The Sun. — London, England, 1840-07-29 00:00:00

41Y ENING _EDITION. 3.OMANCE IN REAL LIFE. SUICIDE. (From the Bristol Mirror.) An inquest was held last week, at the Hotwell T,- .ern, Hotwells, on the body of Alfred Dryden, aged fOrty-five years. A female of the house de posed that the deceased came there on the preceding evening about six o'clock. He dined between six and aevan. About half-past seven he went to his bed rocni, having ordered hag a pint of port wine and a jog of cold water to be brought there. At ten o'clock h rang his bell and ordered a cup of coffee and a small glass of brandy ; at seven the next morning he r.log his bell and ordered a little of th• wine from the Louie on his table ; he was sitting on the side of the bed, undressed, and seemed well. The servant gave bim the wins and retired. At twelve o'clock, in zon sequence of his not coming down, the servant knocked at his door several times, but, receiving no answer, she opened the door and went into the room. Not seeing him is bed she retired, but in a minute afterwards she went in again, and on going towards the window saw him hanging by the neck from the tester of the bedstead; she saw nothing extraordinary in his manner during the time he was in tee house. MT. J. Marks, of Alfred-place, Kingsdown, deposed as follows have seen the dead body it is that of Alfred Dryden ; he was an officer in the French army he lived with me about three mouths up to about seven o,eelta ago, when I got him into thej infirmary for an in y in the leg, the result of three shot-wounds. I last hi:n this day week ; he was as well as usual, and was quite rational, but suffered much from pain. He often said he should kill himself on account of his pain nut for the dread of self-murder. He lived on his wear ing-apparel, naving no means of earning a livelihood. He last lodged at Waterloo-place, Stapleton-road. The ju:y returned a veil-diet of " Lunacy," and the body was yesterday interred in Clifton lower churchyard. The following narrative has been put into our hands since the death of Mr. Dryden. It was written by him itt the request of the person to whom it is addressed, and who became acquainted with him by his having eecasionally called to make trifling purchases : " Bristol, April 27, 1840. " Dear Madam,—.As you expressed a wish to know the events of my life, I shall comply with your request, and give you a succinct account of them. " father, Alirede Dryden, was Lieutenant of Artillery in the Republican army of Italy, under Buo neparte. He married my mother in 1795, and on the 1 . 2i - 1, of June, 1796, I was born in Paris, where I was brought up under the care of my mother and grand mother, who were both on terms of intimacy with Madame de Beauharnois, afterwards Madame Bona parte, and subsequently Empress Josephine, and, owing to this circumstance I was a constant visitor at the Palace, where the First Consul and his wife were very kind to me. Buonaparte becoming Emperor in 1804, zna,le my father (who was then Lieut.-Colonel) Colonel and Baron of the empire ; and I was not forgotten by their Majesties. for I was sent as a pupil to a military college with a full purse (that is to say, free of expense). ely father followed the Emperor to the battle of Aus terlitz, and being severely wounded, be was sent back to Paris, and appointed Vice-Governor of the Imperial stables, an office corresponding with that of Deputy- Grand Master of the Horse in England. Every pros pect was then bright for my family—a lucrative situa tion for my father, the private friendship of the Empress For my mother, and the favour of the Emperor for all of us. " When Napoleon established the military school of eevalsy at St. Germain I was 10 years of age, and was sent to it as a free pupil ; I had th e goo d f or t une o f making some progress in my education, and was duly noticed by the Emperor, who frequently visited the esta blishment. There I remained till I was near 15 years of age, and after seeing the second marriage of the Emperor with Marie Louise of Austria. and the christening of the King of Rome, on the Ist of May, 1811, I left the school, losiag all the advantages I should have reaped from it had ll•emained till I was 18, and entered a regiment of light cavalry as a private, on the sth of 1811 ; I joined the depot three days afterwards, remained there six months, and joined the regiment, then in winter quarters at Stralsund, in Sweden. I was made a corporal on my arrival, and when the Emperor reviewed us, previous to our going to Russia, I was made a sergeant, and at the battle of Borodino I rose to the rank of lieutenant ; we then entered Moscow, where I was mounting guard at the Kremlin on that disastrous night when the Governor Rostopchin let 'otiose all the convicts, who, infuriated by vengeance and strong liquors, ton strictly followed the instructions of the Governor, and set fire to every part of the city. Then began our retreat under a frost of 19 degrees of Reaumur under zero. Deprived of food and shelter, our soldiers threw down their arms and perished upon the road ; there was no longer any discipline observed in the army, and we resembled more a flock of sheep without a shepherd than that brilliant army crossing the frontiers of Poland to invade Russia. 'We came to Borizoff, where we met with our corps of reserve, commanded by Oudinot, Duke of Reggio, and we effected the crossing of the Berezina, in spite of 40,000 Russians who were on the opposite side, and had blown up the bridge. I was wounded in the action, and Napoleon made me a Knight of the Legion of Honour. I effected my retreat to wards Prussia iu the best way I could. I had procured a sledge with three Russian ponies, and was, so far, comfortable, but for 53 days rdid not see a bit of bread, and had it not been for some sugar I procured by chance, I should, like many thousands, have perished on tLe road. We reached Wilna, on the frontiers of Po lend, where the treasury of the army was abandoned, and plundered by both French and Russian soldiers. My man got two bags of gold, with which we bought a lot of provisions, which lasted till we came to Konigs berg, in Old Prussia ; there we expected to meet with a friendly reception, but General Yorck, who commanded the corps of Prussians, and formed part of our last reserve, passed over to the Russians, and the whole of Prussia rose in a mass against us. I narrowly escaped several times being murdered at the houses - where I was billited, so at last I was obliged to travel day and night, stopping only at some mise rable public-house on the road to get refreshment for ourselves and horses ; but either myself or my man kept watch whilst the other was asleep, so as to be pre pared against treachery. At last we arrived in Saxony, Tehere the inhabitants received us with the greatest kindness, and paid us every attention our distressed state required ; then some order was restored, a place of rendezvous was named for each regiment, and the men as they arrived joined their respective corps. Of Sur regiment only 11 officers and 117 men escaped out of 1,450 who went to Russia. With a detachment coming from France, and some horses we received from Hanover, we mustered 140, and entered the next cam peign of Lutzen and Botzen. I was raised to the rank of captain, and although still suffering from my wounds, I took the field, and was present at all the engagements which took place up to the armistice of July 1813. On the 15th of August following the armistice saded, and we fought the battle of Leignitz on the Oder, 7,Td began again to retreat until we fought the batele of Lcipsic, on the 18th of October, when our regiment which had been reinforced to the number of 6,30 C, was reduced after the battle to 5 officers and 160 men. Young as I was, I now found myself the oldest officer remaining, and consequently took the command. On 19th Nepoleon saw the fragments of our regiment corn man led by his young friend, and I was raised to the reek of Major. At the battle of Hatrau, on the 2d of Deevinber following, 1 was created officer of the Legion of Honour, and on the 4th we crossed the Rhine at We then retreated towards France, and I wa. engaged ire ail the battles fought by Napoleon in nersen, being then attached to his INlajesty as Aide-de- ;r. T, :amp. " 1 rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel at the battle of tirienne, were Napoleon had been educated, and where we fought with such courage and constancy, that after the castle had been taken and retaken nine tirrfs.the course of the d a y, it rema i ne d i n our pos sessinairlind the Emperor was able to sleep in it. At the battle of Monteroau Napoleon was kind enough to express his satisfaction of my conduct, telling I regret much that you are not old enough, according to my own regulations, to have the rank of colonel con ferred upon you, but I shall not forget you: The list event of that campaign was the Emperor taking leave of the army, and abdicating in favour of his son at Fontainebleau. Your Government then brought us the Bourbons, and it was the tloaakll of nay family, who, from a state of affluence ,:ndrd"mfort, passed suddenly to a state of poverty ; my lather was deprived of his situation, 1 was put on the half-pay, and we retired into the country to live upon our scanty means. In the course of a few months the Government of Louis XV HI. offered a sum of money as a compensation for their half pay to all the officers who would accept it. I availed myself of the opportu nity, and by so tieing was not obliged to take the oath of allegiance to the Bourbons. We were firing quietly in the neighbourhood of L-ons when, on the 12th of March, 1815, I heard of Napoleon having , landed in France, after his escape from Elba. I hastened to join him, with as many friends as I could assemble , a nd we arrived in Grenoble gates to him. on the same day Labedoycre opened the then re-assumed my duty as Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor, and never left him until the 20th, when we arrived at n i g ht in Paris. The next morning, at 6 o'clock, Napoleon reviewed the army, and I wamade a colonel. and the command of a regiment was given to me, with orders to march on that very day towards the frontiers of Belgium, and the Emperor addressed me thus :—' Baron Dryden, I conEr upon you you the rank of Colonel, as a reward for your past services; and I shall not forget the new proof you given me of y our devotion. Farewell, we shall •cm;4\again.' I need not say one wor d a bout the I battle r . Waterloo ; suffice it to say, that after the returnf the Bourbons I w as o bli ge d to leave my natii e arid take refuge in Ameri ca , to escape being shot. as was:"-the case with Marsh a l N ay an d C o l one l Labe doyereri who were foolish enough to think that the Snub= did possess one single generous feeling. I landed at New Orleans, and after endeavouring for five I months to procure employment, my resources being I exhausted, I applied through a brother-officer, w'ao was Aid-dc-Camp to Bolivar, for a commission in his army. I was successful, and served for six years, until, being severely wounded, I was obliged to relinquish the military life, having earned many blows, but not one dollar. 1 then went to Boston, where I obtained the situation of French teacher in an academy. I re mained there a few years, and left for Baltimore, where I was employed, first as an attorney's clerk, and afterwards with a corn merchant. I was then happy enough ; I had then a comfortable house, and a little cash in hand. At that time (1835) a will was de posited in my hands for security ; a young woman, to whom I was to have been married in the course of three months, got acquainted with a young man who thought himself deprived of his right by that will ; a criminal connexion took place between them, and he persuaded her to try to get possession of the will, 'out it was rather a difficult undertaking, for I kept it in a strong box lined with iron, and the keys of it never left me. However, they took advantage of my being ill, and on the 27th of March they administered to me, in some coffee, eight ounces of opium ; and, thinking it would have killed me, they took the will, and robbed me of all the property they could lay their hands upon ; however, the excessive quantity of poison saved my life, and after keening it for eighteen hours my stomach rejected it, but it made a fatal impression on my constitu tion, and I hive not since enjoyed good health. To add to my misfortune, one of my countrymen, who had been implicated in the conspiracy of Fieschi, and sen tenced to 15 years' imprisonment, made his escape to America ; and, coming to Baltimore, in the greatest dis tress, he applied to me for assistance, which 1 readily gave him. Subsequently, an amnesty was granted by Louis Philippe, but he could not avail himself of it, not having the means of paying for his passage to France. In August last I took the resolution of re turning to my native country, and ending my days quietly, at Lyons ; my false friend then bagged of me, upon Ills knees, to take him with me, promising that on our arrival in France he would repay me all the money I should advance for him. I yielded, and we landed at Liverpool in October last. We left for London, visit ing Manchester and Birmingham ; and on our way to Oxford I was taken so seriously ill at Cheltenham that I was obliged to stop in that town ; and while I was in bed, in a state of insensibility, the miserable wretch robbed me of 401. in gold, several valuable trinkets, and two trunks, containing a bag of 750 dollars, and other property to a large amount. I was left so desti tute that I was obliged to leave part of my clothes for the payment of my rent. (Jetting a little better I came Bristol on the 16th 41 January last, since which time n ave been constantly ill, and living on the con tents of my portmanteau. Now all my resources are exhastabed ; 1 am lying 011 a bed of sickness in the Bristol Infirmary ; and, to arown all my past misfor tunes, a 101. note of the Bank of England, which was sent to me in two halves, has been stolen by some per son applying in my name at the Post•office, and I am deprived of this last resource. " God, in his mercy, sent me to your house, where I have friends ; and, whatever may be my future fate, I shall say God's will be done ; and may He pour His blessing on yourself and your family. " I should have told you that my father died of a broken heart in 1817, and my dear mother in 1821, without my receiving their blessing. " Now allow me to express my gratitude for your kindness ; and, in the hope that you will excuse my English style of writing, I remain with respect, " Your most devoted and obedient servant, " Baron A. DRYDEN. " To IVlrs. " High-street, Bristol." SLAVERY AND THE CORN-LAW. The iniquity of landlord-legislation stares us in the face at every turning. There is an old proverb, that " speak of the devil he will appear ;" but lie required an invocation. The landlord-made law requires no such conjuration. Its operations are everywhere present and everywhere active. It affects, only in a lesser degree than in the manufacturing districts of these islands, the fertile banks of the Don, the Wolga, and the Danube, the prairies of Missouri, the swamps of Louisiana, and the plains of Hindostan. Nor does it affect commerce ' alone, nor aro its influences confined to the demoraliza tion arising from the poverty it occasions. It offers a direct encouragement to slavery. We beg leave to call the attention of abolitionists, and of the religious public generally, to the following letter in the Pairiot of Mon day last. The editor says—" It is from an esteemed American Correspondent, whose name, if we felt at liberty to give it, would command the affectionate re spect of our readers." " At present your country prevents the introduction of corn from the United States, which is raised almost entirely by free labour. At the same time you admit our cotton, and turpentine, and rice, the products entirely of slave labour. Thus, in order to pay for the goods needed for the United States, your present laws compel our merchants to purchase cotton, &c., and to remit them to England, where slave produce brings a better price than the produce of free labour. So long as the merchants can obtain the prices they do for cotton, they will purchase it of the South, and send it to England. And so long as the merchants will pay the prices, so long the slave-holders will make money out of slaveAabour, and will, in spite of all ap peals to consistency or conscience, continue to hold men in slavery. But if, on the other hand, your Govern ment should permit our corn to come in, either free or on low duty, the result would be : " First, that your bread-consumers would be furnished much cheaper than they now are. " Secondly, the free states would plant more, much more than they now do, and would calculate upon send ing it to your country ; whiell would keep the price low. " Thirdly, this being an article in which merchants could invest a remittance, they would send corn rather than cotton. " Fourthly, cotton would fall much in price ; and then it would cost the planter more to support his slaves, than he could realize for his crop. " Now why should not Abolition England—England which has done so much in talent and treasure to free her own slaves—encourage the introduction of our corn rather than our cotton ? Why not allow us to pay her for her manufactures in the free man's labour, rather than in the sweat and blood of the slave ? " So long as your prohibitory duties shut out our corn, and an open door is presented for the reception of our cotton, so long will slavery continue in the United States. Practically, with the great mass of merchants and slave-holders, it is a question of profit, and not of conscience. It is always hard to get at the conscience through the thick scales of profit. This you know to be true in the great Church establishment qt:estion, and others of great moment now agitating England. If England desires America to be freed from slavery, England must receive the products of our free labour, instead of the products of our slaves. Be lieve me, my dear brother, the price of cotton in Eng land regulates the price of the slave in all the planta tions. I write with great freedom to you, and not with the least desire of either accusing England or excusing America. I state the common-sense view of the sub ject—the plain matter-of•tact statement, which the slightest reflection must commend as in strict keeping with the acknowledged principles on which human na ture acts. •`Let, then, every Abolitionist in England consider that view, and strive in every lawful way to open your ports for the corn of our country which grows upon free soil, and is cultivated by free men ! " When our merchants and enterprising worldly men at the North have the same motive to grow corn for the English market that the slave-holder at the South has to grow cotton, you will see a rapid and vast change of sentiment oil the present vexed question of slavery. It is in the power of England, by one single act, to destroy the whole system of slavery in America, and to give freedom to three millions of slaves. Open. oh, open wide your ports ; invite the labosr of the free, and take away the present virtual premium for slave•labour, and you will work a certain and blessed revolution in this land. As your country was deeply concerned in the introduction of slavery to this land when we were colonies, so she will, with noble disinterestedness, do all in her power to wipe out this dark blot upon our national character." We wish this earnest appeal, says the Patriot. could obtain a wider circulation than we are able to com mand for is, so as to sink deeply into the minds and hearts of all right-thinking Englishmen. How striking and instructive is the fact, that in the circle of a vicious system of selfish yet short-sighted monopoly, evils are so concatenated, that our bread-tax in England is con nected with the support of slavery in America, while our supv.bountics in favour of West India slave-owners have retarded the prosperity of India with a population more than a hundred and twenty times as large as all the blacks and whites in the West Indies put together. Tlnr,•-,srrng• Since Oxford's trial a marked difference is cob scrothle in the prisoner's aearance and manners. He ap pears m uc h more cheerful pp , and seems as if a considerable weight had been retrieved from his mind. His manner towards the turnkey who was in atteadance on him was also somewhat different to what it had Leen before the trial; and lie ceased to continue that reserve which had previously marked his con duct. He had been visited by his mother, sister, and both his uncles, and entered into a long history of the occurrence, and detailed the whole particulars relating to his exploits. On Sa turday week an order was received by Mr. Cope, the Governor of .Neivgate, from the Home-office, for his immediate removal to Bethlehem Hospital. On receipt of it, Mr. Cope proceeded to the ceq of Oxford, and told him to prepare for his removal, telling him at the same time where he was going to take him. The prisoner did not betray the slightest emotion on receiving the intimation, and in a short time after, he was taken by Mr. Cope, in a hackney-coach, to St. George's-fields, and handed over to the proper authorities of Bethlehem Hospital. THE WE AT H ER.—KELsO.---For some time past the weather has been very unsettled, and with the excep tion of Saturday last rain has fallen more or less every day this we ek. Th. etl'ect of so much moisture is beginning to be felt upon the crops of wheat, barley, and oats, which for the last fortnight have -made little or no progress to maturity. Under . the H h a a y rv c e u s t t ti w n i g l/ h be as m b u c c e t later than was at one e s t e um im ei e rc anti s e ta i p n ae e ranch retaated by the rains.—Kelso Chronic le . et TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--I beg you will do me the personal favour to relieve the public mind from the erroneous impression now abroad that the plague continues its virulence in Egypt. To correct such impression I herewith do myself the plea.ure of informing you that the 24th of June last was kept as a day of rejoicing and gladness in Egypt on account of the almost total disappearance of the plague, since which time it may be expected to be extinct. Noblemen, travellers to Egypt, passengers bound over land to India, &c., will be happy to read the information of the cessation of plague in Egypt in general with your readers. I remain, Sir, your humble servant. THOS. WAGHORN. Egyptian Offices, 34, Gambill, London, July 27,1840 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1840. PUBLIC RECORDS. 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Rolls House, July 17, 1840. ELECTRICAL TELEGRA PH. The following evidence on this important invention, given before the Committee on Railways, by Vrofessor Wheatstone, will be read with interest : 326. Lord Granville Somerset—Suppose the Great Western Railway were completed between Lon don and Bristol, do you contemplate the possibility of carrying your telegraph through the whole way, so as to signify from London to Bristol anything you wish to communicate, and vice versa from Bristol to London ? The experiment has not been tried, but I have every reason to lacslieve that it can be done. You must multiply your power considerably in that case ; but if you can multiply your power sufficiently, there is no difficulty, in your opinion, in performing that ? —One very important circumstance I have ascertained is the little power requisite to produce this effect ; it was formerly thought, that to send a current to any con siderable extent , very strong batteries must be employed, but, in fact, a very weak battery is sufficient, provided only it consist of a number of elements proportionate to the distance. _ _ . 328. Do you see any practical difficulty in propor tioning the number of your batteries to that extent, of 100 or 120 miles ?—I think there is none. 329. So far as your experiments have gone, you think you should be able to effect this telegraphic com munication between Bristol and London 2—Yes ; pos sibly several stations may be required, but, at any rate, the stations may be at very far greater distances from each other than would be required for an, ordi nary system of telegraphs ; my opinion is, that the in termediate stations will not be required. 329.* You think you may communicate to the Read ing station, the Reading station to another in the direc tion of Bristol, and that to Bristol ?—Yes ; this means would be adapted if it should he found impracticable to effect an immediate communication between the two extreme stations. 331. Lord Granville Somerset—How long has the line been laid down upon the Great Western think it was finished in July last. 332. Do you think you have had experience enough during the last winter to ascertain that it, will not fail you in consequence of any inclemency of wea ther, or circumstances of that nature ?—lf the wires are properly protected, I think there is no fear whatever. 333. Do you conceive they can be so protected, that weather will have no effect upon them ?—Yes, that is my judgment from experiment. 334. Mr. Loch—ls there any appreciable loss of time in making a communication from the Paddington station to the extremity of the line to which the tele graph is now carried ?—From some experiments I made some years ago, published in the Philosophical Transactions, when I first turned my attention to the possibility of effecting telegraphic communications, I ascertained that electricity travelled through a copper wire at the rate of about 200,000 miles in a second ; consequently there is no appreciable time lost in the communication of the electrical effect ; the only time that would be lost would be at relay stations, if they were necessary. , 338. Chairman—Have the applications you have had from foreign countries to put up this means of commu nication been in connection with railways, or separate from railways ?—All in connection with railways. 339. Is it of any consequence that it should be on a railway, or does a railway offer any advantage in that respect ?—Not the slightest advantage with regard to laying down the line, but a great one with respect to its protection from injury. 340. Sir John Guest—Have you tried to pass the line through water?—There would be no difficulty in doing so, but the experiment has not yet been made. 341. Chairman—Could you communicate from Do ver to Calais in that way ?—I think it perfectly prac ticable. 342. Have you any further observationslo make ? An electrical telegraph offers a great many advantages over an ordinary telegraph ; it will work day and night, but an ordinary telegraph will act only during day ; it will also work in all states of weather; an or dinary telegraph can only work in fine weather. There are a great number of days in the year in which no communication can be given by an ordinary telegraph, and, besides, a great many communications are stopped before they can be finished, on account of changes in the state of the atmosphere ; no inconveniences of this kind would attend the electrical telegraph. Another advantage is, that the expense of the separate stations is by no means comparable to that of the ordinary telegraph ;no look-out men are required, and the ap paratus may be worked in any room where there are persons to attend to it. There is another advantage the electric possesses over the ordinary telegraph, viz. the rapidity with which the signals may be made to follow each other. Thirty signals may be conveniently made in a minute ; that number cannot bd made by the ordinary telegraph. There is one thing I will take the opportunity to mention : I have been confining the attention of the Committee to the telegraph now work ing on the Great Western Railroad, but having lately occupied myself in carrying into effect numerous im provements which have suggested themselves to me, I have, conjointly with Mr. Cooke, who has turned his attention greatly to the same subject, obtained a new patent for a telegraphic arrangement, which I think will present very great advantages over that which at present exists. It can be applied without entailing any additional expense of consequence to the line now laid down ; it will only be necessary to substitute the new for the former instruments. This new apparatus re quires only a single pair of wires to effect all which the present one does with five, so that three independent telegraphs may be immediately placed on the line of the Great Western ; it presents in the same place all the letters of the alphabet according to any order of succession, and the apparatus is so extremely simple, that any person without any previous acquaintance with it can send a communication and read the answer. 343. Sir John Guest—Does not the possibility of cutting off the communication between one point and another occur to you ?--The same objection may be made with regard to railroads themselves. 344. Suppose any person were to stop the commu nication from one town to another ?—By destroying the continuity of the rails, they might stop the passage of the trains. 345. The common telegraphic communication could be kept up notwithstanding that ?—Certainly. 346. Chairman—Can you state the expense which would be incurred in laying it down ?—I am hardly pre pared to state that. because one only line has been laid down at present. [Mr. Saunders, who was next examined stated, that the expense would amount to 250/. or 3001. a mile.] REMARKABLE INSTINCT OF A CAT.—Mr. Samuel Whiteside, of Skippool Mill, near Poulton-le-Fylde, had, during the last spring, three goslings hatched under a hen, from which they were immediately taken, and brought into the house for a few days, in order to strengthen them, previous to their being turned out without a parent to protect them. In the meantime the eat, in a maternal sort of manner, took a fancy to them, and brought them daily two or three mice, morning and evening. One day in particular, one of the goslings was missing, and on search being made, it was found upon the hayloft, with the cat by its side. She had frequently carried them one by one, until such time as they were grown too large for her to carry. She still, continues to bring them mice as usual, lies down with them, and protects them. Gri malkin's diligence has been such in providing for her young charge that she has been observed to procare and bring them upwards of twenty mice in a day.—Preston Pilot. SERPENTINE—ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yes terday a young woman attempted to destroy herself by jumping into the One-arch Pond. She was, however, saved by a young man named James Wood, who jumped in after her, and having brought her to shore, took her to the Receiving-house. She was in a very excited state, and Dr. Wooley found it necessary to take several ounces of blood from her. She said her name was Harriet Nelson, that she was 19 years of age, and subsisted by sewing. She had of late had no work, and was not able to pay her rent, and fearing that she would die of starvation, she determined upon destroying herself. She was taken to the Workhouse in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. TORTURE IN SCOTLAND.—iI somewhat re markable case is at present under judicial investigation by the Sheriff, and, an far as we have been able to learn, the following are the particulars :—On Tuesday last three police-officers be longing to the Anderson establishment, were apprehended and committed to jail by the Sheriff, on a charge of having flogged a boy, while a prisoner in the prince office, to compel him to confess a theft with which he was charged, but of whic`i he as serted he was innocent. An enormous pair of cow hide laws, with six thongs, with which the boy alleges the injury was inflicted, were found in the police-office. But, as the matter is undergoing thorough investigation in the proper quartet, it would be improper to say anything more on the subject at present, farther than that we have been informed that starving and promise-making, if not flogging, are not un frequently resorted to by policemen for the purpose of extort ing- confessions. It is to be hoped, however, that the present inquiry may be the meant of putting a stop to a practice so illegal, and which reminds us of the days of the thumbikins and the boot. Fortunately, such proceedings, so far from being tolerated, are directly reprobated by the officers of the law, and we have more than once heard the Lords of Justiciary denounce, in the sternest manner, the practice by inferior meanspooistohmeexotto,rotr promise.—Glasgow c f l r a o s m gow pri A so r n g e u r s s . , CONSUMED IN THE UNITED STATES. amounted a to into the United States during the t whether o h ffi e s c emrups SUGAR A b t f Ra any threat; —According ftfoor%en r s e o po a r r t ot the Socretary of the Treasury, 182,580,327 poun 30 T trl here - September,eralo i m l l -83 )r 9 t , ed 12,690,916 pounds, making a grand total clayed sugars. &e. , of 193'231'273 hounds. into Ntw York, 75,21 9 , 7 36 year ending the 30th this Of quantity there were imported into Boston 36,669,297 pounds ; • - t po im u o n r d e s , ; la7n,d3liBn onPohill}aoduenldpsh;iai.n2too,2oNse,swB7oprolneanndss; sin,stoss-8,;a417- pound s ; into Charleston. 5,269,17 2 pounds; into Norfolk, 4,172,134 pounds; into Salem, 2,601,218 pounds; and the balance into the smaller ports. —New York Paper. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES—.TUESDAY. The Craven Stakes of 10 sous, each ; 3 yrs, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs, 8,,t 101 b ; 13 yrs and aged, Bst 121 b. Mile and a quar ter. (9 subs. ) Mr. Bowes's Mickleton Maid, 4 yrs Duke of Richmond's Mus, aged Mr. Payne's Welf are , 3 yrs•.. Lord Eglinton's Interlude, 3 yrs 4 Mr Byng's Garry Owen, 3 yrs 5 Betting-2 to 1 agst Welfare, 7 to 2 agst Mus (taken), 4to 1 agst Mils, and 4to 1 agst Garry Owen. Mus made the running, followed by Welfare, Mickleton Maid lying in the rear till near the second distance, where she took her place be hind Welfare : half way tip it she went in front, and won in a canter by two lengths. The Levant Stakes of 50 sovs each, 30 forfeit, for 2 yrs old colts and fillies ; half a mile. 14 subs. Duke of Richmond's f by Glaucus, out of Baleine, Bst 31b (Rogers) 1 Mr. Greatorex's f Clemantine, by Actmon, Bst 31b 2 The following not placed—Lord G. Bentinck's His Royal Highness by Velocipede, Bst 31b; Lord E g li n ton's Assagai, Bst 71b ; and Air. Sadler 's f, Diversion, List 31b. Betting 2 to 1 asst Baleine, and 5 to 2 agst Diverson. His Royal Highness made the running, followed by the ruck till half-way up the distance, where Baleine took it up, and appeared to be running easy. Clementine made a rush at the last, and was only beaten by a head. Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft for 4 yr old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b. King's Plate Course (16 subs. ) Lord Lichfield's 'I he Corsair, by Sir Hercules ( Robinson) 1 Lord Exeter's Bosphorus Duke of Richmond's Glenlivat 3 Mr. Theobald's Forlorn Hope 5 to 4 a g st Corsair, 3 to 1 agst Glenlivat, 4 to 1 agst Bos phorus., arid sto 1 agst Forlorn Hope. Glenlivat made all the running, followed by Bosphorus, the Corsair lying in the rear of all : they run in this way to the top of the Inll, in returning whence Forlorn Elope was beaten off, and the Corsair was close up with Bosphorus. At the distance, Glenlivat dropt off, and at the stand the Corsair ran by Bosphorus and won easy by two lengths. The Go,dwood Club Stakes of 10 sacs. each, gentleman riders. Craven Stakes Course, 7 subs. Duke of Richmond's fhe Currier, 4 yrs, 10st 101 b Captain Pettatt's Caliph, aged, list 10lb Lord March's Guava, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b Even on Guava. The Currier made all the running, and won easy by two lengths. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with a bonus of 25 sovs each. D. S. C., 30 subs. to the Sweepstakes, and 16 to the bonus. The second to receive 100 sovs, and the winner to pay 25 sovs. to the judge. Mr, Wreford's Warden, by Glencoe (J. Day) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Gambia ...................................... 2 LordExeter'sAmurathl... • ....................................... 3 .. Mr. Hould swor th' s C on f e derate .............................. 4 Mr. Bow es ' s Bl ac k B ec k .......................................... 5 Lord Isruee's Chasseur, by Actaeon ...... ......... 6 Duke of Ri c h mon d' s Sherbet (bolted) ........................ Betting 2 to 1 ags t Wardan, 5 to 2 agst Amurath, 4 to 1 against Confederate (taken), and 3 to ! agst Scott's two. NVardan took the lead, made all th e running, and after a g ood race near the e n d with Gambia, won by a length. The others were beaten off several lengths. The Welt er St a k es o f 20 sovs. each. Gentlemen riders. Craven Stakes Course, 9 subs. Mr. Fairlie' s Z o hrab, aged, 13st ........... (Capt. Pettatt) 1 Mr Foster' s C om bat, aged, 1 3 st Lord G. B en ti uc k' s Capote 3 yrs, lOst 121 b 3 7to 4 and 2to 1 Capote, wh o made the runni n g n early all the way, b u t was c aught near the stand, Zohrab winning at the frost by a head, and Capote losing second place by half a neck. The Innkeepers' Plate was not over ashen our express left. dThe Duchess of i c hmond, Earl J erse y , and sever al ea T th he o in g. R lu s k ir e A an r d o D u juret h ,a e g 55_ „.....................e c t 1e Nemours were ex p ected this even_ other distinguished persons wer e p revented attending by the THE LATE DISCOVERY OF WORKS OF WATciiEs.—ln consequence of the recent discovery of an im mense quantity of wo rks of gold an d other watches, manufac tured by th e fi rs t ma k ers in the metropolis, and which were found on S a t ur d a y l as t i n the river Th ames, near to Waterloo bridge, a n um b er o f persons were busil y en g aged on Monda y evening, at low water, making sea rch , for more, along a con siderable length of the shore, and particularly in deep holes, . but not any were discovered. The police are making every possible inquiry relative to those alr ead y found, there bein g no doubt but th a t some mo st extensive robb er y has bee n com mitted. From the names of makers b ein g on several found the police a re i n grea t e xpectation Of bringing the extraordinary discovery to li g ht. WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE — Another great explosio n w ill t a k e place, weather permitting, on Wed will require th a t r itoro n y%im o xac o ilnal i l i td . Gegt reaealo ß tepre e guos d etf ; windf i oafl a ffn o g dt s ti i ei a lir v alae i c:n l hh l dae b eds e 6ra yto h i htn o ooi i f s irfi t edoe7xerdtipmhaieynedori oft h onAc e t cuta m gos uiol63srrntne:i or trg buttcei i tin . Wed nesday, the sth of A ugus t next, about or soon after two o'clock the hthh n l l eao t tu b s t ,ld h . e dea : a yta : h t i e v t i the explosion shall take place at a later hour, in order to suit the tides.—Hl" pshire Telegraph. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT-RED LION-sQuARB. OBRARD V. EDWARDS. MASQUERADING.--The plaintiff's Solicitor said'that this was an action brought by Mr. Obbard, a dealer in mas querade and fancy dresses, against Jane Edwards (better known as Mrs. Emmerson), the proprietor of the Water. ford Arms, in the Haymarket, to recover the sum of 51. 95. In the month of May last the plaintiff gave a masquerade at the English Opera House, and ;upon that occasion the defendant hired four dresses, for the use of which 6/. 19s. was charged, and 2/. los. for damage done, making 9/. 9s. The defendant bad paid 4/. off the demand, and had since pleaded coverture, and prayed for a commission to issue to take the examination in writing of some witnesses in Ire land as to the fact of her marriage. She had subse quently, however, admitted the justice of the claim, and abandoned her defence. Martin Edward Conway, in a simpering voice, described himself as a comedian, and that he was employed by the plaintiff to take out masquerade dresses. On the 13th of May Mr. Obbard gave a masquerade, and witness took four dresses to the Waterford Arms. One was a Venetian nobleman—(Laughter)—it was a splendid one.—(Re newed iaughter.) The other was for Anna Boleyn ; that was magnificent.—(Much laughter.) The other was su perbly grand for a Spanish nobleman; and the fourth was a never-to-be-equalled, elegant, fancy hat and dress. The defendant paid 41. on account of the dresses, and promised to pay the remainder on her way to the Opera. In answer to the Learned Under-Sheriff, the witness said he was unable to speak to the amount of damage done to the dresses when they were returned, and the jury were accordingly directed to return a verdict for 21. 193., which they accordingly did. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' CO URT-JuLr 27 " FLASH" NOTES. John Cadell was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on the pLrt of Mr. Joh❑ Charles, a merchant in Upper Thames street. The insolvent had been formerly a soap-maker in the Waterloo-road, and subsequently a confectioner in Norton Folgate. Mr. Charles had sued him on two bills of exchange for 751. 10s. He had put Mr. Charles to a delay of nine months, and an expense of 501. The insolvent had made a pretended sale to a baker named George Wilkins, of No. 1, Pleasant-row, Old Kent road, of his property in Norton Folgate, and a bill of sale had been concocted by an accountant named Thompson. The insolvent admitted that no considera tion had passed, but Wilkins swore that he had paid five 101. Bank of England notes. Mr. Cooke asked him if they were not notes of tle " Bank of Elegance." Wilkins swore they were Bank of England notes. Thompson was called, and declared they were notes of the " 13,Arik of Engraving." There were ten, pur porting to be for 5/. each, and a female who was one of the witnesses was not let into the secret. The insolvent produced the notes, which he said Wilkins returned to him, and said " they would do." Wilkins was about to quit the Court, but Mr. Cooke told him to stay. Mr. Commissioner Law—This Court cannot commit for perjury. You need not be afraid. Wilkins—Oh, I'm not afraid. Mr. Commissioner LAW—You would be if I could commit for perjury. Mr. Coolie commented in strong terms on the perjury committed. There were many frauds committed by flash notes, and the police should interfere and prevent such things. He prayed a lengthened remand. Mr. Commissioner LAW said Mr. Charles had been cheated out of his goods and put to 501. law expenses. Judgment—Ten calendar months from the vesting order. The flash notes were detained by the Court. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—MArDsrobrs, JULY 27. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY. ) John James Bell, aged 21, was indicted for the murder of Wm. Mann, by stabbing him with a knife. The prisoner was a chimney-sweeper, and the deceased was a labourer, and they both lived in the neighbourhood of Smarden, in this county. In May, the prisoner and the deceased were in a public-house, and a dispute arose be tween them, and a fight ensued. The quarrel was quelled, the parties appeared friendly, but in a short time the pri soner went out of the house and endeavoured to purchase a knife at two shops, and he ultimately purchased a small penknife for sixpence, and he then returned to the house where the deceased was, and sat down, and in a short time the quarrel was renewed, and the deceased got up and ap proached the prisoner as was supposed for the purpose of striking him, but the moment he got near him theprisoner drew the knife and stabbed the deceased in the heart, and he dropped down instantly dead. When the prisoner be came aware of the effect of the act he had committed he was dreadfully distressed, and surrendered himself into the hands of the constable. The Jury found the prisoner guilty of Manslaughter. Mr. Baron GURNEY then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for the term of his natural life. A young man, named John Miles, was indicted for fe loniously forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange for 401., with intent to defraud Charles Gilbert and another, executors of John Miles, the father of the prisoner. This case has created a great deal of interest in the county from the peculiar circumstances connected with it. A person named Snode, an opulent farmer, was implicated, and he was held in recognizances by the magistrates to the amount of LOON. to appear and take his trial, which was to have come on at the Spring Assizes, but, upon an ap plication made by his counsel, it was postponed until the present Assizes. Snode was called upon his recognizances to appear and take his trial, but he did not do so, and the recognizances were consequently declared to be forfeited. r. Dowling and Mr. Si.' Chambers conducted the pro secution, and Mr. C. Jones defended the prisoner. It appeared from the statement of counsel, and the evi dence that was adduced, that the father of the prisoner died in the month of August 1838, and the latter subse quently made a claim upon his estate for wheat and other things, alleged by him to have been sold to his father. On the 30th of January Snode brought the bill in question, which purported to be drawn by the prisoner upon his fa ther, to the office of Mr. Selby, a solicitor, at Mailing, who had managed the affairs of the estate, and made some application to him respecting it, when, in consequence of something that appeared upon the face of the document, a suspicion was entertained that it was not genuine, and the bill was detained. Subsequently inquiries were made which led to the present charge being made against the prisoner. Several witnesses were called who expressed their belief that the acceptance, purporting to be that of John Miles, senior, was written by the prisoner, and others were called who swore that it was not the writing of the deceased. Some of the witnesses, in their cross-examination, said that they did not think the prisoner could do more than write his name, and their belief that the forged acceptance was his writing, was founded upon comparison with other signatures he had made. When the case had gone on to some length, Mr. Baron GURNEY observed that there appeared to him to be two difficulties in the case ; the first was, that no connec tion had been traced between the prisoner and the bill of exchange in question. The other difficulty was, that in his opinion the handwriting of the prisoner had not been swoßi to with sufficient distinctness to warrant the jury in finding him guilty of so serious a charge. He should therefore not call upon the prisoner for any defence, but directed the jury to acquit him. _ _ The Jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty, This case terminated the business of these Assizes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE CASE OF LORD WALDEGRAVE AND CAPTAIN DOFF.--=The Earl of Waldegrave and Captain Duff at tended at this office yesterday to put in bail to answer the indictment found against them by the grand jury of the county of Middlesex, for assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty. Mr. HEM{Y, the Magistrate, observed, that he knew no thing judicially of the facts of the case, with reference to which the defendants were brought before him; but it ap peared from the affidavits that a true bill had been found against them for assaulting a police officer, and it appeared also, that they moved in a high station of society. The bail, therefore, required from them would be large. Mr. Hobler, who is conducting the prosecution against the defendants, said he had no objection to offer to the bail proposed by the defendants. He bad however to suggest that the bail should be larger than was required when the defendants were called upon to answer the charge before the Magistrates. The Magistrates then ordered each of the defendants to find bail, himself in ;001., and two sureties in 1501. each. Mr. Morgan, a tailor, of Albemarle -street, and Mr. Smith, a jeweller, of Maddox-street, presented themselves, and were bound over in due form. The defendants having also severally entered into recognizances, left the office. QUEEN- SQUARE. OBTAINING SITUATIONS BY MEANS OF FALSE CHARAC TEES.—John Tate, alias George Fair•bairn, was placed at the bar, charged with attempting to obtain admission into the service of John Pascal Larkins, Esq., of No. 67, Chester-square, by means of a false re pr esentat i on. Mr. &imam, convicted the prisoner in the full penalty of 201., and in default, six weeks' imprisonment and herd labour. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—George Woolf, a ruffianly looking fellow, was finally examined upon a charge of vi ( lently assaulting Helen Trayner. It appeared from evidence, that on Thursday night week the prisoner was in the King's Arms public-bause, Orchard -street, Westminster, when the girl Traynor, with whom prisoner had formerly cohabited, came it, and abused him. Prisoner took up the poker, struck the girl to the ground, and beat her several times about the body. Her face and scalp were severely bruised, and indeed all parts of her body. The injuries she had received pre ' vented her attending at this Court to presecute the priso ner, and he was held to bail until yesterday, when she at tended. She presented a dreadful appearance. Her head was bandaged, and she held her arm in a sling. The evi dence having been given, Mr. BURRELL should order him to pay a pen lty of 51, or in default be committed for two months. At the expi ration of that sentence, he should find bail, himself in 1001. and two sureties in 501., to be of good behaviour for one year, and in default, be would be imprisoned for that period. The prisoner said be could not get the required bail, and was removed from the bar. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday William Wood, a cabriolet driver, w as brought before Mr. GROVE, the sitting Magistrate, on suspicion of having been concerned in a burglary com mitted in the dwelling-house of Mr. FredshaW, a chrono meter maker, who has a house of busines in the city, but resides with his family in Charles-square, Hoxton. The facts were these :—About 5 o'clock yesterday morning, a policeman on duty saw the prisoner driving his cab, and conversing suspiciously with a notorious thief, and he was crossing the way to overhear them, when two men jumped out and made off leaving a quantity of pr)- perty in the cab, tied up in a table cover. The property was found to consist of a quantity of plate, a valuable clock, a writing desk, linen, &c. Mr. Frcdshaw identified the various articles produced. His wife and family were in the country, and he slept in the City on Monday night, leaving two servants in care of the house at Hoxton. The servant were not disturbed in the night, but yesterday morning discovered that the house had been broken into and plundered. The prisoner said in his defence that the men, who were quite strangers to him, engaged him, with his cab, from the Shoreditch Church stand, to take up in Charles square, and drive to the Cemetery, but in the square the bundle was put into his cab, and he was to drive to a coffee-house, rear Worship-street, to meet the men. Mr. GROVE remanded the prisoner. IRELAND. QUEEN'S COUNTY ASSIZES. Maryborough, July 21. MATRlClDE.—lllatthew Bryan stood indicted for the murder of his mother, Bridget Bryan, at Clon brock, in the county, on the 7th Jan., 1840, by beat ing and kicking her. _ _ _ Margaret Brener], a child of ten years old, swore that on the day mentioned in the indictment she was in the house with the prisoner and his mother, the deceased. That the prisoner knocked the deceased down and kicked her. That he shoved her up against the wall with the stool upon which he had been sitting. That after she fell she got up again, and that the prisoner knocked her down a second time, and kicked her. That the o!d woman cried out for some persons to go for the police to save her life. That she (the witness) then ran for the police. That the police came down and saved her. That there was no previous argument between them, but the prisoner said that the deceased had permitted his potatoes to be stolen, and that she ought to have minded them. Cross-examined by Mr. HAYES—The prisoner ap peared to be drunk. They had often quarrelled be fore. The prisoner often was drunk, and then beat his mother. Richard Nash was a workman in the Collieries, where the prisoner also worked. On his way home on the night in question he had passed the house of the prisoner, ind heard bawling and noise in the house. Went in and found the deceased woman lying on her side, and as if moaning. That she said her arm was broken, and asked witness to lift her by the other arm. That he was going to lift her, but the primer hindered him, and said "He would suffer the gallows for her." That he (wit ness), however, had lifted her, and brought her to the door, but the prisoner caught her by the hair of her head, and dragged her back into the room. That he and another man, Hugh Whelan, then rescued her, and brought her to the next house, where she after wards died. Dr. Edge examined—Attended the deceased for near a week. When first called in found her with a broken arm, her thighs also bruised, and her whole body bruised And black. These injuries and bruises were the cause of her death. She was between 60 and 70 years of age. Sergeant Jessop proved that the deceased had said, " that the prisoner was a good son when sober, but when drunk he beat her." The Jury, after a long charge from the Lord Chief Justice, found the prisoner guilty of the murder of his mother. JULY 2.—The prisoner was this day called up for judgment, and The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE pronounced sentence of death upon him in a most impressive and feeling speech. The prisoner asked, in a very cool manner, " My Lord, when am I to be hanged ?" To which the Judge replied—" You shall have sufficient time to prepare for the awful fate which awaits you, if you make good use of it." PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS IN THE EAST. On Tuesday, the 14th of July, Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, accompanied by Mr. Wire and Doctors Lowe and R. R. Madders, left Paris for Marseilles, which they reached on the 18th, and on the 21st they embarked on board the French Government steam-packet for Alexan dria, having been previously joined by Monsieur Cremciux, his lady, Mr. Mark, and a physician, who are the Deputa tion from the French Jews sent out to assist Sir Moses Montefiore in the object of his most benevolent mission: The Lord Mayo' received the following communication on the subject of the resolutions which his Lordship trans mitted to the Ambassadors relative to the meeting held at the Mansion House. We published those answers pre viously received in a former paper:— " The Sardinian Ambassador presents his compliments to the Lord Mayor, and has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of his Lordship's note of the Bth instant, inclosing a copy of the resolutions passed at a great public meeting of the merchants, bankers, and traders of the city of Lon don, held on the 3d July, on the subject of the persecution of the Jews in the East, and begs to acquaint his Lordship that agreeably to the wish therein expressed he has already transmitted to his Sardinian Majesty's Government the copy of those resolutions. "11, Grosvenor-street, July 20, 1840. " To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor." " Hill-street, Berkeley-square, July 15, 1810. "Mr LORD,.-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's note, dated the Bth instant, en closing a copy of the resolutions passed at a public meet ing of the merchants, bankers, and traders of the city of London, on the subject of the persecution of the Jews in the East ; and I beg to state in reply that, in conformity with your Lordship's request, I shall not fail transmitting the above resolutions to my Government, fully convinced that the cause which it advocates will meet with its earnest sympathy mid interest. " I have the honour to remain, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, " DE CETTO. " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." " 36, Half-Moon-street, Piccadilly, July 15. "MY LORD,---I have the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of your esteemed favour, with which, as President of the great public meeting of the merchants, bankers, and traders of the City of London, on the subject of the per secution of the Jews in the East, you had the kindness to send me a copy of the resolutions unanimously passed at the said meeting, and begged me to transmit them to the Government of his Sicilian Majesty. In reply, I have the honour to assure you that I shall not fail to put into execution your request, with as little delay as possible. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedient humble servant, " G. DE REGUIA." " To the Right H onoura bl e t h e Lord Mayor, &c. &c." " 25, Wilton -crescent, July 24. "My LORD--I have the h onour t o ac k now l e d ge t h e re ceipt of your Lordship's letter of the Bth inst., inclosing to me a copy of the resolutions passed at a meeting of the merchants, bankers, traders and others, held at the Egyp tian Hall in the Mansion House on the 3rd of July, in re lation to the recent persecution of the Jews in the East. " In offering my thanks to your Lordship for this commu nication, which, together with the said resolutions, I trans mitted without loss of time to my Government, I have great pleasure to send herewith a copy of the letter which her Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Hague, Baron Visslott Van Soclen, addressed on the sth of May last to the Netherland Charge d'Affaires at Constanti nople, and the contents of which will satisfy your Lordship that the subject which has excited so deep an interest in England had at an early period insured the sympathy and support of the Government I represent. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient servant, " DEDEL." A CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. On Monday an interesting-looking young female at tended the Union Hall Police Court for the purpose of soliciting the Magistrate's advice. The applicant about six months ago came up from the country on a visit, and while staying at the house of her friends she became acquainted with a young man, whose father was a retired tradesman in affluent circumstances. They became mutually attached, and in March last they resolved to marry, without the sanction of the parents on either side. They were accordingly married in St. Pan cras Church, in the latter end of last March ; and when the ceremony was over, and they were in the act of quitting the church, the father of her husband drew up in his gig. He immediately alighted, and having questioned his son as to whether he had really got married, and the answer being in the affirmative, he seized her husband by the collar, and exclaimed, " I'll take care, although you are married, that you shall never live with your wife," and then dragging the happy man from her side, made him get up into the gig, and drove off with him, leaving her to get home in the best way she could, alone and shorn of her better half. She added that she bad seen her husband twice since, but it was only for a moment on each occasion ; and that, being ashamed to return into the country or see her friends, she had supported herself by mantua-making, never hav ing received the least assistance from her husband. She had called at the house of her husband's father to endea vour, if possible, to effect a reconciliation, and to obtain his consent to their living together; but the old man was inexorable, threatening to disinherit his son if be lived with her. Under these circumstances, she was at a loss what to de. Mr. JEREMY—W as the young man of age at tho time you married him Applicant—No, he was not quite 21. He was an ap prentice, ard, I believe, is not yet out of his time. Mr. JEREMY said that the fact of the young man not being of age at the time he contracted the marriage with her absolved him from contrihuting to her maintenance, and proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts would render the marriage null and void. Applicant —I would prefer that proceedings of that kind were adopted, rather than having a husband and yet be debarred from all the indulgences and comforts of the mar ried state. "It was very unfortunate for me," she added, " that I ever formed such an attachment." .Ir. JEREMY would advise her to make known her sen. timents to her father. in-law, and there was very little doubt that he would institute the necessary proceedings to dissolve the marriage between her and his son. The applicant, who appeared a great deal affected, left the Court, expressing her thanks to the Magistrate for his advice, EVENING E D SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAL't FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. (From the Morning Chronicle.) There is one consideration which seems to have bcen scarcely adverted to in the course of the recent debates on Mr. Kelly's Punishment of Death Bill, but which ought by no means to be overlooked, namely, the very Meetly ° state of our present secondary p un i s h men t s , as - applicab le to those grave offences which it is now proposed s ee exempt from the operation of c a pit a l sentences . We f are among those who earnestly d es i re t h e abolition o f capital punishment in every case, excepting the 011° or two instances in which the common voice 0 mankind calls for the highest retribution that se" ciety can inflict ; and we regard efforts like th e Bill of Mr. Kelly as most satisfactory proofs of the Pr e. ; greas which humane and philosophical principles ar e steadily making in the work of penal legislati on . Yet w must frankly say, that a degree of vagueness and u nceri tainty characterizes Mr. Kelly's substitutes for car" punishment, which appear to justify the objecti ns ent er ; tamed by Government to the Bill becomi ng l a w in 1 , , ` . present immature stue. An offender now liable to the chance of being hanged would by the present Bill be subject, principally in the discretion of the Judge s ' either to lengthened imprisonm e nt, or t o tran s ( portation to Norfolk Island, whither, a f ter th e Ist °to August next, all persons sentenced to transportation fr ° i, this country will be convey e d. N ow , if it s h ou ld b e aske d in the first place, wh a t p rov i s i on h as b een ma d e i n the pr': suns of this country for the confinement for life, or O r) long periods, of offenders of the worst class—and, ne gr i what expe r i ence h ave we to j ust if y any sangu i ne hope" n , the success of the new pl an a b out to b e a d opte d, o f trans porting convicts g enera lly t o an i so l ate d spot in tb,e antipodes—it is plain that the Government is n ot Ye in a condition to answer either question sa tisfacte; rily. With the exception of a f e w e x p er i men t a l cells Milbank Penitentiary, there is not a prison in the king' fitted for the confinement of a criminal, for a pre. tracted time, upon a system of se parati on . The founu a ; tion has, indeed, been laid of a model of a prison on o ut separate system, in the vicinity of the metropolis; b p beyond this nothing has yet been done towards the es ~ blishment of a general system of imprisonment upon I P most approved plan, viz , that of separation. Cense; quently, little or n o thi ng has b ee n p rac ti ca lly e ff e cted t , be wards providing a t h ome any efficient substitute for punishment of d eat h, i n case it be the will of the Lee s e lure that such punishment should at once wholly, or al° wholly, cease. (From the Times.) It is pretty generally known that in the church of Se °t ' land there are no large preferments, very few pl ur alitie s ; and only a scanty number of Royal chaplaincies, merely nominal salaries, connecting its clergy with ts' n - f Crown. Most men have considered that this stete ; , i things in the northern establishment, especially as 0 0 , 1. 7 no high rewards for eccle s i as ti ca l mer it, i s ma tter 0' tional reproach ; and all the mor e , a s th e Parliamentilj Committee on church patronage in S co tl a nd reput` b , their unanimous opinion, that the religious establigs, ment of that country was Entitled to universal arlut if o tion as one of the cheapest and m ost efficient institution ei the land. However, it does s o h a pp en t h a t th er e are to r e or four Queen's chaplains in Scotland, with a Dea e ,,. o the Chapel Royal" at their head, havi n g a nnual 50 18 4 of 501. each. During Sir Robert P ee l' s Admi ti istrs e ti ° i, the Rev. Dr. M'Gill, Professor of Di v i n ity in the u li bo versity of Glasgow (a clergyman of high character , w o resigned the lucrative incumbency of a city paris h accepting his professorship), was app o i nte d Dean bot the Chapel Royal for Scotland. Well, it t ur ns out " the Whigs, on superseding the Right Hon. Barooe t 5 , power, refused to give the Learn e d Do c t or his sa lli ;ir, From that day till this, his friends, including . 0 Goulburn, who was Home Secretary when the Be l o moot was made, have applied for it in vain. On rsibt evening, therefore, the Right Hon. Gentleman brougo the matter under the notice of Parliament; and wba,t, * lo he told by the notable, and economical, and coosls"rs Whigs? Oh ! an understanding had been come to e tio , promise given (no one could tell whi c h), whoo be d Liberals were formerly in office, that the salary att ge • e a; to the deanery—the mean, paltry, and insufg el l y. salary--should henceforth be discontinued. y M'Gill, be it observed, had received the pointment—an appointment which he holds ring life and good behaviour, without any notice or sl i d lation that its miserable salary was to be withheld; 0 $ on this ground, were it worth while to demand fr e A ir Court of Law what may be contended for with more nity on the mere point of principle, we are by no o esr 4 4 certain that the Doctor could not com p e l the Whigll# sury to act for once an hon oura bl e part— honoura"—foi compulsion! But what w e are c hi e fl y anx i ous to Ull' s be upon our readers is the disgusting fact, that wheel s e sl identical Whigs who made a solemn promise to Farlil i be that they would not remain in office unless they carrie, appropriation clause, still c on ti nue t o re t a i n their P a although that clause has been abandoned. (From the Morning Post.) o itS From the division which has taken place in the HBillr of Lords on the Ecclesiastioal Duties and Revenue s isi f, we can entertain but little doubt that it will p ass 100,1 de' We must confess that we do not find anything in no bate to reconcile us to this prospect. We honeurt7, tbi° tives of the Archbishop of Canterbury in pronaotinlbf bill Bill, and we admit the force and acuteness of inanY. t) gt it; answers to objections which have been u rged age le %bi but we think he does n o t allow su ffi c i ent weight to ° t o objections which he did not not i ce . H e does not g e ld c df.:ob n wr t in e c m oo p ff l t a sh t oe e mc w e h i of r ct t u laa hh n e y w bh a a p i ct p thl r e e wm h i e lel n nb s te i s o o n a cnd thecas pinnacles, o shake bi ev b osf, A t hi_i thesep; I?: it will be with the intention of st rengt h e ning t the Je s ts dation by means of the materials thus obtained. ob is own we do not lik e thi s revo l ut i on i s i ng , h oweve r ISO the motive m a y b e , an d h owever p l aus ible the argilw e d in its favour. We make great account of th e . of of the change, merely as a change. It is an admis° lo o ,4 the point of the wedge. We fear that enemies. ..0 yet drive it home. We are sorry that true 01'00 of the Church ever had anything to do with it. uoti ell speech of Lord Melbourne was enough to make anY " friend of the Church tremble for the c onse quenet e o° measure so recommended. To us it seems to have "'poi triumphant sneer from beginning to end, breaking %Jr°, and then into undisguised vituperation of the ClergP ar gel think it is to the honour of the Clergy that they have e an d the enmity of such a man as the Viscount Melbourlieh'e bol that there is no mitigation of that enmity though been upwards of six years a Prime Minister. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE' (LLOYD'S.) NOTICE TO MARINERS. BEACON ON THE WOLF ROCK• id 21. Trinity-house, London, sa tin' The Corporation of the Trinity-house have inac";,scli faction in st a ti ng , f or t h e i n f orma ti on o f mas t e rs of %dot° and mariners in general, that the difficult and 1 05 0 i° works which have, during the last four summers , u k e p ooll operation, under their direction, for constructing a bopt upon that dangerous rock called the Wolf, situa te s h oo 71 miles W. S. W. of the Land's-end of Cornwe ll ' bet, been completed, and that a conspicuous beacon has erected thereon. This beacon consists of an artifical cone, bearing ° o f 3 6 having a large ball upon its summit, at an eleication °poi feet above the level of the sea at high water; and ro ar f e et are to observe, that spring tides rise a t this station 19 cod and that at low water of these tides the rock is nano / to the heit of 15 feet. The be g ar h ings and distances of the undermentioned °fr jects from this beacon are as follow, viz : Longships Lighthou se , Nly. district 71 Scilly Lighthous e , W. by N. N. distant 21 "` h - ; 01 Rundlestone Rock,which covers at half-flood, S. ''' 1 N. distant 7 miles. 1 3 Seven Sto nes , cen t re th ereo f, N.W • f 4 N. distan t miles. Lizard Lighthouses, S. E. by E. 4 E., distant 2 3 A l po It being of great importance that this beacon 5 10° csir sustain injury, masters of vessels and others are bere t/ Idol tioned and enjoined not to approach it on any cni lli f tb ° tion, lest their own safety, as well as the security ° A structure, should be thereby unnecessarily en dangcr e "' By order, J. HERBERT, SecretBd. er r ' N VESSELS SPOKEN wire. Economy, frail Kith castle to Quebec, 17th inst., lat. 52, lon. i's r pitb' the loss of maintop-mast, by the John Merrit. De itb , arrived in the Clyde ; Hebe, St. Vincent t ° f j al' Ist instat, lat. , Cl ion. 58, by the Mrshird to e loy Nicol, arrived in the yde ; Elizabeth, Waterford ramichi, 7th inst., lat. 41, lon. 49, by th e P e ' Scurrow, arrived in the Clyde ; Kent, bounu t l, Of . York, 14th, lat. 45, lon, 29, by th e Lewes, Pe"'" rived in the Clyde. • FLAT GOLD WATCHES, Gold 0 0 iy Ten Guineas each. Highly-finished HORIZONTAL, ais.' WATCHES, with engraved or engine-turned Gular jewelled in four holes, ar , :, ?ither engine-turned graved cases are offered, price Ten Guineas each. T he r g r - s etil: gent little Watches will be found to perform very V. ah and a printed warranty is given with fixed terms, on w° l will always receive any attention repired. 'l'. COX SAVORY, ft 0 Watchmaker, Je we ll er , & c ., 47, Cornhill (Seven D°Bl.° GraceeWurch:street), London. - -- - BIRTHS. A of 14 ' On the 26th inst., at Twyford House, Hants, the la-Y Clut.terbuck, Esq., of a daughter. f Joh . On the 27th inst., at Camberwell-grove, the lady ° j Gray, Esq., of a daughter. f f d*c3r On the 28th inst., at Finsbury-circus, the lady 0 Herring, Esq., of a daughter. ___..---- ' MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Cas - tletown, Isle of Man, the 1 1 V,,0, el B. Christian, second son of the Hon. Deemster Cbrisa-ofthe Milntown House, to Charlotte Elizabeth, eldest daughter late Thomas Brine, Esq., of Castletown. On the 23d inst., at the British Embassy, Brussels, 0' Louis Wyatt, to Mona, youngest daughter of Captain Rider, R.N. On the '27th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, - f pitch fourth son of the late Charles White Williams, EY:Pt . of worth Plantation, Jamaica, to Isabella, third daughter. late Robert Robinson, Esq., of Knaresborough, Y° l -, l ‘ l , sll 3 l r r le e g On the 28th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington , ‘ - ',_';„ r of Hare, Esq., of Clift o n, to H enr ietta, youngest daugu`' Grace, Esq., of Stockwell-common, Surrey. DIED. !fr aet e , O the 14th of Jnuary, at Por Lincoln, AustraliaitaAroll third son of Samuel White White, A' Esq., of Cha rlton 01 , Dwset, a3t 41 22. rel ict On the 2. 3d inst., in Ireland-row, Mile - en d, Jane, the late William Crew, Esq., of Ratcliff. Nif On the 24th in s t., at he Hector! House, at ' arrocell, Dorset, the Rev. George Pickard, aged 84 . 10°' On the 25t1: inst., at Beverley Lod g e, Colchester, Clark, aged ti''. of Nu, London •. 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