The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-09 00:00:00

i]VEN IN G EDITION. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE ETENINO PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The constitution of Courts-martial, their consistency with the impartial sprit of the British constitution, and their efficiency for the purposes for which they are held, are questions which have occupied no inconsiderable por tion of public attention during the proceedings of the Court-martial recently held on Captain R. A. Reynolds. Certain decisions of the Court, by which portions of the evidence tendered by the prisoner as essential to his case were rejected, have tended to strengthen the disposition to examine more closely into these points, from a belief that these, by explaining the provo cation, would have greatly extenuated, if not wholly justified, Captain Reynolds' challenge of his com manding officer. The inquiry having closed, we sive left at liberty to discuss the question, without subjecting ourselves to the imputation of impugning the discretion of the Court while engaged in pursuing the inquiry. A general Court-martial is composed of a President, not less than twelve members, a Judge-Ad vocate, who is usually—always in cases of importance —a legal personage. As he is, though without a de clared voice in their decisions, unquestionably the person of most consequence in the Court, it may not he super fluous to describe his functions and duties. Military men are supposed not- to be very deeply versed in questions of jurisprudence ; he is, therefore, to direct the Court in all questions of law, evidence, practice, or precedent ; and he has the privilege, if they do not receive his advice, of entering his protest on the minutes aginst their decision. When a disputed point of procedure is to be determined, the Court is cleared ; that is, the prisoner and strangers are re moved. The Judge-Advocate, who is also prosecutor whenever the charges are brought by authority, is then left with whatever stock of legal knowledge he may pos sess, to persuade the Court at his leisure. He also himself pleads against the prisoner, who has not the privilege of reply, nor is allowed to examine or cross-examine the witnesses by Counsel ; the Judge- Advocate having the privilege of addressing the Court last. Nor are these the only disadvantages under which military men are placed when subjected to trial by Court-martial, as compared with the judicial proceedings of Civil Courts. In Civil Tribunals, even though a corrupt Judge were to preside, and seek to per vert justice by brow-beating the witnesses or the Jury, B•itiah Juries are not easily intimidated; nor is it likely that any of their number could be made to suffer from it, even though the individual who most strenuously opposed a decision contrary to his dictum could be diseoverod by nor even though the Judge were to be present in the Jury chamber, and were allowed to listen to their 5: But in a military court it is widely different. sers give their votes under the eye of the Pre youngest first. Lord Cardigan assigned as or refusing Captain J. W. Reynolds leave of rihsenee, that be had " opposed hire on a regimental Court-rnartial ; and this appears to have been th 6 origin of the subsequent growing dissensions between these the progress of which has lately occupied )f public attention. Surely this part of the con- Orin of procedure on Courts-martial re vision with a view to alteration. a reasc S', ICU au We an nn aelieve t it : 1)u ja3ticc :::CI niora (From the Standard.) iolngists of the genera! policy of Lar, zdrairers of the Rus3ian aliiznce. \V ke a greater degree :1,11.a- istice and good faith. Neither rston, nor of the but we ant to 7,0, can t of Lord PA r us from :commending, as far as due to justice a,td er and .core subtle thick' rs tne.l r -•r surrendering the Porte to the in- We can discern no duty the ally to vrhorn Great Britain is CI vassal t tnany tr, atics, by ircArly obligitiorrs, at: s of having real y difficu:ty and danger. cannot see how the dao!ers of Seri! sia ara entot .1 - Iced by the pres,:at Tile Porte itaelf, an,! A ussia too, are equrilly blind it we are no matter for that ; justice requires tro:li 7 to protect the Sultan front Mehemet Ali ; uld he separat justice is from good purity, which ce or:119-alit , 1 guide t,) ration of t in ti►i; cons edeject we caecot have any regerd to the displeaeure of i.l.rance.. We wish sincerely to be et peace wed on gotell terms with the French people, but we cannot allow• the ccprice of any party in France to govern - the British empire to the extent of compelling us to' eeierve • from the line of justice end good faith. What right hes France to stipulate in behalf oh Mehemet Ali ?- He is no Sovereign, has never been - ach,now,leelg - ed es the representative of the supreme pewee of any. State, he does net eves hiniself arrogate the e title of Sovereignty—he is known to be, and he :lc .; keowledges himself to be, the subject of the Porte. What right, then, has France to stipulate in his beheli? In.the intercourse of nations, the representatives of the supreme power of each State, and these only, are known to one another, diplonmey recognises no subordinntf s ; and the, rigid observance of this rule is necessary to . the peace of the world, because upon it rests the reciprocal independence of nations. Admit, to-day, the right of France to make terms for Mehemet Ali, and you cannot to-morrow complain of the exercise - of that right .in behalf of .Papineau, O'Connell, Mackenzie, or any .other traitor. We repeat it, France has no more right to take. part with a rebel subject of the Porte . than she has to take part with a rebel subject of our Queen. Bat, although one nation has no right to ally itself to the rebels of another nation against the Government of .that other, save where interests higher than the interests of civil Government, save where the interests of religion arc concerned--the necessity of preeerving public order, peace, and the balance of power, require.; that the converse proposition be not accepted without large qualification. Where the preservation of a State it essential to the security of order and tran quillity, and of a due proportion among its neighbours, its neighbours and allies have the same right to protect it from annihilation by rebellion, that they have to pro tect it froth annihilation by the aggression of foreigners ; and they are more particularly bound to exercise this right, when their own acts have brought on the danger. Thus we see that though France has no right to ally itself with Mehemet , Ali, the Allies ; who for peace sake, rent from the Turkish empire the most valuable part of its European dominions, are entitled and bound to g uarantee to the power thus despoiled the peaceful and secure enjoyment of the remainder of its territo ries. So much for France at present. (From the Fourier.) We are no alarmists, but we cannot view without apprehension the new phasis the Eastern question has sullied, and the impulse imparted to the war party in ce- by the recent intelligence from Syria. It may as our Ministerial Contemporaries, echoing the ge of the .lournal des Debuts, affirm, that the rdarent of Beyrout was but the pure and simple exQcuticn of the Treaty of London ; but its effect on the French people and Government was no less alarmingly exciting on that account. All know with what rapidity excitement spreads, and how instantaneous is its action on the public mind, as well as how prone those labour ing under it are to commit themselves irrevocably 1 3 the adoption of rash and violent measures. N'othieg excitement so much delights in as in hasty de termination ; it selects some object on which its fery may be expended, and, mistaking impulse for decision, it hopes by precipitancy to create if not to find one. pears to us to be the state of the public mind of at this moment, a state which requires those wiv.:se duty it is to check, control, and direct it, the t exercise of prudence, caution, and calm delibera- But if we, are to found our judgment regarding the competency of French statesmen to grapple with diflicelties of their tiresent position, either from the the Journals understood to convey their send meats to the public, or from the nature of the advice - they have tendered to their Sovereign, then must we conclude theta to be themselves completely under the iefietnice of that excitement which it was their duty to • nave suppressed in others. For what can be more ob jectionahle t h an t h e course propose d b y M. Thi ers , l ere understand' finally adopted by the Cabinet, .mely, to a (!lress en ullintatum to the Four Powers, .te,,c'inuta4l cri tfu:. , l and precise definition of what Fiance t once th e casuS bells Such a step would be provoking and menacing, and consequently likely 'col to the co mm i ss i on by the Allied Powers of those eery acts eillieb it announces as the certain forerunner c.:±' a declaratiort of war. ~~Ot_7~J Baca :. t!4,1). tenQ t) AWFUL DEATH BY riHE.—On Thursday, the wife of Mr. Joseph Greenwa' owner, residing in circ 7:leadow-row, in the illo ckh Y o ' ne m ba % t rg a m e e met with a premature had been ; —lt seems that leath under the following 1 -‘ , • iio6and of the deceased use the previous evening, and on coming drinkingca at a pub.. ..:er. eleven and twelve o'cleek, he fell asraing home, be-- chen from thc effects of the drink he had tak:n. in t his kit who was also overcome with liquor, was lying His wife asleep with 1:„. r b ea d reclining upon a table, on which was a liebt e 4 ..nd the husband states that ha w as awoke 41, , ut o'clock by the screams of his wife, whom be found co in dames. These, with some difficulty, ho tee . ce,:aea in quenching; and assistance being procured, the unfortunate woman was conveyed to the Infirmary, whe re she lingered in extreme agony until six o'clock the same ening, when death put a period to her sufferings. On Satnrday afternoon Mr. Hyde held an inquest on the body, ~,,hich prevT.ted a most eopallin, , ,, , specmcle ; scarcely a feature of the countenance was diFrernible, and both the .), . c ; , , ts were litei-ally burnt to a cinder 1 The j ur y re , ,ned 1 verdict of +'Ace:dental death." — Worc ester Chronicle. l'he Lail . ( ~,4 ,_ c . . and Countess of _Ripon and Viscount arriv e d c ` - ',:y u n et n cLiyt. at their mansion, at North Mims, ll:rts, xeat of r,lri. evening, from Studley Park, the magnific,.Lt lends to re -let h zence, in Yorkshire, His Lordship in- i Trhich 'sunder ]sass mansion in Carlton-gardeo , :, Icon to the lit of a ) ; to the ill, fated Prince Louis N3po. I twelvemonth. The N ac o ernber, he having taken it for a ready taken pcslessio n , bi.,1:4 Earl's agent has, however, r!.. a:Tient being. broken up, the Prince's est,blish tfita7 banker . , in St. Jame , paid off by Messrs. 1-LrrieF, a s-street _ l ic -l o candle; veloped ASSAULT UPON AN ENGLISHMAN SMYRNA, SEPT. 19.—0 n Sunday, the 30th ult.., a most unwarrantable insult was offered to an English gentleman named Gout, by two of the guards belonging to the Aga of the village of Boudga, a short distance from town. It would appe ,r that, having made an engagement to go out shooting with his friend, he had fired off his gun as a signal to show he was ready. Upon this he was seized by the Guard, his gun taken away, himself grossly abused and beaten, and then taken to the Aga, who, by his indiffer ence, gave encouragement to his men, who in his pre sence broke the gun of the young gentleman in question into pieces. Mr. Gout could obtain no redress, and on quitting the Aga was again followed by the guard, his cap rudely torn from his head and trampled under foot, himself again beaten, and with a drawn yatagan flourished over his head, and a loaded gun presented at him by one of the men, was menaced by horrid imprecations that his heart should be burnt, and his blood drunk ! Upon com plaint being made by our worthy Consul, Mr. Brant, to his Ex celleney the Governor, he lost no time in causing an investigation of the circumstances to be entered into, and having discovered that the Aga and his men had been guilty of an unwarrantable insult, the former was dismissed from his post, and the two latter exiled, having previously been condemned to restore the value of the gun, broken in wanton malice, to Mr. Gout. We congratulate his Excellency on the result of this business. We perceive that the laws are not to be violated with impunity by persons under his jurisdiction, and, though in some instances his agents may be remiss or negligent in their duty, we have the assurance that his Excellency will maintain and rigorously execute the laws now is force throughout the empire, when crimi nsls are found guilty upon indisputable evidence.— Oriental Observer. ITALY. ATTACK UPON THREE ENGLISHMEN BY ITALIAN BRIGANDS NEAR ROVIGO. The following is an extract of a letter just received from Florence, written to a friend by Albert Smith, Esq., Lecturer on Chemistry, &c., residing at Chertsey : " In consequence of there being no vacant places in the diligence, we left Venice at two o'clock on Saturday, August 29, and, on landing from our gondola at Fu sine, immediately hired a carriage and horses for the next stage, the party consisting of Mr. De castro, Mr. Hallett, and myself. About seven a violent thunder storm came on, which lasted the whole way from Padua to Mont Celice ; but on arriving at the latter place, it cleared up, and a brilliant moonlight succeeded. The clock struck ten es we left Mont Celice, and my fellow-travellers soon composed themselves to sledp in the corner of the carriage, leaving me awake. We had gone on for about half an hour, when I felt the horses stop suddenly, so as to throw me forward with the check, and the next instant I saw, through the front glasses, six or seven figures ranged across the road in a semicircle, pointing their guns at the postilion and closing round the carriage. " I awoke my companions directly, and then, recol lecting I had eight sovereigns loose in my waistcoat pocket, I contrived to put seven in my mouth between my cheeks and teeth, and to slip the other into my shoe. I had . barely finished this operation when we bad the muzzles of half-a-dozen guns thrust into the carriage at once against our heads, breasts, &c., ac companied by the most horrid oaths and or ders to descend. My friend immediately got down on the near side of the voiture, but I was less fortunate; for the Italian phblic carriages are not very well ap pointed, and the door on my side was nailed up aitoge thee. having been formerly broken. In consequence of this I could not get out when commanded, but that appeared of little moment, as the chief of the party, a six-&ated ruffian, seized me by the collar, and dragging ine over the door, threw me down violently upon the gr.und, as if I had been a doll, not without some trifling Alin to m:,self. A general pillage now began. Our knapsacks and their contents, together with all our German friend's trunks and portmanteaus, were soon pulled out of the carriage, and then they commenced r i1:7 , 7 our persons. I had the side pocket of my blouse ii;,al with zcsanzigcrs (Austrian coins worth about , - , ..;:!eenpence) to pay the post, which was directly. ::mptied. Haliett's gold watch and appendages fof o:eed ; then our knives, pencil-cases, in fact everything dawn to our braces, with which they appeared highly delighted. Tuey tore our trousers in all directions to make sure no money was concealed in them, and finally eiscovered the leathern belt which I always wore, and in which I had placed the circular notes we had oh taiued from Ilerries. To show their rapacity I may here mention that I bad a coup le of pins and a gold chain in my scarf, which was tied in a sailor's knot, and these I had secured with some thread to prevent their working out in travelling. The brigand who was rang me, finding he could not remove the pins, very delibe rately took his knife and cut the scarf from say necc, `taking it away altogether. " I was extremely anxious respecting a small ;ph? ring I bad cn my finger, since it could not be removed and I knew it way their common practice to hack off finger and all when this was the case. By good luck they never perceived it, as I contrived to turn the clasped hands, which formed the signet, towards the inside of iny palm. " When they had finished they Made us re-enter our carriage, still keeping their guns pointed to our heads, and the postilion, who had descended, resumed his seat, we proceeded on our route, heartily glad to esca:)e with our lives, which for the last ten minutes had been worth but little. Our first care, on arriving at Rovigo, ,was to call out the gend'armerie, and some ten or twelve cerbineers departed in search of the robbers, but with little success, as we subsequently found. " We passed a wretched night, as you may cone lee, our bedroom being filled with officers of police, le ws paper reporters, &c., until morning, taking down all sorts of, depositions, and asking innumerable quest.-rls. The next morning, on the arrival of the diligent , a young Prussian nobleman, Baron de Hartmann (wl, ;:n we had met at our hotel in Venice, and who had follow ed us on our route), entered our room, where we were ac tually lying in bed for the want of clothes to get up in, and insisted on our sharing with him a rouleau of Napo leons, which he threw on the bed, pressing us to take as many as our present wants required. To this gene rous and uncalled-for liberality on the part of a foreigner, and to us almost a perfect stranger, we were indebted for the means of arriving at Florence, where we again met him and repaid our debt, having, with our passports, fortunately preserved our letters of credit. " The only things that we saved were a pocket tele scope, some small silver gondolas for brooches purchased at Venice, and my straw boating hat, which I still hope to see again on the Abbey river. Now it is all over, the affair does to talk and laugh about as ' an adven ture,' but, I can assure you, at the time it was anything but pleasant.—Believe me yours, &c. " ALBERT SMITH." DEATH OF A IVlisEtt.—Wednesday afternoon considerable sensation was created in Vie neighbourhood of Drury-lane, by the sudden discovery of the death of a female named Blackett, aged 69, residing in Crown -court, and whose penurious habits, in conjunction with other cha racteristic peculiarities, had for some years excited the ob servation of her neighbours. It appeared that deceased rented a house in Crown-court, letting it out in lodgings, and appearing to have not only no other means of sub sistence, but also to find the profits extremely scanty. She invariably pleaded poverty when called upon to pay her rates, dressed in the most ragged apparel, wag never guilty of indulging in such luxuries as milk, sugar, or butter, and, though not absolutely feeding on "rats and mice, and such small deer," seldom partook of any other food than scraps of rancid bacon. She went to bed early to save expense, and got up early to prolong her life; but on the morning in ques tion she was not visible at her usual hour of rising, and the afternoon having arrived, one of her lodgers had the curiosity to go down to the kitchen where the deceased slept, and endeavoured to arouse her. The door, how ever, was fastened inside, and every effort having proved ineffectual, an entrance was at last forcibly effected, when deceased was found in her bed lifeless, a circumstance which did not create much surprise, as she was very in firm, End had been ailing in health for some time past, so much so that, only a day or two previously, she had written to her sister in the country to come up and attend her. Upon her sitter's arrival, a few hours after de ceased's death, the person of the latter was searched, when a leather pocket, containing an old double sovereign and some silver was found, curiously secreted about her r erson. In. cupboards, and other places about the kitchen, were dit;covered heaps of old rags and bones, but from an old chest, that deceased had placed under her bed, were pro duced a costly silver waiter, formerly the property of her husband, a number of receipts and books of account for Money hoarded up in various savings banks, amounting al together to several hundred pounds, and a will, bequeath iix►g all deceased's property to her only sister, a somewhat si'derly maiden, who already possesses a handsome compe te nee of her own. A surgeon in the neighbourhood, who Oa d known deceased many years, was called in, and de, cla.-ed her death to be solely attributable to the decay of nature. To GET RID OF A VISITOR.—A late writer uays, " I once had a constant and troublesome visitor whom I tried many ways to get rid of. First, I essayed n noke, which he bore like a badger; then I tried fire, Pl. lien he eadured like a salamander ; at last I lent him - dollars, and I have never seen him since l"—American P aper. The old Bethnal-green workhouse, which is si tut ited in a very confined and un h ea l t h y spo t, w ill b e •alu )rtly taken down, a co urse of erection for tlie hew bniiclin being now in the fi b ( 7 ,:i i ' l fl i s it i j n g tlhteassabmcecopadriissroh.nn' dismantled portion. of the old ri A rP"se, in Bishop Bonner's E A ,fa'rn Counties Railw l y th, ‘ ttie Cotnpany allows the , w hich fcr the progress of the moist" 2C/. per week ior'ly beenaccommodation of these ono, removed. In these ; .tur ., rs who have necessa p ri orti _B .. : t o h oop e e b r_, uildin g ktr ten this haying 1 ielvi- . .; tbo:e still remains a s b set .t one (pmaelitcoe fofhitahoeoholnot(r)diyaßeahtsb.op b. ii ch occupy a apace of many acre;, i ü b eie ßanner's ficl , ls, recommended by a Select Coramitfce of the House of Commons, for or rive years since, as being ~n , c f , toe in '' o ° st ns' • ab out go u t; ;at th 0,6 e eest end of the tnetro polis f or 1 ,eligible - nt, out a ~übl is walk or park. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1840. POLICE INTELLIGENC',. George Meadows, engineer on board the Falcon steamer, plying between London and Gravesend, ap peared yesterday before Mr. Hall, to answer the com plaint of Henry Steer, steward, belonging to the same vessel, for having threatened to knock out his brains. Tne complainant - said he went in fear of his life, in consequence of the repeated threats made by the defen dant ; and he was directed by his employers to make application at this Court for protection. On the 15th September, while in the fore-cabin, the defendant came to him with his cot, threatening, that if ever he left it again in his way, he would smash it to pieces with the sledge-hammer, and knock his brains out. As this was the fourth time, during a very short period, he had shown a disposition to do him bodily harm, it would be necessary to prevent him breaking the peace, for which he had no just reason. Mr. George Walton, Upper St. Martin's-lane, con firmed the complainant's statement, adding that when he interfered, the defendant threatened him also. He was • perfectly sober at the time. Mr. HALL inquired how long the defendant had been employed in the vessel ? The complainant said since April last, but during the last two months he had become so violent in his threats, he was _yesterday discharged from his situation, which would long since have occurred, but engineers were scarce. In answer to the charge the defendant said he consi dered that he was a chef officer in the vessel as well as the Captain, and happening to lose the key of his cabin when the vessel arrived in Gravesend, being compelled to procure another, he found, on his return, that the complainant's cot was designedly thrown in his way, which caused him to insist that it should be removed, or he would break it to pieces with the sledge-hammer. The complainant was very abusive at the time, and he bad every reason to suspect that the whole crew were unfriendly to him. Mr. HALL doubted if the defendant could claim equal authority on board as the Captain. The complainant said that such was not the case, as his business was entirely confined to the engineering department. Mr. HALL said he was obliged to infer even from what the defendant said, that he was much inclined to quarrel with every person on board, and-he should call upon him to put in sureties, himself in 401., and two others in 201. each, to keep the peace for the next six months. REFUSING TO PAY POSTAGE. Mr. John Piper Bernard, a surveyor and architect, residing at Formosa Cottage, Eden-grove, Holloway, appeared upon the information of Mr. Inglis, belonging to the Superin tendent President's Department in the General Post office, which was laid under the 43d clause of Ist Vic., chap. 36, to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of 41, due and owing from him to her Majesty, being the duty of postage which he refused and ne,glected to pay. Mr. Peacock, Solicitor to ,the Post-office, said that he had received instructions to prefer a complaint against the defendant for refusing to pay the sum of 4d., being the postage of a letter which had been directed and delivered to him through the usual channel, in the month of August last. The letter-carrier was present to prove the delivery. The defendant admitted that it had been delivered as directed to him at his residence, and he declined to pay the postage for it, as he maintained it was no letter, but a printed circular, and it might as well have been from some quack doctor who wished to advertise his pills, or from the notorious Ady, but he did not intend to deny the fact. The postman having proved the delivering of the letter to the defendant according to the direction, Mr. Peacock observed, that if such resistance was suff2red to be made to the postage of letters, the Post office authorities would find it impossible to carry on their business, which was of such public importance. The defendant said that for ought he knew, the Po=t- office knew bow to issue printed circulars in the same way Mr. Ady did for the purpose of increasing the amount of postage. Mr. HALL reminded the defendant that the letter ' had been delivered to him at his residence, although ' it was only a catalogue of certain flowers and other things which were for sale. The defendant said he had consulted with hi 3 soli citor upon the subject, and he was adsised to refuse paying such a postage, as he considered it an imposition. Mr. HALL inquired if any application had been made by letter far the postage ? Mr. Peacock replied. that he had communicated with him, but he refused to answer his letter. The defendant said that on taking the letter in his hand he instantly refused to pay for it, saying it was not for him. The postman said that when the defendant refused to pay, he (postman) put a wafer in it, telling him he would take it back to the Post-office, but that he should mark on the back of the letter the reason why the post-' age was refused. Mr.'l-14.m.-Did you understapk,why lle . ,rused to receive it? Pesti:nen—A-ie.:aide riti o t l;34eti4n:,isktit We had opened it. ~ :- . , , ,- ~-, J . 1_,.. . , -: - Mr. HALL said that it was bo'uricommon thing' fdt'a person to go to the Post•offiee for the purpose of repri:- seating sueh a circumstance, and he would be attended to with the greatest courtesy ; for he had repeatedly re ceived letters, which, upon showing that they had no connection with his official duties or his private concerns, redress was instantly afforded. .. Mr. Peacock.—ln such case as when the communica tion is of a scurrilous nature, the Post-office invariably grants redress. Mr. HALL was quite sure that the letter in question was intended for the defendant, and addressed in a pro per manner to him, and the fact of his having opened it was an acknowledgment of the ownership, . The defendant said, that seeing it was a printed cis cubs, and although it was intended for him, the Post . office ought to have taken it back, as they frequently do valentines and the like. Mr. Peacock—That's purely an act of grace on their part, and in this instance 1 don't think the Post-office .authorities would listen to any application, as.the letter did not appear to be sent for the purpose of annoyance. The defendant said that although he was load of flowers it was well known he was not in the habit of at tending such sales, and it might be done to annoy him. He had repeatedly been imposed upon in a similar way, and, us the letter related to a " rig sale," he would have nothing to do with it. Mr. HALL said that if the Post-office acted in such cases, the receiver of a letter from a person petition ing for a situation, who was not known to him, might, on the same grounds, refuse postage ; and he did not see that the defendant had made any answer to the complaint. Mr. Peacock had no authority to point out to the defendant any course to pursue, and his duty was only to lay the case before the Court. The defendant said he attended to resist the postage upon principle; and, if he had the power to appeal to the Sessions, he would not mind to spend 201. upon a subject which he considered of the utmost importance. Mr. HALL, on looking over the Act, said thare was no appeal clause to meet the ease. ' Mr. Peacock regretted that the defendant had not answered the letter which he had written to him upon the subject on the 25th August, or the Post master-General would have been applied to. The defendant said that some family matters had interfered, and he had overlooked answering the letter. Mr. Peacock had no discretion upon the subject, but to apply that the law be enforced. Mr. HALL then ordered the defendant to pay the sum of 4d. with costs. Defendant—Suppose I refuse to pay what will be the consequence? Mr. HALL—Then I issue a warrant of distress, as I am empowered to do, for any sum not exceeding 20/. Mr. Peacock—All I can do is not to apply for a dis tress-warrant for seven days, and in the meantime the defendant can communicate with the Postmaster-Gene , ral upon the subject. The defendant returned thanks for the indulgence, and withdrew. WORSHIP-STREET. CHARGE OF ARSON.—George Burton, a decent looking working-man, was charged before Mr. Grove on suspicion of having wilfully and maliciously set fi re to tie premises of Messrs. Williams, M'Neil, and Co., the extensive felt manufacturers in Lamb's-passage, Bun hill-row. Mr. Humphries, who attended for the prosecution, stated that the premises of Messrs. Williams were totally consumed on Tuesday night last, and a very large amount of property was destroyed. The persons em ployed upon the premises left for the night some hours previously to the discovery of the fire, but, before doing so, they made their usual careful survey of the place, and ascertained that they left every thing in safety. om that and other circumstances that had transpired, scarcely any doubt was entertained that the conflagra tion was the act ot an incendiary. It appeared that the fire broke out in a warehouse upon the ground-floor, beneath the windows of which, next to the street, seve ral barrels containing pitch and oil were deposited, and an evil disposed person might easily have ignited them by throwing a lighted combustible through tne window panes, one of which was broken. The prisoner at the bar had been for some time in the service of Messrs Williams, but he was discharged on account of miscon duct. He continued, however, to occupy apartments in Lamb's-passage, immediately adjoining his late master's factory. The Learned Gentleman then stated to the Magistrate the grounds of suspicion upon which the prisoner was apprehended. A number of witnesses were examined, when the pri soner on being asked it he had anything to say, declared his innocence. Mr. Humphries said that he had no other evidence to offer at present, but he submitted that a sufficient quantity had been adduced t o warrant t h e susp i c i ons against the prisoner, and to justify his committal to prison on the charge. Mr. GROVE concurre . d in opinion wi t h th e l earne d so licitor, and remanded toe prisoner until Wednesday next. A reward of 50/. has been offered for the apprehen- sion of the supposed incendiary. It is a remarkable cir cumstance th c ►t the prosecutor's premises were burnt down a few years ago in a in,inoer c qually mysterious and suspicious. THE LEARNED HORSE. Every body has heard of the " learned pig " which delighted our grandfathers in the last century, although at this time of day few of us are acquainted with the wonderful tricks by which be acquired his reputation. We now wish to introduce to the notice of the public a "learned horse," which was exhibited last week at Windsor, and which excited the astonishment of all who witnessed his surprisin g performances. He is a fine looking black beast, about fifteen hands high, and rising y e ars old. A h a lf- crown, a s hilli ng , a six pence, five e, and a half-sovereign, were thrown down upon a table, and ranged in any order that the spectator liked. The spectator was requested to direct the horse to take up in his mouth any one of these four coins in any order that he pleased to name. The horse instantly obeyed the direction, and brought to the spectator the half sovereign, the sixpence, the shilling, and the half-crown, as those coins were severally named. A pack of cards was produced and passed from hand to hand among the company. The horse drew a card from the pack every time the pack was passed into different hands, he then car ried it to his m aster ,who placed it for about half a minute under his left eye, and this operation was repeated every time the horse drew a card. After he had drawn as many cards as there were spectators in the room, the cards were all placed at some distance from each other on the table, sad the horse on being directed by the spectator to restore to each individual the card which he had drawn out of his hand, restored them correctly to all, without any regard to the order in which he had drawn them. Th court cards were then spread out indifferently on the table. The spectators named any of them they pleased, and the card was im mediately selected by the horse and brought to them in his mouth. A number of cards, with figures from 1 to 0 printed upon them in large characters, were then thrown on the table. The horse being asked in any order you pleased how many days there were in a week, how many weeks in a month, and how many months in a year, took up the figures 7,4, and 12 re spectively. Being asked how many days there were in a year, he first picked out the number 3, then a 6, mid then a 5, and placed the three numbers together, making 365. The owner of the horse, who for his station is a very intelligent man, requested a gen leman to lend him his watch. He placed it under he horse's eye for about a minute, and then the Following scene took place between the horse and master :—" Tell me what o'clock struck last ?" The horse fetched a card with the number 3 on it. Tell me what hour will strike next?" The sagacious animal brought a card with the number 4. " 'yell me how many minutes it wants to four ?" The horse brought a card marked 17, the exact time at which the watch stood when it was placed under the steed's eye. A gentleman was requested to drive a cork into a bottle as fast as ever he could. The horse immediately drew it out with his teeth. An egg was then put on the ground, and afterwards an egg from which the inside had been extracted. It was curious to observe the care with which the animal took up each with his mouth in order that he might avoid breaking them. It seemed as if he was balancing in his mind the degree of force which it war necessary for him to use to accomplish each of the three last tricks with ssfety. A succession of tricks was then performed to show that the animal was equally remarkable for its flexibility of limb as for its apparent powers of memory and ratiocination (if we may be permitted to apply such terms to a brute animal). It twisted its front leg round its own neck, and subsequently interlaced its two hind lsgs toge ther in the most surprising complexity. It then dis entangled its twisted limbs, but not without some pain and difficulty. Wu closely watched the master of the horse and the horse itself during the performances which we have described, but we could not detect any signal, either of eye or whip, that passed betty:ien them. That some signals must be used is quite evi dent. The cleverness of the trick is that the signals escape detection. Mr. King (for such is the cogno, men of the owner of this extraordinary animal) pro fesses that he can tame any wild animal at first sight, but has hitherto tried his art en no other ;snit:lsis than those of English growth. There is a horse in the Queen's stables which will only allow one blacksmith in Windsor to touch his feet, and kicks and planges in the most desperate manner when any other person ap proaches , for that purpose. King went to his head, opened the beast's mouth, inserted his hand for a short time into it, and then went and put one of his feet into his pocket.. A similar power of subduing unruly horses is said to have been possessed by an Irish groom, who from his knack of whispering into the horse's ear ob tained the nickname of " the whisperer." . King said that he had been ^ acquainted•with this personage, but admitted he did not know his secret,: .Without disclosing his own, he would say, that it depended on pressing'ii certain nerve in the horse's- mouth, which he called the nerve Ot-susceptibility,- , and which,, , h& declared, whch pressed, convinced 'the 'horse that it could be mas tered. Of course, there is a great deal of mystification in such language ; but the consolation is that no man is forced to believe it, unless he likes it. We do not know whether Mr. King intends to surprise the world with a "learned !ox" too ; but he has succeeded in the very difficult task of rendering a young fox as tame as a dog. Like Van Amburgh with his tigers, he twists it like a boa round his neck, fielding his hands in its mouth during the time. He has taught it to simulate death ; and whilst it is lying on its back rah its legs rigid and its eyes closed, he has taught it to submit to bold a lighted candle in its mouth, and to have lighted paper waved before its eyes, without flinching. We understand that Mr. Ducrow has been to see these animals, and that he intends to exhibit them to the Ltindon public, as an extraordinaay attraction, on' the night of his benefit. Mr. King intends to exhibit them afterwards fa. his own benefit, and we can recommend his exhibition as one worthy the support of every c lover of natural history.—Times. A CONFIRMED DRUNKARD.—There was lone among them, however, a stranger apparently to hope or fear of any sort—viz., the wild -looking Circassian, Whom the reader may remember attracted my notice on my' first visit to the ship. The extraordinary lustre of his eyes, I afterwards discovered was produced by Rakee, for the love of which Delg, or mad Mehemet, as they called him, had sold and sacrificed not only all his worldly posses sons to his very shirt, but even his flesh and bl oo d , hi s last offering at the shrine of t h e j e ll y go d b e i ng hi s w if e and children, whom he had disposed of in like manner. He was now working his Passage, and returning, like the prodigal son, to the coast of Abasia, which he de.. clared to be the only country in the world a man so totally unprovided for could live in.--Longwortk's Year among the Circassians. for a t r h e c i b ea es v t i . ng u S s e . me T o h f e Extract of a private letter 3;—." —We English mail: from Paris, dated Oct. aresome agitation ' here—hop ing t d h e e R w i v o e r i s i t , comin g. i a s nd the p en a d n o d me are in a panic. They beginning to think that Rue de the Rue Castilione, and your . friends Place V . will be put in the Gazette, should there be a war. But I am more concerned about ourselves. Th u se that can will go ; but you know the multitud e , whose going would be destruction. . „ Every second man you meet in Paris is in regimentals. One would think the city was already besieged. Every one curses the war and M Thiers—the Turks and the Egyptians. I thought I bad located myself comfortably enough for three or four years; but if the sound of preparation continues I must pack up and b be off whither? England, after all, is the only place of safety . " —Dublin Evening Pest. The most ingenious invention of weaving l g ass with silk i s p roce eding with great success. The patterns wove are beautiful in the extreme, and have induced many the nobility to select them for curtains co and other orna mental furniture. The Earl of Fingall is so far recovered from the effects of his recent severe accident on the Eastern Coun ties Railway that he has taken two carriagede park, and the lvea be will leave town on Friday or Saturday pevaesar afew days at Tunbridge Welk. The Earl is, lowto , extremely lame, and unable to wear a boat or shoe. NAPOLEON A SAILOR.--liavincr , now made all sail, and shaped for Elba, Napoleon our course . became very impatient to see it, and asked if we had every sail set. I told him we had all that could be of any use. He re marked, " Were you in chase of an enemy's frigate, should you make mor e sa il ?" I l o oked aloft , and seein g th at the starboard top ga ll ant stern -sail was not set, I observe d , g That if I were in chase of an enemy , I should certainly carry it." " Tien, if it could be of use in that case, might it not be so now ?" I mention this anecdote to show what a close observer h e was—that, in fact, nothing escaped him —F m Captain, Ussher's Narrative, in the .—From 'n United Service Journal. A SM ART p AcE. _Th e North Britain and En gineer coaches, the latter of which has long been notorious for the furious speed at w hi c h it is driv en, on Tuesda y last to Kendal, 3 went from Carlisle distance of 44 miles, in three hours and forty minutes, including sto pp a g es.—Cum. Berland Packet. CIRCASSIAN HORSES.--The Cabardian race is the most esteemed, and some of them would not disgrace a field day in Leicestershire. Ten pounds is the price paid here for a good horse, three to ells for an ordinary one. Mares,. which ar e c hi e fly k e pt for breeding', a e, ndetch whi from two to five pounds. The horses are on the whole, a hardy and docile race, w e ll a d a pt e d to the s ervice in which they arc employed, inv o l v i ng frequently, in forays and excur sions, great privation and fatigue. The C i rcassians treat c tion ; and though they them with care, and ev e n with r' the they will kiss and are never teen to caress their children. fondle their horsei ; nor are thou lets so licitous4tbout th-ir winter stock than that of their tatnilies. They have all, t ) distinguish their pedigree, some marks on the haunches, a sabre, a horse-shoe, &c., and Inc p ro p rietor of many a sorry hack consoles ual hy poinsine; to this evidence of latent good t ies.q—Longtv er th's Year amon g the Cir. =slots. We understand that a Pol ice Court is to be im mediately established for the populous dMristricts Groves are of Green- to wich and Woolwich. Mr. Jeremy and . be the Magistrates; and I‘,lef.sts. Finch and Nokts the me n were clerks to first and second clerks. These gentle the Magistrates in petty session ; reven their any claim f or appointment as clerks to the Police Cour: will pt compensation for the loss of their n. forincr situations. WESTER:. , TA R.," !,,.wsp Ip.J. under this tide has just been starto.i Bath. Its principles, as will be seen from the follow ing addre,s to the public, are sufficiently Liberal " The almost total prostration of independence in the Press of the West of England—the subserviency of its pages to selfish interests—its never-ceasing adhesion to the wealthy and powerful party, to secure which it has become flagrantly corrupt—its niggardly and too fre quently virulent opposition to everything liberal and just, calculated to elevate and improve the condition of mankind—has rendered it imperatively necessary that some organ, not merely of defence, but bold enough to attack and unflinchingly encounter a baneful enemy, should be provided. 6. We appear at a time when important political changes are demanded, and when, from the enlightenment of the great body of the unrepresented millions, they are not for a long period to be parried off ; and in becom ing the champion for their rights, we are fully prepared for the inveterate opposition we shall have to encounter from their and our foes. Unbiased by any party or fac tious predilections, we unhesitatingly declare ourselves the uncompromising advocates of searching Radical Re forms in Church and State, the gross abuses in which have long existed, and continue in rank luxuriance, and are the stronghold and succour of the myriads of drones, lay and clerical, who batten on the toils of an impo verished and oppressed people. These evils vse trace to the exclusion of the people from political power, to the representation of this country being in the hands of the landed aristocracy, and the monopolizing monied classes, who never have possessed any real sympathy with the people. We are, therefore, prepared to struggle for a broad extension of the franchise. And to secure pure political freedom, uninterrupted by the arbitrary influence of wealth or power, we would endeavour to obtain for the Electoral Body the protection of the Ballot. To ensure honesty and in dustry in the servants of the public, who should ever be paid by and responsible to the people, we would restore the enactment of the ancient constitution which enforced Short Parliaments. We regard free trade as most con ducive to the interests of mankind, but more especiolly to the British nation, whose glory and renown is in the industry and ingenuity of its inhabitants, its great na• tional resources, and the stupendous power of its machi nery, and we are therefore advocates for the repeal of all restrictive duties, believing them en masse to be in compatible to the well-being of a brave, industrious, and ingenious people. Rigid and fearless economy in every department of public expenditure—and civil and reli gious liberty to the fullest possible extent which it can be enjoy ed, are the rights of the people, for which wt erect our standard. THE REGISTRATIONS. MIDDLESEX. Messrs. Coventry and Shadwell held their Courts yesterday at the George Inn, Hounslow. The former gentleindn revised the Lists for the parishes of New Brentlord, Twickenham, Teddington, Hampton-town. Hampton-wick, Sunbury, Hanworth, and Norwood ; and the latter the Lists for Islewortb, Harlington, Cranford, Heston, and Hanwell. (Before Mr. SHADWELL.) ANOTHER TORY TRICK. Richard Peake was objected to by the Liberals the ground of change of residence. The place of abode stated in the list was Richmond, and a letter purporting to be signed by Peake, stating that he re sided at Richmond, was handed in by the Tory agents. Mr. Coppock, however, called Prake himself, who admitted that he had lett Richmond some time since and was now living at Isleworth ; that he knew no thing whatever of the letter which had been put in as coming from him, but that he believed it had been filled up and signed by his daughter-in-law, who resided at Richmond. Mr. Coppock—Do you know that the Tories have made you tell a lie in that letter, by saying that you lived at Richmond? Peake—l know nothing at all about it. Mr. Coppock—Sa I believe ; and 1 have no doubt ,hat you never authorised anybody to say that you Iwo(' t Richmond. Yeake—l never did, Sir. Mr. Coppock—l thought so. The name was expunged. Richard Spencer, whose residence was stated in the list to " Piccadilly," was also objected to by the Re formers. Mr. Coppock called a person to prove service of the notice of objection. The witness stated that although he made a great many inquiries he could not find that any such per son as Richard Spencer lived in Piccadilly. Having, however, been told by a baker's man that he believed a person of that name resided at No. 213 Piccadilly, he went to that house, but found the people in it had only 'resided there three months, and knew nothing whatever - Of Mr. Spencer. He left the notice of objection there. :Mr. Turner objected to that service, and put in a :,le;tter, addressed to Mr. Spencer, in Piccadilly. by .•Mr. Payne, which had been returned through the Post-office, with an indorsement upon it, •• No such person to be found in Piccadilly." Mr. Coppock observed that the letter itself proved the party had changed his residence. Mr. SHADWELL did not think that service of the no tice of objection was sufficiently proved, but regretted very much that he could not expunge Mr. Spencer's name. Mr. Coppock was proceeding to argue in support of the validity of the notice, but was interrupted by Mr. SHADWELL, who said—lt is of no use, Mr. Coppock, to argue the question, because I am satisfied. Mr. Coppock—But I wish, Sir, to ascertain, if pos sible, the principle upon which you act. I have been endeavouring to do so for the last three days, but, for the life of me, I cannot make it out. Mr. SHADWELL had made up his mind to retain the name on the list, although it was clear that Mr. Turner bad no authority whatever to support the claim. It.- deed, he wished he had the power of striking the name off the list. No question of interest occurred in Mr. Coventry's Court. Result of the day's proceedings : Over made i •seers' i sust. Libel made 1 Toi made I PARISHES. Twickenham Teddington... .........• Hampton Town Hampton Wick Sunbury ........... Hanw orth Norwood New Brentford Isleworth Harlington Cranford Heston Hanwell Total.. The Learned Barristers...will hold day at the Bush and Clarence Hotel, Monday at the White Horse, Uxbrid their , Stal lge. Courts this ines, and on SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYDS. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-- Blenheim of Sunderland, to Onega, and Victoria of Dundee, for Archangel, 22d ult., off Cape Orlonqouse, by the Reliance, Moffat, arrived in the river; Mary Gambels, Seymour, bound to Quebec, 10th ult, lat. 46, long. 47, by the Thomas Tyson, Wylie, arrived at Whitehaven ; Urania, Ogilvy, Liverpool to Bom bay, 26th ult., lat. 48, long. 9, by the Eensgezindhead, Jaske, arrived at Amsterdam ; Inglis, Stead, Bombay to Lon don, off Cape Cormorin ; Ritchie, Rozier, from Clyde, out 63 days, and passed between 4th and Bth ult., from 200 to 250 vessels outward bound, by the Hope, Douglas, ar rived at Whitehaven ; Mary Ann from Leghorn 17th ult., off Cape De Gait, and Albion, Swansea to Malta, same day, by the Ellen, Gillmour, arrived off Dartmouth ; Sylvia, from Gloster, 3d ult., off Bird Islands; Rainbow, of Ports mouth, sth, lat. 46, lon. 55, by the Thomas Rowell, arrived at Stockton ; Cove, of Hull, bound to Quebec, off the Bank of Newfoundland, by the Latona, Sutton, arrived at Longhope ; Cecilia, London to Launceston, 17th June, lat. 11 S., lon. 28 W. ; Thomas Sparks, Sparks, Liverpool to Calcutta, 19th June, lat. 15 S., lon. 28 W. ; Devon, Gething, Liverpool to China, 22d June, lat. 22 S. ; Washington, Bourdeaux to Mauritius, 24th June, lat. 25, lon. 6 E., by the Severn, arrived at Madras. TRADE WITH PERU. Copy of a letter received at Lloyd's : Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, 7th October, 1840. Sta,—l am directed, by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to acquaint you, for the infor mation of the merchants trading with Peru, that the Con gress of that State has prohibited the importation from fo reign ports of calicoes, saddles, men's shoes, clothes made, and hats of wool or silk, from the Ist of November of the present year. I ate, Sir, your obedient servant, DENIS LE MARCHANT. V/m. Dobson, Esq„ Secretary, Lloyd's. FRENCH FLEET AT ATHENS. Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's from their agent at Svra, dated Sept. 11, 1840: "The French fleet, consisting of nine vessels of the line, arrived at Athens, and it is reported that it will remain there until the differences on the Turco-Egyptian question are finally settled." --___ — EGYPTIAN DRAMAS.—Rude dramatic repre sentations are p o p u l ar among t h e E gypt i ans , says D r. . Bowring. They gen e r a lly t urn u p on one of the t wo su b_ ?eels most in'eresting t o the m — name ly, their reli g i on an d tneir taxation Their religion; dramas ustinVy introduce a Christiiin tour, upon whom the process of conversi on is operating in the shape of severe bastinadoings, always ending in the triumph of Mahomedan orthodox:. ; the Christian suff,rer surrendering little by little, and at last, in plenty of blows, getting plenty of belief. In the o th er depar.ment o f amusemen t, t h e tax-gatherer is generally in troduced, demanding 100 piastres from a poor fellih who has only ten in the world, and who is fearfully flogged, amidst the laughter of the syrnpath , zing, for not doing what it is impossible he should do. Our Paris Correspondent appears to consider that the success of our coup de train on the . coast of Sy r i a has incre a sed the chances of peace.—Mortany Paper. ._ _ LOSS OF 1 1 1-1:7. STIT P We TIN CI- IN TELLI - • TATTERSALL'S-SESTERDA Y, 411. We have been favoured with the following interesting : 4, • not 'Leavy, was not ineffective on the odds. Thle_ particulars by a gentleman who was on board the Au . Business was confined to the Cesarewitch Stakes, rera, previously to her being wrecked, on the 27th of ; obtained been taken a decided infiftie s le s a n d o o r f tly Fi b tz e r fo o r y e , as th elitbtelettainsgsctioosedht;47: ntg: April, near Kiapora, New Zealand : i 1 was offered in vain against the other , whose m _P a o r na .. ll "We sailed from the West India Docks on the llth were neither , so numerous nor ss fi a M a ' r of September, 1839, and the Downs on the 23J, with :his backer would have more had been taken to a pony, anti emigrants, bound to Port Nicholson, New Zealand ; ; Bloomsbury's outside price, at the ants was 7 to 1. on. rely so was at about the same average as on war e there were 150 on board, exclusive of the crew. Alter gales and calms of several days' duration, during the e ' ned at 12 to I—taken ; but receded to 15 to 1, !, voyage, we arrived at Port Hardy, Derville's Island, in day and ' and Feather P at 12 to 1, with backers. Larn.notlavV,3l: I opened minutes before we left. Constantia also declined. Queen Charlotte Sound (which divides the two islands i of New Zealand), on the 17th of January, 1840. We der , 14 to I. and merely put in there for instructions, and laid there 1 'IIIE DERRY.—Offers to is to 1 about Coronation,n and no one seemed willing to back Lord Jersey's tw that night. The next afternoon we weighed anchor 25 to 1 each about S:r Hans, and brother to vlu g and stood up the Sound, and made Port Ntehols3n i CESARENVITCH STAKES: on the 21st, lying outside the harbour two days, ; sto 1 agst The Ruler—taken owing to contrary winds. The Cuba was lying there ; 7to 1 agst Fitzroy she had brought out surveyors. The port is about 7to 1 agst Bloomsbury fifteen miles round, and of considerable depth. Bto 1 apt C;ilypso (taken) Having discharged our cargo, which consisted chiefly 12 ,n to sgst Feather (taken) of provisions for the emigrants, and two ho.pitals 1 : 8 0 t t n a g :y .s s t i CBorontshtearntitao (taken)cporltize(fltaokweenr) in frame, with some bricks, we left, alter r mainnig ; 20 to 1 ag - si Bosphorus (ak,iii) there about six weeks, during which period the Ori- 12 to 1 Agst Lord Jerse's tot and BloomsberY ental, the Bengal Merchant, and the Duke of Rox- ' 110 1 A I? to on Fitzoy, Calypso. burgh, had arrived ; and outside we passed the Ade- Feather agst the field (taken) major it y laide and Fury, both coming in. Having proceeded to The bet against Bosphorus ices laid after the Hokianga, the Aurora was chartered by Mr. White, a of the subscribers had left. merchant there, and we sailed for Kiapora, to take in Cowry spars for the Sydney market. Kiapora lies be tween Hokianga and Port Nicholson. It is not a bar harbour, as most of the others are upon the western coast, but there are shifting sands, the channels little known, and difficult to navigate, and we grounded three times in going up. Having nearly filled the hold, we weighed anchor on the 27th of April, and proceeded down the River Wiroa towards the heads, where we brought up to wait for the last quarter flood, with the view of going through the North Channel, the one we came in at. When we arrived at the narrowest part, caused by two parallel sand banks, we hove the lead, and found a halt seven fathom, and it fell a dead calm ; this was et sun down, and a heavy swell set in from the south-west, and drove the vessel broadside towards the shore, and having no command of her we let go the anchor, and she swung round ; she struck of , and a heavy sea at this moment struck her ; she bumped forward, anti in a few minutes after grounded amidships and broke tier back. We immediately cut away the masts, as she was bumping heavily and working much. la about half an hour after wards her bottom was washed away a hundred yards. and she fed out seawards, every sea making a clean breach over her. We all took refuge in the main chains a starboard ; as every boat was stove in or dashed to pieces, except one belonging to Mr. Woke, whico was hoisted on board some time previous, as it would not swim, having the starboard quarter stove in. A: 6 p.m. two men got out a plank ‘6tii a line attached to it, and jumped overboard to try to swim ashore, but we had not sufficient line to pay out, and b; ing obliged to let go, the uttermost anxiety of those on board was felt for their safety. Shortly after ward a small raft was made out of three spars, and our second mate with three seamen got upon it, with a line attached to pay out, and wh ch was intended to be hauled back when they go ashore, but crc they hail effeel.ed a laudeig they called to us to give teem more line, but as we had it not they begged of us to haul thein aboard again. The boys having let gu (the fine having only taken one turn in the dead eyes) that was impossible, and we heard them cry out—" We're lost, we're loat." As a last resource we got Mr. White's boat over the side, end put two hands into her to keep baling out, and as we cuutd find only one oar, pieces of plank were broken up for the purposes of paddles, and the third mate with eight hands got ashore ; the boat then returned and brought us the happy tidings of the men on the p!ank and the raft arriving site ashore. The remain d_ee of the crew having found terra firma by the same means, we proceeded along the shore ten miles,and found water and shelter under S 0111:!: trees. I then with the third mate and Mr. White stated off to walk along shore until we came up to time ship Samuel Cunnard, which was lying 45 miles up the Wiroa, at which place we arrived at noon on the 28th of April ; and her people sent their launch and two whale boats down to the wreck, aid we got some provision ashore, viz.—tons of biscuits, cases of wine, pickles and preserves, some casks of beer, &c., and pieced them above high water mark. We did this two days running, but on the second night it blew very heavy from the westward, and the Aurora went to pieces, and the tide having risen higher than usual the articles we had taken from the wreck were swept away, " The Aurora was a teak-built ship, copper fast ened, and in my opinion, no other ship could have with stood the tremendous sea she had upon her so long. " On the next evening (Friday) the Cunnard's boat fetched us all on board, where we remained until Sun day, and were treated by her captain and crew with the greatest kindness. On that day, with the exception of the Captain, the cuddy servants, and steward of the Aurora, in the Cunnard's launch, we proceeded up the river, which is about six miles across, to the set tlement of a Mr. Hughes, who is the only Euro pean settler in that quarter. He treated us very kindly. From thence we proceeded to the place of a Mr. Stevenson, at whose residence we ar rived at two o'clock on Tuesday morning ; he im mediately cooked some meat for us, and made us very comfortable. This gentleman purchases spars for the proprietors of the Samuel Cunnard, and floats them down the river, a distance of 200 miles. Ott the follow. ing morning we pushed off again up the river, intend ing to make a missionary station about forty miles from where we were to debark, for the purpose of crossing the country to get to the Bay of Islands, at which place we arrived at about five o'clock the same day. Mr. Buller, the missionary, acted with the greatest possible kindness towards us, and when the people had satisfied their hunger, he, after a hymn had been sung, read prayers, and gave us a most excellent extemporaneous discourse, well calculated to render us thankful for the merciful deliverance we had from shipwreck, and to take away all discontent from our hearts. It had such an effect upon the people generally, coupled with the very kind attention that on the next afternoon (Wed nesday) before we left, with one second the chief mate was deputed to return him thanks for his kindness. He lent us a large canoe, and we proceeded up the river, and at nightfall arrived at the place whet e we were to proceed by land across the country to the Bay of Islands ; we found Teneraw, a Moury Chief, with some of his people, encamped at the landing-place, and. they promised to accompany us at daylight the next morning, when we started through the bush. After walking about a quarter of an hour, we got through the skirt of it, and came upon a swamp, which was up to our hips, with tall grass thereon, five or six feet, high ; we had to wade five miles through this, and then up a continuous line of hills, and down again into the valleys, where we always found swamps, but none of them so deep as the first. About noon Teneraw had some potatoes, which he shared with us ; we had only three baskets of boomeras (a kind of sweet potatoe). told us we did not get on fast enough for him, and he must leave us, but promised to leave a broken stick across the path, or a bundle of flax, to indicate the road they were to take. We soon after lost sight of them in the bush, and we proceeded until it was getting dark ; and as we h.id come on a spring, determined to remain until the fodowtng morning, and accordingly set to work to build ourselves a covering from the night dew. On the following Mom ing (Thursday) we started at day-light, and at seven o'clock came upon the spot where Teneraw's camp had been pitched ; there were the remains of their meal, and a number of pigeons' feathers, which was very tantaliz ing to people with empty stomachs. We con tinned our journey through a beautiful undulating country, which is well-watered, and abounding in timber. The climate so soft, and the air so elastic and exhilirating, that we bore our calamities much better than we otherwise should have done. We proceeded on in this manner until Sa turday about noon, when we were delighted to find we were in sight of the Bay of Islands, which we reachod at four o'clock, after a three days' journey across the coun try of 80 miles from the place of debarking on the Wiroa, and 230 miles from where we were wrecked. With the exception of myself, my fellow -sufferers obtained berths on board whalers, at a rate of wages superior to what we sailed from London with, and I worked passage home in a South-sea man." AURORA, WREXHAM RACES.—TUESDAY. The Bryn..)-pys Stakes of 25 sous. each ; for three yr 0 . 1 c 1 .. coin,Eta Ilb ; and fillies, 7st 131 b. On ce round Pa' distance (4 subs ) 'Cartwright) 1 Mr. Price's c Tully (Cat Lord WcstalinstET's Daphne .............. ••• •• ........... The Goi Cup of I 00/ Thrice round an d a distance. l{ Mr. Coilini's Isaac, aped, 9si lib ............ (Dar lin g ) ' 1 Mr. Price's Lady Abbess, ' 4 yrs, Bst llb .................. ; Mr. Mostyn's Bedalian, 3 yrs, 7st ..................... ••• Mr. Walter's Goldhurst, 6 yrs, ................... e..a..9. 'rho Wynnstay Plate of 50/., for all ages. Mile h Mr. Price's Prince Albert, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b...( Stag) 3 g Mr. Ogden's St. Leonard, 5 yrs, Bst 81b ............ 2 dr Mr. Thompson's Miss Fitz, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib .... .. di' Mr. Graydon's Miss Heathcote, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ••• Miss Burdett Coutts' dinner parties at Lord De Ros's house, adjoining Boyle Farm, Kingston, have ben postponed in consequence of the demise of her uncle, Mr. Jones Burdett. The spacious mansion in Pall-mall, where the business of the Ordnance is transacted, is undergoine a thorough repair and improvement throughout, and is fiiled with workmen tOr that purpose. It was fo•encrly the r..- sidence of the late Duke of Cumberland, une:e to the pre sent Duke. • The Countess of Durham, on her return from the Continent, which will be, according to present ar rangements, about May next, will reside almost %boil) at Lambtott Castle, near Ctiester-le-sreet. The sulecrip tion for a testimonial to the mouton.' of the I,te Lord amounts to 7501 RICHMOND RACES —Tuxsoay. The Dundak Stakes of 10 soya, ea c h, and 20 added by th: Earl of &thud ; for two yrs * old, Est Sib; 10d t re •i Bst 10lb ; fillies allowed 3 1 13. Grey Sum, !Benson) 61 "" g. i N E I a r r . I l o v t 0 Z rm e t I t j a d n ,s d ' e s ci‘Lfi Mill. ~i a d v e o , l 2 i n yrsa, 2 ! . r . s . , ....... ~ L .. .. ......... .:, Lord Eg inton's f Terrace, 2 yrs ...................... • 4 Colonel Cradock's c Gallipot, 3 3:1:s . ................. ...l e i Mr. Hogg's f Clementine, 2 yis, an.d. Mr. Gi ll's I ' d ' moloo, o, 2 yrs, were not placed. The Gold Cup, by subs of logs. each, PT- 1 . ag es; three.yrs. old, Est 121 b; fours 310 ' yrs, Bst for sill e l° Y ve ril g ' Bst 101 b ; six yrs and aged, 9st • ma res, Ste•' ° a ) t bretr 3a)s. Winners of a cap 31bs o f two, slbs; ,' ; di g ,. 71hs ; and of four, 91bs, e' ; extra. Once round and - k 7 Sub:.) i n I ..,westbere, Mr. Vansittart's Smollett, 5 yrs . Coloi;el Cradock's Gallipot, 3 yrs .••••••• •.... ...... ... Mr PAW Ada, 3 yrs 3 ......................... oa The Memb,rs' Plate of 701, for maiden horses, no,r e h s fi ' c a • geldings that never won 501. before the day of t ''' trance. Heats, two miles 1 1 .1t•. Farmer's c Ba . nquo, 3 miles, 7st...(LYn) ' 9 2 Mr.*- .‘.lr. li 's c f P O n l a iv rn" l.3 4' ra 3 2: r u s , ' 3 7 Yr t s . .. .......... ° 0 0 of ost nib 1 0 - 0 dr Mr. Peck's I Sister to Clints, 4 yrs, Sit 111 b 0 Mr. Hnitchinson's f Marta Monk, 3 Yr s ' dr 6st Illh .......................................... 2 T KNUTSFORD RACES.--WEntlpsv"Y' dded; w cAo o bl . t y usu r , s t Boiltd half' S 3a w lb e e; mile.pasn i d tk ( e 3fi s i e l si f eus l 6, o s . s B) o s y t 1. w e a i V a t : S aira• 1 1 garlOW/ q Mr. Skerratt's f Lydia .... ( Mr. Bower's f Collina ************************************************ * 5 Air. Skerratt's Rachel **************************************** :I ****** 2 to 1 on Collins, who was beaten by half a Ilea- ° lila The Knutsford Cup of 70 sous., added to a handi c ,. Bl) ) sovs. each. I'wo miles and a dis. (13 Su' s '', 1 Sir C. Monk's Garland, 5 yrs, 7:t 9lb ......... (Noble/ a . Mr. Flintoff's Plover, 3 yrs, ) fist ' lolb ..... ,e..rw.5.'ith3.......... ; Mr. Walters's Chantilly, 4 yrs, Bst .............. 7t04 on Chantilly. Won by a neck. add. Thc Whip, with a s weepstakes of b sous. eachoroi, one mile and a half, was won by Mr. Conol l Y s 00.• beating five others; and the Cavalry Cup by Mr' sun's 1, tour years. ---.: GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.—Sir James Granam Trill retire from the Lord R 'ctor:hip of the University n , -xt month, when, it is said, the Nl,rquis of Brcettalbime, Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir Astley C,oper, will be norm rimed for ti w choice of the electors. STONE RACES—WEDNESDAY. Wa s A Purse, added to a subs-ription of 3 sovs • eaCho s won in two heats by Mr. Drake's g h S aul., five lei" 103 t 101bs. The Hurdle Stakes of 3 soya. each, with a purg e °da l ttchiehrrree.eewFwoartoehdneei Wallow's two beats by Mr. Eccles's Lotnof bead° , a B n ti cli m cap m o a f ry 2 s w o o vs o . d, ea 6 e y b r , s w . i . t . h .. a 1 ) 2 11 : 2 la .. ded. T Mr. ninnin H w e s at A s, d t a :r a i g ce ed reu . ... 3 . . and .. a distance_ 1 , Jri Mr. Eccles's E ti e d e n le o s i ' c s 2 dr by Mr. B ,ot a h L F: s i o ll l: 2 be s l o la v , s. each, &c., . was won . 1 0 3 S • ; ta u he st beating two others AY ROWING MATCH BETWEEN CONo „ j " nw AND CURTIS. The long-announced scullera' wag er between e°, l1 n ° sl' and Curtis for 101. a sid e t oo k p l ace on Thurs d ay' 0 11 was a sharp race throughout. Both men are we ll ' - ‘ , / sl. as scatters bf some note, more particularly Copli°oog and both distinguished themselves in the contest fl 2 f gett's coat and badge this last season. The apP°t o of of a match at so l ate a per i od as this of the 0%00 course prevent e d anyt hi ng lik e a numerous att eou II or nor was the distance that which is generally cb °ge te r such wagers, it being, instead of from Westmi_n s d vim ( Putney, from London-bridge to Chelsea.bridge; m a d the material difference of being rowed against, i" tio waff with, the tide. Bi?tting was 6 to 4 in favour of C°, n e o ther who is much the bigger man ; but the friends of t" fre ell• man were full of confidence, and took the odds ,cr y 1,64 At twelve o'clock the men started, Connor:o w rylt: , seated in the beautiful wl.erry built by Hun t _ Ailen, a well-known and distinguished patron _of 0 7; and his adversary in a very fine wherry of Noul to_ ft volt tide had jut left its mark as they went off, th( sst, ern sts; not half a length between them ; taken very evenly. In the shoot to Banksid etu gal lar o. but Coonc 4/ 1 slightly and went first through Blackfriars.bii4V ji v e '; ahead. The rowing was very hard from wa e thi' al erneghtlilsolh.ebarid Milbank ; but C , noway contr i ve d to increas f sir bos: r tage slightly, an d o ff the Pen i tent i a ry s Won'the waft It an d ed. D o t by ten lengths, his ad versary b e i ng much distressed' e fle m w en e . nt on in advance, THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKET _________--....--.--. - a'• s. ~e • • - ',if le! tsars. ..................+ - --. _ ._. -. ~.. t i er Quarto, E . i__, .. ~. ~ E . to s. '7, L t„V6 Bath Blandford 56 65 33 :36 '2S "-- - 4 - Briciport - 6i - - - -' -- -Chrd-- 56 72 30 36 30 34 :V I 54 Gloucester , 66 72 3.) Oct ' 26 39 ',..n .- " - - F: xe• e r - 50 rd s S t(N(4 : l 4 e i cu' l e i liv i s (l ) l( b lj t ti a fl i t g r: --": 4.! .114 '.. 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Png'• 13 4 4 ' I to I ~,.. sg. 0 ' • e- ........................................................ s. if DEVIZES CORN MARKET. ~ d. to $ 4 ,0 Per Sack. s. d. s . d. P er Quarter. I s .0 i:S 0 ,- first Wheat 1.3 (I to 34 0 Oats ... ............... 0 il f i l Second '0 0 22 0 Beans (per saCk)••• f ; .., „! :hird am ley 12 0 43 0 Bread [ per ga ll ' • - f, ',, ......^...mrm.....,-,mi............,..........., 0001.11 10 ._..n- -- - - - C r r • . 4 I PATENT LEVER WA. kit ,‘; 1 .... '" • is With silver double-bottom cues ...... h ic With silver hunting cases .......................... ••••;', 00 t ot e' This celebrated construction (the m w o i s t t h a th c e cu l r ; t i r t fo i al: l i e r: 4 a watch can be made) is now offered, inents I. C. the detached escapement, jewelle d d l i a j,a o a bot is capped, hand to mark the seconds, bard enamel at tbe taming power to continue going snhile winding ul'' h 0 0 price A printed w arran ty is given, with fixed terms' ti Abie • Watches will al wa y s receive any attention ALe i , Jo' 4 SAVORY . , .„ Sew -- Watchmaker, Sil ve r an d Goldsmith, 47, Cornlou k N. B.— s e f e r o o t m m G m r n a , c l elcih,autrechhe-sstpruere,t:Lsle.doniro titen;chsto Vv 0,3 ~. `~ i ..- 46 4° 01 , • 4f 46 44 4 5 0 • 5v 44 ---- er TABLE CANDLES T ICK.S, suP erul 'ileiti c 'llo• .----- • to for durability, equal in appearance.. Table can c hef i ' 3 ,, inches . high, 7s. per pair; 9 inches high, 9s. incheshig; ;en per ;nu- ; ditto, with rich shell mot - mange, 9 l c hsse° "d i+ per pair , snuffer trays, with shell mountings an the' e $5 O O tru, 4s. ea, h. The particular metal of which be 0 111 h. great variety of other articles are made, silver by reference to the stamp. Catalogues gran ; Jo e. 11IPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxforn can nly, tbe o iffy BIRTHS. On the sth inst., at Beaufoy-terrace, Mof v` aida.vsle' of ald C F. W. well, Esq., of a son. On the 6th iust„ in High Holborn, Mrs. gi Sliogburl' our' daughter. E s q . ' On the 6 1 h inst , the lady of Nicholas 11PCann, geon, of Parliament-street, of a daughter. --- MARRIED. .„, t ,tlt h d e On the Bth inst., at Whitwell Church, Isle of "„ 1 1 / /itnn• ari ,, - f ' Her. Itieharil Dixon, M.A.. Rector of Whitwe" F s q., ''' Ganshill, Jain - es, second son of Henry Coo per. 0 ; do , t 0 ('hitton Lodge, Berkshire, and 9, York -plac e ' L i t Ego ** ef A tl s e l% rg y ia L n o a dg t :• r , d .N Y t ( ) l i a l u h g a h in t ; c tor o is f li G ir e e7a g n e d tinrv g l"n°.". Lallr only ranachila olti Arnold, of Mirablei, Isle of Wight. vi.,letl'" On the 29th tilt WS. n ' ,1.... V .- ,ioi'l• the . , . Herefordshire. and Christ College, Cambridge, to C' -o.store• eldest daughter of S. Keot, F.,q - . of the, 1101, Worce' t w orth. to Niary A on, eldest d4u.,,hter of G. On the 4th inst., 'leery Woo;niati, Esq., 01 Rick, ma"s 3l. P' ' rlr• of the :,aloe !dace. „i one , Ork the s th inst. , at Irina\ Church, St A ja ' -eb E q A. M. Silvis, to Fanny, third 6 ' itgliter of W. Y . " att ' -- - -.5-. - —— • _.. , ..... —•-• ---- A. AluFk-e.tt, .stl., TETE HON. MRS. NORTON'S NEW POEM, '1 D;;EAM.—Wt• hay p!casure in observing than Quarterly Review dono jus'ice to this work, in re cot in it as " a very beautiful poem." " This lady " adds the Reviewer, "is the Byron of our modern poetesses. She has very much of that intense personal passion by which Byron's poetry is distinguished from the larger grasp and deeper communion with mai) a nd nature of Worth:- worth. She has :Iseßyron's beautiful inte rvals of tcm. derness, his strong practical thought, and his forceful ex_ pressioo. Eis not art artificial imitation, but a nVural parall e l, an d we ma y add that it is this, her httest production, wldeh es o ,cially induces, and scenic to us to justify, our criti c i s m." As it 153 loog since any poem so recommended has appeared, ac have no doubt that the sale will be very extc.nsive. DIED. son or Ozi the 4th inst., at Guernsey, J. P. S tua rt, eld est Dr. G. Hamilton Roe, of flanover-sluare , ' On the Eth inst.. Sarah, wife f the late J. tiolbY , P o Grea ' t Surrey-street. Blacktriars-rod. • Bertri° lB(l' Ott the 7th inst., Air. .1. Austin, of Ilussell-street, soy, arid Old Kent-road, aged 74. a t V. c , 4 ,, iif 4; - - 1)() • Printed and Published bv %, r, No. 1-? . `;;r:it,(!. at The .till c ,- /L: - y of Aliddl.l-x.—Friliay , October 9. le:P•' el i EVENING ED I TION.