The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-01 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. A public meeting was held yesterday at the Vestry Rooms, Gordon-street, Gordon-square, of the inhabi tants of the parish of St. Pancras, for the purpose of conside.ing the propriety of applying to Parliament in the next Session for powers to pave, light, cleanse, and water the streets and places in those parts of the parish for which no such provisions had been made. GEORGE HOUGHTON, Esq., took the Chair shortly after two o'clock. He felt proud of the position in which the meeting had placed him upon an occasion so important to the interests of so extensive a parish. All present must be aware that the object of the present meeting was to obtain from Parliament powers to im prove the condition of many parts of the parish, by paving, lighting, and cleansing those streets in it wh ich were so much in want of it. On a former occasion they had approached Parliament in the hopes of conso lidating the paving, lighting, and cleansing of the parish 'under one Board, but they had never been able to effect that abject. In consequence of the opposition they !lad received from various parties, those whowere most anxious for that object were obliged to give way : It was next pro posed to place the lighting and paving of the parish under the control of feeir Boards ; but that was also objected to, as not being sufficiently comprehensive ; and ultimately the state of various parts of the parish became such, that several gentlemen deemed it their duty to call the attention of the Vestry to the subject, and the Vestry, acting in accordance with their views, bad called the present meeting, with the view of ascer taining the opinion of the parishioners, as to the pro priety of applying to Parliament for a Bill for the purposes he had referred to. That Bill would not in terfere with any man's private rights but was intended to effect all tire good it could for the parishioners, at the same time carefully avoiding all that was likely to create discord. When he looked at the disgraceful state of King's-cross and Britannia -street, and when he saw the quantity of noxious vegetables that were always scattered about there to the destruction of human life, he could not hesitate to recommend the measure to the adoption of the parishioners. Being one of the Direc tors of the Fever Hospital, he felt himself peculiarly canapetent to give an opinion upon the contagion that took place in consequence of the filthy state of the streets in the neighbourhood, and from that knowledge he felt convinced that the greater number of cases of fever brought into that hospital, emanated fro!u the dirt and filth of the neighbourhood. These circumstances, and the interests of the parishoners alone bad induced those gentlemen, with whom he was associated, to come forward on the present occasion, to propose the introduction of such a measure ; and.for himself, he begged to say he had no personal interests to serve, or personal feelings to consider, as he had no property in the parish. His only object was to have a measure carried by which the health and happiness of the parishoners should be secured, The Bill, if passed by the Legislature, would have the effect of putting an end to four of the local Boards which at present existed in the parish, and it proposed to place the control of all the existing Boards under the parish Vestry, so that no expense could be incurred without the sanction of the rate-payers. In conclusion, he trusted that an im partial hearing would be given to all who addressed the meeting. Mr. CHARNOCK moved the first resolution, which was to the following effect :—" That it is the duty of parochial authorities, in the absence of municipal regulations, to attend to the proper management of their localities in everything relating to public con venience and the preservation of the health of the Inhabitants. That the newly populated parts of St. 2aueras had not•received the attention and improve ment necessary, or which has been given to the neigh bouring districts, and that even in situations the most eligible property is d e t er i orate d, an d t h ose parts of the parish which would present the most flourishing appearance, had become, by neglect, one mass of filth, poverty, and disease." He could not believe that the important question for the consideration of the meet ifig was one which would excite any irritation. It was not a political question. but one in which only the health comlart of the inhabitants was concerned. As h id been said by the Chairman various attempts had been made to consolidate the parish under one Paving B ;art' ; those attempts had, however, failed, and as it appeared hopeless to effect that desirable object, he thought that all ought to unite in obtaining from the House of Commons the measure now pro nosed as the only practicable remedy for the evils ivhteh existed. King's-cross, Britannia -street, and the approautes to Kentish -town, were in so disgraceful a ,rate that disease was engeaderc 1, and many accidents :ecur,-ed. All were agreed as to the necessity of son ...leisure being adopted, and the only point in issue was 'as to the manner in which it should be accomplished. The principal points to be considered were, first, the liiestion of expense in event of failure. He believed it 'Alas intended that the Bill should be managed in Parlia ment by the Vestry-clerk, which would be the means of evoiding one great source of expense ; a considerable sum would be required, notwithstanding ; but he had . un douht that the expense would not exceed 5001, if the lill succeeded it was intended to insert a clause tnabling them to include the expenses in the paving and lighting rate. Should, however, the Bld not be success iul, the Vestry had the power to order the payment of the, expenses, but he felt convinced they would not be inclined to do so without the sanction of the ratepayers generally. The expense, however, being so very small, be did net think it would be considered by any one as a sufficient reason for objecting to so very desirable a ea] eas I re. Mr. SMITH seconded the resolution, and in doing so, confirmed the mover's statements as to the disgraceful state of many parts of the p Irish. He also stated that a great number of the inhabitants had petitioned the Vestry for relief. Mr. DOUGLAS role for the purpose of moving an a:nenunaent. Although the resolution which had just been proposed did not go the length of binding them to appiy to Parliament for the proposed Bill, yet, as those who had already spoken had stated that that was their ohj, , et, and that they had other resolutions to pro pose, he thought it would be better at once to state the course 11,..! intended to pursue. He was certainly nauch surprised to hear from Mr. Smith that the inha ditants of Battle-bridge had sent in a petition on this si;hject. He had never heard of the fact before, and he should therefore like to know from the Vestry Clerk whether any memorials had been sent in from any other parts of the parish. The VESTRY CLERK, as we understood, said, No ; but, in consequence of the situation appropriated to the reporters rendering it almost impossible for them to bear anything that passed in the meeting, it is impos• sibie to 'peal; with accuracy. Mr. Dona LAS—Then am I to understand this is a gratuitous act of the Vestry'.'—(Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.") 'rho CtiatamaN observed, that five or six years ago thre were a great number of petitions sent in.— (Laugh ter.) DOUGLAS said that was when the object was consoidation ; but he was anxious to be informed i.vbetlirer the rate-payers had desired the int er f erence o f tlt Ve:try for the t particular object they had now met for the purpose of forwarding. It was clear they did not, and therefore he felt himself compelled to oppose any mo!ion the object of which was to place the ex penses on a whole parish of improving a certain part of it. He admitted that Battle•bridge and several other parts of the parish were decidedly in want of im provement, and it was attributable to those gentlemen alone who opposed consolidation that those im provements had not taken place. What chance he would ask, was there for the present Bid passing' the House of Commons, emanating as it did from the Vestry themselves, when the petition in favour o!' con solidation, which was signed by upwards of 6,000 in habitants. did not receive the slightest attention. Had the House of Commons improved since that time ? (Cries of " No, no.") They could expect nothing from that House, unless it was reformed.—(Cheers.) He wished to know whether the proprietors of property in the neighbourhood of the places described as " masses of filth, poverty, and disease," were prepared to pay the rates of their poorer neighbours, if the Bill passed into a law.--(Cheers.) He felt convinced that there were courts and alleys in the parish, in which, if all the houses were sold, they would not pay the expense of paving the front of them ; such being the case, how could they expect the occupants to pay the paving rate ? --(Cheers.) He gave the Vestry credit for the best intentions, but he thought they did not know what they were about. He trusted, therefore, the parishioners would not give their consent to the application for any such Bill. He hoped the time was not far distant, when they should see the whole nineteen Boards conso lidated, and made responsible to the parish only ; then and then only, he should be s a ti s fi e d . He had no ob jection to have four boards, and that would be a great improvement in the present system. Complaints had been made, and informations had been filed against the parish for the appropriation of the rates to general ob jects connected with the parish ; what, therefor e , h e ould ask, would be said, when it was proposed to ap ply the rates to the purposes of a particul ar l ocality. Those parties who were desirous of removing the masses of filth and disease, which had b een adverted to in the resolution, might do so un der the provisions of an Act passed in 1817, for the general improvement of tho metropolis, without having resort to the passing of the Act proposed. The worthy gentleman concluded by proposing the following . as an addition to the original resolution :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that in order to remove the . evils complai ne d o f i n t h ose par ts of the parish now unpaved, a general measure should be introduced into Parliament, which would consolidate under one Board the paving, li ghting, and cleansing the whole parish ; and that in dependent of the objections of numerous parishoners to a 20th Paving Board, the meeting consider there is another, that of expense, which will fall on the whole rate-payers for a local p " Mr. Waxitz Na urpose. seconded the amendment ; which, some discussion, was carried by a show of hands, A A.,,ge majority. There were several other resotowona lotooduct to b proposed, but in consequence of the course pursued by i the meeting in adopting the amendment, they were rendered useless. Mr. ALLDIS, in moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman, said that the par;sh was 9,5001. in debt, and he did not think they would be justified in pursuing the course pursued by the Vestry. The motion having been seconded, and carried unanimously, The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and the meeting broke up. THE REGISTRATIONS. MIDDLESEX. Messrs. Coventry and Shadwell commenced their sittings yesterday for the purpose of revising the Elec toral Lists of the County of Middlesex. The Learned Barristers held their first court at White Conduit House, and the lists for the following parishes were taken,—St. Luke, Old-street ; St. Botolph Without, Aldersgate ; St. James, Clerkenwell ; St. Mary, Islington ; St. Mary, Stoke Newington ; St. John, Hackney, and St. Leonard, Shoreditch. Mr. Coppock, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. James appeared for the Liberals, and Mr. Adoy, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Payne for the Tories. (Before Mr. COVENTRY.) Mr. Adey felt it right to state, that notwithstanding the decision which the Learned Barrister had pro nounced upon the cases of trustees that were brought before him last year, the Conservatives had thought it their duty to renew those objections with a view to ulterior proceedings. Mr. Coppock rejoiced to hear Mr. Adey talk of ulte rior proceedings, because it showed that the Tories anti cipated a defeat at the next Middlesex Election. Mr. James Adams, whose name was in the list of St. Luke, Old-street, was objected to by the :Tories, as being a trustee. Mr. Adams complained of being put to the inconve nience and trouble of having to appear every year to substantiate his vote. He was in the actual receipt of the rents and profits, and he last year showed his op ponents the deed of writ. Mr. Adey—How are the trustees entitled. Mr. Adams—lt is a charity trust. Mr. Adey—How many trustees are there ? Mr. Adams—Twelve. Mr. Adey—ln what way are you in the receipt of the rents ? Mr. Adams—l actually receive the money, and in vest it, and do every other thing that a freeholder has power to do. __ _ Mr. Adey—You receive as treasurer ? Mr. Adams —I am the treasurer. Mr. Adey—Do not the trustees as a body appoint you the treasurer ? Mr. Adams—They do. Mr. Adey then submitted that the name ought to be expunged. Here was the case of twelve individuals trustees of charity property. They appointed one of their body as a treasurer, and the question was whether he could be considered as a trustee. The character in which he received the rents was not as a trustee, but merely as a solicitor or agent. Mr. COVENTRY was of opinion that the vote was good. With respect to the other twelve, they would of course be considered when they came regularly on, but his present view was that they were entitled to be on the register, as they must be considered to be in the re. ceipt of rents and profits. Various other objections were made by the Conserva• tives on similar grounds, which met with a similar fate. MINOR CANONS. John Townshend Bennett, one of the minor canons of St. Paul's Cathedral, was objected to by the Reformers. Mr. Bennett claimed in right of a piece of freehold land at Holloway, belonging to the twelve minor canons of St. Paul's, and the only question raised was, whether they were in that character entitled to the franchise. Mr. COVENTRY was of opinion that as the minor canons were entitled to the land in their corporate capa city, the objection could not be allowed.—Retained. MINISTERS OF DISTRICT CHURCHES, In the list of St. Mary, Islington, several ministers of the new district churches were objected to by the Reformers. It appeared that they were merely the in. cumbents of chapels of ease, having no freeholds, and receiving nothing but the pew-rents from the church wardens. They had neither house nor land by virtue of their office, and the freeholds of the church were con veyed to Commissioners. Mr. CoppockthC4ore submitted that they ought to be struck off the list Mr. COVENTRY would consider the case. Mr. Thomas Baker, residing at Rochester, claimed as one of the trustees of certain freehold property in Long-Line and Aldersgate-street, bequeathed for chari table purposes under the will of Isaac Watts, dated 1579. Mr. Adey opposed the claim, on the ground that the trustees were merely appointed by the Lord Chancel lor under the Municipal Act, and had no legal estate vested in them. Mr. Coppock believed that the 71st section of the I Municipal Act directed that all property bequeathed for elaaritsble purposes to Corporations should be vested in trustees to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor. He therefore contended that the moment they were appointed by the Lord Chancellor, the Act of Parlia ment vested the legal estate in them. Mr. Adey stated that in the Norwich Corporation case, the House of Lords decided that the Lord Chan cellor could only appoint trustees as managers, and therefore no legal estate was vested in them. Mr. Coppock was astonished to hear such an objec tion. All that the House of Lords decided in that case was, that the Lord Chancellor had the power to appoint the trustees he did. In this case the trustees had granted leases, sold part of the land, and in fact dealt with it almost as if it were their own. Mr. COVENTRY remarked that the trustees of the British Museum had no legal estate : they had merely the power of managing the property. . _ Mr. Coppock—These trustees have power to let for 99 years. They can let for 21 years without any order of the Chancellor whatever, and have, in fact, done so. Mr. COVENTRY-It is clear that whatever power was in the Corporation of Rochester, is now take❑ from them entirely. The question is, whether these trustees hare the freehold. I will consider it. _ No case of any importance came before Mr. Shadwell. Tne following is the result of the objections disposed of to-day : Overseers. Reformers. PARISHES. made !sust. made sust. Stoke Newington St. Luke, Old Street.. 0 0 ! 8 4 St. Mary, Islington 40 40 23 11 St. Botolph, Aldersgate; 0 0 1 1 St. James's Cler*:enwell' 11 11 3 2 St. John, Hackney... 26 12U 29 8 Sc. Leonard, Shoreditch 1 1 12 I 9 made sust. 11 2 12 6 25 8 17 2 8 5 17 7 33 19 78 74 \ 36 123 I 49 Total Adjourned cases, 34. The Revising Barristers will resume their sittings to morrow (this cl,y ), at the Vestry-room, Limehouse. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Two men named Clark and Wedley, and a woman named Charlotte Goody, were taken before Sir Henry Fletcher, a Magistrate for the County of Surrey, at Kingston-upon-'Thames, on Monday, charged with as s,mlting and robbing Mr. George Chaundy, a farmer residing near Kingston, coder the follewing circum stances :—Mr. Chaundy stated that on Saturday even ing, about seven o'clock, he went into the Wellington public-house at Norbiton. common, near Kingston, and after taking some refreshment he shortly afterwards proceeded towards his residence in Coombe-lane. When he was in the public house he saw the prisoners drink ing in the tap-room, and when he had got a short dis tance on his way home the female prisoner passed by him and stopped, and shortly afterwards passed him a second time, and just as he got to the arch of the railroad she seized him by the collar, and at the same moment the two men also attacked him and knocked him down, and beat him severely. He called out and gave an alarm as well as he could, and hearing some one approaching, his hat was snatched off his head, and the prisoners ran away. He lay for some time on the ground, and he then contrived to give the alarm, and a police constable came up, and he gave him information of what had occurred, and shortly after wards he saw the prisoners in custody. The prosecutor also produced the waistcoat he wore at the time in question, and his handkerchief, both of which were very mnch stained with blood. John Russell, one of the police constables of the D division, stated, that upon hearing the alarm, he went towards the railway arch, and there found Mr. Chaundy, who was bleeding from the head. In consequence of what he told him he went after the prisoners, and they were taken into custody, and the female appeared at the time to be slightly intoxicated. He added, that when he found Mr. Chaundy he had no hat on. The landlord of the public-house was then exa mined, and he proved that Mr. Chaundy was quite sober when he left the house, and that the moment he went out the prisoners, who had been drinking in the tap-room, went out after him. Another police-constable proved that he searched the s s n p t o a o t t twhere find e s e Nr. hiahty. thlet Chaundymwoatwa s subs e quently e rwoa of t he t h a s e s f a e u m l assaulted, l d e h, prisoner, butou b r ought h h t o ec t W ul tih d l oe said Theshe p rifoundsohe prisoners, in th e i r defence, denied the charge. The Magistrate expressed his opinion that the case was a very aggravated one, and he committed the pri soners to take their trial at the next quarter-sessions. with ABERGAVENNY CYMREIGYDDIoN SOCIETY _lt is stated by two or thr eo o f our neighbouring Contem poraries, that Dr. Thirwall, th e L earned Bishop of St. David who, 0 view ( w h o , since hi s e l ect i on to the See, has applied i ' f s cin wearyingly to the studi es o f the Welch language, to sccuro the affcctions and promote the best intends to hon our t hi s Eisteddfod with interestshi fi p o r f ui b e i n s g p e eple, .o THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 18io ELECTIDN OF LORD MAYOR. (YESTERDAY.) The following was the result at the close of the day's proceedings : AT THREE O'CLOCK. Alderman Harmer ..... 1,147 Alderman Pirie 1,261 Alderman Johnson 113 Majority for Pirie - Majority for Johnson lO2 The announcement was received with cheers by the friends of Pirie and Johnson, which were speedily drowned by the bursts of execration from the body of the hall. Mr. Alderman HARMER then stood forward to ad dress the Hall, and was received with loud cheers. He was not discouraged at the slight majority which ap peared against him on the day's poll, and be trusted they would not be so either.—(Loud cheers.) Indeed, considering the means which had been resorted to by his opponents, he thought the prospect anything but discouraging.—(Loud cheers.) His opponents had concocted a document in secret, had not dared to lay it before the public, until they had carried it round pri vately, and procured the signatures of persons who had signed it and decided before they were aware of what they were about.—(Cries of " Shame, shame and groans." Mr. Meek here stepped forward, and denied the Alderman's assertion.) Mr. Alderman HARMER—I can prove it.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. MEEK—Name, name. Mr. Alderman HARMER would at once give the name. The document bad been taken about privately on Saturday, by Mr. Baldwin, of the Standard. In duced by bis representations, Mr. Maule had signed it, and had since, on ascertaining the true state of the case, struck out his name.—(Loud cheers.) Many of those who had, by these pretences, been induced to sign it had been since dragged up to the poll to vote against him. They had told him so.—(Loud cries of " Shame, shame.") His opponents had made a grand push that day, and the result of all their exertions was the ♦ery trifling majority which appeared. He had been told that if he dared to show his face on the hustings he would be driven from them with execration —yet here he was—(Loud cheering)—and at the end of the poll:he did not doubt to see his name at the head of it.—(lmmense cheering, and cries of " You shall, you shall.") Mr. HEALY then stood forward to address the Hall on behalf of Aldermen Johnson and Pirie, but the hooting, hissing, yelling, and cries of " Off, off," were so incessant, that although we were standing close to the hustings, we could not catch a word of what he said. He soon withdrew, and shortly after the meet ing dispersed. It is rather remarkable in this contest, in which every thing like political feeling is expressly disclaimed by the opponents of Mr. Alderman Harmer, that the persons actively engaged in superintending the polling on behalf of Messrs. Johnson and Pirie, in returning thanks to their supporters, should be tht cads of the Conservative Club, the wholesale servers of notices of objection against the Liberal electors—men whose place of abode for the last fortnight might with propriety be described as the witness-box in the Revising Barristers' Court. Another important fact has just been discovered. The person who was set to watch the signatures to the celebrated " declaration" was on the hustings yesterday, and was seen to communicate to a bye-stander (doubt less one of the opposition Committee) the circumstance of whether the party hail signed or not. The num• ber to which the words, "He has signed," were ap• plied, ran from 850 to 900—consequently there cannot be more than about 230 or 250 of the " Declarators " unpolled, and there is no second declaration to resort to when the first is exhausted. SFIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) , It is worthy of remark that, amidst the almost un precedented number of letters which have appeared in the public journals on this extraordinary publi cation, not one attempt has been made—with the exception of the correction of an immaterial word—to contravene the statements of Captain Reynolds as to the treatment he received from his commanding officer, nor to justify or extenuate that treatment. Lord Cardigan has been arraigned at the bar of public opinion—accused, in the face of the united service, of conduct which, it would seem, could only have been perpetrated by a com pound of the bully and the martinet ; and, as if to mark the odium which officers of every rank have formed of that conduct, not one has ventured to enter the Hats of public controversy in his defence. With an unanimity unexampled in the history of public questions, public sympathy has been exclusively directed towards the party who has brought the Noble Lord before the public : no one has ventured to interpose and endeavour to turn aside the tide of repreacb, which has continued to - florr vettr - ttnabeted force since the triend of Captain Reynolds laid the narrative of his wrongs before the public. The course taken by Lord Hill appears to have ex cited an astonishment as universal as the reprobation which has fallen on Lord Cardigan. Captain Reynolds in applying for a court-martial, after having been placed under arrest by order of his commanding officer, only exercised the right which the constitution confers on every Englishman, to claim an investigation before a competent tribunal, of any charge which has been pre ferred against him, and especially when the charge has been accompanied by the implication of personal or professional character, yet more so if accompanied, as in his case, by the deprivation of personal liberty. Lord Hill's reason for refusing to grant Captain Rey nolds's application for a full investigation, was as ex traordinary as the refusal itself ; and will lead to - no very favourable inference as to the terms on which the entire officers of the 11th Hussars are found in relation to their commanding officer. (From the Courier.) _ . . . . .. A sense of what was due to justice and " fair play" has hitherto prevented us from commenting on the un seemly disputes that have arisen between the Earl of Cardigan and those officers under his command ; we were, moreover, aware that the cause of one was under investigation before the proper tribunal, and that the other had been finally disposed of by the authorities at the Horse-guards. It is painful to every well regulated mind to witness disunion and recrimination, from whatever cause, where harmony and mutual re spect should prevail ; and no less painful is it to oh ! serve the eagerness manifested in certain quarters to anticipate, if not prejudice, the decision of the tribunal to which the case has been referred by continual and well-aimed attacks on one of the parties in this " untoward " affair. The impartiality of the tri bunal has even been brought into question, and sus picions of its being unfairly constituted have been thrown out. Now against all these attacks and insinuations, we must enter our solemn protest, as being calculated to in flict greater injustice on ttie Noble Earl, against who m they are so pointedly directed, than that which either of the gentlemen implicated complains to have suffered at his hands. As we would be ready to express our cen sure of any unfairness on the part of Lord Cardigan to ' wards his subordinates, so we must condemn the incessant and unjustifiable attacks made on his character pending ' the trial, and consequently before the public were in pos session of all the facts of the case. Nothing should b e more carefully guarded against than the prejudice likely ' to arise from " ex parte" statements. A trifling omis sion may considerably qualify, if not change altogether the complexion of a case. It is co ,trary to all the principles of fair dealing, for their love of which Eng lishmen are justly distinguished, to form a judgment, much less to pronounce one, before both parties have been fully heard ; and where etiquette and duty, as in the case of Lord Cardigan, combine to impose silence, and prevent one party from being heard, it is nothing short of rank injustice to draw infe rences unfavourable to the party who labours under the disadvantage—a charge to which we fear more than one of our Contemporaries have laid themselves open, by an indiscriminate admission into their columns of communications tending to lower the Earl of Cardi gan in public estimation. Nor has Lord Hill fared much better ; for he has been assailed with every de scription of calumny. Weakness, partiality, and a slavish regard for rank have been imputed to him ; motives even of corruption have been darkly insinuated against him, and all on the strength of the one-sided statement contained in the letters published by the friends of Capt iin Reynolds. If the high and unsullied character of the Noble Commander-in-Chief be not sufficient to shield him against such imputations, who is there that can consider himself safe, however spotless his character or upright his conduct may be ? (From the Standard.) The Constitutionnel, in discussing the probability of a Russian fleet quitting the Baltic for the Mediterra nean, asks why the Russian fleet in the Black Sea should not be allowed to pass the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. There is no such thing as pleasing a French journalist. Overlooking the great jealousy which has hitherto existed of the approximation of a Russian fleet to Constantinople, the Con stitutionnel declares that if the Russians enter the Mediterranean, a fresh cause will have arisen why France should increase her vigilance, and hold herself ready for all " eventualities." If, however, a Russian fleet does enter the Mediterranean, France stands indebted for it wholly and solely to her loud and angry breg,gadocia, and her recent enor mous but idle preparations. France arms herself cap-a-pie, and assumes, with loud and frantic gesticu lations of anger, a posture of defiance to her neigh bours, and then pretends to feel aggrieved that they should make any arrangement calculated to render her noisy and vaunting insolence as useless as it is con temptible. But her journalists have shifted the pretext for her menaces so many times that there seems now hut little real ground of apprehension. A letter horn Malta is the CIIIIIMCICd contiraid our bullet that the recent proposals of the Viceroy bad no other aim than to gain time. His object is to stave off any substantial act of coercion on the part of the Allied Powers until the arrival of the bad weather. The British Admiral, however, proposes, if cot restrained by contradictory orders from home, to settle th e ques ti on fi na lly in the course of the ensuing month. COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday, for the purpose of receiving the return of the Sheriffs relative to the Mayoralty, and the transaction of other busi ness. With the former the demand of the poll inter fered ; and while the Livery were engaged, the Court proceeded to the consideration of Reports, &c. SUNDAY TRADING ON THE THAMES. The LORD MAYOR presented to the Court the fol lowing letter, which his Lordship said he had received from the Bishop of London : " Fulham, 18th August, 1840. "My dear Lord,—l have the honour to transmit to your Lordship a memorial, signed by the Clergy of all the parishes which lie upon the river Thames, between London and Staines, praying your Lordship and the Court of Aldermen to take into your serious considera tion the evils which result from the great interruption occasioned to the due observance of the Lord's day, and consequently to the ministerial duties of the Clergy, by the present state of the navigation of the of the river. 1 beg to state that I entirely con cur with the Clergy, in the wish which their memo rial expresses, and to recommend it to the attention of your Lordship and the Court of Aldermen. " I have the honour to be, my dear Lord, your Lordship's most obedient faithful servant, " C. J. LONDON, " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor," &c. " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, and Council assembled. " We, the undersigned Clergymen, whose parishes are on the banks and in the immediate vicinity of the river Thames, below Staines and the metropolis, and within the juri sdiction of the City of London, impressed with the obligation which lies upon us as ministers of the Gospel to promote amongst all classes of our parishioners the due observance of the Sabbath, beg earnestly to re present to your Honourable Court the serious interrup tion which we meet with in the discharge of our duty from the great nuisance of Sunday navigation. The men and horses employed to tow the barges up and down the river, and the persons in charge of the various locks are kept occupied, with little intermission, from morning till night, and thus the men are d e p r i ve d of rest, and pre cluded from attending Divine Worship, while at the same time the constant passage of themselves and their horses along the banks of the river has the effect of at tracting the attention of other inhabitants of our several parishes, from their relig ious duties, and of dis turbing the sacred repose of the Lord's Day. " Deploring the painful consequences resulting from this state of things, and feeling thankful for the import ant benefit which has accrued from the suppression of Sunday fishing in the river during the past year, we are encouraged to hope that your Honourable Court will take these distressing circumstances into your se rious consideration, and devise such means to remedy the evil of which we complain as your wisdom and sense of Christian duty may suggest. " We have the honour to be your obedient and faith ful servants." (The signatures of 53 Clergymen were appended to this memorial.) The LORD Mayor stated, that havinr , referred the memorial to the water-bailiff, he received the following report from that officer on the subject : " My Lord,—ln reference to the memorial which has been forwarded to you by the Lord Bishop of London, from numerous Clergymen, whose parishes are on the banks, and in the immediate vicinity, of the river Thames and the metropolis, I beg to remind your Lord ship that the Corporation of London receive the tolls merely as trustees on behalf of numerous landholders, to whom a debt of 150,0001. is owing. The trade of the river is exposed at this time peculiarly to competi tion by railroads and otherwise. The object sought by the memorial, namely, the prevention of Sunday trading on the river would, I fear, only divert the trade into new channels, to the serious injury of the bondholders, without diminishing the actual amount of Sunday trail• ing, unless the Legislature deems it expedient also to put a stop to all carrying on that day. " I am, my Lord, " Your; Lordship's faithful servant, " NATL. SAUNDERS. " Mansion House, Sept. 8,1840." Alderman COPELAND said that it would be extremely desirable to accomplish, if possible, the object of the memorialists. He did not know why it should be con sidered impracticable. In the country, the trading by canals was stopped during divine service, by the regu lations for keeping the several locks closed, and he thought some means might be adopted to check or limit the practice on the Thames, in accordance with the views of such a body as had so strongly and unanimous ly expressed their feelings as to the necessity of prevent ing the desecration. Alderman BROWN also thought that the subject was worthy of the most attentive consideration of the Court. Alderman LUCAS apprehended that the Court could not interfere. Any check given to the transit of barges in the river might he attended with very great inconve nience and loss. In consequence of the shoals and other impediments to the navigation of the river the barges were frequently obliged to make in their course for par ticular places, in which they could safely and properly title should ,o in HU al w ststa-aa to al- low them to proceed on their way. Before the Court could determine to prevent barges from taking advantage of the tide they must be prepared to say whether they were prepared to make good the losses to which the owners might be subjected by the inevitable delays. Alderman THOMAS WOOD said that the evil was not to be remedied by partial legislation. A general Bid ought to be brought into Parliament for the suppros sion of Sunday trading, but it would not be equitabie to do that which would injuriously affect the bond holders, and operate to the profit of others. Alderman HUMPHERY was decidedly of opinion that the Court could not interpose their au! hority in such a matter. It the locks of the Thames were stopped during the hours of divine service, the disputes between the bargemen for precedence would be found to amount to a much more intolerable desecration of the Sabbath than the interruptions complained of. Upon the motion of Alderman FAREEROTHER, a re spectful lettei was then ordered to be transmitted to the Bishop of London, stating that ho Never desirable such a regulation as that suggested might be, the Court had not the power to comply with the request of the memorialists FIRE ESCAPES. The LORD MAYott laid before the Court the follow ing letter from the Marquis of Normanby, enclosing a communication on the subject of fire escapes : " Whitehall, Sept. 22, 1840. " My L,rd—l beg to transmit to your Lordship the oncloseil copy of a letter from the Joint Vestry Clerks of St. Giles Without, Cripplegate, on the subject of the prevention of the loss of life in cases of fire, and I beg to inform your Lordship that the suggestions contained in this letter appear to me worthy of consideration. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, "6 Your Lordship's obedient servant, " NORMANBY. " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." (Cory.) " 22, Redeross-street, Sept. 16,1840. " My Lord,—We are directed by the ward and parish authorities, in consequence of the loss of two more lives at the fire in Milton -street, on Sunday morning, caused through the want of fire escapes, and the more efficient aid of the police, to call the immediate attention of the police committee to the subject. By the 14th Geo. 111., cap. 78, clause 75, every parish is bound to keep engines and ladders for the first, second, and third stories, but we are instructed to add, that it is considered essential for the proper protection of life, that every parish should possess a fire escape that the police should be able to manage, and that positive directions should be given to them as a part of their duty, on any and every fire breaking out, the escape to be brought to the spot with all speed. " in the examination of the City police at the inquest, and on reference to their previous instructions, it was too evident that the important duty of the preservation of life is not sufficiently enforced, and too much left to the discretion of policemen, many of them young and inexperienced, and constantly changing. The opinion expressed by the inquest, that the rules and regulations should be immediately revived, contain the following in- structions : " On a fire breaking out, to alarm the inmates of the house, spring their rattles for assistance, procure the fire-escapes or ladders, give notice to the turn-cock, en gine.station ,and police-station, and never to break open door or window to admit the current of air, or allow any one else to do it, until the arrival of the engines, unless for the preservation of the lives of the inmates. " We have the honour to be, " Your Lordship's most obedient servants, (Signed) " PETER EARNSH4W, " ALEX. J. BAYLIS, " Joint Vestry clerks, St. Giles-without Cripplegate, London." The Marquis of Normanby's letter and inclosed com munication were then sent to the Police Committee, to whose consideration the important subject of fire es capes has been referred. Mr. Farncomb, the new Sheriff, was allowed to take his seat within the Court, and the Court, after transact ing some business of a merely local nature, adjourned. • - PUBLIC DINNER TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.—An invitation has, we understand, been transmitted to the Marquis of Normanby to accept a public dinner, in his capacity of High Steward of the borough of Hull during the festival week. The Noble Marquis has, we perceive, returned to London from Mulgrave Castle, and we trust he will be enabled to abstract a day or two from official engagements, to gratify his friends in this quarter by joining in their festivities. The occasion will be well suited to his Lordship's reception, as a nobleman of refined taste in literature and the arts, and the first municipal officer of the borough. Many noblemen and gentlemen who will be glad of an opportunity of testifying their respect to an enlightened and distinguished member of the present Administration, are expected in Hull during the festival, and the contemplated entertainment in honour of the High Steward will be to them, as to many others, a very agreeable addition to the enjoyments of the time,-- Uliserver. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER. — The unsettled state of the foreign relations of the country continues to exercise an unfa vourable influence on this market, and some descriptions of yarn, together with almost all kinds of goods, were a shade lower than during the preceding week. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 0 8.—We have not had quite so brisk a market to-day as that of last Monday, though there have been many pieces sold. Fine goods have been more inquired after, and have met with a readier sale than formerly. The manufacturers have been trying, but without success, to get better prices for their goods. In the wool mar ket there is no alteration to report. A steady busi ness is going on at previous prices. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29. Business is improving, which was evidenced this day by the appearance of many buyers, who purchased largely, and gave better prices. In heavy goods espe c;ally, the demand is considerable, and all new goods are cleared as they come in. In fancies of a light description, such as waistcoatiogs, checks for dresses, &c., the demand also continued very brisk. In super fine woollens there was not much doing, but prices re main firm. The warehouses continue pretty active, and wools were firm at last prices. Many Irish buyers are in the market, who purchase freely, in the expecta tion of a brisk trade in the sister isle after a plentiful harvest. CONNECTION BETWEEN ARIS TOCRACY AND SERVILITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR,--I fear that the army will be little grateful to you for your assistance : the first step towards its re storation must be a deep probing of its wounds, and full exposure of its weakness ; and this it is as yet un able to bear. A few more Cardigans, and the work will be in progress. The army is aristocratic--it prides itself on that cha racter. I have seen men suffering from every form of danger—from the deadly breach from the more deadly climate—with talents, energy, and information sufficient to found a princely fortune in any free pursuit, starving proudly on seven shillings a-day, and on the memory of having dined at the same mess with several knights, a sprinkling of obscene honourables, and a glimpse or two at an Earl as he whisked over their heads into the Lieutenant. Colonelcy. The connection between chivalry and servility is close and explicable. It begins with ducal valets in the royal household, and descends through every glimmer of tinsel to.the lowest, last retainer of any one who, by bowing, begging, borrowing, or bullying, can live at the cost of others and avoid the disgrace of doing anything useful to his race. To be honoured and honourable, one condition alone is requisite—you must not live by honest labour ; and it is this fatal and proud prejudice, this relic of the darkest days of our ignorance, this superstition which they take for holiness, that makes men with vigorous minds, highly cultivated powers, and principles independent on all other points, cling to a ser vice in which wrongs are hourly perpetrated, where there is no hope of redress, where remonstrance is re primand, aad complaint cashiering ; where success at tends not on service, but is bought by money, or snugly given to servility or cousinship ; although every despot of the day may insult you, though you may be taunted for the blunders of a mess waiter, may be reported for complaining, put under arrest for explaining ; though you may be put under the ban of society by your Colonel without an answer or a remedy, and may be finally crushed for your agonised attempts to obtain a wild sort of justice, though you bear, and must bear, injustice and insult as no starving labourer would endure from a land lord, yet you are still thought by yourself to_ be ex clusively a gentleman. And for this false notion many of the best examples of our race are sacrificing all the highest qualities and most valuable years of their manhood, content to be the stepping-stones which lordlings spurn and soil as they pass upwards—to have their fame, which is their life blood, tainted by foul whispers—to remain judges of shades of pipe-clay, counting shirts, stocks, and button brushes, and laying the foundation of a sullen unsatis fied old age as half-pay subalterns ; when, from the (Worts of the despised thrones of busy men around them new nations are Springing from the wilderness : when enterprise is uniting the eastern to the western world ; when new elements of communication, now hopes of science, new means of 114 , 11, soul-satisfying employments are growing and glowing around them! Alas, for gentility ! When the army shall really arouse itself from its pre sent gold-lace dreams of unenvied dignity, it will de mand a responsible Minister for its chiaf—an open Go- 1 XeXiasulaat....for ,its ,adatinistration—and will unite with 1 absolute obedience in the field, justice niia — lciiylight i-n -its cabinet ; above all things, no aristocracy, wl ich is only the concrete form of shouting—no exclusiveness, no slander, no injustice, no irresponsible insolence. I am, Sir, you obedient servant, A CIVILIAN. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Elizabeth Cooke, an eklerly women, in the service of Mr. John linbrie, fishmonger, Strand, was yester day brought up on a warrant, charged with assaulting and wounding Henry Hatley, a journeyman fishmonger, with a knife, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The complainant stated that on Saturday last he bad occasion to retire to his room up stairs for the pur pose of washing and dressing himself, and on coining down he met the defendant at the bottom of the stairs, having four knives in her hand, when she asked him what business he had up stairs, and if he went there to rob his master ? to which he replied, that she ought to mind her own business. She then became very abusive, and struck him violently in the left arm with a knife, which caused a rent in his shirt, and, in preventing her from repeating the blow, she inflicted several wounds in his hand, causinfr the blood to flow profusely. He immediately went to a surgeon, who .arm his r and hand, on the Monday follow ing, in attempting to give her into custody, he was dig charged :by his master. Mr. JAIWINE inquired if he had given the defendant any provocation ? The complainant said that he had not spoken to her during the entire day, and the only words he made use of when she attacked him for going up stairs was to mind her own business. The defendant said that the first assault was commit ted by the complainant, whose conduct had been of late so intolerable towards her, that she told her master she would leave unless he discharged him, and the reas.,n why he so repeatedly insulted her was because she would not allow him to go to her master's drawers to take money from them as she suspected. Mr. JARDINE said the charge was of a very serious nature, and he would require security for her appear ance, if required, at the sessions. Mr. Imbrie, on being sent for, said he had no doubt from what he knew of his servant, that the complainant was the aggressor ; and having become bound in the sum of 201. to produce her at the sessions if required, she was ordered to be discharged. A CHILD CHOKED BY A BIT OF BEEF.— On Monday forenoon an inquest was held before Mr. _Baker, at the White Lion, S Juth Hackney Wick, on the body of Wr r ,, w r igia, aged four years, who, on Friday 0 u g b ,the t sb o eurtg h be i see surgeon, Paid last, at dinner, snatched from a plate a bit of at, surgeon's, beef, not bigger :han a walnut, and put it into e his mouth. He had scarcely done so when of c became black in the face, and showed symptoms . him it was apparently dead. He h f is hoking.ln his agony he thrust his fingers fiercely into forthwith afterwards to throat, bit could get nothing out of it. The child ps. o ai t r h : de e d r ' wohn a e n n t dh the waye child h i ld thither. was b r M o ra.g brought a t s o wes taken tiering to, and obstructing, the passed a probang down its throat, but encountered no obstacle. Since death he e piglottis, which caused _had opened the body and found a small piece of meat ad. suffocation an d d eath. The Coron er remarked on the sin gularity o f the case, and said that it diff ere d littl e f rom one wnich was the subject of inquiry before him list week , ex cept that i n the latter case the bead of a shr im p had c aused suffoca t i on. In Limehouse, two or three d a y s back, a man nar rowly escaped being c h o ked by 2 bit o f cord be e f . C hildren ought t o b e taught to masticate their food , and not be a ll owed to gulp it down, or , vulgarly speaking, " bolt" it.--V e rdict " Accidental death." The L or d Ma or, Aldermen , and Sheriff's, as sembled yesterda y:a. at the Guildhall, from whence the y y proceeded i n state to Westminster. The carriages and equipa ges o f the Sheriffs on attracted great admiration in the Guildhall yard, w accoun t of the election, a much gre ater crowd than bled. Th e liveries, usual) co ngregates was assem. ere y supplied by Mr. Paul, of Bucklersbu r y, are extremely splendid, and deserve the name of S tate Liveries The-y ar e trimmed with breadwhi n ch w rich gold l ace, relieved .I)an elegant Vand y ke down the front, and t h e shoulder s are or namented with massive bullion epaulettes. wo \ o ‘ c;:n ° l:lo E c i k r s tion, held this year at Glasgow, Lc British Associa tion, de Lisle read a paper, in explanatio P f o A r v p E av A i l n ET w . h — i — ch A h t a t s hi of laying down figure in which the vertical strength tried a n of his The lecturer exhibited and approved at Whitehall. a division of the cube, to show the applications of its sec tions to the above purposes, and stated having obtained a w as preserved by a slight inclin e , presenti avement c lean, economical, and enduring. Among thape var ious applicatio ns of these sections of th e cube shown by the lecturer , w as one in which they were made to form a spiral column , appro priately d enom i nated the skeleton or os t e ologie, part of a quadrangula r co l umn, upon a scale o f 120 feet in height. The practical uses of this for the pur poses of architecture were variously illustrated, and seemed to he duly appre ciated. - - OPENING OF THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. A new and exceedingly beautiful theatre, occupying the site on which formerly stood the Queen's Bazaar, in Oxford -street, nearly opposite to the Pantheon, was opened to the public for the first time last evening. It named the Princess's Theatre, by special permission of the Queen, previous to her Majesty's accession to the throne, and has been built from the designs of Mr. Nelson, the architect, expressly for the performance of operas and music. Long previous to the opening of the doors, the crowd of persons waiting for admission was immense ; and the rush, when they were opened, was concequently tremendous. The lobbies, however, are spacious and well ventilated, so thai there was none of that unpleasant feeling of suffocation, wh;,:11-1, but for the extreme attention that has been paid to venttia.!ion in the erection of this theatre, must have been expe rienced. A flight of steps, of easy ascent, leads to the boxes, to the left of which is situated the entrance to the pit. The form of the theatre is that of the horse shoe. The tiers of boxes are four in number, the lower and third circle consisting of private boxes, the second and upper circles only being open to the pub lic. • The coup d'ceil, on entering the theatre, is magnificent. The decorations, in the Renaissance style, are profuse and gorgeous, and yet such is the taste displayed, that, as a whole, they harmonize exquisitely. The proscenium is one of the most superb, and, at the same time, chaste pieces of ornamental work that we have ever beheld. The roof is orna mented with medallion paintings and arabesques, and from the centre is suspended by far the handsomest or molu chandelier in the metropolis. For elegance, mag nificence, and taste, there is no theatre in London that can be compared to the Princess's. The same atten tion has been paid to ensure the comfort of its visitors that has been exhibited in gratifying their taste. The theatre is calculated to hold 3,000 persons, and con tained fully that number last evening ; in fact, so crowded was it, that it at last became nece• eary to re fuse admission to those who sought it, and money was actually turned away from the doors. Yet, notwithstand ing the crowded state of the theatre, the heat was by no means oppressive or unpleasant ; and so admirable is the method of ventilation by which this dreadful inconve nience is avoided, that there were no unpleasant draughts, at least none that we could discover, and we visited, we believe, every portion of the theatre for the express purpose of ascertaining. Attached to the second tier of boxes is the refreshment room, a spacious and lofty saloon, the walls of which are decorated with medallion paintings. Toking it as a whole, whether for elegance or comfort, this theatre is far superior to any o• her we have ever visited either in this country or on the con tinent; and the inhabitants of the northern and western portion of the metropolis are under a great obli gation to Mr Hamlet, whose property it is, for having provided for them such a delightful place of amusement. The performances are to consist for the. present of promenade concerts, until the com mencement of the opera season in January. The first of these concerts took place last night and was fully worthy of the theatre. Mr. Tutton is the Director and Mr. Willy the Leader. The band consists of upwards of sixty first-rate instrumentalists, and they last night performed some of the finest compositions of Weber, Beethoven, Reissiger, and Halevy, with a power, preci sion, and accuracy, which would have been remarkable in a band the members of which had been used to each others play for years, and which in a new band, perform ing together in public for the first time, is perfectly asto nishing. Mr. Willy, who was greeted with loud ap plause, performed a solo on the violin in a first rate style of excellence. He took for his theme the air, " Oh ! no, we never mention her,' and after delighting us with some of the most pathetic strain that were ever " discoursed," he astonished us by his rapidity and power of execution. His bowing was masterly, and his harmonies the most exquisite we ever heard. Every one in London who takes an interest in either theatricals or music, should pay a visit to this theatre : in fact, no one can now say he has seen Lon don, who has not seen the interior of the Princess's Theatre. The Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertainment on Tuesday, at the Mansion-house. His Lordship had between fifty and sixty guests. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The meetings of this Association have now closed in Glasgow, and a little leisure is afforded for taking notice of some circumstances which it was not before in our power to make the subject of remark- It is generally admitted that this has been the most successful meeting of the British Association ever held, not merely in a pecuniary point of view, but in refe rence to those great objects which it has been formed to advance. No great discovery, it is true, was announced, for the first time, to the world ; but there was discussed an immense mass of highly valuable and important matter in all the sections, and many new and striking views were brought out. The meeting was rich in statistical in formation ; in geology many new and useful discoveries were made, while the mathematical and mechanical sec tions were frequently the theatre of very interesting con versations. One marked feature of the meeting just con cluded, was the countenance given to it by the nobility. Thu D kes of Hamilton, St. Aiban's, and Argyle, favoured the Association with their presence, the latter actin g au one of the Vice Pro , idents of the Mechanical Section; and, besides the Marquis of Breadalbane. there were present, dining the entire sittings of the Association, we believe, the Marquis of Northampton, Lord Sandon, Lord Monteagle, the Marquis of Lorn, and Lord Teignmouth This tact is not to be ovAoriked, as it has all along been the object of the Asso ciation to enlist in its service, and in the cause of science, as many as passible of the nubility of the country. On no farmer taic tston have i here:been so many foreigners present at the meetines of the Association ; and we bdieve we but trebly express the sentiments of one and all of there, when we say that they were delighted, not merely with the transactions of the Society, but with the reception they every where met in Glasgow. —Glasgow Argus. Madame Giuletta Grisi took her departure for Dave?, on Saturday h.st, and remained one night at Wor thington's hotel, en route to Paris. All the principal ar tistes of her Majesty's Theatre, including the director, La porte, have quitted our shores for the Continent. FATAL FIGHT.—On Tuesday forenoon an inquest, which had been adjourned, was resumed for the third time before Mr Wakley, M. P., at the Duke of Wellington, Brighton-street, St. Pancras, on the body of Thomas 13arkes, aged 25, a cab-driver, who was killed in a pugilistic contest with a man named Presdce, a hair dresser, on the 18th inst. The adjournments were caused by the Magistrate at Hatton garden Police Court refusing to allow the man Presdee, who was in custody, to appear before the Coroner, and hear the evidence taken. The Coroner determined to have the man before him, and ad dressed a letter to the Secretary of State, who sent a warrant to the New Prison for the man's attendance. Yesterday he attended, and evidence was given. The jury returned a verdict " That Thomas Barkes died by misad venture, and not otherwise." HIGHWAY ROBBERY AGAlN.—These diver sions from the uniformity of "still life" are becoming so common that we only infer one thing with certainty—a large increase in the consumption of pocket pistols. The last case is :—On Friday night, between nine and ten o'clock, Mr. Samuel Parker, of Woodhouse Farm, Alves ton, when near Horfield, fell among four thieves dressed in dark clothes. They knocked him down, stuffed his mackintosh into his mouth, tied his legs together, and robbed him of two sovereigns, a half sovereign, some silver, a single-bladed penknife broken at the point, and a Thornbury bank-note for 51., No. 1,828. They made off, but a strict search is made after them. Within a few months we have had five highway robberies, for which no one is in custody, near this city, within the district o f th e rural police. We do not believe that the men in this force are deficient in diligence and fidelity; and this only the more shows how utterly useless, to any good purpose, is the system forced on the ratepayers, at an enormous ex pense, by our hopeful Government. But John Bull is a very good-natured creature, and don't mind a few shillings in the pound more or less for the honour of the Queen's Government. —Bristol Journal. THE LATE SIR WILLIAM GARROW.—The late Sir William Garrow was a native of Monkton Had ley, in the county of Middlesex, where he was born on the 13th of April, 1760. He was the second son of the late Rev. David Garrow, who resided in the above village for many years, and who died on the 20th of March, 1805, in the 90th year of his age. William Garrow, recently de ceased, at an early period of his life was placed under a Mr. Southouse, a special pleader of the Temple, in which Society being admitted a student, he was called to the bar in 1780. He served the several offices of Solicitor and Attorney. General to his Majesty George IV„ when Prince of Wales, and represented the boroughs of Callington and Eye in several successive Parliaments. On the appoint ment of the late Sir Vicary Gibbs to the bench of the Common Pleas. be was promoted to the office of Attorney- General, as also to the Chief Justiccship of Chester. In 1817 he was nominated to a barony in the Exchequer. In 1831 he retired from the judicial bench, since which period he continued to live in perfect retirement at his marine villa, Pegwell Cottage, in the county of Kent, until his death. The late Sir William has been a widower for more than 30 years, and has lefr but one daughter, the present Mrs. Eliza Lettsom, who in 1804 married Mr. F. F Lett, torn, eldest son of the late Dr. Lettsom, of Camberwell: his (Sir William's) only ton, the late Rev. Dr. David William Garrow, dyingin April, 1827. The Post-mistress of Cappoquin, county Water ford, lately gave birth to a daughter which had a red raark on its cheek. This, for a few days, did not attract any particular notice, until the medical attendant, on minute investigation, found in the mark an exact resemblance to the new Post-office stamp.—Dublin Mail. FESTIVITIES AT BRAEMAR.—On Monday a ball and supper were given at Corricmulzie Cottage, to the Highlanders, on the occasion of the birthday of Mr. G. S. Duff, who has lately returned to this country after an absence of some years. It took place in a spacious pa vilion, erected f or th e p ur pose, splendidly decorated throughout the interior with evergreens. Besides a nu merous gathering of the Gael in their n ational cos n tum th e e , the ball was a tt en d e d by a ll the rank and fashion neighbourhood, along with the numerous and d in ist t i h n e gu H is ig he h d guests whom the shooting season assembles lands. A mong the company were the Duke D ur u st ch a e n s d H Darlington, Lord Alford, the Right ands of Leeds, th e Marquis of Waterford E , _ Gordon, the Hon. Sir Alexanderarls B an a d th Lady Duff and the an Misses Duff, the Honourables . k H o wardd John Dundas, Hon. Sir Robert M. P., Sir Benjamin Hall, B art, Sir Charles ed about eight Kent, Bart., &c. Dancing spirit, to the sound of o'clock, and was kept up with greateaily hour the following the violin and bagpipe till an conunenc )uorning.v.invernedd (Journal . `~ EVENING EDITJON%' LAW I EINCB• _,. - SHERIFF'S COURT, Serr omo. 30. on , (Before William Burchell, Esq. , an d a C HAMMERSLEY'S BANK. Cain The Jury were empannelled in thi s case to Alger untl.:r a Crown extent what amount was due L late Mr. Hugh Harnmersley to her M a j est y 's G °113"-- sioners of Taxes. Mr. Richard Johnson proved that the sum or 382 T: an IGs. which he had collected from the inhab4t_td of St. James's, Westminster , for window duties I.,!‘c other Parliamentary assessed taxes , was deposited •‘-' safety in Hammersley's bank. The register of Mr. Hugh Hammersley's death the 19th of September was also put in evidence. Mr. John Tomlinson deposed that h e collected in tbe parish of St. James the sum of 607 !. 4s. Bd. for Winmersin' doh do.; taxes, and he had paid the same into Ham ley'6 LanL. 13 , 0 0% 14 The jury, under the direction o f Mr • found that the above two sums were due to the Crow. tl' and it is understood that. an execution will forthvii issue for recovery of the same. CORN AVERAGE 6• 410. n N l GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CO _a, For the Week ended Sept. 5, 1840, made- Town the neti l ' a 34l t t li v e 3l l e ti s s , pe pe c r to h ri e i ri t a h l e o d ii i a ff r e te re r i . it Cities and in Eng lan 3 1 Wheat his. Id. I Oats ............... V.; . . 114 B.,rley Week ending A7'6VE. WHEAT. R2IG. 1E B S il k y o tt e p L. T r i . r E OATS.I-4sT W i t viIiV.7ICOS;AN..... r........... 006 ----- ------ ------- ---------. ----- 1 0 43 i Aug.. 21 - 2A 72 4 :34 11 30 7 3.3 0 ' 4 8 „ 9 ., 44 b„ Sept. 4 11 6'5 4 35 3 28 7 31 8 i' 0 ;, 6 6 1 ,1 - 25 10 3 s 4 ,1 1 q ' i. E 25 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF Tine $ ll .. 464 . 4 . Wheat 67s. ILL i Oats ......••.:-8,. 61. I B e ans...•••••:Agi. ,'-' Barley .. "5i 2d. I Rye - 000 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wlicat... ';rirlev 9s. 42. i Rye ?1tcea5an:...............:. I. od THE MARKETS. COAL M Ships arrived since s. d. Buddk's West Hartley ll 0 Lease's Main . Orig - nal Windsor's Po ,top 18 3 , Ord's Redhugh Russell's High Main ARKET. s market -day, 35. 4. d• 94 ° Walls ljnd Stewart's ......... Walls End flartlepool••••••• 9 3 0 Walls End Kelloe .............13 0 ennant's HartlCpool •• " NN 0 W..1t5 End Me'nide ... Walls End Et, enwood ...... p I ,‘ ail: End Seyntonr Tees... .' 2 l 9 Valls End South Durhaol••• , 2 0 9 Walls End Tees. . ... ~.• ..... 19 9 Walls End Tees *Bettor' •••• e a 0 Hartley ............... . ....... 6 .. St av ely Main ................ 19 1; Nylain Widls End Brown's— 2O 01 Walls End Hilda . 2l 0 W;dls End Riddell's. Eden Main "2 3 W. E. 13raddvll'slietto.1 23 0 1 Walls End lietton 23 Walls End Lambton COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. , Peso' Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 1 Bea____,...." 6. -----"*.% ...'--.-..,------ te Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to -'e.iss; i a• 4° 3 s O 411 44 INston Brainti ce 64 71 32 ai 26 34 Si . 4 . 6 59 An v. , 13 , ighton 62 74 31 37 26 31 4 2 '-- ...,:- 4 1 Cambridge - 63 _ 37 _ 24 ..- 37 op . - , g Chichester— 65 12 34 26 26 ~ .9 42 4 ' 44 " 0 Dunmow ... Grantham - 40 Grimsby 5B 70 35 39 22 20 42 - 46 flailsham - „,, ...- 4 2 Hitchin 36 73 1 32 42 24 32 28 4 - 5 38 10 Ipswich 62 7 0 36 32 24 28 3 8 ;6 3 7 40 Lewes 62 67 - 36 'll 29 34 - ', 4. ...... ..... Lynn Maidstone 69 76 36 39 0 6 32 40 4 2 4 5 Norwich Pet worth ROM ford 4 Sandich - Thetfo w rd 64 66 38 37 24 30 4 (5 4 ....- 41 '4l Wishech Witham (53 73 32 - 40 2 1 3 34 ,35 4 0 40 l'armoutb 62 71i 33 35 28 32 1 38 in, 4 4 LIVERPOOL CORN M 0 114 K ET.--SePt 8- •:; 24 1 to ` O . -- I . Wll EAT, English, White, per 7016. , 5 , .. ................ - 0 0 9 - 0 - - -- • - a 36 40 35 39 32 42 ! 32 46 26 34 ~, 36 39 42 " 1-.0 30 :39 40 44 35 43 42 46 33 . 16 34 V 36 45 34 43 33 42 34 37 46 45 54 72 ! :iti 42 44 46 63 73 i 32 40 35 40 I ' ; (12 7(i !33 35 33 fl VERPOOL CORN __lsh, White, per 701 b.. 61 -- Red Se P ;;,20 4 0 .1 t" I f( e 7. 6 9 9 9 Scotch, Welch, and Manx 8 6 s 6 Irish, White 9 0 in 0 ---- Red .............. 71i s Foreign 4 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 33 4 0 3 0 0 Irish ,. ........... • • ••• 0 0 33 ti Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter... ...•• „, 0 „ 9 - Scotch and Irish, per 601lis. f l ' d 0 Feeding 49 ° 49 61 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4 40 50 6 Irish, &c. - Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter ...... ... ...... • 4 ,, 0 f 6 0 .--- Foreign FLova, English, per 2.80113. 3B 0 0•- _..-- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish,per 24 0 1b5. .......... • 4 6 0 4 0 0 INDIAN Coax, pc r 4801 b. .... ............. ...•••••• 4° 3 6 0 et 0 Eva, per Imperial quarter .............................. ~, 0 v• MALT, per Imperial quarter.............................. HULL CORN MARKET. g r., 764. 4os. ~,, • oh W ited hite (per Quarter) 5 58: :. "" ( , :; 1 ,4:: :4 55. 5. Foreign 32s. o'''' 6 Is. Malting ' 3 os. G iti r s i h nding Oats, Br Foreign (in bond) 405 7, g ,' 375. Beans Pease, Grey ... ... .............................. 4 * - 0 , 5 ,..4 ' ;: 4 44 1 . Blue and White.. ............................ ,„_. 4 65 .0., ~ Linseed ... ....4..:. 43 ,. .. _ Flour (per sack)... ...... .... ..................... •••• .../. 281. 3° l Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) CHELTENHAM MARKETS. cl. '` i Per Bushel. s. d. to s.d. Per lb. 6 9 vVheat Barley 4 4 5 0 Mutton ........... .•••••• ' 6 - 9 Oats 4 6 5 0 Veal ............. ...A."' 7, 0 Beans. P ea s e .. . 6 6 S 0 Lamb .................. ...., Hay 4'. 10s. to 51. si. Od. per ton . . CANTEBBURY MARK.LcT. ~,,, to lP Wheat, white*. 7i s. to :55...... 01d........... 4 0 . „„,10111 rec 1.......—.....—. 70. to 7.25. —..... Old—a...—. 69 5 . .'' ....s. Barley, Malting —,.... 375. to 4 , 25. --.. Ornding.. —5. t o -- ,...4... Oats ~ _..... 345. to 265. ....... 4.--.......... 01 — 6 , t 0 Bean. Bean ßean. --....-- -f Is. to 17. ............. 01d„.„......—, 13e. to * ' Pease --,....... .---• 425. to —s. —., Grey .....• 4111. 0 1 , , • if CHELMSFORD 31...RKET. 20 ir 4 4 Wheat, White 7O to 73 Oats 4O 4 4 Red Barley Chevalier G.Tinding • - - Wheat, Barley, Yesterday morning, Wiefand, a gife d man residing in Gower-street, Bedford-sqouatieseto,o"irobvie; from Birmingham, by the mail train, at Having hired a cab to convey himself and luggag ° .., e r ° l residence, he placed a small box, containing P r° r eft* After F re e!' the amount of 7001. on the seat of the cab. the driver (who had quitted nearly 10 minutes), I°ooll lected that he had not removed the box. lie inl mc bo re hattmed to the cab stand in Seymour-street, 00 found the cab and driver waiting f or another fa L r ; f ood opening the cab door, to hit agreea ble surprise, u l r the box and its contents in the place he had put ver H y sm O al lt l a I n( Z i. n O ea N t ,A T i A i aLceurFateLlyAfinTisheWd 'l' ki Half nsents, are offered in silver cases, Four silverGuineaswe:ll°l.blesdliil; each ; gold cases, enamel dial, Eight Guineas; 4001 Nine Guineas; gold dial, Ten Guineas each.je A P` ill warranty is given with fixed terms, on which the `,patches always receive any attention required. T. COX SA VORY, ( lora f r° Watchmaker, Jeweller, 47, Cornhill (Soon Gracechurth-street), Lond_on: N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in Oen ad — , an d 11- 70 LADIES' GOLD WATCHES, Eight wit h " - ( 1 Guineas Each. These Watches are London-rnadef__ed gal_, ertical movements, jewelled they have engtni' 00 cases, and ornamental gold dials. The performance ranted. Price Eight Guineas and a-Half each. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, d„, Lop P e ' Goldsmiths and Watchmakers, No. 9, Cornhill, .1-.nn site the Bank of England). ------ for cl e SPOONS, FORKS, &e., superior to Silv er i 95. ; rability, p equal in appearance. Table Spoons or ork!iestickof essert, 10s, ; Tea Spoons, ss. per dozen; Table COcl, 00, 8 inches high, is. per pair; the particular metal c:' t, tol d these articles are made is so like silver, that it can 411° _,toufg r. from it by the stamp ; every article made in silver ig '" tured in this material by ' RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, OsfordstreeethOg• Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale of it to the ° Catalogues of prices gra_±l.3°l‘ -- 818 TH S. bie r ' e a daug of On the 27th ult., at Bayswater, Mrs. J• Budd, 0, Bar ker, On the 29th ult., the lady of the Rev. W. G• Walsall, of a daughter. MARRIED. Ber th, On the 25th ult., at St. Mary's Church, Willingforairotbs,, W. Adams, Esq., of Tenbury, Worcestershire to Mari II eldest child of the Rev. John Langley, rector Of St' and St. Lennard's-cum-Sotwell, "Wallingford. oh S' On the 29th ult. , at St. Philli p 's Church, Licer,gstersoo Banks, Esq., of Newc astle-u p on •Tyne, to Elizabeth ;- daughter of the late T. Bannin g , Esq., of Liverpool. DlED.fit On tho 2.ith ult., at Ferriby, near Hull, Sarah , thesfe°!%lo4l' surviving danghtef of the late J. R. Pease, /.4 e s Esq. , aged 4S. . . 800 por On the 30th ult., in Halicy-street, .Adrairat sir nelly, K. C. 8., aged 77. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. L c i o e l u o t n . e - I Generalßenjamin— an ß , Lieut.-Colonels—Wakefield, 39 i 7: ; vott• e C n . ja ß m .! n lat G e o o r f d ri. Majors— Gallie, h. p. 83 F. ; West, late of Inv• our taa, n , . Captains—Sutherland, 13 F. ; Deane, .5 F 4„,., Ger. l' er" Mar ; Farmer, late of do. ; Otto, h. p. 4 Line!'"' 0 , Hartwig. h. p. 7 do. ; Lodge, Adj. Tyrone Mil. -., ,n, 11 '.4, Lieutenants—R. Mason, h. p. R. Mar. ; 1 1 ° 56 "1:; 1 1, ; .90th Dr. ; Jenoway, h. p 1 F. ; Wilson, h. bell's -flee: Schreiber, it, lett, h. p. 09 F. • ArFarlane, h. p. Camp it, Canty, h. p Yerk'Rang. h• P'v Second Lientenants and Ensigns—H. 13- C ",Y' 10 3 ' 'b, Mar. ; Thacke, do. ; Innes, h. p. 73 F. ; Roch, my 3 ;,,,reP Quartermasters —Carey, h. p .Corsian Deg. F e nd, Go. p. Berwick Fen. Cay. ; Glover, .p. ancashire h. 1: 1 :_ Commissariat Department—Comm. Gen. Turqtl i j os, a' Medical Department—Surg.Sa r g' 9.5 Pr' p. 4 Ceyl. Re,g. ; Assist.-Bur g Dr. M'Swyny,l'• i'' Chaplain—Rev. M. A. Mackereth, h. p. rr 4it i f : •tl (QUARTERLY Flag, Officers—Admiral Sampson Edwards, . ' "'"- Lord 51ark Kerr. Captains—Francis J. Nott, John Codd, John Lih °g 4, Ala s ' Commanders —John Irons, George Gordon, Heal,' ilend tvn, Richard Dechamp, Ret., Jeremiah Seavers,,,, fte" l l, Ra t ' Ambross, Ret.,.:Henry T. Shewen, Ret Urn. IaSIII,,WI-10P. Lieutenants—Charles Spence, Robert"Moodie, lie:. tone, nett, S. D. Philpot, Jeremiah W. Bohan Th Thomas George G c o . opsey,bJaoul:nS. Robert Smith, Los iLewis, Duncan dameßs Blair, :1 4 J e o r kr n e Y7 g oi l e e e r: 1 4 e) ; Charles Fleetwood, William Gordon, Alexander 1 3 . . i nooci" E. Whitaker, Francis G. Bond, Ralph Hay, Jacob SO George Rose, M. R. Lawless• Masters—John Goodridge ' Peter M‘Logan, • t D ff'. - Surgeons—Alexander Hamilton, W. Carey , 81)ber ' Gilber . 01,10 son, M.D., Jahn M'Lean. good eeP, Y' Assistant-Surgeons—Evan Alexand er, M D., A. g Richard Pursers—Robert Farquhar, James Brook i ng , drew s ll m l a a n n: rt Captains • r ./". Charles Pinfold, Gregory Cole, W. Little. —Major Thomas &lilt:wk. Richard d r JFoanrmesa,rl3,re; leftrealg.aiso atom London 10. Bt ited t and by , Ai II 111)() r4trao, of the county a rhc S"'' ()the' N"' I iti4e* ea 2A.--Thursday, Octobr ir