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YENING EDITION. TIIE GREEK MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER. DISTURBANCE AT PERA. (From the Leipsic Allgemeine Gazelle.) CONTANTINOPLE, JULY :22.—Within this week past the whole of the Greek Reyes have been plunged into dreadful, indeed indeseetbable, distress, and every heart has Iseeil deeply moved. Early in the morning of July 13, a Greek iihrmen with her daughter, a beautiful child only eight years old, went to fetch water from the wells of Bulanca, a village near the Seven Towers. While conversing with a female friend her attention was withdrawn from her daughter, and when about to re turn home, she found that her child had disappeared. A Turkish woman, feeling for the distracted mother, told her that another female Turk had carried off her gild, and that they were in Scutari. The mother in staitly passed over in • boat, and proceeded to the house which had been described to her, and there she found her child clothed in the Turkish costume, with her nails stained red. The mother claimed her child, mad insisted upon taking it with her ; but the Turkish lady asserted that the girl was her own child, and, with a bleeding heart, the poor Greek mother was obliged to depart. Following the advice of her friends, she repaired to Raouf Pasha, the Grand Vizier, and solicited his assistance. He replied, in rather a surly manner, that she should have it, and that she must come to him again on Thursday, the 16th, when her ehii e l would be there. On the appointed day, the Greek woman, accom panied by the priest, the judge, and several inhabitants of her village, repaired to the Porte, where she found the Grand Vizier, surrounded by officers and ser vants. Meanwhile Raouf Pasha had sent a Kavass- Basehi to Scutari to bring the child, who, however, had been previously worked upon by presents to per suade her to deny her mother. The Kavass-Baschi on the way back applied the like inducements, but when brought before the Vizier the force of nature prevailed. On seeing her parent the infant ran to her, crying, " Mother, mother, save me." The mother burst into tears, and held her child fast in a convulsive embrace. Raouf Pasha, reddening with rage, seized the infant by the hair of the head, while the attendants beat the mother severely with their fists. Having torn the child fnom the mother's arils, the Pasha gave it to another Baschi, who immediately disappeared with it. The priest and the other Greeks who were present could not restrain their indignation, and exclaimed, " How I you, the first Minister of the State, who should set an example to others, do you dare to use the subjects of your Sovereign in this manner! Is this the fulfilment of the hopes which the people were lately taught to place in yilla ? Are you making good the benevolent promises the Sultan's Hatti Scheriff, by which equal rights and equal protection with your own people were guaranteed to us? Do the precepts of your heretical religion per mit this injustice to be done ?" On hearing the con eluding reproach all the Kavasses and attendants at t. !eked the priest and the Greek villagers, bastinadoed them in the most cruel manner, and sent them off to prison. The priest, however, availed himself of the con fusion to slip out of the way, and succeeded in making his escape. The poor woman, dreadfully ill-treated and abused, was thrown in a state of insensibility into the street. As the priest euld nowhere be found, the Greek Patriarch was summoned, and it was notified to him that he must answer on his life for the appearance of the offending ecclesiastic within eight days. Thus, up to the present time. the affair remains ; what has become of the child nobody knows. Every one is curious to learn what course the rigid and just young Sultan will adopt with respect to this transaction, as the complaint was presented to him personally on his last visit to the Mosque. Every one, too, endeavours to account for the extraordinary and revolting conduct of the Grand Vizier, who was lately President of the High Court of Justice, and which is the more re markable at the time when a new code declaring Turks and Reyes equal before the law has just been pu'elished. Now, as, for many years past, both here and in the pro‘ihces, many handsome Greek and Ar menian girls, of from six to ten, have been stolen from their erieving parents, and as this virgin robbery is be lieved to be a new branch of industry, a speculation, having for its object to get the children reared in secret by mercenary wretches until they are of age to be sold for the harems of the rich, the general opinion is, that Raouf Pasha had cast his eyes on this fine chili and gives a commission for stealing her. In con sequence of the suppression of the pirate system of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, no booty of this L.ind can any longer be had in the Mediterranean, and as Greece, Georgia, and Citeassia eve withdrawn from -die dominion of the Porte, it is found very difficult to .procure a sufficient number of white slaves for the harem. It appears, therefore, that chid-stealing has been resorted to as the means of supplying the want so zenaillly felt. This much, however, is certain, that be the downfall of Khoarew Pasha and the Russian influence, the tireeks would havo been safe from any such arbitrary proceedings as those to which they are now exposed. The fermentation among the already discontented Greeks is greatly augmented by this • husiness. • HALF-PAST 6 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. :11v letter of this day's date is sent to the Post-office, trirt, I cannot recall it. I must therefore write a post cript on another sheet to tell you, that all th? wart - 'ti , ,iiscs and shops of the Greeks (those who are subjects ~ of King Oiiio) are closed by order of the Government, and that it is notified to them that they must return to G-eccJ within c'ght eays, or become KlyilF. e is now nothing but confusion—women crying, men -;orsning. Tne puhce has put seals on all the ware liooses and workshops. The unfortunate Greeks arc now w Ilich,ring in groups through the streets. It is a sad thing to see so much distress, so many eyes moistened Kith tears. Amidst general excitement, nobody knows to what cause so extraordinary a reaction is to be attri 'wited—whether King Otho's rejection of the eommer- • cosi treaty, or to the manifestation of sympathy by the Gre,lc population in favour of the deposed Grand linosrew Pasha, and Russia. God help these oi4rtunate beings, and preserve them from yet more horrible scenes of cruel'y ! I tr:lnble to find my fore bodings sooner realised than I expected. A FINE• 'COUNTRY FOR LOAFERS.—AC enrding to Mr. Humboldt, there is a tree in the South Sea Islands which produces ready-made shirts. The na tivt:s cut off pieces of the tree about two feet long, from which they draw off the red and fibrous hark in the same rumr} , r that boys draw off the bark of chesilut to make v.h•stles. Each man selects a tree near his own diameter so that the shirt may be a good fit. When the bark is off, they cut a bole in each side to admit the arms. These shirts de nut require any washing, starching, or ironing, and a more convenient article for loafers could not be ima gined. The same country produces bread fruit; so that g-entleman may get his board and clothes gratis ; and what will meet the views of some Philadelphia gentleman of leisure), he may sleep out all night without any inter ruption from the watcistran. Who will put in to establish a grind Loafers' Colonization Society, to facilitate the transportation of those gentlemen to the South Sea Is land? The idea of shirts and luncheons gratis will be a powerful inducement for them to emigrate.—Phil. Led. TEACHING THE PEOPLE ! !-We have a Church which teaches practiee and the rule of three by exercises on the number of murders commanded by the 'priesthood of a barbarous tribe; and stops all other educa tion that it can. We have a Church whiah shuts men up In prison for refusing to pay what, if the case was of de manding Peter's pence from itself, it would declare to be the height of persecution and wrong ; and is obliged to have a special Act of Parliament to take the victims out of its claws before the general resurrection. We have a Church whose yesterday's operation was to present peti tions against the law which allows prisoners to be de leaded by coansel ; because the Church's idea is that pi i soners siould be condemned without. We have a Church ind Bench that combine together to bear harmless the violators of girls who cannot say their catzchisms, and admit to evidence such as avow the credence in " old Bogie." We have an Aristocracy that first makes it un lawful for industry to keep itself, and then cuts off the provision for the poor. Surely we arc taught ! Surely >4:: aro guided I —Col. P. Thompson. DEATH BY DR OWNING.-Between two and three o'clock on Thursday afternoon, a boy, about seven or eight years of age, named Carr, while bathing in that branch of the Tay which runs on the east side of the Scanners Island, disappeared under the water, and did not come up again. His brother gave the alarm, and in a few minutes a great number of people assembled. From the bridge the body was distinctly seen in the bottom of the river. Mr. Boyle, superintendent of police, ran towards the spat, thr ew o ff part of his clothing and dived five or six times, but the strength of the current as oft en carried him past the object of hi s a i m. A salmon cobie ;as at length dragged te the place, and the body taken into it, after having been :from a quarter of an hour to twenty minutes under the water. All attempts to restore animation failed..—Tainburgh Courant. DIABOLICAL ACT: - -A most diabolical at tempt was on Saturday evening made by some miscreants, to peril the lives of the passengers by the late train on the S'4isley railway, a large stone having been laid acrossram, it the rails between Johnstone and Howood. ~c;ttially the engineer perceived the obstruction in time to :stop the train, so that no accident occurred ; but had it 'eon overlooked, a fearful loss of life might have en turd. The size of the stone proves it to have been placed by two or more persons, and the time chosen for this detestable act was just after the passing of the po lice officer, anal before the train came up.—Edinburgh Courant. Wilson, the vocalist, had his benefit at the Adelphi theatre, Edinburgh, last Saturday night, after an engagement of twelve *tits ; but as the house has been crammed every night Murray has re-engaged him. LONGSHA IV LODGE, NEAR SHEFFIELD. — The Duke of Rutland commenced the grouse shooting season on Tuesday last, when upwards of 100 head of game was bagged. The visitants already arrived are the Marquis of Granby, Lord and Lady Lichfield and Lady Anne Anson, tros4, Lfickra t te a r ri L ai o i r ct d_ . John Manners and Sir Richard Sta ll-Mem- and Siramtv e a n d tesa of Jersey and Lady Sarah Peel, are expected early in the ensuing weeke:::l4lB Grace's d T d oors abound in partridges, A lettei:;:-addressejasport is expected. by alif Charles Wood, Esq., pl. P., to thst,electOciltaniey,saxefending his conduct with refenn4to Loi•tt Irish Registration Bill, •)1.3 been publiehed by that gentleman. BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MAR RIAGES. EXTRACTS FROM " THE SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND. (Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty.) TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANSY, HER. MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY Or STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. General Register-office, June, 1840. My Lord,—ln submitting to your Lordship a gene • ral abstract of the number of births, deaths, and mar riages registered during the year ending June 30, 1839, in order that the same may be laid before Parliament, I will offer a few observations upon the results so exhi• bited, and the progress and state of registration during the period above mentioned. I will first state the general results, and compare them with those of the preceding year. The numbers registered in the year ending June 30, 1839, were— Births Deaths 331,007 Marriages Which, compared with the numbers for the preceding year, show, for the births an increase of 80,828 ; for deaths, a decrease of 4,949 ; for marriages, an increase of 9,602. The increase of the number of registered births re sults from the continuance of that success which began to be exhibited in the third and fourth quarters of the first year of registration, and was adverted to in my first report—a success which, as before, I attribute mainly to the diffusion of a true knowledge of the be neficialaendeneies of the measure, and to the diligence and intelligence of the local officers by whom it is car ried into execution. A registration of births has thus been effected for the second year of registration, approaching much nearer to a complete record of the whole number born than was afforded by the registers of baptisms for the ten years ending 1830, the latest period at which we possess authentic returns with respect to such registers. The mean annual number of registered baptisms during that period was 373,349 ; and if it be assumed that the number of such registered baptisms has increased in the same ratio in which the population increased from 1820 to 1830, it will appear that the probable number registered in the parochial registers for the year ending June 30, 1839, will not have exceeded 46,000, a num ber less than that of the number of registered births for the same period by more than 20,000. I have the satisfaction of being able to ascribe the decrease of registered deaths, compared with those of the preceding year, not to imperfect registration, but to a diminished mortality. I have found no reason to believe that the registration of deaths has been con ducted with less care and efficiency than before ; but in comparing recent returns of the causes of death with those of the first year of registration, I have found reason to believe that the mortality of that year was above the average, owing to the inclemency of the winter in the beginning of the year 1838, and to some epidemics, the prevalence and severities of which ap pear to have subsequently declined. It is impossible, at present, to do more than approxi mate to a solution of the important question—What is the proportion of the mortality to the population of England and Wales ? The only data for arriving at an estimate of the population for the year ending June, 1839, are the returns of 1821 and 1831. Taking the enumerations then given—adding the Scilly Isles, which were omitted in 1821, adding for the army, navy, and other unenumerated population, according to the state ments prefixed to those returns, such proportions as may be assumed to have belonged at these periods re spectively to England and Wales—the numbers will be as follows :- 1821 1831 These numbers include all who may be assumed to have incurred the risk of death within England and Wales at those periods, and whose deaths might have been re gistered, if an act similar to the present had then been in operation, all of whom were not included in adverting to those returns in my report of last year. With these corrections, and on the assumption that the rate of increase since 1831 has been the same as from 1821 to 1831, the population of whom the deaths might have been registered may be estimated to have been nearly as follows at the middle of each of the two first years of registration under the present law : Males. Females. Total. January I, 1838...... 7,612,967 7,828,768 15,441,735 January 1, 1839 Tne deaths registered in the years of which the above mentioned periods are the middle terms, were— Males. Females. Total Year ending June 30, 1838 170,965 164,991 335,956 Year ending June 30, 1839 169,112 161,895 331,007 Without corrections for omissions, this would show the mortality to have been as follows : 18,38-39 Males. Females. Total. 1837-38. lin 45-7 lin 49 lin 47-3 Mean of the two years lin 45-1 lin 48-2 lin 46-6 Assuming that the population may bo estimated as obove, and that it is unnecessary to allow a greater cor rection than 2 per cent. for omissions in the registration of deaths, the mean mortality of the two sexes for those Itwo years will be about 1 in 46. • In explanation of the great increase in the number of registered marriages over these of the preceding year, I beg leave to refer to my first report, wherein I stated that the number there recorded was probably deficient ; j that it was less by 4,627 than the number estimated by 1 Mr. Finlaison in his letter of Feb. 2, 1839 ; and that ' the deficiency was attributable to the great additional number of marriages, which, as I had been credibly in formed, were, under a misapprehension of the object and effect of the recent Act for lalarriages, solemnized im i mediately before that Act came into operation. The increase now exhibited confirms the opinion then ex pressed—that the number returned in the first year could not he regarded as a proper average. In considering in what manner the records deposited in the office may be rendered useful in illustrating the condition of the people, I have found the registers of marriages calculated to throw much light upon the state of education with respect to writing among the adult population of England and Wales. Almost every marriage is duly registered, and every register of marriage is signed by the parties married, those who are able writing their names, and those who are unable, or who write very imperfectly, making their marks. Therefore an enumeration of the instances in which the mark has been made, will show the propor tion among those married who either cannot write at all, or write very imperfectly. 1 It may be said in recommendation of this criterion, that it is free from the disadvantage of selection, in cluding alike every class and condition, and every age, except children and very old persons. It must at the same time be remembered, that although a fair average is thus afforded, the portion of the whole population exhibited in the yearly returns of marriages is small. It appears that there are usually about seven or eight marriages in every 1,000 of the population. It', there fore, it be assumed that persons between the ages of 18 and 65 constitute half the population (which the enu meration of ages in 1821 shows to be very nearly the case), it will follow that of those who may be consi dered the marriageable portion of the community, about 30 in every 1,000 (or 3 per cent.) are married yearly. The portion, therefore, whose signatures appear on the marriage registers for a single year is sufficiently small to be easily affected by accidental circumstances ; and it cannot safely be asserted that the 30 in 1,000, from whose signatures we would draw an inference respect ing the other 970, may not happen to consist of more than the proportionate number of uneducated persons. It must not therefore be hastily assumed, upon the evi dence afforded by the returns of a single year, that the inhabitants of any particular county or district are less educated than their neighbours. The experiment must be repeated often, and be attended with similar results, Defore this inference can be drawn with safety ; and it is only when returns of the same description, given for several successive years, shall have exhibited similar facts, that it will be perfectly justifiable to arrive at any unfavourably conclusion with respect to any particular district. It is obvious that this criterion gives no insight into the amount and nature of the education now afforded. It can be applicable only to the past, and particularly to such as existed between 10 and 20 years of age. It is confined to the signatures of persons married, and 1 is not extended to those of witnesses in the marriage re gisters, or of informants in the registers of births or of deaths, and for this reason, that the signatures of per sons married are entirely free from the objection of I being se l ec t e d i ns tances, and that it is almost impossible that the same persons should have signed twice in the same year ; whereas the informants are in some degree sid selected enraabbli el ipteyrstoonws deficiency,i t a e n d the signature of the same informant is liable l t o occur many t i mes. tion. deficie ncy i i s n , w ot i h th e o r u k t in d d e s u obft elementary, indicative e of dcon- uca -1 O pinions mayth wi en ll ee di b ff e eras to "h nt is to which Here f o ll ows tion th e solution • inferred ; and ex th te is aq s eat twabhliechelxhwihililtinnot the w raotteomrtpiotn per . cent, in th e metropolis, ' in each E li nglish p eou p rity, and in year endi ng J une 30, 183 s' of persons married in the It appears f rom the table, w le h , North an d South Wale signednthhearevefore, tha that i i t n h mar fifteen English counties, and e is more than 40 p er cent. of the men were ena bl e to wr i te North an d S ou th W a l es , their names ; an d i n Lin t West Riding of Yorkshreeena English count i es , i n t h e half the women were similarly tad de i fi n e Wales, more th an appear from the subjoined abstract of marriages,ient; and it will the whole of England an d Wales, out th a t i n couples married, there were 40,5 g out of 7 121,083 women who could not write. men and 58,959 It is to be observed, that the education of the men in this respect appears to be superior to th at of the women, the proportions per cent. of those who were deficient being respectively 33 and 49 for the whole kingdom, and a superiority being maintained by the men throughout every county. It will be observed that this return indicates a de cided superiority with regard to education is the metro polis as compared with the rest of England and Wales, and, next to the metropolis, in the north of England ; and that the principal deficiency is in Lancashire, Bed fordshire, Monmouthshire, and Wales. But, as I have before observed, the comparative superiority or in feriority of particular portions of the kingdom must not be hastily inferred from the returns of a single year. I have included in the abstract of marriages the num bers married under 21 years of age, which are .5,6'28 men, and 16,414 women ; being in proportion to the whole number of each sex married in the same year 4.64 per cent. and 13.55 per cent., respectively. The counties in which early marriages have appeared to prevail are those of Hertford, Bedford, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Northampton, Leicester, and Essex. They have occurred least in the metropolis, in the northern counties, and in Wales. _ _ . The average age at which persons are married in England and Wales has never yet been ascertained, nor do the returns deposited in this office enable me to do so with certainty ; for the column headed " Age" in the register of marriages is required to be filled, not by the actual ages of the parties married, but only by a statement whether each is of full age or a minor. There was, however, considerable misapprehension on this subject, notwithstanding my endeavours to circulate information, when the recent Registration and Marriage Acts first came into operation, and it appeared, on the reception of the quarterly returns of certified copies, that in many districts the precise ages of the parties married had been uniformly inserted. This being the case, and as the information is of a novel kind, I subjoin the result of a❑ examination of the recorded ages i❑ 4,858 mar riages, which, as they are not selected instances, but be longed to districts varying greatly in situation and cha racter, and included every marriage in such districts, thus comprising persons of every class, may be presumed to be a fair example of the ages at which marriages occur throughout the whole kingdom. The result of calcula tions founded on this abstract shows that the average age of marriage was, for men, about 27 years, for women, 25 years and a few months. The registration of places of public religious worship not belonging to the Church of England has continued to be affected to a considerable extent, as will appear from the following table, showing the number registered in each county before the year 1839, amounting to 1,332, and the number registered during each quarter subsequently during that year, amounting to 246, form ing together a total of 1,578. [Here follows a table showing the total number of buildings in each county of England and Wales regis tered for the solemnisation of marriages, pursuant to the Act of 6 and 7 William IV., c. 85, as well previous to as during the year 1839.] , I have appended to the abstracts of deaths a table similar to that appended to the abstracts of the preced ing year, wherein each is reduced to a common denomi nation ; and the proportion of deaths, at different ages, out of 1,000 registered deaths, is shown for each divi sion, and for the whole kingdom. It is thus rendered easy to compare both different portions of the kingdom and the results of different years. I will first notice the most remarkable diversities ex hibited by the abstracts of the second year of registra. tion, with respect to different portions of the kingdom. The m•st marked and serious difference is that which is observable between the mortality of rural districts and of large towns, as exemplified in the proportion of the deaths of children and of persons dying at advanced ages. The mortality of children appears to have been greatest in towns ; and among those towns respecting which I can exhibit separate returns, the greatest at Manchester, where it appears that out of every 1,000 deaths of males, 196 were of children under three years of age. The mean deaths of children under three years, in Manchester and Salford and suburbs,were 475 out of 1,000 deaths. In Leeds and its suburbs the proportion was 447 ; in Birmingham, 440 ; in Liverpool and West Derby, 437 ; while in Dorsetshire and Wiltshire it was 281 ; in Devonshire, 296 ; in the North Riding of York shire, with Durham (except the mining parts), and the northern part of the West Riding, 282 ; and in the northern part of Lancashire, 'Westmorland, Cumber land, and Northumberland (except the mining portion of the latter), not more than 253. In the whole of England and Wales the mean mortality under three years was 343 out of 1,000 deaths at all ages ; and it is to be remarked that, notwithstanding the comparative unhealthiness of towns, the proportion in the metropolis is still less, namely, 338. Equally remarkable are the contrasts exhibited by the towns and rural districts with respect to the pro portion of persons who appear to have died in old age. The proportion out of every 1,000 deaths which have been at the age of 70 and upwards has been in Man chester, only 53 ; in Liverpool, 60 ; in Leeds, 63 ; in Birmingham, 78 ; i❑ the metropolis, 99 ; while in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and the agricultural parts of Durham, it is 202 ; in Devonshire, 208 ; and in the north of Lancashire, Wcstmorland4 Cumberland, and Northumberland, not less than 210. In the whole of England and Wales the proportion, out of 1,000 deaths occurring at 70 and upwards, was 140. Great also are the differences exhibited by the mining districts and the agricultural districts which surround them, with respect to mortality, both in childhood and in advanced age. lln the mining parts of Staffordshire and Shropshire the mean deaths in 1,000, at all ages under three years, were 462 ; at seventy and upwards, only 90. In the rest of Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Cheshire, the proportion under three years was 332 ; at seventy and upwards, 141. In the mining parts of Northumber land and Durham the proportions of deaths under three years of age was 349 ; of deaths at seventy and up wards, 150 ; while in the surrounding agricultural districts, comprised in the divisions 22 and 24, the pro portions of deaths under three years were only 282 and 252 ; and of deaths at seventy and upwards, 202 and 210. Although I am not required by the Act for Regis tering Births, Death, and Marriages, to present ab stracts of the registered causes of death, yet, as such abstracts are of great and acknowledged value—as. without them, a vast mass of records of facts deeply important to medical science, and therefore to the health of the community at large, would be compara tively useless, and as the experiment of forming such abstracts for the first half-year of registration was at tended with considerable success, 1 have again causes similar abstracts to be formed, embracing a still larger period, compiled, like those of the preceding half-year, under the direction of Mr. Farr. They will be found in the Appendix to this Report, accompanied by a statement from Mr. Farr, to which 1 particularly invite attention. Since the commencement of the present year, I have obtained from the registrars of the metropolitan dis tricts weekly returns of the registered causes of death, and have directed abstracts of the same to be compiled and printer for publication ; and I have caused the result of such returns for the first twenty weeks of the present year to be exhibited in the appendix to this .report. I need not enlarge upon the obvious import ance of giving early and accurate records of the causes affecting the mortality of a population amounting in 1831 to 1,594,890, the largest of which there is any account on which reliance can be placed, that is any where congregated in so small a space, and in which, as is shown in Mr. Farr's letter in the appendix to my first report, the mortality is comparatively much greater than where the population is less dense. As it is impossible to define accurately the limits of the metro polis, and as that term obviously ought to be extended beyond the boundaries of the bills of mortality, and even of the city of London, Westminster, South wark, and the new metropolitan boroughs, I have preferred to apply it in the most extensive sense of which it is susceptible, including every super intendent registrar's district into which the suburbs extend continuously, and which, with the exception of in considerable portions, assumes throughout the character of town. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's obedient servant, T. H. LISTER. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. ( PROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Standard.) It is understood to be decided that Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., brother-in-law to Lord Minto, is to succeed Sir Robert St o pf or d i n th e comman d i n chief of the British Mediterranean fleet ; and that the Queen is to be commissioned by Lord Edward Russell, for the purpose of receiving his flag. Having been the first to denounce the shameless profligacy of the nomi nation of another member of the Minto family to the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital, we should be guilty of a dereliction of our duty did we cot offer a few remarks on the present appointment. We have no desire to disparage the professional character of Sir Charles Adam, who is, we believe, a good officer and a highly respectable gentleman ; but we ask if it is decent, at a juncture so important as this, to place the command of our Mediterranean fleet in the hand of a junior Vice-Admiral of a few years' standing, over the heads, not only of ALL the Admirals of the fleet, but of no fewer than FORTY officers of his own rank ; a large proportion of whom, with tenfold his experience, temper, and discretion, are neither disqualified by age or infirmity for un dertaking this important duty ? Beside this fact, it has usually been admitted that there is " might and magic" even in a name. If, therefore, Sir Charles Adam's naval career had really been other than undistinguished, and the whole of his brother officers who are eligible for the post which is to be conferred upon him, who were only his equals in experience, it cannot surely be denied that the names of such ad mirals as Sir George Cockburn, Sir Philip Durham, Sir Josias Rowley, among those of higher rank, and very many more of his own status in the service, would carry a vast deal more weight with them than that of a gentleman whose employment for some years past has been limited to the more inglorious duty of assisting to pare down the naval strength of England ; and who has then sought to justify his own conduct, and that of his colleagues, is the House of Commas, by &pre- TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1810: ciating the fleets of other nations. But what evidence has Sir Charles Adam afforded of his capacity to un dertake so difficult and onerous a post ? Absolutely none. ( From the Courier.) The tone of the French papers is becoming more fierce and warlike daily, and the insulting language gra tuitously volunteered by the organs of the Foreign-office here is duly retorted with defiance by return of post. It is not difficult to foresee the end of this continued fire of recrimination, of which all the guilt and folly is justly chargeable upon Lord Palmerston alone, for by the journals under his control the maddening war of words was first commenced and exasperation is still fed. The forbearance and decorum of the Ministerial Press at Paris contrasts strangely, but advantageously, with the Bobadil swagger of the morning and evening deposita ries of our Foreign-office vagaries ; and the extraordinary contradictions may be remarked, that whilst the Minis terial voice of Paris, as represented by its organs, is all for peace, and that of the Opposition or Anti-Ministerial Press of all shades almost unanimously for war, here, on the contrary, every article which issues from Downing street to its dependent papers is strongly as indecently redolent of fire and fury, whilst the attitude of the whole independent and Constitutional Press is that of digni fied moderation, and calm rebuke of the outrageous extravagances perpetrated in our diplomacy. Although the dawn be overcast, yet we cannot still persuade ourselves that war is so imminent and immediate as some of our Contemporaries would seem to be lieve. A correspondent of the Post indeed goes so far as to indicate the outlines of a plot said to be laid, one of the features of which consists in a sudden embargo on the persons of the English resident in France, estimated at the number of forty thousand. This we hold to be impossible, under the reign of Louis Philippe at least. He assuredly will not be the man to repeat the Vandal barbarism of Buonaparte, and violate the usages of civil ized nations. (From the Gl o b e .) One of the most curious, if not th e mos t ser i ous , con sequences of the present dubious aspect of affairs towards the East of Europe, is that the " Old Commodore" of the Times, with his half-doze n maritime aliases, who used to figure in the correspondence-columns of that journal during last recess, is now fitted out for active service, and thundering broadsides in its leading articles. Who does not remember how often the Old Commodore (we borrow the description of him in this .veek's Examiner)" and Philo-Admiral,' and ' Anti- Autocrat-iensis,' and all sorts of maritime originals, were employed at the seasons alluded to, in the Times and its tributary journals, upon the laborious task of bringing the Russian fleet to anchor at the mouth of the Thames—in other words, of bringing the whole force of naval sta t istics to bear against the unassisted comprehension of weak landsmen—counting the number of hands' in each foreign ship by hands and not heads, so as to double the complement with much logical address— reckoning ships building as ships ready built, thus con founding the sea with the stocks—and finally showing that the Baltic is within an hour or two's sail of Black wall ! Nobody, however, saw the Russian navy riding in Thames water last year—for the reason mentioned in the Critic relative to the fleet of Spain. " Threat ened men," says the proverb, " live long." The threats of a Russian invasion of our coasts have been renewed every recess till they had lost a good deal of their terror. It was a godsend to the Old Commodore to be able to add France to Russia in his threats of inva sion, at a slight sacrifice of common sense, and moral possibility. It is now France or Russia that are to anchor their fleets at the Nore. A 'VOYAGE UP THE SEINE. ROUEN, AUG. 10, 1840.—1 closed my last letter to you on our way hither, that I might the more freely open my eyes and ears to the beautiful scenery, and the various comments which it excited from the different passengers around us in the steam-boat. On one side of me sat a taciturn Englishman poring over his guide book ; on the other a garrulous Gascon and his wife, to whom he pointed ten thousand little nothings, which nobody but a Frenchman would have thought of, perhaps, and few cared about at least. The contrast reminded us of what Voltaire said of the na tives of the two countries, viz.:— " L'un dit que des riens, L'autre ne dit rien I" However, I am indebTed — tothisv . ery garrulity for a fable about the promontory which just then broke upon our view. It was quaintly told, and runs pretty much thus : The Seine who was (of course) one of the most beautiful daughters of Bacchus—having attended Ceres as a sort of femm e de chambre in her search after Pro serpine, received from this goddess this spot as a reward for her services, accompanied with the privilege of being able to produce corn wherever she wandered. Nep tune, it seems, fell one day in love with Madame Seine, and to this hour comes twice a day as far as this- Borne on the bosom of his briny svavr,' to visit the coy nymph, who, retiring at his approach, thus fertilises the happy shore on which Ceres deigns to live." " Ah, comma elle etoit bonne cette Mad. Cerise," said the little Frenchwoman ; " mail regardez mon cher Octave, regardez de l'autrc cote ;" and there, sure enough, stood the ancient and modern castles of Tan carville, hanging over a sweet little bay beneath them. To each a historiette belongs ; but as the latter is now the property of Marshal Sueliet's family, this, somehow or other, lad all parties to talk about the past and coming war, which is now rather an exciting topic here abouts, and it proved an engrossing one. For my own part I was sorry to see the attention of so many drawn from the sweeter scenery before us, although my bookish neighbour did quote the authority of the ancients as a justification (they, you know, used purposely to speak of death at the festivals to render the fear of it less), and begged me to let them (English and French) "fight it out." And, indeed, I believe something more than a war of words would have succeed e d ; b ut th a t mus i c , w i t h " all her soothing charms," came to our aid by striking up a peaceful tune in honour of the other steamer Let Seine, which was then passing us, and returned the harmonious salute. Vandevelde's pencil might have advantageously sketched the pretty port of Quillebceuf, as we saw it before us, with a roadstead full of pilot-boats, whose services in winter are so indispensable on this rocky shore, now looking as smooth and gentle as a dove. The wealthy Abbot of Jumieges, the remains of whose abode still exist on the opposite side, used in former days to receive tithe from every vessel which anchored, or rather was staked down for shelter in this bay. But yonder I see Lillebonne, a French mutilation of Julia Bona, as the Romans termed it ; but why they did so, does not seem to be known. The ruins of baths, theatres, &e., and the discovery of bronze images, &c., do, however, attest its former im portance. Modern tradition attaches to Lillebonne a curious story of a French hero, one Mons. Civille, who escaped many deaths, and at last died for love ; but you shall have his epitaph— " Ce git qui deux fois dut peri r , Et deux fois rcvint I la vie, Et qui sa viellesse on v uid'amoureusefol i i t o Dana mourir 1,, And now, our vessel being aground for a little while, we went to dinner. Ah, thought I, the jolly friars of Jumieges would never have put up with such fare as we did on board of La Normandie ! This, perhaps, was owing to the fashionable hour we had chosen, though it was barely three o'clock, but then all the French and many of the English had preceded us, leaving only some coupe maigre and a fricandean de veau for our selection. The latter had a very equivocal appearance, and justi fied the garcon's assurance of what the butcher told him—viz., " That it was cut out of k plus joli animal he . had ever seen." Indeed, these delicate cutl e t s were within a few shades of young beef, and made us think with Hamlet, that truly— " It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf." However, cheese, they s ay, digests everything but it self, so we hoped, by a double portion of capital Gruyere, to get a good night's rest at Rouen. While thus musing, a s h out f rom a bove caused us almost t o throttl e our l ong -necked bott l e w ith the napkin (th oug h only meant f or i ts protection), an d rus h o n deck. Wi t h pleasure we f oun d this universa l ec ho to be easily trans lateable i nto the words of the i r own song— " She rights, boys, she rights — we ' re off the shore, " which, f o ll owe d by a " crash" fro m our little orche stra , produced rat h er a theatrical effect. Here, too, time and space obli ges me to drop the cur t a in for awhile. So, good-b ye, t il l my next.—M orning PfTer. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUGUST 14. The sugar trade has been remarkably fiat till within the last day or two, when, on the arrival of a p acket from the \Vest Indi es , bringing au a ccount of the d readful effects of a lon g an d excessive droug h t , t o tally destroying next year's ca nes en man lantations, a nd rendering it im possible t o manufacture for want of water, the markets assumed a different appearance the demand became more brisk, and rather higher prices were obtained.— Bristol Mercury. Mr. Lewis D. B. Gordon, of Edinburgh, has been appointed Regius Professor of Civil Engineering in the University of Glasgow. The Committee of the Glasgow Wellington Military Memorial are still at sea for an artist. Feeling EuroPe, th e b est mode of select i on , the prices of the seve ral the difficulty, it h as appo i nte d a Sub-Committee of twenty one to in qu i re regarding the mos t eminent sculptors in arti sts , and the time in which eac h w ould undertake t o complete th e work. The Su b-C o mmittee have made its first inquiry , an d sent uest i o ns to the following scalp_ tors :—uhantrey, B a ily, W e strnacott, Campbell, Steel, Wyatt, Mar roc h ett i , Rau ch, and Scbwanthaler. In these questions, it asks to be furnished with copies of drawings or lithograph s o f any equestr i an sta t u e erected or designed by the artist, and requests him to state whether the sum subscribed will ensure the best exertions of the artist to whom it is given, and if any part could be appropriated to , a pedestal with historical representations in bas-relief. The Edinbu rg h W e l l i ngton M em orial has been given t o Mr. Steel, th e young artist to w hom the Scott statu e f or the same city h as b een entruste d, and whose bust of thq ; Queen was in th e Ailletawn, A ca d em y Extubition for 1839. BILSTON. (From the Staffordshire Examiner,) SERIOUS FRACAS AT THE TORY DINNER. A t the time of sitting down to dinner there was a considerable crowd outside the gates of the Market place, but, although somewhat sullen, they were very orderly and peaceable. As the dinner advanced the crowd increased, and by eight o'clock there was a very large assembly of the populace. As the party inside be came inflamed with wine they naturally became more uproarious in their shouts, and reports which got abroad as to the speeches which elicited such rapturous cheers, tended greatly to excite the passions of those outside. Among other things it was confidently said, and we be lieve with truth, that, in allusion to the drop in wages, some speaker had asserted that Is. 9d. or 2s. 9d. a day, we are not sure which, was quite sufficient for any working man to support himself, a wife, and family. No sooner did this report obtain circulation, than there was a general yell of indignation, and cries were heard of " Down with the food-taxers," " Let Lord Ingestre live on that," &c. Another circumstance which tended greatly to excite the crowd was the display of a flag over the roof of the building. The flag bore an inscription of " Church and State ;" but the motto being in part concealed by the furls of the flag was accidentally read " Church-rates"—any allusion to which subject is sure to create excitement in the district. During the time of dinner there were frequent allusions to this flag, and its display seemed to give great offence. Still, however, order prevailed, and probably would have continued, had not the police, in many instances, exceeded their duty, and used their staves without any occasion. One act of this kind, especially ex cited the populace. A little boy, between seven and eight years of age, was standing on the stone work, clinging to the rails of the market with a view to obtain the best possible view of the pro ceedings. A policeman came up to him, and de sired him to get down,.accompanying his words with a blow with his staff. The boy cried out, and there was a cry of " shame," on which the policeman struck the lad again. A man then said, "if you strike the boy again I will strike you." The policeman turned round on him and a scuffle ensued ; others of the police came up, and the row then became general. In the melee stones were flung on the roof of the tent, which brought some drunken fellows out, who cried out, " Come on, we are ready for you." Then the row ensued, of which we in serted an account last Monday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Arlo. 17. (Before Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS.) John William Holt, formerly a publican, residing in Dean-street, Soho-square, applied for his discharge. He was opposed by Mr. Woodroffe, on the part of Messrs. Nicholls, brewers. The Learned Gentleman stated that the insolvent's father had been a person very gene rally esteemed, and after his decease the Messrs. Nicholls purchased a house for 1301., in which they placed the applicant and his mother. After some time the insolvent sold his interest in the premises, and the amount arising from the sale, and other assets, were settled on his sister by a deed executed between him and his mother. This was the second time that he had been in prison, having been discharged in November, 1838. Mr. Woodroffe here read the schedule, by which it appeared that the insolvent had raised up wards of 3001. on bills of exchange, the greater part of which sum had been advanced by attorneys. Mr. Cooke, in support of the application, stated that the insolvent's mother had lost considerably in the house alluded to, and that unforeseen circumstances alone pre vented the payme n t o f th e M essrs . Nicholls. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS having looked over the schedule, pronounced it to be loosely and vaguely drawn up, and after a strong reprimand said, as he un derstood it was not the wish of the Messrs. Nicholls to act with severity, that he should discharge the insolvent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION--HO USE. The Lord Mayor caused the portmanteau of Major Cameron, who, as was stated in the newspapers a few days ago, mysteriously disappeared, on the 12,th of July, from the Bull Inn, Aldgate, to be opened in the Justice•room, in the presence of the landlord of the inn and the Major's servant, and examined. It contained nothing but a few shirts and hand kerchiefs and stockings, and a red overall such as is worn by sailors on a voyage. It appeared to be a very odd stock for a military man, who came all the way from America to England for his amusement. The LORD MAYOR said that he heard it mentioned by some person that Major Cameron was one of those who accompanied Louis Napoleon in the foolish adven ture against Boulogne, and asked whether any attempt had been made to ascertain whether there was any truth in the report ? The lad who was engaged as servant by Major Ca meron a few days before the Major disappeared, said that he had made the necessary inquiries at the residence of the French Ambassador, and was informed that no person of the name or description had been apprehended or been heard of in France. The LORD MAvon asked what amount might be due from the Major at his inn. The servant replied that he believed the amount might he 81. or 101. Hi , LORDSHIP then advised that the landlord of the Bull Inn should advertise the portmanteau and its con tents, and if there should appear no claimants sell them to defray the expenses. According to the statement of the major's servant, made upon the first application to the Lord Mayor, that gentleman said he had brought with him 2501. from New Orleans, and the calculation is that, as he must have taken all his money with him when he disapeared from London, on the 12th July, he had in his pocket about 200/. GUILDHALL. PICKING POCKETS.-G . Isaacs, alias Andrews , a lad apparently about s i x te en y ears o f a ge, remanded from last week, was charged with picking pockets. Mr. George Stiffer, of Wolverhampton, was walking with his brother down Gray's-inn-lane. There was a rush made past them by some boys, and he put his hand to his pocket suspecting that all was not right ; however, he found he had lost nothing. Shortly after he saw on the ground the shadow of a hand coming towards his pocket, turned round, and seized the prisoner, who was the only person near, and found his handkerchief on the ground close to the prisoner. The prisoner, who, it ap pears, is well-known to the Police, was fully committed, and Mr. Stiffen, who bad come up from Wolverhampton purposely to give his evidence was bound over to prose cute. ROWS WITH THE POLICE.—A decently dressed young man named Eldicott, whose head exhibited marks of considerable violence, was charged with assaulting Police-constable Greenland, 282, in the execution of his duty, and rescuing a prisoner from him. The Po lice-constable stated that on Saturday evening last there was a great row in Plumtree-court, which he was in vain endeavouring to quell, assisted by his brother constables, when Elizabeth Long rushed out of her liouse,armed with a mangling pin, and struck him several violent blows on the shoulder. He immediately took her into custody, and the prisoner Eldicott rushed upon him, and struck him, and rescued the woman from his custody. She was subsequently, however, apprehended by policeman 252, and brought to the station-house, The prisoner Eldicott was also brought there by 282. Waller, the superintendent, knowing the residence of the woman Long, did not lock her up, but directed the policeman to summon her. Eldicott, when asked for his residence, said that he lived at No. 5, Furnival's Inn Court. He was also allowed to go, witness being di rected to follow him, to ascertain if he had given a cor rect address. On their way there Eldicott wished witness to take some brandy and water with him and make it up. which witness refused to do. Eldicott then commenced abusing him, when witness threatened to take him back to the station-house ; on which pri soner struck him a violent blow, and ran off. Witness raised an alarm, and followed him, came up with him, and struck him with his staff, on which two other po licemen stopped him, and he was taken to the station house. Police-constable Elston, 252, was in Plumtree-court with last witness. Did not see Eldicott then. Took the woman Long into custody after she had been res cued. Did not see who rescued her. A professional gentleman, who attended for Eldicott, called the following witnesses for the defence : Eliza Long lives in Plunatree-court. She was talking with a woman at her window. The policeman came into her house, and took her into custody. She struck him after he had struck her. Eldicott did not rescue her ; newer saw him until she saw him at the station house. They were both discharged. Greenland, the policeman, was drunk. John Kite, a shoemaker, followed the prisoner and the policeman up Holborn, and heard the policeman abusing the prisoner the whole way. Never saw prisoner strike the policeman. Saw the policeman collar him. Eldicott raa off. Policema❑ cried out " Stop thief." Prisoner was stopped by two policemen in Fetter-lane, and when Greenland came up he struck him a violent blow with his staff. The prisoner said that he heard a row in Plumtree court, and went to see what was the matter. He never attempted to rescue Long. He was beat by the police, and on his way home the policeman was endeavouring to aggravate him by using abusive language. He never struck him, but the policeman, after he was in custody, broke his head with his staff. Waller, the officer at the station-house, contradicted the assertion of Long that the policeman was drunk. Ho was perfectly sober. He was a most efficient offi cer, but rather hasty. Mr. Alderman KELLY said it was evident that the police had been much abused and aggravated. They had a most difficult duty to perform, and must be pro tected. He should fine the woman Long 10s., and Eldinott 20s. Had it not bee❑ for the blow be hld received, he should have hued him 31. tor his improper laterference. ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—IVAIvIcE, AUG. 15. MUNTZ V. STURGE. This was an action to recover money expended in erecting polling-booths at the last Birmingham election, at which the defendant was a candidate. Mr. Hui. addressed the Jury, stating that in this case Mr. Philip Henry Muntz, Mayor of Birmingham, was the plaintiff, and Mr. Josech Sturge, of the same town, a respectable tradesman, the defendant. The defendant had paid 661. 12s. 9d. into Court, but that amount was not deemed sufficient. It would be re membered that in the beginning of the present year Mr. l'hotnas Attwood, who represented the borough of Bir mingham, accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and there upon a writ was issued for the election of a mere ber to supply the vacancy so created. Mr. Muntz, the plain tiff, was at that election the returning officer, and Mr. Sturge, the defendant, a candidate. The amount claimed was for the defendant's share of the expenses in respect of that election : Mr. Sturge having paid a certain sum into court, the question now to be considered was, whether that amount was sufficient ? The plaintiffs brother was also a candidate of the same political party as Mr. Sturge, and eventually Sir Charles Wetherell was brought forward by the other side, as was supposed in consequence of the Radicals having split themselves into sections in support of their respective friends. The day of election was fixed for the 23d of January, and as was his duty, he ordered booths to be erected in cer tain parts of the borough. He had waited, through his solicitor, Mr. Mills, upon Mr. Morgan, the agent of the defendant, to request him to enter into an agreement with the other candidates to defray the expenses atten dant upon the then approaching contest. This was done by the Mayor in order to free himself from the personal responsibility which was by necessity imposed upon him as the returning officer. On the 20th of January, in answer to the requisition sent to Mr. Sturge, a note was received from his agent by the Mayor (which was put in), the purport of which was that Mr. Sturge was not a candidate, and that those persons bringing him forward were considered by him responsible for any expense incurred on that account. Upon receiving this letter the plaintiff consulted his solicitor, who very pro perly advised that gentleman to do what he thought necessary for the preservation of public order, taking upon himself all responsibility in accomplishing that important object. At that time the electors amounted to 4,619, and by a late Act of Parliament it is enacted that to every 300 voters one booth should be erected, making it necessary that 15 should be built. A letter was then read, wherein Mr. Sturge's intention of be coming a candidate was mentioned, provided the show of hands on the day of nomination should be decidedly in his favour. Mr. Muntz, the plaintiff, had incurred an expense of 3601. 9s. 2d. for booths, stationary, de puties, &c. ; in general there were the returning officer's under-sheriff, or deputy, and fees to legal gentlemen acting for him, but in this case there were none. It was not to be expected that the office of returning officer should be one of profit, and there were charges which, by the Act of Parliament, candidates were not hound to pay ; but there was seldom any disinclination in them to pay their proportion, rather than the return ing officer should sustain a loss. The question would be more for his Lordship's consideration than for the jury, and he begged to call his Lordship's attention to the 67th section of the 2d William IV., fixing the day of election or nomination, the time of polling, the erec tion of booths, and the equal distribution of the expenses amongst the candidates. Mr. BALGUY observed that Mr. Sturge denied his re sponsibility, as he took no general part in the business, and he maintained that he was not a candidate at con tested election. Mr. Hill had read section 67, but had omitted to read 68, wherein the words " contested elec tion" were used. The question was therefore at what moment did the " election" commence. The booths were not erected till after the nomination was over. There was a point which he disputed. The defendant had paid into Court 601., which he considered his share of the expenses up to the time of the show of hands, and the remainder fell upon Sir Charles Wetherell and Mr. Muntz, the successful candidate. The Learned Counsel considered he had now shown the Court that the course which he intended to adopt was to make it a special case. The returning officer, moreover, was not only Mr. Muntz, but with him the High and Low Bailiff. Mr. HILL thought that Mr. Sturge could not object upon that ground. Mr. Muntz was returning officer under the Municipal Corporation Act, and the High and Low Bailiff under the Reform Act. The Learned Counsel for the plaintiff', to prove the amount of expenses incurred prior to the nomination, called Mr. Wills, the solicitor to Mr. Muntz, the Mayor of Birmingham ; and also Mr. Smith, a builder. Mr. BALGUY then said, that there having been three returning officers, there should be three plaintiffs. Mr. HUMFILEY replied, that the question was pend ing as to the validity of the Manchester charter. At • that town the Boroughreeve and Mayor had fixed the l election for two different days, and two returns had been made. Mr. Muntz, therefore, as would be seen from ) I Mr. Wills's evidence, had acted in union with the High and Low Bailiff ; and he thought his Lordship would be of opinion that he had acted for the best. His LORDSHIP directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff for 120/. I - CROWN COURT. James Titton was indicted for the wilful murder of Isaac Parsons, at Foleshill, in the month of June last. The prisoner, who appeared to be in the last stage of a consumption, was a blacksmith, and the deceased, who was an illegitimate child, was apprenticed to him by the parish before last Christmas to learn his trade. The charge against the prisoner was, that he had struck the boy on the back, and had also forced him to sleep on a damp bed, in consequence of which he had contracted a mortal distemper and died. With respect to the damp bed, however, it appeared, that owing to a particular infirmity to which the boy was subject he himself had caused the bed to be wet ; and as to the wound in the back, there was no evidence to show that the prisoner had inflicted it, except a declaration made by the boy under circumstances which did not appear to the Learned Judge, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, to warrant him in admitting it in evidence. The Jury, therefore, under his Lordship's direction, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS. Yesterday William Kettle, aged 19, dressed as a but cher, whose residence is at Cambridge ; Frederick Pres ton, aged 22, a labourer from Cambridge ; George Green, aged 27, a baker, from Wordsley, Stafford shire ; and Thomas Austin, aged 52 years, a baker, from Buckinghamshire, were brought up from the New Prison, Clerkenwell, for re-examination before the sit ting magistrates, on charges of having uttered counter feit coin. Several witnesses were examined, who having proved the case against the prisoners, Atkins, a constable of Harefield, near Uxbridge, accompanied by a constable from Rickrnansworth, in Hertfordshire, just as the wit nesses were being bound over to appear against the pri soners at the Central Criminal Court, applied to the bench for a remand of the prisoners, on suspicion of having passed several forged 51. notes purporting to be of the Bank of England, in the neighbourhood of Rick mansworth, on Saturday, the Ist inst. The officers produced a warrant which they held for the capture of the parties, but said, having only just ascertained the prisoners 4ere in custody on the present charge, they were not prepared with the necessary witnesses. The Bench, under these circumstances, remanded the prisoners back to the New Prison, whence they will be brought on Saturday next for further examination at Brentford, when it is expected several other charges will be brought forward agaiast them. THE LO VAT PEERAGE.-Many of our readers are aware that a new clamant to the title and estates of Lovat appeared some years ago in the person of an Ame rican clergyman, the Rev. A. G. Fraser, of New York. Mr. Fraser has since been pursuing his investigations, and he lately applied to be served heir to John Fraser, the younger brother of the celebrated, or rather the notorious Simon John Lovat of the Foray-five, the former of whom ho represents to have been his grandfather. This John Fraser appears to have been not unworthy of his brother Si mon, for the story is that he killed a piper with his dirk, on hearing the rustic musician strike up a well known Highland air, Ha Bidaig cig Machomish, the words of which were intended to ridicule the clan Fraser. Hav ing thus effectually silenced the piper, the doughty clans man became alarmed for his safety, for the law had then reached as far north AS Inverness-shire, though it did not penetrate into Ross-shire for some years afterwards. John Fraser fled, and his subsequent history is involved in ob scurity. The direct line from I.,;:rd Simon being extinct, the legitimate descendants of John Fraser (if the latter were ever married) would, it is said, be entitled to the honours and estates of this ancient family, as their present amiable and excellent possessor belongs to a remoter branch. The question has been brought into the Ceurt of Session; and evidence is now in progress here, under a Commission of the Court, by the examination of aged persons, and the recovery of any documents that may exist.—lnverness Courier. THE LEEDS AND LONDON MAILS.—The 23d instant is fixed for the commencement of the new ar rangements, by which, from that date, the Leeds Mail will be conveyed to London, and the London Mail to Leeds, by railway, each departing from the respective stations of London and Leeds, in the evening. It is proposed that the London Mail (leaving London at half.past eight on the previous evening), shall arrive here at eight minutes past seven in the morning, and that the Leeds Mail shall start from this place at twenty minutes to seven ;in the evening. This will bc the case,, should an earnest appeal prove unavailing, which bas been sent to the Postmaster- General, desiring that the London Mail may arrive here at half-after six in the morning, and the Leeds Mail leave this place for London, at half-after seven in the evening. Such an acceleration of the Mails, under either arrange_ ment, will prove of great importance to Leeds, and per haps more so to Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield, and other towns of Yorkshire, which will receive their letters from L<ed Considerable advantage will be also expe rienced in Chu North by so desirable an acceleration of these maile...,Leeds Times. EVENING EDITS 'ON. ADEN. (From the Bombay Times of it"Y 'l3 ') d By intellt.tence from Aden we leant ;.-hat on the `). and 3d instant the garrison was put in reat:ine. Is t repel an expected attack of the Arabs. Una Al' 8 (1 they an a ll were expected in great numbers. Various Vocliel amounting to 2,000 or 3,000, are said to be hovhere ing about. The troops and shipping we ye n t alert to give them a warm reception, as o ur intern' gence came away, but from the delay th were , ic it,hou; making it was thought they would skulk off making a rush. of Nothing can be more harassing than the d sties the garrison of Aden, or of a more annoying o r cult force to guard against, than these Arab night attacks. The whole Peninsula, separated frt the mainland by a low neck of land 1,300 feet from PS rq sea, is about two square miles in area, and f orms the summits and crater of a sub-marine v oleano. The rocks are one mass of splintered p ; .nn acles of lava shooting up in some cases to the he i g ht of nearly 1,800 feet—the whole bearing a zry close resemblance to a slice cleft off the sui unlit •if Mount !Etna, one-fourth from the top, and . set dr a wn i n the Arabian sea ; and in the very crater of 'thins stands the town of Aden and the English cantonm ient.s. a regular force Aden already is, or could easily be -mad' impregnable. A slight field work wot ild defend the isthmus, and a few guns placed opposite t .he only tyro or three landing places the Peninsula contains, could, with out the least trouble or uncertainty, prevent thie d e ' barkation of any regular force whatever. But agains t the system of Arab incursions, from which Aden bas suffered, batteries and bastions are in vain. Aa at tack in force over the isthmus they never dream of ; 6 11i 1 35 and barges they have none to offer a mark to arta lery, and they need them not. The ails, the disci pline, and the weapons of regular wan ire, are fur' nished with no visible opponents ; but a night a ttack having been agreed upon, these hardy and w arlike barbarians wade or swim from the neare% t shore til l they land on ledges of rock inaccessible or invisible t° the garrison. Th e ir only r a iment i s th e i r turban an d the cummerbund; their only arms, the short, stroll , formidable sword, which they carry in their teeth to preserve from the sea water. To men who can swim and dive like the seal, boats and barges would be s heer interruptions, scaling ladders an incumbrance to tilt' s° nimble as the mountain goat when rocks and preci pices are in the way. Collecting in groups amidst tbc rocks inaccessible to every foot but their own, ca d whose dark hues, harmonising with that of their swarthy/ invaders, serve well to conceal their presence, so soon' as they ascertain that they are assembled in suf fi ' cient strength, and that night conceals their movements, they raise a wild shout, and rush on the outposts or, camp of the garrison before the slightest warning a l their approach can be given, or precaution taken to me et their attack. True it is that their wild and ferocious onslaughts have hitherto always terminated in th e , slaughter and defeat of the assailants ; but this met hod of assault seems much more promising, and is to regula r soldiers so much more annoying than anything else tba can be attempted, that we may still look for those daric jl and reckless adventurers persisting in their practice t' a further continued series of disasters shall have tangl them their futility. To meet them, however, the ga ll 1 7 son are put en the severest and most perilous du! The wildest heights and the most conspicuous pion ir have nightly to be sentinelled, the sites of the se w °f f appearing in the light of day more like the stations ° hunters on the watch for the timid and cautious ro u tail game, than the posts of soldiers of a regular ars if guarding the approach of human foes. THE MARKETS-YESTERDAY' PRICE OF BREAD. 40' The IVghes` ri, e of Rread i the Ylctroolis is lf d for the Leaf. Gocd Bread may be had at 81. PRICES OF SEEDS Per Quarter. Per Cwt. . ssIM —6 . AN N€w F,glsh Red Clover...sos SCs St. Fcin ..-6 ) 0 ....4 Old I itt, Ditto --s s—6 Rye Gass .4 s • Sts New Foreign Ditto —s 506 75s Pacey Grass 01 I Di to Ditto rcw White Clover — 10 6 6 50; 67: D Li i n tt s o e , ed fOr fo so r w te i4 lil • ... . : 7 --- •-: ;FS 1 1 Old Ditt, Ditto —s —6 —s Ditto, for crushi,.g .....- 8 ,J" New Tre oil —6 Pis 34s }Lm Old Ditto —s lis 206 Canary . ..... ... —s9'. • 'Jr folium a 20s 3fisi Per el. English Carraway —s Cis 5061 White Itistaliß ush49 •.... Od to #is C 6 (4 id a VC S NI Foreign Ditto - Coriander —6 12s l66j'ares ....".....••...... Si '''. PRICE JF OIL. n Rape Oil, brown, per ton 39 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil Line ed Oil Cake at the Mill Rai e ake, per tou PRICE OF TALLOW Town Tallow , £2 13 0 Yellow Russia I 4 (per 1000) 7 • SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. a o 0 D M i e t l t t o i .......... : (17 , e 2 6 I" Graves ......................... Good Dregs ... ............... 'AT, per stone of Sibs. ..gs. 14 1 Callow ... White Soap Ditto 0 0 0 PRICE OF RAW I Price of Tallow (as stated by the' COAL I Ships arrived since s. al, IARKET. last market-day, 191. 322 C. Walls End Helton O3 Walls End Lambton 6 Walls End Pemberton Watls End Russell's Helton 6 Walls End Whitweli Walls End Hartlepool ...•••• a 5 Walls End Kelloe Walls End Evenwood 00 6 \Saila End Seymour Tees $ Walls End South Durham 2l 4 i Cowpen l9 Hartley 2') 0 Howard's Netherton Main lB 3 3 t lifF's Gawber Hall l6 Walls End Cliff Adair's Blaydon Main l3 Chester Derwent Main l7 0 Orig , nal Windsor's Pontop 18 Ord's hedhugh l7 C Smith's Pontop l7 0 Walls E d Bewic e and Co 9l I, Walls End Brown's' l9 3 Walls End Clennell Walls End Dunn's l6 0 Walls End Hotspur l9 Walls End Killingworth 10 6 , Walls End Nowmarch 2O 3 Eden Main 2l C: Mr. Kean has refused the tempting offers made him by Madame Vestrig to perform at Covent-garde o Theatre; he has, however, accepted in their stead, a thre° years engagement from Webster for the Haymarke t. ; twenty-four nights each season, at 50/. each night. wit, half a clear benefit. He left town on Thursday for V° l s e " c. „.' where he is engaged to perform the round of his Ch a o r s e, ters. He then proceeds to Brighton and along th ° to fulfil professional engagements. the On Thursday last, an inquest was "Ad upo n e body of Mr. Richard Yarworth, who, it will be recollectbe, was shot and robbed on the highway, at Piff s tween Tewkesbury and Cheltenham, on J anuary o f bee p « a long investigation the Jury r e turned a verdietea " Wilful Murder against Willia m B owe n,'" who h as for some time in custody upon the charge. eL..•!TrirlTr_fnernt. PLATE SUITED FOR :::RESENTATiusropie Committees or p r i va t e i n di v id ua i requiring splendid or articles of PLATE f or prevntat i en , may, by addre,7 It paid lette r as under, have dron - ings sent for their approvaL. be is desirable letters should kte about the. aura intended expended. T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith, &e., 47, Cornhill ( Seven doors from Graci‘liurePoi street), London. the P rice4 's N.B. A Pamphlet, containing a detailed liar,` of aid Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., ybe 1 :1` app le ' or will be forwarded, post free, in answer to a p ost-palu cation. SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE AN? n coo —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watcmakers, hill, London (opposite the Bank of England), slll3o,__fliad! lection a very large STOCK of Highly-finished Lonk".7 under WATCHES, the whole of which being manufactur. a 7 for d to their own inspection, on their own premises, they . ear t ._., ar e sell at least 251. per cent. below ties usual trade price I u . ' en ticla of the same quality. A printed warranty is gi` each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES' Fine Vertical Watches, j ewe ll e d, w ith double - 0 , backed engine -turned cases, warranted ............. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, maintaining power, with seconds hands, 6 g and doubf the cases, warrsiated... . ...... •••• o tra , Either o above in silver hunting cases, los. h A large variety of se con d-h an d Silver Watches, which each'' „ been carefully examined, and can b e warran t e d at £ 2 ` 5. GOLD CASES, SIZE:FOR LADIES Fine Vertical Watches, j ewe ll e d, in engine-turne d s is gold cases, and gold dials, warranted .............. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, wish clonble-backe d engine-turned gold eases and gold dials,. warranted I` Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases a n d g old dials , 1 4 14 0 warranted ... GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR GENTLE Patent detached Lever Watclies, iewelled in fou.r holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war- . .* 14 ° ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in s , x holes, seconds, douh'.e-backed gold cases and 17 11 ,/ enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-hacked gold cases and 0 ° gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlemen's W a t c h e -. may be had in gold h unk cases, for 31. 3a. each extra N.B. Second-hand Watches : , tirchaseti in exehalififloir BIRTHS. Wood . On the 13th in.t., the lady of W. W. Rooke, Esq., of side, L th ymington, liants, of a daughter. t er, On e 13th inst., at Meriden, Lady Mordaunt, of a daughter, still born. De On the 15th inst., at Clapham-crescent, Mrs. P. Chape the 15tauroe, of a son. _ o re r On ug h inst., at Queen Anne- s t ree t, Cavendish-Square, the lady of the Rev. S. Paynter, of a son, still born. ofs On the 15th inst., the wife of Tompson Chitty, Esq.' daughter. 111ARRJED. On the sth of May, at the Island of St Helena, e - e l e ea Esq., Acting Commissary-General, to . Julia HelenaW' 6 n ~„ Of daughter of Lewis Gideon, Esq., of that Island. On the 10th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, J. R. Akers, r' 4 l',,te the tbe Tunbridge wells, to Maria Louisa third daughter of W. R. Goodrich, Esq., of Lenborough, Hock' , and Rooker, Dedham, Essex. On th y e 15th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury , e ra' Esq., of Woburn-square, son of David Allan, Esq., of ton-terrace, Islington, to Jean, only daughter of W. Prat t ' of the Russell- uare. Oa sth inst., at St. Pancras, Mr. Edward Hin a " b elt, chell, of Hull, tobacco-man u f ac t urer , to Ellen E l ' a u e ster• o f youngest daughter of the late M r . J. V. Cowley, ______ Hamilton, o i ao i rm s ( s ini e lA t t t o , n theE, g s e l ; : a l g a e te d of Jamaica, _ , On the 11th inst., at Brighton, Mary, the daughter of J °4 s : i n ii On the 16th inst., Mr. J. g' 11,52.qh.i,nlastte.,ofinKi(n'onstdouni,t•Jstreet, Bondd-street, Robert street, Leices' ar er, of p , a - i.d rand-niece of the .-- ' ter- square, aged 81. C. On the 9th inst., J. J. Jackson, f Lincroft llerk. Parker, a k maica, s ag ar.. s hi re, aged 33. Esq., o On the 16th inst., Mr. J. Ruth, late of Willow-wharf, 133'nk' side, aged 48. On the 16th inst., Mr. G. Sims, jun., of Doris-street, gen nington, aged 27. i ce. " Lond6. -'"Printed and P fished h c raw yoo' d ' in Iv .y 0. S trand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, V n all the county of Middleves...Tuesday, August 14 1"`"' 7ta