The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-27 00:00:00

THE NEW MARRIAGE ACT.

On Monday forenoon much curiosity was created in
the township of New Brentfonl by the appearance of
an elegant new travelling carriage, drawn by four grey
horses, the postillions arrayed in crimson jackets, with
white favours and rosettes, which entered the town at a
rapid rate from the direction of London, and drew up at
the offices of Mr. George Clark, the superintendent re-
gistrar (under the new Marriage Act) for the district,
from which alighted two ladies and two gentlemen, who
immediately entered the office of the registrar. A
large crowd soon collected on the outside, which
was much increased by the fact that Colonel
Clitherow, the chairman of the local bench of Magis-
trates, was at the moment sitting in the office deciding
some police charges which had been brought before
him, and in which it was at first supposed the parties
were interested. They, however, did not long remain,
but re-entered the carriage, which then drove off in the
direction of Isleworth, and it was afterwards ascer-
tained that a marriage (the first in that town under the
new Act) hae, been contracted under a special license
between Mr. Charles Wolseley, the eldest son of Sir
Charles Wolseley, Bart., of Wolseley Hall, Stafford,
and Miss Mary Anne, the eldest daughter of the late
Nicholas Selby, Esq., of Acton House, Middlesex, the
other lady and gentleman being the bridemaid and a
clergyman of the Roman Catholic persuasion, the tenets
of which both parties profess. A special license under
the new Act, we understand, only subjects the
names of the parties contracting the marriage to be read
once before the Board of Guardians, instead of thrice, as
in ordinary cases ; and the ceremony of performing the
marriage consisted only in the parties making two
solemn declarations in the presence of the superinten-
dent registrar, one to the effect that no impediment
existed to their being joined together, and, secondly,
that they were willing to be so joined, on which the ring
was placed by the bridegroom on the finger of the bride,
and the registrar signed the register of the marriage.
The clergyman of the town was, we understand, in the
office with Colonel Clitherow when the parties entered,
but on learning their business he immediately retired.
Colonel Clitherow, however, witnessed the ceremony,
Which was performed in an up-stairs room. The bride
and bridegroom have gene into Staffordshire to spend
the honeymoon.

TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY.-The inhabitants
of the metropolis and of the provinces are engaged in a
moat amusing recrimination, arising out of the pub.ication
of Mr. Poole's " Little Pedlington and the Pedling-
tonians," on the question of the applicability of the satire
—the former, with great self-complacency, enjoying the
joke as palpably against their country friends, while the
latter, with much warmth, insist that the characters and
scenes are evidently drawn from the great Babylon itself.
The provincials consider themselves the more reasonably
juitified in their opinions, from the fact, that, from John-o%
Groat's t,. the Land's End, every town—nay, every village,
is agreed in pointing out precisely the same well-known
originals in London ; while the metropolitans variously find
the author's prototypes in one or other, if not every place
in the whole country. For our parts, we are inclined to
Sir Roger's opinion, that much may be said on both sides ;
for the facetious author has managed his weapons with such
exquisite power and tact, and hit off the peculiar charac-
teristics and oddities of human nature with so nice and
discriminating a band, that we think each party justified in
their opinions of the other, and that they are both equally
right. Be this as it may, certainly a work more replete
with wit, humour, and entertainment has never issued from
the press. The names of Hoppy, Hobbleday, Rummins,
Jubb, Daubson, Tippleton, and the rest, will now become
as familiar as household words, and " Little Pedlington"
be as well known as one's native town.
REPRESENTATION OF CHELTENHAM.—WC
copied from the Chronicle the following paragraph :—" At
a meeting of 500 people on Monday, Mr. Gaskell gave to
the electors of Cheltenham an account of his political
sentiments, which were thoroughly Radical, and announced
his intention of standing as a candidate at the ensuing
election." The Cheltenham Examiner of last Wednesday
says—" No such statement has appeared in our columns,
nor is it correct. No requisition has been made to Mr.
Gaskell, and if one were made, we should do injustice to
his good sense in supposing he would accept it. Mr.
Gaskell is a man of the highest integrity of principle
(though we differ from him in many of his political opi-
nions) and it is sufficiently manifest that by standing
when a Tory was in the field he could not avoid aiding his
return."

GRI;AT TORY TRUTHS !—The admirers of
hireling hyi;erbole, magniloquence, and metaphor arc in-
debted to the Cheltenham Chronicle for the following
turbid Tory treat :—" What a contrast do the great truths
of Conservatism prescnt 1 Like the stars they never lose
their lustre, though often obscured by clouds, and but
dimly perceived through the mist of ignorance and passion ;
yet still shine aloft, the only lx-aeon light whereby nations
may securely steer their course through the difficulties of
the untried future. Surrounded by every element of
dis-
order, they bold the antagonist forces in check; and now
in the crisis of our social destiny, when the very frame-
work of society is threatened with destruction, they are
slowly but surely combining the only resisteeee of power
sufficient to prevent the catastrophe."
ENDLY.,.A.RRESTS.—Li thelusolventDebtors'
Court on Wednesday, in the case of an insolvent named J ehn
Gardner, a question arose respecting a friendly arrest.
The insolvent was opposed, and it was admitted that his
brother-in-law, Mr. William Ward. to whom he owed
185/., had sued him for 151,, as a friendly creditor, to
enable him to take the benefit of the Act ; his schedule
was prepared before he went to prison. The Learned
Chief Commissioner said the Court would only sustain a
petition on a friendly arrest when the creditors were bone-
fiqed, and not in a case of this description : the pe—
tition must be dismissed. Tne petition was dismissed ac-
cordingly.
THE NEW POLICE.—PROBATIONARY
stoic.—A plan which has beau in the contemplation of the
Colimi.isioners of Police for some time past is immediately to
be carried into effect. Jr is that of forming an extra division of
police, to be called the probationary division, and the follow-
ing are its characteristics : —Heretofore a candidate for t he
police who had passed his surgical examitettion, and whose
testimonialswere approved of by the Commissioreo.s,was im-
mediately sworn in asu constable, received his uniform, and
immediately proceeded to act as such. Now the same
candidate will, prior to his being sworn in or receiving his
uniform, be sent into this division, where he will first learn
the whole routine of duty. They will be drilled, have the street
duty explained to them, be seat to the various Police Courts
to hear and watch the proceedings, so that they may know
how to give evidence ; and, in fact, obtain a perfect insight
into the various duties of a constable before they will be
sworn in to act as such. During this probationary term the
men will only receive 12s. per week, and it is thought that
month at the furthest will suffice to make the bandidates suf-
ficiently efficient to act as constables. This division is to be
placed under the superintendence of Inspector Martin, an
experienced officer of the A division, and, according to his f
reports, the men will, fromdismissed
time to time, be drafted into the
regular divisions or be as unfit. This regula-
tion is likely to be extremely serviceable to the public as
well as to the force itself. Under the old regulation a
man was sworn in as a police constable, and went upon his
beat with scarcely any previous instruction,fuligtainiatned with
d thectolille-
sequence was, that, not being-
y
nature of his duty, he would often exceed it unintention-
ally, and thus throw an odium upon the force to which he
belonged.
A SPORTING LAWYER'S CLERK.—In the
Insolvent Court on Wednesday an application was made
to file a great number of petitions, and the reason set forth
that
solic
itthoe had not
ry
had disappeared
been filed in time
and was,gon,, t
o thatpn caasctleerr k to
Races,tho
and had not since been heard of. Chief Commissioner—
Has not been heard of !_(A laugh.) Mr. Cooke hoped
he might be heard of in time ; he meant on the settling
day. The. Court granted the application.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENC]

(LLOYD'S.)

DEAL, SEPT; 25.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the 'I 'rinculo,
Roe, from Singapore; Janet Izat, Scotland, Sydn. ey, New
South Wales ; New Grove, Cousins, Jamaica;, Eggert,
Paulen, Antigua; Louisa Maria, River Gambia.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 25 —Wind W. S. W., fresh lat •eeze--
Arrived the Salacia, Mann, from Calcutta;
4 ynosure,
Price, Valparaiso ; Harwood, Stott, Bahia ; Tr . l, Todd,
01
Maracaibo; New York packet, Parnell, and Barlow,
ire,
Burns, St. John's, New Brunswick; Sapph
MessinHa;ill
Smyrna ; Active, Tutt, Odessa ; Ivanhoe,
Ruby, Cuming, Dania; Amphitrite, Colls, KentD
aunDt-
ch ; e.
:
sign, Blaxland, Malaga; Bessey, Bruce, Pillau ;
less, Miller, Quebec. Sailed the Paraense steamy
for Rio Janeiro.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Wind S. S. W. to NV"—
Sailed the Zenobia, Owen, for Calcutta.
• klvers'
RAMSGATE, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Johann's,
from Dantzic. r, Hood,
CREEK, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Norkam Castle, 1 )avid-
son from Odessa ; Fidele Amico, Trieste.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 24.—Wind S. E. to W. S.W.-
Ar-
rived the Fanny, Herzhun, from Riga.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 24 —Wind S. to S. W., str. 7ng
bre-zes —Arrived the Patuna, Berginall, from Odessa;
Trefusis, M'Kinnon, Marianople ; Patriot, Evelin, Kertch
Newham, Bruce, Do. Off port, John Clifton, Quebec.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Robert Newton,
Mosoy, from Kertch.
GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Pallas, Richard-
son, from Marianople ; Aleridor, Memel.

yE;SELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Ripley, bound to Madras and
Calcutta, lat. II N., lon. 23; Mary, Leith to Mauritius,
lat. 15, lon. 26, by the Lady of the Lake, arrived in the
river; Fanny, Trieste to Newfoundland, Bth inst. ; Wave,
Venice to Liverpool, 9th, off Cape St. Vincent's, by the
Bristol, Estcott, arrived at Bristol ; Cato, of Plymouth,
sth inst.. lon. 50, by the Peter Procter, arrived in the
river ; Hamilla, Trinidad to the Clyde, 24 inst., lat. 39*
lon. 53 ; Dee, Antigua to London, 14th, lat. 44, lon. 29,
by the Mountaineer, M`Caskill, arrived in the river ;
Sarah, Aberdeen to Quebec, sth inst., lat. 46, len. 47;
Lswther, bound to Pictou, 13th, lat. 49, lon. 24
by the Paragon, Anderson, arrived at Gloucester;.
Jean, Clark, London to Swan River ; and Thomas King,
Bounce, London to Sydney, New South Wales, 27th ult.,
lat. 14, lon. 25, by the Mexicaine, Mire, arrived at Havre;
Harrison, Chilton, bound to Quebec, Bth inst., lat. 47, lon.
33 ; Ellen of Montrose, from Liverpool, with rudder da-
maged, 12th, lat. 49, lon. 23, by the Biucher, Brown, ar-
rived in the Clyde; Elizabeth, Sein, Southampton, to
Miramichi, 11th instant, lat. 49, lon. 18, by the Cumber-
land, Nicholson, arrived at Whitehaven.

THE MARKETS.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.

Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats.

pea se

s. s. s. to s.
32 42 129 35
-- 36 129 30

s. to s.
44 50
46 48

S. tO

Per Quarter. s. to s.
Bath . 64 80
Blandford 64 75
3ridport 68
Chard t. 6 80
Gloucester 72 75
Exe' er ' 70 84
Guildford
Newbury 52 60
Reading 54 80
Salisbury 55 74
ShLrborne ' 64 75
Shepton Mallet; 70 74
Uxbridge
W,trminster 53 77
Winchester 64 '76 I —j
Yeovil 158 64 136 42 120 22 136 40
LEEDS CORN MARKET.— Sept. 24.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 60Ib.
-- York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Barley, Norfolk and Sutiblk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
-- Grinding
Beans
Oats, l'otatoe
—Healing, For. —d. to—d Eng. 14d. to 15 d. per stone
Shelling 36s. to 375. per lose

40 46 124 28
44 48 28 34
27 34 21 28
36 38 30 33
34 42125 32
32 40 25 32
33 40 26 32
32 40 22 30
36 42 ! 26 30
37 43 23 32
39 42 28 31

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DEVIZES CORN MARKET. a
Per Sack. s d. s. d. Per Quarter. a. d. S. n
First Wheat 4O 0 to 42 0 Oats 3O 0 to 38 0
Secondo
33 0 38 C Beans (per sack)... 24 0 ,
,c_.. 0
Third
Barley 39 0 .50 6 Bread (per ga11.)... J 6 --

96, Cheapside, and 39, Albemarle steet,
DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.--The
late melancholy occurrence of death by operation for deaf-
ness, has induced the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, aurists
and opticians to the Royal Family, to lay before the public
the simplicity of their invention, by which it will be seen
that serious risk of torture by medical treatment is com-
pletely obviated, by merely placing a small voice conductor
in the ear, which is not more uncomfortable nor percepti-
ble than having a piece of wool in its place ; it pours into
the ears the general conversation to such an extent, tleat
most severe cases in company are not the least perceptible.
The newly invented Spectacle Lenses, immediately they
are placed before weak and imperfect eyesight, either by
day or candlelight, every object becomes clear and distinct,
and the most minute particle is seen with exact distinct-
ness. Those new inventions have met the sanction and
unqualified approbation of the principal members °f the
medical profession, by the use of which both the
sight and
hearing becomes much improved. Na agents nor travellers
are employed.
STEAM BOAT COLLISION.—On Tuesday
afternoon the Emerald Boulogne steamer came into colli-
sion with a barge laden with coals belonging to Messrs.
Holt and Bevan, coal merchants, Milford-lane, Strand,
and cut her head completely off. The water rushed in
and the barge was in danger of sinking, but eventually she
was towed to her mooring place in safety. There ap-
pears to be no blame attribuble to the captain of the
Emerald, as the barge was in such a position that lie must
have either run into her, or run the Emerald ashore.
ACCIDENT.-On Saturday a boy was knocked
down and killed at a place called Toddhitls, between
Gretna and Carlisle, by Lord Eglinton's carriage, on its
way from Scotland. His Lordship, who was in the car-
riage, was much hurt upon hearing of the melancholy oc-
currence, and caused every attention to be paid to the
little sufferer, presenting his parents with 5/. before les"
ing the place...—Dun fries Courier.
HABITS OF THE EAGLE.—That the eagle is
extremely destructive to fish, and particularly salmon,
many circumstances would prove. Eagles are constantly
discovered watching the fords in the spawning season, and
a
are seen to seize and carry away fish. Some years sine..e
herdsman, on a very sultry day in the month of July, "11
looking for a missing sheep, observed an eagle posted on a
bank that overhung a pool. Presently the bird stooped and
seized a salmon, and a violent struggle ensued. When the
herdsman reached the spot, he found the eagle pulled under
water by the strength of the fish, and the calmness of the
day, joined to its drenched plumage, rendered him unable
to extricate himself. With a stone the peasant broke the
eagle's pinion, and aetually secured the spoiler and his
victim, for he found the salmon dying in his grasp. When
shooting on Lord Sligo's mountains, near the Killeries, a
gentleman says he heard many particulars of the eagle's
habits and history from a grey-haired peasant who had
passed a long life in these wilds. The scarcity of hares,
which were here abundant, he attributed to the rapacity of
these birds, and he affirmed, that, when in pursuit of these
animals, the eagles evinced a degree of intelligence that
appeared extraordinary. They coursed the hares, he said,
with great judgment, and certain success; one bird was
the active follower, while the other remained in reserve, at
the distance of forty or fifty yards. If the hare, by a sud-
den turn, freed herself from her most pressing enemy, the
second bird instantly took up the chase, and thus pre-
vented the victim from having a moment's respite. He
had remarked the eagles also while they were engaged in
fishing. They choose a small ford upon a rivulet which
connects Glencullen with Glandullah, and, posted on either
side, waited patiently for the salmon to pass °rev—Satur-
day Magazine.
We have received the Journal of Antwerp,
.0f
ye!terday's date The Commerce Beige states that ing
William is on the point of marriage with the Countess
D'Authemont, who was the First Lady of Honour of the,
Queen of the Netherlands. This lady is 42 yearof
The
age, and a Belgian; she is returning from Rome.
ahoy, information does not appear to be correct, as the
Countess of Authemont has been for a month past in 13°I;
gimp, and on the point of going a journey for several
months.

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HORIZONTAL FLAT WATCHES'
with accurately finished jewelled movements, warranted, are
offered in silver cases, price Four Guineas and a Half each'
or, in gold cases, price Nine Guineas each, at
T. COX SAVORY'S,
Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Silversmith, 47, Gambill, London

(Seven doors from Gracechurch-street).
N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange•

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SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLEO
A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths,
14, Cornhill, London (opposite the Bank of England), have for
choice in their warerooms a Selection of PLAIN and URN,'
MENTAL ICE PAILS, to which they wish to direct attention.
The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use), 81' 101,;
the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 101. ea. the pair;
Victoria Pattern, 151. the pair ; the Dresden Cooler, 19/• tin
nair, &c., all of whit_. are strongly mounted with Sliver, an
have Silver Shields for Engravino• the Crest or Coat of Arnli;
A pamphlet is published, with drawings of the above an
°
other articles of plate generally, which may be had on aPPliea.
tion, free of cost.

BIRTHS.
On the 24th inst., in Union-court, Old Ercod-street, Mrs.
Eccles, of a daughter.
On the 16th inst., at Vaynor-park, Montgomeryshire, the
lady of Sir Francis Knowles, Bart.. of a daughter.
On the 24th inst., Mrs. Westb of Dorset-square, Reg"l't S-
park, of a son. Y'
On the 2.5 th inst., Mrs. Joseph Earle, of a scn.
On the 26th inst., at Hornsey, the lady of Sidney GurileY,
Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 2d inst., at St. Geor,e's, Hanover-square,
Morton, Fellow of the Royal College of Ph3sicians, London, to
Miss Payne, of Portman-place.
On the 24th inst., at Walmer, Henry Downe Barton, .;.q:1,
of Exeter, son of the late Admiral Barton, to Margaret, I,v a":
of the late James Webster, Esq., of Shoulders-house,
Deal.
On the 24th inst., William Dickinson, Esq., of Abbey-hill,
Bexley, to Jane Dorothea, youngest daughter of the Re
Richard Warde, Vicar of Yalding, and Rector of Ditton,

DIED.
On the 27th of May, at Madtas, Lieutenant Francis Yecs
Copper, late of the 4th Madras Light Cavalry, aged 23..
On the sth ult., at Belle Castle, Ma f
ncbional, . Port the islan
Antonio, of
Jamaica, of fever, Annesley Voysey, Esq., o
architect, aged 45.
On the 3d inst., at Sorrento, near Naples, Mary, the ixia
of the Rev. William Smyth, late of Lathbury, Bucks.
On the 20th inst., at Corsham, Wilts, William Sainsbuil,
Esq. , M. D., aged E 2.
On the 2ith inst., at Vicarage-terrace, Stratford-green)
Essex, Captain George Miller, shipowner, aged 72.

London : Printed and Published by MIJADO YOVICP, °I
No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the
county of Middlesex.—Friday, September 27, 1839.