The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-25 00:00:00

ROE AND THE ROEITES. Calverton, a retired village in Nottinghamshire, has had the distinctio❑ of producing two men whose names have travelled beyond its own boundaries. Lee, a I gentleman who, having paid his addresses to a young woman who had maintained herself by knitting fine stockings, and been refused by her, vowed he would in vent a machine which would spoil her trade for ever ; and, thereupon, never ceased beating his brain till he bad produced the stocking-frame, and given birth to the staple trade at Netting,ham, Derby, and Leicester ; and John Roe, a cottager, who made himself the apostle of new sect, which, however, never spread beyond his own village, yet, we believe, continues to exist there Jelin Roe was disgusted with the Church of Eng and ; and, looking about him for some religion to which to join himself, he spied out the Quakers. He greatly admired all those of their customs which as serted a freedom from the dominancy of the State re ligion, but he did not sec the reasonableness of other practices. He therefore, set about to form a new sect, to be styled the Reformed Quakers. John and his dis ciples resolved to marry and bury amongst themselves as the Quakers did ; but they soon found that they wanted the legal authority which the Quakers had oh• ta'ned long before. The parish authorities required them to give security, that their children should not be come eleArgeable ; but they refused to do anything of the kind, asserting that they only did as the Quakers did ; and, like them, would suffer anything the Magis trates might be pleased to inflict, rather than implicate one atom of their religious liberty. The consequence was that John and the chief members of his church soon found themselves in Nottingham Gaol. There they continued some years, maintaining their testimony, as George Fox would have called it, as stubbornly as he could have done. Eventually they wore out the pa tience of the Magistrates, who were glad to get rid of them as well as they could. They were, therefore, in formed that the prison doors were open, and that they might walk out at their pleasure. But no like Paul and Silas of old, they said, " The Magistrates hive put us here, and they shall come and fetch us out." John and his fellow-martyrs tri umphed. The Magistrates were fain to go and make themselves very agreeable, and request the holy apostles of freedom of religion and matrimony most politely to do them the favour to adjourn from those walls they had so long honoured with their presence, to their own dwellings, and their desiring friends at Cal verton ; which very civil request Juhn and his brethren were pleased to grant, and issued forth, with due dignity, exactly at noon-day. Having read this ac count in " Gough's History of the Quakers," or " Walker's Geography," or some such book, many years afterwards, and learning that John Roe was still living, and illuminating Calverton with his doctrine, I walked over there one Sunday, and inquired for the chapel of the Recites, " Roeites ? Recites ? " said a young farmer. " Oh, I know whe you mean. You mean the debrmed Quakers. I'll go with you to the chapel." To the chapel we went ; and, if John's disciples could be said to resemble Quakers at all, the young man's de signatory epithet was not an inapt one. The scene here was such a one as those who have not peeped a little into the nooks of the world, could not imagine to exist in England. The chapel was a barn, standiag in a very retired corner, amongst the village orchards, and half hidden by their trees. The holes and slits in the walls, which are left in barns to admit air, had been built up, and doors and windows introduced. Within, it had all the attributes of a very plain chapel—its loft, its pulpit, and its seats ; not the least resemblance, however, to a Friend's meeeting-house. My geide conducted me to the loft, where I could see the whole congregation, and exactly opposite to John Roe's pulpit. The congrega tion consisted of about thirty people : John Roe was not yet arrived. My friend, the young farmer, having , ee n me seated, laid his head very deliberately on the front of the loft, and began, in a short period, to give evidence that he was fast asleep, by a most unequivo cal snore. I shook him, and asked him if he knew where he was. He said :—:‘ Yes, I have been here before ;" lid so laid down his head, and resumed his dose. It was a sultry day in July, and the greater part of the congregation seemed similarly disposed. Presently, a loud peal of thunder, and the dashing of some drops of rain on the windows, seemed to arouse them all, and just then in walked John Roe and his wife. I would give something now for a sketch of them at this instant ; for two such pic turesque objects, to a certainty, are not now to be met with. Jolan was rather a small man, with a most vene rable aspect. He could not be less than eighty years of age. His hair was long, as white as snow, and comeed in flowing locks on his shoulders. He was clad in the old fashioned garb, which, no doubt, even in that , hidden village, was old-fashioned when he was a lad ; the most conspicuous part of which was his drab -coat, and with very long and ample skirts, and adorned with plated buttons of the size of dollars. Ills wife was a tall woman, apparently not more than sixty, and must have been a tine woman, too, in her day. She had a mob cap, and a black silk gipsy bonnet, with the crown not more than two inches deep, secured on the top of her head. Her high and well-fitting stays, while they gave her a remarkably long and taper waist, stood up high above her bosom ; and her gown was a chintz, of a large flowing pattern, each side drawn up through the pocket-holes, that it might not dangle in the wet of the thunder-shower, or, perhaps, to show, as it did, a heavily quilted black silk petticoat. Black stockings, high-heeled shoes, and large buckles, com pleted her costume. John Roe advanced slowly and reverently into the middle of the chapel floor, and looked round on his people, with an air of as much dignity and seif•complacency as that with which the most popular preacher could survey the most crowded and splendid assembly, or as that with which an arch bishop could look on a titled crowd assembled to hear hint in Westminster Abbey. While he made this dig nified circumspection, his wife, with as much evident pride, shook the thunder-drops from the skirts of his coat, wiped them from his shoulders with her handker. chief, and then John ascended into the pulpit. There was now a great bustle with the production of hymn books. A men with a pitch-pipe gave out the hya-in, and blew a note loud enough to aw..ke all sleepers, and we flail vonsi music " con ficoco" enough. Then some one below gave us a prayer and another hymn ; and Juhn opened his big Bible, and began, not a sermon, but a sort of running commentary en tile trausfiguration. But, if the commentary was a running one, it soon brought most of the people to a stop. I roust confess that I ,could make neither head nor tail of John's discourse. Some thing he said of a " voice out of the cloud ;" but his voice was like nothing but a voice in a cloud ; and of " another and truer word of prophecy ;" sod he asked us whether we thought this voice was the truer word of prophecy, or whether we were to look for another ; but he did I.ot answer the question, and scarcely any body was awake to answer for themselves. The heat of the day, and the droning of the old man's voice, had corn fortelely composed the congregation. I looked round, and cook' not avoid smiling at the scene. Out of the thirty persons present, twenty at least were scund Asleep. They were " noddin." By John's pulpit -core ranged two seats, on which sat the chief singers. Inereabouts the only man awake was the min with the pitch-pipe. He was actively looking out in his book ter the next hymn ; which, having found, he began to bah those before him lustily on their backs with his thumb, to cell their attention to the place, most of whom being taus rudely aroused from their sleep, gave a grea wart, and every one nearly pitched forward on the floor &hind these two seats, was a third considerably elevated, and fastened to the wall. On this, close to John puipit, and conspicuous to all the asscinidy (whon awake), sat a stout countryman, in a dark velveteen jacket, with a red handkerchief about his neck, the ends of which dangled down his breast, about a foot in length. By his side sat his son, a great lad, ot twelve or fourteen years of age. Ho was fast asleep, with the back of his head against the wall, his mouth wide open, and his head performing a regular rolling on the wall, from one shoulder to the other. Presently, his father, observing his condition, gave him a sharp jog in the side with his elbow : and, as he opened his astonished eyes. he slyly drew from his waistcoat pocket a large apple, and thrust it into his hand. The lad raised himself up with a great stare, rubbed first one eye, and then the other, with his coat sleeve, making the most extraordinary grimaces with his mouth, at the same time; deposited the apple in his pocket, laid his b ea d against the wall, and away it went rollin g to and fro as before. Sleep now reigned triumpha natn;d the eyoung farmer snoring gloriously at my elbow, re sisting every attempt to rouse him, and the voice of John Roe droning on as drowsily as an old mill-wheel. Luekily at this moment a swallow flew in at an open Window. Twit, twit! went the swallow. The sight and sound were music to some lads who happened to awake. Up started o ne, and snatched at the bird ; up went the hat of another , wi th a circlin g swoop , to catch it. The alarmei creature twitted louder and louder, and flew to and fro with the utmost rapidity ; the boys were all in motion, the people awoke aattheeei snar ing bte, .John stopped- his droning , the •eryY ou g frm snapped off at once — the pitch-pipe n blew aloud the key note, and another vigorously chanted hymn restored us all to ourselves, and to the open air. I made many inquiries amongst John' s people as to their peculiar tenets ; but I could learn nothing distinctive— all was cloudy as John's discourse, only that they were re formed Quakers, and would marry and bury themselves. I was told i n t h e village, that John's society had been greatly checked i n it s growth by the simple fact of a widow o f one o f hi s h earers h av i ng, l en t hi m a consi derable sum of money, not on his note, but on Isis word,--such was her faith,—who, on applying for the repayment, w as coo ll y to l d b y him, " That t h e Lord I commanded the children of Israel to borrow from the `3:gyptians, but there was no command to pay them —‘‘ What!" said the old dame ; "do you make an T' -7.otian of me ?" . • What !" said others of his disciples ; " does he make i-:. , vptians of us ?" Ind the society began rapidly to diminish. Yet this little sect cannot have existed in the village EVENING EDITION. much less than a century ; and though John Roe has now long been dead, I am told his mantle has fallen en other shoulders, and that the Roeites may still be found in the old barn chapel."—" A Glimpse of our Local Re ligious," by William Howitt. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS f pstom THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Globe.) ~ We demand to know," says the Times," why arc the Dublin repeal meetings permitted by the Govern ment ? Will it be pleaded that they want strength to suppress the evil ? This is true ; but not the less is their shame." We demand to know on our part, what Goverment, whether Whig or Tory, when a country is peaceful, would be mad enough to screw a stopper upon such ebullitions as are merely " the hissing of the safety valve," and have no resemblance to the " bursting of the boiler." If the Whig Government " want strength ' to suppress the evil," so did the Tory Government in 16;30, when the same evil had raised its head. We want to know why that Government did not sup press the Dublin repeal meetings? Why did it not also suppress the Birmingham Union, which had com menced its then formidable operations the year previ ously ? We can only presume that " it wanted strength to suppress these evils," if the Times is to be regarded as the organ of Tory wishes. What are the Dublin repeal meetings—what is the Birmingham Union now? There was a great clamour raised not long ago about Lord John Russell's assertion at Liverpool of the Constitutional right of the people to express their opinions at public meetings. There can be no doubt that occasions may arise when that right must be limited by superior considerations of public safety and order. But we would ask whether the constant outcry for such restrictions, without reference to any threat ened disturbance of the public peace,is the mode of proceeding really best calculated to avert such disturb ances. It it be so, assuredly Whig organs sin by omit ting such outcries, and Whig Ministers sin by omitting acts in accordance with them. But, if it be so, Tory rulers, of late times, have sinned still more deeply, be cause they have sinned (according to the prints of their party) against better knowledge. According to the views which those organs conceive to contrast most fa vourably with Liberal licentiousness, and hold forth as the creed of their party, the leaders of that party (at the later periods they have been in power) have been inexcusable in not having enforced the whole code of restriction which the Pitt or Castlereagh epochs of alarm placed at their legal disposal. (From the Courier.) There is a curious admixture in the Paris papers of war speculations and ministerial incriminations. The Journal des Debats, in an article of some length, worked up with great tact, probes the causes of the panic which occurred on the Thursday at the Bourse, on the propagation of certain rumours that the " Russians were in Asia Minor, the English at St. Jean d'Acre, and the French at Candle." Now, the intelligence of these events was said to have been communicated by a telegraphic despatch from Toulon received by the minis try on that day. Reports to the effect stated were no. toriously in circulation, and acted upon stocks so as to create a sudden and considerable fall, yet the Minis terial papers of the same evening, anxiously looked for, made their appearance without one word of con firmation, denial, or explanation, as to the validity of the news. Now i❑ this country, where Minis terial reserve is carried much farther than in Paris, it would have been deemed proper only by the Government to have interposed in such a case with some statement confirmative or negative of the reports abroad ; but in Paris, where the connection between the Ministry and their organs is so much more direct and confidential, the departure from an established rule in this instance could not fail to be productive of general inconvenience and damage, and to give rise to suspicions very discreditable to the personal characters of Ministers already accused in public opinion of making official facilities subservient to the purposes of the Stock Exchange. We shall see to-morrow what reply or ex planation will be given by the Ministerial Papers to these indirect imputations of the Journal des Debats. The Commerce follows on its proposed scheme for an " armed neutrality" of neutral maritime powers against England in the event of war. (From the Standard.) If "France wants nothing for herself,"—if " France merely aims at the status quo—France may fairly concede the same to England. England wants nothing for herself. England aims at nothing but the status quo. England is already encumbered and embarrassed by the extent of her territories, more particularly of her continental territories. During the last fifty years, twenty-five of which she was mi -1 gaged in a war for her existence, England has not voluntarily extended her territorial authority. She has been compelled to occupy posts for the protection of her trade ; and in India a vast em pire has forced itself upon her—the native princes have thrown themselves under her protection, as a common refuge from the effect of recipro cal animosities. Our Indian empire is, indeed, in part a realisation of that beautiful theory of Bishop Butler, that a state at once powerful and just would find it difficult to avoid universal empire. But though compelled thus to enlarge her imperial boundaries, Great Britain has waged no war of ambition for fifty years, either upon the pretext of " national honour," or " national glory," or any other pretext. Far betteris it for us, and far better do we like it, that other nAions enjoy their independence, if they give us their friendship ; we have thus the benefit of commerce without the cost neces sary to protect dependencies. Compare the conduct of England and of France in respect to Algiers. Each nation bad an insuic to resent—England effectually vindicated her honour by the victory of August 27, 1816, and contented herself with exacting three con ditions—the extinction of Christian slavery for the future ; 2d, The instant liberation of all the Christian slaves in the principality, whatever their nation ; 3d. the repayment of the sums extorted as ransom. Having obtiined these conditions—conditions not for England, but for the Christian race—Lord Exmouth withdrew his gallant fleet, amid the merited plaudits of the civi lised world. France in her turn subdued the Dey ;we need not tell the rest. HARBOROUGH.--A strong sensation was pro duced on Wednesday, in Harborough, on it being dis covered that not less than nine persons had taken poison. Some scup had been given by Mrs. Edgley, confectioner, to a family named Birch. Mrs. B. had given part of it to the farn.ly of Saml. Pollard. The children of the latter, Mrs. 13., and some others who bad partaken of it, were taken seriously ill shortly afterwards, and the stomach-pump was applied, by means of which a quantity of copperas was ex tracted from the stomachs of the parties. At the time we write ( Wednesday evening), Mrs. B. continues very ill ; the children are better. How the copperas was put in, or by whom, is a mystery at present. —Northampton Mercury. FIVE HUNDREDTH .ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION or QUEEN'S COLLEGE.-This being the fifth centenary of this College, it was observed by the Society with the accustomed pomp and hospitality. All its mem bers of the degree of M. A, and upwards were invited to attend, and were lodged within its walls. They began to assemble on the 18th, and on the following day a numerous party dined in the hall. On the 20th (the principal day) all the assembled members breakfasted in the ball, and at elevai o'clock proceeded from the Provost's lodgings, in procession, to the College Chapel, where the morning ser vice was read by the Rev. J. B. Maude, and an appropriate sermon wan preached by the Rev. Dr. Fox, the Provost. At live the whole party sat down to a most sumptuous dinner in the Hall, and a public breakfast on the following morning concluded the festivities of the week.—Orford Herald. r SIERRA LEONE.—By letters from Sierra Leone to the middle of June, we find that the yellow fever had again broken out in its most malignant form, no less than nine deaths having occurred within a few days. Mr. Teague, Ordnance Clerk, died on th.! 12th of June ; Mr. Pyne, Colonial Surveyor, on the 13th ; several of the Church Missionary Society ; as also the wife of Mr. Dove, of the Wesleyan mission. Colonel Doherty, the Governor, had a severe attack of fever, which had decided him on returning home in the Lord Wellington, which was to sail in July. Great discontent and a general feeling of disgust prevailed in the Colony from the system of favouritism that existed, and placing military officers in acting civil appointments, to the prejudice of the old officers of the departments. BERLIN, AUGUST 11.—I am able positively to announce to you that notwithstaliding all the official and unofficial accounts of the French, no orders have yet been given here for any such preparations on our part. Nor is any uneasiness felt on that account; for on the one hand we know that no great preparation or loss of time is re. quire d to have our reserve and t h e landwehr com p letel y armed, and on the other hand, the outcry of the Paris Journals is estimated at its own value, and no more,— From a Correspondent. A most important order has just been made, which is to compel assignees to file their accounts with the pro visional assignee (Mr. Sturges). If an assignee does not the his account within ten days after being applied to, a rule is be served personally, calling on him to file his account forthwith, accompanied by an affiJavit which must not only set forth the assets received, but those to be got svinc.neh furS rn h ln ouanldt the ha attachment,co neglectortmay t ofile his account after service of be m and tohreedasosniganneeafficolmaymititetfeasetro- Ne xgate. • The scarlet fever very much prevails at `Vantage at present among childr e n. Two interment.; have just taken p ace. Th e only daughter of ,N Newbury-street, anda little boy, son n i c r. M A r. ld h ‘ w v o e r n t in , an o , f were taken ill and died near sa me the time. The high wind and heavy sea of Monday night caused great los s t o some of the fishe rmen on t hi s part of the coast who had ventured o s u w t. hole fleet, except One boat one, which the crew were be longing to Cockhurnspath Coin the Cove lost it act is b of shooting, w h en all the rest went down with fisli— this b e i ng so ear l y as eight in the evening. Some of the Ey iltinhh as beats suf fered very great losses , th e heaviest of vs that experienced by Thom as Dou g all a nd his crew, who w lost thirteen nets, having been forced to unbe nd the rn to not being able , in such a sea-wa y , to haul them. se owing are happy to hear t hat General Maitland, of M an d er _ son, who has more th an once p erformed similar acts of kindness, has taken Dougall's case in hand, and will pro. bably procure reparation for his severe and sudden loss,— Berwick Advertiser. TJIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1840. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN TUE MATTER OF MUNROE AND MUNROE. The choice of assignees was deferred until Tuesday the Bth of September next. IN THE MATTER OF ALEXANDER CHRISTIE. This was the day fixed for the choice of assignees in the matter of this bankrupt, who was stated to be a spirit merchant, carrying on business at Eastcheap, and whose else has already acquired considerable notoriety by the apprehension of two of his brothers, who were managers of the Aberdeen Joint Stock Bank at Gols pie, and who had absconded, but were ultimately cap tured ky Forrester, on board the Iberia steamer, bound for Gibraltar, having in their possession money (in so vereigns) to the amount of 500/. The bankrupt, whose debts and liabilities are said to he upwards of 17,000/., and his assets not one-seventh of that sum, to-day attended in person, and attributed his losses to his connection with his brothers, to whom he had given a bill of sale, under which his effects were seized in execution ; but the validity of the bill of sale was not entered into, as, at the request of the solicitors to the fiat, the Learned Commissioner granted a pri vate meeting, at which a searching examination into the whole of the bankrupt's very suspicious affairs will be instituted. Mr. Matthews, of Ratcliffe, who proved for a debt tx upwards of 7001., was chosen assignee. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Charles Green, 23, and Frances Green, 20, were in dicted for stealing a quantity of wearing apparel and other property, oeionging to Mr. Arstrop, the landlord of the King's Arms public-house, Gray's Inn-lane. Mr. RYLAND conducted the prosecution. It appeared from the evidence that the male prisoner had been in the habit of visiting the house of the prosecutor, and he was there in company with the female on the morning of the 26th of June, and after he was gone the property was missed. Shackell, the late Bow-street officer, but who has since been appointed an Inspector of the Me tropolitan Police, was employed to investigate the matter, and he proceeded to a house in Whiting-street, in the Waterloo-road, on the 29th of June, and he there found the prisoners, and took them into custody, and upon searching the room, the greater portion of the stolen property was found, and also some skeleton keys, and a duplicate for another portion of the stolen articles, which, it appeared, had been pledged by a female. The male prisoner made a long and ingenious ad dress to the jury, in which he declared that the stolen property had been brought to his lodgings by a man named Stewart, who had afterwards given information to the police from a motive of revenge. The jury found both prisoners guilty, and they were called up for judgment. The male prisoner implored the Court, that whatever sentence they might pass upon him, they would be lenient to his unfortunate companion, who had been brought into her present miserable condition by her connection with him. Mr. Baron GURNEY said that his appeal on behal of the unhappy woman was the only redeeming point in his favour, for a more cool and impudent thief than he was, he (Mr. Baron Gurney) had never met with in his experience. A previous conviction for felony having been proved against the male prisoner, be was sentenced to be trans ported for life, and the female for fourteen years. The female fainted upon hearing the sentence, and was carried insensible out of the Court. There were seven or eight other indictments against :he prisoners for offences of the same description. .NEW COURT. IRISH ALL OVER.—Patrick Ruvane, an Irishman, was indicted for assaulting, wounding, and biting John Mulvin, on the 30th July last. Mr. PHILLIPS appeared for the defence. John Mulvin, a very loquacious Patlander, stated the nature of the assault, and the principal part of his griev ance was that the defendant had bitten off part of his ear. He denied that he had ever assaulted the prisoner by touch, word, or deed, before the assault was com mitted. The witness entered into a long rhodomontade of matters which had no connection with the matter under consideration, and every consecutive question was answered evasively ; at length the COMMON SERGEANT said he would give him up. Mr. PHILLIPS subjected the prosecutor to a rigid cross-examination. The prosecutor deelared positively that he never touched the prisoner so as to excite his violence, as he had a witness to prove. Mr. PHILLIPS.—WeII, your witness will be called, and you will hear what she will say about you. Were you sober at the time ? Prosecutor—By my faith I was. Bridget Gallaghan deposed that she saw the " scrim mage," and believes Patrick bit John's ear.—(Alaugh.) Mr. PHILLIPS-Arid he spat it out again, I believe ? Witness—l believe be did. Was Mulvin sober ?—Not quite, Sir. Which of the two struck the first blow ?—John Mulvin (the prosecutor). He gave Patrick a hard thump en the back when he was going into a shop to buy a loaf, and turned up his shirt-sleeves to fight, and said, "If you are a man, come out." He gave h;m a very hard blow, and I think Patrick was the worst. Are you any relation to the prisoner ?—Patrick and John are both my second cousins, if you plaze to call that a relation.--(Laughter.) I am sure that Patrick did not swallow the piece of ear. The policeman who apprehended the prisoner was then called, when his speech betrayed that he was an Irishman. The COMMON-SERGEANT observed that eight-tenths of the police were Irish. Mr. PHILLIPS—Yes, we ara Irish all over ; it would spoil the' case had we an Englishmen mixed up with it. —(Laughter.) The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Phil lips indulged in a mouthful of humour. He said his Lordship appeared indignant that so many of the police were Irishmen—natives of his (Mr. P.'s) country. One reason, he believed, was that there could be found no efficient persons from the principality , of Wales to take care of the persons and property of Englishmen.— ( Laughter.) He (Mr. P.) begged to remind his Lord ship that the two principal Commissioners of the Metro politan Police were Irishmen also.—(Continued laugh ter.) With regard to the present charge, it stood that the athletic prosecutor insulted and goaded the aged defendant to fight him ; and his own witness had proved that he was the aggressor. The Jury, without hesitation, acquitted the prisoner, CIVILISATION IN DENHOLME On Monday week the inhabitants of Denholme held their annual feast, at which they afforded, according to usual custom, a great many specimens of their extreme politeness and good breeding, especially in their marked attention to strangers. Amongst others who were ho noured with compliments of this description, were two fruiterers from Keighley, who are in the habit of visit ing the different feasts and fairs for the disposal of their goods. After experiencin g a number of rude in civilities during the day, such as pushes with sticks, the throwing of heavy stones amongst their fruit, and occasionally the violent pressure of the legs and arms of the inhabitants against their stalls and persons, with the intention of overturning them, one of the fruit erers struck with his stick at a boy who had taken an active part in the proceedings. This act of self-defence was quite sufficient as an excuse for commencing regu lar hostilities, and a body of the natives, to the number of 0 00, armed with sticks and stones. immediately began a general attack with all the fury and desperation of a tribe of Indian savages. The leader of the party, who was lately implicated in the death of a man, by kicking him with his clogs, seized the galloway belonging the fruiterers, while the remainder of his followers com menced pitching stones amongst the fruit, and occa sionally aiming blows with sticks at their persons. O❑ finding themselves in the hands of such desperadoes, and fearful that their lute might be similar to that of the poor fellow alluded to, one of the fruiterers begged piteously that they would spare their lives. This appeal for mercy producinga momentary respite from the attacks of the natives, the men luckily made a spring with the galloway, and succeeded in just clearing a heavy showers of stones, which fell lit their heels. Amongst the persons who took an active part in this rational amusement, were a great number of what may be called the respectable inhabitants of the village, consisting of shopkeepers, Sunday-school teachers, and others, several of the latter setting a worthy example to their pupils, by stripping to the shirt and trousers, and challenging battle to their victims. About the only stranger who escaped, more or less, these attacks, was a dealer in fruit, who had taken up his situation in a barn, the walls of which proved his best defence. It might appear that the nu merous Missionary Societies who have been under the necessity of carrying their labours abroad for want of work at home, have overlooked Denholme, and it would certainly be quite proper for that description of perse vering individuals to send a few there, instead of spend ing so much of their strength and labour on the more civilized inhabitants of New Zealand and the Coast o Africa. —Leeds Times. AFFECTING INCIDENT.—Soine days ago as the proprietor of a menagerie was proceeding from Ayr to Greenock, a part of his cavalcade missed their way, and got upon a country road near West Kilbridc, where a rivu let had to be forded, there being no bridge. With this section of the party, there was a valuable brood mare, with a foal at her feet. The rivulet to be crossed was rather flooded by recent rains, and in attempting to pass, the foal was carried away by the currant. In a minute or two the mare missed her foal, and on looking back saw it struggling in the stream. With that strong natural af fection which Providence has implanted in animals for the preservation of their young, she rashcd in to the rescue, but, as mpy be supposed, she could give no effectual aid. On the contrary, she herself was swept along, and soon becam e so much entangled with some poles stretched across as a fence, that she was unable to extricate herself. and her life was thus sacrificed to her feelings of maternal tender ness.—Pai.sley Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIO.AWIOUSE. A few days ago Mr. Ilincheliffe, of the house of Hincheliffs and Co., paper-stainers, of Golden-square, applied to the Lord Mayor, under the following extra ordinary circumstances. He was accompanied by Mr. Waite, his solicitor. A bill, purporting to be drawn by Hinchcliffe and Co., for the sum of 1081. 125., and made payable at a banking house in which that firm did not keep cash, was presented for payment there. The circumstance soon reached the ears of Messrs. Hinchcliffe, who, knowing nothing whatever of the bill, which, by-the-bye, hap pened to be drawn in a most slovenly manner, took im mediate steps to ascertain what was meant by so re markable an incident. They soon found that the bill was in the hands of a gentleman of the name of Ste phens, of No. 7, Old Broad-street, who had discounted it for a Mr. Davis, and who wrote to them, stating that he had it in his possession, an d requeste d payment . Mr. Stephens exhibited tie bill, upon exam i n i ng w hi c h Mr. Hinchcliffe and his solicitor came to the justice room, and detailed the facts to the Lord Mayor, who immediately sent for the holder of the bill, and the indi vidual who bad turned it into money. Mr. Davis, it appeared, wa s not at h ome w h en t h e messen ger called at his address. Mr. Stephens attended a n d pro d uced the bill, which was about as dissimilar to a bill that was likely to issue from so respectable a house as that of Messrs. Hinch liffe's is known to be, as can b e i magined. He stated that Mr. Davis applied to him for cash for the bill, and he gave- the accommodation. The LORD MAYOR—And, Mr. Hinchliffe, you say the bill is a forgery ? Mr. Hinchliff e —M ost d ec i de d ly ; and how any man of business, with out ma ki ng i nqu i ry, could have taken it. is astonishing. The LORD MAYOR-4 certainly never saw so clumsy an article. Mr. Stephens—l have been in the habit of discount ing for Mr. Davis, and I cashed this bill on account of my knowledge of the respectability of Messrs, Hinch liffe. I certainly was struck with the slovenly manner in which it was drawn, but I never for a moment sus pected that there was anything incorrect about it. Mr. Waite asked whether Mr. Stephens had seen Mr. Davis since it was stated that the bill was a for gery ? Mr. Stephens—Mr. Davis called at my house, and requested th a t I wou ld no t sen d M r . Hinchliffe notice of the non-payment of the bill, and in my absence 80/. was left with my clerk, for which credit is given on the hill. I d ire say I should have been paid the re mainder by this time, if it had not been for this exposure. The LORD MAYOR asked Mr. Hinchliffe whether he was acquainted with Mr. Davis ? Mr. Hinchliffe re plied that Mr. Davis occasionally executed orders for them connected with their business. Mr. Stephens—l did not hesitate to discount the bill, but I refused to withhold the notice from Mr. Hinchliffe that it was dishonoured. The LORD MAYOR—It is certainly a very extraordi nary proceeding altogether. Mr. Waite—My client feels greatly annoyed and in dignant. Independently of the detection of the forgery, he feels strongly, for he cannot tell but that other for geries may have been sent about the town. The LORD Ma-volt—lt does not appear, at all events, that it was the intention of Mr. Davis to defraud. But this is a strange way of getting money. His Lordship postponed the subject until Mr. Davis should make his appearance, and directed that Mr. Hobler should detain the bill until all parties should come before him. Yesterday Mr. Davis appeared, accompanied by a solicitor, The LORD MAYOR--Are any of the other parties here ? Mr. Hobler said that Mr. Stephens hadisent a letter to the Mansion-house on Saturday stating that he had no / /barge to make against Mr. Davis, from which it was of course to be inferred that the whole of the money was paid. The other parties were then called, but no answer was returned. Mr. Davis's solicitor applied for the bill, which was in Mr. Hobler's possession, as the amount had been handed over to Mr. Stephens. Mr. Hobler advised the Lord Mayor not to part with the bill by any means. The LORD MAyoft—Certainly not. Although the bill has been paid, the payment does not do away with the original act. This bill is not Messrs. Hinchcliffe's: They know nothing about it. Mr. Davis's solicitor—We do not admit that it is a forgery. The LORD MAYOR—I shall certainly not part with 't, and dare say that Mr. Hinchliffe will make more stir in the matter. Mr. Davis's solicitor—lt is paid, my Lord, at any rate. The Loan MAYOR—I consider that you are still amenable, Mr. Davis, notwithstanding Mr. Stephens's letter, and shall expect that you will come here if Messrs. Ilinchliffe should proceed further. Mr. Davis—Certainly, my Lord, I shall attend moat readily. A gentleman soon afterwards appeared from Mr. Stephens's office in Great Broad -street, to inform his Lordship officially that that gentleman had no charge to bring against Mr. Davis, and that he had received a settlement of the bill. Mr. Waite, Messrs. Hinchliffe'a solicitor, after the disposal of the case, entered the Justice-room, accom panied by Mr. Hinchliffe, junior, and said he had re ceived the notice to attend at so late an hour that he was not able to come prepared to lay all the particulars before the Lord Mayor at the time appointed for bear ing the case. He was, however, ready then, if the ac cused party was in attendance. A messenger was immediately sent for Mr. Davis, but not having returned within Justice•room hours, the case was postponed. Stephen Bailey, who keeps billiard rooms, was charged by a policeman with having allowed gambling in his house on Sunday evening. The pol;ceman stated that he went early in the even ing into the house and saw p ersons p l ay i ng billi ar d s , and cautioned the proprietor against permitting play on the Sabbath. At a later hour, however, he found several more persons at play, and at two tables. Mr. Hobler, jun. (for the defendant)—Had you any authority in writing with . you, or had ou your superin tendent with you Policema n —N o y Mr. Hobler, jun.—Then you committed a trespass. The house is not licensed. It is a private house, and you had no right to enter. Th e policeman admitted that the housa was not a puEie-house. The LORD MAYOR—Did you see any money pass ? Po iceman—No, my Lord. The LORD IsilnYoß--Perhaps the policeman was rather hasty. Mr. Bailey, if you keep these billiard rooms for play it is your occupation, and it is not decent to carry it on on Sundays. It is not at all proper to hear the noise of the knocking about of balls on the Sabbath. Bailey said he was not aware that there was any im propriety in allowing a little play for exercise, but pro mised that it should not be repeated. ,provided GREENOCKptahithe i e;,Heatheran RAIL-d between Port- N th D at w A G y . _L A w S . e G a O r N e V , ha happy S toL E l e Y , , r A n p, the ka t h niz e da i i tv,Dh, Railway e c ion t n o t e r n s t 1 Id c o f tol s t ot h p e eonf G tsh i a ce s p g l tie o nm w e b , e r . We have also heard it rumoured, and we believe the report to be correct, that it is the intention of the Directors to open the whole line next month. Only a mile will then remain to be finished at Bishopton, and this little gap can easily be done by omnibus in seven minutes. The whole journey will not occupy more than an hour and a quarter, and possibly less, and although some inconvenience will doubtless be felt from the change of conveyance, yet we are satisfied that the great saving in time will secure a considerable part of the trading community.—Greenreh Advertiser, August 18. The coach which has for many years run be tween Glasgow and Saltcoats, was, on Saturday last, dis rpceosarpiit.esilenetyueedAd.dl With the exception of a coach which plies be tween the Railway Station and 13arrhead, there is not now a single one from Paisley in any direction whatever.-- DE ATll: d e O r :F ise w T r. h f i l e E h ZION. LADY EDMONSTONE. —We regret to announce the demise of the above highly Hotham, and aunt of Lord Hotham, NI, p., and the Hon. , on Thursday last, at the family mansion in P ar k crescent. The deceased 1 1 a 7 ,1 7 y 8, was was, thirddaug consequentlyhteirn ohferß6eoadumont, second Lord Captain Hotham, R.N. and having been born in Oct. year. In 1804, her Ladyship married the late Sir Charles Edinonstone, Bart., who died in 18 0 1; and, secondly, in February, 1832, married Mr. Charles Woodcock, who survives her Ladyship. SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST _ . interest has been excited in this town by the arrival in the harbour this day of the o r i en t a l, the first of the line of steamers intended to run between Southampton and Ale:- displayed on her ssage andria, under the new contract with the Government. • This splendid vessel is one of the finest models of naval 2? __The greatest architecture afloat, and her excellence as a sea-boat has been amply her stores and the_ greatest part of the . It is said that she will prove aPactipper. her average speed up from Liverpool. up Channel having been twelve miles per hour, with all battery of broadside guns. She will to Alexandria on board, The Oriental is so constructed Directors of coals for the voyage as to be at once convertible into a war-steamer. carrying four sixty-eight pounders on swivels, and a formidable leave this port with n h e ti x r t pa b s y se t n h g e er s on the Ist of next month. It is said that an entertainment will be given l iz;.i board on Wednesday Steam Navi • Company, f distinction from ' Navigation to a party 0 London, including the Lords of the Admiralty, and also the representatives of the boroigh , and the members of the corporation. the ..ninsular and Oriental In consequence of the opening throughout of the four hours' distance of London, and the Directors of the Company, by the recent purchase of time Fire King steam ship,y, Glasgow is now placed within twenty. which is to run three times a week from Ardrossan to Liverpool, have pretty nearly secured this line of com munication. The train leaves Glasgow at 4 p.m. in time fur the steamer from Ardrossan at six, which in thirteen hours will be in Liverpool, so as to meet the southern trains which bring the passengers in nine hours to the me tropolis....-liailway Times. MARKET and CITY NEW (MONDAY EVENING.) H NIC L E.---Th 0 intelligence of the insurrec tion in Lisbon on the 11th instant, which appeared this morning in a second edition of the Chronicle, has not lid an unfavourable influence on Portuguese Stock. Toe suspension of the constitution and of the liberty of the press are certainly strong measures, and more than a mere insurrection in Lisbon, so easily put down, would propabiy warrant ; but it is supposed the Chambers were aware that the conspiracy had extensive ramifica tions, and private letters say that the events which had taken place, if judiciously managed by the Government, would add much to their stability and power in the Chambers. The Barbadoes Liberal of the 11th July mentions that the labourers on Mount Wilton estate had re ceived no less a sum than 7,0551., being the amount of a legacy bequeathed to them by Reynolds A. Ellcock, Esq., their former master, by his will, dated in the year 1820, in virtue of the following clause " I order and direct, that, as soon after my death as possible, stone wadi and shingled dwelling-houses shall be erected on my property, Mount Wilton, and that every adult labourer shall be furnished with a bedstead, crib, pots, and pan, and that on the Ist of each and every June they shall receive 5/. in money." It affords a humiliating instance of the guilt of which human nature is capable. to know that the return which this generous man received for his munificence was to be barbarously murdered by the instrumen tality and agency of three of his own people, assisted by one belonging to a neighbour, who expiated their crime upon the gallows. It is stated that Mr. Ellcock had incautiously stated to a favourite boy on his estate " that when he was dead ho would know what he had done for him," and it was supposed that the cri minals had been actuated by a desire to anticipate the benefit of their master's generosity. On his death his property was found to be heavily encum bered, and various causes had intervened to post pone the realisation of his wishes, amongst which was a reluctance, no doubt, to give effect to them, when his kind intentions had met with such a cruel return. The settlement had thus been delayed till the 29th of April last, when the money was divided among all the labourers of Mr. Ellcock, who were fifteen years of age at the period of his death, which, according to the Li beral, must have taken place soon after the date of the will. Mr. Ellcock declares in his settlement that the reason which induced him to make the bequest was to show his sense of the services of his people, by which services he had risen in the world, and in return for their exemplary conduct during the insurrection of 1816. Putting out of view the melancholy catastrophe of his death, the labourers are stated to have behaved in the most exemplary manner. TlMES.—Private letters from Lisbon contain some further particulars respecting the late eineute. From thum it appears that the respectable portion of the Sep tembrists were not implicated in it, but that it arose merely from the endeavours of a few thoughtless indi viduals, not being of any note. The Duke of Pal mella was, it seems, alarmed at the disturbance, and remained at the " Lisbon club," not considering himself safe in his own palace, till the Spanish Minister called for him and conveyed him safe to the embassy, where he slept that night. At the time a secret agent of the Court was sent about to see that all was safe and quiet. The Marquis de Saldanha had declined his ex traordinary mission to Spain. While the proposal for levying a duty of 600 reis per pipe on all wines grown in the country, of whatever quality, was under discus sion, the following statement was laid before the Finance Committee, to show the inexpediency of such a mea sure :—By this it appeared that 6 pipes of the common wine grown near Oporto will yield 1 pipe of brandy ; while it will require 8 pipes of Douro wine, 12 of the Tras os Montes and some other wines up the Tagus, 10 of the common Termo wine, and 16 of that in the neighbourhood of Guimaneros to produce the same quantity. The Guiana papers contain a petition to the Governor from several merchants, who viewed with apprehension the approaching expiration of the Act levying the Colo nial import duty, as well as that levying the duty on rum. The danger of their position consisted in their being holders of large stocks of goods on which they had paid the duty. The Governor, in his reply, stated that the financial resources of the Province had been so productive, that even the sudden interruption to the raising of the ordinary ways and means had not sufficed to obstruct the Government in any essential operations. He assured the petitioners that he did not underrate the embarrassments which they would feel, but at the same time said that there were other interests to be considered and that the great body of consumers would not be injured by the cheapness of the market. Hence, not feeling justified in renewing taxes to be borne exclu si,ely by the general consumer, the Governor de clined acceding to the prayer of the petitioners. He observed, at the same time, that the Combined Court having refuse :1 to proceed with the estimate, no objects for taxation could be c-mstitutionally appropriated till after the 31st of December next. On the 30th of June the last tax ordinance actually expired, and the state of things has arisen which was dreaded by the merchants, for the Combined Court having refused to vote the supplies for 1840, except on a condition with which the Executive could not comply, it was not summoned to renew the annual imposts. POST.—The Rio Government propose to increase the charge of rent on the Customs warehouses to 1 per cent, per month at the expiration of four months' time ; to reduce the duty on coin exported per cent. ;. and to increase the port duties on some articles 5 to 10 per cent., for which an opportunity will offer at the termination of the existing commercial treaties—namely, with the United States, Nov. 17, 1840: the Hanse Towns, April 18, 1841 ; and Great Britain, Nov. 15, 1840. The increase in wine duties, from 15 to 48i per cent., was found to have been followed by a decrease of revenue. With regard to mining affairs in the Brazils, Mexico, Szc., we find that from the Imperial Mine of Brazil the accounts are of much the same tenour as those last re ceived. The question of giving up the 20,000/. deposit made to the Government by the Company was not yet settled, but the agent was still in hopes of a favourable result. From the United Mexican Mine the returns show a slight filling off in the workings, but the condi tion of the mines was nevertheless such as to promise better things. A sum of 80,000 dollars (about 6,0000 was to be sent to England by the ensuing packet. Pri vate letters de not give a flattering view of the trade and general state of the country. It will disappoint the Mexican bondholders to learn that only from 2,000 to 3,000 dollars, on account of the dividends, are remitted. The Treasury certificates continued, however, to be duly honoured at the Cus tom-houses of the Republic. HERALD.—The improving state of the funds no ticed at the close of Saturday's market has been not only maintained but the quotations have advanced. This partial recovery will teed to facilitate the adjust ment of the account on the 27th for those speculators who have opposed the fall, although from the threaten ing and declining appearance of the market on many oc casions there is no doubt that some considerable pro portion of the bull accounts may already have been sold out and arranged by those speculators who saw cause for alarm in the events of the day and the pros pects before them. Private letters from Paris continue to betray much un.2asiness in respect of the settlement of the account on the Bourse there, which takes place this week, not last, na from rather a loosely constructed sentence under this head this morning might be apprehended. The differences yet to be adjusted are so enormous, as the dealings have been so extensive, that if any con siderable failures, or even failure, should occur, it might create a perfect revolution in affairs, and those now on the successful side, that is, the speculators for the fall, would have their accounts and calculations so deranged, that instead of being gainers, with large balances to re ceive, they might have them to pay. For parties in default and not able to take their stock would leave them with the stock on hand, or to take from those from whom purchased against previous time sale, so that. their position would be reversed, and instead of " hears " with heavy per c en t ages o f fall 'prices in their favour, thsy would perforce became " bulls " full of stock, unsaleable ex cept at a heavy depreciation from the prices at which before bought and fruitlessly sold. So strong were the apprehensions entertained that the Company of Stock- brokers, a peculiarly privileged class, had come to a re solution that a general settlement should be operated this month, and no accounts be continued, or carried over, to September. The effects of a forced liquida tion of this kind may be readily comprehended. The difficulty indeed it was thought would not be so pecu liarly embarrassing in regard of the French funds, but with the extensive transactions in shares and foreign stocks it was likely to be attended with very great de rangements. Thero was, however, no remedy, for the brokers form a small and close corporation, each giv ing a Large sum for his patente, and as through them all business :oust be done to be duly legalized, they are enabled to dictate the regulations which may seem convenient to them. SU-- N.—The Funds were very buoyant all day. Consols for immediate transfer opened at 89k, but semi rallied to 90t-, and closed at 90k to 90/. Exch e . quer 13i1:s remained at 22,i. to 245. premium, and India Bonds at 2s. discount. Bank Stock was pretty steady at 168/ to the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. advanced to 991 to, the New Three-and-a-Halt per Cents, to 98} to h, and the Reduced Annuities to 90i to 90k. The advices of the 17th inst. from Lisbon, respect-. ng the insurrection there, sent down Portuguese Bonds about per cent, early in the day, but they soon ral lied to 351 to /, closing at 35. The Three per Cents. improved to 23. Spanish Stock was about per cent. better, the Actives ranging from 26,/ to 25i. French Five per Cent. Rentes declined a trifh, being nominally Illf. 50c.,but there were no siigns of a disposition to sell. Belgian Bonds were depressed to 100, but improved afterwards to 101/ ; Brazil Stock opened at 79i, but left off at 801 ; Chilian Bonds receded to 44i- to 34 ; Colombian Stock of 1824 was dull at 25, and Mexican Six per Cer.tg. rece:ted to 29,i to *. Dutch Two.and-a-Half per Cents. were per cent, higher, closing at 524 to 52. The Share Market was rather more lively to-day, being affected by the improvement in the Englis h Stock. Great W es t ern s h ares rose from 26 to 27, and the new 10 to 11 prem. ; Hull and Selby were at 3, London and Birmingham at 79, South Western at IS', and York and North Midland 19 prem. ; Great North of England were at 3, Eastern Counties at 10, North Midland at 13, and Brighton at 9,-1- discount. THE FESTIVAL OF RUBENS AT ANTWERP. ANTWERP, AUG. 22.—Since my last the city has assumed a more brilliant appearance than before. Vast numbers of visitors continue arriving every hour, and at this moment the streets are crowded with as motley a collecion as any public occasion ever brought together. With the exception of a grand Venetian fete upon the Scheldt, which took place last night, little has oc curred worthy of note or observation. A universal lethargy appeared for the moment to have overspread the city as a natural sequitur to the over excitement produced by the grand affair of the procession of the giants, of which I gave you an account in my last, and which, it appears, is to be again repeated to-morrow and Monday. As soon as it was dusk a salvo of artillery from the battery below the town announced that the anxiously expected " Fete, ou Nuit Venitienne," Was to commence. The roar of the cannon was answered by peals of bells from all the churches in and about Antwerp ; and shortly afterwards the city emptied itself of its inhabi tants and visitors, who congregated in countless thousands upon the whole extent of quay that faced the river. The commencement of the entertainment was sig nalled by the ignition of about one hundred and fifty tar barrels on the left bank of the river, immediately opposite the quay. The effect was excellent. Their lurid flame continually mixing with huge masses of curling and expanding smoke gave to the water that appearance which a fiery imagination would readily liken to the river Styx, while the shipping within its glare wore the supernatural appearance which time honoured opinion has long assigned to the flotilla of Charon. This murky illumination continued through out the whole of the subsequent proceedings, and materially assisted the operations of those who were employed in the general work of marine rejoicing. Had the space between Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges been as effectively lighted up, the whole king dom of Cockaine would have been fully persuaded that the Thames was on fire. About this period one of the simplest devices, but at the same time one of the most beautiful I ever saw, was carried into effect. In the early part of the day I had observed the word " Rubens," in very large cha racters, attached to one of the flying bulustrades at the top of the cathedral spire, a height of at least three hundred feet. In common with most other persons, I thought this was nothing more than affixing the name of the object of the fetes at an altitude where it might be seen by everybody, but at the time to which I have al luded it was suddenly illuminated. I cannot describe to you how singularly novel and pleasing was the effect. For some time the twilight continued to display to great advantage the beautiful architecture of that portion of the tower where the transparency was placed, but, when darkness had shut out all view of its elegant proportions, the illuminated name appeared suspended by magic in the air. In consequence of its great height, and the colossal size of the letters, it must have been seen by the neighbouring country for many miles around. Shortly after the illumination on the bank of the river had been completed, a corvette appeared on the stream completely depicted in outline by variegated lights. The appearance of this vessel was highly characteristic of a Venetian Carnival, from which the notion of her peculiar decorations had evidently been borrowed. Two continuous bands of light surrounded her entire hull, one close to the water's edge, the other imme diately beneath the tier of guns on her deck. Her boom and bowsprit were similarly illuminated, and va rious colours were continually imparted to her masts and yards by the ever-changing varieties of red, blue, and green fires. From her three topmasts as many hal yards had been passed over the mainyard arms, and then made fast to the sides of the deck, by which means three elliptical figures, not much unlike an 0, with the bottom cut off, were described, The whole of these were strung with Chi nese paper lamps of every imaginable colour, similar festoons traversing the vessel fore and aft from all points, the tout ensenzble presenting somewhat the likeness of a floating Vauxhall. There was another vessel decorated in a similar way ; but the great card of the aquatic amusements was the ,Soho steam-vessel, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Com pany, which had just arrived in time to participate in the general rejoicing. This splendid ship, which was loaded with company, paddled to and fro in front of the quay, an immense mass of overwhelming brilliancy, her masts, rigging, hull, and paddle-boxes having been literally covered with every description of light, from the common link to the most delicate Bengal fire. As she moved majestically backward and forward she was continually saluted by artillery from the Ar chimedes steamer, a gun-boat, a corvette, and, finally, the batteries. An attempt at a flight of rockets was also made by some of the officials on board the Bel gian boats ; but whether the pyrotechnical art is not so well understood in Antwerp as the art of cook ing, or whether their gunpowder is under proof, I know not ; but certain it is that the "rocket prac tice" was a miserable failure ; and had it not been for five or six dozen of the right sort brought from London by the capt a i ns o f t h e S oho and the Archimedes, this branch of the firework department would have been but a very laughable affair. At one time the appearance of the Soho and the corvette was awfully grand ; they looked exactly like ships on fire, presenting to the eye of the imagination a vivid picture of the desolating horror of a ship at sea in flames. One of the prettiest objects on the river was the illuminated representation of a Chinese junk, which floated about in every di rection with a most graceful will-o'-the-wisp motion, her outline and rigging being composed of innu merable paper lamps. Added to this, there was a Lilliputian steam-boat belonging to the principal doua slier, which was not bigger, nor yet so big, as a Gravesend wherry. This maritime mullion in yarn() had a dozen very curious transparent lamps dispersed about its mast and ropes, and it s rap id ghost-like glidings amongst the shipping were the theme of astonishment to all on shore. In the catalogue of these fire-ships I must not forget to mention the most elegant of the whole, a pleasure yacht, which was fitted up for the reception of the Societe Venitienne, to whom had been committed the philharmonic arrangements for the occasion. The vocalists were not q u it e so goo d as the German com• pany which has just left you, or the singers of the Queen's Theatre, whose opera season terminated the other day ; nor were the instrumentalists altogether of such first-rate excellence as the orchestra of the Ancient Concerts ; nevertheless, there was an amount of talent in the united performance which did not deserve to be " grinned" at, although some thousands, who evidently had " no music in their souls," did grin most horribly ; or, if they smiled, 'twas " ghastly." As some of your readers may be anxious to know the state of popular or out-of-door music in Antwerp, of which it is fair to as sume this boatload of professors was no unworthy re presentation, I must tell you that the accompani ments to the singers composed of an octave flute, two soldiers' drums, a keyed bugle, and one fiddle. The singers would have gone on pretty well, in spite of this extraordinary mixture, had it not been for the determined and ceaseless perseveranc e of the bugle player, who blew everything before him half a tone sharper than all the rest. The boat itself was a most attractive affair. It was completely fitted out and rig ged with small transparent lanterns of every hue, and was received with vast shouts by the multitude wherever it appeared. The duties of the musical crew were con fined to singing the praises of Rubens in every form of composition to which the language of music has given birth ; and, to confess the real truth, they performed ' those duties in a most industrious manner, for, long after every one else had retired from the scene, these determined harmonists made the two shores of the Scheldt echo with their noise. The weather was mag nificent ; not a drop of rain fell to mar the full effect of this Belgico-Venetian regatta. Since last night the influx of fresh visitors has been considerable. In fact this place is as full as it can hold of company, anxious to witness the inauguration of the statue of Rubens, a ceremony which is to take place on Monday, in presence of the King and Queen, whose arrival here is looked upon by all clases as a matter o certainty.—Morning Post. RIGHTS OF DISSENTERS.—For some time pas various cases have occurred in regard to the privileges possessed by Catholics, and other Dissenters from the Church, to pass toll-free through the toll-bars ; and nl• though, we believe, these have been generally quashed, it might be right to state the law on the subject, as well as a caution to toll keepers, as to instruct our fel low Dissenters what is their right. By an Act passed in the 2d and 3d Gul. 111. cap. 16. for amending and making more effectual the laws concerning turnpike roads in Scotland, it is expressly provided, by section 2d, that " All the enactments, provisions, matters, and things in this act contained, shall extend to all local acts of Parliament now in force, and to all Acts of Parlia ment which shall hereafter be passed, for making, widen ing, turning, amen di ng , regu l at i ng , repairing, or main taining any turnpike road in Scotland, save and except as to such enactments , prov i s i ons , ma tters, a n d things as shall be expressly varied, altered, or repealed, in any such Act that shall be hereafter passed." And by sec tion 32, it is declared that " No toll shall be demanded or taken at any such toll-bar as aforesaid, from any pe rson going to or returning from his, her, or their usual place of religious worship,_Stirling OObser v er. OBSERVE, REFORMERS I hat this day, the 25th August, is the last day for sending i n o bj ect i ons to parties claiming to vote either for counties r boroughs. EVI-4!NING EDITION' . THE MARKETS. D. The ghes' ri„ e of P s, R f'a ICE iCIIT' it, the M EA t oplis is ltd for the 41b. (itA d Bre..td nay be had at S. PRLE3 OF SEEDS Per C , rt. I Per Ouarter._s 5' _., .. ' CI Ncw E gi sh Mi.: Clover.. Os Ses St. Frin _-; 1`: , 143 Old . it.,_ , Ditto -s -s -s Rye 0 ass ..-5 - s -- 4 New Foreign Di.to -s 50s 455 Pacey Grass - .4 , 's 53 ' Olt Di,to Di to -s Linseed, for le ili, g ...- 4 co 70.4 cw White Clover 40s 50s 6.7.8 Dit o, for sowing .... ---' 3 " 44 , 5 5 • Old Di, t , Ditto -s -s -s Ditto , for crusliv , g •.--- 4 .. , i ts - , w 'l're 0i1... -s ltis 34s 1-1 m .. ......5 3145 ~4 5 Old Litt() fr folium s :',Os 31's I'er B..shel. ( y English raway ......-s 46s 50s,White Mu s t .rd .... 4s Od to 16s d i Foreign Ditto , s , o d I c 135' ~, Coriander -s 12s 165:Tares PRICE JF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton £39 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil ‘ -'9 10 Lins ed Oil Cake at th e Mill (per 1000) l4 1 1 Ita i .e ake, per to,t PRICE OF TALLOW Town Tall,ny X' ;3 0 Yellow Russia White Soap Ditto 0 0 0 7, SOAP, &c. per 112th. ° Melting Stuff I 6 Ditto Bough 0 1 2 Graves 5 Good Dregs 'AT, per stone of Sibs. r2s. L'al low Melters) . lARKEI'. PRICE OF RA W F Price of T:illutv (as stated by the '1 COAL IV Ships arrived since s. d. Adair's Bell, Robson Sz Co. Hartley 19 Chi ster I)erwent Main l7 0 lyweil Ma n '9 Leaze's Main l6 0 Orig'nal Windsor's Fordo., IS 2 Ord's lledhugh Willington yo 61 Walls End Dunn's l6 0 tValls End ,losforth Walls r'nd Heaton ...... 20 31 End Hilda 2O 6 Wells End Killingworth :0 t Walls End Riddell's 2O 6 1 last market-day, 48. y d. W. E. Braddyll's Hetton ••• - 6 ~ Walls Lnd Haswell ....... , 3 Walls End Hetton 6 Walls End Lambton Walls End Russell's Hetton Walls End Srewart's 0 Walls E d Whitweli.. 9 %Valls End Hartlepool . 0 %%Toils End o ao Wails End Barrett 0 Walls End Brown's Deanery F 2 ' 0 Walls End South Durham I 0 Wal Is End Tees :t! Walls End Tees Hetron 1 , 1 Howard's Netherton Main.° MARKETS. A 1 N. =ll6 Barley, Mecklenna to rgh 192 Ol4 -- Magdcburgh 102 t'illi -- Holstein -- Summer l6B t° lln Oats, Eider ... ~ 159 to ‘,3 -- Mecklenburg „., :216 t 0 i 29 -- Holstein _— Est Fete, land 132 3° 154' Pcase, .Mecklenburg ~„„ 300 3° 5041 Beans 3OO 3° g Buck Wheat CO to so Rapeseed, Hanover Malt 450 Tares ['ON. Marinham siii Madras 5 5 Surat, Domingo .., .. FEE. 54 Domingo La Ouityra 4% , ~„ Porto Rico 534 631 Havannah 4% 18% Discount.) 1 Bahia, White 5% t o j Brown 5 7/i Pernambuco, White s7s Brown 5 rn, sto N HAMBUR GR. Wrest, Marks 444 to 5l& Magdeburg Anhalt, white 444 to 534 ----- red 421 to .51.5 ---- Bruns nick 4 . -)0 to 52.* - Mecklenburg 42ii to 525 -- Polish - holstein Rye, Mecklenburg - Dantzic - Elbing and Ko_ nigamrg ..-. Upland - Riga 2lO to 25( j corJ Carolina and Tennessee 7'4 to 9% cloorgia, lAt sort 7 - ,1 2 (N :id and 4th s;• fi _ .. . COP] Mocha 13 to 14, Batavia Sumatra — Rio 4% 5U Bahia SUGAR.—(Wit Elavannah, White , 6 to I/ Brown 5 634 Rio, White 5 14 fik, Brown Manilla, Bros 189, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PiccADILLY,A S9 76, KING WILLIAM -STREET, BANE OF E NG LAND' .. r, Deafness, and those who ar o s li g htly d u ll of bead ing, and find a difficulty to catch the sound nil a distant low speaker at a public assembly, will She a most astonishing a d van t age f rom t h e use of ,t bie Messrs. S. and B. Solomons' Newly-i nven t e d Invisi be Operative Voice Conductor, w hi c h, w h en fi xe d into t or cavity of the ear is so small, not th e l eas t p erce ptible, n its more one nnfortable than h a vin g a pi ece o f wool la a place. By this extraordinary and valuable invention,:iit, only does the hearing become acute, but th e Ears at a much improved from their use, that i n divid ua ls, in a g re et number of instances, can hear most di s tinctly without then'' It will, therefore, be seen that persons do not incur a% constant habit of being compelled at all times to Make u ls of them, and in consequence of the numerous individa v. having been altogether relieved from deafness, they k a i „, become in general use. The Mes sr s. S o lomons' invented Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are o', before imperfect eyesight, either by day or candlelig4l'i.: every object becomes clear and distinct, and the mos_t bcir note particle is seen with exact distinctness. _ v valuable improvements in the m a t er i a l are se crets to th e m• and are solely confi ne d t o th e i r E s tablisbrne n k , ts, 39, Albemarle-street, and 76, Ki ng Willi am -street, 1 3 a n No connexien with persons of the same name. 13f THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH TUR.• JAMES CIIRISTIE WHYTE, ESQ.—This is one of the Me s e amusing works, and of its kind th e most va l ua bl e , that we kal met with for some time. After a well-written chapter on ,t h h : horse generally, the author proceeds to the history .f. ri L horse, and horse-racing in Great Britain, and gives,„' use, manner that must interest even those who find no 8:-fsets ment in the practice of racing, all the most importa tp __ l i es t connected with the turf in this country, from its a c l . o f origin. The performances, pedigrees, weights, nd of the most celebrated horses of the last century, re re' f . ; , a almost all of any note that have run in the prose r' combining such a mass of facts as in tbdi ioul tion and arrangement must have demanded a P ro o f the amount of time, careful research, and knowledg e the complicated subjects to which they have referent' . l i n g whole being interspersed with a pleasing variety (authorityo atom anecdote. This work must become a standard on the subject of horses and horse-racin g , an d none a t an interested in such subjects will he without it; whilst the general reader will be delighted with it, for the pleasant spirit in which it is written, and the singular traits of ex. traordinary character with which it is so profusely studded. We cordially recommend the work to the notice of our readers. —Argus. LADY LYTTON BULIVER.—The fashionable and htcrary world have been somewhat startled by the U l2 ; expected announcement o f a new nove l from the pen of Lady Bulwer, because it is well known that her LadysiliP had quitted Paris for Florence. It appears, howev er ' that Lady Bulwer had previously sent over the manuscrilic to her publisher, Mr. Bull, of Holles-street, stipulal for its publication on the Ist of October. The wort, designated " Th e B u d ge t o f th e B u bbl e Family," n„oar said to teem with p enc illi ngs t h at w ill ma k e it flour.- everywhere, and to paint with such gay and lively e° , o lisb ings "the B u bbl es ," as w ill g i ve i t a seasona ble amongst the curious at all the watering-places._,,,-' ... PLATE.—T. COX SAVORY, Silversmitli, &die': 47, Cornhill (Seven Door s f rom G racec h urc h -stree t) L . , 1 " -1 1 :t The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Spoons and 1 7 °";„ 1 . 7s. 2d. per ounce. Th e f o ll ow i ng are the weight s r e ibis mended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier at same price per ounce : 12 Table Spoons 3 " 04 at 7 4 2 4F. . i . d . dl l e4: 0 P ; t 5 st.c r e dn. • • • Ciiii .. : i i : 5 .716. 12 Dessert ditto 12 Table F or k s 20 at 7 2 ... 10 15 0 ••• 14 0 7 4 12 Dessert di t t o A' I"' 3 A 2 Gravy Sp oons ... ...... . 5 ... 3 11 8 ..• ' 1`•)• 8 1 Soup L a dl e - 4 Sauce ditt o —• 7 4°, 4 Salt Sp oons (g il t strong) 1 0 V .•• ~,' 1 1 v 1 Fish Sli ce 2 10 a ... 4 i 0 12 Tea Sp oons .. 10 at 7 8 ... 316 8 ..• l7 0 1 Pair S ugar T ongs ( strong) 0 15 0 ..• °•,.„p10 The Classic i s a new pattern, much admired for ii 4 , ° o -- , of eleganc e . Th e Fiddl e P attern is with the handle the O a f for a fiddle, quit e pl a i n; it h as ueen approve d , an d i n re ques" more than thirty years. N.B.—Pattern Spoons can be sent into the country, -------- SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE f,vs —A. B. SAVORY an d SONS , W atcmakers, N u• lh r Cor se bill. London (opp os it e the :lank of England), submit or lection a very la rge STOCK o f Hi g h ly-finished L on don" n ot WATCHEs, the wh o l e o f w hi c h b eing manufactur edu rj to their own inspection, on th e i r own premises, they can alr are sell at least 251. per cent. below tic usual trade price for a w ith ticle of the same qua lit y. A printed warranty is give n each PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double- 0 backed engine -turned cases, warranted Patent detached L ever W atches, jewelled in * i;;1 11 holes, maintaining power, with seconds hands, 6 e and double-backed cases, war7..nted . 6 vs , . Either of the abo ve i n s il ver hunting cases, 10s. 6d• A large variety of second-hand Silver Watches, whi cn o clt been carefully exa m i ne d, an d ca . t b e warranted at .E.:2 25 ' GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIES Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine -turned 51 3 gold case,, and go ld di a l s, warranted Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed , 2 0 engine -turned gold ca ses an d go ld di a l s, warrante d „, 1 Patent, detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, 14 /4 0 warranted GOLD CASES, SIZt. FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-back:d gold eases, war- 14 0 14 ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in s , x holes, seconds, douh't-baeked gold cases and / 7 0 enamel dials, warranted ........ ..................... 17 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-hacked gold eases and 10 0 phi dials, warranted Either ot the Gentlemen's Vt atche! may be had in gold I , °` cases, for 3/. 3.1. each extra N.B. Second-hand Vt ntenem : , nreltaseti in exchange_'„,„!o BIRTHS. o f 0 On the 21st inst., at Hanger-lane, Mrs. G. Lenox) daughter. On the 22d inst., in Montagu-street, Russell-square, th lady of J. W. Lowe, of a son. "d, the n the 23d inst., at Hyde Park-terra ce , U x b r idge-r lady On of T. Dent, Esq., of a son. the 22d inst., at Clifton, the lady o f J. W. Cow e ll, s(l.' of a daughrer. l i a s' On the 23(1 inst., at Waltham s t ow , M rs. G. ShaPt °fcs On the 24th in s t., M rs . 'l'. C. Hay war d, Minort92!_"'_----- MARRIED. o pting' On the Gth inst., at Much Marcie, the Rev. Henry x. tt hev ,, of ford, canon residentiary of the same cathedral, and n e P..„lster the late Bishop Huntingford, to Eugenia Jane, third daub of the said Rev. K. E. Money. On the 19th inst., at the Episcopal Chapel of St. o f the Dundee, Robert Jehb, Esq., barrister-at-law, third lie" cig 's late Hon. Richard Jehb, second Justice of the Court of o f tlra Bench in Ireland, to Emily Harriet, youngest daugh ter O rrl Very Rev. Dean Horsl e y, and granddaughter of the l a te Risher) of St. Asaph. e r 4° Ty On the 226 inst., M r . B en j am i n Standring, of -Fr. m l all merton, eldest son of M r . St an d r i ng, of the Minories, tncont-• Howell, only daughter of Mr. Joseph Frowd Spencer, of hill Gifford, ds, Ina On the 22d i ns t., a t t h e C atholic church, Moorie' oort afterwards at the parish church, Stoke N ew ingtot , d ef Kelly, E sq ., o f Broad-street, City, to Isabella Walker,l 11 ;ee W. Atki nson, E sq., of Paradise-place, Stoke Newington . On the 6th of July, of co p ns i um g p p ti . on, o f i '' Kocker, Eof Esq., Conduit-street, Hanover-square, Lendoe• _ On the 17th inst., at Mazy, in Belgium, T. Sherweadjusq Esq., late of Clement's •inn ed 36. i•T ' 104 On the 20th of Jul t ' aged Ch 1 the wife of A• ,'" y . , a sea, ar otte, . „ o y ral o Esq., Co • Commissary, East India Company's Service, i) Maria, the wife Presidency. Eli" inst., G. R. Ebswort h, son On the 21 s t o f the late rt. worth, op t icia n, , Fleet-street, aged 21 f L --amormorminek G ° ondon : Printed and Published by YOU d . a No. 112, Strand, at The Sun °d ice, No. 112, ,S t n r " the county of Middle s ex .— Tuesday , August 25, 1°"'"