The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-10 00:00:00

_EVENING EDITION. RIOTS AT A TORY DINNER AT BILSTON. (PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) BILSTON, SATURDAY EVENING. The Tories of Bilston and its neighbourhood partook of a dinner together in this town, but the proceedings were summarily put a stop to by the violence of a mob. The following are the particulars : Soon after dark, during the time the early speeches were delivered, there were beard at intervals frequent vollies of groans and hissing, together with the beating of pans, tkc. No notice was taken of this, nor was any violence offered by the moh, until P. Williams, Esq., and several friends left the room, which was during the delivery of the speech of Mr. G. B. Thorneycrcft, When Mr. Williams and others returned to the room, several brickbats and cinders having been hurled at them, the President, addressing the meeting, said that as there appeared to he a disposition to create a breach of the peace, on the part of the mob collected outside the gates, he thought it would be advisable for them all to separate quietly. This caused considerable confusion, as the vast assemblage in the room did not seem to concur in the plan recommended by their President, who then said, if they chose to stay they must appoint a fresh Chairman, as ha eould not, consistently with his duty as a Mag:s trate sworn to keep the peace, remain longer in that situation, and it would be his duty rather to appease than aggravate a mob. Mr. Thorneycroft then steppe for;vard and said, that he hoped they would not be driven away by a noisy mob. They were met there, as English men had a right to do, namely, to express their opinion, end if they chose to stay he would stay with them as their Chairmen, yet he fully concurred in the remarks made by Mr. Briscoe, that it would be much better for him as a Magistrate to leave the chair. Mr. Thorneycroft then took the chair. Viscount Ingestrie and many others left the room, and arrived, after being well hooted and groaned at, a the King's Arms Inn. Not more than a quarter of an hour had elapsed before the mob become so outrageous as to defy the police force. Mr. Thorneycroft and another party left the room, and as they were on their way to the King's Arw.s, Thorneycroft, Mr. Thames Cross, Mr. John Foster, and G. PhilpOtts, Esq. (son of the Bishop of Exeter), Mr. H. P►tt, Mr. T. Spencer, and several others were struck at, and serious wounds were in flicted with bludgeons and broken cinders. The mob then attacked the police, and made themselves masters of the room, which they stripped of all its beautiful deco rations, some they trampled under foot, others they tore into shreds, and some were carried away, together with the table-covers, wine, &c. Several casks of the ale and wine were forced open and thrown away, and but few articles remained. Information was then brought to Ale King's Arms, where Messrs. Briscoe and Williams were swearing in special constables, that a portion of the mob had armed themselves with pieces of heavy timber, taken from the benches, whilst others were preparing to fire the canvas ; and this would have been accomplished, had not a body of the police and special constables, headed by P. Williams, Esq., and under the command of Mr. Superintendent Ray. ar rived, when the rioters made off. About thirteen ware taken, and have been committed to Stafford Qearter Sessions. The police and special constables were fre quently obliged to march and re-march, in order to pro tect the persons employed in taking down the canvas, as it was dangerous for any persons to be alone. Several persons were wounded, particularly one of the police, who was carried from the market-place insensible. The damage done to the property of the respective inn keepers is considerable. Up to this evening the town is quiet. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday a full meeting of the Marylebonc Vestry took place in the Court-house, and Mr. Church warden DANIELL having been called to the chair, a numerous deputation, who had on the previous Satur day presented a memorial, signed by 420 rate-payers, resident in Oxford -street, praying the vestry forthwith to pave the entire of that great thoroughfare with wood, upon the same principle as that laid down by the Metropolitan Company between Wells-street and Ctlarl(s-street, again came before them, praying that they mi g ht b e h ear d i n f avour o f t h at principle being carried out, by a gentleman who, although not a rate payer, was conversant with all the details relative to the principle, and who could afford the vestry every information upon the subject, the feeling of the inha bitants of Oxford-street being universally in its favour. Mr. KENSETT conceived the information which would be received by the vestry from a gentleman so conversant upon the subject as the one proposed by the deputation to be brought before them, would be far better than hearing the vague opinions of the inha bitants themselves, and he would move that he be admitted. Mr. GOMM considered that on so important a subject the vestry ought to have the best information, and he would second the motion. Mr. M`GREGOR considered the application altogether premature, and moved as an amendment; "that the gentleman ho referred to the Oxford-street Paving Com mittee." Mr. HAABERT, in seconding the amendment, ex pressed his surprise that the economists of the vestry should be so fool-hardy as to endeavour to lay out the sum of 20,000/. upon a material which had scarcely at all been tested, and when it was agreed upon that its test should not be decided on till the month of July next year. Mr. FazratlN supported the original proposition, and contended that if the question was sent before the Com mittee, it was surd to be shelved, as the majority of it bad set their minds on paving Oxford-street with stone, and nothing but sanne. Mr. RATHBONE denied that the Committee were ac tuated by any other than fair and honourable motives. Mr. GIBSON argued that the opinions of 420 rate payers resident in one street ought to be respected, and he was convinced, if the vestry adopted their request, it would be a saving to the parish of at least 1,0001. per year. Mr. KIRBY thought it would be more prudent of the vestry rather to use discretion, and trust to experience, than to do anything on the arguments which might be adduced by theorists. Mr. THEOBOLID contended that the projectors of the plan Oren.* laid down in Oxford street were experi mentalists themselves, which was proved by the fact of their havii:g three or four different sorts of woods, clearly shoes is that they had no established plan. Mr. KENSETT, in reply, argued that, instead of 20,0001., Cie cost for paving the entire stre.,.t with wood, would be but 16,5001., and when that was paid, the saying would be nearer 30001. than 1,0001. per year, as the wood could be kept clean and in repair for 1,600/., whilst the present road cost frown 4,0001. to 7,0001. The question was then put and the amendment carried. THE COLLFCTION OF RATES AND NON-PAYMENT OF THEM BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE ;EWttc. An application was made for leave of absence by some of the collectors, which was objected to upon the ground that they Lad not collected a sufficient amount of rat-s. 'Mr. COPLAND, in support of the application, inquired if the vestrymen had paid their rates ? Mr. THEOBALD suggested that Mr. Kensett had not. Mr. KENSETT rose and termed the observation of the Learned Barrister as contemptibl e . A strong recriminatory conversation ensued, and both ti w vestrymen were called to order by the chair, and compelled to rctrAct the offensive words. The appli cation was then granted, and the vestry separated. AGAIN BISHOP PHILPOTTS! (Fri.rn the Examiner.) A Protest or the Bishop of Exeter concludes with this awful denunciation— " 8. Lastly, and above al, because, by this wilful and deliberate abandonment of the cause (!j* true teligiin, and of th e security of the Ch urc h i n I re l an d , to which the fundamental laws of the Constitution, the Act of Union, the oath of our Sovereign, and al the most sacred duties of subj..2ets to their ruler, and of men to their Maur alike bind us, we have provd.7ed the justice of Alnithly God, and hays given too much reason to apprehend the visitation of Divine vengeance ft:r this presumptuous act of national disobedience. H. EXFTR Now what can P ar li ament have " t done dese E g . of this terrible character? Wh at measure can iltrh passed in " wilful and d e lib erate a b andonment of have osuso of true religion,' " p rovo ki ng t h e justice of Al mighty God, and raising fears of " the visitation of Divine vengeance"? Will it be believed that the sub ject of this denunciation is the Irish Corporation s Bill The reform of the abuses in the old Corporation s is " the abandonment of the cause of true religion," " pro. yoking the justice of Almighty God," an d tation of Divine vengeance." All these terrible terms are applied to a measure relating to the management of borough affairs, lighting, paving , and watching The altered election of Town Councils and Aldermen is to bring down the wrath of heaven ! Bishop Philpotts has busied himself much in bring ing the blasphemy of Sx•iid;sts to light, but in all the blasphemy of the Socialists there is surely nothing more impious than the Bishop's use of the name and the wrath of the Deity on so unsuitable an occasion. This sort of taking the name of God in vain, in a ques tion who should be the electors of town councils and aldermen, is irreverent to the most stocking degree. Can the Primate indeed suffer a protest. containing so profan e a passage, to be 'placed on the Journals of the House, without rebutting the offence? Why cannot Bishop Philpotts rest content with representing his own passions? Why does he take the impious liberty of imputing to the Deity wrath on the occasions which cu disproportionately stir his own displeasure; blind worm that he is ? Becausa be, Dr. Philpotts, is angry, he must attribute art anger greater even than what he would dare to con fess on hi s own part, to the all-wise and all-merciful. The Bishop, for the political effect of a Protest, makes a god after his own image, ftfll of concern and wra'h because of a change in the election of Mayors and Al dermen in certain Irish towns! This is iniscreancy in the strictest sense of the word, and it is a most irreve rent miscreancy. Doctor Philpotts, in his human falli bility, may see an act of " national disobedience," and a wilful and deliberate abandonment of the cause of true religion" in a Corporations Bill—he, with his pe culiar optics, may see the same in a Turnpike Bill—but let him not presume to interpret the will and pleasure of the Deity from his own miserable party passions and prejudices. It is bad enough that he, a prelate, should be so much mixed up with and inflamed by politics, but for very decency he should refrain from profaning the sanction of the Divine name by the introduction of it and its terrors into discussions of the least dignified na ture. The pagan poet m;ght teach the Bishop this lrsson of propriety, if his sense of religion fail to instruct him in it. The very day after the appearance of Bishop Philpotts' Protest, ending with the p issage upon which we have commented, the holy man com plained vehemently that a certain publisher had not been brought to punishment for (unwittingly) selling a blasphemous book. Now seeing, as we do, that a prelate can, unconsciously no doubt, make a very irreverent use of the sacred name, it is surely far from incredible that a bookseller may have omitted to detect the profane character of a work that has passed through his hands. Mr. Abel Heywood might ind ed retaliate on the Bishop, and petition the House of Lords against the scandal of such language as we have above quoted and remarked on. We acquit the Bishop of any consciousness of what he was doing, but if his thoughts and passions had been less in politics, his habits of reverence upheld by habits of meditation would have been greater, and would have secured him against such a !apse. As Montesquieu observes, the effect of the habit of making too much of things of secondary im portance is making too little of objects of the highest concern. The Bishop of Exeter raises things of the earth most earthly so preposterously high, that Heaven itself in his false view loses its true proportion of eleva tion above them, and he mixes the Deity with hist. Corporations. According to the Bishop, municipal pri vileges are the forbidden fruit of Catholic Ireland, and the second great act of disobedience in man is the ex tension of the enjoyment of them. Religion, he holds, will be extinct when Catholic voters have a voice in the election of Aldermen. All this is marvellously absurd, and there is a profane familiarity in introducing the sacred name into such preposterous speculations. But so it is that Bishop Philpotts mingles Heaven and Earth. The Bishop calls on the Governinnt to suppress blasphemy. The short and pl..tin answer of Ministers should be, " Shut your mouth—Ho:d your tongue, my Lord ashop." Bishop Philpotts is the trumpeter of the blas phemers. He is their walking , advertiser, their puff, their barker. Every publisher knows and can inform his customers, that Bishop Philpotts has, by his notice of Mr. °oven's writings, created a demand for them which can hardly be satisfied. Before Bishop Phil potts applied himself to exhuming blasphemy, Mr. Owen's works were neglected and unknown. The Bishop has brought them to light, and stimulated curiosity about them. The Bishop now requires the Government to exert the powers of the law to put down these publications. That is to say, having made a conflagration, he calls lustily on the Government to play oil on the flames. The law never has succeeded in suppressing such pub lications ; persecutious have supported them ; neglect has extinguished them ; but if the law could operate for their suppression, what it could do in the way of sup pression would be counteracted a thousandfold by what the Bishop of Exeter can do, and does, so effectually and so unfortunately, to drag them into notice and circulation. We question whether any praise the Bishop could bestow could sell a dozen copies of a sermon, but his abuse of a blasphemous tract is the sale of ten thousand. If the blasphemers had any gratitude, they would present the Bishop with a stupendous golden speaking trumpet, in faint token of the services he has rendered them. Cer tain we are that the Stamp-office has an equitable claim on him, for an advertisement duty for Mr. Owen's works. The holy man is the Scoffer's Advertiser. VETO ACT SET AT NAUGHT. PRESBYTERY OF ALFORD. On Wednesday the 22d July, the presbytery of Al ford met in the church of Towle, to moderate in a call to the Rev. Mr. Lindsay, who has been presented to that living by Sir Alexander Leith, of Glenkindy. The proceedings on this occasion are well worthy of notice, as ' illustrative of the state of the Church under the divisions and dissensions that distract her. This settlement has been proceeded in from the beginning altogether irre spective of the Veto Law. That law having been pro nounced substantially, in the Auchterarder case, to be illegal, has not received the sanction of the Presbytery of Alford, even to the extent of " calling for dis sents," or of having a roll in the parish of Towle, made up according to the terms of the Act 1835. According to the form of procedure, before the enact ing of the veto, the call to Mr. Lindsay was moderated in ; and upwards of one hundred male communicants, many of them heads of families, came forward and sub scribed. After this was done, the moderator of the Presbytery intimated that if any of the parishioners had objections of any kind to offer against the call being sustained, they would be hea d ; when Mr. David Mitchell, advocate from Aberdeen, appeared with a mandate purporting to be from 44 male heads of fami lies, authorising him, as he said, to °nose the settle ment. Several who signed this document were found not to answer its purport, not being " heads of fami lies," and their names were struck off; and others who had signed it withdrew their names. When thus purged, Mr. Mitchell appeared for some twenty-four of the pa rishioners, who were also personally present ; and it was expected, on this gentleman being at length permitted to speak, " that the special objections" called for would be stated. In place of this, however, Mr. Mitchell asked if there was upon the Presbytery's table a roll of male heads of families being communicants made up according to the Veto Law. A roll was put into his hands made up by the Presbytery since the death of the late incumbent, containing the names of all the communicants of the parish, and distinguishing those who were male heads of families. Mr. Mitchell asked if, in terms of the Veto Act, this roll had lain on she session's table the required time for inspection of all interested ? and being informed that it had not, and ob serving also that the roll, As made up, was but subscribed by the Moderator and Session-clerk, Mr. Mitchell pro tested on these grounds against the settlement of Mr. Lindsay being proceeded in, and appealed to the Sy nod of Aberdeen, This protest and appeal he put in writing, and gave in. Oa the agent taking this ground, several members of Presbytery, Mr. Meikle john, and Mr. Paull, and others, addressed the pro testors on the evil of the course they were pursuing, as respected the providing of the parish with pastoral super intendence being probably put off for a long period ; reminding them that a very lame majority of male heads of families had signed the call; and that nothing could result out of the course they wire pursuing that could prevent Mr. Lindsay's settlement, if found qualified at an after stage. They urged upon them the duty of giving way to the feelings and wishes of the great majo rity of their fellow-parishioners ; and proposed that they should retire with their counsel, and deliberate on the propriety of withdrawing their protest and ap peal before the Presbytery proceeded. This they agreed to do ; and, after half an hour's deliberation, re turned with a withdrawal of their opposition. Where upon the Presbytery sustained the call, and gave out Mr. Lindsay's trials in common form. Here, there fore, we have a case of a settlement going forward, alto gether without regard to the Veto-law—no roll having been made up, and no dissents having been called for ; and that, it will be observed, is the course pursued by a Presbytery on which the compuliator of the Civil Court had not been laid. We most highly applaud the conduct of the Presbytery. It is enough for honest men and loyal subjects, that the Veto Law has been vir tually declared ill( gat, to prevent them proceeding on it a single step. Had they consented to make up a roll in terms of it, and had they proceeded to call for dis saws, it must have been under an intimation to the pa rishioners, that although they should reject Mr. Lindsay, the Presbytery would proceed in his settlement ; aad in eve , ry point of view, honourable, legal, and fair, the y did right in altogether overlooking the Veto Act, and its provisions. We trust their example will he followc I by other Presbyteries in the Church.—Edinburgh 0-- server. STRATIIBOGIE, JULY 13.—Your readers arc aware that the seven sus p en d e d clergymen obtained an inter dict td set aside the decision of the Assembly, and that this interdict was served in due course on the first in truder--; who en t ere d t h e par i s h thereafter. With that senseless b rava d o wh i ch always character i ses si lly f o lly, the s even great guns, who were 'eputed to officiate on Sunday wee k , appeared on the square of Hunt l y on Saturday, and seemed to wait with some anxiety the sort ice of the interdict ; but, t 3 their great mortification, they werro allowed to pass on scot free ! It .nust have of the sl ig h test notice.—Aberdeen Herald. been gall ing to h e thus passed over, and considered un worthy RESTORATION OF YORK. MIN- STEIL On Friday a public was held in the Festival Concert Room, York, for the purpo32 of taking men sures for the restoration of s uc h parts of this rnaorrnifi• I cent edifice as were des royed by the fire. The Right Hon. the Earl of Harcwood, Lord Lieu ( tenant of the West-Riding, took the Chair ; and among the company present we observed the Hon. W. Dun cornbc, M.P., Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, Bart, Baron Laagen, Viscount Pollington, Hon. W. S. Laseelles, M.P., lion. E. Lascelles, Hon. B. It. Lawley, j, H . Lowther ' E.,q , Rev. W. V. Harcourt, R ev. T . Barnes, Rev. R. Sutton, Rev. W. Flower, jun., Rev. Dr. Hook, Rev. Mr. Dayton, Henry Preston, Esq., George Hudson, Esq., W. L. F. Scott, Esq., Chris toeher Beckett, Esq., John Gott, Esq., John Swann, E:-q., John Clough, Esq., W. Blanchard, Esq., J. 'Wil son, Esq., Thomas Wilson, Esq , Colonel Smith, &c. &c. The entire number of persons present, including ladies, would be about 500. The Earl of 11 AREw000 on rising was received with loud applause. When it subsided he said—Ladies and Gentlemen, I hope you won't be alarmed at these papers (referring to a number of documents lying on the table before his Lordship), as I am not going to detain you very long, but I think it right and proper, on the present occasion, to give some account of the actual state of affairs with respect to the misfortune which has befallen York Minster, and to refer to the proceedings which have been carried on in London on this subject. I am more anxious to do this, because I find that some misap prehensions have been entertained with respect to the matters I have adverted to.—( Hear, hear.) I may state that as soon as the destruction of the nave of the Nlinster was made known in London, a certain number of gentlemen, of whom I formed one—and there were also included in the number the Earl of Zetland, the Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Wharncliffe, Earl de Grey, and subsequently others—met in the city, considering that the first object they ought to have in view was not to allow any time to elapse before the subject of this mis fortune should be taken up in London, with a view to follow it up afterwards by ceiling a meeting of the county in the hope of being able to obtain suciont funds for the restoration of the Minster. Thinking it was necessary that no time should be lost with regard to that subject, they, the gentlemen I have named to you,entered into cor respondence with the Dean and Chapter of the Cathe dral of York. The subject of that correspondence was to ascertain—a line of conduct which we had no right to pursue under the circumstances in which we were then placed—what were the actual funds in their hands capable of being applied towards the restoration. We had no right to make this call upon the Dean and Chap ter, but we thought it proper to request them to fur nish us with the necessary information, before we called a meeting in London of a more general kind, in order that some idea might be entertained of the sum which would be requisite for effecting a restoration of the building. In consequence of that communication with the Dean and Chapter, we received from them, in the most courteous manner, and without any hesitation, an account of the state of the funds in their bands, from which it appeared that those funds which could go to the restoration were inadequate for effecting the contem plated repairs. In consequence of this, we, being fur nished with the statement I have referred to, thought it proper to call a general meeting in London, which was held at the Thatched House Tavern. At that meet ing several resolutions were entered into, as well as sub scriptions made, both at that time and subsequently. The next step west° form a Provisional Committee in London, which was done, and they have acted up to the present day. Their functions now cease, and it will be for the present meeting to take upon themselves to frame such future resolutions, with regard to any fund that may be obtained, as they shall think proper. One of the things stated to the Dean and Chapter, in the correspondence between them and the Committee in London, was, that we thought it proper, before we called upon the public to subscribe for the purpose of the restoration, that some security should be given to the public for the due and proper laying out of that money.—(Applause.) And the consequence was that we proposed to the Dean and Chapter—distinctly proposed—that any money subscribed for the purpose of the restoration should be placed under the control of a Committee to be appointed and sanctioned by this meeting.—(Applause.) To that proposition no kind of opposition was made, but, on the contrary, it received the most complete acquiescence oo the part of the Dean and Chapter.—(Applause.) I make this statement publicly, and if there be any doubts entertained as to its correctness, the papers are here, and may be referred to. The request was made to the Dean and Chapter for information we had no right to demand—for we only acted on be half of ourselves, and in our individual capacity. We had no power to make any such request, but the Dean and Chapter had consented that any funds that might be raised should be placed under that control.—(Ap plause.) Therefore, having gained this point, it is our duty most earnestly to recommend to you to exhibit a liberality in subscribing towards the restoration from its dilapidated condition that building which is an ornament riot only to the county but to the kingdom at large.— (Applause.) I know that there are many persons in this county highly disposed to give aid toward this object— and who are yet still of opinion that great negligence has been shown, and this has thrown a damp—a great damp indeed—on that ardour which we found on a former me lancholy occasion. Now, Gentlemen, I must say that if the utmost degree of caution had been used, I don't see but that the accident might have been prevented, but I am to judge of the facts according to the reasonable ness of the thing at the time.—(Loud applause.) Now had there been any great work going on at the time in which it was necessary to use extensive fire, and an accident had occurred in consequence, then there would have been blame, but when the matter wasplaced in the hands of a respectable tradesman, and when there was no reasonable ground for supposing that any accident would arise, I am not inclined to look upon this mis fortune with that degree of censure which some enter tain, but I look upon it as likely to have taken place under any such circumstances in my private gentleman's house in England.—(Applause.) Therefore if any should entertain feelings of the kind I have alluded to, I should be happy if they be able to mitigate those feelings, and that they will unite in giving that support which is so necessary on the present occasion. There is another impression gone forth, which it is also neces sary to remove, namely, that the proceedings in London were for the purpose of appointing, or naming, I should say, a very able architect, who had shown so much ability in restoring the Minster on a former melan choly occasion, and who not only did that, but did so without going beyond the original estimate. On this account it was that we recommended the appointment of Sir Robert Smirke, for the pur pose of superintending the restoration. To that ap pointment no objection whatever was made on the part of the Dean and Chapter. I mention this in order to remove any improper impression that may have been previously made on the minds of any one, that the ap pointment was thrust upon them contrary to their wishes. Papers confirmatory of what I have stated are lying before me, and if any doubt my word he may ep • amine those documents, for lam perfectly satisfied that lam correct,—( Loud applause.) Well, then, here is a misfortune which we must all undoubtedly deplore, and we call upon the county to assist in restoring the Minster.—(Applause.) Now I am well aware that the call could not have taken place at a more disadvanta geous time. ;am aware that in that part of the county from which large sums have come on an occasion like this, that there is on the present occasion considerable depression ; and, in addition to this, I must state that in that district very large sums have been raised for the purpose of building and endowing churches. But, not withstanding these circumstances, I still entertain the hope, the sum which will be necessary for this re pair being considerably less than that required on a former occasion, that all difficulty may be removed. The NOBLE CHAIRMAN having made this explana tory statement, said, he had received letters of apology for non-attendance from Lord Wenloek, Earl of Zet land, Rev. W. Dent, of Ribstone, Lord Grantley, Lord Wharncliffe, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Morpeth, Lord Milton, Earl of Tyrconnel, Earl Manvers, Sir C. Constable, High Sheriff, Mrs. Lawrence, Studley-park, G. L. Fox, Esq., Bramham-park. R. Bethel!, E-q , M.P , H. Rroadley, Esq., M.P., W. C. Harland, Esq., M.P., Col. Tempest, J. S. Morritt, Esq., Rokeby, H. Willoughby, Esq., Birdsall, J. Garforth, Esq., Wigan ! thorp, C. Winn, Esq., T. D. B!and, Esq., R. P. Milnes, Esq., J. W. Barton, Esq., and Capt Harcourt. The following were the sums announced from some of the above parties : Earl of Z t.land , 2001. ; Rev. Mr. Dent, 50/. ; Lord Grantley, 50/. ; Lord Morpeth.lool ; Earl Manvers,lool. ; Mrs. Lawrence, 100/. ; Mr. Fox, 1001. in addition to having recently given 1,5001. for en dowing a Church in his own neighbourhood); Mr. Broadley, 501 ; Mr. Harland, 25/. ; Colonel Tem pest, 251. ; Mr. Willoughby, 301 ; Mr. Bland, .50/. ; Mr. Milnes, 50/. ; Mr. Barton, '251 ; Captain Har court. 1001. It should be understood that some of these gentlemen, although not present, had previously subscribed towards the rest,ration, at the meeting in London, at which place alone 7,000/. was raised. A number of resolutions were agreed to, which will be found in our advertising columns. The meeting was addressed by the following gentlemen, but we are compelled to defer any report of their observations till our next : —Hon. W. Duncombe, M.P., Hon. B. R. Lawley, J. H. Lowther, Esq., M.P., Christopher Beckett, Esq., Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, Bart., Rev. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds, Viscount Pollington, Hon. W. S. Lascellcs, M.P., Rev. T. Barnes, John Gott, Esq., W. L. F. Scott, Esq., Rev. -W. V. Harcourt, Rev. T. Croft, Hood E. L iscelles, Geo. Hudson, Esq. Sir R. Smirke was appointed architect, and John Swann, Esq., of York, treasurer. It was stated by his Lordship, in acknowledging the thanks of the meeting, that the amount of money sub scribed up to the close of the proceedings, was 9,6034, of which 6001. was given i❑ the room.—Leeds Mercury, DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday). FIVE PERSONS KILLED. We deeply regret to announce that an accident, the most extensively fatal to human life, we believe, that has I occurred on any railway in England, took place yester day morning, on the Hull and Selby Railway, near ' Lowden, as the train from Selby was on its way to Hull. We have received information of the awful calamity from gentlemen who were passengers by the train ; but in order to learn all the particulars with ac curacy, our reporter went to Howden and obtained the following details : The - early trains from York and Leeds having reached Selby about eight o'clock in the morning, they pro ceeded forward in one united train to Hull, taking also a dditional passengers from Selby. The York carriages , 114 E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, ArGUST 10, 1840. having arrived before those from Leeds, were placed first, and the carriages from Leeds were attached behind ; the train cor7prised altogether ten carriages, with about fifty passengers. Immediately behind the tender, and placed on a truck, was a table of cast iron for a weighing machine, 12 feet six inches by 5 feet six inches, having boles round the side 12 inches deep. This ponderous piece of iron, the weight of which was about two tons, was despatched from Leeds, fastened to a truck by ropes only. It must be here stated that the table of iron was placed across the truck, and that just before the fatal occurrence took place, it was observed by the policeman on the lire to be hanging over. He instantly did all in his power to alarm the engineer, but unfortunately his warning came too late. The table fell off the truck on the right or south side, and one end of the immense plate pitched betwixt the two rails of the parallel line of railway, whilst the other end, falling obliquely against the waggon, lifted it up, and threw it quite off the rails, tearing it loose from the engine and tender. Eithe r by the same :aass of iron, or (more probably) by the impetus given to the truck, the five carriages which followed were all thro via off the rails ; and owing to the great velocity with which the train was moving, the consequences were dreadful be yond description. The carriages ran into a delph or ditch on the side of the railway, and were flung all on a heap, and shattered in the must terrific manner. The first carriage behind the track WaS a third-class carriage, vihieh has no cover ; then a second class, which has a cover, but no sides ; and then a first class. The carriog,.s Selby an d Y or k carr i ages whilst , in th e tra i n, i nc l u di ng those I s r n o l m 'tsi L etd e h e t' d olga s, es r tt e li c iej e tr i e ve '' d er n e o t i h carriages injury, and were not thrown off the rails. As soon as the passengers who had escaped could recover from the shock, a dreadful spectacle presented itself. Under one carriage were found two passengers quite dead, and in the inside of the carriage a respect able female also dead. Two other gentlemen were so dreadfully injured that, on being conveyed to Howdcn, they died in a few hours. Thus five lives have been lost. Other pass ,ngers received serious injuries. Tan strength of the iron table, and the force with which it must have borne agaiaxt the waggon, are indicated by the fact that the table cut clean through four or five of the thick wooden transverse sleepers on which the rails are fixed ; whilst the velocity of the train is proved by the fact that the mass of iron was pitched to a distance of forty feet from the place where it forced the carriage off the rails. Tim engine and tender were not thrown off the rails. This most lamentable catastrophe is a fearful lesson to the managers of railways to fasten all goods firmly upon the carriages, :Is the want of this secure fastening has been the sole cause of the present disaster. The following is a correct statement of the parties dead and wounded, so far as we were able to ascertain the particulars up to seven o'clock last night : KILLED. Mr. Nicholas Veltmann, merchant, of Hull, aged 45 years ; bad sustained a broken leg, and his body was mutilated in a dreadful manner. Died on the spot. Mr. Aldersmith, of York, gilder. He was alive when taken up, and was brought to the Half Moon Inn, where every attention was paid him, but he never spoke, and died soon after he was put to bed. He was much in jured on the head, and his thigh lacerated. Mr. Thomas Stead, jun., comb-maker, of Castlegate, York, aged 22—part of the carriage had gone over his head, which was crushed in a dreadful manner, being nearly severed from the body,—died on the spot. A female, aged about :25, dressed in a dark merino gown, with red spots, had on dark stuff boots, and lead coloured silk gloves, ear-drops, and no marriage ring. Had received ser i ous concuss i on o f t h e b ra i n, and her leg and thigh both broken—killed on the spot. Mr. Thos. Craggs, of South Dalton, near Beverley, sustained serious injury. His ribs on the right side were all broken, the left clavicle was separated from the ster num, and the whole fabric of the chest was destroyed. He had also a large wound on his head. He was taken up alive, and conveyed to the Wellington Inn, Howden, where he died about half-past twelve. He was sensible till his death. INJURED. Mr. Joseph Meek, of Manchester, engraver, nephew to Mr. John Meek, of York, received a slight concus sion of the brain, but is no danger. Mr. James Moore, of London, a friend of Mr. Meek, sustained a comp oun d f racture o f t h e leg, and some in jury on his head. He is, however, we are glad to say, doing well. Mr. George Hopper, of Thirsk, shoemaker, was in jured on the knee, but not seriously. Several other persons, including Mrs. Fleming, of Howden, and her daughter, were slightly bruised ; but those who were not resident at that place proceeded on their journey. Mr. Gaggs, Mr. Metcalfe, and Mr.. Newton, of How den, surgeons, were in attendance on the sufferers who required any assistance ; and the utmost attention was paid to them, both by the medical men, and also by the inmates of the inns where they were lodged. An inquest was held on the bodies this morning, at nine o'clock, before Mr. Matthew Pearson, of Selby. THE AMENDED BEER BILL. The following a re th e pr i nc i pa l prov i s i ons of this Bill, which received th e R o y a l A ssent on Friday : 1. License to retail beer is not to be granted to any but the real resident occupier, nor in respect of any house rated at less than 151. per annum within the bills of mortality, or in cities, towns, and boroughs, containing 10,000 inhabitants ; nor less than 11/. per annum in cities, parishes, or places exceeding 2,500 inhabitants ; nor less than 81. per annum in parishes or places situated elsewhere. t ifi Persons ca t e fr applyingom the o to Overseer r r s e e t e a r i lobfeseurcohr personcider a re c a 2e l r. resident occupier of the house, and of the amount at which the house is rated. 3. When any person shall become the occupier of a house newly erected, and not yet rated, and shall be de sirous of taking out a license to retail therein beer and c th ide e r, e before c t eo the f the overseer making o fa ne, the , w t o rate, grant it such shall license n se lawfulon for the proper Officer o f i - Excise, t the applicant shall in whichother rseuscpheciti house, dulyubsce,with qualified the the rent or an nua l va l ue to be not less than that a t of premisest occupied therewith, will be rated in h one sum t o allerdelief of th e a poor in the that the applicant has c l a i med to be nr(altecderints. next rate to he made an d respect l s o o t' the said house and premises. 4 In extra -parochial places licenses may begranted on the certificate of two i n h a bi tant householders of the required annual values. 5. Makes the penalty 201. on Overseers refusing to other grant certificates, and on Ov erseers and granting false certificates, 6. Makes the penalty 501. for forging certificates, or wing false certificates. Licenses obtained by false cer tificates to be void, and the persons obtaining them dis qualified from any future license. 7. (Added by the Lords)—Licenses to be void on conviction of felony or of selling spirits without license. 8. On the death of a licensed person the executors or administrators, or the widow or child, may be authorized to sell for the remainder of the term of license. 9. Persons licensed to retail beer or cider, to make entry with the Excise. 10. if any person licensed to retril beer or cider under the said recited Acts or this Act, shall receive into or keep or have in his possession in any cellar, room or place entered for storing, keeping or retailing beer or cider, any wine or spirits or sweets, such per son shall, in addition to all other penalties, forfeit 501., to be recovered and applied under the powers and pro eisions of the said Acts of the 7th and Bth years of the reign of his said late Majesty King George the Fourth, and the 4th and 5h years of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth ; and all wine and spirits and sweete found in any such entered cellars, rooms or places shall be forfeited ; and on conviction of any such licensed person in any penalty for Navin; wine or spirits or sweets in his possession, or for selling or re tailing wi ne or sp i r i ts or sweets, t h e li cense o such person for retailing beer or cider shall become null and void, and shall be so adjudged. 11. Officers of Excise empowered to enter the pre mises of licensed beer retailers. 12. And also the houses of persons selling beer at the rate of one penny halfpenny, or less the quart. 13. Additional penalty on unlicensed persons to be sued for by a peace officer. 14. It-peals 1 Will. 4, c. 64, s. 14, ant 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 85, s. 6. 15. No person licensed to sell beer or cider by re tail under the said recited Acts or this Act, shall have or keep his house open for the sale of beer or cider, nor shall sell or retail beer or cider, nor shall suffer any beer or cider to be drank or consumed in or at such house at any time before the hour of five of the clock in the morning, nor after twelve of the clock at night, of any (lay in the week, in the cities of London or Wcstmin ter, or within any parish or place within the bills of mortality, nor after eleven of the clock within any city, cinque port, town corporate, parish or place, the popu lation of which, according to the last Parliamentary census, shall exceed 2,500, or within one mile, to be measured as aforesaid from any polling place used at the last election for any town having the like popula tion, an d returning a Member or Members to Parlia ment, nor after ten of the clock in the evening else where, nor at at any time before one of the clock in the afternoon, nor at any time during which the houses of licensed victuallers now are or hereafter shall be closed on any Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas-day, or any day appointed for a public Fast or Tnanksgiving ; and it' any such person shall keep his hour r open for selling beer or cider, or shall sell or retail beer or cider at any time other than as hereinbefore prescribed and di rected, such person shall forfeit the sum of 40s. for every offence, and every separate sale shall be deemed a.separate offence. 16. Justices msy mitigate penalties. 17. No person licensed tceretail beer cre,cieret to 'for feit his license for a first offence against the tenor of his :icense, and no license to be void unless so adjudged. 18. Licenses may continue to be granted to persons licensed before the passing of the Act whilst they con tinue the occupiers of the same house, notwithstanding the House is below the qualification required by this Act. If). Pecallics under this Act, where not etherwi.i.c directed, to be recovered under the provisions of ttic. former Act. 20. Recited Acts to continue and be in force, except as hereby altered, 21. Powers, provisions and penalties of 1 Will. 4, c. 64, and 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 85, to apply to persons licensed under this Act. 22. Act not to affect the two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. FREEDOM OF THE CITY, AND GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO PRINCE ALBERT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. Prince Albert has signified to the Lord Mayor his intention to become a freeman of the city of London on Friday, the 28th instant. His Royal Highness will be received at the Guildhall by the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen, and City officers ; and the cere mony will, it is said, take place in the Court of Common Council. As, however, it is expected that a very great curiosity will prevail, particularly amongst the 1 idies, to sec his Royal H ghness, the Hall itself will probably be the place in which the frccdom will be presented to the Prince. When Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg was presented with the freedom of the City, soon after his marriage with the Princess Charlotte, the ceremony was performed in the Hail. After the ceremony his Royal Highness will honour the Lord Mayor with his company to dinner at the Mansion•house, when a magnificent entertainment will be prepared, and the Prince will meet the members of both Courts of the Corporation. The day is looked forward to with great anxiety, not only on account of the app inted honour of the Royal visit, but because at the very period solicited by his Royal Highness for becoming a fellow-citizen turtle and venison will be in the h;ghest state of perfection. In fact the excitement amongst the members of the Court of Common Council will be quite a bore uatil the enter tainment shall have terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. EXTENSIVE FORGERlE3.—Forgeries to an immense extent have been lately committed by John Kenyon IVinterbollom, of Stockport, solicitor and broker, by which the delinquent is supposed to have realised be tween 60,0001. and 80,000/. On Saturday a warrant was applied for by Mr. Masters, of the house of Bush and Masters, solicitors to the Committee for the Pre vention of Forgeries and Frauds, for the apprehension of Winterbottom, who, it was stated, had since Satur day the Ist inst., absconded, after having committed several forgeries, and having also, it was supposed, taken with him a groat number of deeds and valuable securi ties not his own property. The warrant was imme diately made out and put into the hands of John For rester, the officer. Tue sum of 2001. is offered for the apprehension. of the delinquent, who is described as lately of Stockport and Heaton Norris. in the county of Lancaster, attorney at-law and banker. A number of persons are likely to be severe losers by the conduct of Winterbottom, in whom unbounded confidence had been reposed. It is believed that two ladies have suffered to the amount of 5,000/. Winterbottom is thus described :—About 55 years of age , 5 fe e t 6 t o 7, rat h er stout, and square built, in clining to corpulency ; short and quick step, walks erect, not much colour. at present rather sallow-look ing ; large face, with pleasant expression, and common features, with grey whiskers ; hair light brown colour, but rather bald ; thick-necked, voice loud, speaks thick, with a strong accent, and rapid delivery ; dresses in a black coat, black cloth waistcoat, and checked or plaid trousers. The Foreman of Mr. Albert, a tailor, of 52, King William-street, came to the Mansion-house after the Lord Mayor had retired from the chair, and asked what he should do under the following circumstances : Two persons, one of whom acted as the master and the other as man, called at the shop of Mr. Albert, and the master ordered that his servant should be fitted with a coat. A coat was accordingly supplied, for which the master paid with a .5/. note. The servant then requested that his old coat and waistcoat should be packed up in a parcel, and laid aside, and said that he would call for them in the afternoon. They both then went away, and Mr. Albert directed that the coat and waist coat should be put up according to the direction. As, however, one of the men was obeying the order, out dropped from one of the coat pockets a bundle of notes, some of which purported to be paper of the Bank of Hindostan, and others were of that well-known bank called " the Bank of Elegance." Mr. Hobler—Did you ascertain whether the 51. note with which the gentleman paid for the coat was unexceptionable ? Applicant—Certainly ; we took every necessary precaution as to the money received. Mr. Hobler then advised the applicant to leave the notes at the Mansion-house, and if the gentlemen called for the ald clothes to tell them that the Lord Mayor would be glad to speak to them. The applicant said that the advice should be followed. He added that the master and man appeared to be on such terms of familiarity that in all probability they did not stand in that relation to each other. Mr. HOBLER—They may be in the habit of acting in the characters of " Archer and Aimtvell," occa sionally exchanging parts to suit convenience. A man of colour named Louis Filippo, was brought before Alderman Gibbs, who sat for the Lord Mayor, charged with having assaulted several officers of the city police. The black cut a hideous figure, his face being very much swollen, and his forehead covered with a plaister, in consequence of a gash which he had re ceived from one of the force. A city policeman stated that he was called by a gen tleman to prevent the annoying importunities of the defendant for charity, and that the moment he inter. ercd, the defendant acted in the most violent manner imaginable, not only by striking at the officers, but by kicking them in the most desperate and dangerous man ner. Some gentlemen cried out to the policeman to use his staff. and the crowd which congregated, to the number of between 200 and 300, took, as is almost always the case with a crowd, the part of the offending person, and pressed down upon the officers. The con duct of the defendant becoming more and more desperate witness struck him with his staff on the head, and, with the assistance of others, took him to the station-house, where his violence appeared to be unabated. It was stated by others that the defendant, who has for some time been known in the city as a person in the habit of soliciting charity, had, upon former occasion, acted outrageously, and Mr. Miller, the relieving over seer of St. Sepulchre's, who happened to be passing at the time, stated that he advised the defendant, in the French language, to go away quietly, and that the man continued to conduct himself in an obstreperous manner. The defendant denied that he had struck or kicked any of the policemen, and asserted that the officer who had struck him with the staff had received no provoca tion, except the angry words which so naturally followed ill treatment. Mr. Lewis, an umbrella-maker, stated he was pass ing, at the time ; he did not see the black strike a blow, but he saw the policeman, No. 445, bit the black on the head with all his force with his staff. The unfor tunate black instantly dropped like an ox, and about half a gallon of blood flowed from his head. Many per sons, and witness among the rest, thought the man was killed, and cried out, " Take him to the doctor." A letter was addressed to the Lord Mayor by a wit ness to the transaction, who stated that he was obliged to leave town, and could not attend to give evidence: The letter spoke in terms of the strongest indignation and abhorrence at the conduct of the officer who struck the black, and stated that there were a great many who were as horror-struck at the scene as th e wr i ter . It also called upon the Lord Mayor to pay attention to the evidence of a soldier who assisted in raising the black from the ground, but who was refused admission to the station-house in Tower-street, when the man was taken thither. No soldier gave evidence at the Mansion-house. Alderman GIBBS ordered the defendant to find bail to answer for the assault upun the officers, and com mitted him in default of sureties. GUILDHALL. Ann East, 28 years of age, was brought before Mr. Alderman Farebrother, under the following distressing circumstances Thomas I.3lrnes, a City policeman, No. 334, who, during the alterations, is on duty on Wackfriars•bridge, deposed that in the afternoon of the previous day the woman at the bar was seen by some persons who were watching the workmen, to go deliberately down the steps on the ;vest side of Chatham-place, and throw herself headlong into the river. An alarm was given, and he, with the assistance of several of the masons at work ' near the spot, succeeded in getting her out before life was extinct. Alderman FAREBROTHER.---Was there a sufficient depth of water to have drowned her? Barnes—Yes, there was ; and the current flowing from the Fleet ditch made it the more dangerous. To further questions from the Alderman, the officer stated that after she was taken to the station, and was recovered from partial inanimation, she appeared grate ful and quite sober, and told the following tale, which, upon subsequent inquiry, he had found in the main to be strictly true. She stated that she lived in Lisson grove, and was a sempstress ; that her husband was a " slaughterman" to a carcase-butcher in Clare-market, and that it was entirely owing to his " brutal" conduct that she to commit the rash act, she liaving been violently assaulted by him an hour previous. . The. Alderman (interposing)—l have committed two brutal husbands. to Bridewell this week, and I heartily wish - the - law allowed -me the power to have ordered them to be severely flogged.—Addressing the- young woman, who was well dressed and e - vidently of welt cultivated mind, he said—" My good woman, don't commit suicide, sin of which you Call never repent. If your husband is such a brute you can indict him at session, and the law will be found too strong for him." The policeman—Your worship, I have been up to where she lives, and I have an exceeding good charac ter of her, and quite the reverze of her husband. Mrs. East begged to make a f: w observations, which she prefaced by thanking God and the persons who had rescued her from a watery grave, which, in a moment of frenzy she was aware she had sinfully contemplated. Unwilling as she was to make any complaint against her husband, she felt herself bound to state the facts. His conduct was such that she considered her life in danger, and indeed he had rendered it valueless. It was not only los own personal violence of which she complained, but that he employed other persons to de signate her as a drunkard, and something worse, for which no one had the shadow of a cause. The Alderman wished to know when she last re ceived personal violence ?—She replied on Friday. Pokers, broomsticks, anything was all the same to him. She was a maker of military shirts for the army of the finest kind, and when she has been busy at her avoca tion he has come in and thrown her work and materials into the street from the second-floor window, which of course caused a difficnity between her and her respec table employers, who would readily vouch as to her character. The ALDERMAN then asked where the last asault was committed ?—She replied in Clare-market. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER, having consulted Mr. PAyne, said although the cause which brought the poor woman bz:lore him happened to be out of his jurisdic tion, he was determined to take the most effectual means to protect her from future violence ; but, first of all, he should like to know where the man could be found ? Mrs. East—No doubt at the Crooked Billet public house, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; but the officer must insist, or he will be denied by the people there. The Alderman then wrote a letter, to which was af fixed the City seal, to the magistrates at Bow -street, requesting that they would forthwith send their officers with the City policeman (Barnes) to apprehend him, so that he might give an answer to the charge cf brutal conduct" to the woman, who appeared " too good" for his wife. Mrs. East then withdrew, but not in custody. Several persons were in attendance who would have testified to the excellent character of Mrs. East, had the Alderman power to have adjudicated on the case. Mr. William Pilbrook was brought up by one of the City police on the charge of being found in a beastly state of drunkenness within the purlieus of that office on the preceding night, in consequence of which he was taken to the station, and having a great deal of property about him, of which he was unable to take care, he was detained. ALDERMAN—WeII, Mr, Pilbrook, who and what are you, and where do you come from ? Mr. Pilbrook (smiling)—Why I deal in beasts, and came np from Romford on Friday. Alderman FAREBROTHER—Then I suppose you are what is called an Essex calf ?—(A laugh.) Mr. Pil brook (laughing)—lt appears I was calf enough last night. Alderman FAREBROTHER—WeII, you ought to be very much obliged to the policeman for taking care of you ; for had he not done so, some of the " night walkers " would have eased you of your watch, notes, and money. I allow you to go out and make him some suitable recompense. Mr. Piibrook—That lam ready and thankful to do. The next was Mr. John Wilton, who described him self as a native of a village not far from Exeter. The charge preferred against him was, that he was very " tipsy, and incapable of taking care of his person or pro perty." • Alderman FAREBROTHER—What property did you find on him P Officer—Thirty-six sovereigns, and papers of value. ALDERMAN—You are not an Essex man ? Mr. Wilton—No ; Ize vrom Devon. ALDERMAN—What are you ?—A butcher. ALDERMAN—What brought you to Lonion ?—To seek employment. ALDERMAN—HOW came you to get so tipsy last night ?—After some hesitation the gentleman said he had " supp'd" with some friends. ALDERMAN—Yes, you took a " sup" too much. —Yes ; I felt cloudy rather. ALDERMAN—WeII, I shall discharge you, on making some reasonable compensation to the officer for the pre servation of your property. Alderman Farebrother, and other Aldermen have adopted an excellent plan, by holding out a hope of re ward to the police officer who " picks up" persons of this description, because the natural tendency is to keep them honest. At the same time, whatever the consta ble receives he is bound to report to D. W. Harvey, Esq., the Chief Commissioner, with a recommendation that the money become a perquisite. MARLBORO UGH- STREET. John Broughton, a private in the Grenadier Guards, a young man of extraordinary bodily strength, was charged with the following outrage upon two police officers. Jebb, of the C division of police, deposed that he saw the prisoner talking to a female in Piccadilly, on Thurs day morning, and as he was making a great noise, he requested him to walk on ; the prisoner struck at him and an officer named Jennings, who came to his assist ance, and then ran into the park, followed by the police men ; on witness's first coming up with him the prisoner kicked him in the bowels, and knocked him down, and taking off his belt, struck Jennings a terrific blow over the head with it, the brass part coming across the fore head, t•reaking the bone over the eyes, and destroying the sight of one or perhaps both the eyes. The poor fellow was removed to Charing-cross hospital, where he remains in a very bad state, and unable to give his evi dence. Jebb searched the various barracks for the prisoner, who had escaped, and ultimately found him. Tne Magistrate adjourned the case, that Jennings's evidence might be taken at the hospital. The soldier said he could prove that he was not there at the time stated, and was desired to have his witnesses ready on the next examination. The policeman Jebb stated that the Commissioners had suspended him for allowing the soldier to escape ; this appears most unjust, for it would be impossible for any common sized man singly to master a person of such herculean strength as the prisoner possesses. MARYLEBONE. THE LATE DISTURBANCE AT THE BELGIAN MI NISTER'S.—It will be remembered that on Saturday, the Ist inst., a person calling himself " Capt. Hy. Kaeldor, of the 3d Regiment of Belgian Chas scurs," was placed at the bar, on the charge of having annoyed the Belgian Minister, at his residence in Portland-place, relative to 500 napo leons which he alleged were due to him for military services. In the course of the investigation it turned. out that he had sent a challenge to the Duke de Ne mours to fight a duel, and in addition had frequently written upon the subject of his claim to the French Ambassador, and had furthermore been pestering Llrd Brougham with letters and petitions, some of which set forth that her Majesty Queen Victoria had for years past kept some of his countrymen confined as pri soners in Windsor Castle. Mr. Hardwick had an in terview at once with the Secretary of State, and on his return to the Court, the prisoner, who conversed very rationally upon some matters, was conveyed to Marylu hone Workhouse. Oa Saturday Mr. Messar, the As sistant Overseer, accompanied by Mr. Boyd, house. surgeon of the Infirmary, attended with the prisoner, when satisfactory testimony was given as to his in sanity, whereupon in order was signed for his removal to the County Lunatic Asylum. HA 7'T ON- GARDEN. Thomas Evans, a shoeless urchin, eight years of age, was placed at the bar under the following circumstances. A policeman on duty in Russell-square, saw the defen dant holding several small packets, and calling nut " The best Epsom salts, wot is only a ha'penny a ounce." His ragged appearance and the singularity of his deal ing induced him to examine the articles, which bore the labels of different chemists in the neighbourhood, among others, Mr. Jackson, of Southampton -row ; Mr. Harle, of King-street, Holborn ; and Mr. Barber, of Orange street ; on inquiry at all of whose houses it appeared that the prisoner had told a most piteous tale of the sickness of his father and the distress of the family, and been relieved with a trifle of money from each, and a couple of packets of salts. The prisoner, in the most hardened manner, admitted that what he had told the gentleman was untrue, and said that be had not been set on by any one. He was remandeu. George Rivers, a Spanish Legion soldier, was charged with throwing a stone at a lamp in Camberwell, and breaking it to pieces. A policeman took hitn to the station-house, and finding the wretched man to be in a starving condition, humanely gave him some food, which he devoured in a ravenous manner. The defendant, who, although a young man, looked worn to the bone with sickness and poverty, stated that the Queen of Spain had discharged him without any pay, after three years' service, and that all his endeavours to obtain em ployment had failed. After nearly two days' abstinence from food, he had no alternative but to commit a rob bery, or, as l►e had done, to obtain shelter in a prison, and he did the less immoral act. The Magistrate was inclined to release the poor fel low, but on his entreaty that he might be sent to pri son, he was fined ten shillings or fourteen day's impri sonment, and was locked up in default of payment. WORSHIP-STREET. Ann Reed, alias W ebb, who, it may be remembered, some time ago made a confession that she had been pre sent it the murder of a child by its parents, who cut off its head, but refused to state who they were, was again, placed at the bar. - A certificate from the surgeon was read stating that she was not insane, • A letter frog► the clergyman of Clavering, in Sussex, was read, whiet•staled that the prisoner had been mar ri,,el a year and a half since, and had absconded from her husband's house with a pedlar ; she was afterwards in custody for forgery, and then returned to her native EVENING FDITION. pace, lvhen her husband locked her up, but she e se6 P ° our of the window. Tho rev. gentleman conceived the whole account of the murder a fabrication. The keeper of the gaol said that the womao had de' Died her former statement. --tea The prisoner nosy said that a il s h e had before 5t 4 was true. The Magistrate said he w ou ld no t d ec id e upon the t matter, but leave it for Mr. B roug ht on , b e f ore whole came first. EAST INDIA COTTON The measures which haVe been taken by the OE rectors of the East India Company to extend the nul ti. , vatiun of cotton in India have attracted no inconside r i able attention i n th e sou th ern parts o f t h e Unite d States. A communication rece i ve d f rom Corolla'. states that the southern planters were becoming wog: ingly uneasy at the progress of the Commissioners te n , l out by the Comp an y ( an d w h o h ave returne d to 1 country) to obtain information on the best mode e rr a growing the cotton pl an t. It was k nown i n t h e Unit j States, that the s erv i ces o f severa l most intelligent and experienced persons h a d b een secure d, an d with the vast extent of soil and climate, and great pecuniarl r r : sources at the command of the Company, the plante r '. augur nothiag but success from the p a t r i o ti c undertakil " It is clear (conti nues our informant) that if cotton silt! be produced extensively in I n di a , w h ere l a b our i s plent" on the spct, and cheaper than in any other part oft' d world, the manufacturers of England may be suPPl ic , far below the costly p ro d uc ti ons o f t h e American 51i5e states, and in this case th e co tt on s t a t es mus t go °- , i 'i of cultivation." It is true that many political eon; mists of the Union pre.li c t a mar k e d d ecrease in t o j imports of Britishmanufactured goods, should the deals , 4 for cotto n f a ll off, but they also c o nt em pl a t e w ith pietist"; the prospect of becoming independent of any fel, country for supplies of c l o thi ng , an d ant i c ip a te establishment of manufactories on an enlarged se oie be ' the Northern States, which would then become best customers to those of the South. Eye s % however, can p ro d uce goo d s at Ohe-half the ° e i and all classes must submit to be heavily t s x. by prohibitory duties to encourage their native 1 5 dustry. On the other hand, we gain an increasel trade with our Eastern possessions, which, if sir fostered and appreciated, would be likely to be of i;" calculable benefit, both to the inhabitants of the 0 01/ 0 0 country and the millions of our brethren in India, W h o j i the slave trade in Am er i ca wou ld rece i ve a ser i o us, tie perhaps, e ven a fi na l bl ow . W e are h appy to le a rn t ri l, the gins and other machinery necessary in the Pt 74 .- ration of cotton, and brought to such perfection in ( 14 rice, have been o bt a i ne d by th e agen t s o f t h e E a st 11 14 Company, and will shortly b e t a k en by th e m to tu t i new destination. They have been already offered to o , inspection of the curious and scientific in the nano, 0 1 turing districts, who may p oss ibly, f rom th e i r Pra eli eli experiences, offer some val ua bl e sugges ti ou s for th i mprovement.—Observer. THE HARV EST. • ja The harvest is proceeding with great rapid"L o f this district ; and it will be seen by the refo rl ;o1 our correspondents in all p ar t s o f t h e coun ty, ' be t the crops are not only g oo d, b u t th a t t h e n'e a Lit promises a prosperous harvest. Now wh e at has 7 0 i, sold in the vari ous mar k e t s f rom Bid e f or d to Ne`° i . and farmers seem to be getting rid of their o ld stuti, to prevent the proprietors of bonded corn from tbl e y ing their large st oc k s u p on th e mar k et , w hich 1 ,0 would do if the duty were t o go b e l ow the Pre'' amount. —Western Times. eft' The weather continues so beautiful for the be y to that many acres of oa t s an d w h ea t h ave b ee n T e o this week, though but little of the corn has yet t i carried in this neighb our h oo d. Th e re p or t o f the c'" ,, is very gratifying.—Norfolk Chronicle. Nothing that the heart of anxious man could !Asia,/ wish for, i n res p ec t o f th e r i pen i ng o f t h e fruits Poi earth, could; su r p ass th e weat h er w i t h w hi c h P l ' i bs Providence ha s b een p l ease d to bl ess t h e l an d O k r ,,,t' last fortnight, an d a l rea d y " so l st i t i a l summer 's has wrought wondrous effects upon the grain Cis which are, in every direction, getting ready {Or sickle, and looki ng mos t f avoura bl y as t o qaalitil end abundance. Th e crops o f potatoes, turn i ps, a nd C l are also immense, and the abundance of the h i tter t o will, it is hoped, largely compensate the farmer f° 1 ; 0 0 acknowledged deficie n cy i n hi s h ay -h arv est. --"F Herald. irb s Our Sutton-in- Ashfield corre s p on d en t writes, o be dt weather is truly splendid—the hay is all housed, a° corn progressing most rapidly to r ip eness , with e„ ra, prospect of abundant c ro p s . At East Briokood Newton, Farnsfield, Warsop, and i n th e ne ighbour s o o 0 00 of Mansfield, the f a rm er s h ave commence d cutting and barley, and in some in s t ances w h ea t. In our coo more immediate neighbourho o d, th e h arves t is also r id ' meneed • yesterday (Thursday), a fine fi e ld of ba d ith was laid low with the se i vthe at Lenton. W e leari l m " e li pleasure that the crop s on the forest land a r e e %tre.P - • promising.—Nottingbanz Review. odi [Accounts equally favourable are given by a ll country Contemporaries.] THE MARKETS. err W COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LA'' reo Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. to• Per Quarter.! a. to s. a. to s. 8 . t o a . s . to 0. 56 to Carlisle Flexham '5O 72 32 33 21 31 63 Morpeth 43 68 32 36 23 32 48 00 .; 01 Penrith — 37 31 Sheffield — 67 33 31 49 25 g J Winchester 65 76 30 :;828 27 42 Per Bushel. , s.d. s.d. g. d. s. d. 8. d. a. d. a. d. v• "o - a Carmarthen 11, 0 94 00 50 00 29 56 00 0 go Cowbridge 10 0 —0 50 56 36 40 50 5 2 ' 0 6 ° Swansea '8 8 04 54 58 46 4 8 56 0 0 Per 8011. 1 76 Barnardcastl 13 0 20 0 8 0 9 3 7 4 8611 0 0 0 ' O O Durham 136 17 t! 0 90 76 8910013 " , ' 0 0 Richmond ll 0 20 070 9 56 80 90 11 0" 0 - Stockton 17 0 19 0 9 0 9 0 7,0 8 6 7 0 8 6 - NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Wheat, BN N eo o rr r ,f, t o h ici ukkmaanbnciedr Suffolk ....... 7601 7 48s. —0 ....... s. Scotch Foreign 72s. ... ▪s. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk ltis :33s Barley, Mating, orcin Norfolk an d Suffolk... — 34 s a : .. .. .. .... - • ---- Grinding and Feedin g ?O s. 33 5. ..... Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 64s 63s Beans, Small 3Ol •IFO. S DURING LAST WEEK• - Rye, Norfolk - and Suffolk riiis 335. ...S.— ...S. Foreign 3os. 342....... ---• ....J. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. —5....... --4...-ci --- Grinding and Feedin g ?O s. 33 5 ...... —"z• _ I, Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk Beans, Small ---- Tick ..7. 4 6 4 4 ,,, 0 4 1 1 4 4 6 6 1 3 5 ki : " .... ...... :::: ............. 5 1:: . ....5..........e :j.: 1 Pease, White Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potato° 32g :A; --'' ..,..s. ------- -- ti orei Feed ... s. , gn s. —s .....1, Flour (per sack) s2a. 550„ --• N 4 o V r E f k oi K k EJ.; ( l l E S L ui l l ) bl C k CORN .111A ,. 1;4 6 11 . E t T 0 . vi. o n n e e,/,1: Waeat, Red, Lin. and Cam. —s. e4s. to 9, 5 ' ipe r e , Yorkshire White .-- Foreign, Iced White Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk .. . . .. . . . . 8 — ,s . ~...75 0 0 :s .... to io o x .. . ,76 7 3241. : le: : i 160 - 4, 410, , ,:,- #." 330. tine 9 3:1 % , -- Lincolnshire -s. to - Yorkshire Weld - Foreign Beans, New -- Old 46s to 4Ss. ii ne sP Oats, Potato ..... -- Polant , .... zs, - -.2 ,.. .. t tt o o. 3 :4 0, 306 : : ,:i i e n n nse e tr ,,y7 . Friezland and Small tv,..mling .-. • 14.<1. to .:7,l.Pe' i . Lov e : ShOling Sh alt 44a. fi ' - 465. if e 14, Rapeived ...... AS. One ...... —l. Os 261. OS. 201. SCOTCH MARKETS. el 0at1 1 , 1 ,/ Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. 48 to yl Aberdeen 7€ to SO 29 to 33 '27 to 35 —to - 6 ; 41 / Berwick 4O 50 12 27 '2l 24 33 j': Zoldstrearn Cttpar (Fife) 43 65 1.6 31 18 22 2.2 26 - 40 Dunbar 4B 68 28 4 9 23 27 40 4'2 Elgin Inverness 62 72 35 1.8 :6 23 32 ; 34 „, • • Kelso 35 54 26 28 24 28 34 j",„ 43 . / Kirkaldy Vet - lb coup Thu size of the incasure varies throughout the co , HADDINGfON CORN MARKET. oco o g i Wheal. Barley. Oat s . Peace. 501 m Hrst 80.; Ott 40s 01 29 s 04 49s Od 410 a ,"71 Second Od 33a Od :35 3 8d 47s Cd 4 60 • Third 36s Od ads Od 24s 8.1 46s 1 3 ,1 Average `3).5x.44 _ 12!hs. elf• . I? .. ALKEITH CORN MARKET. Be'm --- --- --- -- - ----- (If' DALKEITH CORN MARKET. i Bes o 4 Wheat Barley. Oats. ['caw. . 0 0.1 First 77: Cu 40s Oil 3Ss lid :Os Od I 5 6 ! pi Second (ol,s Oil 35s O:1 3 s 0.1 36s 0" ... Third 483 0.) 30s Od - ' , ls 0,1 -, 01 4 1, GLASGOW CORN Mt RKET . —A u g. 5. d. 41 5 Wheat, yet 24111 b. s. d, s. it. Oats, per 21141 b. ;,,, 6to .6 British, old 370 t0:39 0 Ir , h ''o ' 0 , ,0 •---•••• new Irish Parley, per32olb 22 0 30 0 Engli ß sh e2n .. s ...- 1 ....................... g „ i '; ' ill Scottish ........ . ........ , 24 0 in English 29 0 30 0 Pease, Scottish .. ••• 2 6 0 51u Scottish 2l 0 29 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b.... 49 0 1 sh PRIZE CUPS.—New and Second-hand S, - g ,tioi PRIZE CUPS are offered a t ver y REDUCED PRI i- c ir, e g selection may be ma d e f rom a great var i ety, b o th of '— Patterns, at T. COX 'S e , 0 Wl° Goldsmith and Watchmaker, 47, Co SAVOßY rnhill , (Seven '-'".. Gracechureli-weet), London. a re Drawings of Cups will be forwarded in answer to 'the l paid lt application. is desirable Letters for D raw i ngs s h ou ld nv'n tien el .' be the size or about the price of th e C up or Cups 11)3 °la' required. __—.ol, E Com BIRTHS, ..., - On the 3(1 inst., at Gu ernse y, th e l a d y o f the WY' Char'' G, Fume' oring, of Ts ischm,ssex, of a (lughter. of On the 6th ‘ inst., a the wife of John Bentall, Esq• 9 well-house, Torquay, of a son . CO b, On the ith inst., at Merstham, Surrey, Mrs. James , e are' of a son. d . On the Bth inst., Mr s . C a t o , C am b r id ge-terra ce, '-' -------*/ road, of a son. ne . On the 6th inst., at Kennington Church, Ha rr y °- llapv2rd, younge s t son o f t h e l a t e Samue l H a yward, 0 10' - Streatham, to Eusebia Lamb, only . / 0 daughter of the I " • - 11° Lamb, of Bath. On the Mt init., at St. Stephen's, Walbrook, 3 f raii,hter Grove, of Bishopsgate-street-within to Emma,.fourth of David Jo nes , E sq ., o f Size-lane, Ihreklersbur .• f ib e DIED. Juno 12, at Ahmedabad, William Inglis Ferrar , Ei9•otfolro• Mo. East India Company's Service, aed.31,..0n1Y Ferrar, 11unter-stet, Brunswielcquare.. •-__ • E f ti.. f°l". On the 4th inst. r , e at Paris, Pete ,s r Patrick nleriy of Pulborough, Sussex . , aged 91.• •• -------, 0 London : Printed and Published by ra ri law You'' No. 112 titrand, at 7he Sun 0111ce, No. I Lt2t ,„s tra° the cottnty , of Middlesex.—Monday, August 10, lov". T' Ki;gdf that on Me lea, Contra) tualling cies, I lUm SUGAI; 80Ap TOCOCOAR OATS Ac those fo . Letter s. bound cent. or Contrac. ED Walk on The 1VIONA: cabins fo superior Fall, for • - " ') • - ?Fie ThE The " • 37, ArY ege 'street'. - howl:leis dihbli • , Palk 8, al PalseNte l L6l 1, The the pow ( of MIDN and Toll for the, t the rate Messrs:. The q which tF lath e 8 ( 1111'c'gmc I.9ndo ] -I °l ME ET lust next EABLI ~enAnd , ewhay q flay be I 44 1. ‘ ,inee r `S 11 ° - Tel 'ualtbe the Seer ,Tilr ogmo or Chairs accepti og t he Nfi li .1.011tion• CAI ELI An eLx•ten load many ST:RANI c andlestii Also On and GEC Singl e 'S • .Beginner J• TENT King's G • RANTS' "DIVIDE titer man HEIN SEc! havi LLIN sortt,t desit may recet PECTM B UT DI Rlb And e • r! , 4 I\TA' eiET Efil H. Co .9ear g , allbrroi 13 esid e Paid kir , `ages eCnn Lanc e am p " i "er to thirds of ,~'"~- Az )3y th deferr e d but t o ( 11 . eret of e o , "Y "Par 4 " Lo a 1 - A ...most am Week) IVith ol i t tu na a i, i T of Th e t s Pect at nY. or it _,_,