The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-20 00:00:00

IVIONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (THURSDAY EVENTNCI.) TIMES.—The affair of the fraud in Spanish Stock bas assumed a new shape to-day, inasmuch as it ap pears, that instead of the broker being imposed upon by another party, there is every reason to believe that he was himself a participator in the transaction, and consequently it follows that the alleged purchaser does not exist at all. Suspicion was excited by *ha non-appearance of the gentleman at his usual resort of business this morning, and on in quiry, it turns out that the parties who sold him the stock were in pursuit of him, but were contented to relinquish it on the surrender of the check represent- Mg the purchase of the Spanish stock, but which they now believe was prepared by himself to give a decent colour to the whole transaction. Of course, all his own checks drawn for payment of the Spanish stock, and which, luckily for the Stock Exchange, were distri buted among upwards of twenty persons, were not paid. Whether the affair is to be settled by classifying him as a defaulter, or by a lets creditable name, remains to be settled. Private letters from Manchester state that the direc tors a the Commercial Bank are threatening and corn mencimg legal proceedings against all their creditors, both at Manchester and the branches. Much anxiety is said to exist as t• the winding up of the concern. PO T.--The Funds were slightly depressed at one time to-day, owing to an announcement which appeared in the -Gazette to the effect that certain " Re3r- Admi rals have been transferred to the active list of flag,- efficeis of her Majesty's fleet," such announcement being naturally ascribed by many to circumstances aris ing out .of the great political question by which all Europe is agitated at the presaot moment. We under stand, however, that the measure has no direct refe rence to this affair. The expianatio■ we hear of the matter is as follows :—On the recommendation of the Duke of Clarence, when Lord High Admiral, an Order in Council -was issued by George the Fourth, re moving a number of officers of the navy entitled to the flag to the retired list. In consequence, however, of the subsequent report of the Naval and *Rail Commission, her Majesty's Ministers have, it appears, at length become sensible of the claims of these deserving persons, who, after gal lantly and successfully fighting the battles of the country, weee at the time made to give way to a juvenile class of aspirants; and hence the determination to do them the tardy ,justice above recorded. It is due to the memory cf Sir James Devonshire, who had long been in the ser vice, and who was one of the unfortunate individuals re moved, to mention that it is understood to have been in consequence of his urgent remonstrances the Naval and Military Commission was appointed. That able officer has, it is said, lately died from grief; brought on by the neglect he experienced, in common with many other meritorious persons, from the Whig Board of Admiralty. It is regretted by all who are cognizant of the fact that he did not survive a little longer to enjoy the fruits of his perseverance, and to see himself called once more into active service. When this interpretation of the Government notice 'came to be circulated, the markets recovered much of their previous firmness. The Share Market continues without animation. Nothing satisfactory has yet transpired concerning the extraordinary Spanish bond transaction noticed by us yesterday. It is but a bagatelle in comparison with other fraud, to which we have called attention in treat ing of the Bubble on former occasions, and which the committee have allowed to pass without a word of cen sure. If a proper jealousy of the character and privi leges of the Stock Exchange were felt on the part of those gentlemen, and every considerable breach of con fidence were visited with the punishment that is due to it, we should hear less of these petty deviations than we do. The five thousand pound affair described by us in yesterday's City article was, as we understand it, a case of simple embezzlement, and, in our estimation, such a case is infinitely less to be condemned than the " clan destine operations" in which parties claiming to be re spectable implicated themselves in 1836 and 7. HERALD—Private letters received to-day from Paris, although confessing, what was otherwise known, that the tone of the public journals was somewhat more moderate, and to a certain extent modulated from the full war chorus of menace to the more piano notes of querulous complaint, are yet far from confident in their anticipations ofa peaceful denouement to the present cu rious as perillous complication of affairs. The principal grounds for hope of a pacific readjustment are believed to rest, not on the reappearance, and the negotiations with which M. Guizot may he charged anew according to fresh instructions received during the late conjunction of King and Ministers at Eu, in Normandy, but on the mis sion of Coupt de St. Aulaire to Vienna, where he has returned charged specially to come to an under standing with Prince Metternich, and arrange some middle term by which the amour propre of France so wantonly, and, in view of the abortive Syrian insurrection reckoned on so lightly for such decisive results, so mat a propos outraged by Lord Palmerston, may be soothed with something like an amende honorable in the shape of apology direct or indirect, or cession of terms on disputed points adequate. The intelligence however more particularly concern ing this country which is mentioned in these private /otters, refers to the disputes with Naples. It is asserted that these are far from being terminated satisfactorily, as was announced almost positively in the Queen's speech at the prorogation ; that ig fact the propositions sub mitted by France in the character of mediator were entirely inadmissible, and that in consequence remon strances and despatches had been sent to Naples of the roost hostile nature. These statements, it may be observed, are entitled to some attention, because not given as the flyingr...ports of the day, but coming from parties of respectability and social standing, who may be supposed to have access to good information and capa ble of weighing well the probabilities of that which they communicate, even if not correct to the full extent. Some observations in the Times this morning, which appear not very happily in coalition with the Chronicle, in justification of the unprincipled conduct of the Por tuguese Government are sufficiently and appositely an swered, almost as if prepared with fore-knowledge in the Herald of this morning in this department. There is therefore the less occasion to expend time and paper needlessly on a tale so worn out of the two Portuguese champions, but they shall both be dealt with in due Fea son , for true economy may ho said to consist in kill ing two birds with one stone. CHRONICLE.—One of our contemporaries—but only one—has attempted to pick holes to-day in the ex planation which we gave on Tuesday of the mixed ope ration of July, 1839, whereby the Portuguese Govern ment raised funds to carry on the public business. Our contemporary charges us with being actuated by in terested motives in defending the conduct of the Portuguese Government in that transaction, and cavils at our statement of figures. He has not, bowever shown that our version was in any degree erroneous. If we made any deviation from the truth, it certainly was not in support of the Portu guese Government, but the reverse ; for we find, on re f. rence to the decree of the Cortes, published in the Liario de Gov rno, of the 13th of July, 1839, that ten ders were ordered to be received in sums so low as 20/., in place of 1001., as we previously stated, and that the amount raised was only 1,400 contos, or 336,0001., in stead of 400,0001., as we supposed. After examining the decree we are fully satisfied that the Government of Portugal is free from blame in that affair, and that those bondholders who have attacked them have had their understandings darkened by misfortune, or been otherwise misled, so that they have confounded the loss of their dividends with the cancelment of the stock, delivered under the mixed operation now under consi deration. 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, AND 76, KING WILLIAM-STREE T , BANK OF ENGLAND.—. DEAFNESs AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—A greater proof of the value of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomon's Invisible Operative Voice Conductor and newly-invented Spectacle Lenses, cannot be adduced, than the circumstance of the many thousands of individuals who have obtained the greatest benefit and instant relief, and the constant immense de mand there is for them, and the patronage they have and daily continue to receive. The Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons disclaim all ccnnection with persons of the same name, and the sale of amber spectacles ; the pernicious use of amber spectacles being now well known to the public, and the vendor being aware of it, be has therefore altered their name, by leaving out the word " Amber," ond calling them " Patent Spectacles." Dr. Andrew u;e, M.D., F. R. S., &c., states amber is most power , y electrical by friction, very hot, to such an ex tent as to explode into fragments. The workmen, too, arc. subject to a nervous tremor in their wrists, arms, &c., they encounter great danger by handling suc h d readfully -ex cited electrics. Amber is of such a soft and sticky na ture, that it is apt to take fire ; and when exposed to warmth, it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away w i th flame. This statement is further confirmed by Sir D. Brewster and Pliny, and also by Parks and Hearne on chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of such a n aterial for spectacles to imp erfect vision may be ascer tained at any respectable optician's in London. The expenses attending the recent great annual meeting of the Royal Agricalturalbupwards o f 1001. The Society held at rCam bridge, exceeded the recepts y next annual country meeting oft h h i e eh so t ci he soc i ety i L s iv fi e x rp e n d e f l o r r a t c h e e s Thursday after the week in c, take place. which will be on the second Tuesday or Wed nesday in July, 1841. The meetings of the Council were then adjourned to the first Wednes day in September. DEATH OF SIR JAMES Ai% EDDERBURziE He was not entitled under the Lord Chancellor's decree to any such sum as 400,0001., but only to a fourth shar e of about a f ourt h part of that amount , his proport i on b eing greatly encumber e d by c h arges an d li a bili t ies. Indeed, it ng is not supposed that any division of the funds involved in the Wedderburne suit can take place for many years to ccme, the accounts to be gone into being of the most com plicated nature. Instead of 20,000/. a year, Sir James r Wedderburne, hay.ng expended his original property, has been known for years as unable to fulfil his wish to satisfy the claims which hit want of income created, and he has , undergone privatiew of the it pai-ful kind Sir , J. Wedderburne lie had any pr Ter . . Corr e4tpondent of a Morning Paper. THE WEATHER-SEP lOUS FLOODS. On Monday last this town was visited by one o f t h e most severe storms of rain and wind that we recollect to have occurred in the summer season. D uring Sunday, the barometer, which had previously been steadily rising, suddenly fell about eight-tenths of an inch ; aid uring the night there was a very copious fall of rai n, but un accompanied by any considerable vitdener; of wind. About noon on Monday, however, a very heavy gale began to blow from the westward, rtcaimpanied by showers of rain and hail ; and, from &Dot it four o'clock in the afternoon, the rain was heavy and i ncessant, and the wind rose almost to a hurricane, which continued all the night, and which, we fear, must have done most ex tensive mischief to the crops of corn tt. roughout the district to which its ravages extended. We have heard that nearly the whole of the corn between this town and Altrincham is beaten down by the force of the wind, and generally lies as flat as if a roller h ad been passed over it. The damage resulting from the wind and the rain is no', however, the only mischief to be r •egretted. The rivers Mersey and Irwell were swelled by the rain to a height which has not, we believe been reached by any sunmer flood since the disastrous inundation in the ye it 1799, and which is still remembered by many C ieshire farmers, and which, it is worth while to re mark, also occurred on the 17th of August. The flood on this occasion, indeed, did not reach its greatest height until about half-past six o'clock yesterday morn. ing, when the whole of the low grounds in Broughton were flooded, and Great Clowes-street, and the newly paved portion of Broughton-lane, were flooded to some depth, as well as many of the houses in the low ground in Salford, near Broughton-bridge. In that part of Cheshire which adjoins the river Mersey, the whole of the low ground was under water yesterday morning ; and we fear that many 'nundred acres of corn, turnips, and potatoes will have received irretrievable injury ; and much mischief in other ways, of which we have not yet had time to hear, will have been done in various quarters. We regret to add, that this flood has been attended by a very melancholy loss of lite near Bury, the details of which we have heard imperfectly. A carter, in the employ of Mr. Thomas Oram, fulling-miller, of Tot ting-Lower-End, near Bury, was returning on Monday evening with his cart, and, on arriving at a point where the road between Bury and Mr. Oram's mill crosses, by a ford, the Holcome Brook, a very short di stance from its junction with the river Irwell, he found that the brook was greatly swelled by the rain, and was ad vised by some person who saw him not to attempt to cross it. He, however, refused to listen to this lidivice, and not only got into the cart himself, but took with him a woman and a child, who were desirous of cross ing the brook. He then drove his horse into the 'water, but, before he reached the middle, the force of t'ae cur rent overpowered the horse, and compelled it to swerve from the proper course; the cart was over turned, and the whole party were precipitat ed into the raging torrent, which swept them immediately into the Irwell, and they were all three drowned. It may not be uninteresting to our readers to be re minded, that Monday, the day on which this stor m pre vailed, was not only the anniversary of the disastrous flood of 1799, but also of the loss of the Bothsay Castle, which was wrecked on the 17th of August, 1831.. The day, therefore, seems to be peculiarly marked 'by a re currence of wet and boisterous weather. Since the above was written, we have received a communication from Bolton, that Wileockson's coach from Preston had not arrived in that town at two o'clock which, we believe, is some hours after its usual time ; and it was reported that the bridge at Walton, near Preston, was washed down. It does not :appear that any serious damage had been done by the flood in the neighbourhood of Bolton.—Blanchester Guctrdian. CHARTIST PROCESSION AND DINNER. During last week, very large placards were pested on the walls of this town, announcing that a procession would take place on Saturday evening, to escort into the town Mr. Peter M'Douall, of Rambo ttom, and John Collins, of Birmingham, the former of whom has lately been liberated from Chester Castle, itnd the lat ter from Warwick Gaol, where they had been confined for political offences. The procession was formed in Stevenson-square, at a time when the operatives had all left their work ; and, there being a band of music or two, and a number of banners, a rather numerous crowd was collected. The route was down Mosley-street, King-street, Bridge-street, over New Bailey-bridge, and along Chapel-street, to somewhere in the neigh bourhood of Cross-lane, where the " victims" were waiting for them. The procession then returned, the " victims" being in coaches, with some of the "leaders" in Manchester. On returning, they want by Victoria Bridge up Market-street, down Portland-street, and thence to Carpenters' Hall, which was pretty well filled. The chair was taken by an operative named Leech ; and the meeting was addressed by him, M'Douall, Collins, and one or two others. .M.'Douall, in his speech, alluded to physical fora*, eancli , mning the frequent threats of it in the late agitation, and also the repudiation of any aid from the middle classes. On Monday evening a dinner (the tickets for which wore charged 2s. each) was given in the " Hall of Science," in honour of the occasion. There were, we nod, r stand, about 500 persons present, including a fc:y females. The chair was taken by the Rev. Jamt Scholefield, of Every-street. The principal speaker were Collins and M'Douall. The latter, whose recent imprisonment does not seem to have been entirely lost upon him, deprecated any resort to physical force, al present. He urged them to agitate for the Charter, and nothing but the Charter, and not be drawn aside by any specious scheme whatever, and said, if they only continued true to their purpose, the time would come— though no one knew when, for it would come suddenly like a thief in the night—when the Charter would cer tainly be obtained! But he would not advise the people to do anything that he could not lead them forward in. The party did not break up till after twelve o'clock.— Manchester Guardian, EVEN IN G EDITION. CORONER'S INQUES r. FATAL CASE OF STABBlNo.—Yesterday an inquest was held before William Carter, Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, at the Crown Inn, Nutfield, near Reigate, on the body of William Budger, a young man in the prime of life, who had been killed by a comrade of the name of Oldhrookan excavator on the Brighton Railway. James Willis was first examined, and said he was at the Crown on Sunday evening, about half-past six. While he was there two men and a woman came in, and soon after Oldbrook, accompanied by a younger man, entered the room. Oldbrook seemed to have been drinking, and was " sky-larking." He called for a glass of brandy, and was about to drink it, when one of the two men took it from him, saying, " You are not going to drink all this, are you?" and he then gave it to his friend. The deceased just then entered the house, and called for something to drink. I❑ a mi nute or two, two other men followed, and took the deceased from the room. Oldbrook followed them. In five minutes Oldbrook returned and placed his coat and waistcoat on the knee of ono of his friends. He then went out " eager," and was swear ing. He said he was going to fight the deceased. Witness went out and saw the deceased take off his coat, waistcoat, and shirt. They fought two rounds, and in each the two fell. Oldbrook was then pulled into the house, but he was resolute, and went out again. Another round was fought, and both were on the ground, when Oldbrook said, " I'll show him Lanky," The CORONER—Did you know his meaning in using that term ? Witness—Yes; in Lancashire they kick, and tha j 3 what he meant. Oldbrook did commence kicking the deceased, who, notwithstanding, struck him two or three times severely in the ribs, and they fell against the sign-post. The deceased was raised up, but Oldbrook started up hastily, and ran into the house without saying a word. Witness followed, and told him he would have no more. Oldbrook at once went to the parlour and took a knife from his pocket. Witness followed him, and called out, " He has got a knife, and is going to stab the man." He saw the two struggling and then the deceased upon his back, and Oldbrook sat for half a minute against his body, on the ground. Oldbrook rose up, and came in swear ing ; the deceased wa s l y in g with his hand on his arm. Witness went to the deceased, and found a desperate gush of blood rushing from the left side. He was soon brought, into the parlour, but h e was quite dead. The constable was sent for, and Oldbrook was at once given into custody. A surgeon, w ho o pened the body of the d e ceased, said he found the instrument, which entered between the fifth and sixth rib, had penetrated the left side of the lungs, than th e per i c ardium, and e ntered the left ven tricle o f th e heart, to the extent of four inches and a half. After some further evidence the Coroner summed up, and the Jury, having deliberated for two houri, returned a verdict of manslaughter. The prisoner was then committed, on the Coroner's warrant, to Horsemonger-lane gaol. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley Howic on Tuesd a y, at cr.c p.m., from a visit to her Ma jesty and Prince Albert at Windsor Castle. His Grace, accompanied by the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, will Inv, town early this morning for Weimer Castle, where the Noble Duke will entertain a party during the ensuing week. The Earl of Wilton, who is now at the Isle of Wight, Lord and Lady Burghersh, and Colonel Gur wood„ the Deputy Governor of the Tower, are expected to be the guests of his Grace at Waliner. A Yankee editor gi.r.-the followin g as t h e most approved method of killing fle as. Placa the aaimal on, a sm soth pine board, and edge him in with 'Crafty; t h en read him an account of all the raiiitu and steamboat aet.9ents ~..2 “ .-Ai h cvo , h 41\ % 1 4 wit:' . the last twelve month , . A s soon as he becomes fthiti;if 4 .$ it 't to be able to st i r, draw out his- teeth, and he 1.- rye t death. THE SUN*, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1840. DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF PART OF THE CREW OF HER MAJESTY'S CORVETTE, MODESTE, OF 18 GUNS. AND MASSACRE OFTROOPS AT MADAGASCAR. This splendid corvette was launched and fitted out at Woolwich, about November 1837, under the com mand of Mr. Harry Eyres, (a commander in the Royal Navy, the whole of the crew being composed of " Woolwich lads,") and ordered to the coast of Africa, where she has been cruising for nearly three years for the suppression of the slave trade ; she has been most successful, having captured several vessels and liberating upwards of a thousand human beings. The third vessel taken by the corvette, Modeste, (as stated by a gallant officer on board her Majesty's ship) was . leaky, in want of provisions, and under repair, when captured. Captain Eyres sent Mr. Pearse, the mate of the Modeste, as prize master in her, to Majambe Bay, a place in Madagascar, to await his arrival, as he was on the look out in other quarters. The young officer in charge made the appointed rendezvous, and anchored. The next day it blew a strong gale, and the vessel parted from her cables and drove upon the rocks, the surf breaking over them in a most awful manner. She immediately split, and filled with water. The natives of the coast, consisting pf various tribes, are a ferocious and treacherous people, sparing neither sex nor age when, under such circumstances, the whites are thrown among them. What, then, must be the feelings of those on board ? A vessel going to pieces, with cer tain death befere them, and almost as little hope from the natives on shore. The latter view of the melancholy alternative did not, however, daunt the crow, and one gallant fellow dashed into the boiling surge, and reached the shore with a hawser, which he secured to a project ing rock, by which means, and cutting the gunwale away, the officer in command, Mr. Pearse, succeeded in getting out the long-boat ; not one on board the vessel disobeyed orders, but cheerfully and respect fully assisted, heart and hand, in first rescuing twenty-two slaves (mostly children) from an inevi table death if abandoned, and safely landed them, the remainder of the crew remaining with the vessel, although every shock threatened instant destruction. The mate and his crew then abandoned the wreck, but before they had reached twenty yards from , the vessel, the directing hawser was carried away, the surf capsized the boats, and dashed the gallant fellows on the rocks. It blew a hurricane all night, and al though in the morning the wind moderated, the rain continued without intermission. A cask containing damaged oatmeal was observed on the shore. Some monkeys shortly appeared, which were soon des patched. and their flesh, stewed with the meal, afforded the means of maintenance. Six days this dreadful state was endured with never-ceasing torrents of rain, without a shelter. The sea, however, at last drove the remains of the brig so high on the rocks, that at low water the commander could get on the wreck, when he found the rocks had gone through her in three places, the deck had been forced up, and that she had parted amidships. A few sails were obtained, with which a tent was rigged. Provisions now began to fail, the oatmeal being nearly expended, and the monkeys so shy, as not to come within even a " hail," when two days after wards Pearse fancied he descried a sail, which turned out to be the Modeste ; it seas, however, getting dark. and as the Modeste,was wholly ignorant of the state of the shipwrecked crew, she stood off and on, so that they were doomed to pass another dreadful night, with the apprehension of her being blown off or quitting that part of the coast in pursuit. It afterwards appeared that the corvette intended first going to the other side of the island to water, and then to join Pearse's brig ; but heavy gales drove her so near the place of rendez vous, that the Captain determined on running in, to supply provisions ; the rain had ceased the last day, and the party were now even without a drop of water ; day light discovered them, and they were taken on board, where prompt humanity soon restored them. A court of inquiry was shortly after held for the loss of the ves sel, when Pearse and his gallant few were " honourably acquitted," and the utmost praise most liberally betowed upon him for his conduct and the preservation of his hands. The Modeste then proceeded to Bembatooka, and to the Governor a representation was made of the occurrences, when he despatched a party of troops over land to recover the remaining stores, &c. They were attacked by one of the tribes, and (with the exception of five only of the poor fellows) indiscriminately mur dered. It appeared by the report of the survivors that the natives had not come down to that part of the coast until the day after Pearse and his party had left her. Some short time after, the Modeste captured a schooner in the act of running into a port, as it afterwards appeared for provisions. Night coming on, Pearce was sent with four men to take charge. The captain (Eyres) meaning the next morning to overhaul her, a tremendous gale came on during the night,and thecapturebeingon a lee shore, the corvette was obliged to leave her and make the best of her way clear of the land ; but the prize being a small vessel, and a dull sailer, after every exertion, was obliged to let go all her anchors. Here poor Pearse had as much to endure, nearly, as he had previously encoun tered, for the vessel plunged her masts clean out of her, and swept her decks, carrying her long-boat from the booms. Hcr own crew had got drunk, and the four stout-hearted Modeste fellows were continually at the pumps, keeping Ler free ; fortunately the schooner, pre vious to her detention, had purchased anchors and cables of a vessel double her tonnage, or she never could have weathered the gale. On examining her pro visions, nothing but dry rice was on board, and not a drop of water. Five days the party were exposed to a burning sun, and the only means of slaking their thirst was by applying their lips to the decks for the dew which had fallen during the night. At length the Modeste hove in sight, but too late to save the life of the captain of the schooner, and took Pearse and his men, with the " skeletons " of the schooner, on hoard. The Modeste afterwards made some captures, among which was a beautiful brigantine, in which he placed Pcarse as her commander, and he was fortunate enough to capture a small vessel with 22 slaves. The Modeste and the brigantine met at the Cape of Good Hope, where the gallant Captain Eyres introduced Mr. Pearse to the Commander-in-chief, the Hon. Rear-Admiral Elliot, at the same time recounting his sufferings and services. The Modeste was immediately ordered to join the fleet assemblingto co-operate against the Chinese HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—Bad as our accounts have hitherto been, it is now our painful office to record a worse ca lamity than any that has visited the hop grounds of this district since 1833. During the last week the best grounds have been evidently rather retrograding than improving. The cold nights and fogs had increased the mould, and the skies looked gloomy and unpromising. Oa Sunday the weather was exceedingly fine, and the bines began to look up a little. Still, even the far famed " College Ground" seemed dull and unkindly ; the crack ground of the district being unquestionably the " Great Preston" Aylesford ground, belonging to C. Milner, Esq., which was in full hop, and without a speck of mould. The weather remained fine till mid. night. The barometer, however, fell a greater number of degrees between that hour and four o'clock yesterday morning than had been previously noticed within the memory of an acute meteorological ob server. At sun-rise on Tuesday morning a hurricane commenced of most destructive power, and con tinued at intervals during the whole day ; the gusts of wind came with such intense force as to level at least one-third of the poles in many of the high grounds of this district, and to effect most serious de. mage amongst all. The blocs on the fallen poles are, however, better off than those on the poles which have remained standing, as the whipping and bruising of the hops has so far impaired a large quantity of them that it is expected they cannot possibly recover at this ad vanced period of the season. It is seriously feared that one-fourth of the crop will have been destroyed by this hurricane, and that the duty will thus be reduced below 20,0001. It must be observed that all the following notices were written previously to the hurrcane of Tues day. WATERINGBURY AND MEREWORTH.—The burr is here, coming into hop quite fast. In some of the grounds, where the vermin has been very bad, the cold nights and hot days have been injurious. At the an nual hop dinner, at the King's Head, Wateringbury, at which there were between 30 and 40 gentlemen present, principally growers and factors, the majority were against 30,0001 duty. HEADCORN.—The hops here will searcel) produce a pocket an acre, as they are black and short of bine and the weather unfavourable : the late showers will in• crease the mould. LIDGING AND BREDIFIURST.----IR these parishes the greater portion of the hop grounds are in a very bad state. Those of Mr. Pemble, however, have been estimated to produce four bags an acre, growing well into hop, and have evidently been well cultivated. GOODHUR ST, 1 - IkWKIIURST, SALIIURST, BODIASI, SANDHURST, AND BENENDEN.--The hops are so bad that many of the grounds will not produce one bushel per acre. Mr. Neve has got the bast garden in this district (near the park of T. L. Hodges, Esq.) He is likely to grow 15 or 16 cwt. per acre. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE AT LON ' DoNDEßßY.—Wednesday, being the "anniversary" was ushered in with demonstrations. As three young men were engaged charging a cannon, the cartridge being in the gun, but not yet driven home, an explosion took place. One of the three unfortunate individuals, named Fleming, was killed on the spot, the other Platt, a youth, had both his arms dreadfully shattered, and ono of the fingers of his left hand v as carried away, a n d h e sustained other injuries on various parts of the body. The third perso n, who was ramming the gun, lost a couple of fingers, and the thumb of the young man Ash, who tended the touch-hole, was wounded, and his clothes set on fire. One or two of the spectators likewise suffered some slight in. juries. This awful event put an end to the rejoicings for the rest of the day, and the apprentice boys desisted from their parties in their club-rooms. Da. SOUTHEY.—The delicate health of the poet laureate has obliged him, for the present, to abstain from all literary labour. THE KIRK WEATHERCOCK. We copy the following from the Edinburgh Adver tiser : REPEAL OF THE VETO. We have read the last pamphlet by Dr. Chalmers— " What ought the Church and the People of Scotland to do now ?" with the deepest interest ; and we consider certain announcements i n i t as to t h e new pol i cy an d principles which it recommends the dominant party to adopt, to be of such public importance at this crisis of the question, that we should deem ourselves failing in our duty did we not call particular attention to them. After an elaborate but not very effective defence of the course followed by the Church during the last six years, Dr. Chalmers announces i n p l a i n terms—" The FIRST thing then which, in our estimation, the Church ought to do is to repeal the Veto Law." "We may now be said to have failed in obtaining the ratification of the Veto Law at the hands of Parliament." And he then adds—that " W e should, on the first op portunity, that is at the next meeting of the Assembly, that is, should there he then no better prospect of ob taining a change of the Ci v il L aw t h an now, procee d to rescind i t. We must not be deterred from the path of consistency and honour, b y t h e storm or t h e outcry of coarse-minded imputations w hi c h w ill r i se aga i nst us from the hirelings of the Tory press, and which will be reinforced, we hare no doubt, at one time by the ridi c ul e , and at another, by the execration of their new allies, the Radicals," &c. We pass over the sensitiveness to the very natural remarks which not merely the press, but all Scotland will make on this tardy acknowledg ment of the necessity of that step which the country has already called for almost unanimously nor are svaTshenotimpdoorntea,ntorthainng inws un e c thate d going a t t o last D ask r. C A w h h s a s y l e m m t e b h r l y s , A. the author and pro poser of the . Veto La w , th e ac k nowledged champion of the Church in all the discussions during the last six years, and in comparison with whom no one ever dreams of ascribing any influence throughout the country to any other of the Assembly speakers, has now announced that the Veto Law must be repealed ; and that this is the first step of the proper outgoing of the Church from the position ire which she finds herself. Dr. Chalmers announced as the FOURTH thing which the Church ought to do—‘ , The disposal of the refractory ministers of Strathbogie." "It is a matter in which we have no choice, and ought to have no hesitation." And certainly the day after this pamphlet was published, Dr. Chalmers exhibited no hesitation whatever in urging matters on to the utmost ex tremity against those most ill-used and oppressed gen tlemen. But the ruling party in the Church may de pend upon it the common sense of the people of Scotland—nay, of Great Britain, will not tolerate such an absurdity—such a gross outrage as the next Assembly repealing the Veto on account of the Civil Law, and yet punishing the clergymen who said that the Civil Law must be obeyed by us, the ministers of a national and endowed Establishment. The clergymen of Strathbogie are saved.. Of that there can now be morally no doubt. Dr. Chalmers's announcement that the Veto Law is to be repealed has secured that point. We have not the slightest doubt that if such an enor mity were to be attempted, Parliament would instantly interfere by a restraining and protecting Act. But there is another most important practical point in Dr. Chalmers's new pamphlet. He ends with de claring that patronage must be " not regulated, but destroyed," and he recommends the people to begin a new cour se of agitation for the abolition of patronage. He says this is a matter for the people, not for the Church. We agree in that ; but it will soon be seen that it is the Church orators alone who will take this matter up ; and that we shall have the same sort of agitation attempted by them this year, which, professedly for a different object, they tried to promote last year. We do not be lieve that they will succeed. But in the meantime the important practical point connected with this subject, which we also wish most prominently to bring before the notice of the public, is this—Dr. Chalmers announces, as-in his opinion an essential condition on the abolition of patronage, and the transference of the initiative (to use his own phrase), to the people, that the elective power be vested not in mere inhabitants or scat-payers, but in communicants." He holds it to be indispen sable to " annex this ecclesiastical qualification." And in another part of his pamphlet, he declaims against any attempt from political views to give weight to the people at l arge b y g i v i ng th em , quas i peop l e orinhabitant s of the parish, any such privilege, whether that of veto or election--which he contends must be limited solely to communicants. We do not dispute the propriety of such a qualification, if the change is ever to take place. But before the agita tion for the abolition of Patronage is begun, it is also of great importance to the people themselves, and to the character of the Church—to prevent disappoint ment in the one, and the appearance of deception by the other—either of which would be most prejudicial, that the people should understand exactly what is the sort of popular election which it is proposed to substi tute in lieu of patronage. CENTRAL .UIIIMINAL COURT OLD G'OuRT. Richard Harris, alias Perkins, was indicted for that he, having been previously convicted of uttering false coin, did afterwards, on the 4th day of August in the present year, utter and put off a counterfeit shilling, well knowing it to be so. Mr. Bodkin arid another Learned Gentleman con ducted the prosecution. The record of the prisoner's former conviction was put in and proved, and it appeared that upon that con viction be was sentenced to twelvemonths' imprisonment and bard labour. Anne Nock proved that her husband was a tobac conist in Upper St. Martin's-lane. On Tuesday the 4th of August the prisoner came to the shop and asked for half an ounce of tobacco, and he laid down a counterfeit shilling, which she discovered was bad and told him so, and he left the shop. He came again in the afternoon and again asked for some tobacco, and she served him, and he gave her a good half-crown, and she returned him two shillings and fourpence in change. He then objected to the tobacco and required the half crown back, and she gave it to him back, and he laid down a bad shilling and Is. 4d. as the change she had given him. She discovered that the shilling was bad, and accused the prisoner of it, and he ran out of the shop, but she pursued him, and he was taken by a police constable. She was quite sure that she gave the prisoner two good shillings in change for the half crown. William Earl, a pslice consta b le, deposed that he saw running, and h e too k him into custody, the p r i soner put a half-crown into crown was aft erwar d s id ent ifi ed b y th t hl andilsee hpwar no, prisoner sdeen.c ut heTo didriishshalf Mr. John Field, the inspector of counterfeit coin to the Royal Mint, proved that the shilling produced was a counterfeit one. The half-crown was a good one. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was never in the shop of the prosecutor in his life. The Jury found the prisoner guilty ; and William Haynes, alias Ranger, was also convicted of a simil ar offence. He was called up for judgment with the last e y o l o z o es . , pri soner, and they were both sentenced to be transported for ten years. William Gates, aged 19, was indicted for feloniously stabbing John .M‘Carthy, with intent to maim and dis able him, or to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Payne defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor and the prisoner were in a public-house together, on the night of August 1, and some dispute arose between them, and the prisoner threatened to smack the prose-, tutor's face. They left the house, and the prosecutor went up to the prisoner, and asked him what he meant by threatening him, and laid his hand gently upon his collar, and the moment he did so, the prisoner stabbed him in the chest. Mr. Payne addressed the Jury. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HOUSE. A young man of respectable appearance, who said that hi s name was King, was brought before the Lord Mayor, c h arge d w i th hav i ng l u rked about Lime -street ' squa re , a very retired part o f t h e City, at p rece di ng eleven on the night, with no g ood intention. The appearance of the defendant was r ather dand y ish. A City policeman stated tha t he had received di rections front his serj ea nt to ap prehend any young man whom h e s h ou l d see mov i ng s uspiciously about the square at ni g h t , w i thout appe aring to have any reason able object, a s th e i n h a bi tan ts had observed a person , of wh om th ey h a d not a good op i n i o n, in the neighbourhood saveral tim es . Th e d e f en d a nt, who was dressed in black, ma d e hi s appearance at e leven o'clock, and after passing th ree or four t i mes u p and down, went up to the door of one o f t h e houses , but, upon seeing witness, stepped quickly aside, and was gliding away, when wit ness stood before him to oppose his departure. H e then shoved witness against the rails, and struggled to escape, but was detained. The LORD MAYOR—Did you search the gentleman to ascertain if he had any picklock keys ? The police man said that the gentleman had one key about him, 1 but it appeared to be the key of a trunk, and all the money he had in his pocket was a sixpence and a few halfpence. The LORD MAYOR—well, Sir, this is an awkward business. What were you doing in the square ? You don't live there ? Defendant —Why no, I don't li ve there, but it is a thoroughfare, and I was walking, through it, as any other gentlem an would, when this man threw himself in my wa y, and collared me. The policeman said that the gentleman acknowledged to him that he had been in the square the night before, and the suspicion as to his intentions was aroused by the fact, that he was very anxious to get away. Defendant—The fact is, I expected to meet a person in the square. The LORD MAYOR—Oh you did! Did you expect , to meet the person in the Louse 3ou went up to ? De fendant—No, I went to no hous,. That was an error of the officer. The Loan MAyon—You'll excuse me for asking you ; but robberies have been committed by persons who have sneaked about retired places, as you have. Pray was the person a lady or a gentleman ? Defen dant—The fact is, it was a lady I had appointed to meet. The LORD MAYOR—Perhaps so. At all events the officer was perfectly right in apprehending you. I-1:s Lordship then desired that inquiry should be made at the house in the square, whether the defendant was known to any of the inhabitants or their servants. The Sergeant reported that tho defendant was wholly unknown in the square, and that none of the servant girls were allowed to have followers. . . Defendant—l don't pretend to know any body in the square, arid I regret that I ever went into it. The LORD 'Mavon—Weil, I dare say you were not quite so comfortable in the Compter as you expected to be. I would not advise you to make appointments in the square with ladies again, for if you are found there another night under such circumstances, it is possible that you may go to the treadmill. The defendant, who thus narrowly escaped the character of a housebreaker, by punctually keeping, according to his own account, an appointment with a lady, was then allowed to depart, which he did in a very awkward style. The Lord Mayor received a letter from an anony mous correspondent, calling his Lordship's ‘ittention, in the most urgent wanner, as Alderman of the Ward of Bridge, to the circumstances which took place on the occasion, of the alleged refusal of Mr. Francis, of the Adelaide Hotel, to afford accommodation to Mrs. Seaward, who lost her children by the calamitous acci dent, near the Adelaide-wharf, London-bridge. The letter complained of the conduct of the proprietors of the Hotel, and stated that Mrs. Seaward was danger ously ill, in consequence of the want of the prompt re lief which might have been afforded in the house. His LORDSHIP, as the melancholy facts of the case had given rise to a great many reports, considered it but fair towards the proprietor of the Hotel, as well as towards the public, to call for an explanation, al though the intelligence he had received was upon the questionable authority of a person who, for some reason not quite intelligible, gave no name. Mr. Francis having heard the letter read, referred his Lordship to the report of the inquest in the Times news paper, held upon the body of one of the infant sufferers, on which occasion he in the most positive manner de nied that any accommodation had been refused at the Adelaide, and he had hoped that such a denial would have been satisfactory, and have prevented any recur rence to the painful subject. The LORD MAYOR said that for his part he enter tained no doubt whatever, from the character of Mr. Francis, that there was no ground for the imputation, but he believed that it would be satisfactory to have the explanation repeated. . From the statement immediately and minutely entered into by Mr. Francis, and in the course of which the Lord Mayor asked several questions, it appeared that when Mr. Francis heard that some of the individuals who had met with the deplorable accident were in the tap, which is two stories below the hotel, he immedi ately went thither, in order to render any assistance in his power. He, however, found it so much crowded with persons curious to see what was going forward, that it was quite impossible for him to get near the sufferers. Under these circumstances he called to the wife of the individual who keeps the tap to take the sufferers into the bar, and desired that the door might be closed upon the public, whose numbers caused a complete obstruction. It was his intention then to have the tap cleared, and to have made the best and most expeditious arrangements for rendering service. At that moment one of the children supposed to have been drowned was brought in, and a most distressing scene was occasioned, and almost at the same moment a person shouted out that the females must be removed, and to the perfect astonishment of Mr. Francis, they were hurried from the house. These occurrences passed so rapidly, that Mr. Francis could not possibly have done more, although actuated by the best feelings. The City Marshal (Mr. Brown) stated that he had long known Mr. Francis, and he felt perfectly assured that the disposition of that gentleman would lead him to act most promptly upon any occasion of the kind. The Loa]) ALavott said that the statement of Mr. Francis was perfectly satisfactory to him, and he could not see how any individual could have acted with more propriety under the circumstances, than had been de scribed. Mr. Francis expressed his grateful thanks to the Lord Mayor for having given him the opportunity of again contradicting, in the most solemn manner, the charge so falsely made against him. RD W- STREET. William Henry Mould, James Collier, William Glindon, and William Turton, were brought before Mr. flail, in the custody of Bagnall, a constable of the T division, charged with obtaining a blank cheque book from Messrs. Wright and Co., bankers, of Hen rietta-street, Covent-garden, under false pretences, and with forging and uttering three cheques for the sum of 5/. each, well knowing them to have been forged. Mr. James Cochrane, a baker, stated that none of the prisoners were known to him, but he had lately been imposed upon with the cheque produced, which had been brought to him by a boy. The cheque was as follows : " Messrs. Wright and Co. pay to Mr. Jones the sum of 3/. G. Percival." And it was en closed in the note produced : " Mr. Salmon would be obliged to Mr. Cochrane to cash the enclosed cheque, as he happens to be at this moment in want of cash, and it is after the banking hours. Dated the 16th August." When the boy presented the note, witness not having so much gold by him, ho went to Mr. Salmon, to know if the silver he then had would be enough, and lie made the discovery. A boy, aged ten years, whose name did not transpire, proved that he kot the letter to Mr. Cochrane from the prisoner Mould, who came after him for that purpose to his father's house, and the reason he gave was, that he (prisoner) did not wish to call at Cochrane's himself for private reasons. . Mr. Henry Bailey, a butcher of Tottenham-court road, had a cheque brought to him on Saturday last, purporting to be from Mr. Clapham, of Francis -street, with whom he was well acquainted. Witness believing that the boy bad come from his friend, he gave him five sovereigns, and on the following day, on meeting with Mr. Clapham, he found that he had never sent him. Mr. Jackson, a butcher, of Goodgc-street, Totten ham-court-road, who had no knowledge of any of the prisoners, had a cheque brought to him on Saturday last by a boy, with the name of Mr. Fountain upon it, and on asking him how he came by it, he said he had got it from another boy at the corner of the street. On proceeding to Mr. Fountain he was informed that it was not sent by him. A clerk in the house of Messrs. Wright identified the book produced as one of those which are usually given to gentlemen who keep an account at their bank. He recollected a lad having come on Thursday for a cheque hook for Mr. Small, who was known at the bank, but he could not say if any of the prisoners were the person who had called, and he had cashed several cheques since, but none for a Mr. Percival, as no such person banked at the house. Mr. Cheshire, from the firm of Small and Co., proved that no application had been made at the bank on the day in question to cash a cheque, nor had he any know ledge of any of the prisoners. Constable Bagnall said that when he apprehended the boy he found the cheque-book upon him, which he said he had got from Mould, who told him to destroy it, which he refused. On questioning him respecting the cheques, he said he had received them also from the prisoner Mould, who persuaded him to get them cashed, which he did on three different occasions, and although the prisoner was present, he made no remark. Witness subsequently received from the prisoner's mother thirty one cheques produced, which had not been filled up. Mrs. Mould proved that she found the cheques in a drawer in her son's bed-room. He did not liv e with her constantly, but was witli her the whole of last week. On observing some cheques in his hand, she re quested to see them, as they appeared to be all new, but he said there was no harm in them, and refused th em . He then took them away, but on Saturday night he slept in the room where they w ere f oun d , an d as he persisted in not giving up the book his father desired him to quit his house. The prisoner had been idle for some time, and she was not aware of his being concerned with the other prisoners, except as acquaintance s . On Monday last the prisoner, Turton, came for her son, but he would not tell her what he wanted him for. William Moulds went after the prisoner, Turton, with the officers, on Friday, and on telling him that he had come, having been informed he had asked his son to sign the cheques, when he smiled, and said he would not come before a Magistrate ; but he laid hold of him by the collar, and on the way to the station-house he admitted that his son had applied to him to sign the cheques, but he did not say if he had done so, nor did he say if he had any of them, or where they were. Witness was acquainted with the handwritin g of the prisoner Turton, but he could not say if the word " Percival," on the paper produced had been written by him. Mrs. Mould, on being recalled, said, that on Monday morning when Turton called to inquire for her son, and finding him not at home, he said, " Do you know has he any money ?" but she replied, " I don't know anything of his business, and you may see him in the course of the day.". He then went away. Bagnall, on going to a coffee-shop in Bro a d- s t reet, on Mond a y a ft ernoon , found Collier and Mould ; upon the former of whom he found the cheques produced, and on asking him where he got them, in the presence of the other prisoner, he said he got theM from Mould, who made no observation. Respecting the cheques whi c h bad been cashed, he said he had received them also from Mould, and he gave them to little boys to call at different places with them. The, prisoner Mould then said he would not have done it, but he was told he could raise sums of money in that way. r -- " Mr. HALL said as there was no evidence against Nindon he might be discharged. Bagnali said he had constantly- been in the company of the others, and had lately lodged in the same house with Turton, and when he obse.rved he was about to take hint into custody he ran away.. Mr. HALL said that not only by the admission of his parents, but from an account he had received from Tuthill-fields Prison, the prisoner Mould bore a moat wretched character. Bagnall knew the prisoner Collier to be an associate of thieves. The prisoner Turton declared. he knew nothing of the cheques, and that he had called because Mould wanted to do something for him. _ _ Mr. HALL then ordered them to be brought up again on Monday next, with the exception of cilindon, who was discharged. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. WALESBY and a Bench of Magistrates.) APPEAL DAY. -- WEDNESDAY. William Anderson appealed against a conviction of R. E. Broughton, Esq , a police Magistrate, Mr. Clarkson appeared for the appellant, who was the landlord of the Eldon Arms, Queen-street, Moot fields. The conviction was " for knowingly and wilfully permit. Ong drunken and other disorderly conduct in the house." The following was the evidence adduced by the police in support of the conviction : Inspector Robinson. of the G division, deposed that on the 11th of July, about ten minutes after two o'clock, A. M , he went to the house and was admitted into the par lour, where he saw seven persons, three of whom were drunk. There was not any rioting. They were merely speaking loud enough to be heard outside. The landlord did not seern quite so courteous as usual, but he would not swear he was drunk. Mr. MeWilliam—Will you swear that you think he was drunk ? Witness—l will. Sergeant Hammond, G division, deposed that he accom panied the het witness to the house on the night in ques tion, and that he heard singing in the parlour. On enter ing they found seven men, three of whom were asleep. On awaking them they appeared to have been drinking. One of them, the drunkest of the three, soon after svent to his house, a short way off, and, taking the key out of his pocket, went inside. They were merely merry in the parlour. The landlord was very abusive to the inspector, and complained of their knocking so loudly at the door, and :making so much noise before he was able to let them in. The CHAIRMAN—You say the landlord was abusive. What was the language he made use of ? Whness_. When the inspector told him that the three men were drunk, he replied they were not drunk, and if they were, it was their duty to take them into custodt. The CHAIRMAN —Did he (the landlord) say anything more? Witness—That was all. The CHAIRMAN—What did the inspector say in reply? Witness—He said he would not take them into custody. The CHAIRMAN—Did the landlord use any violent ges ticulations ? Witness—No. He spoke rather loud. The Cneinsfeer—Speaking rather loud 1 Why, I am speaking rather loud now. Did you see; nothing else? Witness—l did not. That was the evidence adduced in support of tit( con viction. Mr. Clark Son said lie could not for one moment believe that the facts stated before the Court could have been the same with those laid before the convicting Magistrate. The CHAIRMAN said he should think it must indeed have been a very different statement. Mr. BROUGHTON (the convicting Magistrate, who was upon the Bench) made some observation, which was un derstood to be, in effect, that the facts were not different, and complained of the hardship of the recent Police Act, which did not permit police magistrates to speak in their own defence. Mr. Clarkson—Then I unhesitatingly change my tone, and say that a conviction granted on such evidence is a dis grace to the office whence it emanated. Mr. BROUGIITON said that it was a violation of justice that an officer of the Court should be attacked, and not have an opportunity to say a word in his own defence. He (Mr. Broughton) only came there to learn the decision of the Court. Mr. Clarkson said the conviction was bad in law upon the face of it. but to that it was now unnecessary to refer. It was too bad that a man should be brought there, and even convicted upon a charge without a particle of evidence to support it. Tim Chairman seemed to think the case was at an end, but after some conversation Mr. M'William (there being only another Magistrate besides the chairman present) de clared that he would support the conviction. Mr. CLARKSON trusted that there were some means existing to prevent so gross a perversion of public justice. Hewouid now appeal to the chairman as a member of the legal profession, independently of his coadjutors on the Bench, whether this conviction could by possibility be sustained. The appellant was convicted of two offences—for know ingly and wilfully permitting drunkenness and other dis orderly conduct in his house. As to the latter, the evi dence before the Court was that there was no noise and no disorderly conduct whatever. The evidence, so far from supporting the charge, distinctly contradicted it. But one honourable Magistrate (Mr. M'William) had said that be would support the conviction. After some further observations, Mr. M'William ex plained that the Learned Counsel had misunderstood him. Mr. Clarkson said, that bad it been necessary, ho in tended to have called every one of the individuals in the parlour at the time; and, further, by a cross-examination of the inspector, to have shown how many times this ap pellant had already been brought before the Magistrates without the police having been able to obtain a conviction. The CHAIRMAN said the evidence, in his opinion, by no means sustained the charge. Mr. BkOUGHYON said he never meant to have fined the man to the amount named in the conviction. It was done at his own express desire, to enable him to appeal. He intended merely to fine him a small sum by way of caution. The CHAIRMAN then went minutely through the evi. dence. and the conviction was quashed. Mr. BROUGHTON (to the Chairman)—Then you mean to contend that a publican having three drunken men in his house committed no offence against the statute ? The CHAIRMAN regarded that as a kind of taunt, and protested against the use of such language to a Judge in the discharge of his public duty. The appellant clearly thought that he had committed no offence, Mr. Broughton was of a different opinion, and the Court had only decided upon the evidence adduced. Mr. BROUGHTON was aware that he had no right to speak, and begged publicly to apologise for making what he intended to be a private observation. The CHAIRMAN complained that no counsel had been employed in support of the conviction which had placed him in the unpleasant predicament of having to act both as advocate and Judge, two characters incompatible in them selves, and which, moreover, might give rise to a suspicion that the merits of the case had not been fairly and impar tially adjudicated upon, The Inspector would take cafe that it should be men tioned in the proper quarter. CURIOUS CASE. —ST. CLEMENT DANES V. sr. MARY, WHITECHA PEL. Mr. Adolphus appeared for the appellant and Mr. Bod kin for the respondent parish. In this case the appeal was against the removal of a pauper of the name of John Henry from the parish of Whitechapel to that of St. Clement Danes. From the statement of the Learned Counsel for the re spondents, it appeared that the pauper had gained a settle. meet in the latter parish by virtue of having rented a tene ment therein at the yearly rental of 301. This tenement consisted of two rooms, which were over a stable in Ports mouth-street, belonging to and in the rear of one of the houses in Lincoln's Inn-fields. In the course of the evi dence it was stated that the boundary line between the pa rishes of St. Clement Danes and St. Giles's runs across the room in which the pauper slept. Mr. Adolphus, in reference to this fact, said there had been a decision in a somewhat similar case, which had gone to determine that the parish in which the bed of the pauper had been placed was the parish which was bound to maintain the party. Mr. Bodkin remarked, it was impossible that that deci sion could be maintained in all cases where such point was in dispute between contending parishes, for he well recol lected an instance where the bed of the pauper had usu ally stood across the boundary line separating the two pa rishes, and it turned out that the pauper had been accus tomed to lay with his head in the one and his feet in the other parish, In that case the court had held that the parish in which the head of the pauper had reclined was bound to support the body.--( Loud laughter.) Mr. Prendergast begged to remind the Court that there was also another ease—one in which the pauper's bed had been placed in such a position as that the dividing line of the two parishes had run as it wore from the head to the heels—that was, lengthways of the bed. There it had been held that the perish on which the left hand side of the bed had been situated was liable to the maintenance of the pauper, on the ground that the pauper's heart, which was conceived to be the most important portion of the con tents of the frame of a human being, as well as the most vied part of man, was usually on that side.—( A laugh.) Such was the decision in that particular case, but he sould not say what the judgment of the Court would be in a case where a party was what was denominated a " restless sleeper," and rolled from one side of the bed to another ; probably it might be that the settlement would follow the removal of the heart from the right hand to the left hand parish.—( Increased laughter.) Mr. Adolphus would call the attention of the Court to another case, wherein the bed of the pauper had been so placed, as that the boundary line had run directly up its centre. In that czse the pauper was a martied man, and the common course of matters would be, that the wife had lein on one side of the line, and the pauper on the other. It was there decided a n d h e ld, t h a t t h e par i s h i n w hi c h the pauper had been in the habit of sleeping was bound to bear the expense of their maintenance as paupers, on the ground that from time immemorial the prevailing custom had been for the husband to lie on the right hand side of his wife.—(Much laughter.) Various other cases having been cited, Evidence was produced on the part of the respondents, which went to prove that the whole of the pauper's bed had stood in the parish of St. Clement Danes. On the other hand, witnesses were called by the counsel for the appellant, who stated, that they had made a most careful survey of the rooms in question, and that there were not more than 15 inches width of the pauper's bed in the parish of St. Giles. Mr. Bodkin said that it was impossible to squeeze a man's body into the narrow space of 15 inches.— (Laughter, ) However, after so many cases had been cited on the subject of the reposing of heads in one parish and the kicking of heels in another, ho would leave it to his learned opponent to hoist the present pauper into any position he might think proper. It was sufficient for him to have proved that the whole of the bed had been in the appellant parish. After .considerable discussion, it was arranged that a EVENING EDITION._, to ~r ecial case shcied b 3 Submitted for the cpinion o. Ccurt of Queen's 13crich. The COURT in the meantime directed th• order of r e moral to be confirmed. WEAVERS OF COVEN - TRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. COVENTRY, Atia 19 ' a , SIR—In perusing your p ar er o f t h e 18th inst., much pleased to see your pow er f u l p en e ngaged ia l ef aY; ing before the cou n t r y th e severe re d uc ti o ns in l a ' n e f attempted to be forced upo n th e wor king peaPl e - Carlisle and Nottingham. Unfortunately we in Coventry, have this very we e k h a d f orce d upon us a reduction °: 20 per cent. on th e p r i ces p a id f or riband weaving , th , ll reducing the men engaged in that business to paaP erls i in e and beggary. These ar e c i rcums t ances , h o wever lit t they may be thought of, in which the substantial iate• rests of the country a r e i nvo l ve d ; h ere are two three large masses of men being hurried to ruin, di sc° ,; tent, resentme n t, an d revenge. How a State, with tu, o mass of its p o p u l at i on d est i tu t e o f t h e necessaries ' life, can be secure, its Government and institution i spected, or even property safe, I know not. There is a f ac t connecte d w i t h t h e reduction ; of wages in C oven t ry w hi c h oug h t to b e k nown . A Prh‘ni; cipal manuf ac t urer , t h e l ea d er i n t hi s most aboalin a ': act of oppression, and whose mal-practices are It : chief cause, is a zealot of the Church, and a 71 c % Tory : and, like a t rue A r i stocrat , re f uses to have ev,-,J a conference with th e weavers or d eput i es a pPo'n by them. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, A WEAVD' CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CO IO4 , 01 nor the Week ended A ug. 14 , 184 0, made up from the ligl tz d se the Inspectors in the d i ff eren t Ci t i es and Towns in Ellgi a " --",‘ \Vales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 72s. 4d. 1 Oats Barley 123. 4d. 1 Rya IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX vi ll 0 PRECEDING. ' Wheat 7ls• Id. 1 Oats ......... 295. 2d. 1 8ean5 ........ . O. 0. Barley. `! 33 . 5(1. 1 Rye la UTILS ON FORI 36 D:N . 1°( C 1 0 . :3 4?:: s D d d. I r ß e ea as n e s ............ :::444::!: Oa; lh Wheat 6s. Fd. I Oats Barley l2a, 4d, 1 Rye R i Pea5e......... . THE MARKETS. COAL 11 Ships arrived since lARKET. Its; market day, 17. d. Adair's 17 6 Chester Derwent Main l7 0 14.ilywell Main l9 0 Original Windsor's Pontop 18 3 Ord's Redhugh Walls Et.d kteivicse and Cr 2l 0 Walls End 47;osforth Walls End Hotspur l9 0 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Haswell Walls End Hetton 22 3 Walls End Lambton Walls End Pemberton ...... 0 Walls End Stewart's ......... 21 6 Walls Eud Whitwell ......... r, Walls End Hartlepool . ....... gl 3_ Walls End Kelloe ......... W..11s End Adelaide .........• 17, ‘ Walls End Barret: ............ 22 . Walls End Tees. ................ 1) 18 b . Walls End Tees Hetton ••" 01 ,' Hartley .............................. Howard's Netherton Mai n ' 19 0 Stavely Main ...................... 20 Walls End Elgin .............. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ....„---"" 1 Fe 1 Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. ) Beans. .............- o. --- -------- 00 Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to a. I. to S. s. to g• 15 Boiston 58 63 33 38 19 26 35 40 39 48 Braintree B+ ighton 7O 78 30 40 4 ', 28 32 46 50 "" Cambridge — 65 33 30 42 •-:, 48 4 ' Chichester 65 72 38 44 28 29 43 44 ' Dunmow 65 75 34 40 26 34 37 45 44 , Grantham Grimsby 5B 70 35 39 22 26 42 44 ... 0 Hailsham Hitchin 63 77 30 34 27 35 2 8 31 ,;72 4 ' Ipswich 62 70 36 32 24 28 38 40 .'' ..! " Lewes 65 80 32 23 29 34 46 -- , o ''' Lynn 6B 72 36 38 50 34 4 5 47 1 Maidstone P9 76 36 39 26 3 2 40 50 - 7„ 4 ' Norwich Petworth 36 2 8 32 48 50 5 4! Rom ford 6B 76 32 33' 24 34 40 50 on . t i Sandwich 56 77 34 43 27 84 33 45 ''-', .' Tnetford Wisbech Witham 67 77 32 36 32 35 46 59 i, 4 1 Yarmouth 62 70 33 35 28 32 38 40 i4v LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Aug. 1 8 111 134. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.. .% . to,. 34. to 0 0 Red ----. Scotch, Welch, and M anx a 7 a 8 1 --- Irish, White 7 6 1 9 ----- Red 6 0 .... 1 IP Foreign 8 3 4 $ Oars, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b —.—... I' n r 0; rr n s. to s. 58 63 66 76 70 78 65 65 72 65 75 68 70 53 70 71 78 63 77 62 70 69 80 68 72 P 9 76 66 76 63 74 68 76 56 77 64 72 54 72 67 77 62 70 V ERPOO. :.11, White, Red Scotch, Welch, ; Irish, INhite , -- Red - Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, r --- Irish Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter Scotch and Irish, per Nibs. Feeding BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter Irish, &c. Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter - Foreign FLOUR, English, per 280113. - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24010 s INDIAN CORN, per 480113. RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter ..--- 42 44 46 28 31 ag 40 34 46 /6 47 40 50 42 44 48 50 40 50 33 45 36 40 44 45 46 59 38 40 I , .Aug. o°. lo s . 34. to 10 6 10 0 6 9 7 76 7 " 6 I/ 3 4 JO 8 4 . 5 4 0 310 0 0 0 I ° 3 4 2 3 4 6 4 3 41 3JO 5 q 0 49 0 41 6, 44 0 q9 O 46 0 u 4 5 , C 1 41 56 - " 54 ° 49 1 0 : 4 3 ° 4 0 gg 48 8 48 " • asp e HULL CORN MARKET. .6i, 72 3 * Wheat, White (per Quarter) 4-65. /Os . 4s Red • Foreign 505. 355. Barley, Malting 325 `'• 315. Grinding rt 013 s. 3.5• Oats, British Foreign (in bond) 40s 44a. 45%; s. 365. 375. 40s. 425. 445. 425. 4es 48s. c. 4 Bs. 5.6, —l. 284 301 M MARKETS. Per lb. d . 6 ~ Blue and White, Linseed Flour (per sack) Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) , CHELTENH A Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Wheat Barley 4 4 5 0 Mutton Oats 4 6 5 0 Veal Beans Pease 6 0 8 0 Lamb Hay 31.65. to 41. ss. 3d. per tcn. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white—............ 725. to 755....,. 01d.............. —s. to --S• red..--...... 665. to 7 05...... 01d......—....... tips. to -- 11 Barley, Malting 375. to 425....., Grnding.. —I. to —4. Oats . 9.9 s to 345. Old ..».... —s. t" 4. _, Beans ._ „ , 39s to 425. 01d............. 435.1 0 ;7 Pease ~............. . 425. to -5..... .. Grey........... 40s• to --9 CHELMSFORD MARKET. „S 4 i 05 • 1 Wheat, White -)to 76 Oats Red ,ic h k it .....................• 13 ,.,' 4 1 66 71 Pease, Gray ........ . .............• : . 4 1 4 ... 1 Barley Cheralier Grinding 41 I; ei I 7 GOTH . _ , OW THE ItEGIMENT, OR KING'- 11 1 ,„ v rr RIFLES.—The first battalion of this gallant corps "Visa' ccived the route, and will proceed from Woolwich t° sor by the Great Western Railway on Tuesday next. FLAT GOLD WATCHES Gold n oi.D Ten Guineas each. Highly -finished HORIZONTA L , A — ditah .WATCHES, with engraved m or engine-turned G o '" e n " jewelled in four holes, ax,:t .tither en ine-turned or or graved cases are offered, price Ten Guineas each. These ectlP gant little Watches will be found to perform very el o l d and . a printed warranty is given with fixed terms, on wi ' le will always receive any attention required. T. COX SAVORY a SO Watchm a k er , Jeweller, &c., 47, Cornhill Seven J- 4- Graceelrel-street), London. I/v SILVER PLATE of LONDON MAN VF Gold' TURE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Working,. ,i i sei t ; smiths, 14, Cornhill, London, ,;pposite the Bank of 1 471111( 11 1 , The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FORK S+ Ph% Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce; the King's Patters, 716 , but f'' ounce. The following are tile weights recommended , tes; artcles may be had lighter or heavier at the same price Pe' x. es i ti„ 5 , 12 Fiddle Pattern Sil ver T a bl e S poons 30 at 7 .'" 10 1: i v, 12 ditto D essert di tto 20 7 2 " . 10 ij 6 12 ditto Table Forks 3ll 7 !"' / i i 0 2 ' ditto D essert ditto 20 7 .*" . 5 0 2 ditto Gravy So—,ns IS 7 2 "* 5 111 0 1 ditto Soup Ladle II 7 Q 2 ". 51 6 4 ditto Sauce ditto., 4 ditto Salt S,oons( gilt strong) .............•••• i 1! 0 1 ditto Fish Saco 12 ditto T ea Spoons le 7 6 ' . 0 1 . 5 i 4 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) ............... .• 1 4 1 , 12 King's Pattern Silver Table Spoons 40 at 7 4••• ' to : 12 ditto Dessert ditto • 7 4... 4 13 ' .6 ,i, n 5 12 ditto Table Forks 4O 7 '','" 0 i a" 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 26 7 ..••• i - 0 2 ditto Gravy Spoons . 0 7 4... 4 0 e 1 ditto Soup Ladle 12 7 4... 4 14 0 4 ditto Sauce ditto ..... . .......... 4 ditto Salt Spoons (strong gilt) ............... . !I; 1 ditto Fist , Slice 12 ditto Te: Spoons l4 7 IL' I ' 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs onts 4i f N.B. A Price Current, & tamped as a Newspapers e i .., a is ° ing drawings, and every information relative to the pure" w iii be silver or ShetHehl plate, may be had on applications ° c ter. sent into the coun t r y, postage f ree , i n answer to a paidi2,oool , ATR TH S. On the 9th of Ap r il, a t S antia g o Santiago de Chili, O. Mrs. u CO'oi a daughter. On the 15th i ns t., a t F ormosa Cottage, the lady o f s ir Young, Bart., of a son. ls" On the 15th in s t., at Streatham, Surrey, Clara, v , • i f oi W. 11. Ni c h o l s , o f a son. V. Pl° R. On the 16th i ns t., a t B at h , the lady of the Rev. --• of a son. f 9°ll l . On the 17th i ns t., t h e l a d y of T. G. Shaw, Esq.: °, lo bor- , f ' On the 17th i ns t., a t Southampton, Mr s W. H• of a son. On the 18th in s t., i n Cadogan-place, the wife of G. 611 ' tier' sail, Esq., of a son . Tou lPlitli On the 18th i ns t., at Upper Clapton, Afro. 0. of a son. e, t he On the I Bth i ns t. , i n Ch ar l otte -street, Bedford -6g btorcr. wife of E. G. Whit e , E sq . , b arrister-at -law, of a AIARMED. 10" On the Bth inst., at St. M ar ti n ' s -i n - t h e- Fi e ld s , Mr. —: ter of cat, of 13artlett's-buildings, H o lb orn , to Eli za b e th, daug" the late Mr. J. Brooks, of the Strand. On the 15th inst., at St. Margaret's, Durham, G. - elatig; Esq., of Torringto n -squa re , L on d on, to F anny , sec" Jae' ter of the late J. Wilson, Esq., of Brigham-hill, Cumbefievont On the 17th inst., at St. P eter ' s C hurc h , Tiverton , 4,/arare• J. ArCullOch, Esq., of Hammersmith, Middl e sex, and ci f , f „n o cbo in the Department of the Rhone, France, sin of A. D 1 Me lling' Esq., of the Tees, Glasgow, to M ary , d aug hter' of T• T' Esq.. solicitor, Tverton. lone s '4' On the 18th inst., at St. °la ve ' s , Southwark, r.• of "' Russell-place, Bermondsey, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter Evans, Esq., of Tooloy- s t ree t . fsq., of On the lath inst., at Chiswick, P. Griffith, • ora' Lambeth, to Cecilia, second daughter of the Be'. lo• on, P. D., of Chiswick-mall, and rector of St. Catherine t' u London. On the Bth inst., at Feftem ß -hill, Aliddlesex , L icutenarlt Ch t a ) r n les ti F ie le i e l t trin d s , t! l ,. N at . un ta 's hill,V. T. M dal j et ti °ll : aged 72 ; and on the 17th, Anne,w s ido n n w ...tifstl,ice abioaecilacrigge, Oa the 13th inst., at Lancing, widow of the late General Sir Thomas gl Triggex,l G. C.B. shir e ' On the 16th inst., in Chip enham-park, Cambridge Anna Maria, the wife of J Th P p IS ei der On the 17th inst ,at Trin . ar sir . eet, Eliza, wife of J. On the 17th inst.,. in Lincoln-place,lt Hoxt'on, Mr. T. P°"` Ward, late of Dublin, aged `)6. On the 17th inst , Joseph Philip, the infant son of Dobree, Esq., of Glocester-place, Portman-square. a C On the pith inst , Terence Richard, the infant son Schrader, Esq. . k EA . On the 18th inst., Maria, the wife of Hans Bu s- ' Great Cumberland-place. 7 ..„....,..._ 0 ( 1146 ' ----- London : Printed and Published by DI URDO Y mo o No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, 'l% - ch 112, inift. the county of Middlesex... Thursday, Augu st 20d