The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-14 00:00:00

EVENING EinTION. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. (From the Glob e.) Not many years have passed away since the same class of arguments, accompanied by equal clamour, to assist by noise what they lacked in reason, were em ployed. against the repeal of the prohibitory duties on fore ign wool, which aro now urged against the repeal C.O the restrictive duties on foreign corn. The altera- It:on was, however, made, and the superior wools of other countries were allowed to be introduced into the British markets, with results both to the woolgrowers and manufactarers of this country, such as h tve amply justified the poliey which was then so violently opposed. It will be remembered that Mr. Sadler, then Mem ber for Leeds, was the leader of the monopoly advo cates. Petitions were prepared and presented to Parlia ment, ascribing the distress which then prevailed among these classes to importations of foreign wool, in which all that was unfavourable to their theory was carefully suppressed. The effects of home speculation, keeping back the growth of several years in expectation of an increase of prioe, which the removal of the pro hibitory duties tended to prevent—the increased value of the carcase, which afforded some compensation to the grower for the diminished value of the fleece— the progress of luxury, rendering a superfine coat as ne cessary to the artisan as it was formerly to a Lord of the 13edelaamber ;—all these facts were carefully excluded from view, when the wool monopoly was defended, just as every argument which prove the injurious operation of the corn monopoly is carefully sup pressed by those who undertake to prove the danger of removini or relaxing the restrictive duties which prevent the importation of foreign cern into the British markets. The late Mr. Canning, it is said, was requested to read a pamphlet, written by a Noble Lord who was eioemed by the monopolists quite an oracle, in support of the restrictive duties on foreign wool. The tract is stated to have begun with a sentence like the follow ing :—" There can be no doubt that under a due system of protection the growth of British wools might net greatly increased, and that our domestic wools might eventually be enabled to stand the competition of the wools of the Continent." The witty statesman changed every W in this sentence into an F, and re turned the pamphlet to the party who forwarded it to him for his opinion of its merits. We wonder what Mr. Canning would have said to such lucubrations as the following, which the Herald puts forth as ar guments is favour of high prices !sad dear bread : " It is important to preserve the spirit of the corn laws from violation. It is important, therefore, in an artificial state of society like that which prevails in England, to prevent corn or labour from becoming cheap. The rich alone have, in the long run, the belle- Lt of cheep corn. Dear corn, and plenty of employ ment in connection with the soil :—these, in a country like England, are the great tests of the labourer's pros peril. If employment in connection with the soil be abundant, the labourer is sure to enjoy a full measure of comfort ; and cern, be it remembered, is never, in such a case, dear to him. No : corn is, then, dear only to the rich ; and corn is dear, in such circum stances, to the rich—only because the labourer is com fortable. (From the Courier.) We have ourselves been among the friends and be lievers in peace, although fully alive to the probabilities of war, when firebrands are lodged in the hands of men without discretion to comprehend the instantaneous combustibility of the materials, from the slightest spark among which, for the world's misfortune, they erre o unhappily out of place. The irreflective v;vacity 'and miscalculating arribit:on of M. Thiers have led him recklessly to unloose tile raging ele ments in France under the conceited persuasion that be was the one man to " ride the whirlwind and direr" or quell the storm at pleasure. Lord Painter aton, on this side the Channel, has not been slow wantonly to irritate national honour and susceptibilities, which a wise and intelligent Minister would have pa tiently wait.d upon and have anxiously avoided to wound. As if eager for a fray he and his organs of the press have accumulated outrage in return for complaint, and replied with bi - ter sarcasms to the appeals of a powerful State protesting against a breach of alliance. As if the cauldron were wanting explosive ingredients we have the personal antipathies of the French and English Ministers adding to the ignitible materials, with hot-headed Commodore Napier in the back ground eager for the fight, and match in hand firing the train. Russia in the mean time, with " malice prepense and afore thought,"stands silently b), carefully watching erents,and when the house is in flames, with the revelling and witless incentharies gazing heedlessly on their own handy work, prepared to rush in and seize and sack the spoil There was no question in Paris of a ministerial change, for tlic moment. The report that Soult was expected in Paris yesterday, was not correct. He was indeed to have been pr: sent to take his place among the , 1 P,sers, judges in the case of Louis Napoleon, but his if;uraey was c.nuntermanded in consequence of letters from the Marshal's friends in Paris. M. Thiers will must probably remain in of mac ti.l the crisis is over. However anxious Louis PtAitippe may feel to get rid of kti, he is quitO awarethattbe pear is not yet ripe. (From the Standard.) m are grateful that the Ministerial Journals reca_ us to the consideration of the repeal agitation now ;aging in Ireland. There is no subject more deserv ing of the sedate and manly reflction of the British natior —there is no subject at this moment so urgently cietn.radtcg the best atz.ention of the people of the em pir,,. We feel anxious as to the probabilities of peace or rar with France, and the question is full of just reasons for anxiety : but that is peace or war with France compared with the preservation of the integrity of the empire - -what could we lose in the event of the most disastrous war equivalent to the establishment of Ireland as a separate and hostile state, threaten ing our western coast and furnishing in her dousand ports retreat to the destroyers of our cammerce? A repeal of the union, and its necessary eonsrluences, should Ireland not be promply recon quered by force of arms, would sink Great Britain to the condition of a fourth-rate po.ver—would almost cerepel ua to seek safety from actual slavery in vassal age to France or Russia. London would be rendered a destr-t, and the Thames as little the resort of com merce as the Tagus or the Danube. We need, how eve,s, say the less upon the awful magnitude of the interests is peril, because the adversaries to whom we have to reply admit all that we can ask upon this heed—admit that the repeal, for which Mr. O'Connell and the Romanist Clergy are now agitating Ireland, would constitute an evil so monstrous, as to be pro- Perly resisted it' necessary by arms and bloodshed. As to the right and duty of thus resisting rep.ya!, we aerce with the Ministers and their organs of the press ; het we hold that it' it is lawful (we speak here of the moral law) to resist the evil by the slaughter of our fel low creatures, it must, a /ortiori, he lawful to resist it by less cruel and violent means ; and we contend that such milder means are still available. It is true that in order to avail ourselves of the means in question, we 12)ust use firmness and foresight, and a course which rn .y seem coercive beyond the limits of the constitu sloe ; but where the end is to avert the calamity of a sanguinary war, it is our right and our duty to use the strongest measures. The seditious agitation must be put an end to by whatever means, by war itself, if war he necessary, because it is but taking the war, to which it. will inevitahly'conduct if it proceeds, at an earlier and therefore a safer stage, and a stage less expensive of bloodshed ;han a later stage must be. But the seditious agitation may be put an end to without war—may be peaceably and even quietly ex tingu:sned by means perfectly within the reach of the Executive. Policy, justice, and humanity con car in recommending the trial of the milder means Leforo resorting to the harsher, and to all others be fore a recourse is had to arms. The Executive bas much in 'lts power. Let the ministers of the Crown declare practically, and not merely in words, that to partake in seditious agitation must raise a perpetual Isar to the favour of the State, which no after penitence shall remove, and seditious agitation will lose the aid of the whole band of ambitious adventurers, who look to force the* way to honnurs and offices by practices that ought to consign them to the gaol and the gibbet : they will, in one troop, desert their present occupation. Again, let the Ministers practically declare what all men of all parties know and feel, though in words too many deny it—let the Ministers of:the Crown practically declare their conviction, that the Romanist priesthood are already too strong for the peace of Ireland, and for the safety of the empire, and that they must despair of further aggrandising that strength, of which they snake so bad a use, by further inroads upon the Pro testant constitution. In the third place, let it be dis tinctly and unequivocally proclaimed, that the union shall not be repealed—that repeal will not be conceded to any terrorp—that rather than submit to it, England will carry war into every corner of the adjacent island ; and that the effort to (Won it by force must be a re enactment of the laws of the last century, in a form more stringent and efficacious. This, we firmly believe, would be enough, without sending an additional soldier to Ireland, or adding a line to the statute book. • The South Australian Record on Saturday had the following paragraph :—" In the last number of our Journai we published a report purporting to emanate from the Select Committee appointed by the House of Com mons, according to the motion of Lord Eliot in July last, to inquire into the statements contained in the petition of the merchants, bankers, and shipowners of the city of Lon. den, respecting the colonisation of New Zealand. It now turns out that although this report (and an excellent one it is) is published with the proceedings, it was SOT carried in the Committee—the motion " that the Committee do tow proceed to th e cons id erat i on o f th e draft report sub tted by L ord E l i ot " was lost, and there f ore t h e a d o p t i on 0 i frho THE Was negatived. " —The Tines is not so honest. HARvEs T.— T h e harvest is progressing in this neighbourhood , neighbourho o d 01':sand will be very productive. In the sible in leading. 1° th e the farmers are as busy as pos- l the corn is cut, and iT: more immediate vicinity of Kendal a day or two , -,;,t 1 : :Le 2 . r , ,utitt.—K end will be wholly cleared a/ Mercu r y fro F n o L u o ll id t DcLOstresrailyeidh,,,as returr;eu. 1 to Gore House, 1 tile i• ordcr ii of N oti i ilgimi l itro, °?ting 1(.. tie-, at Gee lin-r on Tina, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. CURIOUS CASE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Sa turday Mary Brown and Sarah Jones, two well-known and what are called out-and-out women of the town, were charged with hating robbed Mr. Thomas Henry Collins, clerk to —, of between 251. and 26/. in gold and silver. Mr. Hobler, jun., attended Er the prisoners. The prosecutor stated that be was a clerk and ac countant, and that he resided at No. 29, Broad-street buildings. On Wednesday last he had been out all day in a chaise with his wife collecting, and having left her at home at night he drove to the stables near Black friars-bridge, where the horse and chaise were kept, and was returning towards his house at about ten o'clock, when, as he was passing along Liverpool-street, Bishops gate, near Fountain-court, the prisoners came out of the court, and, without saying anything, pushed him up into the court. Jones then thrust her hand into his trousers pocket, and drew out a canvass bag, which contained between 25/. and 261. in gold and silver, and both prisoners instantly ran up Baker's-buildings, where there was no thoroughfare. The policeman Cornick, 647, who was passing at the end of the court at the moment, upon seeing them run, asked witness whether he had not been robbed ? Witness at first sup posed that an attempt had been made to - take his watch, and made no reply ; but on ascertaining that his bag of money had been stolen, he ran to the police man, and asked him whether he knew which way the women were gone. The policeman replied in the affirmative, and pointing at a female said, " There goes oae of them, do you go after her, and I shall secure the other." Witness upon going up to the woman who was pointed out to him saw that she was not one of the two who had come in contact with him, and let her go. Witness then returned to the policeman, and found that he had secured both the prisoners. At the station house the policeman produced the bag, which witness at once recognized as his property, of which he had been just robbed ; but it contained only one sovereign, three half sovereigns, a crown piece, two half-crowns, and one shilling, together with a small bag in which were de posited some private memorandums. Mr. Hobler, jun.—Pray, were you sober at this time Prosecutor—Perfectly ; I had taken nothing the whole day but a glass of gin, and I took that because I was poorly inside. Mr. Hobler, jun.—Did you happen to be in company with two other women before you saw these ? Prose cutor—Certainly not. Mr. Hobler, jun.—Will you swear that another policeman did not see you talking to one of the prisoners in Cavendish -court, Houndsditch, before the occurrence ? Prosecutor—Certainly ; I will swear that no such thing occurred. I swear I was never there at all. Sarah Jones—Oh, Sir, how can you say sick a thing ? Wasn't you very undecent to two other women in Cavendish -court, and didn't you want me to go into a house with you, and didn't a tall policeman say it was a shame for you, and didn't he threaten to take us to the station if we didn't go? Prosecutor—Never did anything of the kind occur, upon ray oath. Sarah Jones—Lawr, how can you say so ! Let that ere tall policeman be sent for. He knows all about it, for I heard the words; and you was in liqu oo—you know you was. Prosecutor—My Lord, I never get into that condi tion. I was as sober as lam at this moment when the occurrence took place, and I never was at the side of the street the woman speaks of at all. The LORD MAYOR—Tou had nothing at all to do with these or any other women ? Prosecutor—Nothing but what I have stated. William Cornick, policeman No. 647, stated that he saw the prisoners come out of Fountain-court in a hur ried manner. and suspecting something wrong, inquired of the prosecutor, whom he saw coming out of the same place, whether he had lost anything? The prosecutor made no answer, but went partly up Liverpool-street, and then returned and asked witness which way the two females had gone. Witness then took him up Baker's bnildings. where the t wo p r i soners were standing up close against the wall in a very dark place. Witness turned the light of:his lanthorn towards the place, and saw then the two canvass bags close to the prisoners. Nothing relative to the robbery was found upon the prisoners at the station-house, when the prosecutor identified the bags, which contained what was before stated. The LORD MAYOR—Was the prosecutor sober? Witness —Quite sober. I know the women, and the moment I saw them I thought they had been doing something wrong. Mary Brown—Oh, dear' the gentleman must have got among some very bad'uns. I'm sure we knowed nothing about his bags. Mr. Erdean, grocer, No. 48, Liverpool-street, stated that he was standing in front of his shop, when police man 647 called him to go down Baker's-buildings. He saw the women close to the wall, and at their feet the canvas b, , gs, which he picked up and gave to the police man. The prisoners said nothing, and were taken to the station-house. The foregoing evidence was given on Friday. On Saturday the case was wound up. The prosecutor stated to his Lordship, that he was most anxious for a most searching investigation into the circumstances. He felt that an attempt was made to injure his character, by imputations upon his sobriety, at tributing to him familiarity with these and other females. The LORD MAYOR said it was quite clear to him that there was no blame at all attributable to the prose cutor, for whose satisfaction, and the satisfaction of his employers, as well as on account of the public, the investigation should proceed. Sarah Jones, more confidently than before, declared her and her companion's innocence, and regularly flared up on the subject, as if she felt that a wound was in flicted upon her virgin purity, as well as upon her in tegrity. "It was a shame," she said, " when the man knowed he acted so beastly undecent, and was after other women, for him to go to charge two gals as had nothing to do with him." Jaines Stuart, probationary policeman No. 23, stated that at about half-past nine on Wednesday night, as he was on duty in Houndsditch, he saw Mr. Collins, in Cavendish -court, near the top, speaking to Sarah Jones, and ordered them to move on, and he added that the gentleman ought to be ashamed of himself for stopping and speaking to a prostitute. They did not move at his request, and he then told them that if they did not go away, he would lock them up. 'rue', then went away from the court towards Bi3hopsgate•street, and ho saw no more of them. The Loan MAYOR—Are you sure that the prosecu tor was the person who was speaking to her ? Wit ness—l am confident of it—he wore spectacles as lie now does. The Lorin MAYOR—Did he appear to be sober? Wmesi—No, he was in liquor. Prosecutor—l can prove that I was perfectly sober, and this policeman is completely in error. I never saw him at all. Sarah Jones—How can you say so ? You must have been in liquor, or you could'nt act so undecent, and deny what this here policeman says. Why, he threatened to take both of us to the station. The LORD MAYon—Well, you ladies must make a jury believe you. Mr. Hobler, jun., submitted that where the evidence was so conflicting, the prisoners were entitled to the be ❑e6t of the doubt. The LORD MAYOR—I shall certainly send the case to a jury. The prosecutor—l trust your Lordship will. It is most important to me that my character should be cleared. The prisoners, upon whom no money whatever was found, were then committed for trial. It is supposed that they swallowed between them about twenty sovereigns, and that they were interrupted at the close of their meal by policeman No. 647, who acted very well on the occasion. TWREE WEEKS AFTER MARRIAGX.—A fat, jolly looking woman, named Mary Charles, was brought up, charged with having gone down the steps at London bridge at one o'clock in the morning, evidently with the Intention of drowning herself. A policeman who had frequently seen unfortunate women fling themselves into the Thames, followed her, suspecting that she intended to dispose of herself in that way, and conveyed her to the station-house. The LORD MAYOR—She doesn't look like a person who wished to destroy herself. Mrs. Charles—Destroy myself! No rich a thing ! Why should Igo for to destroy myself ? I was only tied in wedlock three weeks ago. The LORD MAYOR—I thought you had no notion of the kind. Mrs. Charles—Notion ! not a l.it of it. Ax my good man. Are you there, Jack ? Mr. Charles, a pale, meagre-looking fellow, with goggle eyes—Here I be—what do you want wi' me? Mrs. Charles—Why this here policeman would follow me, and says I was a going to take a leap in the tide. Mr. Charles—Pooh (putting his hands in his po ckets) ; that's all nonsense. I knows better than that. Mrs. Charles—Tell the gentlemen, Jack. I'm blessed if I aint ashamed (dropping her head to the left side). Mr. Ch ar les—Why, you see, my Lord, my good lady sometimes haves a wiolent pain in her inside, and so she gets into as private a place as she can, out of the way, of the men for a little while. Well, she was wery poorly that ni g h t , f or we had only a bit of cheese and ingons for her oshurmysuseplpf ; m er,b y ut our beer w as t oo h ar d, an d I told dear, says I, don't you touch it, for d y v o o e ea u d k , rio netf w mt y hi o ne u' d r n e mi gtendermy words, .—(Great d a Gs n t: d e aaytnodul laughter.) may h she he disturb re. )ee Well, e e l in p ts t hh h ee e swipes. The LORD MAYOR —But what took her to London ; bridge at one o'clock in the morning ? Mr. Charles -1 Wait a bit, your Lo r d s h ip. Well, I seed by her com plexion how it would b e , f or t h e ingons was a rising in her stomach every now and ag i n ; and I says to her, " My dear,' says I, " you'd better walk about a bit." ~W hy," says she, " I think I will, Jack ; for I believe somehow the fresh hair will take it off, so I' ll try and get rid on it jist below the stairs. , '—(Laughte r .) Mrs. Charles (Lodding)—Tbat's the ticketoLyLotd, 'selp me God. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Sarah Wilson was brought before Mr. Long, charged with felony. Policeman Sullivan, C 120, said, while on duty in Oxford -street, at one o'clock that morning, he saw the prisoner pass with something under her cloak. As the prisoner had previously gone by without any bundle his suspicions were excited, and he followed her, and asked her what she had got. The prisoner answered that she had some gowns of her own. The policeman pulled aside the cloak, and found the articles beneath to consist of children's clothes evidently just out of the wash-tub. He took the woman to the station•house, and in consequence of inquiries which he caused to be made, the owner, an Irishwoman, named Connor, living in Barrett's-court, came forward and identified the property, which bad been stolen that morning from off the line on which they had been hung to dry. The et idence against the prisoner being of the clearest description, she was taken before Mr. Long, who, after hearing the policeman's statement, called before him the owner of the property. Mrs. Connor, who was far advanced in pregnancy, came forward, and when tendered the book for the pur pose of taking the usual oath, she exhibited great re luctance. It may here be necessary to remark, that among the numerous superstitions which the lower order of Irish Roman Catholics regard as portions of their creed, that of objecting to take an oath among the women when enceinte constitutes one of the most prominent. Mr. LONG asked the woman what possible objection she could have to take an oath ? Mrs. Connor said she was fearful if she took an oath in her situation that some calamity would befal her expected offspring. Mr. LONG said, under the circumstances, he should not press her to do what appeared to go against her conscience. Mr. LONG asked the complainant whether she would forego the prosecution if she obtained her property again? —Mrs. Connor replied in the affirmative. The prisoner was then asked if she was willing to give up the stole❑ articles ? The prisoner, of course, was ready to give them up. The prisoner having given up the property was then discharged. QUEEN- SQUARE. THE TENDER MERCIES OF THE POLICE. George Paskin, a police constable 92 B division, was charged with violently and without any cause beating a poor roan with his truncheon. The defendant had been sent by order of the Commissioners of Police for the ad judication of the Magistr :te. The circumstances of the case are briefly these : John Bennett, a poor decrepit creature living in Jubilee court, on the night of Wednesday, the 2d of Septem ber, had a few words with his wife, when on a sudden the defendant rushed into his house without any pre vious notice and dragged him out, and commenced striking him violently across the legs with his truncheon, and with such violence that the poor fallow was unable to stand. Another constable came up, and they told complainant that he must go to the watch-house. He was quietly walking along when defendant amused him self, while the poor fellow was being held tight by the collar, with hitting him violently and repeatedly with his staff. On his arrival ht the station-house, it was found necessary to send him to the hospital in conse quence of the injuries he Lad received. This was con firmed by Mr. Mackay, of No 3, Hospital-row, Chel sea. He saw defendant strike the poor man four or five times while he was walking quietly along between two other constables. Mr. GREGORIE inquired whether there was, from first to last, any necessity for using a truncheon at all? Witness deehred most positively, not the least. The man never objected to go to the station, nor did he strugg c or make the least resistance. Sergeant M'Culloch of the G dlvision, and two other policemen, said they saw no necessity for using the truncheon. Mr. GRFGORIE said it was clear that defendant had exceeded his duty. He had struck the man most vio lently, without the least provocation or necessity. He must, therefore, for this excess, fine the defendant 505., and in default he would be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month. SELLING ILLICIT SPIRITS-100i. FlNE.—James Morris, a labourer, who has been twice before charged with vending illegal spirits, and who on the last occasion contrived to elude the vigilance of the excise by throw ing the spirit away, was charged with vending some mo lasses wash to poor labourers. Daniel Brostey, an excise officer, stated, that on Monday last he saw the defendant accost several la bourers in the brick-fields near Willow-walk, Chelsea, and supply them with so.nething from a bladder, for which he received some halfpence in exchange. On a sudden defendant disappeared, but a sharp look out was kept for him during the week ; and on Saturday about two o'clock, defendant went up to some men who were excavating in the Vauxhall-bridge-road, and supplied them with liquor from the bladder or skin. Witness on a sudden went behind him, and seized him with the glass in his hand. The bladder contained a pint and a half of spirits made from molasses ; and having been only run through the still was exceedingly unwhole some and very injurious to hardworking men. The accused did not deny the offence, and said he knew many of the men whom he had supplied. Mr. GREGORIE said he saw no reason to mitigate the penalty ; defendant must pay 100/. in default he was committed for three months. HATTON-GARDEN. Elizabeth Hardy, a well-looking and fashionably dressed female, the wife of a gentlema❑ of property living in Chapel -street, Pentonville, was charged under the following circumstances : A policeman of the N division said, that he saw the defendant in front of the house in which she lodged, abusing in the most violent terms at least 150 persons. He endeavoured to induce her to enter the house, but remonstrance was vain, and by order of her landlord he at length lodged her in the station-house. Defendant's landlord said, the accused had been his tenant for some time, 'and, he regretted to say, a niz•st troublesome one too. It would be useless for him or any other human being to attempt to describe her real character so that any one could form a just idea of it ; he would, therefore, merely observe, that from morning till night, and from night till morning, she was quarrel ling with some one or other, and she was the nuisance and terror of all that knew her ; her husband, fortu nately, had become so used to her, that the clatter of her tongue generally lulled him to sleep at night. A witness, who described himself as a licensed vic tualler, here said, " I wish it would me—l have lodged in the house three weeks, and the devil a bit of sleep have I had yet. When she bas talked her husband to sleep, she will begin and blow herself up. and continue to do so until he awakes, or she sees some other unlucky night upon whom she can vent her wrath." Mr. GREENWOOD-Why it appears to me that she is the common enemy of mankind.—( Laughter.) The landlord—l consider her to be so ; but, perhaps, you will take her husband's opinion in preference to mine. He is here. The husband, on being thus appealed to, stepped forward, and, shaking his head, said, " There is no mis take about it, Sir—she is just as you say." Mr, GREENWOOD inquired if she was drunk when apprehended ? The policeman replied that she was. The worthy MAGISTRATE remarked that it grieved him to commit to prison a female whose husband was moving in such a respectable sphere of life ; but he had a most responsible duty to perform, and he would show the defendant that he would not shrink from it. He had described her as the common enemy of man kind, and very aptly so too, as her own husband had formed the same opinion of her. Such conduct as had been described could not possibly be tolerated, and he hoped that the punishment he should order her to undergo would teach her better. He then sentenced her to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for seven days. The defendant, whose tongue had been wagging in silence, for a miracle, from the time she was introduced to his Worskip, here gave a specimen of the rapidity of its motion, appealing to his Worship for mercy, and begging that he would not commit her to that horrid place. Mr. GREENWOOD refused to alter the sentence, and she was speedily removed to the treadmill. THE GAMING TABLE. — Charles Evered, a gentle manly-looking young man, who has b een i n custo d y several days, was charged with stealing a quantity of geld watches, the property of Mr, Bird, of St. John's algae, Clakowoll. Frauch, d; C 0041911 COllll. THE SUN, LONDON, MON ,-, AY, SEPTEMBER 14, 840. The LORD MAYOR—Why, policeman, you have quite mistaken this matter ; you have been poking your nose just where you ought not. Policeman—The woman didn't say anything about what her husband says, my Lord ; and I examined the place, and saw no marks. Mrs. Charles—But you didn't examine the river, did you ?—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR (to the husband)—You look un well, my poor man. I suppose you were up all night ? Mr. Charles—No, please you, my Lord ; I left the door open and went to bed when my missis went out. The LORD MAYOR—And were not you alarmed at her not returning ? Mr. Charles—Why, please you, my Lord, I didn't know nothing on it till I woke in the morning, and then I got up and axed arter her as soon as I could when I took my breakfast.—(A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR—What! only three weeks mar ried, and so indifferent about your wife 9 Mr. Charles —Oh, we knowed each other long afore ; we never waits for each other, out leaves the door on the latch. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, you may take your wife home. You seem to be very unlikely people to seek violent means of separation. Mrs. Charles (dropping her head to the right side) —Please you, my Lord, will you be so good as to tell the policeman not to be so fond of poking his nose arter a female when she has a little bit of private business to do.—( Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—Certainly, and I would have you write to the Police Commissioner on the subject.— (Great laughter.) cilman of Cornhiil, and Mr. Wakeling, the solicitor, attended on behalf of the prosecution. The facts of the ease are of a very painful nature. The prisoner is a married man, with a family of five children, whom he could have kept in a first-rate style were it not for the gambling-table. Instead of doing so, however, he has, after having staked and lost his last shilling, gone home and taken from them his bed, sheets, blankets, counterpanes, &c., to pawn, to enable him to return to the infernal game . The proceeds of these have soon disappeared, and looking-glosses and many other articles of furniture, besides clothing, having gone in the same manner, the prisoner's own resources be came exhausted, and he began pilfering from those who employed him. Mr. Bird said that the accused had had two watches from him of the value of thirty-six guineas, on choice or approbation, and through Mr. Inspector Jarvis, of the G division, he had learned that within an hour after. wards they were in the hands of a pawnbroker for 18/. In consequence of this discovery Mr. Jarvis took the prisoner into custody, and on searching him he found seventy-six duplicates referring to pled,(es. On Monday last Mr. French engaged the prisoner at wages of 41. 10s. weekly, and on that very same day he stole from that gentleman a gold chronometer and several other valuable articles. Mr. French said that Vs would rather not prosecute, as he had been intimately acquainted with the prisoner's family for many years, and he highly esteemed them. Mr. GREENWOOD observed that he considered him deserving of severe censure. Mr. Wakeling remarked that his client, Mr. Bird, was determined to carry the case before a Jury, and the prisoner was fully committed to Newgate. STABBING.--John Hollingsworth, the medical student who was charged on Monday last with having attempt ed to murder his brother, was put at the bar for final ex amination.—The parish surgeon of St. Pancras, under whose care the prisoner has been ever since the above day, stated that he was of opinion that the prisoner was perfectly sane. Mr. GREENWOOD remarked that it was a melancholy case,and he felt bound to commit the defendant to Now gate for cutting and maiming with intent to do come grievous bodily harm.—The ;prisoner applied for a copy of the depositions, which the Magistrate promised he should have. UNIOIV-HALL. CHARGE OF SWINDLING.-John Richard Smkh, a man of respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Trail, charged with obtaining a quantity of goods un• der false pretences, from different tradesmen. The Court was thronged during the examination, in conse quence of a rumour that the prisoner was concerned with a gang of swindlers, who had defrauded several tradesmen on the south side of the metropolis of consi derable property. Thomas Fleming, foreman to Mr. Sowden, an up holsterer, of the Kent-road, stated that the prisoner kept a beer-shop in Horsemonger-lane, and that about a fortnight ago a person called at the shop of witness's master, and gave an order for some articles of furni ture, and referred to the prisoner for his character, as he did not then intend to pay for the goods. Upon reference being accordingly made to the prisoner, he at first spoke favourably of the character of the pur chaser, but afterwards said that he was in embarrassed circumstances, which determined Mr. Sowden not to let him have the furniture. The prisoner, on a second interview with Mr. Sowden, agreed to pur chase various articles of furniture on his own ac count, which he stated at the time, and agreed to give 81., in cash and his acceptance at three months for the remsinded. He then described that he was in good circumstances—that in addition to keeping a beer shop he held a situation in the City, and had spacious ale cellars in Thames -street. Upon the fact of these re presentations Mr. Sowden agreed to let the prisoner have the goods, which were accordingly sent to his house in Horsemonger-lane ; but it .s as subsequently ascer tained that the prisoner was concerned with a gang of swindlers, and that his object was to dispose of them as soon as possible after they had come into his posses sion. Upon this discovery, witness being apprised that the prisoner was about to remove his employer's goods that morning, went to his house as early as six o'clock, and found him in the act of sending away the whole of the furniture, which he (witness) prevented, and forcibly took possession of it in the name of his employer, with the exception of a bedstead which was missing. The witness here produced the bill given to his employer by the prisoner, and accepted by a man named Atkins, which was described as of no value. Mr. Veitch, a brewer, of Camberwell, stated that the prisoner dealt with him for porter and ale, and that since the discovery that he was concerned with others in obtaining goods improperly from different tradesmen, he (witness) called at his house, and on visiting the cellars discovered that several of his beer barrels were gone. The witness added that the prisoner told him he had disposed of the beer, and also his barrels, to cus tomers, although he had no right whatever to the bar. rels. It was also ascertained that the beer was sold under the fair price by the accused, and that he got rid of it immediately that it was brought to his pre mises. The prisoner was indebted to him for several casks of beer. A man named Atkins had warned hem not to trust the prisoner, telling him that he was con cerned with a gang of swindlers. George Mister, a pewterer in Blackman -street, stated that the prisoner called at his warehouse, and ordered a beer-engine, value 20/., for which he agreed to give his bill at three ninths. On that occasion he repre sented that he was a general agent in NeiTgate-tharket ; that he derived an income of 2001. per annum from that situation, besides having stores in Thames -street, and a beer-shop in Horsemonger-lane. That in consequence of these latter representations witness let him have the beer-engine, taking his bill for the amount. The wit ness added that he had since discovered that the prisoner had sold the engine, and he also ascertained that the bill he had given was mere waste paper, and that he was concerned with a regular gang of swindlers. The bill was here produced, which was accepted by Henry Thos. Atkins. It was here stated that Mr. Atkins was in attendance, and that he was in a condition to make some important disclosures with respect to the system of swindling which had been going on for some time on that side of the water, and which it was high time to check, as several tradesmen had been grossly defrauded. Atkins was then called forward, but not sworn—He sad that he had known the prisoner between two and three years, his name was Richard Smith. The hill produced was drawn by prisone r an d accepted by witness. The Magistrate here remarked that the drawer of the bill signed his name J. R. Smith, and the witness know ing that fact, he was asked why he had accepted it under such circumstances ?—Atkins, however, gave an unsa tisfactory answer to the question. He proceeded to narrate that he first became acquainted with the pri soner when he kept a cheesemoirger's shop in Finsbury, and that he (witness) was a tobacconist himself, and supplied him with tobacco. He had accepted bills for the prisoner to the amount of 901., without deriving any advantage from it himself ; but since he had found out that he was mixed up with a gang of swindlers, he de clined having anything more to do with him. Mr. Traill—What is your object in coming to this Court to-day ? Atkins—My object is to tell all I know about the prisoner. He then said that he was sitting at the prisoner's house when the furniture came there from Mr. Sewden's. That as soon as the whole of the articles were carried from the van iuto the house, the prisoner, addressing a man named Ellison, who was there at the time, exclaimed to that person, " We have now got the furniture put up ;" and putting his band into his pocket, drew out a 5/. note, and giving it to Ellison, added, " That's your share for what you have done." He (At kins) was aware that within the last two months the pri soner and others were engaged in fraudulently obtaining goods from tradesmen, and he took the pains himself of going about to put shopkeepers on their guard against the gang. He knew that the prisoner on getting in a stock of beer immediately disposed of it considerably under the value, never intending to pay for it himself. He accepted the bills as an act of kindness on his part, be fore he had an idea of the prisoner's fraudulent transac tions, He did not owe him anything. Mr. Teasers —Why were you answerable at all for the accused?.-Atkins replied that it was in consequence of the prisoner's brother having taken a house of him, and thinking they were both respectable, but to his cost they both turned out dishonest characters to him and others. He then complained that he had been a severe loser by the accused. Mr. V e it c h was recallod, and i n answer to t h e Ma gistrate he confirmed Atkins's statement with respect to that perso n h av i ng called on him, an d put him on his guard against the prisoner. It was about the 20th or 21st of August that he called upon witness. The soli c it or f or the compla i nants , addressing Atkins, asked him to furnish him with the names of all those persons that he knew were fraudulently concerned with the prisoner in obtaining goods. Atkins said that he had no objection to do so. He said that not many weeks ago th e pr i soner purchased a pony an d chai for which he gave , as he termed it, a " bi t o f stiff," his bill at in a few day three months,an d saft thaterfor nearly eha d sold the pony and chaise what w h a e s was to have g i ven for them. Theon4e, b h i a t lf of of stff ,! dishonoured when due. The solicitor for the complainants asked for a remand, as he was instructed there were several other charges against the p r i soner, who was on l y ta k en into custody that morning, and that all the parties had not been ap prised of his apprehension. The Magistrate said he should remand the prisoner for furth er exam i nation ; but, upon the application of. his legal a d v i ser, t h e Magistrate consente d t o acce pt o f two sureties of 501. each, and himself in 100/. to appeaf on diet day week, to answer other charges which may be alleged aga i nst him, and to give 48 hours' notice or the sufficiency of his sureties. The prisoner was then sent to the county gaol. , THE G REEN P ARK. Th e o p er ations in the Green Park have been for some days partially suspended, but a great portiun of the most rough and unseemly part has been renovated. There %lin be no inclosuto or Fl4.a. tation of shrubs to the extcrit which Lai taken place in 1 . 17110 Park. KILRUSH PETTY SESSIONS. Valuator.—One who appraises, or sets a certain value on any article."—The Dictionary. To say that Molly Russell and Kitty Carty were friends were but a " cold reality." The mutual attach ment of Castor and Pollux, Pylades and Orestes (the latter a Milesian), " paled their ineffectual fires" before the friendship of the above-named matrons. They were in short— " Twin cherries on one stalk," fellow-lodgers, fellow tea-drinkers, beautiful exceedingly was their attachment ; and yet, alas for earth-born ties ! a pair of bellows, a blanket, and a tin porringer, tore rudely asunder the ethereal and silvery woof of friend ship. Altercation ended in warfare ; and the ladies, having first pommelled each other, turned to, and " witty a will " belaboured Neddy Brennan, a little bald, deaf tailor, who had rashly enacted arbiter between them. After the direct and crossfire of assertion and denial on the ladies' part in some measure subsided, Neddy Brennan got, what he had repeatedly solicited, " a turn at the book," and a highly ludicrous scene was the re sult. The crier's rapidly-given prelude appeared to be all Sanscrit to snip, "Eh ? what whole truth ?" he said, with a bewildered stare, "to aware is id ? Deth alive spake out ; is it a quinsey you have, man dear ? spake out if you plaze," and he twisted his shining eaput about, pushing his ear forward, and looking needle points at Mrs. Russell and Kitty Carty. Magistrate—You were chosen to divide the furni ture and utensils those persons bad in common ? " Eh, your honor, common is id ?" returned Ned. " See here, whisper hether, I'm a thrifle hard o' hearin' ; see here, be this book ov I was as common as the handle ov a pump I cooldn't get worse usage. Oh! my dear life or you only seen the chuck I got as I was Lavin' the room, right into the poll, down stairs id out techin a single step to the very bottom ; and that I mighn't see the Queen of Glory but 'twas Moll Russell gee me the pitch."—(Laughter.) It was at length elicited from the deaf 'an, that the ladies, mutually displeased with his awards, had repaid his labour with a ' summary ejection. Kitty Carty undertook to explain. —" We pail Is 8d a week each, yer worship—an'— an'—(affecting to mizzle) we wor as lovin' as two women could be, till—till we differed in respect or an argument about—" " Here, don't mind the argumint," interposed the crier, with a look of Buzfuz zian importance. " Well, Sir," continued Kitty, "we agreed to separate for good an' all, an' havin' a few articles in common between uz we differed in the di vide, till Ned Brennan intherfered, an' be gor,' says he, ' I'll do like the sailors whin they're short taken, an' sharin' their eatables'—so he turnt his back, an' the things wor ranged out, Who'll take this ?' says Molly Russell, putting her hand on the beliis—' Yourself, then,' says he—' The d—l blow you,' says she—( A laugh.) Arra, the dickons sind you betther,' was his remark, see what a fine pipe it has.' Who'll take this ?' says Molly again, toching the blanket, Stop a bit,' says he, considerin' ; Kitty Carty 'lt take it,' says he, at last. Well, she grew as black as midnight, an' changing her finger horn the article, handed me the tin porringer as a prastitute for the blanket."—( Laughter.) " Which, of course, you refused, and then the row commenced,"observed his Worship. Molly—" Oh ! azy awhile Sir, an' hear the widdyed mother o' four childer, an' one ov 'em only three years ;" and, so saying, Mrs. Russell held up a bunch of hair fully sufficient to stuff a piano-stool. Ned Brennan laughed long and loud at this evidence of mal-treatment. " Be the powers of Anthrim," he said jocularly, " I was in look, that itwasn't any advantage they could get o' me in that line. Fakes, that was no child's play. See my dear life an' sowl what a guvvawl (handful) she lost of id. Ha! ha! let 'cm ketch me in like manner." " Maybe, there was no violince in that tech ov e fut, gintlemen," exclaimed Kitty Carty, and she held up a small circular tin canister, which had been stowed away in some receptacle on her hip, and now looked bruised, as though it had been trodden upon. Molly—" Be all the books in a bishop's house, 'twas the tailor gev her a kick in the pocket." Tue " ladies twain" were ultimately bound to the peace, and Neddy Brennan rece►ved Is. 6d. as a salve for the fling down stairs. He took it with a congee, and a candid admission that he trusted neither of his ungrateful acquaintances would ever " crack cry till they got a hidin' they'd never forget." TtiE RIVAL SIGNS. Two individuals, the opposites of each other in man ners and appearance, lately presented themselves before the Juge de Paix of the ninth arrondissement of Paris. One named Lionel was a coiffeur of fashionable exterior, redolent of the perfumes with which it had been his habit to inundate the cheyclure of the ladies who fre quented his establishment. The other named Prech ard, was a perruquier, neither whose costume nor his marmers exhibited by any means the same amount of elegance. The Judge (to Prechard)—What do you desire ? Prechard—l desire that Monsieur shall be forbidden to fish in uy pond as he does, for wigs and customers, to turn away ray practice out of its natural course, and appropriate it to his own interests. Lionel (with a very fastidious air)—Monsieur com plains that I rob him of his clients. Prechard—Monsieur takes airs on himself because he plies his tongs in a salon, for which he never has paid one farthing of rent, and doesn't mean it either. That what he calls driving a " slap-up" business (se faire mousier). Lionel—M3 devilish plain that that is no object of your ambition. (Addressing the Bench)—The tact is, th,xt Monsieur has discovered a most economical method of shaving without soap, and without pain t oo . H e d oes not feel the smallest pain for the torture which he in flicts on his customers. Judge—This is no place to enter into these disputes. Explain to me, M. Prechard, in what respect your neigbhour, M. Lionel has injured you. Prechard—Readily. You are aware, Monsieur le Juge de Paix, that though they say, " goof wine needs no bush," it is impossible that an establishment like mine can be carried on successfully without a showy sign. I was on the look out for one when I first en tered business. I sought in all directions for a long time. At length I succeeded in obtaining one, which for a perruquier was very original. I put it up in 1809, when vrruques were much in fashion. Judge—What was this sign ? Prechard—lt represented a man decently clad, and of about the middle age, hanging from a tree by his long hair. In this image you will readily recognise Ab salom—(Laughter)—that unfortunate son of David, who had so great an antipathy to hairdressers. Judge—Your sign was, then, " Absalom ?" Prechard—Precisely, Monsieur le Jage ; and be neath this biblical picture were written these lines : " Passers-by, behold Absalom Hung by the hair ; Had he carried a wig, He would not have been there!' Judge (laughing)—The verse is spirituel, and I can not conceive how your young confrere could have thought of damaging a sign like this. Prechard—lt was, nevertheless, in my sign that he wounded me. He thought proper to criLicise it in his, for he also had a sign constructed. Judge—Describe it to the tribunal. Prechard (indignantly)—Can I soil my lips by re, citing such guard-room rhyme ? Let him repeat it him, self, if he chooses. Lionel—l shall repeat the words that are alleged to be so insulting. My sign is in praise of my profession, your's is in favour of that which you follow. Etch has his rights. Judge—Pray give us an idea of it. Lionel—Nothing easier. In the first place, there is no more criestion of Absalom in my sign than if David had placed his children in the Hospital of St. Vincent de Panic. It is simply a man, clad like our first father, who is on the point of drowning himself. A bold citizen, who knows how to swim, strives to seize his hair for the purpose of saving him. But he must die, Monsieur le Juge, his lot is inevitably east ; for the moribund carries a wig, and it is this alone which remains in the hands of his generous saviour ! Beneath are inscribed these lines : " 'Were you paid ev'n for shaving Wear your own hair ; He might ne'er have been drowned, But a wig he would wear!" This quotation was followed by a deal of laughter, at the conclusion of which the Judge, pronouncing that no direct injury could be proved to have been i n fli c t e d b y the second sign, dismissed the complaint, advising both parties to attend to their business, and rival each other as well by the neatness of their salons as their signs, and by their polite attention to their customers. From Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen-waters, Herb:, to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank o•f England. —Gentlemen, having 'seen deaf for many years, I was induced from recommendation to try your Invisible Voice Conductors, and I have great pleasure in telling you that they enable me to hear persons in company and at a place of worship most distinctly; and ha consequence of the great ad vantage which I have derived, I have recommended many persons to you, and I am happy to state that their report is similar to mine, most favourable, The Spectacles and Hand glass which you have sent me are very excellent, and suit my sight precisely, and surpass anything of the kind I have ever tried ; the transparency of which is so brilliant, that although I have passed my 86th year, the 22d of May last, yet they en• able me to read, Etc., by candle-light with the greatest ease and comfort to myself.—Gentlemen, I return you my best thanks, and remain your most obedient servant, HENILT COWPEL-22d of June, lB39.—The Messrs. Solomons state that there are numerous persons in London and in the country, as well as in Ireland, assuming the name of Solomons, who have endeavoured to imitate their Invisible Operative Voice Conductor and newly. invented Spectacle Lenses, but the ma terials being a secret to themselves, and the various mode of their application to the eye and ear not being known to them, their spurious imitations have therefore been found to be use less. The Messrs. S. hate no connection with persons of the same name : their valuable inventions are solely confined to their Establishments, 39, Albemarle-street, and 76, King William -street, Bank. _ _ Tile Duke of Rutland, accompanied by his brother, Lord Charles Mamma:, M.P.. and Lord Gecrge and Lay Adeliza Manners, have arrived at Belvoir from Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. i:ADFUL FIRE. ~„i6 OF TWO LIVES. Yesterdn„ ireiag, between one and two o'clock, a fire broks. ;in the lower part of the Ja cob's Well publi,iouse, occupied by Mr. Vanderseen, Milton-street, FO•strcet, Cripplegate. The firemen h a lg succeeded in reaching the first floor, or benefit cl, room, directed their utmost exer tions in endcavourit„to prevent the fire extending to the upper part of t. premises, but every effort was unavoilit,g, and befor the hour of two the whole con tents were one burnitimass. From the confusionihat prevailed, the painful in telligence of lives haviri,?een lost was not known to the firemen till the fleas had somewhat subsided, when it was ascertained T at the bar-girl, named Jane, iind a young man named ',omas Newman, were miss ing. A search took pla , : i)y the firemen, and about seven o'clock they succeen ,in finding the two unfor tunate persons. The forme was but slightly injured from the fire, and died no ddit from suffocation, but the latter (Newman) presented most dreadful spec tacle, his legs and thighs being unt to a cinder. It appeared that about halfi l t one o'clock the fire was first seen at the bar window n Phillips's-court by an inhabitant, who with others is to the spot, and on seeing the deceased girl at th t ' indows, called on her to throw herself out, but she •so terrified that she seemed incapable of making • • attempt for her own preservation. Mr. men imme diately afterwards rushed up stairs t, cider in the loft with the girl in his arms (by whici -s the other inmates had escaped), but on reaching le top step he was overcome by the smoke, and „ made his way to the roof, called to the girl to h im, but it appeared that she ran back to Mr. Vi... - :en's room, where no doubt she was so overpowered, on endea vouring to reach the front window, she dropd down in the attempt. Newman was found lying on is face in his own room, and no doubt is entertained !n that he must have been in a deep slutnt)er when the broke out, and unable to leave the spot, or attempt Icape• The entire stock, building, and furniture, are co; 'rstely consumed, and not a vestige of the property sat tth the exception of a few pictures in the club-room. SIR THOMAS BROWNE'S REMAINS. The following letter, of interest to all who lot elder literature, needs no introduction : Norwich, Sept. 5, 1540. Sin,—l forward you an account of the recent acci dental discovery of Sir Thomas Browne's remains in the church of St. Peter Mancroft, in this city. Sc ine workmen were employed in digging a grave within the area before the altar, when their pickaxe struck or. a hard substance, which turned out to be a coffin-plate, which was unluckily split by the force of the blow. I . was a small, antique, brass shield, bearing the fo)lowin i inscription :-- " Aroplissimus Vir Dns. Thomas Browne, Miles, Medicines Dr., Annos natus 77, Denatus 12 Die Men sis Octobris Anno Dni. 1682, hoc loculo indormiens. corporis Spagyrici pulvere plumbum in aurum convertit." On a closer inspection, the coffin, quaintly describe° above as having been " transmuted into gold" by the potent " dust" of the mighty " alchymist," was found to have been literally converted into a carbonate of lead, which crumbled at the touch, disclosing the bones of its illustrious tenant. There is no truth whatever in the report, pretty widely circulated, that the " features remained entire." The flesh had returned " to earth as it was, but the hair of the beard was in good preservation. A portion of this was compared with its representation in oil painting of the kni4ht, suspended in the vestry, and the colour of the original corresponded exactly with that of the copy. Now we have the testimony of Sir Thomas Browne himself, that " teeth, bones, and hair give the most lasting defiance to corruption." The skull was sound, and still contained a mass of brain. Unhappily for the phrenologists, the forehead was narrow, low, and reced hig ; whereas that part appropriated to the animal pro penalties was unusually large. It may be right, per haps, to add, that the venerable bones thus fortuitously exposed were seen by few, ani were reverently handled. Af,er having slept undisturbed for more than a century and a half, it was reasonable to presume that they had become incorporated with the soil ; no sort of blame, therefore, could reasonably attach to the selection of their resting place for another occupant. I have thus given the true particulars of a circumstance which I should not have made public, had not erroneous re ports gone abroad respecting it.— I am, &e. THOMAS D. EATON. —ilthenaum. STATE OF OUR POPULATION. The prosperity of a State, by which it is to be un derstood the wealth and happiness of a nation, neces sarily depends upon the availableness of the industry of the people, or the certainty and facility of obtaining a just and ample compensation for its exercise. The ability of every man to procure constant employment, at wages more than sufficient to the purchase of the mere necessaries of life for himself and family, consti tutes the best possible evidence of the sound condition and wise government of the community ; whilst ab sence or uncertainty of employment, and deficiency in the amount of remuneration for the labourer, are as unquestionably proofs of national misery and de gradation, nor less so of the mal-administration of the national affairs. And this is manifestly our condition ; for, with an industrial population of 25,000,000, and with ample and available means for their beneficial employment (benefi cially to themselves and to their country), it is a lament able fact that a very considerable portion of this vast productive and creative power of the nation is allowed to run waste, and, as a natural consequence, to run riot, inflicting countless evils upon sociei%y, instead of confer ring and accumulating benefits upon it.dividuals and an aggregate of w e alth an d p ros p er ity u pon the community. Hundreds of thousands of our men are without work, and millions of them without beneficial employment. The entire agricultural industry of the country has long been at a discount, the husbandman's invest ment of labour and skill not returning him the means of providing for himself (to say nothing of his family) the nutrition upon which to draw for the strength of the morrow. With a very limited allowance of dry bread for his dinner, and without the remotest chance of making pecuniary provision for accident, infirmity, or old age, on the illness of his wife or child he appeals to the parochial surgeon for aid ; and, when under such infliction personally, he is obliged to become the inmate of the workhouse. Unable to purchase clothing for his little ones, the mother is a beggar of the cast-off apparel of the neighbouring gentry. Want and suffering, under heavy and incessant toil, have taught him to regard health and strength as of questionable advantage—his country, as one not worth the living in—his superiors, as unfeeling taskmasters—personal independence, hut a dream of the imagination—and life itself no better than an oppressive tenure of an unproductive soil.— Anti-Corn-law Circular. CL,httICAL OATHS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As a great many persons appear to be totally ignorant that an oath is required to be taken by every clergyman previous to his being admitted by the Bishop to any living, and those who have heard of such an oath may, not be aware of its serious nature, I beg leave to transmit for the perusal and reflection of your readers the one above alluded to :—" I, A. 8., do swear that I have made no Sirnoniacal payment, contract, or promise, directly or indirectly, by myself or by an other, to my knowledge, or with my consent, to any person or per sons whatever, for or concerning the procuring or ob taining of this ecclesiastical dignity, place, preferment, lr living, nor will at any time hereafter perform or sa tisfy any such kind of payment, contract, or promise made by any other without my knowledge or consent, so help me God through Jesus Christ." Note or comment would only tend to destroy the effect of such a solemn appeal to God, and the sacred character of those to whom it is tendered is a sufficient pledge of its inviolability. An inroluntary shudder is produced at the bare possibility of any one being found capable of justifying the breach of such an oath under any circumstances whatever. A BELIEVER IN THE REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS OF THE GOSPEL. Wells, Sept. 10, 1840. THE CASHMERE SHAWL.—We are requested to state that " The Cashmere Shawl," an Eastern fiction, by Capt. White, author of " The King's Page," " Al mack's Revisited," &c., in 3 vols. post Bvo., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough -street, and may now be bad at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has also jest published the new historical romance " Oliver Cromwell," edited by Horace Smith, Esq., author of Brambletye House," &c., 3 vols., and has just ready for publication a new work of fiction entitled " The History of a Flirt," related by herself. MAN, A WONDERFUL BEING.-0 man I lord of the creation I what will be the limit to tby inver,- tive genius ? What prodigies hast thou not already ac complished I Thou hast erected houses to shield thee from the elements ; mansions and pa; aces have also st ? rung up at thy command. Thou hest constructed ships and steamers to bear thee over the great 'Jeep to distant climes, and bast invented the mariner's compass to guide thee on thy voy age. Wa'cches and chronometers to measure time, own thee for their maker. Thou bast manufactured gul ls and, gunpowder to destroy thi ne enem i es, and a l so the birds of the air and beasts of the field. Thou has brought to won derful per fection the art of printing, and hest disecmin ated know ledge among men in the remotest co rners of the earth. Tnou hast made the Sun itself turn arti 'lst, and sketch from nature. The Red Indian acknowledg( ts thy 3 uperiority. Thou hast tamed the lordly lion and tbe wild elephant. Thou hast made railways and carriages to. carry th ce swifter than the wind. Thou bast passed a night in a e clouds, and has crossed the Channel in a bal loon I TI .ou hast, I,v means of the diving-bell, visited the recesse, i of the au ! Thou bast constructed bridr,zcs ovor riot lrs, and ~v thou best made roads uudsr them 1.-4 Suutisic? 'a Jay • at Greenwich. EVENING EMTIOIsI. NAVAL INTELLIGEN( (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. U.—The E , poir was left in the Tagus on the 26th ult. The Trineulo was at Cad's ; and the Jaseur at Gibraltar, on the 28th ult. Thetwo French steam-vessels of war, after staying a week at , Gibraltar, had left that port for Africa, it was believe+. for Senegal. The Persian arrived at British Accra, from SheeT ness, on the 24th June ; the Wolverine, from Princes' on the Gth July, and sailed on the 7th for St. Thomas's ; and the Lynx on the 6th, and sailed on the 7th on a cruise. The Snake, 16, Commander J. Hay, arrived at Spi''ff head last evening, from the `v est Indies, to be paid 0 : " It appears that neither the Salamander nor COM:e steam-vessels, are to be paid off ; they are equiPll at Woolwich with great dispatch. They at Spithead about the last week in September. irbe Medea will leave Woolwich on the 24th. The A r e° . vies is fitting at Chatham, for the Alediterranean,: These four steam ships will increase Sir R. Stopforci, force to ten powerful steam vessels of war, he having already the Gorgon, Cyclops, Phomix, .Rhadamantbasi Hydra, and Stromboli ; and to which there are sever' steamers already fitted for guns, &c., employed in th' conveyance of the mails, such as the Acheron, Vole /In° ' Prometheus, Hamra, Alecto, &c, will be bot The Vengeance, 84, is fitting at Plymouth for re moval to this harbour, where she will be got ready for immediate commission. The Formidable, 84, is ordered to Chatham from Sheerness, to be docked and fitted for sea. The Cockatrice schooner, and Mutine packet brig' have arrived at Chatham, to be paid off. 'led The St r omboli steamer, Commander Williams, 5,41 d; on Sunday last, with Marines on board, for the Ale terranean. The Atholl troop ship`, Mr. Bellamy, master, went out of harbour on Thursda;', and sailed direct for (Pe_ be. 7, to bring troops to England, from that country NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. to, APPOINTMENTS.—Mates—Hon. T. A. Paket.pii to the Excellent ; W. C. Willie and John 01' Boyd, to the Niger expedition. 2d Master—Mr. H. W. T. Green, to the Atholl.ft. Midshipmen—James Hunt, to the Stromboli; G. Compton, to the Britannia, u So Assistant Surgeon—Andrew Lillie, to the w° ampton ; Dr. Robert Clarke, to the 'Winchester. b o ll. T C h le e rk— foll C o h w a in rl g es N R a ic v l a l l ard s s u ( rg in eo c n h s ar h g a e) v , e t.o fee S iT t e r i r ect tli s e : ank of Inspector and Deputy Inspector of 1 1 °, 1 0 " a nd --To be Inspectors—Sir David Dickson, hi' m "l D. Richardson. To be Deputy Inspectoll'e°3l, sortimer, Esq., Henry Parkin, Esq., John I“ Pn virra. Ei., Dr. R. Armstrong, Dz. John Liddell, Dr. a, Oliver Evans, Esq. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 11.—The Lords of the for Y . ty left here in the Firebrand steamer, on Friday' litoouth and Pembroke. tYW Ir. George Harvey, Second Master of her Alaies „k 0 sti Tier Medusa, has been promoted to the ra— M er, and appointed to her Majesty's steame r Attie Cat - ; , . Trotter, fitting for the expedition of the Nig i e r ' e f, R A titaining in Hamoaze—lmpregnable, Sa n j°s er Calc!tra, Belleisle, Sylph, Netley, Carron 104— Ni: Falmouth lighter. Wel t 'oarnpool—Shearwater steamer bound to the In In the Sound—Rodney, Southampton, Lor d ,i 4- doch convict-ship. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 12.—The Cygnet brig , . " 4 of Wilson, for the Cape of Good Hope and G Africa, arrived here on T (i "Tuesday last, from the as • ward, to be paid in advance, previous ,to to her destination. sty The Comet steamer, arrived here on Sun with a detachment of marines belonging to this divls ~,, and two officers, Lieuts. Campbell and Doratt. t o The Donegal is ordered to this port from Llsboo , be be placed in a state of ordinary. Her crew are t° ,,t, turned over to the Britannia to complete her cornPiere-me The North Star is ordered home, and she wil l c°-- d b e fi . i t . t a e r into harbour to make good her defects, and The V. non East Indiaman, fitted with aux' : k r steam machinery, is expected early in the ensuing vv-e on her outward voyage to the Eastern world. IT A P.'"" WARLIKE PREPARATIONS AT THE DOCI" . the The workmen are now employed extra tie l , e Indus, 84, and she is to be got ready with ah i f s ' r - o hlo s ible dispatch. The same nmount of activity is e " s a e ij this on other ships at the Eastern Yards. Am id . - hips is bustle, however, the want of hands to man therri,e)3ri the most important point for consideration . ~: e nc e ef tannia, 120, cannot proceed to sea in con" " the THE P deficiency in her crew. p• ne ber, INCHER SCHOONER.—The unfortuna te "„ I „,dirs, which, it will be remembered by most of our to upset in a heavy squall on her way from Chatha:lnhed, this port in 1838, when every soul on board Per; S " - „J was three months after the fatal accident raised t brought into this harbour, and sold to a Mr. Ward , ( S London, and by him to a Mr. Reid, of Glasgow.T o , latter purchaser fitted her out, and she madeoneY vo "sij to the Mediterranean, commanded by a person minc" Clonton, for fruit. On the 15th of Januarylast sh e sailed again for the same place, and has n ever B i n eel t heard of, having in all probability fo un d ere d a rilo sea, without a soul escaping to r e l a t e t h e account o f 1,, ill fate. At Spithead—Cygnet. In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Royal Georg e ' cellent, Echo, Sylvia, and Mercury. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE- (LLOYD'S.) 17 ult.. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH —The Ontario (Arn•), — ' 5 1 4 lat. 44, lon. 56 ; Londonderry, Londonderry to ot• I:te New Brunswick, 18th, lat. 43, lon. 54 ; Chariot, Co r y , Quebec, 29th, lat. 49, lon. 29, by the Caroline, M` Ke i n :t b• arrived in the Clyde. Mary, Milford to Queb ee 'y r/ ;• 1 ult., off Cape Ray ; England, Liverpool to Neil, 26th, lon. 37 ; a brig, with Baron" on quarter u • $ t 29th, bound west, by the Thompson, Barton, arrive ► 0 Kirkcudbright. Ro sen d a l e , l at . 13 N lop. 2 5 W. be Eliza ; Stewart, arri ve d i n t h e D owns . East L i or : , 40, Lewes, London to New South `Vales, 20th Ju ne, ' 3 ' . l 7 01 lon. 31 ; Nomada, Buinard. of Nantes, for Bourbon. lie , July, lon. 28 ; Harrison, Chelton, Liverpool to Qari ~,,ed 13th ult, off Ca. - 'e Ray, by the Lina, Douglas, in the River. and Alfred, bound to. Ma dr i a a s ! , lat. 32, lon. 21 ; Mary Ann, ditto, `.7t h ' lon. 2, by the Ebenezer, Down, arrived in the rra n▪ ers, Rose, of Hull, 18th ult., lat. 46, lon. 49 ; Clyde to St. John's, 28th, lat. 48, lon. 30 ; " ,0 1 u tb• Athens, Newcastle to Smyrna, 6th instant, 431. 00 east of the Lizard, by the Albiot;, Smith, arr) scu - ou t 2 5 River. Ir.dustry, Gilpin, bound to Miramic th y,s l ' days, off Cape Race, by the Wilberforce, Goldsv. f ore' 13th rived at Tynemouth. Pekin, bound to St. L B WII n th° ult., off Magdalen River, by the Actress, arrivod 1 River. svoe °° , SETS of PLATED CORNER DISHE S 'vishe i or whout Warmers. The price of the Set of Four t o Ten and Covers, without Warmers, varies from Eight t° tb° Guineas. The Warmers are from Five to Nin e Guitleg,' poot Set. Engravii;js of the various patterns will be forvrarde T evei io free, if application is made, post paid. The dishes are cooll'ff. the themselves without warmers, and the handles take • covers thus forming four extra dishes when required. T. COX SAVORY, oQ Silversmith, &c., No. 47, C.lrohill (Seven a °°r- Gracechureh-street), London r__,_,_--. int THS. . 0 /fedi' . On the 9th of Jane, at Calcutta, the lady of Carla' i the nand Charles Milner, ' Bengal army, of a son. % es, On the sth inst., at Campagne Claparede, near Ge I lady of the Rev. G. Kennard, of a daughter . of W "I On the llth inst., the lady of the Rev. J. Hopei, Woodhay, of a daughter. ifts F •/' • On the 12th inst., at Stamford-grove West, ." . f Catling, of a son. it ad-eir eet, ° On the 12th inst., Mrs. S. Shuttleworth, of .oe a dahter.Sts i " bi° O ug n the 12th inst., in Finsbury-square, Mrs. Peter ----' of a daughter. MARRIED. 11 , Ikir' On the 13th inst., at the Savoy Church , by the .„'Tic;be' Foster, Mr. Samuel Keene, of the Savoy , to ""-ginib youngest daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Hipp erson, Arms, Hampton-court, Middlesex. , v G- Arms, On the 19th ult., at St. Thomas's Church, puu,. of ' I. Byrne, Esq., 99th Regiment, to Mary, eldest daughte" to Patterson, Esq., Kingstown, Dublin. EA'' On the 9th inst., at Lambeth Church, W. It lercer, Miss Harriett Taylor, of Upptr Stamford-street . p l' oo°l ' Oa the 19th inst., at liarytebone Church, W. -,: tio lott e ' Esq., of Northwiek-terrace 't. John's Wood, t° "- only daughter of John Balls, ' Esq„ of Kilburn. hal ts°' On the 10th inst., at St. John's Church, Wolver ills, John Mason, Esq., solicitor of Bilstvn, and of GraisleYdogly near Wolverhampton, to Miss Pereivi I, only surviiing ter of the late Joseph Perci v a l, Esq., of Bilston. oorsicllt°' On the 12th inst., at Lewisham, Illarnsaduke, oc is, ' o i Esq., of Oxford-terrace , H y de- p ark, to Maras.* rr 0 1 cond daughter of Dr. F arre, of Charterhouse-sqoare' olo s Pen tonville. On the 12th inst., at Hornsey, J. T. Cantrell, Of Li gv. 14 ; inn, barrister-at.law, to Cecilia, daughter of the 1a. t. 4 t he hl t F. Mills, Chancellor of York, and granddaughter - Archbishop Marksham. ..--------- ---- DIED. wife 0f Cap tsil' ' 17 ' On the 2 2 d of June , at Calcutta, Louisa, C. C. Milner, Bengal army. ~,, hall *. 0 C On the 7th of July, at sea, on board the Bile. l 'i t ti son Indiaman, on his passage from Bombay, Sta ir ',-,- S Sir It. Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, Bart, aged ---,,_ strasg e ' On the 6th inst., at Paris, John, eldest son of .., t its' Esq., of St. John's Wood, aged. 22. On the 11th inst., in Prince's-street , t .ithe, t f the ' Turner, wife of Captain Henry Turner, 0 CO' Indian. Ro ther. _hip des • of g r ' On the 11th inst., at Brixton, Anne, the wife E. G. Liam Gawtress, of Fleet-street, aged 47. . of On the 11th inst., at Islington, Mary Ann, the wife "' i dol( Ballard, Esq., aged 50. vie e, i n the llth nst., t Walthavastow, NenrYSwats , C ;:rlOotte,l‘ On the 1 lth inst., a at Tichborne, h f j. lg. M . of the late Rev. Samuel Strutt. T. On the 11th inst., Georgiana Elizabeth, wife e e, nott, Dig., New Burlington-street. heste r.squ ar On the 12th inst., in inde-street, Mane A. Oakes, Esq., of the Madras Civil Service. V f ntING') ° L' , n,, .. Pr;nted and Published by - M t'... 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