The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-25 00:00:00

13-114: SUN 5 LONDON, PRIDAY, AUGUST 25, IK-1.

SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY.

(FURTHER PARTICULARS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, AUG. 24.

The Baron De Behr) alias Charles De Behr, alias Count
Massenhag, whorii the 'represented as concei.ned in this
case with Mr. Vaughan, arrived at Henley-on-Thames
this morning, in custody of Ballard, the Bow-street
officer, who apprehended him at the Leaping Bar, Black-
friars-road, London, yesterday (but his bag was obtained
at the Three Tuns, Borough, his last residence), in com-
pany with Mrs. Vaughan and Mr. Sheriff, the attorney
who defended Mr. Vaughan at his examination here on
Monday. Almost the first question he asked Stephens, the
Henley policeman, was " Would it be put is the Papers ?"
to which Stephens replied in the affirmative, which appeared
to disconcert him much.

About half-past twelve he was brought before T. R,
Barker, Thomas Toovey, and C. Lane, Esqrs., in the
Town-hall, who remanded him till to-morrow at twelve
o'clock, when the witnesses from Oxford and London will
arrive. The Baron appeared in high spirits, and seemed to
treat the matter lightly.

About three weeks since he called, in company with
with Vaughan, on a tradesman here, to offer him some
shares in a good speculation, the " Cachoiera Mining Com-
pany;" but the bait did not take, although 100/. shares were
stated would realize 1,000/. On one occasion of his visits
here, the Baron said he had an invitation to dine that day
with the Duke of Wellington, at Stratfieldsaye, and actu-
ally went towards the Duke's seat in a chaise and four;
however, on looking at his watch within a few miles of it,
he discovered he should be too late for some urgent business
he had in London that evening, and instead of dining with
his Grace, he was compelled to return to town.
[We shall give the particulars of the Baron's examina-
tion in The Sun to-morrow.]

At a vinegar manufactory in Lambeth, there are
two vessels kept constantly full ; the one contains 59,109
gallons, and the other 56,799 gallons. Either of these is
considerably more capacious than the f'ar•famed Heidelburg
tun, so celebrated in tales of travellers.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday af-
ternoon, a little boy, the son of a respectable individual in
Edinburgh, who, with his mother and brother, were on a
visit to some relatives near Dunbar, went to bathe in a
deep part of a stream that runs into the sea. His brother
went into the water with him, but finding it deeper than he
had calculated upon, he returned. It is supposed that the
other boy had been immediately swept by the current be-
yond his depth, for he was carried off his feet, and after a
struggle sank. The body was not found until about an
hour after, when life was, of course, extinct. What adds
to the melancholy interest of the circumstance is, that the
mother and aunt of the little sufferer were witnesses of his
fate, though totally unable to render any assistance.—
Edinburgh Advertiser.
ULVERSTON.—Our readers will recollect we men-
tioned a field of oats, which, on account of the unseason-
able weather was, though shorn, still in the field on New-
Year's Day of the present year. The farmer, Thomas
Kirkby, has cultivated the same piece of ground, and sown
it with the same kind of grain, and has already commenced
reaping. It bids fair to compensate him for his former
loss. Should the weather continue in its present favour-
able state, the harvest will in this part by next week be
general ; and to all appearance the farmer will have every
reason to rejoice, there being a fair prospect of a rich and
abundant supply.—Kendal Mercury.
On Tuesday morning the workmen at Moss-side
limeworks were alarmed by finding the body of a man, lite-
rally roasted, lying on one of the kilns. He was speedily
taken off and water applied to put out the burning—for the
side on which he was lying was burnt to a cinder. He ap-
peared to be a man about 50 years of age, stout made, red
haired, with a long and bushy beard. He was recognized
to be a beggarman, rather weak in the mind, who had been
travelling in this part of the country. On examining his
bundle I ls. 4d., mostly in copper money, was found.—
Edinburgh Advertiser.
The effects of the late rains were very perceptible
in Covent-garden market yesterday. The fruits that
seemed to have suffered most were gooseberries and cur-
rants, a great proportion of which were previously over-
ripe, and consequently incapable of sustaining the heavy
showers that fell on Tuesday and Wednesday. There
was a large supply of these fruits in the market, and the
prices were low. Grapes, too, seem to have been injured
by the rain, and by the high winds that preceded it.

MoNzv-MARKET.—It is a matter well worth
knowing by persons who either emigrate or visit the
United States for purposes of business, that a most safe
and unexceptionable mode of conveying funds thither is to
be found in the shape of Bank of England post bills pay-
able 60 days after sight, and which may be obtained, for
greater security, drawn in triplicate. The mode was sug-
gested some weeks ago to a gentleman about to proceed to
New York, and whose first intention was to take sove-
reigns with him ; but this plan of Bank bills, leaving secu-
rity out of the qnestion, was found to possess even superior
advantages, and they were eagerly purchased by the mer-
chants of that city, most of whom were in want of a suit-
able and safe remittance to England, and the general remark
among them was that nothing better could have been
found for the purpose. To our own Bank the adoption
of them to any extent must at this time be of great impor-
tance, as it is well known that large sums in sovereigns
are constantly carried out to the United States, because it
was not known that any such substitute for them as this was
to be obtained. In fact, notwithstanding the exultation
with which the large exports of specie from New York
have been dwelt*: of late in the journals, the real truth has
turned out to be this—that a greater amount was sent away
from England than that received, leaving the balance, there-
fore, against this country as great or greater than ever.
'That a method should have been pointed out, leaving other
matters to adjust themselves, to obviate this necessity for
exporting gold, is extremely valuable at the present junc-
ture. The abundance of unemployed capital continues to
he shown in the ease with which small bills continue to be
discounted, and oven sought after by the money brokers.
There is at the same time a scarcity and almost absence of
the larger and higher class bills from the discount market.
Most kinds of produce, such as cotton, wool, indigo, Sze.,
also are regarded with favour by the money dealers, from
whom advances upon them are easy to be obtained.—Tinies.
MIDDLESEX ELECTION.—Last evening upwards
of sixty of the most respectable electors of Middlesex,
forming the Hammersmith Committee, dined together at
the City Arms Tavern, adjoining the Suspension Bridge,
Hammersmith. Sir John Scott Lillie in the chair. George
Byng, Esq., M.P., was invited, as also Joseph Hume, Esq.,
M.P., H. Werburton, Esq„ M.P., Dr. Carpue, Mr. Hume's
son, &c. &c. The healths of the Queen, the Duchess of
Kent, the Duke of Sussex, and her Majesty's Ministers,
were most cordially drunk ; on which Sir J. S. Lillie pro-
posed the health of their tried representative, George Byng,
Esq., the father of the House of Commons, which toast
was received with immense applause. Mr. Byng returned
thanks in an animated speech, and exposed some of the
many Tory tricks in the hope to uuseat both him and his
friend Mr. Hume. The Chairman then gave the health
of Joseph Hume, Esq., who, although displaced in Mid-
dlesex, was elected for Kilkenny, to the utter discomfiture
of the Hanoverian Tories. This toast was honoured by
lord and continued cheering, and responded to by the crowd
around the hotel. Mr. Hume fully explained the various
intrigues of the Tory faction, who expected to keep him
out of Parliament ; he begged his friends, and, indeed, all
Liberals, to look closely after the registration. Mr. War-
burton, Sir J. S. Lillie, and Dr. Carpue severally addressed
the company, who then separated after a most excellent
repast.
We find the following in the Montreal Transcript.
It relates to the death of Mrs. Young, of Ormstown, on
the Chateauguay river, Canada. The unfortunate sufferer
was, we understand, the widow of a farmer of that name,
but continued to reside upon the land, and to derive from it
such return as the industry and labour of herself and
daughter could'procure. She raised a bull calf, on account
of his beauty, which, having been familiarized with his mis-
tress ever since his birth, and having always been fed by
her hand, displayed a natural attachment by no means dis-
pleasing to Mrs. Young, whom he followed about the farm
like a dog. The animal is now a little more than two
years old. Towards the end of last week lie had, as usual,
accompanied the cows to the homestead, and they were
fastened to the cowhouse, when Mrs. Young and her daugh-
te rs proceeded thither to milk them. On (ate ing the
building, the girl proceeded to the far end to milk the cow
fastened there, and the loose bull advanced with his usual
familiarity to Mrs. Young, who pushed him aside with the
pail she carried in her 6nd. The animal immediately
turned upon 'her, and with the first thrust of his horn pe-
netrated the abdomen, and violently raising his head, ripped
her body in the most shocking manner. He immediately
fed to the yard, carrying upon his horns a small fragment
of the clothing and a portion of the reeking entrails of his
victim ; here lie tossed and shook his head in a most frantic
manner, and roaring returned to make a second charge
upon the hapless Mrs. Young. By this time, however, the
daughter had seized a pitchfork, with which she gallantly
faced the animal, and after a long straggle, and two or
three very successful stabs at the head of her antagonist,
she fairly beat him from his purpose. Her first care was
now her unfortunate mother, who, with such assistance as'
she could give, was, with much difficulty, removed to the
dwelling-house, where, after. a night passed in inexpressible
torture, she died the following morning..

ithi_4AND.

DUBLIN, AUG. 28.

ELECTION PETITIONS.—Now that the elections are
over, the principal topic of discussion in private circles, as
as in the public papers, relates to the retention of the
advantageS dbttiiiied ? the. determination and patriotic
energy of the Reformers. teepect to the Dublin
petition, upon which subject the Mail daily fl:twig ateay a
column of braggart menaces, the Pilot observes :—" There
may be a petition, followed up to a certain point, enough to
keep alive the money-getting ; but what we say is, and to
which we bet Lombard-street to a China orange—that the
case will not be followed up to its utmost point. There
is no real hope of success. The Iliad, with less tact
than it usually has, let the cat out of the bag, by admit-
ting that the sole hope of success is against Hutton. They
admitted they have no hope of unseating O'Connell ;
and admitting that they have destroyed the motive
of the party to give—" hate of O'Connell." The way
the affair will proceed is this :—" As long as gulls will
bleed the petition will be talked of. The schemers and
managers will secure the greater portion in their own poc-
kets as a first step ; they will spend some surplus on preli-
minary steps towards a petition, in order to keep the game
going. Should they succeed in extracting from fools a
large sum, they may proceed to a considerable extent in
the petition, taking, all the time, ample toll for themselves.
Whenever the funds run short they will cut and run. But
we repeat, the object now in talking of a petition is to pay
off arrears due on the last election as well as this, and for
a few to pocket as much as they can. Among those whom
ferocity has inspired with left-handed generosity was a Mr.
St. George the other day, who subscribed his quarter's pay
as Captain to prosecute the petition. This has been taken
up (foolishly and erroneously) by the Tory Press in Eng-
land as if he had been a Liberal, and that his donation was
a proof of re-action. Re-action."
A CRUEL CASE.—Tho Cork Standard, in allusion to the
event of the late election for that county, begins its threno-
dia thus :—" The county of Cork is really degraded to a
most inhuman degree at the present."
THE COUNTENANCE OF THE LANDLORD.—In the same
journal is an advertisement from the Tory candidates, to
this effect :—" The committee of Mr. Longfield and Mr.
King request that those gentlemen who have kindly pro-
mised their aid to the Conservative candidates will have
the goodness to sit in the different booths where it is ex-
pected their tenantry will poll."
VALUABLE APPROBATION.—At a dinner given to Mr.
Litton by his constituents at Colerain, Mr. Barre Beres-
ford formally communicated to the company that " the
Marquis of Waterford cordially approves of their choice."
If there had been any doubt of its wisdom, such testimony
must settle the point ; for praise, be it serious or ironical,
can scarcely go beyond this.
At the same symposium the Rev. Mr. Alexander
naivement asked, " Without an establishment, how will
the Gospel ever be carried on in any country ? When the
people have little money and less religion, what will be-
come of the voluntary ?" The Orangemen cheered loudly
at these unanswerable questions.
Both at the Coleraine dinner, and at one given at
Newry, to celebrate the return of Mr. Ellice, the name
of the Queen Dowager was put forward in a prominent and
very offensive light, as an acknowledged partisan of To-
ryism. The chairman at Coleraine said that her Majesty
" had endeavoured to rouse the dim flame of Conserva-
tism in the late King, and thus rendered herself dear to
every Conservative." It is remarkable that the health of
" Lord Hill and the army" is uniformly gives at these
meetings, next in order after that of Queen Adelaide.
The Queen of England is honoured in solemn silence, be-
cause they durst not omit her name, while the Duchess
of Kent and the Duke of Sussex are'not so much as named
amongst them.

Art OBJECTION.—The principal ground on which Mr.
Tennent pretends to dispute the election of Mr. Gibson,
the member for Belfast, is that of Mr. Gibson's alleged
want of a property qualification. The force of impudence
can no farther go.
VIGNOLLES AND THE GOVERNMENT.—By what magic
does this Vignoles possess a key to the boudoir of the Go-
vernment he hates ? How did he escape for his conduct
the election befOre this last one? Why, after that conduct,
was this investigation rendered necessary—for why was Ile
permitted to be there at another ? The Irish people have
made extraordinary exertions for this Government. But
they will get tired, we tell the Government, if the old
drowsy game of neglecting friends and trimming to foes is
persevered in. The Government cannot often give good
measures ; but it can give good functionaries and remove
bad ones. It has now no hostile court to controul it ;
and unless there be more vigour now the people will find
that their sacrifices have been in vain. We may as well
have a Tory Ministry at once as to have a Ministry
which will permit the people to be trampled upon by
Tory subordinates.—Pilot.
GENERAL ASSOCIATION.—This body held their usual
weekly meeting yesterday, Michael Staunton, Esq., in the
chair. Mr. French read the proceedings of the last meet-
ing, and the communications since received ; the latter
consisted of reports from the Pacificators in various parts
of the country.
NATIONAL TRADES' POLITICAL UNION.—The usual
weekly meeting of this body took place last night at the
Corn-Exchange, Mr. Edward Brennan in the chair :
EXPULSION or MR. RUTIIVEN.—Mr. Keatinge pro-
posed the following resolution :—" That we consider the
recent communication of Mr. E. Ruthven as beneath the
notice of the National Trades' Political Union, and worthy
only of our contemptuous silence ; and that we accept of
his resignation." He then proceeded to say that this step
step was taken at Mr. Ruthven's request. He regretted
to have to propose such a resolution, in consequence of the
services rendered to the country by his father. The letter
sent by Mr. Ruthven to the Trades' Union on the subject,
was evidently written by an Orangeman, and was unfit for
publication. He boasted in it that he would beard Mr.
O'Connell in his den. Was this proper language for that
gentleman to use ? The placard posted about town during
the election, was also calculated to injure the cause ; and
there could be no mistake about the source from which it
emanated. Ile was, therefore, glad that Mr. Ruthven had
saved them the trouble of expelling him, by sending in his
resignation.
Mr. Martin seconded the resolution. He said the author
of the letter evidently wished to procure publicity for it
through the medium of the Trade3' Union ; but he would
he disappointed in his expectations. The entire of the
Committee to whom it was addressed not only adopted,
but respectively signed, the resolution which he seconded.
Though he felt regret in seconding a resolution that would
militate against the son of the late Mr. Ruthven, ;Ain he
felt that he deserved it.

The Chairman, in putting the resolution, expressed his
regret at being obliged to do so ; but either Mr. O'Connell
or Mr. Ruthven should cease to be a member of the body,
and there could be little hesitation in making a selection
between them. The Chairman then put the resolution,
which passed unanimously.
The remainder of the sitting was occupied with registra-
tion proceedings..
The name of the firm of Messrs. Sweetman having been
involved in the police inquiry, these gentlemen have thought
proper to address to the editor of the Freeman's Journal an
exculpatory letter, in which they disclaim all knowledge or
sanction of such a combination.

THE CORPORATION OF TAILORS.—Davy M.Cleary,
the only man in the Corpdration possessed of a particle of
common sense, has been makin what the Post would call a
Judy Fitzsitnon's mother-indaw of himself in reference to
the vote of the Rev. Mr. Benn—who, notwithstanding his
having voted for a Liberal candidate at the late election,
appears on his own showing to be a worthy brother of the
guild from which he has been ignominiously expelled.
Davy and the parsons, after all, seem to be both tarred with
the sae stick—each has acted occasionally with a little
inconsistency. The one used to be an out-and-out Tory
in William-street, and something- of a Repealer—though
personally opposed to the apostle of repeal in the Corn
Exchange. The other is a stanch Liberal in College, and
a thorough Conservative in the city. Really we think the
tailors might have a worse chaplain than Mr. Benn.—
Flecnzan.

DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL.-Mr. French, the able
and active Secretary to the General Association of Ireland,
has received the following invitation to a dinner, which will
be given to the Liberator and his son, the Member for
Athlone, on the 30th instant

Athlone, Aug. 16, 1837.
My dear Sit,,—The electors of Athlone will feel highly
complimented if you will have the kindness to favour them
with your company, on the 30th instant, in this town, at a
public dinner to be given to the Liberator and our repre-
sentative. I have only to add, on my own part, the plea-
sure it gives me to the medium of communicating to you
the gratitude the
Athlone people hear to you for your past
services for the kit ten years in their regeneration.
I have the -honour to remain, dear sir, very truly,
JAMES R. KELLY.

---
Arthur French, Esq., 16, Upper Gardiner-street.
Ma. GUINNESS.—Under the attractive heading of
.4 Atrocious Outrage," a long police-report is published.
Into the details any more than the merits of the matter w;...
cannot enter, but copy so much of the report as we can
find room for. Mr. B. L. Guinness attended, with two
gentlemen from his establishment. In the course of the
investigation it appeared, from the statement of Mr. Guin-
ness and of the gentlemen who accompanied him, that
various attempts have been making by interested persons,
for the purpose, as it would appear, of taking advantage of
a recent circumstance connected with the Dublin election,
and that the working classes, who have ever been friendly to
his establishment, have been urged forward, contrary to
their own better feelings. Mr. Guinness productld a letter

which he received from an agent in the country, stating,
that two emissaries from a certain brewery in Dublin had
blert ttdt,elling through the country, urging those parsons
writ; Were in th`e habit of purchasing his porter, to deal in
future with their hodstiand cautioning them not to purches
from Messrs. Guinness and Co. On Kilduff being ques-
tioned as to whether he would Ventttre to take Mr. Guin-
ness's porter to the country again, he declared he would
not, as he was sure it would cost him his life, He also
stated, that although he had been dealing in porter for the
last 35 years, which was his means of livelihood, and that
he uniformly dealt with Mr. GuinneAr, no application had
ever before been made to him by Mr. Sweetman or any
other brewer, to take their porter in place of Mr. Guinness.
Yesterday Mr. Sweetman appeared at this office, in conse-
quence of his name having been introduced into the state-
ments relative to the attack on Kilduff. In answer to a
question from Mr Sweetman, Kilduff said that he had no
knowledge whatever of the men who attacked him. Mr.
Sweetman said that it would be unnatural to suppose that
there was any combination of the trade against the Messrs.
Guinness—they (the trade) were as much against each
other as against the Messrs. Guinness. His clerk, in soli-
citing the man's custom, had only done what was quite
usual, and what was his duty. The people were very de-
termined in their opposition to the Guinesses since the last
election, and it was from that only that the outrage pro-
ceeded. He (Mr. Sweetman) could produce from fifty to
one hundred applications sent in since the last election, in
which they were solicited to supply drink. All he wished
was to prevent a false impression going forth.
MOB-LAW.—A few days since two Sligo gentlemen
Messrs. Griffith and Kelly, met some distance from
Ballaghaderreen for the purpose of fighting a duel, but was
prevented by a large mob, who obliged Mr. Griffith to fly
for his life. We have been informed that were it not for
the exertions of Mr. Miles J M‘Donnell, a magistrate, the
mob would have sacrificed the opponent of Mr. Kelly, who,
it appears, was their favourite. The gentlemen exchanged
shots afterwards at some place in the county Sligo.—State
of the Country Paper.
A POLITICAL SERMON.—The Belfast News Letter
contains an outline of the sermon Dr. Cooke preached
there last Sunday, on the subject of the recent election for
the borough. Our Belfast contemporary says :—" So large
an assemblage we rarely have witnessed on any similar oc-
casion, and the attention which was manifested throughout
was of the most remarkable nature. After the usual pre-
liminary services, Dr. Cooke read the 59th chapter of
Isaiah, in which the falsehood, venality, and other iniqui-
ties of the Jews, are condemned in terms of marked seve-
rity, and finally selected as his text the second clause of
the 19th verse—' When the enemy shall come in like a
flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against
him. "

WIESBADEN, AUG. 16.—His Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, who has honoured our town with
his presence for nearly a mouth, is about to leave us and
proceed to England. His Royal Highness, who has been
the centre of attraction for all the first society, has capti-
vated the hearts of all those who had the honour to ap-
proach him by the noble frankness of his charaeter, and the
amiable condescension of his manners. Here, as well as
in Hanover, where, during a period of twenty-five years,
he won for himself the imperishable attachment of the
whole nation, by the admirable qualities of his heart and
the liberality of his paternal administration, his departure
will be hailed with profound regret. It is reported in the
English circles that his Royal Highness has, for the pre-
sent declined the functions of Commander-in-chief of the
British forces, a post for which he is eminently qualified
not only by his profound knowledge of military adminis-
tration, but from the honourable, prudent, and equitable
principles which are the leading features of his upright
and very manly character.
BRUSSELS, AUG. 22.--The King of the Belgians,
upon his return from the camp at Beverloo, will proceed
with the Queen to Ostend, where they will almost imme-
diately embark for England, to pay a visit to her Majesty
the Queen of England. Their Belgian Majesties are ex-
pected to cross the water on Monday or Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Bth instant, Rowenhams House,
near Southampton, the seat of Oliver Calt, Esq., was the
scene of great festivities to welcome the arrival of his son,
Captain Calt with his bride. A splendid dejeune was served
up at six o'clock to a select party, and at nine the rooms of
this spacious mansion were thrown open to a numerous as-
semblage of beauty and fashion.
THE MOORS.—Great execution continues to be
done on the hills and moors. Monday, however, was an
exception, and even if the scent had lain better, the wind
blew in such frightful gusts that a staff, in preserving the
perpendicular, was a fitter accompaniment by far than a
gun. Everywhere the birds are strong on the wing, and
scarcely a cheeper to be seen in a score. Around Newton-
Stewart, and in some other places, where the blackcocks
fairly outnumber the grouse, not a few sportsmen are keep-
ing their powder dry to the Ist proximo ; but if the half
of what we hear be true, the poachers, we can assure
them, are by no means so chary. Mr. Maxwell, of Ter-
regles, bagged sixteen brace yesterday week, four of which
he picked up after leaving his own ground, while crossing
over to Dalswinton to dinner. Mr. Babington the day fol-
lowing bagged the same number ; and we have good reason
for believing that Mr. Wightman, of Courance, and two
friends, killed, on the 12th and 13th, no fewer than one
hundred brace of well-grown birds. This is the greatest
feat we have heard of in the south, if we except the per-
formance of the Duke of Roxburgh, who, on the first day,
killed, with a single barrel, forty-two brace for his own
hand. In Perthshire, Lord Stormont and his friends have
been less successful than they were last year ; the ground
is no doubt very superior, but against this advantage we
must set the drawback of Highland wilds stormed for a
period of two months or more. Lord Stanley, after a hur-
ried visit to Netherby, during which there was no scope for
congratulation, is now in the Highlands shooting.—Dum-
fries Courier.
At the Horticultural Society a paper was read on
a simple and effective mode of killing the red spider, green
fly, thrip, and scale, without injury to the plants. It merely
consisted in putting the pots or plants into a frame well
closed, and placing laurel leaves well bruised between them,
when, in the course of one hour, the whole of the spiders
and flies would be destroyed by the odour, which was that
of prussic acid ; whilst thrip and scale would be destroyed
in about eight hours. The night time is the most favour-
able for the experiment. For a house '2O feet by 12, the
quantity of two bushels of leaves would be amply sufficient.
TAUNTON.—This place was the scene of an extra-
ordinary uproar last week, arising out of the most unwar-
rantable and disgraceful conduct of a bankrupt and part of
his family residing in the town, who had determined to re-
sist by main force the warrant of the Commissioners in a
fiat of bankruptcy which had been issued against him, and
which warrant was of course entrusted to the messenger
under the fiat. After arming themselves with an axe or
bill-hook, and a long sharp peak, the bankrupt and the
other individuals referred to bade defiance for a considerable
whom they threatened
time to the messenger and his as,.'"tY,
to kill. A considerable concourse t...c persons assembled
round the house, being attracted by the tumult ; and at
some danger to their lives the messengers reco...erd posses-
sionpl t, as
of the property for the creditor.. The ban*:
might be expected, has absconded, but steps are d,cmg
taken for bringing all parties to justice, the whole it:4E'
mcnt on oath having been sent up to the Court of Review,
to,Tether also with the axe or bill-hook, which the messenger
afterwards seized.—Taunton Courier.

POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.—By an Act of the
Ist Victoria, cap. 34, we find that some anomalies respecting
the conveyance of Newspapers :ire removed. 'File follow-
ing is an abstract from the table which forms the •?Bth sec-
tion, regulating the rates of postage for printed British
Newspapers within the United Kingdom :
By the General Post, from one post town to another
within the United Kingdom—Free.
By the General Post, and delivered by any penny or
Twopenny post—Free.
By any Penny, or Twopenny Post, and afterwards
passing by the General Post from one post town to an-
other—Free.

By any Penny or Twopenny Post, and not passing or in-
tended to pass by the General Post-Id. each.
By the General Post of a post town, addressed to a
person within the limits of that place or its suburbs--Id.
each.

Between places within the United Kingdom. By private
ships—ld. each.
Between the United Kingdom and her Majesty' colonies,
by packet boats to any of her Majesty's colonies and pos-
sessions beyond the seas—Free.
By private ships—ld. each.
THE NORTH UNION RAILWAY.-,--We congra-
tulate our fellow-townsmen on the near approach to that
period when they will enjoy the advantages of a cheap
and rapid communication with Liverpool and Manchester,
and when, through the Grand Junction and London and
Birmingham railways, this town will become the direct
line of communication between London, Carlisle, and the
whole of Scotland. Wo sincerely hope these important
advantages may not be altogether purchased at the ex-
pense of the spirited individuals through whose capital
and enterprise this important undertaking has, under
many difficulties and discouragements, been carried into
effect, but that they may reap a " golden reward" for
their labours ; and we are glad. 'to, sec, that although
Parliament has granted an Act for what at first sight
may appear to be a rival line through Chorlcy and Bol-
ton to Manchester, and which has had the effect of depres-
sing the North Union stock to a discount of nearly .5O per
cent., yet it is burthened with such clauses in favour of that
line and the Lancaster Canal Company, as in our opinion
to render it totally innoxious to the interests of the North
Union Company,Preston Chromic*.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC !MIRA ALS.

The Melbourne Ministry have not only a majority
quite sufficient to enable them to conduct the Govern-
ment, but this advantage besides, that their flanks
cannot be turned. With the Court firm and sincere,
their only enemies arc in their front. They possess
the confidence of the enlightened and independent in-
habitants of all parts of the empire ; so that with the
Court and the people in their favour, they have only
to conduct the Government on just and liberal prin-
ciples, and to use the patronage of the Crown wisely
and judiciously, to see the factitious power of their op-
ponents lose every day part of its strength. All
power which does not rest on enlightened public opi-
nion is in its nature transitory. But have Ministers
the support of the independent and enlightened inha-
bitants of the three kingdoms ? Here the Times tries
hard, by some of the artifices in vogue among sophists
from the time of Georgias to that of single-speech
Hamilton, well known to Sir Robert Peel,- to per-
plex a very plain question. We are gravely told-
yesterday by the oracle of Printing-house-square
that " when the British people worked out a
reform in their representative system, that • the
nomination boroughs of a few powerful noblemen,
m'ght no longer be enabled to thwart • the public
wishes, how little did they imagine that the prac-
tical effect of this great re-organization would he
not to extinguish the obnoxious power, but only
to shift the possession of it—would be to disfran-
chise the houses of Cleveland and Lonsdale, Nor-
thumberland and Hertford, but to substitute for them.
at last, one huge overwhelming nominator, with well
nigh three provinces of Ireland for his close boroughs."
Admitting, for the sake of argument, the existence of
" one huge overwhelming nominator, with well-nigh
three provinces of Ireland for his close boroughs" (an
assumption of which we could easily show the gross
extravagance) it is not because the Reform Bill so
effectually wrought out a Reform in the Representa-
tive system of Britain as to prevent powerful indi-
viduals from thwarting the public wishes that the
Tories thus seek to draw an invidious distinction be-
tween the representatives of Ireland and the representa-
tives of Britain ; but because the Reform Bill left in
England too much scope to powerful individuals to
thwart the public wishes, and that those powerful in-
dividuals have been defeated in their attempt to con-
duct the Government in spite of the decided opinion
pronounced against them by all the town population
of Scotland, with the exception of one district of
boroughs, and an overwhelming majority of the en-
lightened and independent inhabitants of England, by
a majority of Members from the country which has
benefited so much by the efforts of Ministers to baffle
the attempts of those who would treat them as aliens
in the land of their birth. But, then, says the Times,•
protesting all the while against invidious national dis-
tinctions, the Irish constituencies arc not so enlightened
as the British ; and if a majority of the British con-
stituencies be against Ministers, it is. hard that a
majority obtained' through Representatives of ignorant
and dependent Irish coimtituencies should prevent them
from thrusting out Ministers. But let the Times
speak for itself •
_ _ _

" Even if the views of Great Britain and of Ireland were
absolutely the same, and the whole aim of the constituen-
cies in both countries were simply to choose the persons
most competent to judge well for the whole, we must be
excused for repeating (and we say it not sneeringly or
scornfully, but with sincere regret for the long train of un-
happy circumstances which have kept Ireland so far below
her proper place in knowledge and intelligence) that we
should not expect from three at least of the four Irish pro-
vinces a selection so judicious as England or Scotland would
be able to make. Now England and Scotland are both of
them thoroughly conscious of the advantages which their
own electors possess in comparison with the peasantry of
the sister island ; and not all the assurances of Government,
nor all the blustering of the successful candidates, will ever
satisfy the cool-headed Briton of the Tweed or the Thames
that the verdict of the priest-ridden population of the Irish
districts, with their moral depression and their animal ex-
citement., can be measured against the calmer judgment of
the more deliberate constituencies en the eastern banks of
the Channel. It is felt as a mere absurdity on the part of
Ministers to estimate Parliamentary strength under such
circumstances by the mere balance of numbers, by the
simple excess of their few Irish votes. *
Our valuation of the English above the Irish constituencies
proceeds not at all upon the birth-place or domicile, but
upon the personal competency of the parties, for we attach
just as much importance to the opinion of an enlightened
constituency in Ireland, as we should attach to the opinion
of a respectable town constituency in England or Scotland."

It is not then mere situation that the Times regards,
but the character of the voter. When Lord 'Chatham
was blamed for employing Scotsmen in our armies, he
answered that he found merit in the north, and he
employed it. The Times does not prefer the inhabi--
tant of the Tweed or the Thames to the inhabitant of
the Shannon, because the two first rivers are to the
east of the Channel and the last to the west of it, but .
because intelligence prevails in the former. Well,
then, remembering the curse pronounced in Scripture
against all who deal with two measures, we hold the
Times to its own test, knowledge and intelligence.
and independence. M. Ch. Dupin, some years ago,
drew up a map of France, according to the prevalence
of ignorance or civilization, in which the ignorant
districts were represented dark. In this island, the
invention of one man, Watt, has rendered it compa-
ratively easy to draw up such a map. The coal dis-
tricts have gradually engrossed nearly all the industry
of the country, and are everywhere covered by large
and thriving towns ; while, with the exception of great
ports, which must always increase with the increase of
the population of the districts depending on them, the
rest of the towns of the island have either dwindled to
little more than villages, or exist by supplying the
wants of the neighbouring agriculturists. In the metro-
polis, in a few large out-ports, and in the coal dis-
tricts, intelligence, knowledge, and independence are
to be found. In Scotland all the towns of 20,000 and
upwards support Ministers ; Glasgow, Edinburgh,
and Leith, Aberdeen, Paisley, Dundee, Greenock,
and Perth—and, indeed, all the towns, with the ex-
ceptions of the Dunfermline district of burghs. In
England the Metropolitan boroughs, all boroughs in
the coal districts of any magnitude, including the new
constituencies, with hardly an exception, support Mi-
nisters, and nearly all the great ports. . In the bo-
roughs with 50,000 inhabitants and upwards, the L'-
beral Members arc to the Tories as 31 to 10. But in
the !•orouglis with 100,000 inhabitants and upwards, r;
the Liber:.lls are to the Tories as 10 to 1. But even ~
tal:iii,:,, all the Iloroughs of 10,000 and upwards, the
Liberal Members 4.re to the Tories as nearly 2 to 1.
We are not, then, under the necessity of inquiring
whether the Irish or the English agriculturist be the
most intelligent. The Times, itself will allow that in
all countries the inhabitants of ' large towns are more
intelligent and independent than time agricultural 00..
pulation. The agricultural population of
populationoflrt.
3and
of
y ~
be less intelligent than the agricultural
England, arid yet the condition of the latter may be
one of the most humiliating dependence. The elec-
tions of Suffolk and Norfolk, two of the best cultivated
counties of England, exhibited as much humiliating
abjectness as ever was witnessed among the Irish
peasantry in the days of their shame. Now, if we .
take intelligence and independence for our statzdard, '.
we shall fifla England, Scotland, and Ireland in per- '
feet accord. Alt the great towns in Ireland have re-
turned
the same deseripLon of representatives as the
great towns of England awl Scotland. Dublin,.. :.
Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Galway, Waterford, iiOD-•
dontlerry, Kilkenny, Drogheda, and Clo;:'mel—that-ii,....
all towns in Ireland of 15,000 and upwards ..return re,
form Members. The sleight of hand which the .Times"
attempts to play is this. The inhabitants of Vat:'Sr,' '';
laud and Scotland are more enlightened - and -indei '
pendent than the inhabitants of Ireland, and it their
.'
takes the most ignorant and dependent of the.inha"." - -
hitants of England, and exclaims, these men have re.'••
turned Tory Me—'oers, while you Irishmen have-
returned Liberals' and the E:nglish being more
,
intelligent and i. pendent than thu Irish, au•
lightened public opinion is against you. But wt,
have seen that the intelligent and enlightened
part of the English have returned Reform Mem..•
hers as well as the Irish. Admitting, for the sake
of argument, the existence of greater intelligence
and independence in England and Scotland than
in Ireland,. we are not to take the ignorant and de-
pendent part of the English population (Scotland is
out of the question, as taken by itself a great majority