The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-22 00:00:00

fiIVENING _EDITION. on!y. Colombian Six per Cents. remained at 22 to -I, 1 and Mexican Five per Cents. were dull at 9.6 i. Danish Bonds wore tolerably firm at 73k, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were still 48-a to 49. The alterations in the Railway Shares were very trivial, and only a moderate amount of business done. Great Western were marked 11 ; New, 31 ; and Fifth, 2i- premium. London and Birmingham were 64i to 65i, and Manchester and Leeds Si premium. Brighton obtained 12i, and North Midlmad 22i dis count. gan, and not to the Lieutenant-Colonel of the Eleventh Hussars. The Lieutenant-Colonel had ordered Captain Reynolds not to address him without appending his mi litary rank. In a military point of view this order should have been obeyed, but the insult offered to Cap tain Reynolds was one altogether distinct from the rules of the service, and so far beyond the jurisdiction of any tribunal save that by which men of honour regulate their intercourse. So far from the omission of the mili tary rank of Earl Cardigan in the letter of Captain Reynolds being a matter of offence, it should be regarded as one of extenuation. It was not his commanding offi cer that Captain Reynolds addressed, but the Earl of Cardigan, who had grossly reflected in private company upon his character as a gentleman. We are not advo cates of duelling. but we must say that the Earl of Car digan, who has practically given his adhesion to such appeal, was altogether unjustified, under such circum stances, in calling for the interference of a court-martial. (From the Times.) Having within this last fortnight gone pretty freely into the subject of the correspondence carried on be tween the Allied Governments and France, and dis missed the questions raised through them to be settled by the respective diplomatists, we admit that their latter demonstrations have appeared to be of a pacific tendency. It is, nevertheless, right to observe that intelligent Englishmen, lately returned from Paris and other parts of France, express considerable fear that the great and critical question will not be left implicitly by the French people in the hands of Courts, or diplo matists, or other functionaries of the regular breed, but that a large proportion of the sovereign people will in sist on having rather more than a share in the execution of what measures may be resolved upon, and will re quire a voice potential in determining what the re solution shall be. We have not met any well-informed person on either side of the water who did not express within the last week or ten days a strong persuasion that if left exclusively to the Governments, whatever individuals might compose those Governments, the diplomatic fencing match would end in peace, or at least in a suspension of hostility. But again we must add, that from every intelligent informant, the sum total of the received opinion was, that so far as the bulk of the french democracy was concerned, the de cision formed by the Government would run some risk of being roughly set aside by the out-of-door-govern ment, if that decision should contradict the bias prevalent among the working classes of the people —which bias leaned, unhappily, towards an appeal to arms. The tone of the French Radical newspapers, like that of journals of a similar temper elsewhere, when Radicalism flatters itself with being in the as cendant, has been utterly contemptuous towards all constituted authorities, and reverential only towards the force of numbers—the raw material of all despotism— sometimes the very living despot itself. The ready an swer, then, made to us on late occasions, when we have asked a returned Englishman, or indeed a reflecting fo reigner, " Is there to be war ?" was, " Not a war by the Government, but a war, if any, in spite of the Govern ment ;" in other words, foreign war and civil insurrection simultaneously, if war should not be acceded to by the Goevrnment, for the sake of avoiding insurrec tion. Unfortunately, the unorganised, or rather self constituted authorities, must be looked to, upon this question, with an anxious eye. What think the Blouses? Are the bulk of the National Guards pacific? They form in great part the constituency of the Chamber, and much, no doubt, must depend on the nature and amount of the influence exercised over their representatives by those citizens with firelocks on their shoulders. They have recently made some awkward demonstrations of their sentiments. Could we perceive a general sobriety of spirit and language in the articles of the democratic newspapers, we might begin to hope that whatever peaceful inclinations were manifested by the French Court would bear substantial fruit, and be ripened and relished by the people. As it is, the undisguised mania for fighting must in a considerable degree" subside ere we can indulge a satisfactory con fidence that the amicable intentions of the Government will be respected and acted upon by the France nation. (From the Morning Post.) It is difficult to judge what the repeal agitation now going on in Ireland may yet come to, especially as it is tolerably certain that all such checks and precautions as a careful and honest Government would be likely to resort to on such an occasion will be neglected. We must admit, however, that the Lord Lieutenant has gone further than we expected in his negative discour agement—that is to say, in declaring that Government patronage should be withheld from those who take a part in the repeal agitation. If we could feel confident that this was a bonafide declaration, and that Govern. ment, having taken this ground, would have the resolution to abide by it, cost what it might to their party interests —if we could have this confidence, then we might also hope that, as the occasion appeared to demand them, more vigorous measures would be taken against the repeal agitators. But we can have no such con fidence. Experience forbids it. We are afraid that the present Government will not dare to oppose itselt with sincerity and strenuousness to any point which Mr. O'Connell really desires to carry. No one, indeed, can as yet tell whether Mr. O'Connell be really in carnet about desiring to repeal the union or not. It may be merely a trick to keep up the spirit of agitation and re volt, and to get money for himself. We should not be surprised to have the information hereafter that there is an understanding between Mr. O'Connell and the Go vernment that he shall promote repeal (outwardly) for his purposes, and that they shall oppose it for their purposes, but that still there shall be no breach between them, when votes are wanted in the House of Commons. In short, the conduct of the Govern ment has hitherto been such—and more especially in the connexion between it and Mr. O'Connell—that common prudence demands the suspecting of every thing unworthy, and the fear that nothing honourable or just will be done between them. It may be that Government is in league with Mr. O'Connell even in this repeal agitation, for there is no duplicity ef this kind of which there is not good reason to suspect both the Government of the Home Department and Mr. Daniel O'Connell. It may be, on the other hand, that the Government is really indignant and angry with Mr. O'Connell for what he has done to agitate the country on the repeal question, and that he relies upon the force of that agitation for intimidating the Government, and forcing it to do something which he has in view. There is every reason to believe that Mr. O'Connell is traitor enough, both to the people and the Government, to try such a game ; and there is also every reason to believe that not only in respect of deluding the people, but of forcing the Government to come into his views, 1 he may be quite successful. As no man of prudence and of probity can place any reliance upon the charac ter of the Whig Government—to speak of Mr. O'Con nell's character were quite superfluous—it would be ex tremely rash to attempt to decide what the course of events will probably be in respect of the repeal agitation. (From the Morning Herald.) New complications arise in the west, very likely to give fresh trouble to the " settlers of Europe," before any solution will have taken place of what Lord Pal merston calls the "complications of the Levant." Ma roto's treason ruined the cause of his master Don Car los, and Espartero's treason has brought the regal ca reer of his mistress Christina to an untimely end. Truly the Whig policy, which has cost Great Britain so much blood and wasted treasure, has settled Spain after a most extraordinary fashion. We wonder Maroto has not yet been decorated by the accomplished projector of the non-intervention war with some British order—the resplendent testimonial and reward of peculiar virtue and merit. It was very recently that Melbourne and Pal merston induced our youthful Queen to invest the traitor Espartero with a riband and star, which were ac companied by a letter of fulsome compliment from the Duke of Sussex to the recreant General who has be trayed the unhappy mother of the " innocent Isabel"— the indulgent mistress who had loaded him with fa vours, and raised him to a dukedom. It is not diffi. cult to foresee that the political condition of Spain, where our intermeddling policy has wrought nothing but mischief, will add to the difficulties of the present un satisfactory state of relations between France and Eng. land. The Whig policy has latterly patronised the ex altado party in Spain, while that of France has leaned to the moderados. Palmerston trims the balance be tween opposite principles by patronising the radicals in the west, and the Russians in the east. We have seen a good deal of vehement indignation vented of late in Whig and Tory Journals against the disturb ers of peace and order in France, who certainly have a great deal to answer for ; but, then, may we ask, who is it that has been long engaged in the task of disturbing eatablished institutions and promoting the wild work of revolution in Spain ? Has not Eng. land to answer for much of the evil with which Spain is afflicted ? What has the Melbourne Administration been doing in that country for years ? And what have the Conservative opposition in Parliament been about to allow them to pursue their absurd and destructive policy there, without molestation and without remon strance? The Wigs were vehement declaimers on behalf of a " non-intervention" policy before they came into office. But ever since they have not ceased inter. meddling in the affairs of other nations. They mixed 51111pn because i u n tt ing all ng and with all the domestic disputes : Pa e a n:i t n e r s e u:l f t a , P u u f r t o i l i m b.thee present e n o t n ti which a they t h entered b D woa o wr w , they must people in dread of a European st intermeddle between the Sultan desert and the holy and his vassal touchi ng eities , a dispute about the Syrian e adays Greater of the folly easternth ati this crusades. was never perpetrated s i nce th SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS• FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Our readers will elsewhere find the sentence of the Court-martial on Captain Richard A nthon y Reynolds. Not only is he cashiered, but the Court deem the oc casion a fitting one to read a le cture to the witnesses to character adduced by Captain R. A. Reynolds. "In the course of the evidence to character," say the Court, " witnesses have stated, that they considered the ac cused was incapable of insubordination without some ex. treerdinary cruses of provocation; or unless under provo cation which no man of honourable feeling could endure ; thus apparently sanctioning the idea, that there might be circumstances of private irritation which would justify a soldier breaking from the established order of military dis cipline—a doctrine so totally subversive of the fundamen tal principles by which all armies are governed, that the Court feels called upon to stamp it with marked reproba- tion." We presume that this hint will be taken by all officers who might otherwise feel disposed to come forward in behalf of any unfortunate gentleman goaded by a series of oppressive and insulting acts into a momentary for getfulness of his duty. It may also be intended as a Lint to the officers pointed at in this case that they are recorded in the Black Book, and that a long course of obsequious conduct can alone obtain for them oblivion of their misconduct. Into the internal arrangements of the army we have always felt an aversion to enter. Where the military come into collision with the civil au. thorities of the country, or when individual civilians I suffer from military irregularities, we have never hesi tated to take a part. But, on the other hand, the affairs the army itself require to be approached with great Caution. And it is due to our countrymen to declare, that so general is the reluctance to interfere with the army, and to contribute to relax the strictness of dis cipline, by which alone an army can be kept in a state of efficiency, that, with the exception of a few extreme cases, they have never mixed themselves up in any way with military proceedings, or brought public opinion to bear on the decisions of its tribunals. We believe we may say with truth that the proceedings with which the Earl of Cardigan has been mixed up have, from first to last, attracted more public attention than all the military proceedings during the current century. The pablic of England knew nothing of Lord Brude nell till they read the sentence of a Court-martial, which, after lengthened proceedings, acquitted the gentleman (Captain Wathen) brought to trial by his Lordship, censured him for placing that officer on trial without any grounds, attributed the prosecution to other motives than a regard for the service, i. e., to bad motives—and openly charged the Noble prosecutor with conduct ungentlemanly in itself, and calculated to break down discipline. The Horse Guards approved of that sentence, and removed Lord Brudenell from the command of the regiment. It was natural that the public should be astonished to find, after a brief lapse of time, the same Lord Brudenell who had been so stigmatized again placed in command of a regiment. Much pity was expressed for the officers of the gallant 11th--a regiment which had served with distinction in every quarter of the world—in having the misfor tune to receive Lord Brudenell for their Colonel. Pre. dictions at the time were confidently hazarded, which have been but too completely realized. From some cause or other, not difficult to divine, the old officers have nearly all left the regiment. The Earl of Car digan has the quality, it would appear, of making all who approach him, except individuals peculiarly consti tuted, supremely miserable. It may be necessary for the efficiency of the army. that the Horse Guards should turn a deaf ear to all complaints—that it should be understood by officers that they must submit in all cases to a com manding officer without murmuring and without hopes of redress—that the Colonel of a regiment may do what he likes with the most perfect impunity. We do not, however, believe that this was the system in the time of the Duke of York, during whose administration the English army first obtained a high character for efficiency. We know that, in his time, a kind regard wag manifested for the officers, and that ungentlemanly conduct on the part of Colonels was never passed over. Even in the Guards, commanding officers guilty of no military offence, but to whom harshness towards the officers was merely imputed, were forced to sell out. There is one memorable instance in a gen tleman well known in the metropolis, whose death took place only a year or two ago. We should doubt the policy of straining too tar the duty of obedience, at least of insisting on implicit obedience, without imposing on commanders a corres ponding obligation of considerate and gentlemanly be haviour. Obedience in nll ranks is peculiarly a sirtue of the British army. But may not that virtue havo had its chief causo in the feeling that if obedience were exacted, rights were respected, and every man exempted from subjection to arbitrary and capricious conduct ? Is there not a danger that in proclaiming publicly the separation of duties and rights, the motives for the teimer may be weakened ? The British army hat al ways been conspicuous for obedience. Why should subordinates be rigorously debarred from all the compensating circumstances which smooth the path of obedience ? But :be this as it may, the Bri tish public have an account to settle with those who replaced Lord Cardigan in a situation which a court-martial, approved of by the Crown, declared hint unfitted to fill. Officers of the first name, men who have been distinguished in many a well-fought field, have hastened to give the warmest testimonies in favour of the objects of the Earl of Cardigan's displea sure. How many brave gentlemen of most amiable conduct have had their prospects in life blasted by the maw kish sensibility which would give Earl Cardigan another trial—a trial for the sake of which all regard to the happiness of others was most magnificently dis regarded. We do net justify the letter of Captain R. A. Reynolds but the punishment for writing a letter in bad taste, of the forfeiture of the value of his commission, 6,0001., and the loss of a profession, after fifteen years' service, is of the severest. We justify net the letter, however ; but we can feel at the same time for a gentleman goaded by insulting behaviour to a momentary forgetfulness of his duty. But while w e admit the wrong, we do not the less condemn those who, with the evidence of unfitness to command so dis tinctly before them, chose to place the happiness of so many , gentlemen at his mercy. This case, and the other instances which have come of late before tire public, have made a strong impression on the general mind ; and we are much mistaken if means be not taken to bring public opinion to bear on the cruel manner in which honourabl e gentlemen have been so wantonly sacrificed. The sentence of the court-martial on Cap tain R. A. Reynolds is a severe sentence on all who were instrumental in restoring Lord Cardigan to com mand, with a sentence of unfitness recorded against him. Whatever may have been the intrigue which led to thie, the public will not allow the matter to sleep. (From the Morning Advertiser.) Sentence being now pronounced on Captain R. A. Reynolds, whose trial before a Court-martial at Brighton lately excited so much attention, there need be no re serve in commenting on the merits of the case. With regard to the letter on which Captain Reynolds was chiefly arraigned, but one opinion can be entertained. It was a violation of discipline, which, if allowed to pass with impunity, would involve the utter subversion of all military subordination. With regard, however, to the sentence of the Court-martial, it is equally manifest that no one with the spirit of a man, or of a gentleman, would attach himself t o a serv i ce w her e in, with o ut the ch ance of redress, his feelings would be exposed to such inso lent and tyrannical outrage as Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan officer s under appears to have practised on the hiscommand. The sentence of the Court i s , that Captai n aggravatio n of th is sentence ute ß 9 e o y e n i o t ld is s d b e e d ca t s h h a ie t r , ed • th ," e ag u i r n t i having performed duty, cannot separate with ou t recording it s op i n i on —4. In the course on the following point s o f e v id ence : of thatthe evidence to character, wit nesses have stated , considered the accused was incapable of i nsubordin ation without some extra of provocation ordinary causes ; or unless under p ro . vocation which no man oth i o e n?urable feelings could the idea, that endure ..—thus apparently eau might be circurnstancesting p rivate irritatien there which would justify a soldier bresakintg doctrinefrom the esta blished order of military to tally subversive of the fundament a l all armies are governed, that the Court feel sy which principles o so upon to stamp it with marked reprobation. called upon Court appears to have been altogether unmindful of the distinction between military disciplin e an d the courtesies of social intercourse. The quarrel between Earl Cardigan and Captain Reynolds did not origi.. nate in their official, but in their social relations —a distinction which all, in the slightest degree acquainted with public service, will at once recognise as implying obligations utterly independent of each other. The nom who is a subaltern in the field, may be a superior in th e drawing-room, and the discipline which exacts obedience in one case, affords, or least should afford, no Lunge to i nso l ence in the other. Royalty its elf has basitted to the regulations of both naval and military ser e i nen. b the res ut never claimed therefrom exemptio n from gentl Pousibilities which attach to the social intercourse of and afforded - tii The late Duke of York waived his rank, offended o gl e ., e usual satisfaction to the honour of an while y i elding bal late Majesty, when a midshipman, perior officers, weePeint obedience to the orders of his su perior to a gentlem an and supposed to forfeit the respect those o ffi cers in pri vate puce when confronted with Reynolds with Earl Caralre. The quarrel of Captain til l was a social, and not a military quarrel. The given at a private party, and the letter of Cam:: was accusation was founded, was acuT;eynolds, on which the eased to Earl Cardi. (FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) Mr. Gibson, in his able speech atd Manchester, Lave seen yesterday, says lobe.) o e r :fie thebstract—t that he sany man—rea f man—rea soning in a o stop sht o universal suff rage. This is true — i f he s ets out from the absolute prin ciple of s4j:.gov.ernment. We who regard that pri nc i p l e as having no solid ground to stand u pon—whet a h s er \ in reason or experience—do not find it s° difficult s eems to do, to evade its practical consequences. Why Gibson u ev e i n i de i r ,s ' i Why is self-government to be assumed as a principle of all politics ? The only reply must be found by making another assuroptiou...that what is called self-government will be necessarily the best govern ment. For, surely it cannot be contended that the merit of self-government consists simply in the fact that it is the government of so many self-wills ! There is nothing respectable merely in will—unless it is will guided by justice and reason. One will, so guided, is more entitled to govern than twenty million wills which have let themselves loose from such guidance. It must, therefore, be tacitly assumed that the will of the mil lions is more likely to be subject to such guidance than the will of one, or a few. And this, to a certain ex tent, is true, but ceases to be true at that point where it is most required to support the absolute theory of self-government. So long as the will of the multitude. is not absolute, so long it is likely usefully to con trol the selfish and sinister biasses of corporate bodies and classes which share, directly or indirectly, in the government. So long therefore as heredi tary or class-powers continue to exist, so long the popular power stands towards them in rather ad vantageous contrast pruning their luxuriances, cutting off their corruptions, and pressing for ward reforms which meet resistance from corporate in terests. But if once all permanent powers and in• fluences in the State were destroyed in favour of the sheer unbalanced ascendant of numbers, those who say there is now no balance of powers in the constitution might feel the want of it ! There is such a balance, and will Le, till this theory of self-government shall be brought, in some hour of insanity, into unchecked operation. It will then be found that the recognition of the right to sovereignty in numbers (as such) will produce a despotism stamped with all the vices of other despotisms. (From the Standard.) The Queen Regent of Spain has abdicated, and fled to France, or is on her road to France, and General Espartero, Knight of the Bath, is the virtual occu pant of the Spanish throne. It would be worth the while to compute, if we had the details before us, how much it has cost the people of England to elevate his military Majesty to the Royal state. One return moved by Lord Mahon furnishes, as we remember, a single item of half a million, but this must be a very small part of the whole expense ; and the account of money is not the only claim of gratitude which we can make upon King Espartero—ten or twelve thou sand legionaries have left their bones in the Bis cayan provinces to pave his Majesty's way to a throne—and to obtain for General Evans a par ticipation with him in the honours of the Red Ribbon. Thus it is that the fabric of propagandism is falling to pieces. Spain has become the prey of a military despotism ; France is in the agonies of revolution, which she seeks to avert or to indulge more freely by the desperate expedient of an universal war ; England is vexed with Chartism ; Ire land with repeal ; Portugal is in a condition little diffe rent from that of Spain ; enlightened improvements have brought the Ottoman empire to extremity; Belgium only waits for the first war trumpet to become a province of France. The only States that enjoy health and safety are those which contented themselves with their old constitutions, and with the settlement of 1815. There is a moral in this state of affairs, and we ale sorry to say, a moral injurious to the interests of liberty and to the progressive improvement of our race. The moral is, that all changes are dangerous and fraught with vexation, even where danger can be repelled ; and the effect of this moral must be to dis pose men too generally to prefer a tranquil slavery to unquiet freedom. (From the Courier.) - - - - Whilst here there has been a disposition of late to underrate the advantages of railroads, to amplify their occasional failures, and maliciously to exaggerate the extent of melancholy and mostly casual misfor tunes by railway travelling in this country, it is curious as well as instructive to notice how much more justly the economical utility and the vast superiority of rail roads are appreciated all over the old continent of Europe no less than in the new world. Take France for example, from the Monarch to the meanest of his subjects, from the millionnaire capitalist to the least considerable marchand of the faubourgs, all arc intimately persuaded that the future progress of the nation in industry, wealth, and civilisation, is mainly, if not altogether, dependent on the rapid ad vance of railway communications, and the perfection of mechanical science as a means to the end. To say nothing of the railroads now in course of exec ution, more immediately observable as more nearly facilitating intercourse with . this country, a system of railways on the most gigantic scale has been projected, and sanctioned, if not actually adopted by the Government, not alone for intersecting the who le of France with lines of railroad, and so uniting the various departments with each other, and all with the capital, from which, as from a common centre, they are to radiate, but also for con necting France with the rest of Europe, and opening direct communications through its interior even with the Danube and the Black Sea. Such is the foundation of one special section of the grand system, by which it is shown how readily, by a scientific combination of 'French railroads and rivers, a rapid and easy access might be gained to the Rhine, and how with the Belgian and German railroads established, in progress or contem plated, the Rhine itself is, or will be, brought into con tact with the Danube, which, in many respects, as M. Chevalier observes, may be regarded as the " first river in the world." PRESENT TO HER MAJESTY.—On Tuesday morning Captain Lewis, the Commander of the Braganza steamer, which arrived at Falmouth on Saturday last, from Lisbon, reached Windsor with a pair of marmczets (or Brazilian monkeys), with which he had been entrusted, as presents to her Majesty, from the Duchess of Braganza, the ex-Empress of Brazil, and the mother of Maria da Gloria, the Qucen of Portugal. The monkeys ( which are male and female), were conveyed to her Majesty in a beautiful mahogany cage, carefully wrapped in flannel to preserve them from the change they have undergone in the difference of the climate since they have arrived in Eng land from the Peninsula. They are not larger than a middling-sized rat, with long bushy tails, somewhat re sembling those of squirrels, though considerably longer. Their colour is dark gray, with long feathered ears, the ears of the female being white, and those of the male of the same hue as the body. The male is considerably smaller than its female companion, and both could be placed, " very comfortably," in a quart jug. THE ARCHIMEDES' SCREW.— We have much pleasure in affording any evidence of the value cf this new method of steam propulsion, and we therefore quote the following from a correspondent who is intimately acquainted with its merits :—" Our readers may remember our having noticed some time ago a very large iron steamer building at Bristol for the Great Western Steam Ship Company, and we now learn that this enterprising company have determined to put Smith's patent steam propeller in this magnificent and immense floating palace, which will register nearly 3,000 tons, and be propelled with engines of 1,000 horse power. This is by far the largest steam ship ever yet attempted, and being entirely of iron, and having the screw instead of the paddle boxes, will com pletely test the comparative utility of both. —Glasgow paper. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—TWO LIVES LOST.—On Monday last, about two o'clock, as the down train from London was nearing the Wolverton station it came in contact in the following manner with some labourers who were walking on thp line, and killed two of them and severely injured another. They were proceeding in the direction of Wolver_ ton, and were intent on getting out of the way of an up-goods train that was approaching them in front. In consequence their attention was drawn from off the down train coming on them from behind, and before they were aware of its near ap proach it ran over three of them, killing two dead on the spot, and injuring the other so much that one of his legs was obliged to be shortly after amputated. It is stated that the engine-driver of the down train, when within a quarter of a mile of them, gave them the usual caution by snaking the engine whistle, but from their attention being fixed on the up train, and the down train progressing on an inclined plane, it was difficult to avoid the melancholy catastrophe. The men killed were used to the line, as they had been formerly employed on it in the vicinity of Denbigh Hall. COMMITTAL OF A DRUNKEN ENGINE DRIVER.—Yesterday the sitting Magistrate at Mary lebone police-office, Mr. Hardwick, investigated a case of vast importance to the public, viz., the gross mis conduct of Joseph Jobling, a young m an employed as engine-driver on the London and Birmin g ham Railway, for drunkenness while on duty, through which, on his part, it was a most miraculous circumstance that a frightful collision did not take place, and the lives of some of the passengers by the mail train sacrificed. The offence was laid under the Act passed last session, known as .. Lord Seymour's Act." The maximum punishment is two months' imprisonment. Inculpatory evidence having Leen adduced, Mr. Hardwick said :—A more flagrant case of gross misconduct and neglect never came under my notice. In the situation held by you the offence of drunkenness is one which might lead to conse quences such as are frightful to think of, and you mast be taught that the lives and limbs of passengers are not to be endangered by such persons as you with impunity. The Legislature has invested us with the power of punishing such an offence as you have been guilty of, but I feel that no punishment which I can give you will be anything approach ing to what you really deserve. You have sbamfully aban doned your duty, and the loss of life might have been the result. It is quite a miracle that a frightful collision was avoided, and I should be wanting in my duty if I did not punish you with as great severity as IFM able. The dreadful occurrences, through neglect, which have recently taken place on railways render it imperative on me, for the sake of the public generally, and as a warning to other men of your situation, to do so, and you are there fore committed to hard labour in.the House of Correction for two calendar months." SOUND DUTIES.—In order to relieve the vessels of Sweden from the necessity of traversing the Sound, and paying the heavy passage dues, the old project has been taken up once more for joining the Baltic and North Seas by a canal. The canal will be about seventeen German miles in length. It will be suffi ciently wide to admit of the passage of vessels of large burden, which will be towed by steam-boats. The passage will thus be accomplished in as many hours as days are now occupied in traversing the sound. A saving will be effected to Swedish commerce amounting to 60,000 nix dollars a-year, which is at present paid to Denmark. A loan will be opened, which will be participated in by Prussia. Holland, and England, which are equally inte rested in the realisation of this project.—Augsbarqh a. gettß. THE SUN, LONBON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1840. SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS KINGSTON, WEDNESDAY. THEATRICAL LICENCES. Mr. Jemmett applied to the Court for a renewal of the licence for Vauxhall Gardens, in the names of Richard Gyo and Frederick Hughes.—Granted. Mr. Jemmett then applied for a licence for the Sur rey Theatre, in the name of George Bolwell Davidge. —Granted. Mr. Jemmett also applied for and obtained licences for the Victoria Theatre, in the names of John Adol phus Young, William White Smith, and John Bond Ratcliffe ; and for Astley's, in the names of Hannah Waldo Astley, John Chanalier Cobbold, and William West, jun. The music licence for the St. Helena tea-gardens, Rotherhithe, was renewed. Mr. Jemmett then applied for a renewal of the music licence granted last year to Mr. Philip Phillips, for the Duke's Head and Bower-gardens, but he wished it to be renewed in the name of Mr. George Alfred Hodson. Mr. Chambers opposed the application on behalf of Mr. Phillips, and he would state to the Court the reason why he was instructed to do so. The Court would re member that the license was originally granted to Mr. Phillips, who was an artist of eminence, to enable him to have music during the exhibition of panoramic views painted by him. He wished to be able to give rational and innocent amusement to the public, and he had con ducted the establishment in the most respectable man ner and no complaint had ever been made against him. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state that in the furtherance of his speculation Mr. Phillips had ex pended the sum of 5,0001., and had become involved to some extent, and he was in consequence induced to exe cute a mortgage of his lease and a warrant of attorney to his brewers, Messrs. Goding, upon the understanding that some amicable arrangement would be come to, but, according to the statement of the Learned Counsel, the brewers instead of waiting, had entered up judgment upon these securities, and had removed Mr. Phillips from possession of the premises, and placed Mr. Hodson there. Mr. Phillips, however, still held the licenses, and when an application was made at the last transfer-day to transfer the licences from Mr. Phil lips to Mr. Hodson, the Court, upon hearing the cir cumstances, refused to allow the transfer to be made. Mr. Phillips had commenced a suit in equity to recover possession of the premises, and he Submitted that as he held the spirit and beer licenses, and was in law the oc cupier, although he had not the legal possession of the premises, that he, and not Mr. Hodson, ought to have the license. Mr. Jemmett said that he should only say a few words in answer to the statement of his Learned Friend. He was quite ready to admit that Mr. Phillips was a most respectable and talented person, but, like many other ta lented persons, he had been unfortunate; and the question for the Court now was, whether he was in a condition to entitle him to the license. It appeared to him that as Mr. Phillips was nolonger in possession of the house that he could not have the license. As to the share the Messrs. Goding had in the transaction, the facts were that, these' gentlemen had advanced large sums of money to Mr. Phillips, and he was instructed, that, so far;from Mr. Phillips having expended five thou sand pounds upon the premises, that no money whatever had been expended but what had been advanced by Messrs. Goding, and those gentlemen finding thl r state of his affairs, for their own protection had obtained a mortgage of the lease, and a warrant of attorney, and had entered up judgment, and were legally put in pos session of the premises by the Sheriff, and Mr. Hodson was now their tenant, and to him he submitted the licence ought to be granted. He had the highest testi monials in his favour, and his talent and character were quite equal to that •f Mr. Phillips. As to the spirit and beer licences, be must admit that from some cause or other he could not explain, the Court did refuse to tranfer them from Mr. Phillips to Mr. Hodson, but he did not doubt that they would renew them to Mr. Hod son at the next transfer day. Colonel Challenor—How does Mr. Hodson carry on the business without the licences being transferred ? Mr. Jemmett—He carries it on under Mr. Phillips's license. Colonel Challenor—He has no right to do that. Mr. Jemmett—lt has been the custom where a license fails for one person, under any circumstances, that the business may be carried on under the old license by another. Mr. Puckle—Yes, but only till the transfer day, and in this case the Magistrates upon the transfer day re fused to transfer the license from Mr. Phillips. The Magistrates, after some further conversation said, that they could not grant a license to Mr. Hodson, as he was not the legal occupier licensed to carry on the business, and as Mr. Phillips could not make any us of the license if it were granted to him, they thought it would be better to defer the license altogether. The Learned Counsel having conferred together, it was arranged that a license should be granted in the name of Mr. Phillips, and that some amicable arrange ment should be come to respecting it. Mr. Chambers applied for a music license for Mr. Joseph Ellis, of the Castle Hotel, Richmond. Before he did so, however, he said he must inform the Court that the rule that it had laid down as to the notice to be given of such applications had not been strictly com plied with, but he hoped, under the circumstances, the Court would consent to waive that rule. The Court all knew the Castle Hotel, and Mr. Ellis, and the character of the establishment was a sufficient guarani that no disreputable proceedings were intended. The object of Mr. Ellis was to enable him to have concerts in his hotel, which he could not do now without subject. ing himself to heavy penalties and expetises. The Court was aware that a great taste for music had sprung up in this country, but Mr. Ellis could not gratify the gentry of his neighbourhood with a concert, without sub jecting himself to prosecution for keeping a disorderly house, although the parties present might consist of persons of the very first respectability and high station. Only last summer he let a room to M. Thalberg, the celebrated pianist, who, assisted by other talented rr sons, gave a concert, and a large audience assembled, and among others an illustrious personage, accompanied by his duchess, fell into the error of breaking the law, and were actually present ; and a number of magis trates, who had not the fear of " Burns' Justice" before their eyes, were also there.—(A laugh.) The sequel of this, however, was, that some persons commenced an action against Mr. Ellis to recover a penalty of 1001. for this infraction of the law. It was in consequence of this that Mr. Ellis was induced to make the pre sent application for a music licence, and he hoped hat. under the circumstances, the Court would accede to it, although the full notice of the application had not been given. Mr. Puckle said he would not offer any objection either with respect to the Castle Hotel or to the re spectability of Mr. Ellis, but he did not think the rules that had been laid down for so many years ought to be broken. A period was fixed for notice of such intended applications, and it would be unfair to the magistracy of the county, generally, that such applica tions should be granted without giving them an oppor tunity of opposing them. Mr. Penrhyn bore testimony to the respectability of the house, and of Mr. Ellis, but still he considered they ought not to break through the rule they had laid down, for, if they did, great inconvenience must arise, and they would never know where to draw the line. The Magistrates sat there as guardians for the public, and the public had a right to know beforehand when such applications were to be made, to give them an op portunity of opposing them. The Court then unanimously refused the application. Mr. Chambers then applied for a license for the Ro tunda in the Blackfriars'.road, but as due notice of the application had not been given, the application was abandoned. I In- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Captain Stewart, whom the Lord Mayor recognised as a very brave military officer, appeared before his Lordship for the purpose of being advised as to the course he should adopt to obtain recompense for a very remarkable benefit which he had rendered many years ago to, as he had been given to understand, the under writers at Lloyd's. The following is the substance of a written state ment which the Captain handed to the Lord Mayor. Names are omitted for obvious reasons : In the latter end of 1811, a ship, insured at Lloyd's for 30,0001., and bound from London to Prince Edward Island, anchored in the port of Burin, in Newfoundland, where Captain Stewart was with a small recruiting party. The Captain of tha vessel immediately on his arrival, called a survey of the vessel, which condemned her as unfit to proceed to her destination, on account of unseaworthiness, and pronounced the cargo as having incurred danger in consequence of the defect. The ship and cargo was therefore advertised to be sold in five days for the benefit of the underwriter. The day after the advertisements were posted up, the first-mate brought away from the vessel her dockets, and made affidavit before the acting collector of customs, that the Captain had, in two gales of wind on their passage out, opened the hatches for the purpose of letting in the salt water in order to damage the cargo, and thus enable him to furnish an excuse for condemning the ship and her contents at the first port he reached in North Ame rica, and that the Captain had also agreed with an agent of a mercantile house then resident at Burin, for the purchase of the stock for 3000/. Upon this statem ent made upon oath, th e acting collector instantly took measures to rescuo the ship and cargo, by attempting to get on board to obtain the register. The Captain of the vessel, however, to prevent such an alternative, pointed his guns, and armed his crew with muskets, rich orders to parade the decks, whenever the collector should make his appearance alongside. The collector, after having made attempts for three days successively to get o n board, and being defeated in each attempt,called upon Captain Stewart, represented that he was one hundred miles distant from either naval or military assist ante to aid him in seizing the ship, and that there w as but on e day now to intervene before the sacrifice of ttic ship and cargo ; that this transaction was a most _------___ _ horrible one, for be knew that a person was to pay 1 " Harm !" retorted the race-rider. " Why bas. 3,0001. for the whole to the captain, who was to fly to to you! an' sure if wishin' it to you was enough . es. the United States of America, as soon as the property be well supplied—harm I warn% the nibors sayin 1 .1 One should be disposed of. The representation concluded fairy struck I must have been, 1 was so change,.d..a, an with a request that Captain Stewart would act in de- eye bulged up, your reverins, an' me nose , blee 1 , no. fence of the interests of the underwriters, who would, ' one leg o' me small clothes gone quite an elane,:, _t if some powerful interference were not made, be heavy to mintion the paste o' puddle over me face. Ilarrus sufferers by such base proceedings. Captain Stewart I indeed ! Paddy Scully." being wholly unacquainted with mercantile affairs, MAGISTRATE—And you also, it appears, struck your asked as meant by " underwriters," whereupon m other-in-law. Eh ? didn't you beat her ? the collector what w placed before him the d oc k e t s , an d showed Paddy—Allileu ! talk of batin' to Moll Brum ma g em, him the names of the underwriters at Lloyd's, stating to that used to head her own facshin' at the fairs long him the nature of the responsibility. To the best ago. See, Sir, this woman (here he touched Mrs. Seca woman'slr of his recollection there were twenty names attached, on the shoulder) is my wife, surely, an' this . and the collector declared that if the nefarious plan sue- daughter—an' the evenin' I wint to put in me proposha! ceeded those gentlemen would be compelled to pay the for her to her father I got a batin' that I won't dis_ 30,0001. for which the policy was effected. Captain re mimber, my hand to you, iv I live till the day ot Stewart, shocked at such intelligence, determined, at judgment. w hatever risk to himself , to ren der all the aid in his ~ Well ; an' what's that to the purpose ?" interp osed power, in the conviction that, as a British officer, he was Mrs. Brummagem. bound to protect the interests of the British merchants. "Oh ! bind alive, eazy, He then sent for his sergeant and his recruiting party, the accused. " Keep studdy till I make the gintlem or consisting of only six men with side-arms, proceeded to sinsible ov what sort ye are. After takin' a hoise e the ship, went on board, a nd d e livered the vessel to the two ov sperrits, your reverins, begor Tom Brut:elf:_ collector, and the captain was placed in irons and produced a couple ov smart blackthorn sticks. Ir _ m'am dear, (no'," returnee! handed over to the Magistrates. The collector then die one o' these, an' stand opposit me out,' say s requested that he would allow the soldiers to remain on he, 'or the cl-1 resave the one o' you'll evert.er.nkt board to guard the ship and cargo, which was readily my colleen Mrs. Scully.' Oh I murdher, I'm 1 ' ia granted, and a despatch was sent to St. John's, the ea- ye, gintlemen. Well, to shorten me story, lan u gevw a pital of the Island, by the collector, with a detailed meself an' spit in me fist, wid respects to ye, . r . __ account of the whole proceedings to the Court of Vice- screech that mod the rafthers ayeho, to hide the th ... Iw o Admiralty. In a few days an answer was returned with blin' in me heart, for he was first-rate on a s tick. i instructions from the Judge of the Court to the collec- the hat a slap down on my eyes, an' at it vre oke tor, and also the Magistrates, to hold the ship and cargo, belly, an' sides ; feint, cover, an' cut ; back s t r ight and to keep the captain in prison until the agent of the medium guard, an' knee-pan tech (flourishing his right owners should arrive from Prince Edward's Island. It hand), till I get an' got sich a lieltin' that I wa s s Oin , • was necessary to state that the captain of the vessel o' me life as a bull that u'd been bet three days run upon being taken prisoner, spoke as if he acted upon the (Laughter.) all, you occasion upon authority. In the month of March the " Au' may be my husband did not feel you at r agent arrived from Prince Edward's Island at the port spalcheen ?" interrupted Mrs. Brummagem. main's" of Burin, and released the prisoner in consequence of Paddy laughed and winked a whole life There'sthe instructions from the owners, and from thence he pro- senses at the old lady, and continued, " ahe,s winbbagck, ceeded to Prince Edward's Island with the ship and proof he did," (slapping Mrs. S.'s shouldere) st; tbat a cargo safe. The vessel was then loaded w ith timber, dead a nd g one now, but I taught him someps, and she arrived in the port of London without any in - evenin' he never lamed ov a danein'-en as ther ; n ' _ a , jury, and the underwriters were thus, by the resolute deed, he cut a few crucifixes on the head that was and decisive interposition of Captain Stewart, protected ondher my Caroline ;so that I only wondlier %was° against an enormous fraud. the same for a head.' The LORD MAYOR said that the tenor of Captain When Mr. Scully wound up, it was in Hu . wars. Stewart's alleged interposition was so long gone by mother-in-law that she had better come to part oh that the recollection of it, particularly a s remuneration which she did briefly enough, by informing the I3e ra. was expected to flow from that recollection, would na- that master Paddy had caked a " screeehid !] , 0 .. t rvi . turally be very weak at the present moment. His tee "in her ear, by flinging it at her, thereby dr Lordship asked Captain Stewart whether he had any her to the verge of madness." 66 do communication with the Chairman at Lloyd's on the ~ Here, botheration to id," said Paddy Scully, subject ? ye all come home." r han ds Captain Stewart (as our reporter understood him) Magistrate—First pay the costs, and keep you said that the Chairman at Lloyd's did not appear dis- quiet in future. .0y id , to Cu] ace the ' t. ated to bill posed to credit the statement, and that was the reason Paddy—" Oh ! long life to you, an' health the present application was made to his Lordship. The an' that I will. See here I'll be so o rderly an' s P o ber, facts were well known to several, who were strongly able that people 'll be sayin—' Dear me, wh at a l i ter.) persuaded of the bona fide nature of his claims. If hard workin' boy that Scully there was any misrepresentation in the statement he An' as for you, Owen Welch, thurm ik , f ra me .ro n give , was willing to submit to the penalty of contempt, to hands). See here—'pon me word, I heartilY 1 go od which he must be subjected, in the minds of all men of you, so I do. A good rnornin', gentleozen--- o od honour. For this act, which had effectually prevented mornin', poleesemin. Come away, Mrs. Scully. A 8 the heavy pecuniary loss to the underwriters, he had mornin' to you, Mrs. Brummagem." been much censured by Major-General Moore, then commanding the forces in Newfoundland ; but when the matter was fully explained by the Judge of the Court is'—(Great lauffat.ake of Vice-Admiralty, who declared that as a young officer, 1 he (Captain Stewart) had acted with remarkable judg ment and decision in protecting the interests of the British merchants, the Major-General withdrew his censure, and his (Captain Stewart's) conduct was highly commended by the merchants of that and the surround ing colonies, who expressed their opinion that he was entitled to a handsome recompense for his exertions from the underwriters. The LORD MAYOR regretted that Captain Stewart had allowed so much time to pass without making appli cation, but he expressed a hope that such a service had not entirely escaped the memory of those who were immediately interested, some of whom would probably hear of the obligations they were under to a gallant man, who now stood in need of that to which he cer tainly appeared to be entitled. Captain Stewart expressed his acknowledgments in very grateful terms to the Lord Mayor for the kindness of his Lordship's sympathy, and for the very great courtesy manifested towards him. He stated that the period at which the occurrence took place, being war time, he preferred following his regiment to any other pursuit whatever, and he naturally concluded that if he survived the war, advantage would not be taken of the lapse of time to deny the validity of his claim. The LORD MAYOR—I would advise you to apply again to the Chairman at Lloyd's. lam convinced that justice will not be refused you. At all events lam con vinced that if your claim be rejected some cause will be assigned, and then you will be enabled to correct any mistake or misapprehension which may have arisen with respect to the extraordinary circumstances you have stated. Captain Stewart—l will take your Lordship's advice and inform you of the result. The Captain then withdrew. We understand that Captain Stewart is the man who, by leaping from the Archduke Charles transport and swimming to shore on the coast of North America in the year 1816, saved the lives of nearly 300 persons, and that Government have promised to take his eminent ser vices into consideration. ce CORN AVERA GEM GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH C eturn s For the Week ',ended Oct. 16, 1840, made up from lan, an ° the Inspectors 111 the_different Cities and Towns In Pg CRIMINAL COURT-YESTERDAY John Quin, aged 33, was indicted for the manslaugh ter of his brother James Quin. It appeared from the evidence adduced that this un fortunate occurrence arose out of one of those disgrace ful outrages so frequently occurring among the lower order of Irish. On the 31st of . August a row took place between two parties of Irish, in a court near Oxford street, called Exeter -buildings, and the prisoner and hi; brother were fighting on one side. Sticks and stones were made use of both parties, and the pris oner wa s seen to pick up a large stone and throw it with great violence, and it struck the deceased upon the head, causing thereby a compound fracture of the skull, and ultimately death. Mr. Bolaxit , r, who appeared for the prisoner, addressed the Jury, and submitted that there was clearly an ab sence of all intention on the part of the prisoner to hurt his own brother, and he called witnesses who gave him a good choracter. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, an d Mr. Justice BOSANQUET sentenced the prisoner to be kept to bard labour for three calendar months. William Worley, aged 44, was convi c t e d o f bur. glariously breaking an d entering the dwelling-house of Mr. William Leake, and stealing therefrom two coats and other rarticles, value 6 /. , the p ro perty of John Wil liam Bury. Air. Justice BOSANQUET, in passing sentence, said that the offence of burglary was one of a most serious character, and for the protection of the public it was necessary that a severe sentence should always follow a conviction for that offence. He then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years. (Before the RECORDER.) William Buxton Cooper, aged 34, was indicted for stealing six oxen, value 601., the property of Thomas Kenrick, his master. Mr. Payne defended the prisoner. The particulars of this case have been very fully given within the last three or four days, and it will therefore be unnecessary to repeat them. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, but recom. mended him to mercy on account of his previous good character. The Court sentenced the prisoner to be ,ransported for ten years. NEW COURT.I Frederick Williams, aged 22, was indicted for steal• ing, on the 20th of September,- one coat and one cane, of the value of 71., the property of the Right Hon. Fox Maule ; a coat, value 21., the property of the Right Hon. John Henry Viscount Templeton ; one coat and one cloak, value 31., the property of Henry Robert Fergu3on, Esq. ; and one coat and one scarf; value 51., the property of John Benjamin Heath; Esq., in the dwelling-house of Henry Frederick Stevenson. The pr:soner pleaded Guilty to the whole charge. The COMMON SERGEANT told him that he had been twice before convicted, and he now confessed to a wholesale robbery, to which he was not induced by want ; on the contrary, it was apparent that he was an expert thief, and too clever to remain in this country. The judgment of the Court was, that he be trans ported beyond the seas for the space of seven years. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYDS. VESSELS SPOKEN Chertah, Bahia to Malta, 17th ult., off Sardinia • Alexandrina, Zante to Liverpool, 26 th. , off Cape de Sardinia; ; Phillyra, Palermo to London, and Patriot, Cephalonia to Trieste, 27th, off Malaga; Guardians, Bristol to Trieste, 7th inst., lat. 35, lon. 10 ; P. H. Dean, Jersey to Malta, Bth, off Cape St. Vincent ; Ocean, Naples to London, 12th, lat. 47, lon. 12 • Albion, Demerara to L o ndon, 17th, off the Lands End, by the Atalanta, Shapley, arrived off Falmouth. Royal William, Liverpool to Zante, 13th inst, lat. 48, long. 8, by .thc Patriot, arrived at Plymouth. Acadia, Liverpool to Halifax, 7th inst., lat. 51, lon. 21; Margaret, London to Van Diemen's Land, 12th ult., lat. 10 N. lon. 24 W. ; John Bull, Bombay to Liverpool, 16th, lat. 14, lon. 27 ; Orestes, Bombay to Liverpool, 18th, lat. 19, lon. 13; British Isles, 19th; Neptune, Newfound land to Lisbon, 30th, lat. 42, lon. 32 ; Wellington, St. Jago de Cuba to Swansea, 10th inst., lat. 52 lon. 18, by the Regular, Budd, arrived at Liverpool. Australia, Under wood, out twenty months, with 700 barrels, in April ; Governor Halkett, Bradley, out four months, with 150 barrels ; Alexander Henry, Evans, out thirteen months, with 200 barrels; Caroline, Williamson, out thirteen months, with 500 barrels, by the Cape Packet, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales. Countess of Mulgrave, of Hull, 28th ult , off the Bird Islands; Enterprise, of Whitby, for Quebec, Ist inst., lat. 46, lon. 58, by the Ritchie, arrived in the Clyde. John White, of Sunder land, for Taganrog, sth ult., off the isle of Galita ; Mary, Hudson, from Leghora to Plymouth, lat, 37, lon. t ; Alfred Thompson, Bennett, 10th inst., lat. 49, lon. 10, by the Atalanta, Allen, arrived at Cowes. CATECHISM.—A set of tracts entitled " The Superstitious Rites and Notions of the Church of Eng land," •. The essential Difference between the Church of Christ and the Church of England," and " The Anti- Christian' and pernicious Doctrine of the Church Cate chism, containing an Appeal to Parents on the sin and danger of allowing their Children to learn it, or to attend a School where it is publicly taught," have been circulated where there are schools in connection with the Established Church. These tracts are written, it is said, by Mr. Thorn, an Independent Minister at Winchester. In the first two pages of the last-mentioned book are the three following assertions :-1. That the Church Catechism does not teach the Deity of Christ. or of the Holy Ghost. 2. That it speaks of the Creed as composed by the Apos tles, and gives it the same authority as the Scriptures. 3. That it merely teaches children that they are to say their prayers—not that they are to pray. The rolls settling the amount of the balances of the Off-Reckoning Fund for the year 1838 have been re ceived at the East India House from the three Presi dencies, and are now in the course of payment. The amount of the full share is 4911., the half-share 2201. 145., by which it will be seen that instead of the amount being smaller, as stated some time since in the Bengal Papers, tbcre is positively an increase. The succeeding divisions Naval and Military Gazette. MAIDSTONE a b d e d i e t o p n e s c tteod theto be re gi larger, ntts. n consequence o f the MAIDSTONE HOPS,--111 the hop fair on Sa turday very little business was done, probably not one hundred pockets being sold. The best qua. lity hops were as much in demand as ever at from 161. to 191. per cwt. Of this quality, however, perhaps two-thirds have been already sold. Very little demand existed for i n f er i or h o p s , Scarcely any of which were sold, the buyer s ev id ent ly waiting the issue of the duty, which is here estimated at present at 30,000/. This has certainly been one of the dullest Michaelmas fairs within recollection. On Tuesday, at six o'clock, an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the Ship, V aux h a ll- roa d, o n the body of Richard Long, aged five yea rs , w ho was acci dentally drowned on Sunday morning last, near the mouths of the Westminster sewers. His grandfather, who had just parted from him, beard a splash in the water, and suspecting the cause, he went in the direction, and saw the child's head just above water in one of the sewers. The child instantly disappeared, and, although drags were promptly put in requisition, the body was not found for nearly two hours. Life, of course, was extinct, but it is somewhat remarkable that the child in his last agonies had bitten completely through the tip of his tongue. Verdict, Accidental Death. On Tuesday Mr. Cottiugham, the architect, who resides at the corner of Ann-street, was summoned to Union Vlall, at the h i s ante of the trustees appointed under the Lambeth Improvement Act, for placing a board con taining a placard and a lantern, on the footway in the Wa terloo road, thereby creating a nuisance to the public. A great deal was said about the injury to house property which Mr. Cottingham's plan to get the prostitutes out of his neighbourhood would occasion, and it was contended that the placard causing an obstruction on the highway constituted a nuisance, but no evidence having been ad duced to prove that the placard was placed on the highway, the Magistrates dismissed the summons on the ground of it formality. It was asserted, with some show of reason, tba, as the unfortunate women must necessarily live somewhere, if they-were driven out of their present homes, they would settle elsewhere, creating a nuisance in a quarter now ex empt from the evil, and that therefore the laissez faire policy would be the wisest and the most humane. cause he had enrolled himself a The Dublin Evening Post a day or two ago contained an authorised denial of the assertion that Mr. Luke Dillon had been deprived of the Castle custom be- Dillon has addressed a letter to the Editor of the Post, in which a gentleman who had an he says—" I received, through be mentioned to yourself ), a distinct P subject (who r s e e name, interview with Mr. Pooley on the though not at liberty to publish at Repealer. Mr. present, he desi s should month under which have the Castle order in the present impression I was, from b a su sequeu t interview, myself ;and romise that I should Tuesday morning a frightful the violation of his no other inference could be drawn from proscription that its being refused, after his Excellency ' s recent . speech, promise than its being a part of the threatened of all Repcalers." and John Mill in Sweeney-alley, Spitalfields, to James ears of age. bury, one fourteen and the other eleven ma king fireworks, They were at work with their father nwder, by which when there was a sudden explosion accident occurred of g unp_ 0 no h pes are given they received such dreadful injuries that - of their recovery, from the West Indies, aid the 23d Sth Regiments , The 14th, 68th, 74th, and -9 f r om Hali! f ax , are ordered to Canada. g h and 73d Re- The 24th, 32d, 34th, 65th, 6"-' home. giments, at • present in Canada, a re ordered orders to relieve The 64th, at Jamaica, are un der the 23d at Halifax. --It is with deep THE PILCHARD FISHERY' this fishery, on regret we state that up to the present tim 'reihabitants of this Regiment, the success of which so many thousand 'rel i s h _ with their county are dependent for a nutritious potatoes, has proved, comparatively , mouth Packet. Yesterday being BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR , . Battle of Trafalgar, the Thirty-fifth Anniversary of the . Nelson, the officers and lamented death of Admiral Lord Portstnouth Harbour a total failure. —Fal to on board :the ship oe and thed Docks, Royal had dinner q ua ho fell. At the Victory, Nelson's ship, on board of w are, the day was Naval Club House, in St. James' . scioufficers dining also commemorated by the Naval . ch Hospital who to gether. Those pensioners at Greenwr ac , 0,..,, .... were in the engagement, were allowed . e d • ~.ntliing and a quart of ale, and one ounoe of tooaceo, inner COURT OF REQUESTS. MIDDLESEX. A WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE. " Herring and Bacon 1 shouted the officer of the Court. " We adm' " I appear for Bacon," said an agent. the debt; our offer is 4s a month." Plaintiff—The bill is 1/. 125., for bread and bacon, and tea, sugar, and coffee, and the defendant can pay 10s. a week. " Only hear the man," said the agent, " 10s. a week ! One would think he kept a coach and four." Plaintiff—Why, he's in good work, and gets plenty of money. The Agent—Why, I saw the man this morniug, and I declare to the Court that he had scarcely a shoe to his feet. " Nor a coat to his back," chimed in a stupid-looking young fellow in a fustian jacket. " What do you know about the defendant ?" said the COMMISSIONER. Fustian Jacket—l knows him as well as I does my own brother. The Agent—Yes, this young gentleman knows the whole facts of the case. Fustian Jacket—That I does. Plaintiff—Then you know that Bacon's a precious rogue. Fustian Jacket—He's a respectable young man. A Juror—Only he hasn't either coat to his back or shoe to his foot ? " 'Zsekly," said Fustian Jacket, " but he's a respectable young man for all that." The Juror shook his head. " Why, I works with him," said Fustian Jacket ; " I ought to know." The agent tried to catch Fustian Jacket's eye, but failed. The ,COMMISSIONER.—What does the defendant get a week ? Fustian Jacket—Why he works next bench to me, and very last week as was he got 2/. 10s. Is he still in work ?—Yes, he is. Any family ?—Not a chick nor child. Then he'll pay the 1/. 14s. next Monday. Fustian Jacket stared quite suddenly, and for the first time found out that he had made a mistake. Upon leaving the Court he made his way to the agent, but that honourable gentleman tad him he was an " ass," and treated him with the greatest possible scorn. " A pretty witness for the defence I" said he, as he turned up his nose and went to smell out another case. KILRUSH PETTY SESSIONS. " Oh sweet bad luck to your mother-in-law."—Shelley Paddy Scully, a rollicking, free-and-easy looking unit of " the eight millions," all the way from Gower bass, who, with a fine mixture of naivete and can dour, described himself as the eldest born of " Ould Tom Scully, that was noted through the counthry as a quiet, sober, little man," was introduced, having a brace of Colonel M'Gregor's " sons of A-grip-pa" as supporters, for Paddy had proved, as Paddies will to the end of time, refractory ; and, not content with having" despitefully used" a certain Mrs. Brummagem, his mother-in-law, he also contrived to establish in the dyke of the road, where weeds, water, and mud were the principal commodities, Master Owen Welsh, who, astride upon a donkey, which under went a similar immersion, had been then and there indulging in the interesting pastime of ass-racing. When the scattered fire of accusations from many quarters had been concentrated on Paddy's head—he bore it like " a thrue Milisian"—and with a broad grin, to which Colman's was a fool—a grin that disclosed masticators not indebted for their pearly attributes to Rowland's dentrifice, he facetiously ob served,—" H an g me at wanst, Mrs. Brummagem, dear ! do, an make ye'r daughter a widdy ; swore e away my life, ye'rself an' herself , an ' indeed ye'r a note pair, as Paddy Haren said whin he found his br f og th a e t half burnt."—(A laugh.) The C an h donkey race now cameforward, of a cor had once encased the flighty proportionsina a miserable remnant of a cap fortned of a skin which power diffnepYluckoing pulent sea-gull, he commenced a Jeremiad,an, sixpins ; till k e y. Racin' we won, Sir, fore one an' Jimmy meself an' Jack Connors, an' rim Naughton,lll Dundon, an' Lyons, an' Widdy Maher's sons, i d' Lyons on each in the succond, wid Tommy anotherO'Dca,ai wid our swidges, six more ov uz ; an' I got the firsatn'heLaut ) e ' n' was comin' side o' me, an' we weltin' one A dead hate — a dead whin Paddy Scully kern up. hate says he, given' me d to a big dirty dhrain, as s a s houlder —so that itself an' meself wint heels over bead see that now !" You're young," rem arked Mast O 0 • d r You're young, ea an F Scully, quite lack harm in . never done you the laste EVENING 14_1DIT1ON.. 46 1° ~4 • sj. Wales:per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 63s. 3d. i Oats Barley AVERAGES R h A d G . E l S itY o e F TILE L 2 : 37 5T 6 83 1 11 I: 1 11 : r z ee : Ine : :::::::::4 s '. We e k ending wisIZAT. BARLEY. cum. RYE. E. 1--A55. Sept. 11 ... ...... 65 4 3.5 3 28 7 34 6 4 A 4 j, -4 4 12 i 18 64 2 3, r 0 5 10 3' 3 '-' 42 25 Oct. 2 6l 7 36 0 25 1 5.5 1 '',' 2 42 .; 0 Ah 10 i 43 -- 16 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF Ti4B 5... . 45 ,. 0 4e.. Wheat 64s. 3d. I Oats .......... 255. 4d. 1 B eang " *. ............ Harley. '6.5. 2d. I Rye . ........ 375. 7d. I Pea5e....... .." a Od• DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN . .4. , • . Wheat 22s. Bd. I Oats .. ow Barley 7s. 10d I Rya ____—.......Ase ' ' , THE MARKETS lARKET. Lat market-dal , 95. COAL Ships arrived since s. d. Adair's Bell, Robson k Co. Hartley 17 6 Carr's Hartley l9 0 Molywell Ma n l9 6 Hebburn Main i 2 Leaze's Main. l7 0 Smith's Pontop l3 0 Tanfied Moor Butes l7 6 Ws'lam l9 6 Walls E d BeWiC4e andC: 23 c Wills end Heaton .. 23 C Walls End Hilda ...... Walls End Hotspur Walls End Kilhngworth , s2 6 Walls End Newmarch 22 0 Walls End Percy 13ensham 21 6 Walls End Riddell's 22 9 Cragg Head Steam l6 9 s. 225,cl- Walls End Belmont .......... ~., cp, Walls End Haswell. ......... r: 5. Walls End Hetton ............ 5 , Walls EneHedley ........ .... ..1 0 . Walls End Larnbton ......... :f.: 6 Walls End Stcwart's ....... LI 5 Walls E .d Whitwell ......... n 5 Walls End Hartlepool ..... n N 3 Walls End Barrington Tees 99 0 Walls End BrOWlfflpealf,..2.2 6 , rall., Endllichardson'd .70 cry Walla End Seymour Tees.. 0 Walls End South Durhanh. ; 9,.• Walls End Tees.... ............. al i Walls End West Tees... ..... ~ o Hartley ......................... .. n' j. Walls End bcott ............... Ar `,_ COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. .............---- el°' Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. ' Bean'. _.,,....,- Per Quarter. s. to a. .s. to it. 11. to a. Z. to a. 1 .- 481 ...._..........-___-- ---,,, • Boston 6580 63 7 6 8 777 2 :0 33 3 3226 23 1 : 3 838 333 7 625 4 2 5 ' 2 1 22 49 6 5i 2) 23 3 „ ),. )3 6 E 0 1 33 5 4_ 4. . .2: 5 44 4441 600 4; '3'4 :l . .. . .. . . . . . ~ : 0 r e. 4. ...:: s , Braintree Chichester Granthami mi i g c bh h r it es d :. g e e r : .. *: *: 6 6 - 7, 5 . 6 5 1 62 - 36 - 23 - 41 ' '' ''' 4t Dunmow 54 68 ;36 40 26 34 38 44 '''' ..• ' Grimsby 55 70 35 39 22 26 42 Hailsham Hitchin 36 63 32 42 24 32 28 b ,,` 98 53 Ipswich 62 7 0 36 32 24 28 38 46 il' 97 A o Lewes 5B 61 - 36 20 23 34 „...• ' Lynn 64 63 36 39 21 28 4 2 4. fi ...• 44 ... Maidstone s v4 69 76 36 39 2 6 32 40 Ag at 1 - Norwich , o 44 4 4 Pet worth Roinford 56 74 34 3 ! 23 n 35 '5 35 4.` S a ndwich 56 77 34 43 27 34 33 12 41 Tnetford 6O (3 34 37 24 30 40 „ ~.... 4 1 . ; Wisbech Witham 5B 63 32 311 28 32 45 ." 40 45 ..... Yarmouth 62 '7O 33 35 28 32 33 WHEAT, English, ----- Red ...... -, ............................ ,„ 0 _ . 9 LiVE fvPhoiteo,LpeCrOAN. . 0. 11,1?...11 .. .............................. to 1: 9 3 'if -.... Scotch, Welch, and Manx ..................... ;.), ; , 3 ,..-1 --- Irish, White ........................................ 3 7... 0 ------- Red . .......................................... '? 6 11: • -- Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch , per 4.51 b.... ...... `,.',..1 0 g 0 ---- Irish ... ............. , ••• 0 4? - Foreign • ..... ... _, 0 .4 0 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ........ . 10 .! 9 .---- Scotch and Irish, pet 60Ibs. .................. g 6 ' I BEANS, English, per imperial quarter .................. 17 • ~ 0 -- Feeding . .......... • .............. ..................... ~,,, • V 0 ---- Irish, &c. ...... .. ..................................... .1: 0 7 e - Foreign ...... t ....... . , •....................... 1": 0 45 44 PEASE, English, per imperi ... 1 ... ... ........ .................. ' 1 ,,, 0 Foreign ....... ... .. ........................... 4 :;.; 0 50 0 FLOUR, English, per 2t;11 . 11 * . .................................. ',?: 0 tfi 6 ...... - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish:o**er .............. ........................... 500 40 : INDIAN CORN, ptr 4801 b........... .... ................ ...• „, 4 0 ~,,, 0 RYE, per Imperial quarter .................................. •r, 0 - HALT, per Imperial quarter ...... .. ..................... .. "'" HULL CORN MARK ET: ... 6 6, 76 . 3 .. .. Wheat, White (per Quarter) ................. af.,. 60 s. `1! . Red ........ . ............................... .... 74 . 60 ,. 6 . , ,,5_ Foreign ...................................... 1%.. 33. -_,T,: Barley, Malting ....................................... .•2,1 . 005. :a: Grinding ..................................... _7 . , ; ,7 4: 5_r_ . Oats, British ...... . .... . ............................. ei ' ,.. .24.; 1 5 5 5 Foreign (in ...... ........................... ' 4 - o ' s O s ' Ws. 96 3 . - C t . 445. Pease,lieans .... ...... ........ .... ................................................................... Linseed ........ .. ........................................ 4 .'• i __ -.s. COL Flour (per sack) .......... .. ......................... .....,. 2 0/. w Blue and White .............................. 4 „. 0 '..• / t . ' " ‘ ; . ... , 4 0 83 ; , Rapeseed (per 10 quaricrs) ........................ ' REV' d • 10 la' CHELTENHAM MAR Per lb ' 6 i Per Bushel. 8. d. to s. d.I 7 Wheat Barley ..,. ...... 7 5 Oats 4 6 5 0 Veal ............. ...... ... i 1 ..... Beans ...... Pease 6 0 811 Lamb ...... . d : . ;;•r ...... Hay 4/. Os. to 51. ss. 6 7 4 : 5 9 00 Beef .......:.... .......• .. . 6 6 - -...f. ..... 4 . to _ Wheat, white.........- 645. to 735. ........ ,51d......... , ...N. v. .. . 4 . -- red................ 593. to 643. ......... u Barley, Malting.. ,.... 31s. to 405. ...... CANTERBURY MAR o lC id tl * *,„. to ....s. Oats ..,.... .. . . 235. to 265. ...... 01d...... _ " 390. I ' Beans. 4 455 to 465. ...... G0ri4„.....,..'ndi08" : 43 : : t o o ..... i .. 0 Pease ........,...--.......... 425. to KET. 26 0 0 CHELMSFORD M.All ........ ....... , fi 4 _ Wheat, White 6B to 71 Oats ... ... . •_. ............. ..... 11' 4. Red ..* ........•t; 45 VVILO " ... 4 Barley - 4 , ...„,..,. GreY»,'-' Tick . ............. no , 45 Chevalier 'l9 41 Beans, ~ ......... •,"' Grinding _ .ate" .1.1 -'—'"--------raigiet derive° The Earl of Tankerville, who recently tol could an or eratn on his eyes is going on as favourAblY as could bI desire d sogssie for ail' SPOONS, FORKS, &e , superior to Silver 05. ; rability, equal in appearance. Table Spoons or F°6‘,sig-ticics, Dessert, los. ; Tea Spoons, ss. per dozen; Table Cano, :Aiich 8 inches high, is. per pair; the particular nrietal 0 , .' to these articles are made is so like silver, that it from it by the stamp • ever article made in silver is f° tured in th• t• ' Y is ma erial by tree' RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxforas seifeS Who, t o p rev ent imposition, confine the sale of it to the.° Catalogues of prices gratiE. can onlyatietifac.. BIRTHS. On the 20th inst. , Mrs . Thomas ',canard Shucltstra' .f 0. S. lingborough, of a da u g hter, still-horn. On the 20th inst. , in Torrington-street, the 134 of Kyle, Esq., of a so n. On the 20th inst., at Green wich, the lady o f Locrel'eePr l fe strain, Esq., of a daughter.of the the 20th inst., at Wrecclesham, Surrey, th e Rev. R. Durant Buttemer, of a daughter. CrrP rcir MARRIED. w Woe d t., 4 a On the 2 0 th inst.. at Ns , es t mes ter, the Rev' - • • , ...- •'' of Plurn p t o n, to Julia , third daught er of J. M. ' . n tistr of Nevington, Sussex. the %% 7 1 1 - lion On the 20th inst., at the church of St. John Savoy, the Rev. Samuel Garratt, Esq., °nil ee n f f flath tis ' Albin Garratt, Esq., of Hampstead, to Ltetitia Sara",„„, y anie C third daughter of the Rev. Bowater James Vernon, '''''' chaplain at St. Helena. In nl, lq• Oo the 20th inst., at St. Paul's Church, NottinVewidavi Swindells, Esq., of Shrigley, Cheshire, to Eleanor, the of the late Dr. Benjamin Robinson, of London - H the i O gh n am 15th Ferrers, inst.,in 13 a . nd friends. 0 jolly by his family ge d tl„ l‘ fgri* age, deeply lau'en , On the 18th inst., at Brook-green, Ilammersall ei Go tller.23Jchyttelarieii ohfisthe Green Drage ted Harriet, eldest daughter of the late Lieutenant' lat e , late Of On the 18th inst., at llounslovr I'itt Cobbett, E s q Be O rn n e rt,hae-street. at Tonbridge-well., 31argaret Bedford-street, Covent-garden, aged 78. 01Esq ., 111 Brown, widow of the late Laurence Wrangle Brown, 0 0 n n the lath sot tl i i n n s s t t .. : a a t t H B a r s i g t i l n i t g o s n ; B. R . o 3 b l e . r t w ß i l a m a c o h t , c ri‘olf.ti,) 1„!.q;,.:,,, On the 19th inst., in Woburn-square, S. 11- Lew hli j. ' of the Six Clerks'-olifice, aged 45. Thornton, Esq., aged 22 . On the 19th inst., at Clapham, Selina, th ird daughter of 'l. Alej Of London: Printed and Published by 'MIRO () yip No. 112. Strand. ta The Su, Office, IN°. 112, St"; " till county of Aliddleg-Ax.—Thnrstlay, Cotober 22, lo'iu` luck ou'd .i