The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBI4II, 18 1

" On the morning of the day of the grand review, which
will terminate the evoluti,.;lis, the Emperor will lay the
first stone of a column in memory of the battle of Boro-
dino, 1812, and on this occasion he will harangue the
assembled troops, in whose presence Divine service will be
performed in the open air with the greatest pomp." •
The following paragraph, extracted from the
columns of the Moniteur, purports to contain the
latest news from the East received by the French
Government :

" The accounts from Constantinople and Alexandria,
received this morning, are of the 26th of August; they
bring no new fact, and the state of political affairs was the
same as at the departure of the last packet. As for the
news which several journals have lately mentioned, of a
pretended declaration, said to have been made to the
Porte by the Ministers of Russia and Prussia, that their
Governments not :agreeing with the other Powers they
would take no further part_ in the conferences relative to
the mediation offered to the Sultan, we are authorised to
declare that it is a complete fabrication."
The arming and fitting for sea of the three ships
of the line the Ocean, the Neptune, and the Stif-
fren, is proceeding at Brest with all possible
celerity. The Suffren has already its lower masts.
The Cornaline corvette was to sail on the 12th
for Senegal, Bourbon, and Cayenne. It has on
board the Governor of Cayenne, five sisters of the
Congregation of St. Joseph, and several passen-
gers from different Colonies.
The Gazette de France has the following intel-
ligence from Alexandria, dated the 16th of August :
It seems that Mehemet Ali is seriously indisposed, and
that he has returned to the palace of Mehemet Bey, his
son-in-law, to take some repose."

( Frora the Lloyd Austriaco.)
" TRIESTE, SEPT. 4.—Accounts from Alexandria, of
the 20th, say that Mehemet Ali had declared that he was
certain the European Powers could not take any measures
to coerce him, and that all Christendom would submit to
the greatest sacrifices rather than have hostilities break out.
Letters of the 17th tell us that Mehemet Ali has declared
to the European Consul that the first steps taken to
oblige him to give up the Ottoman fleet would decide the
march of the Pacha against Constantinople. Afte- the
declaration he returned to the palace of Mehemet Bey,
and sent the Capitan Pacha to Cairo."

Advices from Alexandria of the 26th ult. state
that MEHEMET ALI is fortifying the whole line
of coast down to Aboukir with his heaviest guns ;
and that his Highness has informed the French
Consul-General that should the English and French
fleets appear off Alexandria with a view to compel
the restoration of the Turkish fleet, he will close
the port and abide the consequences, be they what
they may. His Highness at the same time ex-
pressed himself assured that the European Powers
would not, on reflection, treat him with such in-
justice, and that he rather hoped a consideration of
all the circumstances would induce them to persuade
the SULTAN to cede his reasonable demands.

The Hamburg papers received this morning bring
;ntelligence from Monte Video, of the Ist of July.
According to an account received in that city by a
French vessel from Buenos Ayres. the President of
the Chamber of Representatives, M. MAZA, was
stabbed while surrounded by his colleagues, by a
member of the Masarca (a Jacobin club), by
direction of General Ros As. The assassin, accom-
panied the blow with the exclamation " die traitor!'
On the same day that President MAZA was assas-
sinated, his son, a Colonel in the army, was arrested
and murdered in the prison in which it was pre-
tended the authorities meant to confine him. Nu-
merous other arrests followed, and a clamour raised
ithat a conspiracy against RosAs had been disco-
vered. This, as a matter of course, was expected
to lead to fresh butcheries.
HAMBURO BORSEN HALLE, SEPT. 13.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Ran 10;i% 106
Rani: Shares
1526 15-
An 10-Russian Loan

1416% 1014 g
Russim 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate
Inscription, lst Series —
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop: and Co. 3d and 4th
Se,hs
97% 07%
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch ,-sctual Debt, per Cent 5314 5:4
Ditto 5 per Cen• lOl
Polish Bonds
New icket
Anglo-vanish Loan, 3 per Cent 7l 70%
Norwegian Loan, 1,34, 4 per ( 101%
k.XCHANGES 0, LONDON.
HAMBURG, SEPT. 13.-13. Mi.—Two months, 'l3
PET6RSBURCiI, SEPT. 3. —Two months, 40 3r; 15-led.
M. 1.17,1, SEPT. 10. -Three months, 6. 21.
LEIPSIC, SEPT. 0.-I'wo mo ths, G. 1
AUSTRIAN EUNDS.—Vinxi4s, SEPT 7
Five per Cents. Metalliquce ..... ......... 108%
_roar per Cents.
Three par Cents.
&ink shares nay
1511
—Allgemeine Zettung, tiept. 12

Mr. Van .Aniburgh is said to have just given
six thousand francs for a wholly black tiger, which is lately
arrived in England.—Paris Paper.
TELEGRAPHS.-The erection of the line of
telegraphs from this port to the New Sand Light vessel is
now completed, and it is proposed to open the establish-
ment for public communication in the course of this week.
We believe it is intended to commence instructing the
people of the different stations immediately. The dispatch
disphyed by Lieut. Watson in the construction of these
works is highly to his credit. We are also happy to accord
a meed of praise to the Corporation of the Trinity-house,
the Chamber of Commerce, the Telegraph Committee, to
various members of the Town-Council, and other merchants
of the town, who have taken a deep interest in an establish
ment likely to prove so beneficial to the port of Hull.—
Bell Observer.
SOCIETY IN LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER.
When I was young I spent a good deal of my time in
AlancheAer and Liverpool ; and I profess I give pre-
ference to the former. There you were oppressed only by
the aristocracy of wealth ; in the latter by the aristocracy
of wealth and letters by turns. You could nut help
feeling that some of their great men were authors
among merchants and merchants among authors. Their
bread was buttered on both sides, and they had you
at a disadvantage either way. The Mani!hester
cotton-spinners, or, the contrary, set up no preten-
sions Leyond their looms, were hearty good fellows,
and took any information or display, of ingenuity
on their subjects in good part. I remember well
being introduced to a distinguished patron of art and
rising merit at a little distance from Liverpool, and was
received with every mark of attention and politeness, till
the conversation turning on Italian literature, our host re.
marked that there was nothing in the English language
corresponding to the severity of the Italian ode except
perhaps Alexander's Feast and Pope's St. Cecilia 1 I
could no longer contain my desire to display my smatter-
ing in criticism, and began to contend that Pope's Ode
was, as it appeared to me, far from an example of severity
in writing. I soon perceived what I had done, but here
am I writing Table•talk in consequence. Alas I I knew
as little of the world then as Ido now. I never could un-
derstand anything beyond an abstract definition.—Hazlitt.
AN EXPENSIVE DINNER.--The frequenters of
the Palais Royal were yesterday attracted to the Cafe de
Chartres by a strange occurrence. At the fashionable
hour of seven, two persons, of genteel manners, entered
Vefour's Restaurant. One seemed to be invited, the other
the inviter, the latter ordered a moderate dinner, of which
the friends partook. When the repast was over the bill
was called for, and tendered by the garcon. It amounted
to eleven francs and seventy centimes. The inviter swiftly
perused it, seemed quite satisfied, and, with a deyage air,
told the waiter that it was all right, and that he would pay
the next day, as he happened to have no money about him.
This was reported to M. Hamel, the proprietor, who has-
tened to inform his two guests that, not having the honour
of knowing them, he could not give them credit. The
communication exasperated the Amphitryon, who, seizing
a decanter, dashed it into the middle of the handsomest
looking-glass in the salon. The pieces fell by hundreds
upon the neighbouring epicures, and the terrified dames
du comptoir rushed out in quest of assistance, whilst M.
Hamel and his aide-decamp secured their two refractory
guests. On the arrival of the police, the mirror breaker,
an officer in the late Royal Guard, was conveyed to prison,
loudly protesting against the outrageous denial of credit be
had sustained. His more fortunate companion was released
on explaining that ha had met his friend in the gardens,
after a long absence, and that he had accepted his invita-
tion, not knowing that he had no cash about him. The
broken mirror had originally cost six thousand francs,
making the sum total of the bill 6,011 f. 70e.—.Paris Print

given the most rigorous orders, the most precise instruc-
tions; to the authorities ou the frontier, to conduct Don
Carlos, as soon as he arrives in the French territory, to
a place of safety (Fort Ha is even spoken of), which he is
not to quit till he has solemnly engaged no more to disturb
the peace of the Peninsula. The French Government,
acting on this subject in concert with the Spanish Go-
vernment, is prepared to guarantee to the Infant a suffi-
cient pension for himself and his family."
The following extract of a letter from St. Pe-
tersburg, dated ithe 3d instant, is copied from a
French Journal of Monday. It contains the latest
political intelligence from the Russian capital :
" The report which has long been in circulation that the
Russian: troops assembled in the camp at Borodino were
to serve afterwards for the realization of some political ob-
ject appears to be confirmed. The Autocrat has just
ordered that these troops, after the reviews, instead of re-
turning to their respective cantonments, according to the
preceding instructions shall march in two bodies, one to
Kiew, in order to be a reserve for the army of the South, in
case of an invasion of the Ottoman Empire—the other to
the Western frontier of the kingdom of Poland, along
which it will be stationed.
" According: to,the:details given to the official journals
the forces assembled at the camp of Borodino, will consist
of 70 battalions of infantry, and 180 squadrons of cavalry,
40 regiments of Cossacks, and 12 half brigades of artillery,
which, according to those journals, would form an effective
force of 140,000 men and 300 pieces of cannon; but we
know that considerable deductions must be made from offi•
cial estimates.
The camp will be commanded by the Emperor in per-
son, who has chosen General Prince Ozernistschoff for
the chief of his staff. The principal corps of the registered
troops are placed under the command of Field- NIF rshals
Paskewitch, and Wittgenstein, and General Yermoloff.
" The Imperial Prince Alexander, as Hettman of the
Cossacks, will take command of 20 Regiments of the
Cossacks, and the Dike of Leuchtenberg that (11 a Brigade
of Hussars, Lieut.-General Count Kreutz, Count Orloff,
Baran Rudiger, Baron Rott, Nicketine Kaiseroff, Deal-
sow B:onewsky, and Ycffremow will command sub-
divisions.

VESSELS SPOKEN Wll'll.-1110 Warrior, 13th instant,
lat. 14, long. 12, British Queen, lat. 46, long. 31, by the
Blanche, Freeman, arrived off Mw.rgate; Francis Lawson,
St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, to Liverpool, 29:6 ult.,
lat. 43, long. 54, Dominica, Cork to New Brunswick,
Ist instant, lat. 43, long. 48, Helen, St. Petersburg to
Quebec, Bth instant, lat. 50, long 22, Ono, Bristol to
Halifax, 10th instant, lat. 51, long. 15, by the Andes,
Gear, arrived at Liverpool; Commaquid, Cuba to Swan-
sea, 26th ult., lat. 38, long. 63, Ann aed Mary, Llanully
to Quebec, 6th instant, lat. 47, long. 29, by the Union,
Jones, arrived at Liverpool.

MONEY AND COMMERCIALNEWS

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Ship-letters have been received this morning from the
West Indies, and from Singapore, Calcutta, and Bombay ;
but they are all of an old date.
The arrivals from the Cont'nent consist of one French
and one Hamburg mail. The papers from Hamburg of
the date of the 13th, brings exchange 13. 2; gold, 431.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET OF TUESDAY.--The Cot-
ton Market continues dual, without very material variation
in prices, the sales amount to 3,000 bags, chiefly to the
trade.

By the Cape of Good Hope Papers of the 11th July, it
appears that the most affecting details are given of the
perils of the emigrants, as well as the lives lost, and the
losses sustained. The following is an account of their
situation :

" The farmers have not yet separated, but occupy dif
fereut parts of the country, in parties of 50, 60, 100, End
some 200 together. These places they c4ll camps, and
those camps are surrounded on all sides by poles, to serve
for entrenchments. A strong feeling exists among the
emigrants against the Lieutenant-Governor, and to him
they attribute the grievances under which they labour."

The Foreign Exchanges yesterday were lower, owing to
.he bad weather, with the unfavourable accounts of the
harvest; and it is feared that the distrust caused by the
discredit of the United States Bank in Paris, may affect
the Exchanges still further.
THE FUNDS.
Consols opened at the closing prices of yesterday, being
quoted at 904 4 for Money, and 90i 91 for the Account.
Exchequer Bills, 1 3 premium.
In the Foreign Market there is very little business
doing, there being none of the Hebrews present, to-day
being kept as the White Fast, which is the strictest day in
the whole year. Spanish Stock is rather lower this morn-
ing, being quoted at 32ii. Portuguese Five per Cents.
are 3644 ; and the Three per Cents, 214;x.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 05,2 O'CLOCK.
Rank 5t0ck..........,
,•• India Stock
3 per Cent. Red. —; Ditto Bonds
P:, per Cent — Old Annuities
Ditto Red.
New 3 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, i s .Zl, Kr_
Rank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500... -- t ar—
par. Jan. 5, MO. .......... .... Ditto 5ma11......... ..... 2 pin.
Oct. 10, 1839..... ..... . —) Ditto Commercial do
Jan. 5, 1860 l4 1-161 Ditto Advertised ..... Pin.
Jan. 5, 1380 — I Bank Stock for ,%ccount ...
April.s, ISBO —l India Stock for Account ...
Jan.
O. 1870 —/ Comma for Account 90% 1
PRICES OF FOREIGN FU f.sMS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds — Pecuvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds 7B 7% !i 7 Ditto New Bonds -5,*
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds —, Ditto, 4
"L % 374 3 per Cent. ........21%
Ditto Aecount
Chilian Bonds ... — Prussian Gonda
Ditto Accou t
Columbian Bonds 32 , Ditto Account —
Ditto Account —, Ditto Metallic
Columbian Bonds, 1824 ...331, 14 3; Spanish Bowls.. 3.1!4 174 2 1%%
Ditto Account 33% 3 Ditto Account.... 32ii I !is %
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account —, •Defared ................ 1531, lb >.*
Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Ditto Bonds, 1823 —: ---- 4 per cent. -f. —c.
Ditto Account -.......- 3 pee cent.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. —: ----- Exchange. —f Ditto Account — Dutch, 2Si per cent.
Ditto, 6 per Cent. ',9 F% Ditto Account f.414
Ditto Account ,2,y4 , Ditto, 5 per cent........ . 1059 e
Neapolitan — Ditto Account
PRICEs 0 E SHAltr..3 THIS DA Y AT uNE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 50 10
eastern t.,Luaties Railway ...... .................. ... 16 55i l'il
Great Western Railway Company .................. 65 --
Ditto New
4 %
Bi igh ton Rai:way
Loudon and Blackwell Railway ........... .... ...... 13 13,,0A
i.nchester and Birmingham R.ailway ........ .. 15 t“4
London and Westminster Bank ...................... 20 22%
COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY.
A insterdaiii C.F. 52 7 ,4iibraitar 4B
Ditto, at i"ight
Etotterd.on "U. I`2 7!,i Genoa..
Antwerp...
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Paiermo per oz. 12014
Frankfort on daintz, Ex. M2.5r571536
Ditto... .... ........... 3 1•18. 25 75 Lisbon 3
marseiltek
50141 A
1 Bilicri:o Boutiloaux .. . ...... , ... .25 80 Rio Janeiro 2B
.7
?....tersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 38 Buenos Ayre5.......... ......
Berlin .. ....... .... ........ 7 0 New York, 21 days' sight
Vienna, effective tr... 3 M. 10 S Philadelphia 4h I'rkste......ditto ....... ....... 10 9 PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ.
Hadrld 364 Portugal Gold, c0m.....t0 0 0
Cadiz.............. ....... 3634 Foreign Gold, in bars... 317 9
Bilima .... . 36 New Doubloons .... ...... 00 0
Bircelona 's6 New Dollars 0 4 10%
i•:ville 36 Silver in Bars

poi' cent
• —c

HALF-PAST ONE.
The private letters from Hamburg received this morning
bring very unfavourable accouats with respect to com-
mercial affairs; business was dull, and money was very
scarce.

It is reported by private letters from Paris that the
business of the United States Bank has been settled, and
that MM. Hottenguer will ply the bills.
Money continues very scarce at the rate of 6 per cent.
upon good bills with a heavy commission.
The Foreign Market has been rather heavy all the morn-
ing. Spanish Active Stock receded to 31i, but has since
rallied again, and may new be gur,ted at 311 32; Passive,
81; Deferred, 14: Portuguese Five per Cents., 361 ;
Three per Cer ts., 24 ; Mexican, 28k.
Consols are now 90 91 for the Account, and 89i for
Money. Exchequer Bilis have been at par, and are now
par to 2 prem.

The Bishop of Winchester having fin:shed his
visitation of the Channel Islands on Friday last, left Jersey
on that day in the Camilla steamer fur St. Malo.—Sher-
borne Journal.

BERLIN
diplomatic characters and Cabinet messengers have passed
r SEPT. B.—Some days past several
through this city coming from St. Petersburgh. Yester-
day Count de Castillon, one of the Seerotar!es of Baron
Berante, and
M. V. Lindstrom, Cabinet Me_senger of
the Emperor of Russia, arrived here.
AN EPISTOLARY COINCIDENCE.—The lady
who wr tes in La Presse under the nom de guerre of
" Viscount Charles de Llunav," tells the following anec-
dote :—" Two women, Madame de and Madame do
who are both past 45, are now travelling together.
They are new frie46, who, unacquainted in their child-
hood, strive to deceive one another as to their ages, and
exhibit an emulation of youth quite charming to behold.
Some days ago. on paying a visit to an amiable friend, we
surprised her in a fit of laughter. Ah !' said she, I have
just received a most amusing letter; Madame do S—
writes to me—' I am delighted with my travelling compa-
nion; Madame de B-- is an adorable woman—her atten-
tions to me are quite maternal.' What think you of the
words maternal attentions?' Can any thing be more
laughable ?" Yes, Madame.' said we, there is
something more laughable still, and that is a letter
of Madame de, B—, which says the very same thing.
She writes to her brother that Madame de S— is an ex-
cellent woman, whose attentions to her are quite maternal.'
These two travellers, of mature age, vying in ingenuous.
peas at the inns, and each having no other idea than that of
passing herself off as the other's daughter, form so exqui.
sitely ridiculous a group that we cannot help recording it."
INTEGRITY OF THE OLD l'oLicE.---The
following rather incredible story has found its way into the
papers:—When Mr. Plank, the officer, waited on Faunt-
leroy, who suffered for forgery, he was asked by the banker
if he could not take his word for appearing to answer the
charge. "It is impossible," was the reply. The banker
then pointed to a box, and intimated that it contained
70,000 t., which he might call his own if he abandoned his
duty. The answer, and the result, need not be stated.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.'

DEAL, SEP r. 17. —Wind W. S. W. a gale.—Arrived the
Gilbert, Henderson, Singapore; Barbara, Gordon, Rit-
chie, Tobago. It blew a heavy gale this evening from
S. S. W. to W. S. W., 7 r M. The gale continues, and seve-
ral of the outward bound are driving.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 1 7. --Wind W. S. W., fresh.—Arrived
the Union, Jones, from Jamaicas—sailed, Ist ult. ;
Andes, Geary, Laguna ; Sisters, Nassau ; Stirling,
Savannah; Guayana, Andres, Wilmington; Rowena,
Newfoundland ; Science, Honduras ; Caledonia, Mandel-,
Virginia ; Globe. New Orleans; Mary Jones, Fishley,
Porto Cabello ; Kirkman Finlay, Scott, Bombay ; Cot-
lingwood, Guthrie, Carthagena ; United Kingdom, Quebec;
Peruvian, Brown, Bor,ny ; Spy, Farrant, Nlarianople ;
William the Fourth, Skirling, Riga ; Vesta, Hall, Stettin.
Off port, the Liverpool, from St. John's, New Brunswick ;
William, ditto. _

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 17. Wind variable. —8 P. M.,
W. N. W.—Sailed, the Vernon, Denny, fur Calcutta.
PLYMOUTH. SEPT. 16.—Wind S. W. —Arrivcd, the
Vixen, Clark, for Dantzie.

FALMOUTH, SEPT.. 16.--Wind S. S. W. to W. N. W.,
ander, from St. Petersburg Sailed, Braganza, steamer,
Lstrongewe breezes rye
Vigo,
and
,s&e.
_s q Arrived, the Patriot, Alex.

BRISTOL, SEPT. 17.--Arrived, the Caroline, Emmer
son, from Jamaica; Thomas Daniel, Cherry, Antigua
Petersburg. Tripp, Quebec ; Swallow, Wilson, St,
Lord Canterbury,
SEPT.. 15.--Sailed, the Ad. Mine, Bradfield,
for Vienna.

MARGATE, SEPT. 1 7..--.ArTiVed off, the Blanch, Freeman,
from Jamaica.
HULL, SEPT. 17.—Wind S. W., fresh.
Tnunso, SEPT. 11. --Arrived off, the Quebec, —, from
Quebec.

in working out of the Bay, ran on the
JERSEY, SEPT. 16.—The William the Fourth, Gibbs,
bound to Lynn,
rocks near the Hermitage, but got off the fAlowing tide
with little damage.
SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 16.—The Johanna, HauschiHt, of
Altuna, for Newcastle, in making this harbour to-day,
being leaky, was struck by a sea, which carried away her
rudder, &c.
THURSO, SEPT. 14.—The William and Mary, M'Kiilop,
from Wick to Londonderry, put into this port to-day very
leaky.

LITTLEHAMPTON, SEPT. 17.—The following portions of
wreck have been washed on shore on this coast :—a bow-
sprit, 27 ft. long and 5 in circumference; a topgallant
)ard, with sail attached; a flying jibboom, apparently be-
longing to a vessel of 600 tons; a large piece of carved
wsrk ofF the stern, painted black with white moulding.
HULL, SEPT. 17.—The Amelia, from Hamburg to Rio
Janeiro, was boarded off Kelsey by a pilot boat, with loss
of rudder, &c.

KIRKWALL, SEPT. 13.---The Frederic Wilhelm 111.,
Biehun, from Dantzic to Liverpool, put into these reads
yesterday, with cargo damaged, and must discharge.

POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—John Alfred Gabell, a post-
office letter-carrier, was indicted for stealing certain
moneys from a letter that had come into his possession by
virtue of his office.
The prisoner, when placed at the bar, expressed a desire
to retract his plea of not guilty, and plead guilty.
The COURT said it was a most serious offence, and the
prisoner had better, therefore, re-consider his plea.
The prisoner, however, persisted in his plea of guilty,
and was removed from the bar.

NEW COURT.
Charles Tomsett, aged 31, was indicted for stealing two
carriage springs, value 41., and a quantity of plash, value
61- the property of Charles Lines, his master.
It appeared that the prisoner acknowledged, before the
Magistrate, that the articles were his master's, and stated
that be had taken them to his own room fbr safe custody.
It further appeared that his master's name was written
with chalk on the Springs, which the prisoner had not at-
tempted to efface, and there being a great deal of discre-
pancy in the evidence of the policeman and other witnesses
for the prosecution, the Jury, after a short consultation,
pronounced a verdict of Not Guilty.
Thomas Grimwood, aged 13, and Elizabeth Grirnwood,
aged 47, mother and son, were indicted, the former
for stealing a gold repeater, value 101., from the dres.ing
room of the Rev. George Robson, and the latter with
feloniously receiving the same.
The boy pleaded guilty, but there was no evidence of
guilty knowledge on the part of his mother, he having told
her that he had found the watch, and she was therefore
acquitted.
The COMMON- SERGEANT said tha► es, in all probability.
an imprisonment in the House of Correction would do the
prisoner more harm than good, be would sentence him to
b.a confined in Newgate for ten days, and to be well whipped.

Last week the Earl of Leicester arrived from
Holkham at Hurls Farm, on lig estate, where there was a
sale of tups, which bi 'ought a very high price. The kind.
news and attention o'd his Lordetip to his tenants renders
him very popular r,uong them and the farmers. The sale
was attended by ',fumy of the gentry in the neighbourhood.

CRIMINAL COUR T.-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. Sergeant Arabin took his seat on the Bench this
morning at nine o'clock, but in consequence of no Alder-
man being in attendance, it was found impossible to open
the Court and commence business. The Learned Ser-
geant sat till ten o'clock, at which hour Mr. Alderman
Copeland arrived. Shortly afterwards the Lord Mayor,
accompanied by Mr. Justice Vaughan and Mr. Justice
Coltman, arrived and took their seats on the Bench, when
some time was occupied in arraigning the prisoners, u hich
would have been done before the arrival of the Judges but
for the absence of an Alderman.
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—George Smith, alias
George Jones, was indicted for that be, with two other per-
sons, did feloniously assault George Smith upon the Queen's
highway, and robbed him of a gold watch, chain, and
several sovereigns, his property. The indictment also
charged that at the time the felony was committed the
prisoner and his companions beat and struck the pro-
secutor.

Mr. PAYNE conducted the case on the part of the
prosecution. The Learned Gentleman stated that the case
he bad to lay before the Court and the Jury was of a most
outrageous and inhuman character, resembling those
daring footpad robberies which formerly were so much
practised ; but which, in consequence of the improved
system of police, and administration of the law, were now
of rare occurrence.
Mr. George Smith examined by Mr. PAYNE—Stated
that he was a farmer residing at Eltham, in Kent. On
the night of the 14th of August last, he had been
to Lee Races, and was on his way home, accom-
panied by a neighbour, about eleven o'clock at night
when he was suddenly knocked down from behind. 1-:e
attempted to cry out, but at the instant something was
thrust into his mouth, which almost choked him. He
then saw three men around him, who commenced rifling
his pockets, one of them seizing his watch-chain, which
broke, leaving the watch in his fob. The prisoner held
his head, while the two others took out of his
pockets several sovereigns, and two old guineas.
Witness seized the prisoner by the trousers, and
held him fast, and when the other two men
had got his property they went away, leaving the pri-
soner in his grasp. The prisoner exclaimed to his com-
panions " The _ won't let me go." Upon which they
returned and exclaimed " Let's kill the --;" and they
all began to beat him. He was knocked down, and the
prisoner released from his grasp, and then all three ran
away. At this moment some of the witness' friends came
up; he told them what hail occurred, and one of them say-
ing that be saw a man getting over a hedge, he was pursued,
and the prisoner was discovered under a hedge. Witness
immediately recognised him as the man who lied held his
head while the others rifled his pockets.
Other evidence was adduced, which corroborated the
testimony given by the prosecutor. Oce of the witnesses
stated, that upon searching the prisoner he found one of
those means of robbery used at races, fairs, and places of
that description, called pricking in the garter.
The prisoner in his defence denied his guilt.
Mr. Justice VAUGHAN charged the Jury, who imme•
diately found the prisoner Guilty, and the Learned Judge
sentenced him to 15 years' transportation.
Mary Smith, aged 18, a good looking girl, was convicted
of uttering counterfeit coin, and having been previously
convicted, was sentenced to ten years' transportation.
James Phillips, a young man respectably connected,
;.leaded guilty to an indictment charging him stealing
3711b5. of paper, the property of Samuel Manning and
another, his masters, and was sentenced by Mr. Baron
Vaughan to seven years' transportation.
Frederick Barnett, a youth 16 years of age, was indicted
with stealing, on the 18th July, a 101. note, two sovereigns,
and some silver, the property of George Godfrey, his mas-
ter, in his dwelling_house. The prisoner was in the ser-
vice of the prosecutor, and during his absence from town,
committed the robbery and decamped. The prosecutor
stated, in answer to a question put to him by Mr. Phillips,
who appeared for the prisoner, that up to the present oc-
currence he had conducted himself excellently.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Court
sentenced him to six months' imprisonment and hard
labour.