The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-29 00:00:00

CRIME IN FRAN CE.

The Monilcur contains a report to the King on the
administration of justice in France during the year 1837,
which shows that crime was considerably on the increase
in that country. It appears that in the course of that
year the number of criminal cases brought before the
Court of Assize amounted to 5,873, thus exceeding by
573 that of 1836 ; in 2,630 of these, full conviction fol-
lowed ; in 1,516 cases, modified verdicts were returned ;
in 1,727 the accused were acquitted. The number of
crimes against the person remained stationary in 1837,
having amounted to 1,555, or three cases less than in
1836 ; but the crimes against property had increased
15 per cent. There was a falling off, we are told, in the
crimes of " murder" and " assassination," of 21 and
11 per cent. respectively ; but " poisonings" increased
42 per cent. _

The number of prisoners tried by the Courts of As-
size was 8,094, which gives one accused for every 4,638
inhabitants ; of these, 1,425 were females ; 4,601 of
those 8,094 accused could neither read nor write ;
2,530 read, but wrote imperfectly ; 709 could read and
write ; and 254 had received education ; 33 were capi-
tally convicted ; 177 were sentenced to hard labour for
life ; 782 to the same penalty for limited periods, and
the remainder to various terms of imprisonment. Had
not the Jury brought in a verdict of " attenuating cir-
cumstances" in 150 cases, 183 would have been con-
demned to death ; 25 were executed.

The Tribunals of Correctional Police tried in 1837,
140,247 affairs, comprehending 193,06.5 individuals, or
11,758 affairs more than in the preceding year. The
Courts of simple police decided, in 1837, in 137,737
cases, or 9,455 more than in 1836. There were
206,093 citizens inscribed on the Jury list in 1837.
The number of suicides committed in the whole king-
dom, in 1837, amounted to 2,443—viz., 1,811 men and
632 women ; the single department of the Seine offered
437.
The greatest number of suicides occurred in the
spring and summer months, as will be seen by the an-
nexed table :
In December, January, and February 490
In September, October, and November 514
In March, April, and May 683
In June, July, and August 756
'The tragedy of Laurent de Medicis, so long in pre.
paration, and interdicted by the police, was at length
produced, and with success, at the Theatre Francais,
last night. The author, M. Bertrand, was proclaimed
usualwith the eclat.

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
General Steam Navigation Company, was held on Tues-
day at the office of the Company in Lombard-street. The
chair was taken by Mr. W. Attwood, M. P., at 1 o'clock.
The report and half-yearly accounts were read, and very
full explanations were given to the proprietors, upon the
present and prospective state of affairs, which appeared to
give great and general satisfaction. The dividend was
declared, and, after voting the thanks of the proprietors
to the Chairman and Directors, the meeting separated.
«'e regret to learn that within the last few days
one of the largest cotton manufacturing houses in town
have dismissed about four hundred of their hand-loom
weavers. In previous cases of dulness of trade this Com-
panylik
ely only put
presenttheir
dulness
hweavers
Glasgow Chronicle.
VALUE OF PATRONAGE IN shortlßELAND.—Theontiue for Borne time.—
n time, so that it is
introduction of the Poor-law into Tuatn has already put
the candidates for situations, particularly the professional
men of the town, on the qui rice in real earnest. No less
than from eighty to one hundred gentlemen, for
the most
part men of influence, eligible to act as Guardians, were
entertained by two medical gentlemen alone on the one
evening—Limerick Chronicle.

['GUST 25, 1i!.39

THE MANNERS SUTTON FAMILY.

(From the Cambridge Advertiser.)
SUTTON THE. SINECURIST.—Mr. Manners Sutton
(whose real name is John Henry Thomas Manners
Sutton) holds the situation of Registrar of the Office
of Faculties, which, as far as he is concerned, is a com-
plete sinecure—that is, other persons do all the
work, whilst he receives the greater part of the fees,
amounting to about 1,0001. a-year.
The office was conferred upon him for his life, when
he was little more than fourteen years old, by his grand-
father, the late Archbishop of Canterbury, who, ludi-
crously enough (though somewhat blasphemously)
states, that he granted it to him " having special con-
fidence IN THE LAD, in his integrity, morals, probity,
circumspection, industry, and ability "Tlll/
DR. SUTTON, grandfather to our can-
didate, held the BiThopric of Norwich, and
with it the rich Deanery of Windsor. He
was afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury.
He may be fairly said to have received
from the revenues of the Church at least £600,000
LORD MANNERS, the Archbishop's bro-
ther, was successively Baron of the Ex-
chequer in England and Lord Chancellor
of Ireland, from which latter office he re-
tired with a pension. The amount of pub-
lic money received by him is at least £250,000
LORD CANTERBURY, our candidate's
father, was for many years Speaker of the
House of Commons, and has now re-
t iring pension of 4,0001. a-year. He also
held the Registrarship of Faculties for
some years. He has received of the public
money no less than £150,000

.£1,000,000
A million of money received by three persons of
this one family !
Mr. CHARLES SUTTON, the elder brother of our
candidate, has the Reversion of the office of Registrar
of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, the duties of
which are exclusively performed by deputies, although
the sinecurist will receive 3,0001. a year for doing
nothing.
Air. J. H. T. MANNERS SUTTON, the candidate, in
the event of his elder brother's dying in the life-time
of Lord Canterbury, will be entitled to a pension of
3,0001. a year.
Dr. PEIRCY, who married one of the candidate's
aunts, holds the following preferments in the Church :
Bishopric of Carlisle £2,213
Prebend of Finsbury in St. Paul's
Chancellorship of Salisbury 250

Per Annum.—...X3,952

Before Dr. Percy was a Bishop, he had eight dif-
ferent preferments in the Church, in the course of about
as many years ; four of these preferments were given to
him in one year.
The Rev. JAMES CROFT, who married another of
the candidate's aunts, holds the following prefer-
ments :

Prebendary Stall at Canterbury £1,026

Archdeanery of Canterbury 153
Rectory of Saltwood, with the Curacy of
Hythe, Kent 734
Rectory of Cliffe, at Hoo, in Kent 1,297

Per Annum £3,210
The Rev. J. M. SUTTON, a relative is
Sub-Dean and Canon Residentiary of
Lincoln £1,463
Rector of Great Chart, in Kent ...... 668
Rector of Tunstall, in Kent 479

Per Annum £2,610

Can any one wonder Mr. Sutton is opposed to re-
form, and the Liberal Government of our youthful
Queen ?

REFORM OF THE POST-OFFICE

OF GERMANY.

The following is an extract on this subject from the
Central Blatt, a Berlin newspaper. We may state at
the same time that at the present meeting of the dele-
gates from the different States of Germany to consider
the tariff on imposts, &e., Dr. Bowling has brought the
Postage question before them with a favourable recep-
tion :

M. Piron, the Deputy-Post-master, considers it the
duty of every Government to increase to the utmost the
facilities afforded by the Post-establishment, as a means
of promoting social and commercial intercourse, which is
its true office ; but should the Government persist in re-
garding it as a source of revenue, M. Piron still recom-
mends this increase of facilities, because any diminution
of direct receipts will be more than counterbalanced by the
additional indirect receipts caused by increased commer-
cial intercourse. The Allgemeine Zeitung proves that
the post reform in England must be inevitably followed
by a more intimate connection with Germany, and ulti-
mately by the repeal of her Corn-laws ; and when it is
considered that this would, in the general opinion
of every German, bring back the ancient golden
days of Germany, it is clearly the duty of every
friend of his country, to aid in extending this re-
form so favourably begun in England, which must
necessarily have equally important effects wherever
introduced. In Germany there are two modes of
Post-office reform proposed. First, either by each
separate State amending its own postage ; or, second;
by carrying out a general reform, and establishing an
uniform postage throughout the Confederation of Ger
many, as the tariff has been so rendered. The last
seems most advisable for the same reasons which ren-
dered the general commercial union of Germany neces-
sary, and the best means of preserving the unity of the
German Confederation. Such a measure can only be
carried out by a general post congress, which should
be forthwith held, and should consist of deputies from
the post and finance departments of each State ; and,
likewise, of deputies from each trade (commercial class).
The admission of these last would be useful for prac-
tical details, and also for popular improvements.
The general receipts of an uniform postage should be
added to the general stock, as in the Customs' treaty, and
the Congress should decide the proportion of the postage
which each State should receive.

The Congress must also decide—
The price for each letter (which ought not to exceed
3 Alg,r )

The weight to be allowed for each letter.

The conditions for conveyance of periodical literature
(which ought to be but a small per tentage on the cost
price, and should be charged to the publisher not the
buyer).
Also the plan under which this general post adminis-
tration should be conducted.

A number of minute regulations are proposed for con-
sideration by the writer, and extensive statistics (which
are admitted to be imperfectly grounded) showing the
probability of an actual increase in net (not gross)
revenue.

Also a number of the usual arguments in favour of
the measure, and an assurance that the German people
will have it now or soon.

Lord Waldegrave corroborates Lord Castle-
reagh's denial of the occurrence of any fracas between
them.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.— On
Tuesday, a special general meeting of the Donors of the
above praiseworthy Institution, was held at the Asylum,
MI Kent-road, for the purpose of confirming the minutes
of the last half-yearly meeting, and of electing occupants
to three houses, now vacant in the Institution. Upon this
occasion there were no less than twenty-one candidates, all
of whom had been donors to the Institution, and were re-
commended by the most respectable and influential mem-
bers of the trade. The following are the names of the
successful candidates, with the number of votes given for
each :—Mrs. Colville, 4,48: ; Mrs. Kent, 3,596 ; Mr.
Castleman and wife 2,931.
HINTS TO THE CLERGY.—At the archdea-
conal visitation, held in the Abbey Church, Bath, last
week, the Venerable Archdeacon Brymer took occasion to
enforce the necessity of following implicitly the forms of
canonical discipline, as the best means of rendering the
Word of God triumphant. Entertaining as he did this
opinion, he should not discharge his duty if he did not
allude, with the sincerest regret, to a deviation in the mode
of administering the Lord's Supper, which had obtained in
some churches—that of delivering the consecrated ele-
ments to more than one person at a time, and substituting
the plural for the singular in the form of words which the
minister was directed to use ; and he must further state
that the same opinion was contained in the recorded senti-
ments of the Bishop of the Diocese, who had a deep and
deliberate conviction that the Church doctrines, discipline,
and ordinances were but parts of one coherent whole,
and that none could be safely separated from the rest. Oa
the subject of psalmody, the Venerable Archdeacon said
that no books could be lawfully used in the Esta,Aished
Church unless they had the stamp of public authority ; and
until the Royal permission was obtained for the adoption of
other versions, none could be legal except those printed at
the end of the Church Prayer Book.—Herald.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO OF KNIBB'S
COYGKEOATIOS.—HOW d'ye, broder?—Soso, me tank ye;
how you bin dis long time?—Quite well, tank you. How
you pass your time now, broder ?—Oh ! me no pass me
time at all, brodcr ; me cock up me foot, so let time pass
himself.—Jamaica Standard.

.....
Since the beginning of the fine season the num-
ber of travellers along the Rhine has been so considerable
that the steamers convey daily about 1,200 passengers to
proceeding to most of whom arcroceeding to Frankfort.
Commerce.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—A coroner's inquest was
held on Tuesday at the Brewer's Arms, Milbank-street,
Westminster, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body of
David Casey, aged 36 years. It appeared from the evi.
dence that the deceased and another man were last Satur-
day afternoon unloading a sloop laden with Yorkshire
stone at the wharf of Messrs. John and William Freeman,
Milbank, and that the deceased having carelessly knocked
down the prop by which four large stones, weighing about
2.i tons, were supported, the stones fell on him, and killed
him on the spot. The Jury. having been fully satisfied,
by the evidence of Messrs. Freeman's foreman, that the
stones had been securely propped up, and that the acci-
dent had been occasioned by the carelessness of the de-
ceased, returned a verdict of " Accidental death," with a
nominal deodand of 1 a.

ASSIZE INTELIGENPE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIrEBroor,, Auc. 06.
THE CHARTISTS.

This morning the cases of some of the Chartists who
bad pleaded on Saturday were brought up for trial.
John Holmes was indicted for a seditious conspiracy
and riot ; the offence is alleged to have been committed
at Manchester on the 12th of August in the present
year.
It was proved that the defendant had carried a pole
with a red cap at the top, and a flag bearing inscriptions,
and had thus walked at the head of a concourse of
people.
Guilty.—Sentenco deferred.

Edward Riley stood indicted for military training
and riot at Newton, near Manchester, on the 3d of
May.

The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Sergeant
Atcherley, Attorney-General for the County Palatine ;
and Mr. Wilkins appeared for the defence.
Daniel Higginson, the first witness, stated that on
the 3d of May he was sent, in consequence of informa-
tion received, to watch some parties who were meeting
together in a lane at Newton. He approached them at
about seven o'clock in the evening, and found about
twenty-five persons, who were drilling. The defendant
stood in front of them and commanded them. They
were standing in a row, and he addressed them with the
various phrases of " Stand at ease"—" Pay attention"
—" Stand back ;" and they at one time obeyed him by
putting the right heel towards the left foot, and ulti-
mately they were marched off the ground towards Man-
chester, " falling in" four abreast ; and in that way pro-
ceeding all the way to the Oldham-road, in which there
is a lock-up, where Beswick, the deputy constable, had
p'aced a party of policemen in ambush to stop the party
from Newton when they should arrive. The policemen
sallied forth when the men approached, and laid hold of
eight of them, the present defendant included, all of
whom were identified by witness as having been present
at the time when the drilling was proceeding. At the
end of the drilling Riley told them that they only wanted
their muskets now, and then they would be readv.
• On cross-examination the witness said he had been
in the police about five weeks, and that he went to the
meeting in plain clothes, in order not to be known.
He also stated that he had joined in at the head of the
ranks in the march to Manchester, but did not continue
with them for more than about a hundred yards. He
walked arm-in-arm with the defendant and two other
men till they came near the lock-up, and then, on his
making a sign to Beswick, that officer seized the men
and pushed them to the lock-up.
The jury retired for about twenty minutes, and, on
their return, delivered a verdict of Guilty generally.
The higher offence charged in the indictment against
Riley may subject him to transportation for seven years,
under the provisions of the statute 60 Geo. 111., and
1 Geo. IV., c. 1, which is one of the ",Six Acts."
TUESDAY, AUG. 27.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
THE QUEEN V. RATCLIFFE.

T. Ratcli ffe, a tall meagre-looking man, was indicted
for seditious conspiracy and riot, at Aspull, near Wi-
gan, on the 14th August instant.
On the 14th inst. a mob of four or five hundred
people, being one division of a body of rioters who had
separated into three parts, went to the factory of Mr.
Dickenson, at Aspull. The other two divisions of the
rioters had gone to Hulton and to Winyates. The
ringleaders of the mob called for Mr. Harris, the ma-
nager of Mr. Dickenson's mill. They waited for the
latter with bands of music playing, and it was observed
that most of them were armed with bludgeons. When
Mr. Harris appeared the music ceased, and he was
peremptorily ordered to stop the mill. He at first re-
fused, bat, after much remonstrance, many threats, and
some demonstrations of violence at the gate, he felt
himself compelled to comply, as he apprehended serious
damage to the mill if he did not. One of the crowd
said that some people were so stupid that they would
rather have their mills burned than they would stop
work. Several persons swore to having seen the priso-
ner amongst the crowd, armed with a stick. The con-
stable of Wigan swore that when he went to the priso-
ner's house to apprehend him he saw him run away with
a pike-head in his hand.
The prisoner alleged that the instrument which he
hail in his hand was not a pike, but a common table
knife. He merely went into the crowd to bring away
his sister.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty of riot.—Sen-
tence deferred.

THE QUEEN V. COUPE.

ILLEGAL TRAINING TO ARMS.—J. Fairplay, alias
James Coupe, was indicted for havinc, in the month of
May last, at Newton, near Manchester, attended a
meeting and assembly of persons, for the purpose of
illegally drilling and training to arms, and having then
and there trained and drilled divers persons to arms,
witheut any lawful authority.
The jury found the prisoners Guilty.—Sentence
deferred.

(Before Mr. Baron MAULE and a Spechi Jury.)
RUTTER V. CHAPMAN.

Mr. Creswell, Mr. Wightman, Mr. Cowling, Mr.
C. Peel, and Mr. Wilkins, conducted the plaintiff's
case ; the Attorney-General (who had a special re-
tainer), Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Brandt, appeared for
the defendant.

The declaration stated that the plaintiff, as one of
the six coroners of the county palatine of Lancaster,
was entitled to sit as coroner on the body of one Bridget
Garatty, and to receive the fees and profits resulting
therefrom ; that the defendant had taken upon himself
to officiate as coroner on the body of said Bridget Ga-
ratty, and appropriate to himself the fees and profits to
the detriment and damage of the plaintiff. Ihe de-
fendant pleaded that he had been appointed coroner by
the town council acting under a charter of incorporation
granted to the municipal borough of Manchester, and
therefore presided in the execution of his duty, at the
inquest holden on the body of Bridget Garatty. The
plaintiff replied, denying the existence of the charter, and
thereupon issue was joined.
The affirmation of the issue, quood the validity of the
charter, being on the defendant, the ATTORNEY-GE-
NERAL stated the defendant's case, in the first instance,
to the jury. The question they had to determine was
relative to the validity of the chatter, which her Majesty,
by the advice of her Privy Council, had thought proper
to grant to the important borough of Manchester. The
Learned Gentleman then gave the history of the grant
of the charter, and proceeded to state that the charter
having been obtained, all the acts necessary to be done
under it were carried into effect. The new corporate
body appointed a watch committee, and hired the new
police, to the number of 400, to act over the different
townships. The Municipal borough was not, quoad ter-
minus, the same as the Parliamentary borough. All
the townships surrendered without any difficulty to sup-
port the new police, except the single township of
Manchester proper. A petition was afterwards pre.
sented to the Crown by the new Town-Council for a
grant of Quarter Sessions. The Crown granted the pe-
tition, and a recorder was appointed. Quarter Sessions
were aftererwards held, and his Learned Friend, Mr.
Armstrong, having been appointed Recorder of the bo-
rough, presided as Judge. Coroners were subsequently
appointed, and the defendant, with another gentleman,
was selected to fill the office ; and various inquests
were afterwards held under the new appointment.
All these arrangements having been made, the borough
of Manchester was in every respect under the govern-
ment of the Corporation, chosen and appointed under
the charter. It was contended on the other side that,
notwithstanding all the appointments of the various
municipal offices had been made under the charter,
in :point of fact the charter did not exist, because it
had not been granted upon a petition of the inhabitant
householders of Manchester. There was not, however,
she slightest pretence for such an assertion. The peti-
tion against the charter was full of irregularities.
He apprehended that if he showed that a bona fide
petition was presented to the Crown, and the Crown,
by its responsible advisers, considered that petition
was sufficient, and granted the prayer of the petition
then no inquiry could be entered into here as to
which petition had the majority oh signatures of house-
hold inhabitants. The Act of Parliament did not say
household inhabitants duly rated, but merely household
inhabitants. Whether the charter had been properly
granted or not was not the question. Lie confidently
submitted, that as soon as the charter was granted, it
became to all intents and purposes a valid charter, and
all proceedings properly adopted under it were legal.
He should, therefore, call witnesses to show that a pe-
tition was presented to her Majesty in the form and
manner in which he had stated, that her Majesty granted
a charter according to the prayer of the petition, and
that the defendant was acting under the authority of
his appointment as coroner by a duly constituted body,
and having done so the defendant would be clearly en-
titled to a verdict.

Evidence was then adduced in support of the state-
ment of the Learned Counsel, and, after a few wit-
nesses had been examined, a conversation took pace
between his Lordship and the Learned Gentlemen en-
gaged on either side, in order to an arrangement to take
the case before the Court in banco.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested that his Lord-
ship might remove difficulty, if he would express his
opinion as to whether any proof of the majority of peti-
tioners, one way or the other, was material in respect
of the grant of the charter.
His LORDSHIP intimated that he did not think
such proof was material. The Crown, acting under the
ni i
provisions of the Ist Vic. c. 78, sec. 49, had power to grant
a charter to any borough, where the inhabitant house-
holders presented a petition. And this petition was
one on which the Privy Council might advise, and the
Crown grant a charter.
Some further discussion then ensued, in:r•r i.g the
hiei I\r.
,
Creswell admitted, for the purpose of c
cause into the Court above, that the petition in favour
.
of the Charter had 4,000 names, and the
Attorney-
General admitted, for the same object, that the co unte
petition had 6,000 signatures attached to it.
His LORDSHIP then held that, notwithstanding the
majority of names in the counter-petition, the Crown
could act on the original
petition, and grant. the Charter,
and therefore rejected the evidence tendered by Mr.

Cresoll in support of his allegation as to the inajoritY
of petitioners.
His Lordship baying se ruled, the verdict was re-
turned for the defendant ; a bill of exceptions to the
ruling of the Learned Judge to be tendered on the
part of the plaintiff.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LLOYD'S.

_,.--
DEAL, Ava. 27.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Char-
lotte Adams, from Turk's Island ; and Grace, Mediterra-
nean. Sailed the Isabella, for Rio Janeiro; Duke of Ar-
gyle, Bristow, Madras; Susan Crisp, Fleming, Cape of
Good Hope; Hebe, Todd, Vera Cruz ; St. James, Howe,
New Orleans.

LIVERPOOL, Arc. 27. Wind W. N. W fresh.— Arrived
the Troy's Wife, and Robert, Hamilton, from Savanilla;
Heart of Oak, Demerara ; Powhattan, Briggs, Virginia ;
Orpheus, Bailey, and Southener, New York; Satis. ution,
St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Romulus, M‘Farlk.sne,
pictou ; Columbus, Purtrcath, Quebec ; Maria, Krone,.
Wolgast. Sailed the Mary Willie, Miller, Madeira. Off
port, the Independence, from New York. Sailed on the
7th inst. the Tenamara, for Laguayra ; and Richard Ander-
son, Virginia.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 27.—Wind W. N. W.—Arrived and
sailed, the Westminster, Mollison, Port Philip.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 26.—Wind S. S. W. to W.—A rrived
the William Alexander, Howes, Memel. Off Pont, the
Ocean, Rattray, Odessa.
SALCOME.E, Arc. 26.—Off Port, the Fairy Que, n,
Cousens, sailed 3d May, St. Helena 4:1 ult. ; Erin, --
Quebcc.
BRISTOL, AUG. 27.--Arrived Scio, Johnson, Quebec.
PWLLHRLI, AUG. 26.—Arrived the Cherub, Duggan,
Quebec.
CREEK, A uo. 27.—Arrived Elizabeth, Phelps, Odessa.
DUBLIN, AUG 27. Sailed Industry, Stevens, Quebec.
KlitiOsToWs, AuG. 26,—Arrived Perseverance, Scott,
St. Andrew;
CORK, AUG. 26.--Arrived the George, Barker, from St.
John's, N. B. ; Royalist, Dixon, Pictou. Sailed the Isa-
bebella, Meredith, for Quebec. Off port, the Sisters,
Adamson, from Odessa.
SUNDERLAND, AUG. 26.—Arrived the Cypress, Farmer,
from Quebec.
WHITBY, Arc. 26.—Arrived the Isabella, Gray, from
Quebec.
HULL, AUG. 27.—Wind W. S. W.
LOWESTOFFE, AUG. 26.—Off port, the Eliza Jane,
Scott, from R;ga.
MARGATE, AUG. 27.—A brig, reported to be French,
coal laden, sunk to-day off Margate Sand Head.

VESSELS SPOKEN Harmony, Waterford to
Quebec, 13!li inst., lat. 48, lon. 39 ; Alameluke, Bristol to
Richebucto, 20th, lat. 49, lon. 10; Harvest Home, Fal-
mouth to Miramichi, lith inst., lat. 49, !on. 20, by the
Erin, arrived off Sa:cornbe ; Liverpool steamer, Liverpool
to New York, 12th inst., lat. 45, lon. 49, br the Orpheus,
arrived at Liverpool ; Garrick, Liverpool to New York,
21st, lat. 50, lon. 23, by the Powbattan, are ived
at Liverpool; Maria, from Liverpool, Bth inst , oh— Capo
St Vincent, by the Fanny, Connell, arrived at (...:9rk ;
Carleton, of Glasgow, for Miramichi, 22d inst., lat. .51*
lon. 12, by the Loyalist, Dixon, arrived at Cork.

POPULATION OF FHANCE.—Between 1815
and 1835 the population of France bas increased from
29,500,000 to 33,540,9! 0. The quantity or corn in
France has increased in a corresponding manner. In
1815 it was 30,460,971 hectolitres, and in 1835 it was
71,684,484 hectolitres per annum.
STATE OF TRADE.—There is no change to no-
tice in the market this week. The demand for yarn con•
tinucs good, and an extensive business has been done
at the rates current last week. For goods of all kinds the
demand is rather limited, but there is no change in prices•
—Manchester Guardian.

HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, . AUGUST 27.
Appearances have been better this week than last ;
there being more inquiries, and a larger num-
ber of buyers in quest of new goods and
new styles ; but few large sales were made.
Plain woollens of middle qualities, and heavy Tweeds,
and other fancy goods, fit for the winter trade,
were most in demand. Ordeis for exportation are not
so numerous ; but the demand for the home trade is
improving. Prices remain firm ; sacrifices being made
only in old styles. On the whole business is tolerably good
in the warehouses, and for the season a fair general trade is
doing.
A labourer, named Dale, employed on the works
of the Thames Junction Railway, was on Tuesdary charged
before the Kensington Magistrates with having. thrown a
woman with whom he cohabited into the Kensingtort
with intent to drown her. There could be little docbt that
the rufSan had been guilty of the offence, but thew men
endeavoured to screen him, and said she had fallen into the
water in the course of a struggle brought on by her " ah'-
gravating tongue." Other evidence, however, went to
show that the fellow had deliberately thrown her in, and he
was remanded for further evidence. Canal,

INCENDIARY FIRE AT THANIES BANK,
PIMLICO-5001. REWARD.—It will no doubt be in the re-
collection of our readers that early on the morning of
Thursday, the 25th of April last, a fire took place in the
extensive Other-yards of Mr. Cubitt, situate at Thames
Bank, Pimlico, which was not extinguished until damago
to the amount of 2,0001. and upwards had b7en done.
After the extinction of the fire several small quantities of
tow, steeped in oil and turpentine, were found deposited
between several of the stacks of timber remaining unin-
jured, and this circumstance induced a belief that the fire
must be the work of an incendiary. Accordingly Mr.
Cubitt offered a reward of lOW., to which the Secretary
for the Home Department added ani.ther 1001., and her
Majesty's free pardon to any accomplice not being► the per-
son who actually set fire to the property, or other person
who should give such information and evidence as should
lead to the discovery and conviction of the party or parties
who set fire to the property. Since this reward was of-
fered it appears that circumstances of a still stronger na-
ture have come to light, which confirm Mr. Cubitt in
his opinion that his premises were wilfully fired, and in con-
sequence the reward offered has been increased from 2001.
to 5001.

POCK ET - PICKING. -- Upwards of a dozen
thieves were on Tuesday apprthended for picking pockets
amongst the crowd assembled near the 1-louEe of Parlia-
ment. Some were committed for trial by the Queen.
square Magistrates ; the others sentenced for various
periods as suspected persons.

•
A FOUR I EARS FAST.—The subject of the
narrative is a young woman, of the parish of Lsrgs, at
present in her nineteenth 3ear, blooming with in-alth and
beauty. When about nine years of age, she fell into bad
health, the most prominent symptom of which was a head
ache of the most painful nature, very inveterate, and dial-
cult to relieve; along with the headache, there were other
symptoms of di,o7dered constitution—a rapid pulse and
deficient appetite, &c. But to detail all the varying symp.
toms of her lengthened illness is not the object of this
letter—that description f,lls more properly under the pro-
vince of the physician. It is enough to mention that at
one time she was supposed to be threatened with water in
the head—at ano:her the liver and bawds were supposed
to be the seat of her disease. After bein; seen by many
medical men, end undergoing various modes of treatment for
two or three years, without any amelioration of her disorder,
it was candidly admitted, by the usual medical attendant, that
the only hope of a cure rested in the change that might be
produced on the body at that period of life ushering the
subject of the case into womanhood. At this time she
was from eleven to twelve years of age, her appetite had
completely failed, and her whole sustenance began to be
denied from a glass of whisky in a tea cupful of hot water,
sweetened with two tea-spoonfuls of sugar. This quan-
tity was taken three times daily, with not so much as a
mouthful of solid food or milk, everything when swallowed
being immediately ejected from the stomach, with the ex-
ception of the above mixture of whisky, water, and sugar.
There might, at long intervals, be a slight deviation from
the above, when a single mouthful of solid food occasion-
ally rested on the stomach ; but, without exaggeration, I
must say that for four years her whole sustenance was
derived from the above mixture of whisky, water, aged
sugar ; and although her form was slender, yet she grew in
stature, was never confined to bed, nor within doors, ex-
cept for a few weeks, when the spine becoming slightly
affected, she was obliged to take a recumbent position, to
prevent curvature of the spinal column. Suffice to say,
that in process of time, nature did what neither man nor
medicine could accomplish. The young woman is now
well, hale, and hearty. The being accustomed so long to
the daily use of ardent spirits, has left no baneful habit—
she is as abstemious as the most mural of her scx. Al-
though a moderate eater, nothing comes wrong to her in
the shape of solid or liquid nourishment. If any feel scep-
tical of the truth of the above statements, they can be tes-
tified by the family of the young woman, who are respect-
able—by the medical gentleman who attended her—as well
as by many individuals in the neighbourhood, who, aware
of the above facts, were induced to visit the young woman
from motives of curiosity.—Ayr Advertiser.
On Tuesday a gentleman complained to the Ma-
gistrates, that for several months pasta neighbour's dog
had kept barking throughout the night, so as to deprive
a}
_
aalm almost wholly of rest. The owner
eq uested to remove the nuisance,
bo
he liked to hear the barking of his
if:: l
his i
he c a
animaltri et
p alny d
wass d t familythat
beenat
r
dog at night." M. Hardwick admitted that the nuisance
must be most intolerable, but could find nothing in the new
Police Act, or any statute at present in force, that would
enable the Magistrates to interfere in the matter, cr remove
the cause of complaint. The only remedy left was that by
indictment at the s-.,ssions,as a common nuisance, and in
that he should have his neighbours to join him. He (Mr.
Hardwick) would, however, send an officer to the house of
the party against, to inform him that he was
liable
indictment and serious penalty, and that this,
rto a complainedn
perhaps, would have the effect of inducing him to discen-
tinue the nuisance.
TWICE NOOSED.—.A voting man, in Georgia,
named Barber, got married on the 20th ult., and hanged
himself on the 21st.
CAMBRIDGE.—S:r ,John M. Doyle has pub-
lished a placard, stating that having received a requisition,
signed by man of the electors, setting forth approbation
of his political'opinions, requesting him to allow himself to
be put in nomination as a candidate for their Representa-
tive ; he does not hesitate to yield to their wishes, and de-
clares his fixed determination to afford them the opportu-
nity recording their votes in support of their oswnhe
inde-
pendence and influence, unless such concession as
rig
suggested shall he made, recognizing
the
co-equal right
the hthoa;
the requisitionists. So Sir John means t,
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EVEN ING EDITION.

LADY FLORA HASTINGS AGAIN.

We have been forbearing upon the topic of this
unfortunate Lady, because it was one irksome to our
feelings ; irksome, not in the least—when fairly
sifted- or deeply probed—hurtful to the Queen,
agairst whom the faction strove to point every poi-
soned arrow—not against any of the party or per-
sons with whom, as contra-distinguished from the
Tories, we have been accustomed more or less to
act with or defend. No ; our forbearance pro-
ceeded from the circumstances that the subject was
a lady dangerously ill, and since no more, and we
did not wish to be drawn lightly into a dis-
cussion lb which we could not do justice with-
out implicating the lady and her friends. But
' the Tory Press is governed by no such feel-
ings. It unceasingly implicates the character of
the lady and the feelings of her friends, if indeed
party has not blunted their feelings, to the rabid
anxiety to bring into disrepute the character of
the Qaeeei and her Court. How tremblingly alive
that faction is to the imputation, who think so
little of the crime when really committed among
1 " the order." Where was this holy horror of the
press when poor Lord Graves was driven to sui-
cide, who ought indeed to have first at least done
justice on the bearded pard who was the author of
his dishonour and despair ? Where were the
tender sympathies of the Tory press when Sir G.
Murray, as so many others of the " order" and
[ the party do, took away another man's wife ? Oh,
no ! The actual committal of the crime is nothing
when the criminal is a partizan. But when there
is a suspicion entertained by a Whig Court of a
lady, and steps taken privately to have the point
cleared up ; when these steps, if erroneous at all,
erred at the side of purity, and in order to pre-
vent the licentiousness abounding, which marked
ithe Court in former reigns—then nothing can equal
the rodomontades of party puritanism. 'Why,
since they will force us on the subject, we must
state that on the face of the original suspicion
against
Lady Flora, the parties intimating such sus-
picion must have believed that it was true, and must
save had some good reason for that belief, or else
why make a charge which a little time, if false, must
have refuted. What could have been these rea-
sons i There were personal appearances admitted
on all hands. But we think this of itself would not
have caused a suspicion which it is evident really
did exist. There is seldom smoke without fire ;
and rationally considered previous levity must have
been added to personal appearances, or such alone
would not have created so strong a suspicion.
This is sadly aided by her parson uncle's confession
that there had been some suspicion of the lady the
year before. This is also further coloured by the
very coarse letter written by herself, which her Lady-
ship's family caused to be published—a letter which
may be such as young ladies of " the order" are in
the habit of writing, but is one which would be de-
structive of the reputation. for purity of a young
female in the middle ranks of life. But all these
probabilities have been so confirmed by a letter
from Lord Portman, that those who wished to
turn the mystery against the Queen have actually
tainted the reputation of Lady Flora Hast-
ings, so as to render it necessary for her family
to bring the matter legally before the world and
probe the reports to the bottom, or else they leave
)
the character of the deceased lady implicated. For,
observe, Lord Portman does not deny of his lady—
as Lord Tavistock did of his—that Lady Portman
made no communication on the subject—he im-
plies that she did ; but that it was such as
it was her duty to make, 'and he challenges her
brother to afford him the opportunity of proving
the real state of the case. Here is an oppor-
tunity of putting the saddle on the right horse,
and if the Marquis of Hastings shrinks from this,
Ihe compromises the character of his relative.
1 There can be but one conclusion as to the facts.—
' Dablin Pilot.

TUE CENTRAL METROPOLITAN

CHARTER ASSOCIATION,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—At..the weekly meeting of the above Associa-
tion, held on Monday evening, the 26th of August,
the following resolution, proposed by Mr. Parker,
seconded by Mr. Sprinks, and supported by Mrs. Spur
111'131s:in, and otlers, was unanimously carried :
Itesolved,—That the thanks of this Association he
given to Mrs: Goulding, IN iliiams, and Major Bcniowski,
the Members of the late Committee of Public Safety,
for the able, energetic, and prudent manner in which
they discharged their duties while in office ; and that
you should be invited to give publicity to this resolution
through the medium of your valuable journal.
Yours, respectfully,
HENRY -HOLDEN, Chairman.
10, Portland-place, White-street, Bethnal- green.

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir—l am only, a poor journeyman shoemaker, con-
scqu'ently can find bat little time to write, however
much I may feel inclined so to do, and this being my
first attempt, I trust no uncharitable critic will assail
me'n ith—"Ne sutor ultra crepidam," because I opine—

K Wisdom's voice condemn, such rules -
As not fit for modern schools,
• E'en coblers may be wise."
Demosthenes when addressing the Athenians says—
" The principal cause of the evils under which they suf-
fered was, the corruption of their public speakers," but
whether this can be applied to the present day, your
readers must be left to judge. By public speakers I
understand any individual who may either by an oration,
letter, or publication of any kind, intended for the whole
community, convey the same to that community, by
any means then in existence ; and I know no speaker
whose voice is so powerful as that of a public newspaper,
and if I were at all inclined to praise a man for
his services to society, I know none on whom I should
with more justice bestow it, than upon the proprietor or
editor of The Sun. But being one of those who think
that as man had nothing to do with the formation of
his limbs neither had he with the brain, I shall be ex-
cused for passing over in silence anything relating to
the readiness at all times evinced in your Journal to insert,

or support the interest of the whole of society, without
regard to creed, sect, party, country, or colour, truth
being, as it should be, the grand desideratum.
Having said thus much, I proceed to examine a letter
published in your journal of yesterday, headed
" Practical Christianity," and signed " A Protestant,"

wherein the writer observes that, " A want of Prac-
tical Christianity is the basis of infidelity, and gives
Owen and other infidels an influence they would not
otherwise hay e;" he then goes on to say, that " the
Creed of St. Athanasius should be expunged, with cer-
tain other worn out absurdities, because to teach man-
kind that they are doomed or left to be reprobate, and
that their conduct here has no influence for or against
their future salvation, cannot be a fair statement of
redeeming love." Now, Sir, I would ask the writer
this question, What is Christianity ? His answer cannot
be, A strict adherence to certain established forms and
ceremonies, and implicit confidence in orthodox
opinions, because he says they are not fair statements
of redeeming love. This, then, cannot be Chris-
tianity—that is practical Christianity. If, then,
it be not practical, it cannot be Chris-
tianity at all ? What is it then ? Let the writer an-
swer if he can, for I can conceive of no effect without a
Cause. Practice is the effect, of which Christianity
must be the cause ; if there be no effect, there cannot
possibly exist a cause—the want of which the writer
considers•to be the basis of infidelity. Now, Sir, I take
it to be • • infidelity itself, I may be allowed the use of
the term' without defining it, which I conceive to be
almost impossible • becausemec that which was infidelity in
fifteen hundred beea hristianly in the next cen-
tury, completely suited
it should' be) to the (as the writer observes
Take an example in VParn°4preasraigie of the times.
who was burnt
in Smithfield for saying
this
If t was not the
very God, in the year 1551.
o b the writer
was infidelity at
that time, it is equally so now ,consequently
againe the perse-
,ppear to be
himself is an infidel, for the opinions
histo-
rian same with regard to the Creed; takeßoetliss
cutions of the Quakers, according to
of their sufferings ; there were 4,20 c,
one time, in the year 1688 ; their meeting-housesothufie confined at
pulled down, and the materials sold ; the total number
who who perished in prison was three hundred and sixty_
nine ; the dead were di,interred from their graves;; Wo-
men and children were dragged by their hair through the
streets ; there was lawied at one time in Bristol, for
fines, 16,400 pounds, and from an examination of the
records of the Society, it appears that property was
taken froth them to the amount of one million sterling ;
and for what purpose was this exercised, but to put
down infidelity'? Does the writer call them infidels?
No ; this was an evil produced through the unchari-
tableness of the age. Now, I ask any man of com-
mon understanding, what conclusion we can arrive at
concerning infidelity? If the Quakers were infidels at
that time, they are equally so now. Who then shall
say that the infidelity of the present century shall not
be the Christianity of the new ?
Aug. 27, 1839. JOHN SKELTON.