the paper respect i ng the school was sbietiy correct, and concluded by appealing to the jury to do hi m th e j ust i ce which he f el t h i mself entitled to at their ha n d s . The Lear ne d J UDGE summe d u p: the case, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. H I Satur day's mark e t, an d prices were OP NTELLIGENCE. WORCE STER, .AUG. 21.—We had a b r i s k d emand for H o ps at our last Worcester g rowt h this year must be v er y short, as many yards will n o t h ave a picking crib in the m, so totail y has I the blight cut u p Lie plant.— Worcester Herold. 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PIC CADILLY, AND again ss. higher. The 76, KING WILLIAII-STREET BANK OP E NGLAND.— DRAFNEB3 AND thipEc Tivg N7 /310 1.....—A greater proof of the value of the M essrs. S. and 13. .Solomon's Invisible Op era ti v e Voice C on d uctor and newl.y.invented Spe ctacle Lenses, cannot be adduced, than the circ umsta nce of the many thousands o f individuals who have obtained the greatest benefit and instant relief, and the constant immense de use . or amber spectacles Lein 7 now mand there is for them ;rid the patronage they have and daily continue to receive. The illesars. S. and B. Solo mon& disdain- all connection with persons of the • same name, and the sale of aml,er spectacles ; the pernicious well known to the public, and the vendor beieg aware 6 of it, he has therefore altered their name hy leayin , out the word " Amber," and calling them .4 Patent Spectacles." Dr. .Andrew Ure, }:'' a i' , - m ..., iA ~ I:, R. S., &c., states amber is most powerfully e l ectrical by friction, ver y hot, to such an ex tent as to e x pl o d e into fragments. The workmen, too, are subject to a nervous tremor in their lyrists, arms, &c., they encounter great danger by handling such dreadfully-ex cited electri cs . A mber is of such a so ft and sticky na ture, that it i s apt to take fire • a nd when exposed to warmth it swells bubbles u and will burn away with Time. This s t atement is further con firmed by Sir D. , p Brewster and Pliny, and also by Parks and Ilearns on : chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of such a i material for spectacles to imperfect vision may be ascer- tained at any respectable o p t i c i an ' s in London. 1 THE FESTIVAL OF REUBENS AT ANTWE RP. ANTWERP, AUG. 20.—0 n my arrival in this city, by the steam-ship Archimedes, I found that the bad weather which had prevailed for the last four days had effectually prevented the contemplated regularity of the Ides—a circumstance I had ❑o reason to regret, inas much as it afforded me the opportunity of witnessing their real commencement this day. On the arrival of the vessel at the quay, immediately in front of the town, the numerous spectators collected to witness the extraordinary powers of the screw-propeller welcomed her with hearty cheers, which were responded to by discharges of artillery, both from the 7essels in the river and the contiguous forts. I landed under a most agreeable sunshine, and found Antwerp and the whole of its inhabitants in their grand holiday attire. The bells were ringing from every part a merry peal, and the streets were literally choked up with vast crowds running to and fro, in search of the numerous and ever varying amusements of the occasion. All he principal streets were lined on both sides v; ith fir-trees planted in the stone pavement; and although these " alleys of verdure" were composed entirely of limbs or branches cut from the original trees in the neighbourhood, their evergreen quality appeared to have suffered but little from the rootless transplantation. From these trees festoons of ribbons, silk, and coloured calico were suspended, inter spersed at regular intervals with artificial pilasters, which acted as additional supports, and on the tops of which were wreaths encircling the letter R. ; so that the whole town was, in some sort, bound together by these fragile but excessively pretty and certainly very novel draperies. Across some of the principal streets vast triumphal arches were thrown, most elaborately or namented with statues, paintings, and allegorical symbols. The first thing I heard was, that the statue of Reu bens, which was to have been unveiled at an early period of the fete, had not yet been sufficiently repaired after the accident it recently sustained, and that its in auguration would not take place until Monday next, when King Leopold is expected to be present. The Belgians have erected a most magnificent pavilion im mediately opposite to the spot where it is to be placed for the exclusive accommodation of the Royal party. The situation is happily chosen. It is a large °pea space on the broadest part of the quay, immediately in front of the river, on which a massive pedestal has al ready been erected. The pavilion is covered with in numerable flags of the Belgian colours, to which the streamers and ensigns of all nations, with which the ri ver-covered boats are decked from stem to stern and from topmast to deck, impart a❑ unusual degree of flaunting gaiety. I have just returned from seeing one of the funniest processions that ever entered into the mind of a panto mime-maker to conceive ; or that the hand of man ever executed. Anything which a past Lord Mayor yet did in the way of amusing his fellow-citizens was in , comparably inferior, both in design and execution, to this extraordinary pageant. Preceded by a band of music, and guarded by a detachment of cavalry, there came, in the first place, the representation of a mighty dolphin or whale, big enough to have swallowed a dozen Jonahs and their ship as well. This huge monster was borne upon the backs of several horses ; and astride his head sat a long-legged Cupid, dressed apropos, according to the most orthodox mythological costume, his stirrups extending half down to the eyes of the fish, through which a tackle was passed wherewith to lash the son of Venus firmly in his position. The jaws of this marine devil were wide apart ; what the horrors of his vasty deep " may have been I cannot even guess at, for I was prevented by a dreadful double row of teeth (every one of which was as long as a handspike) from peering beyond their threatening barrier. As soon as this monster had passed, two others of a similar but much smaller genus followed him, each having, like his great predecessor, a heathen god upon his back. The❑ came a male and female giant, the latter armed with smiles and curls, and the former with a club, and both being a quadruple edition of the Guildhall Gog and Magog. The lady carried herself with becoming dignity. She was dressed a la Minerva, her magnificent head bearing an equally magnificent helmet, her right hand supporting a spear, and her left resting on the invulnerable /Egis. The point of the spear overtopped the houses, the face of the lady reaching above the third floor windows. Nothing, however, could tempt her to give one kind look to any numerous admirers, who lined every aperture in the fronts of the buildings before which she was paraded. Her ladyship strictly preserved the "even tenour of her way," until she was finally deposited in the ware house which is to have the honour of retaining her in custody until another great occasion shall call her to the field again. Not so with her lord and master. It was thought proper that he should be invested with at ' least one of the attributes of gallantry so peculiarly ap priate to his sex, and his head was consequently made to revolve in solemn dignity, in order that the great ma jority of his fair spectators might obtain a full view of his majestically -condescending features. But by one of those hitches which occur in well-regulated giants as often as they do in well-regulated theatres and families, he unfor tunately got a " stiff neck," the efFect of which was to fix his head in an angle of forty-five degrees with his shoulders„over one of which both eyes were leering at the spectators below. Nothing could be more gro• tesqua and laughter-provoking than this immensely odd monstrosity ; and when he was finally sent to keep company with his lady love in the warehouse, the Antwerpians and their visitors lost a gigantic por tion of their fun. Immediately succeeding the giant came one or two smaller specimens of the same papier machee race, followed by a cal riage, the most interesting personage in which was an official throwing money to the crowd ; and then, " though last not least," ap peered a really beautiful thing, which closed the pro cession. This was called the car of Reubens ; it was a sort of triumphal chariot, very high, and filled with living models of allegorical personages, and others wearing the costume in use at the period when the great painter flourished. This was by tar the most attractive item in the procession, in the list of which, however, I had almost forgotten to mention the repre sentation of a man of war, the bowspript, masts, and yards of which were manned by forty or fifty boys in appropriate dresses. 'rhe foregoing is a rapid sketch of what I have seen to day, if I except some uninteresting boat races, and two good concerts, at which M. Haumann, the violin player, and Mademoiselle Janssens made a great and well-deserved sensation. I cannot close my letter without referring to a ludi crous circumstance which occurred on board the Archi suedes. When the vessel arrived at the ordinary land ing place in front of the town where the river is very narrow, the English mate belonging to her took the helm from the Dutch pilot who had brought her from Flush ing, and immediately put her about, although a tier of vessels at anchor wet e so close that no other steamer or sailing boat of the same size would have attempted it, or could have performed the manoeuvre with success. When the Dutchman saw what was about to take place, he rushed to the tvheel for the purpose, as he supposed, or preventing the mate running the ship aboard of the others at their moorings, but heing kept back by force front interfering, he lifted up his hands in despair, pro testing by all that was holy that it was not his fault. To his amazement, however, the vessel performed the evolution in about one half the space allotted to her. Still unconvinced, he requested the Captain to order the same thing to be repeated. It was immediately granted, the execution, if possible, being neater and closer than before. Unwilling to disbelieve the evi dence of his senses, and equally disinclined to give cre dence to what his previous experience had taught him to be an impossibility, he bounded over the side of the ship into his boat alongside, exclaiming to the men as he hurriedly bade them sheer oti, " She is the devil herself."—Morning Pest. MR. GREEN, TILE AERONAUT.-Lord Dud ley Stuart has been unremitting in his attention to Mr. Green since his late severe' accident on the occasion of the late PoHill fete, and has sent his own physi c i an to render th e assistance in his power. Mr. Green, we are happy to say, is much better , and in hopes of being able to fulfil his e ngagement at Nor wick. DINNER TO THE EARL OF STAIR.---On Tuesday the tenantry of Cie Earl of Stair, in Mid- Lothian, entertained his Lordship at dinner, at Blaeltshiels Inn, Fala, with a view to congratulate him on his accession to the titles and fortunes of Stair. Upwards of 80 sat down to dinner, Mr. Hunter, Oxenford Mains, in the chair, and Mr. Anderson, of Whitburgh, croupier. On the right of the chair we observed the Earl of Stair, Professor Wilson North Dalrymple, Esq., M r . D un d as , of Dundas, Sir Tho mas Dick Lauder, &c. ; and on the left, the Hon. Bouve. rie Primrose, the Lord Provcst of Edinburgh, the Rev. Mr. Harkness, Mr. Oli p h ant o f C on di e, &c. And among . the other visitors present were Mr. Pringle of Blegbie, Edward Horseman, Esq., M. P., Mr. Fletcher, of Dunansi George Giey, Esq., Rev. Mr. Ramsay, of Gladsmuir, Rev.. Mr. Cooper, F a l a ; R ev. M . Elliot, Fens • Rev ' henry Scott Riddel, Caerlanrig : J. T. Gordon, James Craufurd, Esq., and James Moncrieff, Esq advo cates; tEneas *Bean, Esq., W.S. ; Dr. Otto, Pa ' thhead, &c.—Caledonian Mercury. On Saturday morning, between ten and eleven. as Mr. Joseph Tornsey, many years a resident in St. Marylebone parish, was walking along Duke -street, Man chesler-square, with his son, in apparently excellent health and spirits, he suddenly exclaimed, " Oh, Lord ! my head," and instantly fell' lifeless on the pavement. The body was removed to the infirmary. CONSECRATION OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP. --The consecration of the Right Rev. Dr. Brown, as V,car Apostolic of the Northern District, will take place at St. Anthony's Chapel, Scotland-road, on Monday next, the 24th inst , at nine o'clock, and the public will be admitted by tickets. It will, we believe, be the first public consecration of a Catholic Bishop that has taken plac e in this country since the Reformation.—Licerpo o . Mercury. GRAVESEND, AUG. 18.—A detachment of the 54th Regiment of Foot, front India, was landed here thi s morning, and marc h e d off to Chatham immediately. A t first sight we took these brave fellows for men of colour, so sun-burnt are they from their long stay abroad. A n unusual nu m b er o f i nva lids followed, together with several baggage. waggons THE POUTUGUESE LOANS. A meeting of the holders of Portuguese Bonds was held on Friday at the London Tavern, to consider the propriety of reorganizing the Committee to swatch over the interests of the bondholders, and to raise subscrip dons for the purpose of indemnifying the public Press from any losses that might be incurred in defending ac tions brought against any of the Journals which have advocated the claims of the foreign creditors of the Government of Portugal. Captain BRITTEN, after having stated the objects of the meeting, which w.s a preliminary one, moved that the Committee of Portuguese bondholders be recon structed, and that Mr. Richard Tuornton should again be Chairman. This resolution was passed, and Mr. TIIORNTON took the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said he was no party to the calling of the present meeting, as he thought the better course would have been to wait until next week, when he ex pected to receive a communication from the Finance Committee at Lisbon, upon which much would depend. The Chairman then adverted to the threatened actions against two Morning Papers by the representative of the Portuguese embassy. He, however, bad been informed that it was not the intention of Baron Moncorvo to proceed with an action. lf, however, the Journals in question were proceeded against, he was willing to sub• scribe 1,0001. to defend them. Before the meeting separated, a resolution was adopted expressive of the thanks of the bondholders to that portion of the press which advocated their cause. IRELAND. CLONMEL ELECTION. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) DUBLIN, AUG. 22.—W e h ave te gratification to announce the unopposed return of the Attorney-Gene ral, as representative for Clonmel. The following letter from our Correspondent reached us this morning : CLONMEL, FRIDAY. This day the Attorney-General was re-elected as re ! presentative for this town, under circumstances highly honourable to the Right Hon. Gentleman, and to his constituents. There was not a shadow of opposition. The Tories and the little Orange faction here are as malevolent as in any part of Ireland—got placards posted, announcing " a Repeal candidate," with a view to create a division against the Attorney-General ; but the Liberals merely laughed at the trick, and the fac tion did not dare to exhibit at the hustings. The Attorney-General, accompanied by the leading Liberals, entered the Court-house shortly before twelve o'clock, amidst the most enthusiastic cheering. The Right Hon. Gentleman was put in nomination by the Rev. Dr. Baldwin, seconded by John Hackett, Esq. There being no other candidate, the Mayor declared the Right Hon. D. R. Pigot duly elected, when the Court-house rang with the acclamations of the crowded audience. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then returned thanks, and alluded to the Irish Municipal Bill—a measure which had fallen so much short of the just expectations of the people—and to the Disfranchisement Bill of Lord Stanley, concluding by enforcing on his hearers the necessity of thorough and cordial union amongst the friends of good government in Ireland. • Three cheers were then given for the Queen the Attorney-General, and Mr. O'Connell, and the people quietly separated. LOYAL. NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION. Mr. Sharman Crawford has addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Association, in consequence of the four resolutions recently adopted by that body, referring to a speech Mr. Crawf or d ma d e at t h e l ate meeting of the Ulster Constitutional Association in Belfast. Mr. Crawford, in this letter, states the grounds on which he defends every sentiment to which he then gave ut terance regarding the Municipal Bill. W e subjoin some short extracts :—" Your body was sitting in Dub lin. Was the amended Bill denounced by any resolu tion of your body, till after it became the law of the land ? Was any call made by your body, either on the Government, or on the British or Irish representatives, to reject the Bill if mutilated by the Lords ? Did you call on the representatives of your metropolis, or the other Members of Ireland, to attend in their places in Parliament, to repudiate and oppose the mutilated Bill. I have seen no resolution of this nature. But, on the other hand, when I refer to your proceed ings at the meeting of Friday, the 31st July, I find a speech of Mr. O'Connell's intimating the probable pass ing of this Bill in the Lords, with its mutilated and insultin g franchise. Did this p ro d uce any reso l ut i on o f your body against its acceptance ? The very reverse. A resolution was passed on that day for a canvass of the wards of Dublin, with reference to corporate offi cers. Was not this the strongest expression of indirect assent which it was possible to give ? This was so long back as the 31st of July ; the amendments of the Lords were not finally adopted in the Commons till the 7th of August. There would have been ample time for your voice to have been heard—ample time for the members of your city to have attended in their places, under the instructions of their constituents, to protest against and oppose this Bill. Did your body make this call upon them ? Did the constituency of the metropolis call upon them ? No such thing ; a dead silence prevailed on that point. I find no meeting of the constituency till that of the Bth of August, si hen the subject of dis cussion was the mode of arranging the selection of offi cers. Under such circumstances, I maintain that there is an absolute exculpation of the Government—an ex culpation of British Members—an exculpation of the British people, and a degree of apology even for the Liberal representatives of Ireland. EXTRAORDINARY ExEcuTloN.—Yesterday (Wed nesday) John Moore, who was convicted at the last As sizes, for the murder of Edward Casheen at Lismore, underwent the last penalty of the law in front of the County Jail. He said that he had been convicted of murdering Edward Casheen ; but as he was about to appear in the presence of the great God, he had no hand, act, or p a rt in th a t murder—he never touched a hair of his head, nor had he ever received or made away with one farthing of that man's money. Four persons had sworn falsely on his trial ; but God enabled him to forgive them, and he hoped it would not be visited on their heads. Richard Kelly and his wife both swore falsely in saying they saw sovereigns, notes, and a purse with him that night ; as he stood before his God, and was going in a few moments to be judged by him, he had no sovereign, bank -note, guinea, or purse, for many nights before or after. Biddy Power also swore falsely ; but Margaret Daly was worst of all ; she swore she saw me struggling with Edward Casheen ; now as I am about to stand in a few minutes before my God, and to be judged by him, I was not at the place that night where she stated, nor did I see her or speak to her then, nor I do not know how long before—all she swore was false ; but I forgive them all, and am sure I am going to be happy, an d I entreat all your prayers. He further added that he was neither guilty of this nor any other mur , der, and again requested the prayers of his hearers. (The people immediately prayed.) The Rev. Mr. Larkin then stood forward in front of the drop, and declared his belief in the truth of what the wretched victim had just said, and expressed himself morally certain of hi s complete innocence of the crime for which he was then about to suffer. It is impossible to convey an idea of the emotion which these statements caused among the vast crowd. The executioner then performed his office—the drip fell, the convict con vulsively struggled for a few moments—when ended his mortal sufferings. The body, after hanging some time, was cut down, and conveyed within the precincts of the gaol for interment. We understand that an autograph letter was yester day morning received by the Rev. Richard Hobson, who took an interest in Moore, from the Lord Lieu tenant, stating that he and the Learned Judge (Perrin) before whom the case was tried, went over the Judge's notes, gave the case the most minute and anxious con sideration, and that they came to the conclusion that no doubt whatever existed to warrant his Excellency in granting a respite.-IVatcrford Chronicle. OXFORD-STREET THEATRE.—The rumour to which we gave currency last week, that the new theatre in Oxford-street is likely to be opened as an Opera Butia, it appears somewhat premature; we are informed that the house is still to be let, and will shortly be lighted up for the purpose of exhibiting the effect of its novel and magnifi cent decorations. It has been planned by Mr. Nelson, the architect, with especial regard to fitness for operatic performances, being of a horse-shoe shape, without any projections to obstruct the passage of sound, and the stage advancing into the body of tbe house, like that of her Majesty's Theat-e. The dimensions of the audience part arc 65 feet by 60, and 44 feet high; the width of the pro scenium is 32 feet, and the distance from the curtain to the front of the boxes 47 feet. There arc four tiers of boxes besides those of the pit and the prosce nium, the tapper tier being in lieu of a gallery ; and the pit affords space for 472 stalls, or sittings. The dimensions of the stage are 62 feet by 40—suffi ciently spacious for spectacle. The decorations—in the style of the Renaissance—have been executed by French artists, under the direction of Messrs. Crace. The union of gilding and colours with figures in relief produces an en semble rich without gaudiness, tha brilliant effect of which can only be shown when lighted up, which it will be by a splendid chandelier of brass and glass combined- Attached to the theatre is a spacious concert room, 80 feet long, by 43 feet wide, and 33 feet high, elegantly orna mented with coloured arabesques and figures, having a flat roof panelled with plate glass, and a moveable orchestra. The saloon, which is 54 feet long by 40 feet wide, is also applicable to the purpose of a minor concert room; and, as both rooms open into the same corridor, they would form a noble suite of apartments for fetes, with or without a floor ing over the pit. There arc entrances from Oxford -street and Castle -street, and separate staircases to the concert rooms and the upper tiers of boxes,—nothing, in short, has been left undone to make it as convenient as possible.— Athenteum. Mr. Colburn gave a splendid entertainment on Thursday evening, at his residence in Great Marlborough street, to Lady Morgan and a number of literary friends. Lord Stanley is at present on a visit to Sir James Graham, at Netberby, and is doing execution► amongst the grouse. SPORTING IN LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. ST. LECER. The loading feature this morninp- (Friday) was the layi n g ° ri ( 9 to 4 agst Launcelot ; 7 to 1 w a s l a id agst Gib r altar; and to 1 agst Crucifix. DONCASTER CUP. 7 to 2 offered on the field ; 7 to 1 agst Charles the Twelfth (taken freely). • THE DERBY. 20 to I offered on the field. WEYMOUTH RACES.—Tn URSDAY% d The Free Handicap of 3 s o y.. ea c h, an d 20 added, mil e and a quarter, NYa won in two heats by Lord 'Villiers's Joannins, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Benskin), beating Mr. Finch's fby Lowden, out of Melbourne's dam, 3 yrs, 7st ; and Mr. Shirley's b g Ochiltree, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Hon. S. Herbert's b g Arctic, aged, 10st 31b..(Benskin) 1 Captain Willi amson ' s Sti c kl er , age d, 10 3 t 31b bolted Mr. Shirley's b g O c hilt ree , 5 yrs , 7 s t 1 llb Won by a head. The Lodmoor Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added by the Borough Members, mile and a distance, over three hurdles 1n . each heat, were won in two heats by Mr. Lane's ch g snipe, aged, 9st 31b (owner), beatZng M r . B r id ge ' s Dandy, age d+ Mr. Allen's E x t erm i nator , age d ; an d two ot h ers, after a good race. The Beaten H an di cap o f 2 sovs eac h , w i t h 20 a dd e d by t!; ° Ladies, one mile, was won in two heats by Mr. Shirley's Ochy tree (Beuskin), beating Minx. BURNLEY RACES—THURSDAT. f 1 The Tradesmen's Cup o f 601., a dd e d to a S weeps t a kes • t sovs. each ; the second saves his stake ; three-yrs-old , four, Bst 21b ; five, Bst 101 b ; six, 9st ; and aged, 9st aw: winners of a Queen' s Pl a t e , C up , or S ta k es o f - 100/. val ue, 51b extra ; mares and ge ldi ngs a ll owe d 31b. Th r ice roun d and a distanc . Mr. Heseltine's The Shadily, 4 yrs (O wn er) Mr. Pearce's The Lo r d M a y or , 4 y rs ...• Mr. Barrow's Cathari n e, age d ........................... ..............• 6: Won easy. The Hunters' Stake s o f 5 co ve , eac h, w ith 20 a dd e .l ; three 1 11 , old, 9st 31b ; four, lOst 71b ; five, 1 Ist 61b ; six 1 Ist 1 21 % and aged, 12st 21b. Wi nners once , 51b ; t w i ce, Slb ; thric e or more, 1 llb ex t ra . H ea t s t w i ce roun d an d a di s . Gen riders. Mr. Parker' s D uenna , age d Mr. Lampluch's Mischief, aged l, 2 3 ar Mr. Hollinshead's Little Peter, 6 yrs Won easy. The Selling Stakes o f 3 sovs , eac h, with 20 added • the see °- , saves his stakes ; three-yrs-old, ist ; four, Bst ; fi v e, Bst 9 1 b, six and aged, 9st 2111, ; half-bred h orses a ll owe d 71b winner to be sold for 1001. Heats twice round and a 6 1' Mr. Wilkins's Clam-o'-the-Clough, 4 yrs...(Oates) 3 2 9 Mr. Ogden's St. L eonar d, 5 yrs Mr. Grundy's Lady Bl ess i ngton, age d .. . 2 o 0 d r Mr. Thompson' s Mi ss Fit z , 3 yrs PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT RACES.--Tssorollj The Ladies' Plato of 401., & c . Th e w i nner to b e so ld for I guineas. lleats, once round. 1 Mr. Sadler's ch m Sp ec i men , 4 yrs , B s t 91b ... (C ow l ev ) Captain Lee's Sarah, aged, 9it 1 lib Sir E. Baker's Montezuma, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ...... . ...•• Her Alajesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three mile hex"' Mr. Forster's f Variety, 3 yrs, B s t 9lb Mr. Scobell's Cracksman, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (Cowley) 2.ed; The following started fo r th e fi rs t h ea t, b ut were no t plae —Passport, 5 yrs, I Ist 711 •, Harmodius, 4 yrs, lOst 711; Corr nac, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b ; and Sultan, aged, 1 Ist 1111 (dis)• .g t of The Lord High Steward' s Pl a t e o f 501. (H an di cap ), the g h his Royal Highness the Duke of Susses. Mile heats. Mr. Ley's Abracadabra, 3 yrs, Bst 21b ...(W. Day) 1 ? 3 Mr. Trelawney's f by Hindostan, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b Mr. Down's March the Fi rs t, 5 y rs, lO s t 51b o dr Mr. Wieford's Troy, 5 yes, lOst Ilb 0 Mr. Taunton's Jewess, 3 yrs, 9st 21b 1 de, The Chelson Meadow Stak es , o f 2 sous . eac h, an d 25 a d 6,0 were won by Mr. Treen's Doncaster, lOst 21h, beating others. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEE Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. 12 .... ie... „ „i5 e " „ --- 1 -- ------- '' Per Quarter.' s. to s. s. to s. s . t o s . s . t o e to . 6 : ..... Carlisle Hex ham ,50 71 32 33 21 31 „,, 2 -- 40 Morpeth '44 I 5 27 33 20 32 48 00 0 • 7 Penrith r 63 37 31 txl 5 1 Sheffield Winchest, r 68 70 28 0 28 27 42 45 3 ' 6 a d' Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s . d. s. d . a. d. BA. l'• d. • n 0 - Carmarthen is I. 84 00 50 00 30 56 00 0 0 00 Cowbrioge,.'lo 0 —0 50 sti 36 4 0 50 53 eu, 00 Swansea I 8 8 9 0 5 4 5 P 4 6 4 8 5 6 6 0 0 46 Per 8011. ' 16 6 13 4 ° Barnardcastl 14 6 21 0 80 93 74 8611 0 12 6 -,„-- n 12 -„ Durham l4 6 176 80 90 79 8910 0 /3 f,' ll 0 " 9(6 Richmond lt 0 '.O 0 70 9t• 56 80 90 1 1 - ii 0 00 Stockton l6O 13 I' !,/ 0 90 70 86 76 8(3 " - NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. White. Red„ Wheat, Northumberland Norfolk and Suffolk... ......... ---- Berwick and Scotch 6ls. 655....... -- • ~.., - Foreign tits a. 72a....... 7 06 . 1 1: 1 Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk .....s. , ~, Foreign 3W. 34.1.. ..... --!....... 5. „,. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. —5....... •"'"' __,, Lj Grinding and Feeding 3os. 335. ..... --g• .„,.. 5 „ r a Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 64s 63,....... ---!' „...s. 1; Beans, Small 4os. 48s •- -7 .....s. Tick .„.„ 425. 43 • •'—' ....s. Pease, White 44s 461 ........ 4 • s . ...-5. -- Gray .....s. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoc 325. 24s .- 1 . .06. Feed Foreign Fiour (per sack) s2s. 555. - --- WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. Wneat. Red, Norfolk and Suffblk ..... —s. 70s. to 71s. tine 75' Lin. and Cam. Yorkshire —.B. Ws. to 565. fine 13;. VOhite ...-- Foreign, lied —s. —s. to tile. tine 72e, White —s. —a. to 72i. line 73i. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. to 316. tine :itlf. - Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Vold . • 9s. to —a, fine 31+• - Foreign Beans, New - OM Oats, Potato sling -8. to 30a. fine 34 —.-- Poland g. --—s. —s. to 30s. fine! - 'riezland and Small Ivi,: —s. —s. to _'3s. fine 30ss ..... Shelling 395. to 40s. Od. per LW* Malt 44s„fine 465. per I. Rapeseed —l.os. 261. Os. 3 1. Os. per LOS. SCOTCH .111ARKETS___.---- -- , n ottb Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Oa t / ----. --•-•" CT tberdeen ... 70 to W) 32 to 35 30 to 35 —to 164 to 46 Berwick.-- 40 50 .2 27 .21 24 33 3 5 Ooldsticain . 46 50 24 26 17 18 „ 31) ......." Cup: (Fife) 48 65 26 31 IS 2'2 22 " 4 ", 4o •••••• Dunbar 4B OS 26 40 23 27 40 ' l '", ..... '''' Elgin ~j..; ..... ". Inverness Kelso ......, 3a 54 26 28 24 28 34 '' ,771 ". Kirkaldy Perth The atze of the measure varies throughout the co up HADDINGfON CORN MARKET. 1355 6g 4 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. 4 9, 0 d First BO3 Od 40s 03 32s 09 519 661 46t oi, Second 62, Od 37s Od Xis Od 415 06 ..„,,, eu 'lllird 535 Od 34i Oct 31s Od 925 Od Average `3!. 2s, 6.1 5 12ths. DA LKEITH CORN MARKET. WO, Wheat Barley. Oats. Pease. 5 ,2 1 0. Fir5t......... 77s C u 3 is it! 90. Od 0.5 Od 49 . 0.1 Second...... litis Od 37s 0.1 34s Od 49, Od 44 , Od Third 548 Oil 27s Oct 32s Od 44s 01 GLASGOW CORN Mt RKET.—Aug. 111. d. 3, 1.1 Wheat, p.er 2405). s. d. s. d. Oats, per 2041 b. '' to'f; rsritish, old 370 t 039 0 Ir..h 2 36 .2:: 6 26 0 ---- new Cmada, free 0 0 Beans, per 2.601 b. , 0 26 0 Irish ................ ‘ 2, :tn Oa Barley, per 32015 S co tti s h ........... .. 0 c' ‘26 0 o 4 0 56 English 29 0 30 0 P ease , Scottis h...... :, 0 2 . , Scottish 2l 0 29 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b.... -,,, 0 Du Irish A melancholy accid e nt happened last w ee bee o Bairouth, in Bavaria, where eight children hav in g m ind left at home by t h e i r paren t s , without any body to tw o them, while they went to work in the fields, set fire t ° contiguous houses, and perished in the flames. • with SETS of PLATER CORNER DISHETh4es or without Warmers. The pri ce o f th e S e t of Four m"rj'es and Covers, without Warmers, varies from Eight t° the Guineas. The Warmers are from Five to Nine Guin ea ' est Set. Engravings of the various patterns will be forwarde d ,' r e is free, if application is made, post p a id. Th e di s h e s are comPf t he themselves without warmers, and the handles take e'' covers thus forming four extra dishes when required. T. COX SAVORY Silversmith, &c., No. 47, Carnhill ( ' Seven door' ft oln Gracechurch-street), London —.set BIRTHS. fl• 1. On the 21st inst., at Chelsea, the lady of the Res. Owen, of a daughter. A rii On the 21st inst., at East Dulwich, the lady of Mr. ' Milliken, of a daughter.cf On the 15th inst., the lady of J. L. W. Napery „ Loughcrew, of a son. the On the 16th inst., at Montagu-place, Montagu-9:o 3 ' e ' lady of A. Trottr,s., of a daughter. c a oli° l On the 16th in e st. Eat Parkanour, Tyrone, the Lady Bures,a daugte. On the 18th inst., the lady of A. B. Wall, Esq. , Hastings, of a daughter. On the 19th i ns t., a t Wi mpo l e-street, the la d y of e°l.g. G Young, Esq., of a daughter. On the 20th inst., a t M or tl a k e, M rs. T. M. Wegu eli° ' °IS (laughter. On the lith i ns t., a t Edi n b urg h , the lady of Ch a rles 1114 ' Esq., Zetland, of a son. On the 18th i ns t., a t A r df ort Abbey, Karr la d yths ta, rw. T. Crosbie, E sq ., o f a d aug hter. Mrs. Ift On the 18th inst., at Springfield Lodge, Surrey; Heathcots Russell, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Half. moon-steeet, Mrs. NV. E° of a On the 21st inst., at the Bridge-house Hotel, Mrs. So° 4° ' of a daughter. J moor On the 2lst inst., at Denmark-hill, Mrs. W. K. a of a daughter. EDe ° On the 2.2 d iust., at St. MARRI Pancras . ' lod New Church, t o Corpe, Esq., surgeon, of Margaret-street, Cavendish- 0 1 °3 7;a, Emily, daughter of W. Thompson, Esq., of Glocester-Po, Kentish-town. On the same day, Alfred Corpe, Es(1•• t'opr rissa, younger daughter of W. Thompson, Esq., pla On ce, Kentish-town. whites the 10th inst., at Odiham, H an t s , Mr. Edward " of Greywell, to Isabella Fenwick, youngest child of the late Mark Wanlace, formerly of the Grange Cottage, near Basing stoke. Orli Oa the 20th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Charles. 1 , son of Charles Gorndon, Esq., of G oswe ll- s treot, to -5:0:, Catherine, eldest surviving daught er o f M a j or -General n° Newton, of the Hon. East India Company's Service. DIRD. On the 20th inst., at Broad s t a i r q, th e Right Rev. " Otter, D.D., Bishop hi of CcheAer, getl72. On the 21st inst., Mr. James Aldie, late of Charterhoo land, aged 46. On the 21, •th Brixton, T. ~ii the .st inst., at Southern Lodge, Nor Rogers Wagstatfe, ceph On the 21st inst., at Woodhatch, Reigate, Surrey, '') Foskett, Esq., age d 80. Bel , J. O w n . the r r 2 , l l s l t i i i n n i s s t te . , I. at f s ß o e n tel o l2_uk h , n ii s On the a 22d inst., at Norbury, Henry John, infa nt son o f A' On the ti g e a n r t i . 1 Kett Barc 20th inst., Esq Gr . o tos , Serena, the wife of Mr. W. . C°' e of 13arnsbury-park, I s li ng t on . H atfield, the in I,, tu { l:l•. L !' s r , i t n r t 4 e i t , l o. a a n i d 7 1: jE u e bl s isl , 7l o lL , M , i i\ JETy l2 : ° s i t i r r'l a n. t ;l ' , • the County of Aliddlesex.—MondAy, August 24,.1540. EVE NrING }_!,111TION. THE SUNS LONDON, noNnA Y, AUGUST D. i Fi4o. El V RNING TM I T I ON