The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-31 00:00:00

Total free of duty
Cloths and kerieymerea
Cotton goods, printed

Silks.

980,142
27,090,480
199,740
D. 98,011
291,247
D. 159.979
, brown, lb.
-
- , white, lb.
D. 1,120,161
Iron, bar, rolled, cwt 723.481
,
--, hammered, (Ist 426,387
..... D. 1.666,196
Total, at spec. duties 25,766,919
Aggregate
EX-PORTS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE.
1838.
206,026
D. 626,248
166,805

white
Total ad val duties
Flannels, square yards

Carpeting, square yards

Fish, dried, qtls
Q)11, sperm gallon;

177,004
151,875
...... ~,..... ... .• D. 137,809
,whale, &c., all,rci ... 4,824,376 3,624.001
Flour, 1,------a„a4-::::..-..::: ...... D. 1,556,7754816 '32178'54:
_ Rice D. .................... D. 3,603 299 2,987,269
'•" ? ............. 71,048 10,684
.„,......... ............. D. 1,721.819 2,309.279
Cotton, Sea Istbads, 1b....... 7,286 340 5,28 E 971
.. , other ................. 538,665.757 438,924,566
D. 61,556,811 63,240,102
Tobacco, hints
. 7.32,0'29
100,593
Sugar, refined, 1b...
, D. 249 671
2,6190,649 5,705,647
1,844,167
--
Cotton manuflicturcs,co!oured D. 252,044 215,728549 801
3 white ... D. 3,250,130 2,048,115
95,544,414
-Total domestic precinct

A CLEVERTRAVELLER.— A middle-aced
man, who calls himself J. E. Droffoore, passed throiteh
Salisbury on Thursday, playing on an instrument of his
own construction, the sounds from which might vie in har-
mony with those from the hurdy-gurdy. In his progress
:4-is ate bill, setting
through the tre, b
forth mit h a u • J .V: iOO/, exclusive of an
ex vases, whit tr,vefling 11 (wee over the same ground
in every town and city in England, without soliciting
charity, or stopping to play more than one minute at any
door ; also to Make himself master of a mechanical trade
within the same period. He states that he commenced his
Undertaking at Penistone, in Yorkshire, on the 11th of
April, 1836, by selling matches • and bas devoted about
two years of his time to learn the joinery business. He
has already travelled through twelv'e counties. He engages
to perfect his task before he sleeps on a bed, or is covered
with bed-clothos—shaves his beard—drinks ale, wine, or
spirits, &c. He now figures with a beard of which an
eld,r of Israel might be proud. At the conclusion of the
todertakiftg, he n
iirposes br h• •
pu .is mg his adventures, ob-
servations, orset Chronicle.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAzET

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of August,
1839, present,
The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
This day the Right Honourable Richard Lator Shie was,
by her Majesty's command, sworn of Her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the 801 l d ac-
cordingly.

.tigust,

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day o'
1539, present,
The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint the
Right I-lon, Henry Labouchere, and, in his absence, the Right
Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, President of the Committee of
Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all matters re-
lating to Trade and Foreign Plantations.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of August,
1839 present,
The QUEEN'S Most Exeeßent Majesty in Council.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Charles Poulett Thomson, Governor-General and Captain-
General of all her Majesty's provinces on the Continent of
North America, and of the Island of Prince Edward, he this
day took the usual oath appointed to be taken by the Gover-
nors of her Majesty a plantations.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Abs. 26.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour ol
Knighthood upon John Gardner Wilkinson, Esq., Fellow ol
the Royal Society.

WHITEHALL, Aun. 28.
The Queen has been pleiged to direct letter patent to be
passed under the Great Searof the United Kingdom of Great
Britain
and Ireland, constituting and appointing, the Right
Hon. William Viscount Melbourne, the Right Hon. Francis
Thornhill Baring, Edward Adolph's Seymour, Esq. (corn•
monly called Lord Seymour), Robert Steuart, Esq., John
Parker, Esq., and Thomas Wyse, Esq., her Majesty's Com-
missioners for executing the omces of Treasurer of the Ex-
chequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.

The following article is substituted for that which appeared in
last Tuesday's Gazette, viz. :
WHITEHALL, Auo. 28, 1839.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto tho
Right Honourable Thomas Spring Rice, and the heirs male of
his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of
Baron Monteagle, of Brandon, ht the county of Kerry.

WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST 30.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant-General Sir W. K.
Giant, K. C.R. from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Colonel,
vice Sir James Steuart, deceased, August 24.
Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-General Sir
J. Straton, from the 1 ith Light Dragoons, to be Colonel, vice
Sir W. K. Grant, appointed to the command of the 2d Dra-
goons, Aug. 24.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major-General J. W.
Sleigh, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Need, deceased,
August 24.
_ . _ _ .

17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major-General Sir A.
B. Clifton, X. C.D., to be Colonel, vice Sir J. Straton, ap-
pointed to the command of the 6th Light Dragoons, Aug. 24.
let, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—S. Graham,
Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Fleming, who retires, Aug. 30,
14th Regiment of Foot.—T. Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Ellerton, Who retires, Aug. 30.
19th Foot.—Lieutenant W. Dillon, from the 32d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Byrne, who exchanges, Aug. 30.
21st Foot—Captain G. W. Nicolls, from the 67th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Mackenzie, who exchanges. Aug. 30.
31st Foot—D. S. Robertson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Douglas, promoted in the 93d Foot, Aug. 30.
32d Foot—Lieutenant T. Byrne, from the 19th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Dillon, who exchanges, Aug. 30.
41st Foot.—Ensign A. Sadlier to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vive Dorval, who retires; Ensign A. Stewart, from the 98th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Sadlier, August 30.
52d Foot—Lieut. G. Murray to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Twopeny, who retires, Aug. 30; Ensign F. Carden to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice -Murray, Aug. 30 ; J. Arch-
dall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carden, Aug. 30.
56th Feot—T. W. }riser, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hunter, deceased; Aug. 30.
58th Foot—Lieutenant A. M. Hay, from the 78th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice J. H. Rowan, who retires upon half-pay
Unattached, Aug. 31.
67th Foot—Captain A. Mackenzie, from the 21st Foot to be
Captain, vice Nicoll., who exchanges, Aug. 30.
75th Foot—Ensign W. H. M. Simmons, to be Lieutenant,
without_purehase, vice Ferns, appointed Adjutant, June 30;
G. R. Hopkins, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Simmons, August 28; C. O'Donoghue, Gent. to be Ensign;
without purchase, vice Phipps, deceased, Aug. 29; J. A.
Macqueen, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dick-
enson, deceased ; Lieut. J. G. Ferns, to be Adjutant, vice
R. W. Hopkins, deceased, June 30.
78th Foot—Lieut. C. Pattison, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Lieutenant, vice Hay, appointed to the 58th Foot, Au-
gust 31 ; C. Skrine, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Pattison, promoted, Aug. 30 ; Lieutenant C. Pattison, to be
Adjutant, vice Eddington, who resigns the Adjutantcy only,
Aug. 31.

112. d, Foot—Captain J. Du Vernet, from the 87th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Duckett, who exchanges, Aug. SO.
87th Foot—Captain G. F. Duckett, from the 82d Foot, to
be Captain, vice Du Vernet, who exchanges, Aug. 30.
88th Foot—Paymaster D. Hay, from the half-pay of the
30th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice E. Heath, who retires upon
half-pay, Aug. 30.
93d Foot—Ensign G. Douglas, from the 31st Foot, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. W. B. Macdonald, who
retires, Aug 30.
97th Fo—Ensign R. B. Giveen to be Lieutenant by pur-
chace, vice Yard, who retires ; F. Burton, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Giveen, August 30.
98th Foot—C. Colby, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Stewart, appointed to the 41st Foot, Ang 30.
Vrracnan.—Ensign C. Pattison, from the 70th Foot, to
be iewtenant, by purchase, Aim. 30:
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon, M. M. Mahoney,
M.D., to be Assistant Inspector of Hospitals, vice J. F. Clarke,
promoted, August 30.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant A. Alcock, upon half-pay of
the Royal Artillery, has been allowed to retire from the Ser.
vice, by the sale of an Unattached Lieutenancy, he being about
to become a settler in Canada, Aug. 30.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Auc. 28th, 1839.
Corps of Royal Engineers--First Lieut. H. 0. Crawley,
to be second Captain, vice Hotham, retired on half-pay :
Second Lieut. F. Lemesurier, to be First Lieut. vice Crawley,
August 17th.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—R. C.
Tudway, Esq., to be Captain vice Talbot, resigned, Aug. 22.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Royal Uxbridge Volunteer Infantry—D. Harmer, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, vice R. C. Walford, resigned.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire.
The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry
Cavalry—E. Holland, Esq., to be Captain, Aug. 24.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—G. Bogle, Gent.,
to be Cornet, vice Gordon, who retires, August 7.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
THOMAS SMITH, earthenware man, Manor-row, Tower.
hill, Middlesex.

BANKRUPTS.

KENNETH FRANCIS HISLOP MACKENZIE, mer-
chant, King's Arms-yard, Coleman• street, City, to surrender,
Sept. 11, at one, and Oct. 1), at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basingball-street, official assignee;
Tilsons, Squance, and Tilson,. Coleman-street.
JOHN STRINGFIELD, fellmonger, Bath, September 11,
at eleven, and October 11, at three, at the Commercial Rooms,
Bath. Drake, Bath ; Bicknell, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
JOSHUA BRIERLEY, cotton spinner, Crompton, Lan-
cashire, September 17, and October 11, at ten, at the Commis-
sioners' Rooms, Manchester. Eastwood, Todmorden, Lan-
cashire ; Bettye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London.
JAMES FREDERICK PATTISON, stationer, Finsbury
Circus, Sept. 14, at one, and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Copthall-buildings ;
Hall, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury.

JOSEPH FOGG and GEORGE ALEXANDER FRE-
DERICK STEEN, merchants, Manchester, Sept. 7, and
Oct. 11, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester.
Law, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett,
Bedford. row, London.
KEMPSER HUGHES KNIGHT, victualler, Chichester,
Sept. 2, and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Dolphin Inn, Chichester.
Sowton, Great James's-street. Bedford-row, London.

GEORGE CHAPMAN, chinarnan, Bath, Sept. 13, at
twelve, and Oct 11, at one, at the Commercial-room, Bath
Pinniger and Westmacott, Gray's-inn-square, Gray's-inn,
London ; Dore, Bath.

JOSEPH MITCHELL, woollen-draper, Preston, Lanca.
shire, Sept. 20, and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Town-hall
Preston. Sale and Worthington, Manchester ; /haters, Lin.
coin's-inn-fields, London.

LEIGH SLATER, cotton-spinner, Manchester, Sept. 13,
at ten, and October 11, at eleven, at the Commissioners'.
rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, Temple,
London ; Heron, Grave, and Heron,
'Manchester.
HENRY M
MINN and GEORGE M'MINN, woollen-
drapers, Liverpool, Sept. 18, and Oct. 11, atone at the Claren-
don-rooms, Liverpool. Avison and Pritt, Liverpool ; Adling.
ton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London.
JAMES WILLIAMS MORGAN, JOHN MORGAN,
and THOMAS MORGAN, woolstaplers, Glasbury, Radnor.
shire, Sept. 6, and Oct. 11, at ten, at the Castle Inn, Brecon,
Radnorshire. Gregory and Son, Clement's-inn, London,
Williams, Brecon.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
G. Barron, builder, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, Sept.
21, at eleven.

In the Country.
G. Lillie and S. Patterson, merchants, Liverpool, Sept. 20,
at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. Balm and J.
Bothwell, lace-manufacturers, Nottingham, Sept. 23, at one,
at the Ram Hotel, Nottingham—F. Boot, lace-manufacturer,
Nottingham, Sept. 24, at one, at the George the Fourth Inn,
Nottingham—J. Warburton, linen-draper, Liverpool, Oct.
14, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—J.
Richardson, money-scrivener, Leeds, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the
Court-house, Leeds.

CERTIFICATES.—SE PT. 20.
H. E. Thompson, brewer, Marlborough-road, St. Luke,
Chelsea—W. Robbins, spoon manufacturer, Birmingham—J.
Ward, innkeeper, Greta-bridge, Yorkshire—E. Baldwin, wor-
sted-spinner, Bradford, Yorkshire—J. Warburton, linen-dra-
per, Liverpool.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

S.Ashburner and T. Priestley, wine-merchants,
Midcumem_...T.
B. Gay and J. Gay, stay-manufacturers, Cambridge-road,
J B ldham bakers,
London—G. King and J. 0 ,
chants, Tower-hill,
iT k. and J. May, woollen-manufae-
Liverpool—W. Garrett, sen. and W. Garrett, jun, wine-mer-
chants,
Surrey—E. Hoc kin ... la3e.lea,rtiann,dcoaHl:
Thompson, brewers, Leeds—J
turers, Scawswater, Cornwall
hre—C. Ling, S. Ling, and
eet, Brunswick-square—
T.merchants New Sleaford, Lincolos
T. W. Green, linen-drapers, Judd-street, .jWilesotrnonerandAW. P.
Ise
merchants,- Liver-
shire—A. Clegg and C. 'AL Christie,
generalll n-drapers, Leeds--
Tusting and D. J. Ward, printers, of Ely', Cambridge-
ool—H. Higgins and J. Gilston, woo e
Lon-
don-_W, Thompson and J. Preston, blacksmiths,
,
and J. Deerin, poultry salesmen, Leadenhall-market, Lon-
e ma-
Staff,edshire—S. Holland and G. H. Bate, steam-engine
ma-
nufacturers Tipton--H. Hiss and M. S. Lee, schoolmistresses,
Wolverhampthn, Staffordshire—A. Sugden, R. Sugden, and
J. Hodgson worsted-spinners Keighley, Yorkshire.
SCTCH SEQUES ATIONS.
GEORGE IZOAT M, shipowner, Inverleith-row, Edinburgh,
Sept.
-3 and 18, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Ex-
change, Edinburgh.
W. and M. COCHRAN hardware merchants, Glasgow,
Sept 4 and 18, at two, at the London Hotel, Glasgow.
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We understand Sir Robert Peel was in Birminer-
ham on Monday, but we did not hear of his attending anyof the sectional meetings. The Marqais of Northarnptcm
and some Members of the British Association, dined with
the Right Honourable Baronet, at Drayton Manor, on
Tuesday.—BirminghamAdvertiser.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MA.NSIOIV-HOUSE.

A deputation from the Jury (appointed under an
Act of Parliament) for the regulation of the pyster
fisheries from Rochester, waited upon the Lord Mayor
to complain of what they considered to be illegal
charges made upon them by the Billingsgate oyster
masters. Independently of the great private hardships
and injuries, resulting from the exactions complained
of, the public were stated by Ethe Deputation to be
subjected to higher prices in the present season than
they were ever accustomed to, nothwithstanding the
prolific state of the beds, in consequence of the con-
tinuance of what they considered to be a most flagrant
abuse.

The LORD MAYOR asked whether the Court of
Common Council had been applied to on the subject ?
The Deputation replied that the Court had been
applied to, but unfortunately no assist ince had been
rendered, a fact, in all probability, arising from
some mistake, as the character of Deputy Hicks,
the Chairman of the Markets' Committee, to
which the statement of the abuse was referred,
was too well known to admit the least suspicion
of partiality. The amount of the alleged griev-
ance may be guessed at from the following particulars
of the case'—After the amount of compensation to the
deputy oyster master had been fixed at eight shillings
per score bushels of the first 100 bushels of every
cargo, and four shillings pet score bushels for the re-
mainder of the cargo, for shovelling, unloading, and
delivering out, the deputy meters introduced a practice
of not performing their duty personally, or by persons
paid by them, but put on board the oyster vessels other
fellowship porters, called holdsmen, to perform such
duty t and these holdsmen have for a long series of
years (it is believed not less than fifty) been in the con-
stant habit of demanding from the purchasers of oysters
a recompense for their labour of measuring, shovelling,
and unloading them ; while at the same time the deputy
day meters, who have given very slight personal at-
tendance, and that only by two or three at a time, at
Billingsgate, without rendering any useful servlee what-
ever, have demanded and been paid by the oyster
merchants the allowance of eight shillings and four
shillings per score bushels of every cargo—thus im-
posing on the commodity a full double payment
for measuring, shovelling, and unloading. The
Rochester Oyster Fishery resisted the claim as a
gross imposition, and refused payment to the deputy
day meters claims upon the oysters landed and sold at
Hungerford Market in the season 1834 and 183.5, and in

consequence of which refusal the deputy day meters filed
their bill in the Exchequer against the Jury of the Ro-
chester Oyster Fishery (the managers of the fishery un-
der 2dGeo. 11. c. 19), by which bill the deputy day-
meters averred their exclusive right to measure, shovel,
unload, and deliver all cargoes of oysters brought for
sale to the port of London, and to be paid a reasonable
compensation for so doing ; and they prayed a decree
for an account to be taken, and payment to be made.
The defendants (the Jury of the Rochester Oyster
Fishery) put in their answers to the bill, in which they
put in issue the rights claimed by the deputy meters. and
also denied that they had performed the alleged duty.
The Rochester Oyster Fishery filed a cross bill of dis-
covery against the deputy day-meters, who by their an-
swer abandoned the claim made in the original bill, and set
up a claim never till then heard of, that their duty
was only to superintend the performance of the work
and that for such superintendence alone they were
entitled to receive the scorage allowance of eight shil-
lings and four shillings. Upon the trial of the cause in
Equity, in June, 1837, the Jury found that the deputy
meters are exclusively entitled to the labour of shovel
ling, unloading, and delivering oysters, and that the
scorage was a reasonable compensation for so doing ;
but they found, and every one of the four Judges who
sat on the Bench, declared that the deputy day meters
were not entitled to such allowance unless by themselves
or their servants they performed .the labour, and a de-
cree was issued to that effect.
The LORD MAYOR—The object of the deputation,
then, is to have the decisions in the Court of Ex-
chequer carried into effect ?

The Deputation replied that having ascertained that
his Lordship had as resolutely determined upon re-
forming abuses in Billingsgate Market as in other esta-
blishments, they thought the most effective mode of
getting the judgment attended to was by the present
application. They handed in a paper from their solici-
tor containing the printed statement of the circum.
stances, and mentioning as follows :—" Since October
last the suits then pending both at law and
equity between the Rochester Oyster Company
and the Deputy Oyster Meters of London have been
compromised by the Company's paying the Meters
1,9004, each party defraying their own costs in the
whole proceedings. or this 1,9001. no service what-
ever was performed. The Rochester Oyster Company
will by no means enter on further litigation, being un-
able to afford the expense of it. I venture, however, to
hope, and I will add, confidently to expect, that the
' Corporation of London Will not permit the continuance
of a ihsgrunt ulnae hi the teeth and in defiance of the
decision of a Court of Justice, to be continued by per-
sons acting under their authority."
Mr. Wire, the Solicitor, and Common Councilman, who
happened to be present on other business, here stated
that he was the person who presented the petition of
the oyster fishermen to tit ) Court, and he could con-
firm the statement that the decision of the Court of
Exchequer was never carried into effect, and the parties
charged with making the illegal demand persevered
with impunity.
Mr. Goidham, the Clerk of Billingsgate Market,
upon being questioned by the Lord Mayor, said that
the practice which had existed for a great length of
time was continued notwithstanding the decision al-
luded to.
The LORD MAYOR—Do you know by what autho-
rity they claim ? _

Mr. oldham—l know of none, my Lord, except
that of the Court of Common Council, and that Court
has given no order to prevent or prohibit the demand,
which indeed seems to be voluntarily paid.
Deputy HICKS said that the question had certainly
been submitted, upon the motion of Mr. Wire, to the
Markets' Committee, but that a delay had taken place
in tjhe examination of evidence, in consequence of an
accidental occurrence. He expressed the most anxious
desire to assist the Lord Mayor in investigating the
subject, and declared that nothing but circumstances
over which the Committee had no control, prevented
their prompt inquiry into the merits of the case.
The Deputation said that the oyster fishermen were
much discouraged at •the vain issue of their layours in
establishing the right not to be called upon for double
pay ; that in the present season one of the Companies
had not sent a single oyster to market, and the public
are paying 22 shillings for what they used to pay 12 or
14 shillings last season.
The Loan MAYOR—Why not put up boards stating
the prohibition in the market ?

The Deputation said that if that expedient were re-
sorted to, the deputy oyster meters might refuse to act
at all, and the fishermen would be afraid to supply the
market.

The LORD MAYOR declared that he would inquire
very minutely into the subject, and directed that the
deputy oyster meters should be required to appear at
the Mansion House to account for having acted in op-
position to the desire of the Court of Exchequer.
Without at all referring to the case which had been just
stated, his Lordship said that there were great im-
provements necessary in Billingsgate Market, as to
the system of charging and dealing. He perfectly well
knew that Mr. Goldham, the Clerk of the Market,
had accomplished very important changes there, that
it was quite evident that the rendering a stronger power
was not indispensably requisite before the business of
that Market could be conducted with propriety.
Mr. Wire—l wish your Lordship would visit it
this morning. _ _

The LORD MAYOR--I have been there, or I could
form no adequate opinion of its condition. I shall do
all in my power to regulate it, and I am convinced
that I shall receive the utmost assistance from the
Court of Common Council.

TVORSHIP-STREET.
A FIERY FARMER.—Mr. Beards, a farmer, living at
Edmonton, was charged upon a warrant with having
assaulted and wounded John Styles, a labourer in his
employment.

The complainant stated that he had been engaged as
a harvest labourer by the defendant, but the latter was
constantly finding fault with him for not doing enough
work ; and he at length went up to him and told him,
that, as he found they could not agree, he had resolved
to seek another master. The defendant ordered him to
return to his work ; and, on his declining to do so, he
knocked him down, and on recovering his legs he re-
ceived another violent blow, which levelled him with
the ground. He again got up, and was endeavouring
to escape, when the defendant seized a pitchfork, with
which made a thurst at him, and one of the prong.
penetrated half an inch into the thick part of his thighs
The wound bled a good deal, but the doctor who after-
wards dressed it, said that it was not a dangerous one.
Two witnesses corroborated the complainant's cvi-
nce.

Mr. GROVE said he felt satisfied from his behaviour
before him, that the defendant was a man of very violent
temper, and he was only deterred from committing him
for trial out of regard for the man, whose time at this
season must be valuable to him. He should, therefore,
afford the defendant an opportunity to make his peace
with him, and if he failed in doing so, he would have to
pay the full fine of 51.
The parties then retired together, and the defendant
agreed to give the fifty shillings as compensation, upon
payment of which, with seven shillings costs, the warrant
was discharged.

There was an increase of burials in the week
ending Aug. 27, as compared with the preceding, of 121.
The chief diseases in the bills of mortality are, convul.
; consumption, 2!: age and debility, 17; mea-
sles, 14 ; fever, 13; and the number from " unknown
causes" was 98.