The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-04 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Eastern question supplies our neighbours rith an inexhaustible fund of discussion. It may be said te engage their undivided attention. The same journal which has in a long article apparently exhausted the el 26 .kets after a brief interval enters on a fresh discus sion Mich as much ardour as if the question presented itself for the first time. Whatever may he thought of the principles laid down in these speculations of our French neighbours, it is impossible not to be gratified with the change which has taken place in the tone of them. Discussion has succeeded appeals to the passions—argument has taken the place of invec tive. The Revue des Deux Mondes has favoured its readers with another long article, in which the writer labours, with greater industry than success, to prove that France has adopted the wisest of all pos sible courses, and predicts that the P awers which signed the treaty of the 15th July have placed them selves in a position in which they cannot act with effect, without involving themselves in the utmost danger. To begin with the beginning : no good reason has yet been :assigned for the conduct of France in separating her. self from the other powers. We put out of euusidera lion the policy avowed by the P,resse dm- France ought to have bribed Russia by conceding to berth Protectorate of Conaerntinople,in seder to obtain in return the Protec torate of Egypt and Syria. We assume that France was sincere in pledging herself with the irther Powers to maintain the integrity of the Turkish empire; and assuming this, we must repel the idea of France enter taining any project of dismemberment iu order to share the spoil. Why has France, then, separated herself from the Four Powers? The Revue des Deux Alcudes does not answer this question sritisfacto- Tily. It labours to make a very plain matter corn iplicated by evasion of the real points of discussion. (From the Morning Post.) The civil war in Spain, as Lord Palmerston has managed matters, has la.en productive of no inconsi derable expebse to Great Britain. There has been, astir readers are aware, great expenditure of British tree -stare, of British birac i al, and, what is more valuable than either, of British character. The objects of our efforts :and our ontlay have been the termination of file civil . war, and the establishment of what it has been the fashioa to call a constitutional throne ; in other words. of a throne the most alien that it is possible to imagine to the pre-existing and ancient constitution of :Spen. And it has for some months past been the aindy task of our Ministerial journals to panegyrise - the S'kin and extol the success with which the Foreign of Engiand has ..prosecuted these objects. Al at once, however, the tone of the official. rs of our Foreign Department is found to be sud- The spirit of their dream has undergone a rrutark3bie and melancholy change. Laudatory of Lori Paltnerston and of his policy they continue to be, In purst:ance of their proper lunctioa and regular office. Rat ea' the success of that policy we hear no more. qa a N:yhic Lord is of course the same perfect States :NM, t! always was, and always will be, so long .as h its Miaister, and our Contemporaries are Minis :ter;al ja:.rnalists but his skill and power, which but lc:stew:ly were of the class that commands success, arc !.(3- , la; brought down to the class which only deserves Itys now discovered, notwastanding the ability • is,lom of Lord Palmerston, that Spain is not • d--;1;at the civil war is tint at an end—and that mstitutiran:l Throne of Donna Isabella is not - r established. zitered the Morning Yerald.) itin4s are calculated to impress an Englisilman ,wei- estimate of the intellect of Roman Catho .i Lh:la the influence exercised by such. a person Daniel O'Connell. The man has little to re d him, excepting the possession of a large en.rgy. His eloquence (Heaven save ui time most bald and vulgar description. his Whales, his stirring appeals —or what Cs suAl—arc all stereotyped. They occur in . . . . . tart 141 it! ? are ra,gtie which he delivers. His life is :spent i-i grinding the same notes in the same man ner en his little rhetorical hurdy-gurdy. His one tune is moreover a bad one and badly played. This wretched impostor has been for the last six la,.hbling about a repeal of the Union ; and the aber..e would seem to possess deep attractions for his humanist tiuditories. Daniel has, it is true, played tact. ;:rid loose with this subject often before ; but tfrqr‘: is in the bare mention of it, even by faithless bps, tarnething infinitely seductive to the hereditary tencmics of England. Yet, by a repeal of the Union —if eotliin; more than Daniel anti his partisans .av:arv, wcra intendecl 7 --Ireland would, assuredly, prove . a !cs...:r to a fearful extent. If the Union were re feilletl—if the nobility and gentry ot Ireland were again collected in Dubiia—Daniel and men of his .:tute l s would (en the assumption that property wr.ts to be allowed to exercise its legitimate info .etick,) be utter .y extinguished. Nearly all the landed 7prpper:y_ ot It-eland is in the hands of Protestants ; .anti slw .:eight of that superincumbent mass of wealth wou'.6.spcedily—if the repeal party entertained honest design's—extinguish the flames of any agitation which Zir. O'Connell might then raise. But the repeal Tarty cities not entertain honest designs. That party miglit now, in the event of repeal being carried, hope to ion:mai:ld an almost exclusively Romanist House of Cornincris in Dublin, together with corporations coo n-rt.:al into strong-bolds of offence against Protes 14ntisai. The - first movement of the repealers would le, to confiscate the property of the Established Church in Ireland.; and, then, to bring into operation a sweep ing system of plunder and assassination—a system, of which Protestant landholders should be the victims. (From the Times.) It cannot surprise our readers that we should regard 'with alarm and jealousy every attempt which is made to extend the authority of the Poor-law Commissioners to matters which do not Hill within their legitimate pro %ince. Doubtless, it may seem an expedient policy in those wile admire the centralizing principle of Government, when they have once insinuated a ma chincry like that of the Poor-law Commission into the institutions of the country, to draw everything which they possibly can within its sphere of operation. One palpable end which it serves is to supply a multiplicity of plausible arguments for perpetuat ing such a machinery, for the sake of the ingrafted, if not- of the original purposes. For ourselves, we have an invincible objection to the constitution and .character of ail such bodies as this Commission ; they :are essentially repugnant to the spirit of liberty, and, so far from thinking it fit or safe to intrust them with ad ditions: functions, we are wholly bent upon divesting them el' those for which they were first created. An Act. K eg passed last Session, in the quiet and tinobtru /Live v ay in which Acts of real importance to the public gene. any are, for the purpose of " extending the prae lice o veeeiranation " The purpose is undeniab.y ex cellent ; and the leading principle of the Act, which is to pruvide the means of vaccination gratuitously, not mcro. to the poor, but to all woo may choose to dated themselves of it in every parish through out England and Ireland, is equally admirable ; , an d, t o tar, the measure is conceived in a spirit of legislation worthy of a wise and a paternal Govern ment. We wish we could speak with equal satisfaction of the manner in which it is proposed to carry out the principle. In the first place, it enables the guardians of Peor-ti;w unions, and the overseers of parishes not ceiniorised within any un on, to enter into contracts swith medical practitioners for the vaccination of all person ‘-• reiden , within thei r respect i ve un i ons or pa ; and it directs that, in making ail such arrange ments es may be required for carrying the Act into effect, the guardians and overseers shall "conform to the regulations which may from time to time he issued by the Poor-law Commissioners in that behalf;" and no con tract is to le: valid nail submitted to the Poor-law Conernis.sioners for their approbation. In the next Place, it provides that th,p amount of remuneration to the medical contractors shall depend on the number of persons successfully vaccinated. (From the Illorninq Advertiser.) If ten ri:un.euber rightly, the result to which the phi losophieal Friinebrnar, 111. Beaumont, came in his analy.s . ia of th e state of Ireland, social and spiritual, it was, ti,nat there i s no salvation possible for that country except Ly the confiscation of the property of the aris aoeraey and . el,r g y—i n other words, a revo l ut i on, not merely 'Oct social. This was th e c a l m, di s sionato eetielusio n o f a stranger, Mfluen ce d by Pas. motive than the l ure o f truth and the indisno other logic of'things. 11, then, after an exact expositiopnenofthe problem of Ireland's condition, no other wayf ex patinf; iler evils save that of a b o li s hi ng the Prootestant Church, and treating her absentee landlord s like so many can be given as a sol u ti on , we should like to know if! :shatm ai an er t is to b e f urt h ered by a repal of the Union ? Arm Irish Parli ament, if assembled e in Coll - i eeereen, might vote the Pr o t estant I r i sh Esta• ee blishinent at an end—might vote all manner tainnnerevoerf anduumlid nistratve and cetnmercial reforms ; but tquch thr., rijt,; of private property any mor e th an the u sited l'ariinment ; and unless the present distribution of jirop.rdy It ere totally changed,nopermanent re li e f (aceordre. toi I. Beaumont) could be afforded to the Irish 1 -,; : ;p1: by its acts. M. Beaumont, let it be re- xnemii u!ar iu ►:is opinions. They are share:t rcater number of observers who have paid il:l .. :ttentit--n to the evils of Ireland, who, without florin.; to raise their thoughts to the remedy, have all, with one %oice, weriroed to the land and the landlords the orig i n of her crimes and miseries. FROM THR DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The illtnifestation Rtibrmisle, as die National calls it, in anr;_Lirbanquet near Paris, though no doubt exaggel-ated in r egar d to numbers, as all these " mani festotiono" Are by their friendly reporters, contains some curious matter in the several speeches, illustrative Of the very (lff.rcrit point of view from which politics are regarded by 1)011 and his nearest neighbours.ngiiyh agiators never can d o much by topics of foreign I),,ficy—witness Messrs. Urquhart, c,,. French F renc h ag i tators can do nothing by • and haze ofily to trump up a tale 'hc f k 4 ey yr ~`'~' trahison on the part of their own authorities, of " in solent coalitions of Kings," and frontiers menaced by the barbares du nord, to bring together an easily excit able audience, vhom they could not have brought toge ther by any theme of domestic policy. One element of this is doubtless the love of adventure, and the lurking hope of gainful adventure engendered by the wars of the Revolution. The ill-employed or ill-satis fied portion of the French population have never for ' gotten the times when the sward opened every treasury in Europe—when Equality equalised nieuer and taunt, and Liberty made free with all pockets. What is for gotten is the ultimate balance against the spoilers ; or rather, that is only remembered with a fierce impatience to " redress the balance," and to " tear the treaties (to borrow their phrase) of 1815." To do battle for the common good of mankind—not forgetting the ex tension of the French frontiers—is the ardent aspira tion of these choice spirits. (From the Standard.) We regret to have incurred the censure of the Morn ing Herald by the opinions which we have avowed on the Eastern question. We have no right to complain, and we do not complain, that our respected Contempo rary differs from us, but we think that we are a little hardly dealt with, when, in defiance of our constant profession that we offer no opinions but our own, we are called an evening organ of Tory opinions, and when accused of a predilection for the Russian al liance, and described as the panegyrist of that alliance. With reference to the Russian alliance, we have merely to remind our readers of the line taken by this journal since its first establishment. They are well aware that we have uninterruptedly warned our coun trymen against the danger threatened to the civilised world, and more particularly to this empire, by Russian ambition ; that we have exposed the intrigues of Rus sian diplomacy in quarters where they were least sus pected ; that we have in every case exhorted to main tain the power of France, Austria, and Prussia, as the proper balance against the increasing preponderance of the Czar—in short, that we have been, as we still are, thoroughly anti-Russian. If the Morning Herald cannot reconcile this thoroughly anti-Russian feeling with the part which we are now acting, we shall endeavour to set our selves right at least with others ; and we engage in the attempt the more readily, because we believe that good must always result from the canvassing of princi ples. Europe is already in some measure governed by popular opinion, and will be governed by the same in fluence in a still greater measure as we advance, but it is by the temperate and candid investigation of prin ciples, that a sound popular opinion is best formed. Tne diplomatists and red-lapists of our age, indeed, would, in imitation of the theologians of times past, deter us from the exercise of private judgment, by de scribing the duties and obligations of public policy as , oinetliing too intricate and obscure for the understand ings of humble men. The motive for this is as obvious in the case of the diplomatists and red-tapists, as in the case of the theologians—the wish to keep mankind in subjection to their own order. This, however, they can do no longer. (From the Cow ier.) The spiritual independence of the Church, and its inviolate preservation from all civil interference and con tamination, is the object for which Dr. Chalmers, in his last, tells us that he and his friends are ready to sacrifice everything they possess. This spiritual inde pendence the Church is now putting forth in her pro ceedings against a portion of her own clerical body ; and the Civil Courts of Scotland, as we have seen, are inter fering for the protection of the clergymen so dealt with by the Church. Each of the contending parties will be looking around them, where they are to find support in the positions which they have mutually taken up ; and the Churchmen, as is very natural, are quoting the law and practice as expounded and followed by the first re formers of the Kirk, in defence of what they are now doing. Did they go a little beyond the period at which these reformers lived, and did they, moreover, regard a state of affairs with which these reformers certainly were not particularly enamoured, they .could be at no loss to find precedents for the course they are now pursuing ; and we shall not send them beyond the Council of Trent, in case they should think we are putting them to too much trouble. But when they tell us, as we see the Witness does, that the spiritual independence now claimed, is " peculiarly the doctrine of Knox," we won der if we can have read aright the annals of the Re formation in Scotland. THE MODERN ICARUS.—A man, carrying a large bundle, applied some days since to the keeper of the column in the Place Vendome, for permission to go up to the top of the column. He was requested to leave his bundle with the keeper, but this request so disconcerted him that he retired in disgust to the Pantheon, where the same request was preferred, and the same conditions met with the same ebullition of anger. Upon this the man returned home, took out his large great coat, under which he contrived to conceal his bundle, and de manded admission to the towers of Notre Dame. The keeper accordingly accompanied him to the top of the cathedral towers, and as soon as he arrived there be asked M which direction lay Montmartre. The keeper painted it out to him, and the man, suddenly pulling aside the lappets of his coat, revealed the bundle;and tapping it mysteriously he said, " Should you be surprised if I were to alight on the top heights of Montmartre within ten minutes ?" The keeper replied in the affirmative. " Say not'a word," cell tinued the intrepid aeronaut, " and I will take you with me." The keeper, however, respectfully, but firmly, de clined the invitation, and exhausted all his persuasive powers ia attempting to induce the maniac to abandon his ne;iai expedition, but all to no purpose. At length the keeper exclaimed, " Well, then, since you will go, take me with you." The maniac immediately took out of his bundle some large straps and feathers, and commenced with great gravity to strap them on his shoulders like a pair of wings. He then seized the keeper round the waist but the keeper returned the compliment, and suc ceeded in bringing down his bird, and detaining him unti. assistance was procured. The man proved to be a carpen ter who had frequently given indications of mental aber ration, but, being gentle and harmless, had been allowet to remain at large. An accident occurred to the Inverness mail corning south on the morning of Thursday last, between 3 and 4 o'clock, about 19 miles on this side of Inverness. In turning a sharp corner of the road one of the leaders shied at some women who were sitting round a fire smok ing, i‘nd immediately knocked the other leader off the road, by which means the coach gave a swing to one side, and pitched two outside passengers, the guard, and coachman, in all directions, who, strange to say, escaped unhurt, with the exception of the guard, who was much bruised. Upon being freed of the top weight, the coach immediately righted, and the horses set off at a fearful rate with the coach towards the Bridge of Carr. There were two inside passengers—a gentleman to Edinburgh, and s young boy, who being well aware of the locality, and the imminent danger to which they were every moment hurrying, from the vicinity of the dangerous turn at the bridge, resolved upon leaping out. The gentleman, however, fell on his back, and was much bruised, and had his aLeic seveaely sprained. The boy was picked up iosensible, but afterwards recovered, and both, we under stand, are now in a fair way. The coach and horses, after running about two miles, were stopped within a short dis tance of the bridge of Carr by the presence of mind of an inhabitant of th 3 place, who, seeing the terrific approach of the coach, drew a loaded cart of wood aeross the road, which brought the horses up, only injuring the leaders.— Caledonian Mercury. Colonel Wyndham, during his recent visit to hit estates in the counties of Clare and Limerick, has giver. upwards of 5001. to different charities for promoting tht welfare of the poorer classes. It is not generally known. that the Gallant Colonel had given, in the two previou years, nearly 1,5001. to the local charitable institutions and clergymen. FOREIGN RAILROADS.—The Grand Duke of Saxe. Weimar, the Duke of Saxe-Meningen, and the Duke of Saxe-Gotha have entered into a treaty for the mutual facilitating of the construction of railroads in their territories. INCUBATION EXTRAORDINARY. —ln the parish of Stair, some time ago, a cock pigeon was observed to sit on a nest, though without a single egg, as earnestly as if an entire brood depended on his exertions. In this manner the hatching humour continued with nim the whole summer, when at length two hen eggs were placed under his charge, and both produced birds, which were duly taken care of by the inmates of the farm. The clocking. mania still prevailing with the pigeon, a par tridge's nest, the owner of which had been decapitated by the scythe, was next placed under his charge, and so at tentively did he persevere in the maternal office, that in due time the whole " clecking " were emancipated from the shell. Owing to the uns k ilful treatment, however, of Master Pigeon, who appeared to be totally ignorant of the manner of supplying food to his adopted progeny, the birds died one after the other for lack of food. What is rather singular, after such protracted sitting, the pigeon is still as much attached to the nest as ever, and no exer tion can drive him from ti.—Aur Observer. his nd extensive altera tions t o th e b r e e ding of horses, i a mmediate vicinity of Prince Albert is about immediately to turn are now procee di ng i n the Cuml)criand-lodge. under the superintendence of his Royal Highness, wh ere l arge pa dd oc ks are be'ng formed, with kose horse-boxes for the Prince's brood stallin g i s to be enlarged, and that port i on which fronts the ap artments occupied by the Lord Chamberlain is now ment. T under go i ng considerable embellish mares. The The old win dows have been taken out, and new ones introduced, painted to imitate wainscoat oak—thus giving a more "genteel " and less rtib!e-like aearance to the edifice, in scc or d arce with the wishes of t pp he Earl of Uxbridge. Several of th e o.d servants will be drafted to the Royal Alms at 'Windsor, to make room for the new hands who have been engag e d to attend to his Royal Highness's brood mares at the lodge. The Prince has secured seve ral exci:llent hunters for the ensuing season, which are now at the stables at the lodge ; amongst which is the celebrated horse purchased by his Royal Highness at Tat tersall's, a short time since, fur GOO guineas.—Morring parer. 1 THE IRISH AND SCOTCH.—" 1 canna say -*d the 4,‘ Doctor ; "in the that I dirtna like Avhiskv toddy ,"said mild vs inter night it's no sae l;ad sd " l us poor hate 1 that's it," said Power ; “ there's the pull you bad." 212 degrees 1 Paticmic.rs : cool, calculating, long,-heaadreeduieolnl o f el; alwaysae h a 3 r e w n e only come up to the mark after 15 tumblers; whereas you hot-brained devils, with a blood at heft, an'i a high pressure engine of good spirits ready for an explosion—we go clean mad when tipsy ; not but 1 am fully convinced that a mad Irishman is worth two san , veople of any other country undcr heaven."—.Charles 0 . 4 1 /.7(ii:L'ey, No, d. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER . 4, 1840. improved plan, in some less confined situation, and on some less valuable spot of ground:' The repairs on the prison, aritounting to about lOd l. per annum, are included in the workmen's bills. t For Bridewell alone ; separate payments are made for Bethlem. In the year 1835, the sum of 51/ 9s. was paid for writing a vote of thanks to the late President. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. itiAIVSION-HOUSE. A man, who said that his name was Palmer, was brought L efore the Lord Mayor, on *ednesday, charged with hat ing assaulted a female in the street. The in; quiry ;:io the case led to the detection of the prisoner cs d tigerous housebreaker, furnished with the full apparatus of the trade. The history was rather curious. The City Policeman, No. 060, saw the prisoner on Tuesday night strike a young woman to whom he had been speaking, a violent blow, and took him into custody for the breach of the peace, and at the same time re cogn'zing in him a person whom the police had seen about Broad-street with common thieves. The woman did not appear against him before the Lord Mayor, who asked him to give some account of himself. Palmer declared that he was quite blameless, and that the young woman alluded to was his wife. He had, he said, in walking home with her towards Kingsland-road, where they lived, happened to have a few words with her, and as she went on a little a-head of him, the policeman put his hand upon her shoulder in a familiar manner, not easily to be put up with by a husband. On that ac count he gave her a slap on the face, upon which the policeman took him into custody, and he was locked up and detained the whole night away from his wife and three children, a thing not to be patiently borne by a respectable man. The Loan MAYOR (to the policeman)—ls there any truth in this ? Policeman—Not a word. He was striking her and abusing her when I went up, and I am convinced that she is not his wife, and that he is a most dangerous character. Palmer—Dange rous I am a highly respectable man, and have 'been in the timber trade in America for the last ten years. I have no suspicious ac quaintances. _ _ - The LORD MAYORHOW do you support yourself and your family now ? Palmer—l brought over funds with me, and live comfortably upon them. City Policeman, No. 627—My Lord, I recollect this prisoner. Ho was given into custody last Tuesday by a woman for breaking into a house in Sandys-street, but she refused to appear against him on account of an affecting story he told about a wife and children he said he had at home in misery. A small crow-bar, which no doubt belonged to him, was found in the house, and upon his person was found a pair of strong pincers, with which much mischief could be done. Palmer—lt was all a mistake, my Lord. The poor woman acknowledged it herself. I never had a crow bar in my life, and the pincers was what I bad occasion for in America in the timber trade, in which I was en gaged most extensively. Mr. Hobler told the Lord Mayor that he was much mistaken if the prisoner did not turn out to be a house breaker, and, perhaps, a returned transport. His LORDSHIP—I must see the woman he calls his wife, and hear more of him before I permit him to go at large. The prisoner—You will hear nothing that will not be satisfactory, my Lord. The LORD AYOR--Very well, I hope so. You shall be brought up on Friday, and your wife can at tend and claim you. Yesterday, Inspector Merchant of the City police, stated that Mr. Palmer had given a wrong address, and that it was ascertained that he lodged at No. 48, Lent street, Borough, with the woman he called his wife ; that in his lodgings were found a number of picklock keys, a magic•lantern, a jemmy, and a set of grappling hooks appended to a rope. The apparatus was exhi bited in the Justice-room. The hooks were so con structed as to fix upon being thrown in at a window, or over a high wall, in whatever substance they came in contact with, so that the person below could without much difficulty raise himself by the rope to which they were attached, and effect an entry into the premises. Policeman No. 33 of the N division of Metropolitan police, had, it appeared, in consequence of information which he had received, kept his eye upon the house, No. 48, in Lant-street. He observed a young man of genteel appearance come out on Wednesday night ac companied by the woman Palmer called his wife, and soon afterwards return. Again they came out, and went towards London-bridge, and he missed them, but he afterwards apprehended them, when the young man told him that he had thrown two bundles which be longed to his companion over the bridge, and pointed out the spot into which he had flung them. Upon investigation the Lord Mayor ascertained that the young man had got into a hobble innocently, and without knowing either Palmer or the woman. He had witnessed the disturbance in the street between them on Tuesday night, and perceiving that the female was rather intoxicated, and having heard her say that she had three children, he offered to see her home, and promised to call next day at the Mansion• house, to hear what became of the charge. He did so ; but a few words having reached him in the police room, which proved that Palmer was suspected of being a house breaker, he left the room without saying a word. The Loan MAYOR—Why, what could you have sista ? ' men replied, thetAke intended_to have said, what the woman told him, that she'was the prisoner's wife, and that they had three children ; bt.t he was quite shocked at what he had heard before the Lord Mayor, and he departed. At night, according to his promise, he called at No. 48, Lant-street, to mention what occurred, and then the young woman told him that Palmer was not her husband, and he advised her, if she had anythin g belonginx to Palmer, to get rid of it as soon as possible, or she migia get into trouble. In that suggestion she acquiesced, and she handed him two bundles, which he soon afterwards flung over Lon don-bridge. The LORD MAYOR—It was very kind of you, but you have run a great hazard of character. The young man shed tears, and said that lie was now aware that he had been in great danger, into which, he solemnly assured the Lord Mayor, he was led by com passion alone for the unfortunate young woman. Policeman 33 N said he had no reason to think that the person who had got into such an awkward dilemma, told anything but the truth. The woman was very cautious in her answers to the Lord Mayor. She had, she said, lived with Palmer about five months, but she was not his wife, neither had she any children. She had been married, it was true, but her husband was dead. The LORD MAYOR—How long have you been ac quainted with him ? The Woman—l first knew him about ten years ago. The LORD MAYOR—Where, and under what cir cumstances ? The Woman—He kept a tripe shop in the Kingsland road, and I saw him as I passed. The LORD MAYOR— , And when did you see him af terwards? The Woman—When ? why five months ago. The LORD Mivoa—Did you know him ? The Woman—Oh, I knew him well enough. The LORD MAvoa—And you have lived with him ever since? The Woman—l have. The LORD MAYOR--Did he tell you he had bee❑ in America ? The Woman—He said nothing about it. The LORD MAYOR—Nor that he had been in the timber trade ? The Woman—No. The LORD MAYOR—Do you know anything about the young man who has got himself into such a scrape on your account ? The Woman—Nothing more than what he has said, The LORD MAYOR (to the police)—Let the part of the river pointed out to you be dragged. I have no doubt that these two bundles contained house-breaking implements, and I think we have got hold of a very desperate character. Let this woman be brought up with him. I discharge the young man. He leaves this room with a clear character, but he was very near doing it great injury by his injudicious humanity. BRIDEWELL AND BETHLEM HOSPITALS. The following is the Report of the Commissioners of Charities on these Hospitals : The Royal Hospitals of London are five in number, viz., St. Thomas's and Bridewell, Christ's Hospital (or the Blue-coat School), St. Bartholomew's, and Bethlem. The two former are included in a charter, granted by Henry VIII. The others were established in the reign of Edward VI. Though termed the " Royal Hospitals," they appear, in fact, to have been founded by the citizens, in order effectually to clear the streets of the metropolis of the vagrants and mendicants with which they were infested ; and for this purpose the charter purports to confer upon the Mayor, commonalty, and citizens, in whom the government was vested, ample powers for the ap prehension of disorderly pe:sons, and for the visitation of taverns and other places frequented by them. The several hospitals formed parts of one entire system. The reception into none of them was voluntary ; the the sick were taken to St. Bartholomew's, or St. Thomas's to be cured, destitute children were sent to Christ's Hospital for education, while the idle and sturdy were set to labour in Bridewell, to which place were also sent such children as were not found "apt to learning" at Christ's Hospital, that they might be in structed in some useful trade or occupation. The charter empowered the Mayor, commonalty, and citizens to depute the superintendence of the hos pitals to certain persons under them, who, however, had no original jurisdiction or authority, sad could be con sidered only in the light of committees of management. Separate treasurers were appointed to each house, ex cept for Bethlem, which, by an order of a general court of the governors of the Royal hospitals, made Septem ber 27, 1557, was annexed to Bridewell, to which, as far as relates to its government, it has ever since re mained united. In the course of time the persons delegated by the citizens to the management of each house seem to have assumed the power of adding to their number, and at last claimed an authority independent of the city, and their pretensions were ultimately sanctioned by the Act 23d Geo. 111., c. 77, in pursuance of which the govern ment of each of the Royal hospitals is now vested in a President, and Treasurer, and Court of Alderman, and twelve Common Councilmen, elected as the Act directs, and an unlimited number of momination Governors. At the time of the Report the Governors of Bridewell and Bethlem were 343 ir. number, of whom the Alder men and Common Councilmen amounted only to thirty seven, and the nomination Governors to 306, of whom seventy-eight had been appointed by the Presidents and Treasurers. 'The separatinn of the Royal hospitals into distinct and unconnected institutions, the various subsequent benefactions which have been made to some of them, and the changes produced by the lapse of years, have caused an entire departure from the original purposes of these foundations, and admission to Christ's Hos pital, which was once compulsory, is now a matter of valuable patronage. The vast additions which have been made to its possessions, and the numerous trusts engrafted on the original foundation, rend er th e re p or t on Christ's Hospita a subject too intricate for our columns. The state of St. Bartholomew's and St. Thomas's has elicited no expressions of disapprobation from the Commissioners, but the management of the hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem appears, from the repurt before us, to be essentially defective ; the utility of one of them, as now constituted, so questionable, and the internal arrangements of the other so imperfect, that we de;in it our duty to call the public attention to the subject. _ _ The endowment of Bridewell is as follows : REAL ESTATE. FOR GENERAL FCRPOSES. Per Annum. Bridewell Precinct, producing at Christmas, £ s. d. 1836 ... ... 3,150 8 6 Lands at Wapping 4,010 1 2 Farm at Northleigh, in Oxfordshire ... 354 14 6 Part of an estate in Southwark ... ... 266 13 0 STOCK. FOR GENERAL PURPOSES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities ....£16,230 19 4 Three per Cent. Consols... 2,374 18 4 Producing - 553 3 7 Annuities and rent-charges .. ... 58 5 0 Total for general purposes ... .t 8,398 6 1 FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES, VIZ. PUTTING OCT YOUNG PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN Ara PRENTICED IN THE HOUSE. Houses in various parts of London ... ....£353 4 6 Annuity 2 0 0 Dividends ... 250 4 9 605 9 3 Total income of the Hospital at Christmas. 1836 ... • 9.003 15 . I „4k At this time %Ike leases - of - a - parr erthidewell TireeMea were on the point of extinction, and before the printing of the report the sum of 1,367/. 2s. had been added to the rental from this source. Further additions may fairly be calculated on, and as the northern entrance to the Thames Tunnel is situate within the estate of th Hospital at Wapping, and cannot fail to cause consider able improvement in a neighbourhood now wretched beyond all description, it will not be too much to esti mate the future income of the Hospital at upwards of 12,000/. per annum. The gross income of the Hospital, on an average of ten years ending at Christmas, 1836 (excluding certain casual receipts, and the produce of stock sold out) amounted to about 8,8701. Bridcwell now consists of two distinct establishments, one situate in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, which includes the rrison, the chapel of the precinct, the hall, officers' houses and apartments, and the dwellings of the beadles. The ether, called the house of occupation, situato near Bethlem, in St. George's-fields. The precinct is in the nature of a parish, and the in habitants resort to the chapel as to a parish church. No apportionment is made by the governors of the chap lain's salary in respect of his duty in this chapel and of that performed in the chapel of the prison. In the re port, the sum of 2001. is taken as the salary for the former, and 1001. for the latter. The buildings in Bridge-street are all repaired at the expense of the Hospital. The following is a summary of the chief heads of an nual expenditure for ten years, ending at Christmas, 1836 : Deductions from the rental £992 0 0 Expenses of the chapel and burial-ground of the precinct, and salary of the chaplain 3OO 0 0 &dories of the receiver, and accountant ele:k, and surveyor Pensions Taxes, rates, &c. on oflicGr,' liou‘ses. Workmen's bills for repairs, &c. in Bridge_ _ street' - 1,650 0 0 Stationery, advertisements, &0.. 192 4 0 Law bills + Expenses of the beadles 273 0 0 Miscellaneous expenses Annual dinner Charitable donations, & c 157 0 0 Expenses of the gaol, including the salaries of all the officers Expenses of the house of occupation, ave rage seven years 2,305 0 0 Repairs on ditto ... lBO 0 0 It thus appears that the expences of the prison and of the house of occupation amount to less than half the gross average income. Workmen's bills form a very great item of expendi. ure. The subjoined statement exhibits the nature of ;he work performed in three years when they exceeded he usual amount :- 1829 The hall repaired, new roofed, and £2,028 18 0 830 - the ceiling raised 8 1,194 19 0 The Treasurer's, Chaplain's, and 831 2,352 5 0 the Receiver's houses repaired 832817 7 0 throughout 834 Beadles' houses repaired through out, and quadrangle repaired 1,640 19 6 Stables and coach-houses for Trea -835 836 surer and Receiver erected, and 1,767 1 0 4,209 15 0 their houses repaired &furnished The cost of the erection of the house of occupation, a newly established branch of the charity, seems enor mous. It amounted to nearly 22,0001. The number of inmates for whom the buildings were intended, was about 120. A union workhouse for the same number would cost from 1,6001. to 2,000/. Besides want of economy, the hospital ha s suffered greatly from negligence or incapacity on the part of the governors, extensive frauds having been practised on them by Mr. Hudson, the late accountant and receiver, which were carried on for years with impunity, and have only recently been detected. With the exception of the house of occupation, the whole institution needs remodelling ; and doove all, an entire and sweeping reformation is wanted in the gene ral es'ablishment in Bridge-street, which nas for years absorbed the funds, which, properly and judiciously ad ministered, might be rendered of incalculable service to the metropolis. In the words of the Report, " The bead 7 .es are of little or no service to the charity. The hall is out of all propor tion to the usual attendance of the goverc ors, and a room of more moderate dimensions would be :..amply sufficient. Commodious offices for the clerk and receiver, with strong-rooms for the books and documents of the Ito 4 - pital, and a committee-room annexed, se, 'm all that i s essential for the transaction of business, an d these might without difficulty be comprised in an exce, •dingly 'small compass. It thus appears the buildings in Bridge street, to be repaired by the hospital, might be. •reduced to little more than the prison, the chapel, and tI le chap lain's house. By this means, not only rn:ght a very considerable reduction be effected in the outgi ;s of the establishment, but the whole of the south sid and a large portion of the eastern side of the quailra ngle, to gether with the house of the treasurer, anti., tb c stables now used by that officer and the receiv er , i ig,ht be added to the productive property. Whr,n the very de fective construction of the prison is considered, it may, perhaps, even be questioned whether it, mi , rht not I. ` 'e tl.at it should be taken down,. zud rebuilt, pi an BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. Yesterday being the 3d of September, the day on which for so many years' the proclamation of Bartholo mew Fair has taken place in the Old Cloth Fair, Smith field, a considerable crowd assembled to witness the ce remony—people feeling convinced, from the symptoms of mortality which the fair has recently shown, that it would soon be numbered among the things which had been, but which should be no longer. For several years past, vain attempts have been made to abolish the fair by a coup de main, but as this could not be effected, other and more certain means have at length been de vised for its accomplishment, the most effective of which is the progressional rise in the charges for ground. Tho price this time has been fixed as high as 10s, per foot, a charge which the majority of the booth-keepers find too high to pay. The populace began to assemble as early as ten o'clock in the central portion of Smithfield, to witness the erection of the booths and to be ready to witness the ceremonial of proclamation. It was, however, very generally reported by the police that the Lord Mayor would not be present. This was probably done to pre vent the crowd from becoming too dense • but a few mi nutes after twelve o'clock, the erection of a barrier at one end of the gateway-entrance to Cloth Fair, the closing of the gates at the other, the cleansing of the area itself, followed by the spreading of a carpet of saw-dust, and the presence of the police, gave the lie to the state ment that the Chief 'Magistrate would not proc'aim the ancient fair. With regard to the fair itself, it will be the smallest which has ever been held. The only show of any con sequence is Wombwell's menagerie. The ginger -bread and toy-stalls were tolerably numerous, but not equal to those of former years. The following notice was posted in various parts of the fair : " MARSHALL MAYOR. " Notice is hereby given that Bartholomew Fair is ordered to be closed on the nights of Thursday and Friday at the hours of eleven o'clock, and on Saturday at ten o'clock ; and every person keeping open any ex hibition, booth, or stall, after those hours, will be pro ceeded against for the same. "By order of the Lord Mayor, (Signed) " FRANCIS HOBLER." It is probable that the early hour mentioned will not be strictly enforced, but that a little will be left to the discretion of the police. It has always been found that whatever was the hour named it was impossible to get the booths cleared for nearly an hour after that time. The hours named, allowing for the lenity of the autho rities and the lapse of time which takes place in en forcing a moderate observance of the magisterial order, will just ensure the close of the fair by midnight. At half-past one the Lord Mayor arrived, and the usual proclamation was read in the presence of the Lord Mayor and several of his officials, by one of the gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's office. The formality having been thus gone through, the Lord Mayor and his officers quitted the scene, and the business of the fair commenced. WESTMINSTER COURT 07 RE QUESTS. A FEW UNINTELLIGIBLE ry OROS FROM TWO HIGH LANDMEN .-Hugh M.Federin and Donald M'Donald, raw Highlandmen, " Twa dogs that were na thrang at hame," presented themselves before the Court at the call of the usher. " Which is MTederin ?" inquired the usher. " She's here hersel," said Hugh. " She'll be the man," pointing to Donald M'Donald. " She'll pull the bell here and she'll broke it there." The Commissioners looked moon-struck at such queer phraseology. " Where do you come from ?" said a Commissioner, in a tone between exclamation and inquiry. " Herh !" returned Hugh M'Federin, in a sort of mo dified grunt. " I ask you where you come from ?" said the Com missioner, still more astonished. Hugh M‘Federin—She'll be Auchtermuchty.: " And where do you come from ?" said the Commis missioner to Donald M'Donald. Donald—She'll be Barrychibeen. Three of the seven Commissioners lifted up their eyes, and two of them fairly opened their mouths. " What arc you ? said one of the latter. " Herh r again grunted Hugh M'Federin. What are you ?" repeated the COMMISSIONER, ra ther hastily. Hugh M . Federin—De you think she's a sheep, or a Miee, or a ki ? " A mice or a ki 1" echoed the COMMISSIONER, al together lost in astonishment. " What does the tmn mean?" Donald (addressing Hugh) She (the Commissioner) 'ull be a ta►nmed England -- size is. Will she (Hugh) ha' a gill ? When ae door sleeks anither closes. Hugh—She dinna care a tam whether or yes. And away the " children of the mist" marched out of Court, leaving the Commissioners in a state of intense bewilderment, FOItTUNg-TELLlNG.—Blackheath is a famous resort of the gipsy tribe, who encamp here for the purpose of practising upon the credulity of the ignorant and inex perienced. Look at that Sybil to whom a young female is listening with profound attention 1 Mark her sloe-black hair, dark crafty eye, ivory teeth, and weather-beaten ap pearance ! I never behold one of these wandering pro phetesses without thinking of the vivid and life-like picture which Mr. Hook has painted as " Martha, the Gipsy." These jesuitical hags have all one mode of accosting their dupes—to wit, "My sweet lady, cross my hand with a piece of silver money, and I will tell you your fortune." A good husband, numerous affectionate offspring, abundant riches, coaches, horses, and servants, are promised without limitation, to the young damsel desirous of looking into futurity. Taking advantage, moreover, of some facts she has herself elicited from the eager candidate for the joys of matrimonial life, the cunning beldame clothes them in other language, retails them to the fair inquirer, and thus makes her fully believe in all that she has predicted.—A Summer's Day at Greenwich. COLLINS . AND LOVETT.—The Chartists of kr, emulating the spirit of Glasgow and Edinburgh, in tend soliciting Collins and Lovett to pay them a visit. Preparations are makin;., , to receiv e th em about the middle of September.—Ayr Observer. The Havre Journal mentions that a few days since the English colller Skylark, in going to Rouen, struck upon a bank in the Seine, below Villequier, and ul timately sunk. Similar accidents happened to a French sloop, which was run on board by a ship towed by a steamer, and also to a lugger. The crews of the vessels were saved. INQUEST AFTER NEARLY THIRTY YEARS. —Wednesday an inquest was held in the parish church of Fannet, county of Donegal, to investigate the eircum. stances connected with the death of a female found buried in Ballikinurd bog. It appeared from the evidence that while some men were occupied cutting turf on Friday evening, the 21st ult., they discovered the body dressed in a dark stuff gown and flannel petticoat, with a scarlet hand kerchief tied round the head. The body was in a state of the moat perfect preservation, the flesh not in the least de cuanypei e d a s o a r n t s h s r m i v e e l l l. l e d ,Tbhuet wretchedperfealy w fi r o m m a and a fr d e e e f v r i o d m e n tl all y been barbarously murdered, as her throat was cut in a most frightful manner, the hair, and a ribbon encircling ttolh,:nhemead, st a i ne d w i t h bl oo d, an d t h e l e f t arm b ro k en. Several wi tnesses were exam i ne d, w h o c l ear l y recognised and identiS e d t h e b ody as t h at o f B etty Thompson, wife of o M nt ‘ h S o w f in N e i , ay, 1 deceased, Bll,u s n v d h e o r s c u i d rc d u e m nl s y ta d n i c sa e p s p o e f a a red mostin b s u o s d p y i eiu s fo o rt h n i r a t t y u r y e e . a r l s t was u r m e a e l d l n as t a o n b i s o h g i g w t i o t h s e e t h a e n m e a a l . l mer,tsapparently perfect and unchanged as the d a y th e wtnirtfhorwtuhniactheschreeawtuarsesi w ig •a h s t 7 y u m rd ar e k re ed d : and the clothes of th e deceas e d were uninjured by time. Even the small-pox, were clearly discerni ble, from the powerful antiseptic properties of the bog. Every exertion was made to throw light on the mysterious deed, but without effect. The Jury found—" That the body was the body of Bett Thompson, wh.) disappeared y in th e month of Nlay 1811 and that she came by her death i n consequence ' of a Wound inflicted on her throat with some sharp instrument, by some person or persons un known." The Senti ne ll e of Toulon ment i ons anoth er in stance of death occasioned by punishment in a Govern ment steamer. A sa il or of the Lavoisicr, attac h e d to t h e L evant squadr on , h av i ng been guilty of insubord i nat i on, was or dered ' int o t h e coalhole and was suffocate d. The second officer o f t h e ship balloon made m sent home unde father of th e d eceased has laid a complaint b e f ore t h e Pro cureur du R o i at T oulon. AER ONAUTICS. Mr. Gypson, the aeronaut, several who last s eason ascended times in the vicinity of London i n a ball his r arrest, and the ade twenty-sixth ascent last Monday evening from Daventry, in N ort h amptons hi re . The princip a l attraction on this occas i on to sc i ent ifi c per sons interest e d i n such matters, and from Lond on t o w i tness its e ff ect, was the trial of a new valve ..laced externally on the top of the balloon , by means o ma ny of whom went of which it was calculated the machine, on reaching terra firr Aa , m i g h t be almost instantly empties' of its contents, aad render e d stationary. On a late occa sion, it ma y be remembered, Mr. Green and a fellow tr aveller, descend. ing iii b o i s t erous weather, were dragge d a l ong for nearly half an h our , tearinc, their way throug h hed g es, banks, and other o b itructions ; and not long since Mr. Gypson was expo se d to similar perils. He states , h o wever, th a t with the new valve, which, although st ill susceptible of improvement, ans were d the purpose for which he designed it, he w as ena b led to exhaust the balloon com pl e t e ly, an d render it m ot i on l ess in forty se conds, co that he and his friends stepp e d out of the car at once w i t h perfect ea se . TIE P ASSPORT SYSTEM.—"The Minister of the Interior, wis hi ng,' says the illessager, " to facilitate the relations established between France and Sardinia, has decided that in futur, Sardinian subjects shall not be re quired to exchange. their national passports for provisional passes. The Authorities have, therefore, received orders to allow all Sardinian subjects, from the 15th inst., to cir culate freely in F rance prov id e d t heir passports have had a visa on the fronti er . — [ W b y is not t his rule applied to Eng lish p4sports ?.) G UILDHALL. EMBEZZLEMENT.—A youth aged only 14 years WAS placed at the bar before Mr. Ald. JOHNSON, charged with having embezzled various sums of money, the pro perty of his master, an extensive salesman in Leadenhall market. Alt.. William Gillon stated that the boy had been in his employment for some time past, and having sent him on Monday to collect some money from several parties who were indebted to him, he staid away until Wednes day, when meeting him by chance near the market, in reply to witness's questions he acknowledged having re ceived the money, but said he bought a watch and other articles with it. Mr. David Kohler proved having paid the prisoner the amount of his account with the last witness. Mr. Gdlon requested that the prisoner might be re manded for a short period, as he had reason to believe there were a great many sums received from his cus tomers which had not been accounted for. He also suspected that the prisoner had fallen in with some of those wretches who are continually watching to induce boys employed like him to plunder their masters, and it might, therefore, be desirable to afford the police an op portunity to find out his associates. He was accordingly remanded for a week, and ordered to be kept nolitary. CAUTION TO SHOPKEEPERS.—INFORMERS.-111 x. Thomas Brown, of the firm of Brown and Sons, medical glass manufacturers, No. 46, Farringdon-street, appeared on a summons, at the instance of Atkinson, the com mon informer, charging him with causing an obstruction in the public way, by allowing certain goods to remain on the footpath longer than was necessary for their re moval. The informer's witness said, that on Tuesday he saw a number of large crates taken from a van, and laid on the flagway, opposite Mr. Brown's stores, where they remained for two hours. Witness then went in, and warned a warehouseman to have them removed, but they were allowed to remain in the same situation for an hour longer, blocking up the way so completely as to render it impassable. Mr. Brown pleaded in defence that the goods had been just denvered from the water side, and were about being immediately sent into the country. They w ere therefor e pl ace d on the paveme n t un til their removal to one of the railway stations. Mr. Alderman WILSON said merchants and others should be wade aware of the fact that it is illegal to leave any goods on the pavement. They should be carried into the warehouse from the waggon at once. If in the public thoroughfares, such as the Poultry or Cheapside, where omnibuses were continually passing rapidly, such obstructions were allowed, the consequences might be fatal to pedestrians. As this was the third in stailte hl which Mr. Brown had been summoned for the same deride, he felt bound-to inflict the full penalty of 4th. and costs. In answer to an observation from Mr. Brown, The ALDERMAN observed, that it was the duty of the police to take cognizance of these matters, and thus as much as possible prevent the interiserence of common infermerBs LAMBETH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE. - Yesterday, George Beer, alias Thompson, alias Cumming, alias Wilson, alias Sbephcard, a middle-aged man, of rather respect able appdaranec, was placed within the felon's bar, be fore Mr. Bingham, charged under Sir Robert Peel's Act, 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 29, sec. 8, " with accusing one Harriet Reed, the wife of Richard Reed, with a crime punishable by law with transportation, that is to say, the crime of stealing from him his purse, con. taining thirteen sovereigns, on Wednesday, the 19th of August last." Mr. Pelham, who appeared for the prosecutor, after stating the precise terms of the charge against the pri soner, proceeded to say that it would be in the recol lection of the Bench that on Wednesday, the 19th day of last month, Mrs. Harriet Reed, the wife of a respect able master mariner, residing at 11, Bedford.strect, Commercial road East, had been brought to this office in custody, with her daughter and niece, and charged by the prisoner with stealing from his person a pur=e, containing thirteen sovereigns ; and, after hearing the statement of the man now at the bar on that occasion, he (Mr. Bingham) was pleased to remand Mrs. Reed, or, at all events, to detain her. After Mrs. Reed had been examined, she was re moved to one of the cells, or strong rooms, where she was visited by one of the ushers of the Court, who, notwithstanding her strongest declaration of perfect innocence of the infamous charge made against her, strongly urged her to settle the matter. She again exclaimed against the gross injustice of being compelled to pay a sum of money for an act of which she was perfectly innocent, and ohterved that her doing so might be construed into an admiselon, Still, however. the officer pressed her to settle the matter ; and, al though her house had been previously thoroughly searched by the officers belonging to the metropoliOn police, he (the usher) proceeded then with the niece of Mrs. Reed, and searched it with the greatest scru tiny ; but he did not succeed in finding anything calculated to fix the slightest guilt upon the ac cused. On his return the usher Shelswell again vi sited Mrs. Reed, who during this time remained locked up, and again urged her to make up the money, or give security for its payment to Beer, the complainant. She again complained of the great hardship and injustice of doing so while she was innocent of the - charge. Shels well, upon this, told her that if she did not do so she would be certain, in the first instance, of being re manded and locked up for a night, as the complainant was going into Kent for that time ; that on his return he would appear against her, and the result would be that she would be committed to the Old Bailey, and in all probability be transported. By this species of inti midation, which he (Mr. Pelham) must say was highly improper on the part of an officer, and while under ab solute duress; his client, Mrs. Reed, at length consented to ply the money, and her niece having brought her a receipt for some money which she had lodged in the London and Westminster Bank, she proceeded to that establishment with Shelswell, and drew out 13:., which she paid over to that officer, together with 10s. for him self for his trouble and ss. for the policeman in the case ; and, having done this, was discharged on the same evening. Fortunately for the ends of public justice, the circum stances of the case obtained publicity, and the conse quence was the assemblage round Mrs. Reed of a num ber of friends who were thoroughly acquainted with the former exploits and extraordinary character of the pri soner. An application had been made to him (Mr. Pelham) on the subject, and during the inquiry which he found it necessary to make he had discovered suffi cient, he felt persuaded, to satisfy the Magistrate that the prisoner was not entitled to belief upon his oath, and that the charge made against Mrs. Reed was the result of a conspiracy, and had been concocted to plunder that lady of the 131. said to be lost. He (Mr. Pelham) had first traced the prisoner paying his addresses to a re sleet able young woman in the service of a gentleman in the Borough, as a single man, though at the time he appeared to have been married. This young woman, under the promise of marriage, he succeeded in seducing, and she, in order to furnish a residence for their recep tion, made free with sonic of her master's property, and for this he had been tried with his victim, and sentenced to a period of imprisonment in Horsemonger-lane Gaol. Seseral similar acts reflecting great discredit on the accused were stated by Mr. Pelham, who amongst ether_ charzes I I aid he would be able on a future day to prove the fact of his having been brought there with his brothers on a charge of fcloay, in stealing plate from the Phoenix Tavern. Mrs. Harlot Reed was then called and examined. Her evidence fully bore out the statement of her soli citor, Mr. Pelham. Afterw.trds Mr. BINGIIAM obst•rved that in her evidence state , 'vents were made affecting the conduct of an officer of that Court ; but as he could not think of giving a judg ment on ex parte statements, he would at present re. Frain from offering any opinion on that part of the case, but would investigate it after the case against the pri soner had terminated. Mrs. Reed was cross-examined at some length, ut nothing material was elicited. Anne Dye, the niece of Mrs. Reed, and Hariette Eliza Reed, her daughter, were examined at some length ; but the evidence was merely corroborative of the former witness. Police-constable William Butch, 107 K, said that on the night of the alleged robbery he partially searched the person and thoroughly searched the house of Mrs. Reed, but could not find the purse or money. In reply to a question from Mr. Pelham, he said he hal, made such a search as to enable him to swear that no such thing could be concealed in the house or pre mises without his finding it. A female, who searched the prisoners at the station house with great care, swore she had only found a few pence on them. Mr. BINGIIA M said it was impossible he could get through the case that day, and he should, therefore, ad journ it to a future day ; and, in the interim, would ad mit the prisoner to bail, in two sureties of 100/. each, and himself in 2001. THE NEW BISIIOP OF CIIICIIESTER.—We have heard from a person likely to be well informed, that Dr. Hampden, the Regius Professor at Oxford, will be appointed to the vacant see. The officers and servants of the Zoological So ciety have been thrown into much alarm by the sudden disappearance of William Lewis, one of the oldest ser ♦ants, and for fourteen years the messenger to that esta bli3hment. He had been, as usual, to the bankers, from whom he received the amount of a check, which he faith fully accounted for, and having left the museum has never since been heard of. It is feared that the unfortunate man, who was much respected by the officers and members, has committed suicide, as no cause can be assigned for his absence. The number of visitors to the Zoological Gar dens in the month of August was 16,248, from whom up wards of 6101, was taken. There has been no addition to the menagerie of importance, with the exception of a moufflon, from Sir Augustus Foster, of Berlin. The most important present to the museum was a very rare spaniel dog, from Malta, with long flowing hair, brought to Malta by some of the tribes from Jerusalem, where it was presented to the Queen Dowager, by whom it was again given to the Duchess of Kent, who presented it to the Sojety. The animals at the gardens are in good health. DISCOVERY OF CoINs. -A gold refiner, in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell, lately purchased a quantity of old gold and silver, and, on examining his pur. chase cloiely, after the person who had sold them had gone, he found amongst it some extremely rare Greek and Roman coins in a very fine state of preservation, amongst them were three Vespasians, two Julius Caesars, and one Titus ; there were also some curious English ones amongst them, particularly one Alfred, several William Rufus, Stephen, Richard 1., &c. Whether these are the produce of some late robbery of some collector or not we cannot state; the purchaser says the seller Was a most re spectable looking man, - THE BRITISH QUEEN.—An elegantly-shaped gold snuff-box, richly decorated, has been presented by the Chairman and Di rec t ors o f t h e B ritish and American Steam Navigation Company to Mr. Edward Paterson, the chief engineer of the B r i t i s h Q ueen, as a mark of their' ap probation of his cond uc t as an o ffi cer and his skill as an engineer. The device at the top represents the British Queen ; at one end of the device underneath is a figure of Father Thames, and at the other the arms and motto of America. surmounted by the eagle and stars of the several States, between which is a rich medallion of scroll work, with the British Queen sailing between the two countries. Around the sides are introduced parts of the steam engine, with American birds arranged among the scrolls. There is also an inscription appropriate to the circumstances under which this gratifying testimonial was presented. The birth-day of Prince Albert was celebrated at indsor in a very delicate manner. As soon as the Prince arose in the morning, her Majesty suggested to his Royal Highness that as this was his birth-day, they should breakfast together at Ad e laide -lodge, about half a mile from the Castle, and at the end of the slopes in the Home Park. The Prince and the Queen accordingly proceeded thither ; but the surprise of his Royal High ness may be imagined when he perceived, on his arrival at the lodge, that not only the moat ele g ant and g ratif y in g preparations had been made by the Queen's commands to receive him, but that the whole of her Majesty's distin guished visitors, and all the members of the Royal house hold, were there awaiting his arrival, to offer his Royal Highness their warm congratulations on the anniversary of his birth-day. The children of the Prince and Princess Hobenlohe, who were attired in elegant fancy costume, strowed flowers before her Majesty and the Prince on their entering the lodge. As soon as breakfast was over, the Royal and distinguished• party returned to the Castle, ...—BrOton Gazette, _E'VENING EDITION! BRISTOL and EXETER RAILWAY; BRISTOL, SEPT. 2.--The usual half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Bristol and Exeter Railway took place this day in the hall of the Society of Merchant Venturers, King-street. The attendance was unusually great, the proposed leasing of the line to the Great Western Com pany having produced much opposite feeling amongst the props ietary, and at one o'clock the chair was taken by Frederick Ricketts, Esq., the President of the Board of Directors, who, in opening the business of the meeting, alluded to the various points touched upon in the Directors' Report ; he said he was so satisfied of the benefit that would result from the proposed lease, that, in the expectation of its being agreed to, he had greatly enlarged his interest in the undertaking, and had ad vised his friends and connections to do the same. The Secretary, J. B. BADNAM, Esq., then read the Directors' Report, which also included one from the Company's engineer, Mr. Brunel. The finances of the Company were stated to be in a more prosperous state and the works in a more advanced condition. Th e Directors had adopted coercive measures to compel th e payment of arrears, and the register was now cleared of every improper name, and it was recommended that 2,793 shares should be forfeited (an average of 121. 4s• per share having been paid on them). An agreement to lease the line (subject to the approval of the rf° - prietary) had heenfagreed to upon the following terms; —Th e Exeter Company to complete the line to Bridg water by the Ist of June, and the Great Western to pay for that portion a rental of 30,000/. per a nnum,sei a farthing toll per mile for every passenger and ton merchandise up to 12,000.000 miles, after which one" eighth of a penny to be the toil. As the line is com pleted to Taunton, Wellington, and Exeter, the ren t to be increased proportionately, and also by, sums amounting to 5,000/., with a fur: h r increase contingent on the appointment of Dartmouth as a mail-packet station. The term to be for five years after the colo p',etion of the entire line to Exeter. W. SAUNDERS, Esq , read the acconnt to the 30th of June, from which it appeared that the total receipts to that period had been 541,704/. 45., and the ex p e nd 516,9391. 9s. 4d., leaving► x balance of 24,764/. 14s. 8a • The Report and some other resolutions haying be en unanimously adopted, E. DIVETT, Esq., M. P. for Exeter, rose to 111° 11 that the proposed lease be ad o pt e d. H e sa id he u "; so with a strong conviction th a t it was th e mode be e ' calculated to carry out the objects of the Com Pail without loss of time mid severe pressure on the Fr °7 prictors. His opinion was that the line, in conjuncti on with the Great Western, would yield a return equo,.,l t t° the London and Birmingham or Grand Junction. I°6 coaching eeturns showed a larger traffic than was the London and Birmingham prior to the completion.% the line, and believing that on its early comPlo t T e much of its prosperity depended, he would support tb lease. E. JONES. Esq., seconded the motion. JoHN TYRREL, Esq., opposed the motion. He cop' tended that their financial condition was improved • that their works were progressing favourably ; and that; as with their own resources they might complete on."_. work their line, it would be a folly to hand over the profits to the Great AVestern Con:pany. A very lengthened and warm discussion then co i l ; and the motion was put to the meeting. 1. 1 1)° n t show of hands being taken, The CHAIRMAN said he was unable to say whetbedr the amendment of Mr. Tyrrel was adopted or rejet" r and a poll then commenced, which will °Jose at i°l2 o'clock to-morrow. THE SLAVE TRADE• yea The following extract from a letter just reeOlhut from Sierra Leone will give our readers a slig ht .t fearful picture of the horrid traffic in human flesh, of present existing on the fatal shores of poor uolult l Africa, the perusal of which forces the startling con to' 6011 on the mind, that, until Englishmen are arouse(' ajust sense of their duties, and combine their e, lightened exertions in behalf of the negro, the hoer °l : of the slave trade, with all its devastating calesoluft:g must remain unmitigated. We are pleased to find our town is not indifferent to this important questic the Anti-Slavery Society is rousing its dorman t e ., " n , b erPe gies ; a public meeting will soon be called, and va 8 , addressed by able and eloquent advocates from tbeP rent society. We trust that when the occasion arridv to every heart in Reading will cheerfully resPaaby the call, and prove by their unanimity and qat?.. their desire for the moral and political rege ners" Africa : l c; 18 0 ' " Sierra Leone, June .-' 6 4 u pon " The slave trade is by no means exting u ' su 'A u cted this coast ;it is, however, more covertly c°°— I From the most accurate sources of information, can fairly state that not one out of seven slave, ships is caught by the British cruisers. r i ik r; is more secrecy, but the trade is nearly as quent as before, but more profitable, and for that reason more alluring. A few days ago I visited a car tuted slaver. In a space which a moderate-sized French bedstead would occupy, I have seen forty-five unhappy wretches packed, without regard to age or con' stitution, like herrings in a barrel. I saw them fe d after they had been captured. On a shell about the silt" of a hall-crown piece was deposited a pinch of salt, fo r which a lather and four children contended, each end"; vouring to scramble a portion to eat with his rice. J . have seen four children packed in a cask that I thoug l4 it impossible to contain one. The statements which your orators in both houses of Parliament exhibit of chef f sufferings of these unhappy people are faint outlines ain their appalling misery. Unless some efficient sYs te ., h be adopted, Africa will long continue to cry out sg!!„. tears of blood to her European brother man f or his rti. terposition and protection. The Spaniards and Penes. guese are indefatigable in promoting the trad e in 1; 10 at St.-A[lg° that the Roman Catholic as well as Pro Powers of Europe do not interpose and prev ca u t er. great blot upon their religious creed."--Rendil i g ' . curt'. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. Fos !. -___-- Wheat. i Barley. Oats. I B ea". 1../ .00' --"------- ......---.... r ......-...... S. to 5.. Per Quarter.' s. to s. s. s. s. to s. IS.to ' .... Bath ....... ‘,....1 69 75 28 35 ' 3') 37 50 , 57 „ --.... 5 Illandtbrd ........I 68 73 38 27 .-. 50 " ..... "4 Bridport ...-......1 68 40 4 Chard —...........1 56 78 32 56 30 a; 4" - '_" t ; 31 4 0 Gloucester 69 72 32 46 26 38 52" ;''''' ig Exe'er Guildford - , fiB 61 32 37 32 56 46' '',„l 45 5 0 Newbury !56 76 24 34 28 35 50 "J. 45 Reading -, ;54 82 32 4' , 56 35 47 I, ....- ..... Salisbury ...-.,.--', 59 72 30 14 '26 34 44 , v c ;', --; - 49 Shcrhorne 166 72 3 , 1 31 26 30 44 ' h i 1 40 ..-- SheptonAlalleti 58 80 34 38 '3O 26 53 " --- .... Uxbridge —. — 37 43 '23 32 "7 ...- , Warminster ,44 72 27 33 ,32 35 50 "-„ ---. ..... Winchester 164 76 —' 373 ^... (coed 156 68 30 36 ' 3; 39 34 - li- 1 LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Sept• l• . to ,• 0 Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. 4 ' 55 " to : 38 '' 'g --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ...................... Grinding ....................................... : Bean. - to 34 ', o ne• Oats, l'otatoe - cl ............... 1 Healing, For.—d. to _d Eng. 16d• t o IVd• 09,. et shelling 8 7 5, to IL. 5. 0 DEVIZES CORN MARKET. 41. st Par Sack. s. ii. s. d. Per Quarter. s• oto ~,,, 0 3 eirst Wheat 35 6to n 6 0 Oats... ............... -.-,., 0 fi" 0 Second 31 6 33 6 Beans (per sack)... "," 0 , r` :bird - 16 0 28 il Flour (per bag) ..... i 4 Barley 5O 0 40 0 Bread (per gall.)••• -- UUILDFOR Wheat, Old (Per Load) 19/. tc Carley (Per Qr.) Wis. to 365. Oats 32 :36 Grey Pease, 0 MARKET. , 2 11. lOs• 201. Os.—New, la to' • • 4 0. to 46 Beans (Per Qr.) ..... A 4 Ill Ye..... . ................ 4t.s. to 4.Fs. The General Steam Navigation C °( " B a rrl Y fe 'sa packet, the Columbine, Norwood, from notterd rag , off the Custom-h ou s e , a t th r e e o 'clock, P• 11 1" Y s° aiter a favout able passage. A QUANTITY OF SECOND-HA ND ?„ l in tio• °‘l ' SPOONS and FORKS are offered for Sale, prica to 6s. 9d. per ounce, At T. COX SAVORY'S, d oo rs Goldsmith, Silversmith, &c., 47, Cornhill (SeYen Gracechurch-street), London. • - _ ___. BIR THS. e lt& ' 'f On the 20th ult., at Connaught- square , London, t h ey, James Hills, Esq., of Kishnaghur, B enga l, o f a daughotr .A. On the Ist inst , in Kensington-square, the lady of " 11' Rougernont, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., Mrs. A. Hall, of:)oughty-stree t, which survived its birth only a few minutes. Mil 11 'LIED. 1. ene, 11. bi On the 3d inst., at Union Chapel, Islington, bY ' ifCAI the Rev. W. B. Leach, of Robert-street Chapel, '4,--eueOge'"t Wilson, Esq , of the Aberdeen Herald, to Ann ' ) daughter of the late George Knox, Esq., of Aberdeen- Geo rge On the Ist inst., at Marylebone Church, the Be v ' pai l " o f oaltleq„lie Chetwode, son of Sir John Chetwode, Bart., Staffordshire, and Chetwode, Buckinghamshire, to 101:5•_h Jone., daughter of the late Dr. Shipley, Dean of S t ' the Ve:, On the 2d inst., at Henbury Church, Gloucestersui'mo, Rev. Henry R. Julius, 8.A., of Farnham, to ithulof Clap eldest daughter of the late J. H. Butterworth, Esq•' ham, Surrey. t . of liff er On the 3d inst., at Brighton, William Hood, ..- , s ( l" o f 1110.i °r Bedford•place, London, to Harriet, eldest daugtiter Willard, of Eastbourne, Sussex. , Ter' ne i rit :t On the 3d inst., at St. Mark' s , Kennington, Jara e- elo e ' Esq., Major late Madras Arm 3., to Louisa 13rown ' 0 n e . 3 (1 1 i i t l i s u t ryt . a o f S iia J r r o i hz i n 's . str e daughter of T. Brown, Esq., of N o rth I3rixton, SurretiloO Mr. n t i 1 , 1 ;l; Matilda Frances, only child of Mrs. A. R. l i lo e c t"" il e Uppteen,'s-°1173-, siW ` flan house, Hanley road. -------"--- Clit e i t r , eh, r l '„ , to ---- On the 2fith ult., at Clifton,Dl DIED. E. Eachus, Esq., 01. Leit'''' Essex. Jame. E s q. , On the 31st ult., William Henry, s on of W. J am of Whi'by, aged 8. ~ w ood, I On the Ist inst., at Milton, near Gravesend, Mrs. l ea of Peckham, Surrey, aged 68. eed (s° ) . On the 2d inst., at Rye, S uss ex, T. Procter. E , cl“ Pllr t •'• r. child of 1 On the 2d inst., Charles Frederick, youn ,es Haward, of Leicester-square, aged 15 mont hs. strand , On the 3d inst., Jane, the ' w ile of Mr. J. n . Arnol d, end Chigwell, Essex, aged 6S. . ~,,....._,_ ) liiq C7 ' f London : Printed and Published by AIIIRD(' Y D IO OII to No. 112, Strand, at The sun Office, No. 1 1 ' 2, Poe , ~ the coutra f llidditsea.—FridaT, september 6) tl )1, t, Nvi