The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-22 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION- T HE ANTI -SLAVERY SUGAR COM PANY, for th e CULTIVATION OF SUGAR, •, by FREE -LABOUR in BRITISH INDIA. First Capital, £350,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. . . Deposit, £1 per Share. . (Further ser i es of Shares to be issued as the success of the Co mpany, imee and th e consequent i ncrease d d eman d, may ren d er s ' a rY ; which Shares shall be offered at par to the original laseholders, who shill have the option of thus taking them, or p a lliating in the pre m i ums th e y ma y p ro d uce .) :robe E m p owere d , an d t h e responsi b i li ty li m i te d , b y R oya l charter or Act of Parliament. I . ROVISIONAL DIRECTORS, With power to add to their number. ..T1 Anderson, Esq., C.S., late Secretary to the Government at Pe.tang. r aior Adair, H. E. I. C. S. ta—Colonel Browne, late 98th Foot. w e .; ) ,r.ge Bell, E sq ., F enc h urc h- street . c' , um Knott, Esq., G racec h urc h- s t ree t. aPtain APDougall, late Deputy Commissary-General, Bengal. : Macintosh, Esq., 9 7, Upper Seymour. street, late of Bengal. 4 ' ter Morrison, Esq., Princes-street, Bank. w.eaander Oswald, Esq. Sloarw, Esq., Wimp°le-street, late of Bengal. LOCAL DIRECTORS IN INDIA. Pott,nger, Esq., formerly on the staff of the Commander- Chief, Super intendeet in India. G. Faltor, Esq., late sugar planter, Bengal and Ceylon. JOINT SOLICITORS. Wilkinson and Page, Guildhall-row, E. M. Elderton, 'N., 40, Queen-square. J L GENERAL SECRETARY % la. " cn ler, Esq., Member of the Committee of the Anti- Dlavery Society. ,3 SECRETARY TO THE TRADE. Morse Es Cit • Chronicle, and Tea Dealers' Journal Office. TEMPORARY MANAGER AND PARLIAMENTARY AGENT. S. Northhcuse, Esq., 4, Parliament street. BANKERS. s sre• Drewett and Fowler, Princes-street. ?ars. Turning, Strand. L id . t eau be pro ve d th a t th e pro fit s o f c ultivating Sugar in e ou la : by the employment o f th e Hill Coolies in their own other 8, instead of transporting them to the Mauritius, or ritish colonies, will be nerrly cent. per cent., while the ill4 t i" of the system on a large scale will tend more to the "° ll of slavery, both open and covert, than any other hen plan yet adopted. g e e Shares are made of small amount, in order that the to Lest possible number of the Grocers especially may be able p h riess them, and thus be interested in the sale of Sugar reed by free-labour. k id t c*Pectuses, with Estimates and the names of the Directors, ti th any further particulars, may be had on application to 5....!L0f the Secretaries or the SolicitDrs. MR. G. P. R. JAMES'S NEW NOVEL. TNow ready at all the Libraries, fi n post Bvo., HE MAN AT ARMS; Or, HENRI DE CERONS. A ROMANCE. I th By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq., "r " Darnley," "De L'Orme," " Charles Tyrrell, " &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 7f r eady, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with nnmerous Illustrations, NARRATIVE OF TRE CAMPAIGN OF THE ARMY OF THE INDUS, bIN SIND AND AUBOOL, in 1838, . 1 44 .'1 RICHARD HARTLEY KENNEDY, IB39 M.D., Chief of the Medical Staff of the Bombay Division of the Ariny of the Indus. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Fif e _ ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. hu week, and increasing success of Haines' Historical Spec °, "Jane of the Hatchet." Up war d s o f 60,000 persons • already witnessed the grand military evolutions and !lllPosing Tableaux d'action, ot the hundred Female Warriors, 14 this extraordinary Spectacle. Crowded Houses. Wil l THIS EVENING, AUG. 22.1 be acted a Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled splen dour, entitled JANE OF THE HATCHET. supported by the entire strength of the Company, and One Hundred Female Warriors. After which, the Comic Drama of A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of WAPPING OLD STAIRS. R OYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 'W, RAND R EEK, W an V d CON FR G OVERTURE TINUE by D BRILLIANT FERDINAND RSUCIES ! - CESS of BEETHOVEN'S BATTLE SINFONIA, With novel and eff Introductions ! GRANDits ective ! PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAMPETRES, By Godfry's unrivalled Band. I,VERY MONDAY, e TUESDAY, and THURSDAY. rograra e of the Concert for August 24th, 25th, and 27th. FIRST PART. A a erture—Le Gazza Ladra. Quadrille--The Cavaliers. Wataaia sur les Motifs de Luccia de Lammermoor. Waltz— • °renzow, Q ua drille—Le Marriage (first time). M azour k a , Gitana. Overture and Marche Triomphale. composed or th e M us i ca l F es ti va l at Cologn e , i n 1832, by Ferdinand Rtes (first performance in this country. SECOND PART. b BEETHOVEN'S GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA , ?), thu aug mented Band, with instruments of novel construe n.' and aud n 34o rounds of artillery and musketry, giving the lost vivid realization of the events of the Battle of Vittoria. uvorture—Das Nacthlajer in Grenada. Grand Selection from Kobeit le Diable. Waltz—Freuden Grusse. Quadrille—La Reinis 'Victoria. the vast Panorama al Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, by Danson—Breaking up of the Ice—Melting of the Snows— Release and Departure of the Discovery Ship. Carter's astonishing " Koniaphostic ' " or "Lime Li g ht. Eruption of Mount Hecla, &c. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. 'Feeding I-Tour of the Carnivora, Five o'Clock. Concert commences at Six. 'IIDREDTH ERUPTION OF HECL A ! ! Tlie`i f THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. , la ele; - ,. tl , ll dredth Representation of this extraordinary Spec "se kh , i ' 1 ,be celebrated by a display of great additional splen w, ill pa,7,tneßOYS of the ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL the( their ANNUAL VISIT to the Gardens, accompanied Military Band. _ A 'DIA it°ul TO CORRESPONDENTS. d send us is name and address, in confidence, and 1,117 receive them h we cannot decide on publishing his corn fil I 'V ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.DIORROW. 28 minutes after I Evening...... 9 minutes afte r 11. l'ublieation of the Evening Edition of Tnz SUN COM at 20 minutes after Three. 1./ • • ek c - - , k„ ; 4Z.• 1 . 1 , + LONDON: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1840. kt N orwich know not whether the Ecclesiastical Court h u "°rwich b e ca ll e d a C ourt Ch r i st i an i n moc k e ry, teer tainly a more unchristian proceeding than is N e crated in our report of what occurred in that t °llrt on Monday cannot be conceived. Ten suits, ; a Ppea rs , h ave been commence d aga i nst persons ail the parish of St. Margaret's Lynn Regis, on ac %oun, n i l of Church-rates, On these cases being as d °n, the solicitor for the recusants proposed, 02 1 , 1 the suits were exactly similar, that only one h i : (1 11 'd be tri e d, th e p ar ti e s to the other nine e ve ing th emse l ves to su b m i t to th e d ec i s i on , what °r it might be, in that suit. 'The Judge t f th e Court stated that he had no power e direct such a consolidation, but he re e°llThlended t h e so li c i tor f or th e Ch urc h- ra t e , :14'g-stealing, party to assent to the proposition vra3 positively refused, because the prospect, lua threat of a suit in the Ecclesiastical Court 1: 14 compel persons to pay who otherwise would t The solicitor would not encourage resistance Ch urch-rates by giving up any one of these pro :eelltions. The Court Christian is to be used, 4 l e tafor e , as an i nstrumen t a t th e di scre ti on o f t eiiei t°rs, who are sure to pocket large fees on every 12 - I : t ' t hey can institute, to persecute conscientious I : se nters into the payment of Church-rates. It is said th at torture i s a b rogate d i n E ng l an d ; the 4 th umb-screw s an d th e rac k, to ex tort a confes ti i n °f guilt, may b e ; b ut , as l ong as a C ou rt Iri stian can enterta i n su i ts f or Ch urc h- rates , an d ill t° acknowledge those w h o d ec li ne pa yi ng , and decline acknowledge the Christian power of those C°Urt') like THOROGOOD—so long will it be a r'ss erro r to assert that torture is abolished in 411 4 rid. 'o,re sp ec i es o f torture f or one object is p : l , is hed, but tort ure t o extract mone y ou t of the 48 geta of consc i ent i ous Dissenters i s now as r if e it eta to extort money from the Jews in the 44 43 : , 8 of RI CHARD 11 . It is more systemat i cal l y 41 q regularl y app li ed, we admit ; it assumes, we law admit, the gown of justice, and the form of ; it is clothed in the sacred character of the i c. °t eetot of soc i ety , b ut that only adds hypo th''Y and f rau d to torture, and makes th e present p ract i ce more revolting than e former pract i ces towards the Jews, on the ga me principle as a COURVOISIER or a GREEN.. who enjoys the confidence of his victim, is more detestable than a common but bold highway tuffian. f At the same C ourt a son appeared to answer °r his father, a blind old man, but the Court w°111 (1 not listen to him, and told him his fath er must employ a proctor. We apprehend, however, t t h at it is the inalienable right of every individual aPpoint of his own free-will whomsoever he ma Nettle to represent him. The utmost the Judge can or ought to do is to refuse to hear any person but the party. But he can have no right, when he consents to waive hear- in; the party personally, to declare what manner o f man the party must employ. Individuals select Barristers and Proctors to conduct their causes from confidence in their knowledge and skill ; and though we know that the Judges in some Courts refuse to hear any persons but Barristers, we main tain that such conduct on their part is an infraction of the rights of her MAJESTY'S subjects. From the Proctors of the Ecclesiastical Courts, as from the Barristers of the Common Law Courts the real Judges of the Courts Christian are taken ; and the Judge in one Court, very often filling the office of Proctor in another, has a very stro►►g pecuniary and selfish reason for laying down such a rule, which the people have no such, reason for obeying. The rule enriches and aggran dizes a profession at the expense of some sufferers from injustice. Let us add that the Judges of these Courts are appointed by ecclesiastics, and all the proctors, therefore, must have a leaning to the Church and against the Dissenters. In all ques- Lions of Church-rates, therefore, there is a strong reason why the recusant should not employ a proctor, and, if possible, he should plead his own cause, or employ as his representative some person wholly independent of the Judges, and the Bishops who appoint them. We cannot conceive that the Judge has the power to make any person appear in Court by a proctor : if he appear himself, or appoint a representative, the Judge is bound to be contented, and the more unfit the representative the worse for the party. We further conceive, therefore, that the blind old gentleman in question would be fully justified in refusing to appoint a proctor, in insisting or delegating his power to his son to appear for him, and in appeal- ing to the Common Law, to the Parliament, or to public opinion for protection, should he be punished for contempt, against this new and most arbitrary assumption of the Judge of the Court Christian. A little discussion is going on amongst our Con temporaries, as may be seen by our extract from the Morning Post, concerning the duty of persons to obey the law, and the right to resist it, which may be well applied to this case. The Standard, having become an Orange democrat, argues for the right of resistance. We openly confess that we side with the Standard, and as it has long ago been justly observed that a soldier cannot be reduced to implicit obedience, for he must be left at liberty to decide whether he is to shoot another man when ordered or not, so each individual must be left to decide whether he will obey the laws or not. in fact, it is utterly impossible to take that right from individuals, though the State may visit dis obedience with hea vy penalties. The question of obey or not to obey, must therefore be decided by each man for himself, and if he think the law un just, and think on the whole that the consequences of disobedience will be more beneficial than of obedience, he will, as a conscientious man strong in the conviction of his own integrity, refuse to obey. On the question of Church-rates we will only add, that by common consent it is most unjust to make one man pay for that priest and those religious services, which he thinks mischievous and damnable. Some of our Contemporaries, both metropolitan and provincial, are exulting at the revival of trade. We wish we could exult with them but having within this week had occasion to notice a proposed reduction of wages at Carlisle, Nottingham, and Coventry, and hearing from all these places, which resemble in this respect all other manufacturing towns, that the workmen had before a most scanty , and miserable subsistence, and that the proposed reduction will absolutely leave them with only half a scanty subsistence, we cannot exult at such in creasing misery ; which is pregnant, as our Coven try Correspondent, and as the handbill of the Car lisle weavers stated, with danger to the country. If trade be reviving, and if the masters can again hope for a reasonable profit, we arc much afraid that their success is founded on applying an additional pressure to the working classes, which will aggravate the terrible discontent already exist ing amongst them. We are extremely earnest on this subject, and must recur to it again and ' again, it is from a deep and thorough conviction that the condition of the working classes, their dis- positions, and their sentiments, are of far greater importance to the public welfare, than almost any subject which is habitually discussed in the public Press. Some capitalists may flatter themselves that things are coming round, and that business will again be brisk ; but an increase of business, with the present low and decreasing rate of wages, and at the present prices of corn, is hardly to be desired, and will do nothing to lessen that vast mass of just discontent in the labouring classes which makes society closely resemble a volcano, and no one can tell how soon the crater may belch out flame and ashes, and overflow with a destructive flood of fire. The Rev. HENRY ERSKINE HEAD, who some time ago excited the ire of the Bishop of EXETER for presuming to doubt the infallibility of the Right Rev. Prelate, and who received a severe castigation for this act of rebellion, shows as much courage and perseverance in proclaiming the abuses that prevail in the Church as any Dissenter, not even excepting JOHN TIIOROGOOD. Having to a cer tain extent settled his account with his diocesan, he next attacks t he Bishop of LONDON, and at the same time makes a most grave charge against the Primate of England. This looks something like a breaking up of the system. Dissension and rebel lion have sprung up, not only among political Tories but among the Tory fathers and sons of the Church, and their bewildered followers are utterly at a loss which side to choose. In a Letter addressed to the Bishop of LONDON, the Rev. Mr. HEAD thus ir reverently describes the Thirty-nine Articles : " The fact is, the clergy do ' take them in any sense they please.' The great giant who was shut up in a little box—MILTON'S angels, which were all of a sudden transformed into pigmies—suffered less in their corporeal dimensions than the Articles suffer hi their grammatical sense. They are made to be, contrary to their own nature, so wonderfully and notoriously elastic, as to suit the creed of every clergyman in the QUEEN'S dominions, from the stumbling Pelagian to the supralapsarian Calvinist." Not satisfied with attacking the clergy and the creed which they profess, this Church Reformer accuses the Archbishop of CANTERBURY of making reckless assertions, and describes the cham pions of the Church as " dumb dogs that cannot bark " while Popery is penetrating into the very vitals of the sacred Establishment. Does the New Church Discipline Bill provide no punishment for such an . attack as the following on the Most Re verend the Archbishop of CANTERBURY ?—" The champions of the Church, for the most part, avert their eyes from those things which imperatively demand their attention. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY asserts that there is nothing in our rituals to give offence to any denomination of Christians, or some such reckless assertion, which his Grace never appears to have retracted. Many of our preachers are so busy in preaching the Establishment that they have no time to repair its breaches ; and many more surrender their minds and judgments to the Oxford tract writers,—men as much opposed to the true Gospel of Christ—the faith which was once delivered to the saints"--as the idolators in EZEKIEL worshipping their idols, and turning their backs upon the Temple of the Lord." The declaration of the Bishop of LoNDoN in the House of Lords against any alteration in the formularies of the Church, not even in the damnatory Athanasian Creed, gave rise to the letter, and the Bishop most justly comes in for his share in the crime of making young parsons swear to what he knows not one-tenth of them can believe. He thus accuses the pious Prelate of defending the atro cious Creed of Athanasius from interested motives:— " I have no hesitation, my Lord, in asserting that it is barely possible for any man having a clear view of the leading principles of Scripture, to remain in the Church of England as a minister ; and quite impossible for such a man to enter it as a minister, owing to the stringency of clerical sub scription. This is the fact, though, of course, it will be denied with the utmost virulence by those who are interested, my Lord, in concealing the truth." The pamphlet altogether possesses great interest. It has only one fault—it is too short. And we re commend Mr. HEAD to take it as a text for a se ries of letters or discourses on the abuses of the Church, and the selfishness of those who profess to be the guardians of religion and morality. The Capitole, the National, and the Commerce, are the only Paris Journals of Thursday which dis play decided hostility to England on the Eastern question. All the other papers hare articles on the subject, but they are written in a pacific, con ciliatory spirit. The Journal des Debats has ac tually discovered that the French Government should have come to a decision on the Eastern question without consulting INIEriEmET ALI, and that too much respect has been paid to the wishes of the VICEROY by the President of the Council. The Constitutionel complains of the offensive tone of the English press ; but an extract which it quotes from an article in The Snit satisfies us that the complaint is not directed against anything which has appeared in our columns. And yet with such an article as that which disgraces the columns of the Commerce of Thursday before them, it is not strange that some English journalists should lose their temper. The following is an extract from the article on the Eastern Question in the Journal des Debats " We were told, a fortnight ago, of a communication made in London by Prussia and Austria to our Ambas sador. He was told that there was reason to hope that England might be induced to concede Egypt hereditarily and Syria for life to the Pacha, and M. Guizot informed the French Government of this communication. M. Thiers says that this was not a proposition, but a sim ple communication by Austria and Prussia. He speaks truly, but the communication was important. As Prus sia and Austria announced the hope of being able to bring England to the adoption of these bases, it showed that they considered them to be just. To have welcomed this communication, to have used all possible means of converting it into a proposition, and to have been three in the conference, instead of one against four, would have been the natural course of proceeding. The Ministry seems to have had an idea of this kind, for the Revue des Deux Monde: states that our Ambassador was desired not to reject the overture, but not to go too far forward—to wait. But why should he have waited ? M. Thiers says it was for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Pacha would accept of these propositions, and he sent M. Eugene Perier to Alexandria to con sult him. V‘, e are very Egyptian, and we think that the cause of thePaeha is in a great measure the cause of France, but that does not prevent our thinking that, on the pre sent occasion the Ministry was more Egyptian than was necessary. It is not intended, we should imagine, to make France the mere instrument of the wishes of the Pacha of Egypt. We have not surely made up our mind to adopt all the views of the Pacha, even to impossibi lities. We are, and we ought to be, judges of the jus tice and equity of the propositions which are made to him, and where we consider them to be just we are bound to tell hi'n that we will support him to that extent, and no farther. We think, therefore, that the Ministry might have weighed the communication of Prussia and Austria with out asking the consent of Mehemet Ali. In stead of waiting, it ought to have accepted these over tures, if they were considered acceptable. Were they acceptable ? The Revue des Deux Mondcs does not say the contrary, and observes that the concession of Syria, even for life, appeared to be a reasonable ar rangement, and satisfactory as to the future. The con cession of Syria for life had the great advantage of set tling the question, and turning aside all cause of dissen sion between France and the Four Great Powers. The Ministry was right, therefore, in approving of the ar rangement, but it was wrong in consulting the Pacha, and in not meeting with more promptitude the friendly disposition shown by Austria and Prussia." There is no general intelligence of the slightest interest in the French Papers. The following ex tracts from them supply all they contain in the shape of news The itioniteur denies an assertion contained in La Presse and several other journals—" That M. De St. Aulaire bad left Paris on a mission to offer the media tion of France to the Court of Austria, and that his mission had failed." This double assertion, it says, is absolutely false. The Courrier Francais, in a notice of the kind recep tion given to M. Guizot at Ramsgate, says : " M. Guizot is certainly a man of great merit, and he represents a Ministry which, having in view when it came into power the cultivation of the alliance between the two countries, was entitled to the sympathy of the English. But it is not because our Ambassador is called M. Guizot, nor he is the Envoy of the Cabinet over which M. Thiers presides, that the inha bitants of Ramsgater suddenly got up this ovation. They were desirous principally of protesting against the po licy which would compromise hn alliance necessary to the peace of the world." Another strious fall in the funds took place in a most alarming manner, towards the close of Thursday's Bourse. The Three per Cents. came suddenly down from 79f. 50c. to 77f. 45c. Various reports were in stantly put into circulation. Among others it was stated that France had made a second Ancona coup at Candia, and had taken possession of that island, with the intentioa;of occupying it. It was also said that the ordinance for the mobilisation of the national guard had been signed by the King. A third rumour alleged that the convocation of the British Parliament had been an nounced by telegraph. El Castellano, a Madrid Journal of the 13th inst., states that an expedition under the command of Colonel Sir Charles Smith was organising at Gibraltar. It was to consist of the 331 Regiment of the Line, a com pany of artillery, and another of artificers, and a frigate had been ordered to prepare to receive those troops on board. Their destination, however, was unknown, some saying that they were to be conveyed to Barce lona or Mahon, and others to the coast of Syria. It appears that the Powers which have signed the treaty of London did not all of them consider with suf ficient attention the state of their finances, before they engaged in the great enterprise which now engages the public mind. We are assured that applications have been made (by Russia in particular), to the principal bankers in Europe, and that in England and Germany, as well as in France, they have completely failed. The cautious good sense of the money holders has been every where the same. It would be curious if this 'amour coalition of Empires should be baffled by a coa ition of bankers. —L' Univers. A letter from Boulogne of the 18th of August says — The King and the Queen arrived at eight o'clock 1.4:)m Calais at Boulogne. His Majesty went on foot to the Theatre ; he was received there as well as on his entering the town with an enthusiasm which it would be difficult to describe, both by the citizens and the nu merous English residing there.—Journal des Debate. The King will leave the chateau of Eu, rt is said, at the beginning of next week, and the Ministers who ac company him will return on Friday or Saturday.— Courrier Francais. We know that the squadron which sailed from Toulon on the 14th July, under the command of Admiral Rosamel, arrived on the 19th of July off Tunis, since which date there is no direct news of it. We are as sured, however, that at the beginning of August it ap peared in the Bay of Naples, and exchanged salutes with the forts, but that the English men of war in that station did not salute. We give this, however, merely as a report.—Le Commerce. BOUR SE. —PARl.sir,Thetts t Lo , At w m eo .20. First Highest Last Price Price. Price. Price French per Cents 112 no 112 41 ... lie 50 ... 110 70 5 4 per Cent lOl f.O ~„ All 50 ... 101 5e 101 50 3 per Cents 79 25 79 25 ... 77 25 77 B Lnk of trance Laflitte Bank I,ooof. 1080 —.lOBO ...lus o 5,0001. Sti 5120 ...5120 ..5:oo Bel gian Bank 1102 ... 902 50 ... 900 90 0 jug% 100% ... 100 5 ger Cents 25 6S 50 ... N 3 er Cents Spanish Active 2SX, ... " 2 -”4 25 V2 ... 25 , 4 Passive 6 l,§ (. 6 Ai 2.*; € 1 . 21 ,g 21 , , 2 21y. Portuguese 3 per Cents Neagentan 10) ... 1 00 ... 90 Boman 100V,... 1 0 % = 9 % ... RAILWAY SHARES. S'. Germain Versailles, R, I; 475 ... 475 ... 470 ... 4 0 L.B. Orleans . S:rasburs to Bale 350 .i. 350 ...:477 SO ... 377 so nip, SUN% LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22,1840, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Plants per dozen, Gd. to Is. ; Celery per bundle, ls. to 25.; Onions 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per sieve ; Carrots 3s. 61. to Gs. bd. per dozen; Turnips 3d. to 4d. per bunch; Cabbages lOW to is. 3d. per dozen ; Spinach 9d. to ls. per sieve; French Beans Gs. to 7s. ; New Potatoes 3s. Gd. per sieve ; Currants, 4s. to ss. per sieve; Peas 3s. 6d, to 4s Gd. per sieve. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. All descriptions of meat were in small supply, the demand , dull, with the exception of fin e qua li ty, an d pr i ces l ow er-Bee'' 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d. ; Alutton 3s. 2.d. to 4s. ; Veal 3s. 10d, to 4s. Bd. ; Pork 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Lamb 4s. 10d. to ss, Bd. per stone of 81b. There was a large supply of Poultry the demand dull, and prices as follow:-Fowls 2s. 6d. to 45.; Geese, 4s, to 65.; Chickens Is. 6d. to 2s. ; Hens, 2s. ; Le. verets, 2s. to 4s. ; Pigeons sd. to 7d. ; Tame Rabbits ls. 4W to Is. 6d.; Wild Rabbits 64 to Is. each ; Eggs ss. 3d. to 6s per 120. TEA MARKET. There was no variation, but the demand was dull for all sorts. 2s 4d. is the value of Company's Congou, cash. TALLOW ;MARKET. The demand was still (lull P. Y. Candles, both on the spot and to arrive, but prices were firm at 52. i. 6J. to 525. 9d. per cw•t. WHITECEIAPEL HAY MARKET. A small supply, which was taken off briskly at firm prices. Old Clover, 41. 10s. to 6/. ; new ditto, 41. to 51. 155.; old Meadow Hay, 4/. to Si. ; new ditto, 3/, 10s. to 4/. 15s. ; Straw, 335. to 365. per ton. MONEY and COMMERCIA NEWS. CITY, 7'WELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—We have had only a moderate demand th roug h out the Reek, and a lan guid market, with little al terat i on i n pr i ces. T he l ow qualities of American may be had under the closing prices of last week, but in other grades there is not any change. Long staple Surats go off steady at our last quotations. Speculators have taken 2,260 bags of Ame rican, and exporters 250 bales. The sales to-day are 4,000 bags of all kinds. LIVERPOOL :SHARE LIST, AUG. 21.—Eastern Counties, 131 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 291 ; Grand Junction less 4, and ex. div., 21 3 14 ; Quarter Shares ( New), 301; late Chester and Crew, 601 Great Western, 891 ; Half Shares, 50; London and Birmingham, 169 ; South Western, 571 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Half Shares, 391; Mid land Counties, 80; North Union, 80 ex. div. Our Share Market continues stationary, little demand, with a tendency still to take lower prices. We have rumurs of a failure, said to be extensive. THE FUNDS. Consols opened very heavy this morning; they left off at 891, and were done at 893 ; soon after the Market rallied, and they reached 891- for the Account. The above decline may be attributed to the French Funds coming near 2 per cent. lower. It appears that the Paris stockjobbers are not idle in manufacturing all kinds of re ports, for which there does not appear to be any founda tion. Consols at present 89a ; same for Money ; Ex chequer Bills 22 24 prem. ; Bank Stock 1671 1681; India Bonds 2 dis., par; India Stock 2471 248+. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active maintains the price of 251 I; Deferred 121 Passive 6+; Portuguese 34:1; 351 ; Three per Cents. 221 23 ; Brazilian 794 801 ; Colombian 241 25; Mexican 281 29++; Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. 514; Five per Cents. 101 102. SHARES.—Great Western Railway 23 25 prem. ; Lon don and Brighton 10 9 dis. ; Blackwall 11 1 dis. ; Birmingham 77 79 prem. ; Southampton 561 57 ;per share ; Greenwich 71 81 per share. Money continues easy. Commercial bills can be dis counted at 4 per cent., second rate 41, z;thers about 5 per cent. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New London and South Western 3Bl b 7 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Union of Australia.. Ditto New Shares PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, AUG. 22. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 984 Grand Canal Stock ...... Ditto Reduced per cent.. 87N Ditto New, 1830 36 per Cent. Debs. HALF-PAST ONE. Accounts from Bologna of the 12 th August state that Austria has the intention to occupy Central Italy, all. the Adriatic, and the port of Leguorn, as Well as Civita Vecchia.. __- Consols are at pre;ent 89", for the Account ; Exche quer Bills 22 24 prem. ; Bank Stock 1681; India Stock 284 ; India Bonds 1 2 dis. par. • In the Foreign market Spanish Active 25} *; Portu guese 35 ; Colombian 24 : 1 ; Dutch Two -and a-Half per Cents 55i; Five per Cents. 101-4. In Shares very little doing. Great Western 90 to 92 ; New, 491-; South Western 57. We have no reports to the present tint". CRIMINAL COURT-.(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) STEALING A CASH Box.—David Mirehouse Per kins and Henry Brett, were indicted for entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Mason and Farnham, in Finsbury Pavement, and stealing a cash-box, contain ing one bank -note, value 50/., four bank-notes, value 201., 40/. in gold, and other money. Mr. CHAMBERS, having stated the case for the pro secution, called Mr. Thomas Mason—l am a linen-draper, carrying on business in Finsbury Pavement, in partnership with Mr. Farnham. On the 13th of June last there was a cash-box in a closet in my bed-room. I went into my bed room at about nine o'clock, in consequence of some thing I had heard. The cupboard had been broken open and I missed the cash-box. It contained 116 1., one 501. note, four .5/. notes, 40/. in gold, and the remainder in silver. On going down stairs I saw Minter and ano ther person. The prisoner Brett was formerly in my service, and had left about ten days before the robbery. He had lived with me as porter for two months. The money in the cash box was the property of mysolt and my partner. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—I bad a good character with Brett. Sarah Collingridge—l was in the prosecutors' service on the 13th June, and on that day I saw Brett at my master's house. He had been twice between the time he left and 13th June. He asked the porter to and drink with him, which the porter refused to do. Brett then sent for some porter, and they drank it. Brett walked up and down the h a ll, an d went up sta i rs. Shortly before nine oclock I was about to carry up the supper tray, when Brett took it up f or me. Af ter B rett left Munting came in, and soon after I saw a pair of shoes behind the street door. Cross-examined—There was a charwoman in the house while Brett was there : she answered the door while Brett and myself were up stairs. Brett was in the house for about an hour. Th ere are t wo doors to the house. The back door opens into Little Moor-fields. Elizabeth Munting—l live at 18, Little Moor-fields. On the 13th June, while standing at my father's door, which is exactly opposite Mr. Mason's, I saw Perkins come out of Mr. Mason's house with a parcel. He had no shoes on. I told my father, and he followed him, and about two minutes after I saw Brett leave Mr. Mason's house. _ Cross-examined--Brett had a pal:eel wrapped up in a cotton handkerchief. It was getting dusk at the time. Brett went in the same direction as Perkins. Mrs. Munting--I was standing at my door with the last witness on the 13th June, and saw a man leave Mr. Mason's. Cross-examined—l did not see Brett. John Munting—On the evening of the 13th June, in consequence of what my daughter said to me I followed a man. A person named Stone had gone on before m e , and had seized the prisoner Perkins, who was without his shoes. Stone said to him, " What have you got there ?" and Perkins said, " Nothing but what is my own ; lem surprised that you stop me." I then asked prisoner to walk back with us. I went to Mr. Mason's, and asked the servant whether she had lost anything 9 She said, " No, no one has been in the house." went to Stone, and told him to let the prisoner I the n go, and he did so. -- William Stone.—l was at Munting's house when Perkins left. I followed him and caught hold of him. I saw a cash-box tied up in a pucket handkerchief. The witness then corroborated the evidence of the 'When e u l nt t i n l l t d h . ehilmBth.hetya.s last witness. Inspector Shackell—l apprehended Perkins. I did n w o e t g s o u t ec t e o e t d he in st t a a t k in in n g .h l o li u n s i charged the prisoner Brett. I live with ste a li ng the property named in the indictment. li, said his name was David Morehouse. I told him it was David Perkins. He had a pair of shoes on at the June he gave me half a sovereign time. Ho had a large bruise on hisfoot. The s h oes possession of any money. I found at the prosecutor's fitted Perkinsi exactly. Sarah Martin—l know in NV estmorland•place. The prisoner Brett visited that bad been . pledged, me. After the 13th Before b t th ha r t ed d e a e y m be an w a a afterwards saw him w ah . eighteen sovereigns. I told him I was article that in afraid he knew someth i ng about the cash-box. I believe he said " Y e ,; I said, " You have done it." lie said h e had not. I said, " Then Smith has done it," He said " No, but the man w ho was stopped coming ou t o f the House." I cannot recollect anything furthe r th at was said. This took place in his father's garden. On leaving it he pointed to a pear-tree, and said, " There's where the money was buried. Shortly after I was at the prisoner's father's hour, and was mending the pri soner's coat. I took a bill-head from the pocket of it. The heading was one of Farnham , and M ason ' s. The prisoner read it, and said, Farnhan! and Mason are good fellows, and I've had 501. of their mo ney . , , On her cross-examination .the witness admitted that there had been an improper intercourse between herself and Brett, and that Brett had said something about going abroad without her. i Richard Rolfe—l am n the employ of a elothesmsn in the New Cut, named Portland. I saw Brett on the . 18th of July. I had seen him about six months pre viously. He told me that he had come from New foundland, where he was employed, and that his em ployer had given him 40/. or 50/. to ma- purchases. We went to a public house. Brett pulled out a hand ful of gold, and said that he had spent 5/. with a girl at Wapping, and had purchased some clothes. H e said he, had also purchased fire-arms to kill bears in New ' I fotindland.—(A laugh.) i A shopman at a clothes shop in the New Cut proved that Brett bad purchased some clothes at the shop, and had exhibited a great deal of money. Mrs. Hardy—l live in the same house with the pri soner Perkins. A man frequently came to see him. The prisoner Brett is he. I saw him amongst the other prisoners in Newgate, and pointed him out as the man. Mr. Hardy, the husband of the last witness, corrobo rated her testimony. Mr. C. Phillips addressed the Jury for the prisoner Brett, and Mr. Clarkson for the prisoner Perkins. Several witnesses gave Brett a good character. No witnesses were called for Perkins. _ _ _ Mr. Baron GURNEY then went through the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoners both Guilty. Mr. Baron GURNEY then addressed the prisoners on the heinousness of their offence, and sentenced them each to•transportation for fifteen years. NEW COURT. (I3::fere the ItEcpanEa.) Several cases of larceny wera disposed of in this Court during the morning, but up to the hour of our going to press, no case of any interest had come on. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Sergeant ADA➢IS and a Bench of Magistrates.) A great number of very trifling cases were tried at this Court to-day ; amongst them was one for stealing a lobster, another for stealing a brass candlestick, value 6d. ; and a comb, value Id. PICKING POCKETS•—Charles Phillips was indicted for stealing a silk pocket handkerchief, value 45., the property of John Stedman. The prosecutor deposed that he was walking in Hol born, when feeling that his pocket had become " lighter," he turned around and saw the prisoner about four yards from him with the handkerchief in his hand. He seized him and gave him in charge to a constable. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he picked it up from the ground, and cross-examined the prosecutor with much ingenuity, to show that he was at a greater distance than stated from him. The Jury found him guilty, and Mr. Sergeant ADAMS finding that he had not been previously convicted, sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for six weeks. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) DISPUTED EST ATE.-Mr. John Chadwick, the elder, and Mr. John Chadwick, the younger, were brought up in custody by Inspector Beresford, of the C division, on a Bench warrant, a true bill of indictment having been found against them at the Central Criminal Court, on a charge of stealing certain fixtures belonging to No. 1, Upper John•street, Golden-square. The case originated under the following circumstances :—An estate con sisting of a number of houses in the neighbourhood of this office, and which formerly belonged to Sir John Chadwick, has been the subject of great contention be tween two parties, the above-named prisoner, who claims it as the descendant of Sir John Chadwick on the one part, and a gentleman named Margets, late Sheriff of Huntingdonshire, on the other. Each party has for some time past been endeavouring to retain posses sion of the house in question, and fierce contests have in consequence ensued. Some time back the Chad wick party got ingress to the premises, and removed several of the windows, fixtures, &c., and this led to the present proceeding. Mr. MALTBY, the presiding Magistrate, directed that as the Central Criminal Court was now sitting the pri soners should at once be taken before it. They were accordingly conducted thither by Inspec tor Betcsford. This case excites much interest in the neighbourhood. HOURS OF CLOSING BEER SHOPS. Some difficulty, we find, has been experienced, in consequence of the new Beer Act not having been yet generally circulated. It came into operation on the 7th inst. By the 14th clause, the power to regulate the hours of closing is specially taken from the Magis trates ; and therefore the beer-shops in any parish with a population exceeding 2,500, or within one mile of any polling place used at the last election for any town having the like population, and returning a Member to Parliament, may be kept open till eleven o'clock, and in all other parishes till ten. It will be seen by the fol lowing clause, that the new aat does not in any way affect the present holders of beer-shops as to the re quired amount of rating, certificates, &c.:-- `` That nothing in this Act contained shall prevent any person from obtaining, at the expiration of his ex isting licence, a renewed licence in respect of any house in which he shall at the time of the passing of this Act be duly licensed to retail beer or cider under the said recited Acts or either of them, notwithstand ing such house may not be of the rent or annual value by this Act prescribed, nor to oblige such person to produce any other certificate (where a certificate is re quired) for obtaining his licence than the certificate required by, the said recited Acts ; but it shall be law ful kr,theofficers, of excise ,duly authorised to grant licences to renew. and. continue to grant licences to such person (,b9ing,iri other respects properly qualified) on the prodnetiOn of such certificate as last aforesaid, so long ,as such person shall, continue. to be the resident holder and occupier o f th e same h ouse, any t hi ng i n this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.' REVISING BARRISTERS.—The following gen tlemen have been appointed to revise the list of voters for 1840, on the western circuit :—North Hants, Messrs. Oxenham and Farrant ; South Hants, Messrs. Elliott and Merivale; Isle of Wight, Mr. Stock; Dorset, Messrs. Slade and 3evan ; Borough, Messrs. Tyrrell and Short ; North Doyen, Messrs. Freenwood and Merewether ; South Devon, Messrs. Douglas and Aldridge ; boroughs, Messrs. Saunders and Dayman; East Cornwall, Messrs. Kinglakc and Stephens ; West Cornwall, Messrs. Smirke, and Moore ; East Somerset, Messrs. Rowe and Hodges ; West Somerset, Messrs. Rawlinson and Houldsworth ; Rath and Bristol, Messrs. Bere and Fitzherbert ; Wilts, North, and Dnizes, and Cricklade, Messrs. Missing and Poulden ; Wilts, South, Messrs. Lucena and Carey ; Malmsbury, Caine, Chippenham, and Marlborough, Mr. Hayward. COURT MA RTIAL.—A court-martial was held on Thursday in the infantry Barracks, at Windsor, when a private, named Clarke, in the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade, was found guilty of disposing of several of his regimental necessaries, and sentenced to be confined for 40 days. with hard labour, in Monmouth gaol. The celebrated John Hunter is said to have male but one pun in his life, and that was when lecturing in Windmill-street School of Medicine. In demonstrating the jaw -bone, he observed that the bone was known to abound in proportion to the want of brains. Some students at the time were talking instead of attending to the lecture, upon which Hunter exclaimed, " Gentlemen, let us have more intellect and less jaw."—Physic and Physicians. SUICIDE.—This morning, at three o'clock, Thomas Durant, Esq., a young gentleman, the son of a highly respectable Protestant clergymen in Ireland, com mitted suicide at the Grand Hotel, Covent•garden. It appears that one of the waiters, hearing groans proceed from the water-closet, went there to ascertain the reason, when he saw the unfortunate gentleman lying on the floor almost lifeless. A phial which had contained prussic acid was found by his side, the contents of which he had swal lowed. Medical assistance was promptly procured, but he expired in a few minutes. Lord Folkestone, eldest son of the Earl of Radnor, is said to be on the eve of forming a matrimonia alliance with the Lady Mary Grimston, daughter of the Earl of Verulam, and sister to the Countesses of Claren don and Craven. THE LATE GALE.—The gale which visited us on Sunday evening, and continued for about thirty-six hours, has been magnified by the London papers into a storm. The rain was very heavy, and the wind boisterous, but it was, after all, no more than a smart gale, accompa nied by rain, and occasional hail. The Floating Bath, which is particularly exposed, rode it out in capital style, not budging an inch from her moorings. The mercury in the barometer fell during the gale nearly an inch.—Liver pool Mercury. DEATH OF DR. M'GILL OF GLASGOW.— Wo regret to announce the death of the Rev. Dr. M'Gill, Professor of Divinity in our University. He expired on Tuesday morning, at his residence in the College. From his eminent piety, benevolence, and integrity, Dr. M'Gill long enjoyed the cordial respect and affection of all who knew him, whatever might be their party connexions. It is a source of satisfaction to us, that lately, when his name was connected with certain Parliamentary and news paper discussions, which must have been painful to his feelings, if they came under his observation, we were led to bear testimony to his personal excellencies. Dr. M'Gill is now removed from earthly strife and annoyance ; but his memory will be cherished by a large number of persons who have stood to him in the relation of pupils and private friends. Dr. M'Gill was seventy-five years of age. He was ordained at Eastwood on the Bth September, 1791, inducted to the Tron Church on the 12th October, 1797, and appointed Professor of Divinity in 1814. —Glasgow Chronicle. Mr. Colquhoun, author of " The Moor and the Loch," bagged on the first day, on the small moor of Leny, twenty-four brace, being the greatest number, by eight brace, ever known to have been killed on that moor by any other shot. Last 12th, the birds being more nu merous, ho bagged twenty-six brace. Mr. Colquhouns according to his custom, shot with a couple of dogs, changing them for fresh ones in the middle of the day ; if really good, he strongly recommends neither more nor less than that number ever to be shot over at t he same time:, PRINCE ALBERT BECOME a " CHAPMAN. —The ancient brotherhood in Edinburgh, called till? , " Fraternity of Chapmen of the Thr ee Lothians, ,, lately elected Prince Albert a " brother " a nd " h onorar y member. His Royal Highness was made acquainted with the " distinguished " honour, and it is said that, on perus ing the communication, which was badly written, he said to a high personage, " What do you think ? a chop society in England has enrolled me as a brother and an honorary member—good." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty an 3 Princo Al bert took an airing this morning in a pony phaeton. This evening, a little before six o'clock, her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians rode out in a pony phaeton and four into the rides and drives of the Great Park. In the next phaeton and four were her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, the Princesses of Hohenlohe and Therese. The Duchess of Bedford, Madame d'Hocgvorst, and Lady Charlotte Dundas, occupied an open carriage ; and the Hon. Miss Pitt and Hon. Miss Spring Rice were in a phaeton. A large equestrian party escorted her Majesty from the Castle, including his Rog al Highness Prince Albert, his Serene Highness the Prince of Hohenlohe, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Bouverie, Mr. Seymour, Hon. Major Keppel, and Mr. George E. Anson. His Majesty the King of the Belgians followed soon afterwards on horseback. Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Hon. W. and Lady Fanny Cowper, and Sir Edward Us browe, took their departure from the Castle this morning. The Duke of Bedford has arrived at the C.istle to day on a visit to her Majesty. The Princess Augusta was visited yesterday at Cla rence House, St. James's, by the Duchess of Glouces ter. The following account of the state of her Royal Highness's health was issued yesterday : " The Princess Augusta has passed another com fortable night, and her Royal Highness continues nearly the same. `• Clarence House, August 21." Sir Matthew Tierney attended the Princess Au gusta yesterday forenoon. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and Lady Frances Cowper, arrived in Carlton Terrke yesterday afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Lord Jahn Russell has arrived at Naworth Castle, Brampton, from Hallston, Penrith. The Ea - r 1 of Minto has returned to town. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Leveson, from Latimers, Bucks; Sir Philip Crampton, from Carlsbad; Mr. and Mrs. D'lsraeli, from Bradenham, Bucks • the Earl and Countess Poulett ; Col. and Mrs. Bu s h e daloner. DEPARTURES. The Marchioness of Westmeath, for Bushy Park • the Countess Boromee and suite, from the Brunswick dote!, Jerroyn-street, for Milan ; th e Duke Robert de Caylus, trom ditto, for Paris; the Chevalier Mabru, from ditto, for Boulogne; Mons. and Mme. Rey, from ditto, for Antwerp; Mrs. Handley and family, from ditto, for Muskhani Grange : Mr. and Mrs. Henn and family, from ditto, on a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Walker, from ditto • Mr. and Mrs. Jones, from ditto, for Burfield House ; Mr. and Mrs. Molyneux, from ditto; F. Seymour, Esq., from ditto, for Windsor Castle ; Colonel Sir Frederick Stovin, for the moors; Mr. Law Hodges, for ditto; Lord How den, for ditto ; the Hon. C. A. Gore, for Fern Hill ; Lord Churchill, for Leamington Spa; Lord Algernon St. Maur. for Dorsetshire; Sir Richard and Lady Bulke ley, for Dublin; Lord and Lady Portman, for Bryanstone House, Dorset ; the Hon. and Rev. J. Howard, for Leamington Spa ; the Hon. William Petre, for ditto ; the Duke of Grafton and Lady Laura Fitzroy, for Wake field House, Northampton ; Lieut. Peel Dawson, for Castle Dawson, Londonderry; Mr. Lync Stephens, for Parrs ; the Right Honourable Wilson Croker, fur ditto ; Mr. Steuart, M.P., for Haddington, N.B. ; Lord Holkam, fc,r the moors. THE ULSTER MEETING. TO TILL EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Through the medium of your truly impar tial Journal I beg respectfully to be allowed to ask the following questions :—What is the real object for which the Ulster Constitutional Association is formed ? Is it to appeal to the Reformers of Great Britain to assist in obtaining justice for Ire land ? If so, why has this organization been so long delayed ? Is the Ulster Association sincere.in its professions of patriotism ? If so, why did it not start into existence when all Ireland (save Ulster) cried aloud for justice ? Then the aid (to that holy cause) of the intelligent North would have been powerful, and the power imparted to Ire. land's cause irresistible ; then should we have been spared this new agitation of O'Connell's repeal mania, distracting the public mind, and probably planting in the minds of that warm-hearted, but easily excited people, a wish to carry their views still further. Why, I ask, is this Association formed at such a time, taking up a position oc cupied for the last six or seven yeais by Irishmen seeking for equal rights with their fellow-subjects, and abandoned only when stubborn facts satisfied them that their experiment (as they called it) had failed ? I might continue my interrogatories ad infinitum, but dare not attempt to trespass fur ther on your space. I shall therefore conclude with two questions :—ls this movement honest ? Or is it not intended to play the subtle game of rulers, whose motto is Divide et impera? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN HONEST REFORMER. Gray's lan, Aug. 20, 1840. HAMPTON COURT PALACE.—The number of visitors to Hampton Court Palace and Gardens have this I season been unprecedented, particularly of the higher order of artisans, who arc led there by refined taste for art. At the cast end of town are several clubs established for the conveyance of individuals and parties to this po pular place of recreation and amusement, to which mem bers contribute one penny per week. There are also nu merous vans which ply every Sunday, and at the early pat t of the week, and convey passengers at 2s. 63. per head. The behaviour of the visitors is generally very decorous and orderly, and affords a fresh instance of the improving taste of the people.—Morning Post. NEW STREET.—Great inconvenience has fora long time been experienced in consequence of the want of a coach thoroughfare between Chancery-lane and I•etter lane, so as to afford an easier communication with the prin cipal thoroughfares of the City. Until lately, however, no prospect appeared of accomplishing so desirable an object, but a large plot of ground having been purchased in Bream's-buildings, as the site of a new church for the Liberty of the Rolls, and the remainder of the property in Rolls-building being comparatively of small value, it has been contemplated to open the new street at that spot, which will afford a good approach to the church. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE. ATTACK BY WEASELS.—On Wednesday morning last, a boy of thir teen or fourteen years of age, in the employment of Mr. Martin, of Millbtnk Mill, was riding into Ayton, and while a short way to the north of the village, seven weasles issued from a plantation on the road-side, and setting themselves erect on their hinder ends, drew up in regular line di rect in the path of the pony. At the sight of this formidable demonstration, the pony stopped short, and although admonished by hand and heel by his rider, refused to advance an inch. His rider, however, was made of sterner stuff, and not thinking it was becom ing to be prevented by half-a-dozen " whitrcts" from making good his passage on the Queen's highway, he dismounted, with the intention of forcing the pony to go on. Scarcely, however, had he reached the ground, than the opposing force rushed simultaneously to the charge, the whole seven (leaving the pony unmolested) springing up the boy's clothes with the obvious intention of reach ing bis throat, always the favourite object of a weasel's attack. This was perhaps rather more than the young cavalier had calculated on, but, instead of losing heart, or attempting to retreat, he commenced most vigorously to repulse the asailants manibus pedibusque, brushing them off with his bands ; and then at tempting to give them the coup de grace with his feet. By the time the battle had thus raged for a few minutes, he had succeeded in laying three of the enemy dead at his feet; when the other four, seeing that their chance of victory was desperate, deemed it prudent to beat a retreat. The victor, however, with the tact of an ex perienced general, followed up his success, and going oil' in pursuit, killed another of his opponents before they could reach the plantation, the rest escaping, but leaving half of their force dead upon the field. The courageous ltttle fellow then returned to the scene of action, deposited the slain in a bag, a nd carried them home to his mother as an konourable trophy of his well-earned victor.— Berwick Advertiser. CHARD CANAL.—This undertaking, which has now occupied six years , is fast approaching to com tpiloentioonf. e w o h f o i l t e a extent basie: i so almost the mes tline, finished. wlth the The prin cipal e xee p and only hazardous point is now the reservoir in Chard-common; here the attempts to make a bank have once or twice already failed; but increased labour and perseverance will, we trust, overcome the obsta cle , and within a period of six months we trust the reservoir may p re sent an I mmense sheet expenditure sbeet of water, on the er,oeeupyina g space of seven ty acres. T workshas been yer grea t, during the last year 20,759/ 4- d • . 9 has been ex p e nded, and the whole expenses have been 26,479/. 16s 9d. Of the 1,140 new shares created by the Committee in A p ril last, 992 have been taken. Th e as the proprietors have now a prospect,verywcehseteerrliingpaper. committee hope and expect the canal will be completed in E.—FRAUD THE KILKENNY —On Thursday:week last two theAeaTrlTyEpNairpt ATTEMPT TO n T e o xt y p ear. a at tailor, Grang a e n nt d o M re i , c a h e a n e r l BRANCH BANK of IRELAND. persons named Patrick Rafter, m Whelan, aryboro a n g l labourer, opurroeere, proceeded d h t o residingiiiKilkenny, the above Bank a letter purporting a t e b o n .l ß i b Y e ' inclosingee,months,andf rom presented William a Roe,t bearingi eoffoergxcehdan l E 2 s s ci .. 9 3 d o f . , L a t i s : 1 11 three ge endorsementfor2st th of that gentleman. The manager (Mr. Owen) being ap prehensive,appearance from the not right, declined cashing it witho of Whelan, having elan'that all w 35 more satis factory authority for doing so, and accordingly wrote that \night to Mr. Roe ; upon the following morning, Rafter and Whelan, h av i ng returned the prev i ous even i ng , the postmaster at Borris-in-Ossory an order to give them Mr. Roe's letters, which they received. A reply to Mr. 1 Owen's communication was then sent in the name of Ali% EVENT/1G Roe, expressing his regret at the disappointment, and hoping the amount might be forthwith remitted; but the manager was not to be so easily deceived, for although he did forward the first half of a bank post bill through the Post-office, he took the precaution to send one of the clerks and head-constable Lynn to Borris-in-Osory to watch its delivery. Long before the hour for cpening the office, arrived Whelan, and rapped for Mr. Roe's letters, producing a forged order as on the former occasion. Having received them, he was about to decamp, when the police-constable, aided by the postmaster, took him into custody, and brought him before B. Thacker, Esq., J. P., who, after fully investigating the affair, committed himaud his accomplice to Kilkenny gaol. ALTERATION OF THE MAILS.—On and after Monday next, the 24th instant, the Hull and Selby Rail , way will be employed by the Post-Offici for the convey ance of the South and West mails. The mail train is to arrive at the railway station at fifty-five minutes past eight in the morning; the bags are to reach the Post-Office at ten minutes past nine, and the delivery is expected to coin mence about ten o'clock. The whole of the North mails arc expected to be conveyed by railway, and ari acid de part with the South and West mails, in January next, and we hope that in a short time arrangements will be niaoe for reducing the number of the smaller mails, and ad piing those which arc unavoidably continued more completely co the arrival and departure of the principal ones. It is highly desirable also, that a more convenient Luilding should be provided for transacting the business of tae Post- Office.—Eastern Counties Herald. HISTORY OF THE PRESS.—A gentleman at Chichester is about giving to the public a work under the title of " The History and Statistics of the British and Foreign Newspaper Press." The Wiltshire Independent in allusion to the work, says, " If there he one literary fea ture more than another of which England has cause to be justly proud, it is of the extent, character, and influ ence of her ' Newspaper Press;' in this she stands distin guished above all contemporary nations. Our supremacy in all the varied particulars which make up that remarka ble feature of our national literature is not merely unap. proached, it is undisputed, by any other people. The Bri tish Press is at once the envy and admiration of the world." WEYMOUTH, AUG. 20.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer and family have arrived, and are expect e d to remain for the season. Lord Villiers, Member for the borough, Lord Grimston, Hon. Frederick Koppel Craven, Lord and Lady St. John, Lord and Lady Charles Towns_ head, Lady and the Misses Stourton, Colonel Maeplitr son, and Colonel and Mrs. Jarvis, are among the latest arrivals. Lord and Lady James O'Bryan are sta3ing at Bournemouth. The Government commission, consisting of Rear-Admiral Sir James A. Gordon, K.C.8., Mr. Lawrence, of the Post-oilice, and Captain Drew ; of the Trinity House, appointed for the purpose of inquiring as to the best port for the station of her Majesty's Channel Islands mail steam-packets, have through their Secretary signified their intention to visit •Weymouth early in the ensuing week. The number of visitors to Hampton Cou r t Palace and Gardens has this season been unprecedented, particularly of the higher order of artisans, who are led there by a refined taste for art. At the east end of town are several clubs established for the conveyance of indivi duals and parties to this popular place of recreation and amusement, to which members contribute one penny per week. There are also numerous vans which ply every Tuesday and at the early part of the week, and convey passengers at 2s. 6d. per head. The behaviour of the visitors is ; enerally very decorous and orderly, and furnishes a fresh instance of the improving taste of the people. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—AS Mr. Bryant, a lighte.rnian, was returning from Vauxhall in an empty lug_ boat, about nine o'clock on Wednesday evening, he mat with an accident opposite the Hermitage-stairs, Wapping, The Vesper, belonging to the Star Gravesend Conipany, approached within a few yards of his boat, and he, seeing no other chance of escaping being crushed to pieces, jumped overboard and swam on one side. Immediately Lfcervvards the Vesper went over his boat and smashed her to pieces. Captain Smith, of the Vesper, finding that an accident had happened, stopped his vessel, and, seeing Mr. 1.3 t ant struggling about in the water, threw him out a rope, and he was taken on board, where every attention was paid', to him by the Captain and company. Had it been any but an expert swimmer who had been placed in such a perilous situation he must have perished ; and if he had ternaincd in the boat he would have been crushed by the steamer, and by jump;ng into the water must have been drowned. Mr. Bryant does not attribute any blame to Captain Smith, of the Vesper, for not stopping the vessel, as the noise caused by the two steamers (tire Greenwich boat and the Vesper) was so great that it was next to an impossibility to distinguish any sound. Of course Mr. Bryant will be compensated by the Star Com pany for the destruction of his boat. Last week an eel was caught in the large pond in Biaxted Park, Essex, three feet eight inches long and eleven inches in circumference, and weighing B:ilbs, Mr. Smith, a native of Guernsey, and bead clerk in the office of Messrs. Purley and Co., at G a i ns _ borough, was accidentally drowned last week, whilst bath ing in the Trent, a little below the bridge. The deceased could not swim, and was unacquainted with the deceitful bottom of the Trent, which, at a single step brings the bather from 3to 10 feet of water. His body was not found until six hours from the time he disappeared. His death has caused a painful sensation among a large circle of friends by whom he was much respected. A slight epidemic is now prevalent in this city, ( Lincoln), partaking of some marked symptoms of tiysen. tery and cholera. It is advisable to abstain from too r u pu freely eating plums and other acid f ru it s , part i cu l ar l y such as are immature, and in any respect de ca y e d. A me di cal g e i n o t u l e s n r i e a ga r n ,i d n rteofer cleanliness,en c e toe th e both aboveof person rema r remark, , a a n sl d v advises a habitation, s to those especially who reside in close:and confined streets ; and he says that a vast influx of Irish wanderers, i n great and to habitually spread living the germs of typ h us m most meagre in fare, every place illovetwherey, almost certain want of care and bad ventilation may favour the development of that fatal disease.—Lincoln Paper. CATHOLIC BEQUESTS.-About two years ago we announced that the enormous sum of three hundred thousand pounds had been left to two Vicars Apostolic of the Catholic Church, by the late Mr. Blundell, of Ince, in this county. We have now to anrounce, that the large property of the late Mr. Heatley, of Brindla Lodge, in this county, has fallen into the hands of the Grand Vicar of the Lancashire district, the Very Rev. Thomas Sher burne, of the Willows, near Kirkham. This gentleman was confessor to the departed gentleman. and is left the sole executor and residuary legatee. Various are the rumours that are afloat on this subject. They are of too painful a nature for us to give them a wid:r circulation, particularly as we are informed that the validity of this will is to be contested by the heiresses-at-Iraw.—Lancaster Guardian. THE BLOND TRADE.—Th e stand in this branch still continues ; and the determination of the hands Ap pears unshaken. The machine owners in the k3asti e D on . ington district, almost without exception, have evinced their sympathy for the workmen by signing a paper not to require any rent for their machines during the " turn out." This laudable example will we trust be univer sally followed; as it must be evident to every reflecting machine owner, that the great reduction proposed, if once submitted to, must reduce the price of machinery very considerably, as no workmen can then pay the present high rents. We trust, before our next publication, the operatives in this branch will have resumed their labours at the price for which they contend. That price is only a reasonable remuneration for intelligent labour, and Nye arc credibly informed that the present state of the blond trade does not require the proposed abatement. —Nottingham Rccicw. CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS, &C.—SOLAR IGNITION .—On Sunday, Lantrisaut Rectory House, Ac gicsey, was in danger of destruction by fire, caused by the sun's rays concentrated through a globular crater_ bottle, which stood filled with water on a dressing. table near a window and covered with a linen cloth. E dressing glass stood on the table, and the cloth, having had a fold in it, did not lie quite flat on the table, so that the fire having thus a small vacancy below, followed the crease for several inches under the glass, scorching the table, and actually blazing when it was discovered. The occurrence took place about five o'clock in the afternoon (the window being on the‘ west side of the house), and the conse quences must have been serious had not the smell of burning wood excited alarm. TILE HAND-LOOM WEAVERS.--Last week we gave a full and detailed account of the sufferinr.r,s and privations which this numerous body of men are now suffering, and we then th oug h t it impossible for any further reductions to take pl ace. Since then, however, there have been still furth er reductions. —Norther; Liberator. LOVETT.—We understand that William Lovett, the Chartist, his wife, and daughter, arrived at Fraddatn. near Hayle, from London, on Friday last, for the mirpose of recruiting his health. lie is expected to visit Newlyn We W st, bia native pl ace, the latter end of the present week. —est Br. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—We understand that the lease of the Bristol and Exeter line to the Great Western Company has been signed, subject to the confirmation of the general meeting of the Great Western Company, which will be held on the 9 9th instant, and of the Bristol and Exeter on the 2d of September. The laggard progress of our line has damped the energies of railway speculators, and materially depreciated the inter ests of the shareholders—we believe that it has tended to inflict a heavy blow and great discouragement on our fair city, in the inevitable necessity which appeared to exist of stopping same years at Taunton. This for a long time would have been the terminus bad not more vigorous steps been taken to give increased vitality to the Company. In the course of next summer the Great Western Line will be i t l i ) d r g o w u g a h t c o r t— tv t h h i ec h l ro b a r d i n g w i Exeterl then b within Conti nuous a s easy twelve hours of London.— Western Times. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday morning, a very alarming fire broke out in the property of Mrs. Redford, at Carlisle, consist ing of several dwelling-rooms and two six loom weaving shops. The inmates were all fast asleep, and but for the howling of a faithful dog, must have been burned to death. Such was the fury of the destructive element, that all the furniture to a considerable amount was wholly destroyed, and the parties had to escape almost in a state of nudity. The poor dog, we regret to say, fell a sacr ifi ce to the i fire, and was literally burnt to a cinder, after having been the means of saving the lives of all wh o were in the housr:. Vie whole of the looms and properq in one of the shops Y—deFstroroymed.tho epistle of the yearly m we e r e Qe ti uc r:g 4l7 o l f :R t c h si e Society of Friends, we learn that - the amount of the sufferings of the Friends in rer,ardh to tithes and other ecclesiastical demands, including charges of distraint, during the last twelve in g m t on e ti costs Is, is up' wards of eleven thousand two hundred pounds l" ~~