The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-17 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS• FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) THE TREATY OF LONDON. The ratifications of the Convention of the I3th July, between Turkey, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and England, were yesterday exchanged at the Foreign office. In Scotland, as our Correspondent observes, " there is a choice of Courts ;" the Justice of Peace Courts being the most expensive and tedious of all the subordi nate tribunals. In the Courts presided over by the Ma gistrates in towns, and in those in counties where the Fiscal to the Sheriff presides, the proceedings are more simple and economical; yet it is but too common in some of the counties, and in some of the large towns, to summon individuals for most trifling offences to the Justice of the Peace Court, in which everything must be coin mated to writing, instead of bringing the case before the mild and efficacious Court of the Sieriff, in which a stipendiary judge regularly bred to the law presides, who decides every case on his own responsibility, having first heard the viva voce testimony of witnesses to prove, and those (if any) adduced to disprove, the charge. The Justice of Peace Court in Scotland is, it would seem, constituted similarly to our Petty Sessions Court, in which country gentlemen in the commission of the peace arc directed in their decisions by their clerk, some practising attorney, who is their oracle, and who pockets the heavy fees on convictions as a remuneration for his time and trouble in attending to instruct them in the law which they are entrusted to administer. The enor mous fees taken by the clerk in the Justice of the Peace Courts in Scotland are actually fixed by the Justices themselves ; those taken in the Fiscal Courts being fixed by the Judge; In this respect the practice in S otland is even worse than that of England ; as the Justices may be well suspected of a disposition to make the situation as profitable for their protege as they well can. Were Lord John Russell, as leader of the House of Commons, or the Hon. Fox Motile, as Under Sscre tary of State for the Home Department, to bring in a Bill for simplifying the forms and regulating the fees of summary proceedings in trilling cases in every Court in the kingdom, such a measure, emanating from the Government, would be a pledge of the desire which bas been expressed by Ministers, and the fulfilment of which has been anxiously looked for by the country, that the Courts of Law should be rendered more accessible to the poor, and official fees would not, as now, consti tute in trifling cases the by-far heaviest part of the pe nalty incurred for unimportant and frequently uninten tional infractions of merely fiscal regulations, or for petty arid trumpery assaults, provoked by impertinence, or committed without premeditation, or the design of inflicting the slightest injury. This would prevent the sympathy which the public feel for offenders, and which is nothing short of a❑ impeachment of the law, when they see poor persons consigned to a jail—not for the offences of rshich they were convicted, but for the ina bility to pay exorbitant fees of Court. (From the Standard.) What arc the " exploded principles of Government" repudiated by " practical statesmen" and " rational Tories themselves ?" is a question which we have in vain tried to resolve in the particular. The recognised principles to which we have been accustomed are few and simple. They are, that the laws must be enforced by the Magistrate and obeyed by the subject— that changes must, if safe, be conceded to reason and justice, but never to violence and wrong —that the State must be above all things jea lous of its authority, never enduring the growth or presence of a rival power—that every man is en titled to the enjoyment of what the law has pro ncunced to be his, whether it be a material possession or a privilege of honour or influence ; and that if the necessities or advantage of the community re quire to take it from him he is entitled to a full equivalent. These are the leading principles of government recognised by our ancestors. They have been violated, we know, by the unprincipled men who cell themselves, and are called by their crea tures, " practical statesmen," upon the same prin ciple upon which Fielding, following ancient Pistol, calls a thief a " practical conveyancer." " Rational Tories," too, who prove their title to rationality by professing principles which they practically belie, and by joining a party which they take pride to insult and abandon at each convenient opportunity,—" rational Tories" of this description have connived at the flota tion of the old principles of government ; but this does not prove that the principles are exploded. The laws against robbery are not exploded, though robberies are committed, and sometimes connived at. A formal re peal is necessary. We are, therefore, we presume, not unreasonable in asking for the public acts by which the old principles of government have been directly and expressly exploded, either in the gross or in the detail. Such an act would seem to be necessary if only to let men know what description of government they may look for hereafter, and such an act would not be without precedent. (From the Courier.) We noticed in our last a new case of embarrassment which is occurring in the Scotch Kirk out of the strange prcreeedings of the men now in the ascendant in her councils. A presentee of the Duke of Buccleuch, and this presentee, it may be remarked, to the parish in which his Grace's own principal residence while in Scot land is situated, has been objected to by the people on the ground —to speak plainly and briefly—that he be longs, or rather in hoc stalls is suspected to belong to the moderate side of the Church ! The quarter in which this opposition originates, it requires no " second Da niel" to tell us ; but the secret of the movement we be here to be, that in making this appointment his Grace has not consulted " the Christian people ;" and he has not, as on a former occasion, applied to a certain emi nent Doctor in the Church to say who ought to be pro moted. He has not even done, what other patrons often do, and what the Crown nosy does in almost all occasions, given a leet of candidates, from among whom the people may choose. Now his Grace's conduct on this very ac count deserves, we thick, the highest commendation. We all know, that of late years the mode of filling up benefices in the Kirk, even under the present system of lay patron. age, has been very much assimilated to popular election ; and the change has been hailed as a happy one by the abolitionists of that system. A very little candour and impartiality brought to the inquiry will satisfy every one that in the very worst feature of lay patronage the feet giving system is neither more nor less than an extension of it. The patron now-a-days presents four, six, ten —it may be, as in a late instance, where the nomination was with Lord Efe—twenty individuals to a vacant perish. It is true he cannot give to one, as for merly, the same chance that he shall ultimately get the living. Bat he can divide the certainty , among half a dozen or a score. And this, forsooth, is the mode by which it is proposed to diminish his tempta tion to render his right of patronage subservient to his political views CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. William Bugler, aged thirty, and James Balli,gate, aged thirty-nine, were indicted for stealing a bank-note,' value 3001, the property of Edward Wenman Martin, in his dwelling-house. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prose cution, and detailed the facts of the ewe as they after wards appeared in evidence ; Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoners. Mr. Edward Wenman Martin deposed that he re sided in Upper Seymour-street, and the prisoner Bugler was in his service, as footman, in the month of June last. In the early part of year he placed his banker's book and a Bank note for 3001., in a drawer in 11;s bed-rocm. He should think that the note was quite concealed from view. He wrote the number of the note on the wrapper of the banker's book. The drawer in which he placed the note was unlocked, and was what he called the letter drawer. On the 13th July he had occasion to look in the drawer, and he found the note was gone. lie had seen it safe, a fort night or three weeks before that day. Upon ascertain ing his loss he made a communication to the Bank of England, and shortly afterwards the note was shown him. On the last Sunday in June Mrs. Martin had a number of ladies visiting her, and it was the prisoner's duty to have been i n th e h a ll , or the lower part of tie ss w house, and he could h ave no business whatever in wit ness's bed-room. Wit ness went out fo rabout an hour on the afternoon of th e S un d ay i n question. Cross-examined—The prisoner had been two years in his service. He had three female servants, but s e to no e other man servant. The females could h ave a his bed-room. The prisoner (Batligate) had never in his service. Could n o t say how long it was bef ore this Sunday that he went to the drawer where he had placed the note. He entertained a good opinion of Bugler's honesty before this transaction. Mr. Joseph savage produced the stolen not from the Bank of England. It was changed on the 3d July, and the person who changed it gave the name of J. Batten, Newbury, Berks. He gave the party a hun.. dyed sovereigns and a ticket, which enabled him to ob tain two hundred pounds in notes from another office. Mr. John Hevekes, another clerk in the Bank, prove 1 that he save the person who produced tlte ticket two hundred ° pound; in 1 01 . and 51 . notes. There were ten 101. notes and twenty 51. notes. The witness then stated the numbers of the notes. A portion of the notes hadsinee been paid back into the Bank, and among them was No. 57,160, a 10/. note, and No. 1,313, a 51. note. Sarah Brown deposed that she was one of the house maids in the serv i ce o f t h e prosecutor a t the time of the robbery. The p r i soner B ug l er was f oo tman, and the other prisoner, Bathgate, used to come to visit him two or three times a week. Witness remembered Sunday the 28th of J une . On the ' afternoon of ' that day her master went out, and witness and the prisoner Bugler were the only servants in the house during the time he was absent. In the cours er of the fternoon witness had occasion to go up to master's raed bed-room, and she brought down his he slippers and p e l w e r them in the library. She went up again shortly afterwards and met Bugler coming down, and she asked him ad where he had been to and he said, " For the slippers ;" and she 311;4 she had already brought them down. She observed at the time that he was in a tremble and appeared very ill, and when she got down he asked her to fetch him some spirits, but she did not do so. In a few minutes she saw Bug ler go up the area steps and let Bathgate out, and until that time she was not aware that he bad been in the house. Bugler afterwards told her that Bathgate had been there to see him. Before they separated she ob served that the prisoners spoke to each other. When Bugler came in he said that "Jem," meaning Bathgate, had been there again bothering him for money. On the Wednesday following she heard a ring at the area bell, and she looked out and saw Bathgate and Bugler standing at the area gate talking together, and the former appeared to be intoxicated. Bugler soon afterwards came in-doors and said that Jem was quite tipsy, and he was coming the next morning for some money, and he was then going into the country to his wife. She never saw Bathgate at the house again. Cross-examined.—She had been in the prosecutor's service off and on for four years.. Witness had been in the service for some months before the note was stolen. Witness had some female friends to visit her occasionally on a Sunday, and her master and mistress did not object to it. John Gardner deposed that he carried on the busi ness of a livery-stable-keeper in Ely-place, Holborn. He had known the prisoner Bathgate since the year 1823, and he saw him at his house at the latter end of last June. He told witness that he should meet him in two or three days, and witness asked him what for ; and he said he should want him to go to the Bank of England, and get changa for a 3001. note. Witness asked him if it was a good, honest note, and he said it was. Nothing more passed at that time, but in two er three days Bat bgate came again to his stable and showed him a 3001. note, and asked him to get it changed, but Lvitness refu,cd to have anything to do with it. Nothing more occurred than what he bad steted. (The deposition made by the witness before the Magistrate was here put into his hands, and he was told to refresh his memory with it.) Evidence continued—He recollected that Bathgate said that there was a 3001. note in a drawer upstairs, and that he could take it and get it at two minute's notice. When he produced the note, witness refused to change it, and the prisoner told him he was an old fool, and would never do himself any good. The prisoner then went away, and he did not see him again for an hour and a half, when he wreto a note and wished witness to take it to a man in Barbican to get the change for a 101. note. He went to the house in Barbican, and the man sent a boy with the change along with him, and witness called Bathgate to see him. Winen the boy was gone, Bathgate asked him how he was getting on, and he told him very badly, and Bath gate then gave him a 5/, note and two shillings for going to Barbican. Witness gave him a box, as he said he waned one, and he went away. Witness subsequently changed the five-pound note he had received from the prisoner. When this transaction took place, witness knew nothing of Mr. Martin or where he lived. Cross-examined—Bathgate never told him that he could get the note from a man who cleaned shoes and boots for a gentleman named Martin. He swore he did say so before the Magistrate. Witness got his living by " taking in" horses.—( A laugh.) He had known Bathgate intimately for many years. He thought as he had been in many good services that Bathgate might have had a three hundred pound note in his possession. He knew Bathgate when he was a groom at Coiling wood Hall, Northumberland. Witness thought the prisoner gave him the five-pound note out of old friend ship, and he did not think there was anything extraordi nary in it. Samuel Hart deposed that he was a tailor and draper, and resided in Barbican. About ten weeks ago, the prisoner Bathgate came to his shop for a Mackin. tosh, which he purchased, and gave him a ten-pound note in payment. He gave the note to a person named Israel Cohen to go to the Bank and get it changed. When he told Bathgate that he had sent to get this note changed, he told him that he was in a great hurry, as he must get to Holborn by twelve o'clock, to send a parcel by a coach, and he said he would send for the change. About an hour after Bathgate left, the wit ness Gardner came with an order for the delivery of the change, and he took the precaution of seeding his young man, Cohen, with it. _ Israel Cohen proved that be handed over the change to the prisoner Bathgate, after deducting the price of the Mackintosh. William Kenny, inspector of the G division of Po ;ice, proved that, after receiving information of the rob bery, he went, on the 14th of August, to the house of the prosecutor, and he desired that Bugler should he brought into the library. Mr. Martin and the female servants were also present. He then said that a 3001. note had been stolen, and he toll Bugler that he had traced the party who stole it, and that this party had been in the habit of visiting him. He appeared very confused, but said he was innocent, and witness then took him into custody, and searched him, but found no ' thing material upon him. On the 16th August witness proceeded to a house at Four Oaks, near Birmingham, where he found Bathgate, and told him that he wanted him fur a 300/. note that had been stolen from the house of Mr. Martin, of Upper Seymour-street, Port man-square. He said he did not steal it or change it, neither did he know who stole it ; but he would tell him who he got it of, and he then men tioned the name of the person whom he said he got it of. He also told him that he was to have 20/. for changing the note, and he did change it, and got drunk, and lost 50/., and he carried 230/. to the party he had spoken of. Bathgate also told him that he had bought some Irish cloth and had taken his watch out of pawn in Lon don before he came away. tie then took the prisoner into custody, and he was remanded ; and upon a subse quent occasion the prisoner told him that if they would make a witness of him he would go with them and show them where the money was hid, or his wife should bring the money with her. In consequence of what the pri soner said, witness, on Saturday last, again proceeded to Bathgate's house at Four Oaks, and in consequence of something he saw done by Bathgate's wife he went into when-house, and he there found, hid in the ground, a tin case, which, on opening it, he found to contain 100 sovereigns and eleven 51. notes. These notes, as well as the 10/. and the Si. spoken to by the former witnesses were part of those given in change for the stolen 3001. note. This was the case for the prosecution. • Mr. Ballantine having addressed the Jury, Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up the evidence. The Jury expressed a wish to retire, and in about F , .!1 an hour returned into Court, finding a verdict of Guilty against both priscners. 11'm. _Munro, a respectable-looking young man, was indicted for assaulting and wcuruEng Mary Anne Langley, with intent to do her some grievous bodily Lana. Mr. Phillips defended the prisoner. S,:veral witnesses were examined, but when Mr. Phillips was about to address the Ju:y, they said it was unnecessary he should do so, as they had made up their minds that there was no case made out against the pri soner, and they therefore returned a verdict of Not Guilty ; and, at the same time, expressed their regret that the Magistrate should have sent such a case for trig!. Mr. Justice M AULE—It is no part of your duty to make such a remark. The case was presented before the Magistrate in a very different aspect. Foreman—We still entertain the same opinion, my Lord. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Johit Davison, the unfortunate author who was on Monday last charged with having broken a lamp, and pleaded guilty to the charge, at the same time that he assured Alderman GIBBS that necessity dictated the act, was brought up for further examination. The defendant stated to Ald. GIBBS, who sat yester day during the early part of the day for his Lordship, that he had written to two gentlemen in London who Lad some knowledge of him as a literary person. From one of them he had received an answer which he handed to the Alderman. The other he apprehended was out of town. Aid. GIBBS read the letter, which expressed regret at the circumstances which prompted the defendant to do what lead to an exposure at a Police-office, and stated that tl:e short acquaintance which existed between them being merely of a literary nature, justified the writer in bearing testimony to his abilities, but had no reference to moral character. Ald. GIBBS said that a letter had just been put into his hands, written by a gentleman who belonged to the Literary Fund Society, stating that the case in his opi nion came peculiarly within the province of that Asso ciation t o re li eve , h umane ly suggesting animmediate ap plication t o th e S ecre t ar y, a t No. 4, Lincoln's Inn - fields. rho defendant said he had not applied to the fund, becau se he believed that, to be entitled to claim , a ma n must b e th e aut h or of a voluminous work of repute, and he certainly ',could make no appeal upon such an authority. Alderman Glass asked by what description of writ ing the defendant had been supporting himself? The defendant stated that he had engaged himself of late in mere sketchy matters, to supply the means of preventing the separation of the soul from the body. lie wrote the article in a publication called the " Queer Fish Chronicle," which was published by Mr. Steele, of Paternoster-row, a periodical in the line of " Master Humphrey's Clock," but the speculation did not tell. He then was engaged by two other book sellers successively, but they became bankrupts, and his small, but hard earnings, were involved in the general mass of their liabilities. Other creditors suffered in t h e i r purses, but pressing hunger was the immediate con sequence to him, and it was difficult to describe the task of r econciling the cravings of an empty stomach with a constant demand upon the imagination and the understanding. Alderman Gll3l3spuCtott.linlgd v th er well ey poor 0 C fe lri llo p w relln who. ed had he authorship to the pain of more of bravedd iffi cul t t y h , e with p e ri o l s u t ac curately describing what he had undergcue, but wished to know what he intended to do upon being discharged 1 from custody ? The defendant, having humbly expressed his thanks for the ►nterest the Alderman evidently felt in h's se vere lot, stated that he had been engaged in writing an account of the revolutionary movement in the reig❑ of Richard the Second—a composition combining histori cal facts with romantic descriptions and details, and calculated, at least intended, to invest the truths of his tory with poetical decorations. He had already ad. vanced half-way in the work, when his wants became so pressing as to compel him to make the disgraceful experiment, for which he was consigned to the mercy of a prison. If he had the means of supporting himself for ten or twelve days, he could complete it, and he was sure of receiving 31., or perhaps 41., upon giving in the manuscript to the person who had engaged him. Alderman Grass—Will a sovereign answer your pur pose ? The Defendant—Oh, most abundantly. It will do every thing for me for the fortnight, during which 1 may be employed in finishing the work. If I could procure that sum, I should, I trust, show that I was not ungrateful, and I should esteem it a most bountiful act of providence performed for me in a state of suffering greater, infinitely greater, than I can de scribe. Alderman GIBBS—Very well, you shall have the money, and I sincerely wish you, my poor fellow, more success in the world than you have hitherto had. Do not forget to let us know the result of your labours. The Defendant, with difficulty said, " May God in Heaven reward you," and left tl.e Justice room. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSIUY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1840. WORSHIP-STREET. NUMEROUS ROBBERIES.—A. young man named James Wild, who was stated to have been formerly a performer at Bartholomew and other fairs, in Clark's Equestrian Company, was brought up for re-examina tion, charged with numerous robberies. His plan was to accost children who were carrying bundles and par cels, and to give them a penny or twopence to deliver a message or little parcel for him at some place pointed out, while he took charge of their property, and of course disappeared with it the moment they turned their backs. Three such cases were proved against him at the first examination, and yesterday no less than thirty-one children belonging to laundresses, tailors, and others were brought forward, who had been similarly robbed. The result was stated to be thirteen charges against the prisoner in the G police division, four in the N division, and four in the City. He was also charged with having stolen a pair of sheets from the Dolphin public-house, in Old-street, where he lodged for a night or two. Policeman Kershaw, 123 G, produced a watch and guard chain found upon the prisoner, whom he appre hended late week, and he said he should be able to prove that it had been stolen from Mr. Clark, the prisoner's theatrical employer. Mr. LONG again remanded the prisoner for a week. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian) The unsettled aspect of political affairs, and the con sequent decline in the value of public securities,have had an injurious effect upon this market, and we understand that one or two orders for goods for the Mediterranean have been countermanded ; whilst the non-arrival of one or two foreign mails now due has by no means tended to the improvement of business. The demand yester day, both for yarn and goods, was more limited than for some weeks past, and in several articles, especially in good 40's twist, a trifling reduction was submitted to • ; but the lowest counts and qualities were in tolerably; 1 fair demand. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. Henry Forth was held yesterday,wrien a statement of his affairs. , was laid before them. It appeared, in coafirmation of the statement which we made last week, and in con tradiction of the exaggerated rumours to which we then alluded, that the total amount of Mr. Forth's debts was 49,878/. ; in addition to which there were con tingent liabilities on bills of exchange, amounting, we believe, to about 60,0001., some of which may possible become claims on the estate in case of the failure of the acceptors, but which cannot be considered in that light at present. The assets to meet these de mands were stated at something more than 29,000/. ; and Mr. Forth's proposal was to pay his creditors 103. in the pound, by two equal instalments at two and four months, with security. We believe that the creditors were generally inclined to accept this offer ; but some difference of opinion arose in the meeting as to certain debts owing by parties who had purchased from Mr. Forth, in his own name, goods consigned to him for sale, on a guarantee commission ; and the question was, whether these debts belonged to the creditors, or were, as they had been taken to be, in making out the state ment, the property of the consignors of the goods. After some discussion on this point, it was agreed that a legal opinion should be taken on this question, the determination of which would, of course, affect the amount of assets. The meeting was consequently ad journed to Tuesday next, to receive this opinion, and to consider further the offer made by Mr. Forth. Messrs. Wood, Wales, and Co. have also submitted a state ment of their affairs to their creditors, who have un animously consented to accept a composition of 11s. in the pound. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 14. —The flannel market has been quite as brisk to-day as on the three preceding Mondays. The demand remains steady, but there is no advance in price. In the wool market there is no change. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 15.—The demand for heavy winter goods still continues brisk, and a fair general trade was done in most descriptions of woollens. Light fancies are not so much in request as is usually the case at this season. Prices remain firm, but do not improve. In wools there was a fair demand at late prices. Business in the warehouses during the week has been satisfactory. THE MURDER AT WIGAN. RECAPTURE OE ANDERTON.—We are glad to be enabled to announce the recapture of Anderton, who, it. will be remembered, was in custody at the Town-hall, Wigan, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mr. Coulton, and who escaped thence by filing his irons, at an early hour on the morning of Friday the 4th instant. It seems that Heath, one of theWigan police, haviag ascertained that a boy, a nephew of the prisoner, knew his biding place, induced the lad to accompany him thither. Accordingly they proceeded yesterday ac companied by two of the county constabulary, to farm-house, at Hart Common, Westhoughton, about five miles from Wigan, and close to the residence of Mr. John Hargreaves, lessee of the goods traffic on the Bolton and Leigh Railway. The policemen, on entering the premises, detained all the inmates in one place, whilst they prosecuted their search through the house and far m•offices. After some time thus occupied without success, they at length proceeded to the hay loft, where they discovered Anderton concealed several feet under the hay, a small aperture having been made through it to his lace, to enable him to breathe. He wore a night cap, but bad neither coat nor shoes on ; and his shoes were found near him quite wet. In his pockets were found some turnips and a file (with which, in all proba bility, he had succeeded in freeing himself from his irons). His beard was much grown, and, to all ap pearance, he had not been shaved since his escape. Whether he had been in concealment in the place where he was discovered during the ten days that have elapsed since his escape, we have not ascertained. He is stated to look much worse in every respect than he (lid ten days ago. He was escorted to Wigan in a cart, and reached that town about half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, passing through a concourse of thousands of spectators, who evinced the greatest satis faction at his re-capture. He was conveyed again to the Town-hall, where he remains in custody, heavily ironed, and under a strong guard. We understand that a further examination of the prisoner will take place this morning, before the Magistrates at Wigan.— ..Hat/chest/a. Guardian. A HINT TO MODERN ARCHITECTS.—In an Act of Parliament of the ninth year of the reign of King William, for completing and adorning the cathedral cberch of St. Paul, London, a clause was inserted " to suspend a moiety of the surveyor's ( Sir Christopher Wren's) salary until the said church should be finished; thereby the better to eacourage him to finish the same with the utmost dili gence and expedition." It was at that time a eommon notion and misreport that the surveyor received a large annual salary for that building, and consequently it was his interest to prolang the finishing of the fabric for the continuance of this supposed emolument, which, it would seem, occasioned that clause. The surveyor's salary for building St. Paul's, front its foundation to its completion (as appears from public accounts) was not more than 2001. per annum. This, in truth, was his own choice ; but what the rest of the Commissioners on the commencement of the works judged unreasonably small, considering the exten sive charge ; the pains and skill in the contrivance, in pre• paring . draughts, models, and instructions for the artificers in their several stations and allotments; in almost daily overseeing and directing in person, in making estimates and contracts, in examining and adjusting all bills and ac counts, &c. ; nevertheless, he was contented with this small allowance, nor coveted any additional profit, always preferring the public service to any private profit. PARISH OF KENSINGTON CHURCH-RATES. —On Tuesday a very stormy vestry meeting took place in this parish, when a rate of one penny in the pound for the ol I church, and t' reepence in the pound for the new church were agreed to by a majority. A variety of amendments were submitted, on which separate polls were demanded, and for seven entire days this parish will be kept in a ferment by the squabbles of these parochial agi tators. Col. James Hamilton, the British Vice-Consul, died at Angustura, in South America, in the month of July last, after a short illness- We learn that the Political Association in this town, generally co nsidered to be a Chartist Association, but not so called, was dissolved pn Wednesday evening last. Its leaders having either left town or gone into re tirement, the members became aware of the uselessness of holding meetings which were wanting in the elements of excitement, and wisely put an end to its existence.—Pregli ten Guardian. PORTS OF FRANCE. HAvRE, SEPT. 9.—Mr. Burke, in speaking en the army estimates in 1790, says—" F ra n c e, by the mere • circumstance of its vicinity, had b een , an d in a degree always must be, an object of our vigilance, either with regard to her actual power, or to her influence and example." There is obvious truth in this remark, and in the present uneasy and feverish state of our relations with this country, it is quite fitting that you should know what is actually doing in the principal ports of France. To be vigilant, however, is not to be suspi cious or distrustful, and it shall be therefore my aim to report to you faithfully, what I see and observe, and to allow you and your readers to draw your own in ferences. You are aware that the commercial existence of this port only dates from 1670,as p rev i ous ly t o th a t, though it was fortified by Louis VII. in 1509, and especially fostered by his successor, Francis 1., yet this was with a view more to the success of warlike operations than to the more peaceful and, I may add, more glorious tri umphs of commerce. In th e w h a l e an d co d fi s h e ry originated the prosperity of Havre, which was increased by more venturous and successful expeditions to Ca nada and the eastern shores of Africa, to such a degree that the then French East India Company and the Companies of Senegal and Guinea, not only made the town their entrepot, lint the chief seat of their com mercial operations. This nascent good fortune was cr owne d by th e inde since which p er i o d d own t o a America, with the Unit e d States, the prosperity of i Havre h as unrem i tt i ng l y an d a l most A by m h er e i uninterruptedly increased. It may h ave b een sa id i n P r e e c n e d n e t n e t e i m o e f , 1836, when I was last here, to have attained its acme. From that period, however, a spirit of speculation and over-trading has had a most di sastrous i n fl uence, an d , after the complications produ ce d b y the ru i nous wind ing up of American affairs in 1837 and 1838, there wanted, perhaps. but the events of the last two months to augment to the highest degree that distrust and ap prehension fatal to all enterprises, but more especially paral) zing to the operations of industry and commerce. What then are these events ? you will ask. I answer nothing positive, nothing certain, nothing known, but that which amidst a mercurial and highly excitable peo ple is far worse—an unknown, an indistinct, and vague apprehension, a sense of uneasiness and dread of the future, under the influence of which specula tion is checked, commerce languishes, confidence, that " plant of slow growth" (to use the words of Chat ham), is totally destroyed, and social intercourse itself painfully embittered by the apprehension that the man who has hitherto been your patron and friend, and made you the advances necessary for the carrying on of your trsde, may to-morrow from prudential considera tions, or from a more pressing and selfish need of his own, be unable or unwilling to assist you longer. In a commercial country like England, and in such towns as London, Liverpool, and Bristol, such a situation as this will be appreciated ; but the inhabitants of London, Bristol, or Liverpool can, arguing from the experience of those places, form no idea of the effect which such a state of things produces here. In England there are large masses of floating capital, and immediate returns are not looked for. In England, too, there is a re servedness, a discretion, a secrecy, and a retenue in commercial operations, to which perhaps great part of their success is owing ; but here, .where capitals are small, where masses of money are not found at all, where immediate and large returns are almost instantly looked for, where the national character is vehement, demon strative, and prone to the indiscreet exhibition of any private calamity, it were impossible to conceive the 1 effect produced by the vivid manner in which these • worthy but somawhat too vivacious Normans speak and think of the actual crisis. As to the future, I never enter with them into the consideration of it, for their— " Active fancies " Travel beyond seas, and picture things unseen." . In sober reality, it is really lamentable to think that the mere rumour of war, which every sane person dreads and deprecates, should produce such results. They, however, who have raised the storm have much to answer for in all the French seaports, but most of all here. There have already been three or four failures, one a banker ; discounts are now impossible to procure, even on good paper. Many vessels which were freighted for St. Thomas's and Hayti, for Mexico, Colombia, and the Brazils, for Chandernagore, Martinique, and Gua deloupe, have unladen their cargoes, and either pro ceded out in ballast, or have gone into dock, there to lie up till something definite is settled. In the year 1837 the number of foreign vessels which entered this port was above 800, making in round numbers an ave rage of 66 a month. During the last two months, how ever, owing to the causes which I have stated, I am in formed by an eminent ship-broker that only 96 foreign vessels have entered, leaving a deficit of 36, even on the estimate of 1837. It is most likely that this defalcation would be speed ily repaired, the moment all shilster auguries of war had ceased to resound ; but in tho meantime workmen are thrown out of employ, enterprises of great moment stand still, the fair occasion for speculation goes by, hundreds of artificers arc without bread ; they become impatient, uneasy, riotous, and the original humour, the prelude to this "ingens dimple cohors malorzon," is found, after all, to be destitute of truth and verisimili tude. What reason had Chancellor Oxenstiern to say, " With how little wisdom is the world governed ?" Eighteen months ago the two private chantiers or dockyards of this town employed 180 workmen, in cluding machinists, ship-carpenters, and caulkers, &c. I yesterday visited both these establishments, the one the property of M. Normand, and the other of M. Vasse ; in the latter there was not a single ship-car- ' penter employed, though there were two common saw yers at work ; in the former there was one master ship-carpenter, but neither caulkers, riggers, smiths, nor machinists. Normand has acquired some celebrity as a builder by the construction of those beautiful and swift sailing boats the Castor and Pollux, which plied last year between London and St. Valery-sur-Somme, but which are now laid up literally rotting in the Basin Napoleon. He also constructed the Phoenix, which plies between London and Havre, the Havre, which plies to Rotterdam, and the Hambourg, which trades to Hamburgb, and various other smaller vessels equally distinguished for beauty of form and rapidity of sailing. Normand was also to have constructed the great Transatlantic steamer from thi s port to New York ; for the Havre merchants and tradesmen, finding the speed and success of the Great Western, British Queen, &c., materially injured the liners frequent ing this port, had also determined to have their steamer too. A Company had been formed, shares were issued, and every thing was in fair progress to wards the end of Jane, when the speculators, in conse quence of this plaguy eastern question, became timorous, and the enterprise vanishes, or at least is abandoned for a season. Yesterday it was known here that this con ception of the Havre men is actually executing, at the moment I write,in Belgium. The Belgians are to have 1 one half of the shares, the Americans the other half, and one of the vessels is to be constructed at Ant iverp. I was present at a sale of 660 bales of cotton at the Bourse when this news was bruited abroad, and I assure you it were difficult to form an idea of the exasperation it caused. Far am I from blaming the merchants for feeling sorely on this point. I have conversed with most of the leading men amongst them, and they all (with one solitary exception) admit that a war would be ruicons to France and disastrou3 to Havre. Desirous, therefore, of peace, for reasons not only resulting from public po licy, but from the stronger suggestions of private inte rest, they complain that they are the victims of reports and rumours which they do not encourage, whose exist ence they lament, and whose propagation they would, had they the power, check and control. There are about 240 vessels, some large, some small, belonging to this port ; but more than 500 French ves sels from Marseilles, Cherbourg, Nantes, Bordeaux, Bayonne, &c., entered here in 1833. I have not been able to get an accurate account of the number of French vessels which entered here in the past year, but I am told by those competent to give an opinion, that the number w as on t h e i ncrease , an d that it is not lik e l y there receipts will be ofbe any sens ibl e di m i nu tion in the present year. The the customs last year were above 30,000,000 f rancs, b ut there i s reas on to fear that there will be a sensible diminution in the present year. MI nautical men agree that the port is a most convenient one, both for getting into and going out, for by means of the play of artificial sluices sufficient water is provided for the entry of the largest vessel two hours before the full flow of the tide, and two hours after the ebb. This re markable advantage is in no degree owing to the nature of of Cherbourg, I shall have to en terthe place ; it i s a l together t h e re sult of art, and is chiefly due to the encouragement given by the unfor tunate Louis XVI . to every project of this kind i n 1786. In sp ea ki ng more at length on this subject, an d s h all, therefore, abandon it fo r th e present ; but in justice to the me mory of that unfortunate Prince, I must I emark, that he was not only th e creator of the port of Cherbourg , but that he further mer i ts the renown of having done more for Havre than a n y o f hi s pre d eces sors. The chief pr o d ucts wh i ch H avre receives from Ame rica are coffee, indigoof all, cotton. A g, reat deal hides of this l peltry, and lattermost article is 14 manufactured at Rouyn, and a consid erable qu antity at Muihausen. C ons id era b le expor ts of American pro ductions, or perhaps I should rather say transhipments, are,madc to Dantzic, Hamburgb, and St. Petersburgh. The chief trade with Spain is confined to Alicant, Carthagena, Cadiz, and Malaga. Thence are received the Spa n i s h wines, wools, o ils, and bardla s. The traffic with Portugal: is i ncon siderable ; but hitherto a considerable commerce has existed between this port and Sweden and Norway in planks, deals , masts, pitch, tar, &c. Thi s t ra d e ,however, has much declined within the l as t twe l ve ' mo nths, and has nearly ceased during the l as t t wo . I have a l re ady s t a ted that ther e is nothing buildi ng i n t h e way o f ships. Some of the artificers remain h ere ot h ers are gone of their own free will to Honfleur, whil e levies h a ve been made of the most able artificers for the Government dockyards. Though Havre is not pro perly - - a Governorent port, or does not, in other or dockyard or arsenal, y e t it i s the residence of a Com wds, contain a Government missary-Ger:‘ral of the Marine, and it possesses a corn- I mercial collage and a public library. It can boast of no manufactures, except the tobacco manufactory of the Govcramcnt, and s)me stni:ll esta'al;shaleut Lr the tranufacturing of cables, cordage, and tar. I have left myself little space for general news. Lord Granville has been here for the last three weeks at the establishment called " Frascati's." I believe he intends remaining until the first weeks of October. He moves out but little, seldom appearing before three o'clock in the day. His Grace of Devonshire has seen here for more than a month, and lives at the same hotel. There is to be an exhibition of the disgusting mummery of Mesmerism in the saloon of this esta blishm•:nt (I mean Frascati's) this evening at eight o'clock by a Dr. Laurent. I mean, as the French say, " to assist" at it, and, should anything queer takes place, shall acquaint you. POST TRAVELLING- IN THE REIGN OF JAMES I. In these days of accelerated locomotion, it may not be unamusing to the reader to be accurately informed of the rate at which a courier travelled post from Ply mouth to London in the reign of James I. The Go verment couriers were, with the exception of the com mon carriers, at that time, I believe, the only mode of despatching letters to the principal towns of En :land. • lii this way the conveyance of letters, at a stipu.ai , '1 rate of postage, became at length a Government under taking. Postmasters and relays of horses were sta tioned at the principal towns along the high roads, and they endorsed the despatches with the hour at which they arrived at every particular station. The couriers of 'the Crown were, down to the time of Henry VIII , and perhaps later, subjected to martial law ; and if they lingered on the road with their de spatches were hanged on their arrival as an example to all dilatory post -. The letters of the 16th century frequently bear a sketch of a gallows on the cover with a courier officially " suspended," in the literal sense, and underneath the stircing admonition, " Haste! Post! Haste.—Post, haste ! for thy life I" The follow►ng are the indorsements on a letter of the year 1623, from Mr. Bagg, Deputy-Mayor of Ply mouth, to Sir Edward Conway : For his Majesty's espeeiall service. " To the Right Honourable Sir Edward Conway, Kfi..,.ht, one of his Majesty's principal secretaries, these, at Court. " Post hast—post bast—host—host—with speed. " Plymouth, 17 June, 182,3, eleven o'clock in the morninge. " A,hton (Ashburton), 17 June, 16 4 3, four o'clock in the afternoon. " Exeter at four in the morning, June 18, 1623. " Received this packet at Honyton, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. " Sherborne, late at night, 18 June, 1623. " At Sarum, 19 June, at six in the morning. " Andover, past nine o'clocke in the morninge, 19th day of June. At 13.tsino• at twelve at noon. " Hartford Bridge, half-past two in the afternoon. " Staines at past five o'clock in the afternoon June 19. " Stroud (the Strand) at house, past eight o'clock at nig!. ." By the above it wid be seen that the post, riding ac cording to the prove' bial saying "for his life," was 17 hours on the road between Plymouth and Exeter, a distance only of 411 miles : a very inferential proof of the badness of the west-country roads at that period. Seven hours were consumed en route from Exeter to Honiton, the distance of 161 miles ; from Honi ton to Sherborne, in Dorsetshire, 35 miles, oc cupied, we may conclude, about 11 hours ; from Sherborne to Salisbury, 34 miles, 10 hours ; Salisbury to Andover, 171 miles, say three hours and a-half. The courier was now upon the beaten line of the old Roman road, and made better speed. He pas3ed to Basingstoke, 191 miles from Andover, in three hours ; from Bssingstoke to Hartford•bridge, 10 miles, occupied him 21 hours ; from Hartford-bridge to Staines, 19 miles, about 31 hours ; the remaining 19 miles to the residence of Mr. Secretary Conway, in the Strand, where he delivered his despatch, consumed nearly 31- hours. A distance, therefore, of 212 or 214 miles was traversed in 57 hours, the average being little more than three miles and three quarters in the hour. The Defiance coach in the year 1825 used to tra verse the whole distance between London and Plymouth in about 27 hours, being at the rate, including stop pages, of nearly eight miles the hour. We may expect at no very remote period that, by steam-engine and railroad, seven hours will be sufficient to reach Ply mouth from London ; so that the superior powers of machinery, and the stupendous force of water in the gaseous form, will have brought Plymouth 50 hours' j iurney nearer to the metropolis than it was in the reign of James I. Could the talc of the Seven Sleepers be verified in England, how would those slumberers of three or four centuries be astonished to find, on awaking, time and space annihilated ! the ideas, wants and wishes of man kind conveyed hundreds of miles at a penny the half ounce ! To see the astonished horses, which formerly drew carriages, now drawn by them! Droves of sheep and oxen flying over the plains with the rapidity of flacks of wild geese! The whole world in locomotion, flying, steaming, diving, as actively as if they them selves were gaseous compounds,—Gentleman's Maga zine. THE IRISH PRESS. The following different accounts of the same occur rence may serve as a specimen of what the Irish press is under the influence of strong political feelings : A very lamentable occurrence took place at Omagh on Saturday night. It appeared that for some time past the fields of Mr. Robert Holmes, near the old chapel, a short distance from the town, had been greatly trespassed on, the hay torn out of the stacks and scattered about, the potatoes dug up and carried away, and the oats and barley greatly trodden down. This being con tinued night after night, Mr. 'Holmes, than whom there is not a more respectable or quiet man of his station of life in Omagh, at length determined to keep watch him self,and to frighten the first person he found so destroy ing his property, by firing over their heads. Oa the night in wstion, at about half past nine o'clock, while he was keeping watch, he heard a noise at some distance from where he had stationed himself and discharged his gun, loaded with shot, in that direction. It unfor tunately happened that the persons were much nerrer than Mr. Holmes suspected, standing up in the shelter of a stack of barley, by which they were kept out of sight. The shot took effect on both (for there were only two persons), a man and a woman—the former a person passing by the name of Kraisicki, a Polish Count, and Professor of Phreno logy—the latter et finc.looking, but unfortunate girl, named Diza Young. The girl received 18 grains of the shot in and about the left side of the bead ; the Count narrowly escaped, having received only two grains in the right He was standing Lsith his arm round the girl, wl,o uttered the words, " I am killed," and fell never to speak again. Mr. Holmes, finding what had occurred, immediately called assistance, had the girl car ried to the toad, and ran and brought medical aid, but to no purpose. She died a few minutes after being con veyed to the Infirmary. Mr. Hoboes at once gave him• self up to the Sub-inspector of Police, Mr. J. H. Ridge (affording the only evidence agaiLst himself), and was lodged in gaol. Au inquest was held in the Court-house on Moo day. Verdict—That the deceased came by her death from a gun-shot wound, and that the gun was dis charged by Robert Holmes.— Derry Paper. MELANCHOLY DEATH. On tile evening of Saturday last a Polish Jew, styliny himself Count Krasicki, and a woman named Eliza Young, proceeded into a meadow field contiguous to the town of Omagh, and adj ,being the mail-coach read. After advancing- in the direction of some barley stocks, near to an angle at the top of the field, whilst standing together, a gun was dis charged at ten or eleven yards distance. The contents of the gun almost al lodged in the poor woman's head and shouldc-rs, who fell, exclaiming she was killed, and never spoke afterwards. The Pole was slightly wounded in the face. The individual who fired the shot was recognised at once, and soon after committed to gaol. On Wednes d,y an inquest was held on the body by Joseph Orr, Esq., Coroner, assisted by Major Snow, Stipendiary Magistrate, and Charles Scott, Esq., J. P. ; and, after a lengthened investigation, and the examination of several witnesses, the Jury found a verdict, " That deceased, Eliza Yonne. came by her death in consequence of gun-shot wounds in flicted by Robert Holmes." The informa , ,ions and of the proceedings have been transmitted by Major Snow: to the Government, and the prisoner fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes for the county of Tyrone. —Londwaerry Sentinel. 39, A LB EM A R LE- ST RE ET, PICCADILLY, AND 76, KING WILLIAM- STREET, BANK OF ENGLAND. DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—A greater proof of the v-ilue of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomon's Invisible Operative Voice Conductor and newly-invented Spectacle Lenses, cannot be adduced, than the circumstance of the many thousands of individuals who have obtained the greatest benefit cod instant relief, and the constant immense de mand there is for them, and the patronage they have and daily continue to receive. The Messrs. S. and B. Solo- Mena disclaim all connection with persons of the same name, and the sale of arnlier spectacles ; the pernicious use of amber spectacles being now well known to the public, and the vendor being aware of it, he has therefore altered their name, by leavin , cut the word " Amber, •' and calli ng t h em " Patent S pectacles."' Dr. Andrew Ure, Esq., M. D., F. R. S., &c., states amber is most powerft;lly electrical by friction, very hot, to such an ex tent as to explode into fragments. The workmen, too, are subject to a nervous tremor in their wrists, arms, &c., they encounter great danger by handling such dreadfully-ex cited clectrics. Amber is of such a soft and sticky na ture, that it i 3 apt to take fire ; and when exposed to warmth, it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away with fl This statement is further confirmed by Sir D. Brewster and Pliny, and also by Parks and Hearns on chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of such a inateri,l for spectacles to imperfect vision may be WO. teincd at any respectable optician's in London, MAYOR'S COURT, Yesterday a Jury was empanelled to assess the value of the interest of the Dean and CLapter of Ely in pre mises occupied by Mr. Malcot, on the site of New Far ringdon7street. Mr. Gurney, on the part of the claim ants, stated that it had been arranged by the Dean and Chapter and the Corporation, that a verdict by consent should be taken for 1,200/. The RECORDER said that he should require evidence of the value. The object of the Legislature in requir ing the intervention of a Jury to assess the sum, was to protect public bodies from improvident bargains. Mr. Barnes, surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Ely, said that the sum agreed upon was the full value of the freehold. Mr. Montague, the City Surveyor, gave similar evi• dente. The property consisted of a dwelling-house and sheds, leased to Mr. Malcot for 34 years, at a rent of 1 kper annum. The RECORDER asked what was the renewing fine ? Mr. Montague replied that they had nothing to do with the renewing fine. Ilis calculation was founded upon the present value of the rent for the whole time, and of the reversionary value of the estate at its termi nation. In fact, the SUM given was more than the value. Counsel said that the arrangement had been entered into by the parties after due deliberation, and there was no fear of the full amount being given. The Church were the claimants.--(A. laugh.) The RECORDER—It is for that reason I think it ne cessary to take the evidence. Every body now thinks himself at liberty to make free with the Church. Verdict for 1,2001. _ _ The jury had next to assess the value of the free hold and leasehold interest in the French Protestant Church in Broad.street, required by the Corporation for making the approaches to the Royal Exchange. Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Higgins gave evidence that the value of the freehold was 1,9771., and the value of the leasehold was 4,0001., which sums the Corporation had agreed to give. The RECORDER asked Mr. Higgins how many per sons the chapel would hold ? Mr. Higgins replied that it would hold 800, but the congregation had most miserably fallen off, and the gal leries had not been used for years. The ancient fabric itself was in such a condition that it would require to be rebuilt if not disposed of, but the carving and interior fittings of the chapel were of a most interesting charac ter. They were reserved in the arrangemeat, and would be used in a new building. He considered that the trustees had made a good bargain for the Church. The RECORDER—I hope so. Verdict accordingly. NEW POLICE ACT. IMPORTANT DECISION. At the last meeting of the Bench of Magistrates at Croydon, a question of very considerable importance to the whole of the inhabitants of the southern district, which has, under the recent Police Act, been placed to the distance of fifteen miles under the jurisdiction of the Police Commissioners, was discussed by the Bench. Two young men, named Charles Baker and Thomas Smith, were charged with having allowed two dogs to by drawing under their truck, contrary to the provisions of the New Police Act, within the Metropolitan Po lice district. Mr. Robert Russell, the attorney, of Croydon, at tended on behalf of the defendants. It appeared from the evidence of Thacker, one of the police constables employed by the London and Brighton Railway, that on Friday last he was on duty at Couls don, just beyond the fourteenth mile-stone, when he saw the defendants with a truck filled with tin and hardware, and drawn by two dogs, proceeding towards ,tbe country, and he took them into custody, in pursu ance of orders he received. The place where he saw them was less than fifteen miles from Charin•cross. William Lorton, a sergeant of the I' division, was then sworn, and he deposed that he believed the parish of Couls.fon was within the Metropolitan Police Dis trict, and their constables did duty there, and were stationed for some distance beyond the spot where the prisoners were found with their dogs. Upon this witness being cross•examined by Mr. Rus sell, he said that he had no other ground for stating that the place in question, was under the authority of the Police Commissioners, and formed part of the police district, than that the constables of that force were stationed there. He had never seen any Order in Council declaring the district to be annexed to the metropolitan police district. Mr. Russell then addressed the Bench, and said he should contend that the Magistrate had no jurisdiction in this case, inasmuch as the district for which they acted had never been legally annexed to the metropoli tan police district, and that the New Police Act, there fore, did not apply to it. Mr. Russell then proceeded to refer to the several Acts of Parliament in con nection with the alterations that have been made in the police establishments of the metro polis, and said that by the last Police Act passed during the reign of her present Majesty, the Government was empowered by an Order in Council to declare any dis trict within fifteen miles in a straight line from Charing Cross to be part of the metropolitan police district ; and when this was done the B.olch were aware that the County Justices had the power to act upon and admi nister the provisions of this new Police Act. He was prepared to contend confidently that no Order in Coun cil ha wing reference to the southern district of the me tropolis had ever been issued, and that the limit of the metropolitan police district in that direction did not extend further than Streatham-bridge, the spot fixed by the first Police Act ; and this being the case, the Ma gistrates had no power to adjudicate in the present in stance. Toe CHAIRMAN said that the objection was certainly a very important one. He had never seen the Order in Council, but he could not conceive that the Govern ment would have extended the police without first is suing an Order in Council, which was duly required by the Act. Mr. Penfold, the Clerk of the Bench, said that the Commissioners of Police had given him notice of the intended extension of the police, and the parish of Croydon was called upon to contribute sixteen hun dred a-year towards its maintenance. Mr. ADAMS said that if the necessary legal forms had not been complied with before the police were extended to the district, it was a very extraordinary omission on the part of those who ought to have seen that they were complied with. Mr. Russell said that he should not have taken the objection, had he not enteaained a strong opinion that it was well founded, and he would almost pledge himself that no such Order in Council had been issued. The BENea, after some further conversation, said dna they should not, under these circumstances, feel themselves justified in adjudicating upon the case, and they therefore adjourned their decision for a week, in order that in the mean time a communication should be ride to the Secretary of State upon the subject. REPEAL-THE, ENGLISH PRESS The Standard of Thursday, after referring to the proceedings of the National Repeal Association of the previous Monday, says that it feels " convinced," and the conviction brings no " alarm," " that Ireland is steadily advanci-g to a crisis, when the fate of that country must be decided by a violent solution—not dan gerous as rcgards final results." There is - a cool deliberate atrocity about this de claration that we have never seen exceeded. It is possible that the writer may have witnessed the scenes which occurred when the "violent solution " which be now contemplates without " alarm" was partially rehearsed under the auspices of the Government of the day. It is possible that the writer may have witnessed the ferocious horrors which then were worked in form of law. He may have heard the screams of tortured wretches, writhing under the lash of a besotted soldiery, or the infernal cap of molten pitch, sorching into the brain of the tormented tictim. he may have witnessed the wholesale massacres—the murders in detail—the burning of property—the vi o lati on o f female chastity— the profanation of the temples of the living God and the martyrdom of His ministers—but, with the recollection of these things, can that person, whose days in the land cannot be long—can he contemplate without " alarm" another " violent so!utian ?" But, forsooth, " Mr. O'Connell and the priests ale preparing a Romanist Repeal rebellion," to be " aided by' foreign alliance." It is diabolically false as well as intensely foolish, to assert that Mr. O'Connell and the priests are preparing a rebellion. There is not, in the wide extent of her Majesty's dominions, any men, or set of men, more thoroughly loyal than the individuals thus maligned. But let us not be misunderstood—there are " pre parations" making, in which the " priests" are taking part —as they will continue to do in everything which will eventuate in the well-being of their flocks : " pre parations," which Mr. O'Connell directs—preparations for attaining, legally, constitutionally, and peacefully, the rights of a❑ oppressed, a plundered, but a moral and determined people. We have got in the Standard the creed of the faction confessed. They want the blood of the Irish people ; and as that faction, entertaining such objects, really govern the Imperial legislation, would we not be mad if we did net seek the protection of a domestic Legis lature ? In disclosing to us its creed, the Standard has given us a text which we shall preach upon, until all Ireland is roused, resolved, concentrated.—Dablin - _------- EXPRESS TO MANCHESTER, WITH THE RE SULT OF TILE ST. LEGER BACE.—Mr. James Bake, of the Bull Inn and Post-office Hotel, brought the intelligence of this great event to this town last evening, as early as half past seven o'clock. As soon as the race was over, he ob tained the Judge's decision, and left the stand precisely at a quarter-past four, and reached his own house (a distance of about fifty miles) in three hours and a quarter. He had six horses en the road ; and one of them, lceing a shoe, walked about three miles.—Mancliester Guardian, EVENING 11DITION CORN AVERAGE,• For AVERAG PRIS F BRITISH .ef the Week ended Sept. 11, E 1840,made': up from theCO" Beturlusa, the Inspectors in the dilYhrent Cities and T o wns in End lana Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 6ss. 4d. Oats Barley 3ss. 3d. Rye .... ..... St 7d. I 13Feaga5neg...."...... .. ....... r if: I AVERAGES OF THE LAST SII WEE S. Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. ' UR. 1 BLOM rgAsik ....----.' 72 10 33 090037 3 ,1 45 A 4 1 Aug. 7 14 72 4 32 4 30 5 40 0 4. .' ...-- 1 2! 2; 72 4 34 11 30 'I 38 0 4 9 _ 1 4 4 b .. 0 Sept. 4 11 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE FIE WI" ao. le. Wheat 'Os, Sd. Oats ........ SN. Id. I Beans... ..... ',. Barley l',3i. 11.1. I Rye DlPPlX ( S lat o s ti FOREIGN CORIP. Whea'...... IN. 8.1. I Barley l2s. 46.1 Rye THE MARKETS. COAL Ships arrived since s. a. Adair's Budd L's West Hartley 2O 0 Chester Carr's Hartley 2O 0 Derwent Main l7 0 Ma n l9 0 Leaze's Main . ............ 16 0 Orig;nal Windsor's Pooto,) 18 3 Ord's Redhugh l7 6 Tantleld Walls E d Pelvic ,e ande, 2l 1. Walls End 4o3forth Walls Fnd Heaton 2O 91 Walls End Hilda. 2O Walls End Hotspur Wails End Nor hu berlatAl 20 0 Walls End Riddell's 2 0 Walls End Belmont "1 0 W. E. Braddyll's Hettott... 21 I Walls End Ha5we11......... 22 fi A R K ET. t: s. market day, 55. S. . ti 6 Walls End Hetton ........... ~,, 6 W. Walls End Lambton .........;'-1 E. North Helton Lyon ! 6 Walls End Pembe rton ...... . ;. ! r v , 6 Walls End Russell' s Hetto.. 1 2 ; 1 g %Valls End S:ewart's .......... 0 1 Walls F,d Whitweli ........ 1,-, 0 Walls End Kelloe ............. r . : 6 Walla End Evenwood ...... !.; 0 \Nall:. End Seymour Toes... 2 ,..:, 0 0 ‘Vans End Tees. ... ~ ......... Walls End Victoria Teal ... g 1 0 5 Walls EndtWest Tees •••• .. . it s 6 Blythe ....................... 0 .... 19 6 Fordel Splint ................. .. g e Hartley ... . ........... ..„.„ ...... is 0 Hou aril's' N etherton Main.. 1 6 0 I) South E ton .... ............. ... 1 9 0 Walls End Devonsihre.».:l9 0 Walls End Cliff .. .......... 0. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ______...--• ---- Te o6 . , Wheat. I Barley. 1 Oats. I Boasts. .......,,, ---,' . -- --.......+ t to • Per Quarter. s. to R. IS.to V. a. to S. S. SO ~ •0 • Si 0 Heston Braintree B , ighton (3/ 74 38 40 27 32 47 da - 0 ciuthridge - 61 - 38 .- 27 -- - , 40 A Chichester 65 72 34 36 16 211 42 4 ,1 44 ''' Durnnow G rant h 4111 - ? ~..• ffi Grimsby 53 70 35 39 22 26 4 2 17, ..... "" Haiisham 7l 76 26 32 22 29 -- :V :.•• 4 1 () Ilitchin 33 73 30 34 23 34 28 - 4 0 ,• - Ipswich 6 .2 70 36 32 24 28 38 44 Lewes (3 66 - 22 28 33 34 46 0 Lvtin ..... ..: Maidstone ti. 75 36 39 26 3 ,, 40 9 , g , 46 t (6,63 74 76 33 35 34(1 2S 30 3 46 42 4 : ,, '` 0 0 44 9 0 Norwich Petworth Roinferd 155 74 3:2 35 24 34 38 ' A v K se ea Sandwich 156 77 34 43 27 34 33 " 1 Thetford 164 6S 34 38 23 30 56 40 4 •••• 0 Wisbech „54 72 35 42 23 30 44 45 46 4 ..- a Witham 62 72 i 22 35 32 34 40 0 Yarmouth 62 70 133 35 28 32 38 40 LIVERPOOL CORN NIARK Cf.-81 0 1 .2 6 1 . i . 4 0. 1 10 • 1 r WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. co. Red -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx -- Irish, White 6 6 6 ! ---- Red 5 6 0 e -- Foreign .. .. 6 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b., • 3 ° 5 ° •• •• -- Irish ..• - Foreign • 0 0 _ 0 3 1 0 BARLEY, English, Malthig, per Imp. quarter ...... ••• 3 1 0 ;9. --- Scotch and Irish, pet 601bs. ..---. Feeding 3 6 5 9 . BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 49 1 2 47 7, - Irish, Sec. 44 !! 50 u - Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 45 44 ° --- Foreign FLoun, English, per 28016. Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs .• 27 u 44 • INDIAN CORN, Vl* 480Ib. -• 46 ° 40 6 RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET. au 79 , * Wheat, White (per Quarter) 5 Bl l. '''''' 6 0. . Bed 46s. G 6„ 641. Foreign 5 0,, ,• °""" sss• 325• : 14$ * Barley, Malting oit 30 0 " . Grinding - 5. . 6/1. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans 4O, 425• 0. Pease, Grey -S. " 4 0, Blue and White 4os. 42L am Linseed 421. "" 465• _.,. - s• TMs. Flour (per sack)... -.. 0..3 0/ R ipeseed (per 10 quartets) l. . 4 d• CHELTENHAM MARKETS. 41. 0 / Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d.I Per lb. Wheat Barley Oats Beans . Pease 54 48 0,1 3 655 9 600 9 P B ymo e e, r e a, k i lt . 0 .... ,.. . ,.. ..., ...........................• ............................................• :.• ..• . pri 2 i 17 , 1_ 6 0 8 0 Lamb .................. ....• ' Hay 3/. 10s to 5/. ss. sd• Per " 31. CANTER BURY MARKET. ~ 4 016 , ' Wheat, white-,........... 7's. to 755...... 01d,.,...... g . :: 40 70 6 . - red..........-- 7i's. to 7 25. ..... 01d......-••••• ..,, ci: , ....4. Barley, Malting ..... :375. to 425...,..,. Grnding•• - ... 7 t o..‘ Oats ...............-•..-.. 335. to 365. ~....... 0141......... , Q „: to •e s 8ean5.,.,..,.....-.-- 4-Is to 175...... 01d,........... :6".• 0 41 s. Pease ............-.......,-.. 425. to -5...... Grey. , ..-"" ' . 0 CHELMSFORD MARKET. . 44 to 0 Wheat, White 72 co 74 Oats .... ...........••• 40 0 0 Red 62 68 Pease, Gray .................. 0 0 Barley 4g _ Cheralier '39 41 Beans, Tick ............ ... ••• .9 Grinding P r esiden t From Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S.I , r eon t° of the Royal College of Sur eons, and Senior o'l' 8 the Westminster Hospital, &c.:-- „ to " Mr. E. Solomons' Spectacle Lenses se e , — ti j be' likely to afford additional aids to imperfect visio n s 11 ,, ot her cause of their superior refracting power to glass of dense materials, they promise to afford new reso urce the construction of Spectacles. " ANTUINY CARLISLIS, F. R. S., Langham-pls °° ' blf From Robert Keate, Esq., Sergeant-Surgeon to Majesty : I have examined and have tried the Patent Len gih l and they appear to me so to modify and soften the gbir e h :e light as to give greater comfort and relief to the eye t " - the spectacles in common use. " R. KRATI, 15, Albemarle-strec t 'be From Dr J. Johnson, Physici an E xtraor dinary to - late King v. " I have been using, and am still using, Mr. tl to mons' Patent Spectacles, and find them more ple a '" the eye than any other glasses which I have tried. „. " JAMES JOHNSON, M. D., 8, Suffolk From Martin Ware, Esq.. the eminent Oculist :I;tont " I am much pleased with Mr. E. Solomon e ; co ral Lenses, and a gentleman who made trial of them fo r id days, says that they relieve the eye much rnore tba glasses he has before used. et. IA RTIN WARE, Now Bridet4.loll/ " To Mr. E. Solomons, Optician, No. 1, (City), and 36, Old Bond-street." a Mr. E. Solomons ' Voice Conductors have Pr °-e o t neatly efficacious in all cases of deafness; they l a f„ e r gi th e L f large as a four-penny piece, and no twithstan . " - wbore small construction, the voice of distant speakers iii h G v thei r or public assemblies is rendered perfectly audible .7 use. A 0 f SINGULAR SUI CIDE .—O n Saturday a - •de the wife of a poulterer, at Glasgow, committed geed 00 swallowing a large quantity of laudanum. T he clegalle*"e perpetrated in a most deliberate manner. After - , do ing the laudanum she told her husband that she hatl de te so, went to a bedroom, and, dressing herself i 0 dow clothes, which she had in readiness, quietly I O Y t foe°, bed to aw a it t h e resu lt. M e di ca l a id was called , buff AP unavailing, and she died in about an hour and a lA, ofq taking the drug. Previous to her death she g ai she 0 1 : one or two articles to friends, and directed whtr e i w ith to be buried. Intemperance, and a recent quarre of s be relative, are supposed to have led to the conareiss i°ll act.— Glasqow Courier. ...---„,.- 4 --......mmen••••••4•••=..m.••••••••......"-P ' ° ---------,- - --- ‘,,„ r q 0 , . PATENT LEVER GOLD \VA .! v d ge 4 Lady's size, with strong engine-turned double-backe e li t ' cases, elegant gold dials Fourteen Guineas each• n o Gentlemen's size, with seconds. and small for t h e ' ~ ~ fib icP hard enamel dial, Thirteen Guineas each. This celebrated construction (the most accurate tt:,,„role,' a watch can be made) is now offered, with the lat est ,... l ,7; r b ule' ; ments, i. e., the detashed escapement, jewelled ie ' o ' o oo capped, hand to mark the seconds, maintaining pow er t Or going ile ining up, at the bove rice. Whi ch A pr w in h ted w war d ranty is given, a p with fixed terms , On Watches will always receive auy attention required• j fro ls . , fors Watchmaker, Jewell e r, CO &c., X SAVORY 47, Cornhill (Sa fe° '. Gracechurch-street), London. , „ fl oe. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in e%Ca. n cRIED. On the 31st of August I MA ast ß , at the house Of h er 15ritva % I'll Majesty's Minister at Naples, Alexander John daug'',. e e A. 13., of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Ann, secf„T o nth ° ' '' of of the late John Chervaux Chayter, Esq., of ter, part" Hall, Yorkshire, and niece to Sir W. Chat' der Crofts, Yorkshire. FlU re On the 15th inst., at St. Matthew's, Brixton, J. )locn Esq., of Mark-lane, to Eliza, eldest daughter of -r• • llv ,e Esq., of Oakfiel Lodge, Tlse-hi. • On the 15th in d st., at St. o Alphaglle, Greenwic h, to ti 1“' • bridge, solicitor, of Abingdon-street, Westminstor,Greepoqc Pridham, daughter of T. F. J essep , E s q., of r dr Hos On tal. p the 15th inst., at St. Pancras Church, W. ter o Esq., of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Lucy, third dog.' - o f late J. °ridge, Esq., of Kentish-town. On the 15th inst., at Binfield Church, Henry llea4lyboon'' Barbados, to Henrietta, only daughter of N .1. Esq., MoD., of 13arbadoes, and Ma'rchfield Hous e ' - b e On the 15th inst., at St. Geor's Church , C o°--I youns' e Willis, Esq., of Charlotte, Doctors'-commons, to • t. - 17/ laughter of Captain :Mitchell, of the Royal Regimenßoberts On the 16th inst., a t L ew i s h am Ch urc h, A• dang ht cl Esq., of Inches, I nverness - s hi re to Charlotte IMarinc;_doo, au of 'l'. B. Batard, E sq . o f U pper 'G rosven or-street , L Sydenhatn, Kent On the 10th inst., at Deer_ eer-par . k, near , Lad' DIED Isabella, the wife of W.flight' M. Smythe, Esq. On the 11th inst., William, the eldest son of M r ' 13. of King William-street, Charing-cross.pore., On the 14th inst., at BailbrOokVilas, Bath, 1 -' 14 ,-1 0.14. relict of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Pacres, G , C. VA' On the 14th inst., at Leeds Castle, Kent, P. W r • ° ar s , !W l ' On the 14th inst., C. Johnson, Esq., 0 / wa iii n gton shire, aged 75. (3 rlefi a ' si On the 14th inst., at Southfleet. Kant, 31r. E. -- - , 2 Nelio - ' At Hythe, Kent, Charlotte, widow of the late ti: Esq., of Chaddlewcrth House, Berks. I ..., , t iplOs % 0 lioniton, t.e London: Printed and Published by AIIIRDO I solid' 1.-- No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, 17, 1 840. the county of Middlesex.—Thuraday, SePteYaber N. B.—Second-hand Watches purchased ii2' -.--- LADIES' GOLD WATCHES, Eight an d ; ... i i fill eachaiiii- gait Guineas Each. These Watches are London-made' Vri vertical movements, jewelled; they have enmine"`" -- p e ls s' .s-' cases, and ornamental gold dials. The pet - 1'0 1.00c " ranted. Price Eight Guineas and a-Half each. A. B. SAVORY and SONS , , „ (ore . Goldsmiths and Wat c hmaker s , No. 9, Cornhill, L on " °- site the Bank of England). I d, BIR THS. , y rk -r° On the 9th in s t., M rs . Edward Roffey, of t h e (' Lambeth, of a son. f I°' On the 9th inst., at Calverlei li court the lad y ° gh- court, q uO s ' Groves, Esq., of a son On the 13th inst., in Up •• C lesh'll treet, Ea t°°.' - the lady of George Home, E p s ' q l ° J . . 1 -s W. isto or On the 15th inst., at Hove, -. ' S o uss a ex so , n lllrs. IL ri' of a datheughter. oli ter-, On 15th inst., the Ho n . M rs . Ed wa rdes,of ada ,• S ' 11c 4 " la" On the 16th inst., at Ilau i p s t ea d , th e l a dy of •L'' Esq., of a son. __-----,,