The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-11 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1837.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL OCTOBER RACES. —OcT. 9.

A Hurdle Sweepstakes of 15 sots. each, 10 ft., with 50 added by
the Gentlemen of Liverpool ; four yrs old, 10st. 71b ; five yrs,
I Ist. 61b ; six and aged, 12st. A winner of one Hurdle Race or
Steeple Chase to carry 51b. extra, of two, 71b. extra; thorough-
bred horses, 51b. extra. Two miles. Gentlemen riders.
Mr. Lucas's gr. g. Isaac, 6 yrs
Mr. M.Donogh's eh. g. The Disowned, aged
Mr. Churton's b. g. Mazeppa, 5 yrs
Mr. Conway's br. h. by Bedlamite, aged; Mr. T. Fergusson's
gr. h. Rust, aged; Captain Lamb's b. g. Vivian, aged; Mr. Chau-
ner's b. g. Polyanthus ; paid forfeit.
A Hurdle Sweepstakes of 10 covs. each, 5 ft., with 25 added by the
Proprietors of the Race Course, for horses that have hunted with
the Cheshire Hounds, Sir Thomas Stanley's, and Mr. Leech's.
12st. each. Once round. Gentlemen riders.
Mr. 111‘Donogh's The Disowned, aged
Mr. Sharratt's br. g. Zanga, aged
Mr. Holland's b. h. Fitzmaurice, aged
Mr. James's Queen Mah, aged

Mr. Hobson's The Wonder, 6 yrs, Mr. Forrest's Fanny Ashton,
6 yrs, and Mr. M'Donogh's Fop,l aged, paid forfeit.
A Hurdle Sweepstakes of 7 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 25 added by the
Proprietors of the Course ; four yrs old, lOst. 71b ; five yrs,
1 Ist. 61b; six and aged, 12st. A winner of one Hurdle Race or
Steeple Chase, before starting, to carry 51b. extra ; thorough-
bred horses, 81b. extra. Heats, once round and a distance.
Gentlemen riders.
Mr. Speed's gr. g. Isaac, 6 yrs
Mr. Jones's bl. h. Indian Rubber, aged ... 2 2
Mr. Churton's b. g. Mazeppa, 5 yrs 3 dr

Mr. Forrest's b. in. Fanny Alton, 8 yrs ; Mr. Igoe's br. h.
Sir Thomas Laurence, aged; Captain Lamb's Vivian, aged; Mr.
James's Queen blab, aged, paid forfeit.

NORTHERN MEETING.

INVERNESS, OCT. 4. —Our meeting this season was the
most gay and spirited that has been witnessed in Inverness for
at least ten years. In addition to the usual balls, dinner and
supper parties, popular games were instituted. Throwing the
hammer, putting the stene, and rifle shooting. Among the
best shuts were Lords Lovat and W. Lennox, Mackenzie of
Scatwell, and Sir Francis Mackenzie of Gairloch, Bart. The
prize was won by the latter. The dinner parties at the rooms
of the meeting were well attended; Sir F. Mackenzie pre-
sided on the Thursday, Lord Saltouu on the Friday. The
absence of the Duke of Richmond was regretted.
Among the general expressions of gratification that were
heard from all quarters the following observations by a Noble
Lord who was present deserve to be mentioned :—" Isincerely
hope that every exertion will be made to keep up this ancient
festival. I think it desirable in every point of view. I wish
to see the Highlander leave his native hills, and, by joining in
manly sports, prove to the world that the courage, daring, and
strength that distinguished his ancestors have not degenerated
in the present day. I also wish to see the amusements of the
humbler class kept up, for by holding communication with
them, by sympathising with them when in distress, and joining
their sports in their leisure hours, we gain that which neither
wealth can command nor rank confer—the love and respect of
our less fortunate brethren." This feeling was cordially re-
sponded to ; and LePrd Saltoun also—as all who know his
Lordship will readily believe—expressed his anxious desire to
contribute to the success and the amusements of the meeting.
Among the company were—Lord and Lady Saltoun, Lord
and Lady Lovat, Lords W. Fitz Roy and H. Lennox, the
Hon. William and Mrs. Fraser, the Hon. E. and Mrs. Jer-
ningham, Lady Beddingfield, Sir F. and Lady Mackenzie,
Lady Fraser Ramsay, &c.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

MIDDLESEX.

Messrs. Coventry and Tawlyn held their respective
Courts on Monday at the Black Dog Inn, Bedfont, for the
purpose of revising the lists of voters for the parishes in
the district of Bedfont.

Objections of overseers 9 ; all of which were sustained.
The Reformers objected to 92 votes and sustained 20.
The Tories sustained 4, and made 13 objections.
The lists of objections in the parishes of Taldington,
Ashford, Wanwortb, and Cranford, not having been posted
on the church doors by the overseers, could not be gone
into. They will be revised at Hammersmith.

SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH AND

THE LEEDS CHARITIES.

(From the Leeds Mercury.)
Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P. for this borough,
on being applied to by the Committee for the relief of the
unemployed poor for a subscription, has declined to sub-
scribe, on the ground that it would be a kind of indirect
bribery, and that he thinks it right to discountenance the
practice of applying to Members of Parliament for money
in aid of local objects, when the Members do not reside
in the borough. We regret to be unable to publish Sir
William's letter ; for, although he requested the committee
to send it to us for publication last week, and although we
have this week received his own authority to ask for that
letter with a view to its publication, the Committee have not
yet allowed us to have a copy.
The question as to the subscribing of Members of Parlia-
ment to charitable objects in the places which they repre-
sent, when they do not reside in those places, is one of con-
siderable difficulty. Every one knows that this has been
one of the established forms of bribery under the old system
of representation, and that it still is so in the smaller and
more corrupt boroughs. Members arc there found outbid-
ding one another by their subscriptions to various local ob-
jects, and thus injuring their fortunes, without (in most
cases) doing any real good to their representatives. In some
boroughs it is customary for the members to give a plate to
be run for at the races ; in some balls and feasts are given ;
in others newsrooms are partially maintained ; and in others,
agaiii,large doles of money, flour, coals, blankets, &c., are
made to the poor. And all this is done, not because the
Member is a rich inhabitant of the place, but solely because
he is the Member, and frequently when he has no other con-
nection with the borough. It cannot he doubted that this
is a kind of bribery, near akin to the distributing of head-
money ; and we have heard the latter practice defended in
the House of Commons, by confounding it with the some-
what more equivocal practice above mentioned.
Now, we are sure that the people of Leeds do not expect
their Members to pay for their seats by subscriptions.
They would reject with scorn every form of bribery. They
expect from their representatives honest public service, not
pr►vate or pecuniary advantage. They will, therefore, ho-
nour the motives of Sir William Molesworth in his refusal,
which no one but a mere partisan of the opposite faction
would think of ascribing., to wish to save his money.
Still we admit that the question is one of some difficulty,
as a Member, by being elected, seems to become a denizen
of the community which has thus adopted him, and to ac-
quire the obligations as well as the privileges of a citizen.
But we incline to think that the cause of political purity
would gain much more than charitable subscriptions would
lose by the refusal of non-resident Members (always con-
fining our remarks to Members who are non-resident, and
who have therefore charities to support in places where
they do reside) to subscribe to local objects. The repre-
sentation of the people, which is the very fountain of legis-
lation and go►ernment, cannot be too jealously guarded
from all corruption.
Since the above was written we have received from Lir
William Molesworth himself a copy of his letter to Mr.
Lister, Secretary of the Relief Committee, and also a copy
of a second letter in rejoinder to the reply of the
Committee. We insert them both. Our apace does not
allow us to say more than this, that every man of common
sense will perceive the solidity of Sir William's reasons for
the course he has adopted, and every man of common fair-
ness will admit his motives to be pure and high, and free
from all taint of illiberality.

FROM SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, BART., M.P.
(No. 1.)
" Pencarrow, Sept. 21.
" Sin,—l beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of Sept. 16, in which you request me, as one of the
representatives of Leeds, to subscribe towards some object
of local utility. In declining to comply with your request
I would take the liberty of stating to you the motive of my
refusal. It is founded upon the view which I take of the
relation which ought to exist between the representative and
his constituents, and the obligations which thence arise.
" Prior to the change effected in the principles of our
Constitution by the Reform Bill, the representative was
considered in the light of the patron of the borough or
county which he represented, in virtue, generally, of
,his
wealth and local influence. In order to keep up this local
influence he was expected to reside amongst his constitu-
ents, and to expend large sums of money in the form of
subscriptions, and in other modes of indirect bribery. The
relation between the representative and his constituents
was almost a private one, and its objects were the private
advantages of the party concerned. Except in a few cases,
none but the wealthy and the powerful, or their dependents,
had the slightest chance of obtaininc, a seat in Parliament ;
the people were not represented, and those who styled them-
selves the people's representatives were the instruments of
a narrow oligarchy. _ _

" The feelings connected with the ancient system of re-
presentation still continue to exist ; and as they arc, in my
opinion, excessively pernicious, they ought, on every occa-
sion, to be combated by those who think that the relation
between the representative and the electoral body is not a
private but a public one, in which both parties are placed
under great moral obligations. The electors are morally
bound to select as their representative persons of whose
political character and opinions they fully approve, and the
choice of the electors ought, therefore, to depend upon the
moral and intellectual qualities of the candidates, and not
upon their pecuniary possessions ; for to the hands of the
persons thus selected a great public trust is confided. The
representatives, on the other hand, are equally bound to
discharge that trust to the best of their abilities. The ac-
curate performance of their public duties, and the public
services which they render as Members of Parliament,
ought to be their only titles to the favour and approbation
of their constituents, and the only mode in which they should
display their gratitude for the honour of being elected by
independent citizens.
" It is evident the expenditure which is sometimes re-
quired from the representative in the form of subscriptions
cannot be considered as a mode of discharging his trust, nor
can it be looked upon as a performance of any public duty,
or as any public service which ought to entitle him to the
approbation of his constituents. It is, therefore, in reality,
merely a species of bribe for conciliating the good-will of
the electors, who ought only to be influenced by considera-
tions of a public nature, and of a far higher description. To
the wealthy the amount of such subscriptions is of slight
consequence ; and in many of the venal boroughs it forms
the only assignable reason for the selection of the members.
On the other hand, it presses as a heavy tax upon the poorer
and real representatives of the people. It tends, therefoj,e,
in many cases, to exclude from Parliament all but the rich,
and thus virtually makes the choice of the elector depend
upon the pecuniary qualifications of the candidates. These
tendencies I consider to be of the most mischievous de-
scription, and I feel it my duty to resist them by attacking,
on the first opportunity, a system which I think most
pernicious.

" By the Reform Bill a new class of constituencies was
formed, free from the prejudices and false notions of the
ancient borough system ; they have entertained, and will, I
trust, long entertain, high and correct notions of the mutual
obligations which ought to exist between the representative
and the electors. In becoming Member for Leeds I re-
joiced in representing one of these favoured constituencies.
" I feel satisfied that in the reasons which I have given
for refusing to comply with your request I act in strict ac-
cordance with the principles which have raised me to the
honourable post of your representative.
" I have the honour to be, your obedient servant,

" WM. MOLESWORTH.
" J. S. Lister, Esq., Leeds."
(No. 2.)

" Pencarrovv, Oct. 4,1837.
" Sir—ln reply to your letter of the 30th of last month,
I assure you I should on no account press the publication
of my letter in either of the two Liberal papers at Leeds if
it would (as you seem to imagine) tend to prevent charitable
contributions ; but it appears to me that no more harm can
be done in this respect than has been already effected by
your permitting its matter to be inserted in a garbled form
in one of the columns of the Tory paper. Moreover, my
arguments are in no way opposed to charitable contribu-
tions generally, and I should be most sorry if I thought
they would discourage benevolent persons from attempt-
ing, in a suitable manner, and in their proper sphere,
to relieve the wants of their fellow-beings. 1 did not
discuss the general question of charity, or in what man-
ner or by whom it should be exercised : I only pro-
tested against a system which rendered it obligatory on re-
presentatives (in their position of representatives) to con-
tribute by pecuniary aid to the local charities, amuse-
ments, &c., of their constituents. In that letter I stated at
full length my reasons for objecting to such a system ; I
need not therefore trespass upon your patience by recapitu-
lating them. I would only observo that you have fallen
into error by supposing that I, in any way, considered the
subscription for which I was asked as a party question ; I
merely wished to make you understand that your only
grounds for applying to me were, that I am one of the mem-
bers for Leeds, and that you would not have applied to me
bad I not been in that position ; my answer was, that as

your representative I had certain obligations to perform to-
wards yourself and your brother electors, but that I did not,
for the reasons assigned, consider that pecuniary contribu-
tions are or ought to be classed amongst those duties.
" Your informant who states that I expressed my willing-
ness to subscribe after the election must have deceived him-
self. I remember that some application was made to
me, with which I civilly refused to comply, though at the
same time I may have expressed my approval of the scheme
in question.
I have the honour to be, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM MOLESWORTH.
" J. S. Lister, Esq., Leeds."

CHILD STEALING.—On Saturday, at the Lewis-
ham Petty Sessions, Maria Smith, a young woman of pre-
possessing appearance, was brought up to answer the fol-
lowing charge :—Henry Jones deposed as follows : " I am
a painter, and reside in David's-place, Greenwich. About
five mouths ago I took compassion on the prisoner, who is
an orphan, and in distressed circumstances, and allowed her
to lodge in my house. On the 15th of August last she
absconded, taking with her my youngest child, a little girl,
aged fifteen months. I had a quantity of handbills printed
and circulated, describing both her (the prisoner) and the
child, and also an insertion in the Hue and Cry, but without
effect. My wife being in a state of mind bordering on dis-
traction, I caused an advertisement to be inserted in the
Greenwich Gazette, but that alsia proved fruitless. I then
made up my mind never to see the infant again. On Sa-
turday night last, at a late hour, I received private infor-
mation that the prisoner was at Lee. I immediately went
there, and apprehended her opposite the Tiger's Head. The
child was in a most dreadful state, being covered with ver-
min and sores, and reduced to a mere skeleton. On my
road to the station-house I met with Mr. Adams, the in-
spector of the Lee police, and gave her into his custody."
The prisoner, upon being called upon for her defence, did
not deny the charge, but begged for mercy. Mr. Jones
stated to the Bench that the prisoner had also stolen some
knives which he used in his busi:sess. The Chairman, after
commenting in strong terms on the base ingratitude of the
prisoner, fully committed her for trial on both charges at
the next sitting of the Central Criminal Court. The case
excited great interest.
THE LAST or C lIARLES LAMB.—Lamb passed
the last period of his life in the village, or more soundingly,
the " Hundred "of Edmonton. To a native of that same
rusticity and an occasional resident it was a strange yet
consistent sight to observe the form in " clerk-like black,"
taking a regular morning walk on the dusty London-road,
instead of diving into the shady sweetness of the green
lanes. But we see his wistful, half-averted glances at the
coaches that passed cityward, and felt his yearnings to-
wards the scenes of his youth. He died in consequence of
a trifling accident that happened to him during one of these
walks, and was buried in Edmonton Church-yard. He had
pointed out the spot himself a short time before while walk-
ing there with his sister, " as the place where he wished to
be buried." The spot is by no means romantic, though
something of the kind might easily hare been found among
the mossy, mouldering carved vaults and tombs at remote
corners, beneath old yew trees, dense blackthorn hedges,
or beside the venerable buttresses of the old church walls.
Lamb, however, preferred to be located not only where the
place was pretty thick with companionable tombs, but
where he could be nearer the walks of human life. His
gravestone accordingly stands at a little distance, facing a
footpath which leads to the lanes and fields at the back of
the church. The inscription upon it is simple, "To the
memory of Charles Lamb. Died on the 27th of Dec.
1834: aged 59." There, in fixed peacefulness among a
crowd of familiar names—names known from infancy—we
often see it stand with palid smile just after sunset, while
sparrows fly chirruping from tomb to tomb, and ruminating
sheep recline with half-closed eyes against the coarse flat
stone or grassy mound.—British and Forciyn Review.
On Saturday an inquest was held at the Black
Horse, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street, on view of the body
of Mr. Thomas Bird, aged 63, an extensive livery stable-
keeper, who committed suicide by hanging himself under
very melancholy circumstances. It appeared from the
evidence that the deceased, who carried on his business in
Rathbone-place, was a widower, most of his family being
grown up and provided for. For some months past the
unfortunate man had been in a low desponding state of
mind, for which no cause could be assigned, as his affairs
were not at all embarrassed, and he lived on the most affec-
tionate terms with his family. On Thursday morning his
housekeeper went to call him, as was her custom, but re-
ceiving no answer she entered, and found that her master
was absent ; search being made on the premises the unfor-
tunate man was discovered hanging to a beam in one of the
haylofts ; he was instantly cut down, and Mr. Olding, a
surgeon, sent for, who promptly arrived, and endeavoured
by bleeding and other remedies to restore animation, but
ineffectually, as life was quite gone. Verdict—" Temporary
mental derangement."
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—The family
and friends of Mr. George Bristow, grocer, of Potter's Bar,
near South Minims, have ever since Tuesday se'nnight been
in a state of serious alarm in consequence of no tidings
having been heard of him since his leaving his home that
morning, for the purpose of making tome payments and
purchases in London. A gentleman who was in London
on Saturday, anxiously making inquiries at the request of
the family, states that Mr. Bristow left his home as early
as six o'clock in the morning, taking with him between .50/.
and 601., with the avowed intention of calling and making
pay ments at two wholesale houses in London with which
he dealt. He set out on foot, but on getting on the road
was overtaken by a respectable inhabitant of the same
place, named John Hannaway, in whose cart he rode to
Finchley, where both stopped, and had some bread and
cheese and ale. Mr. Bristow complained then, and pre-
viously on the road, of feeling unwell, and in consequence
retired two or three times. About nine o'clock in the
morning the Finchley omnibus to London came up to the
inn door, and Mr. Bristow got into it. All trace of him
here ceases. The driver recollects taking a gentleman up
under the circumstances stated, but cannot say where he
set him down. Inquiries have been made at the wholesale
houses in London, where Mr. Bristow said he intended
calling, but it appears be had not been to either of them.
He is a married man, and has been so for twenty
years, during which time he has lived happily with, his
wife, who states that never, (luring this long period, had
he absented himself from his home a single night without
giving an intimation of his intention, and where he was
going to. There was no quarrel or misunderstanding prior
to his leaving home.
SAGACITY OF A HORSE.—An old coach-horse at
Mellerstain, a very fine horse in his day, and known by the
name of Charlie, but whom age had rendered unfit for
service, has for some years past been kept as a pensioner,
occasionally doing light jobs on the farm. During the pre-
sent harvest he has been employed in carrying out porridge
for the shearers' breakfast. The other day, ater work, the
boy who drove him turned him into the field at the mill,
without paying particular attention to him ; soon afterwards
Charlie was seen to jump the dyke, proceed leisurely along
the road up to the smithy, deliberately place himself in the
shoeing-shed, standing there patiently till the blacksmith,
surprised at seeing Charlie arrive alone, examined him, and
found he had lost a forefoot shoe, in consequence of which
he was quite lame. The shoe being replaced, Charlie was
sent back to his pasture, where he has since remained quietly.
—Edinburgh Advertiser.
Dr. J. P. Johnson, of Monskfield, one of the ma-
gistrates for Montgomeryshire, has by his indefatigable per-
severance obtained a clue to a regularly organised gang of
horse, sheep, and cattle stealers, who had for a length of
time carried on their depredations without detection to a
most extraordinary extent, having a general rendezvous in
the Long Mountain. On Friday last a part of the gang
were fully committed for trial to Worcester Gaol on dis-
tinct charges of horse and sheep stealing having been pre-
ferred against Humphrey Spicer, John Spicer, John Spicer
the younger, Richard Parry, and John Davis, alias Tanner.
As one of the gang has turned approver, the other members
are expected to be soon in custody.—Salop iast Journal.
A blooming, fresh•coloured, plump, young damsel,
19 years of age, but low in stature, dressed in a blue jacket,
drab trowsers, valentia waistcoat, a green checked stock,
white stockings, a dark green cap, with a pair of small
feet enveloped in satinet slippers, the black hair of her
head nicely braided and pinned up, as were also the ringlets
on each side of her head, was brought up for assaulting
Martha Squires, at Holloway's show, and tearing her bonnet
off her head. It appeared, the young lady, who was inclined
for a lark, or a bit of fun as she called it, had dressed
herself in her brother's clothes, and was paying her ad-
dresses to Miss Squires, who not fancying the itfportuni-
ties of Master —., turned round upon him and smacked
his face, upon which the gallant's ire was raised to that pitch
which he could not brook, and, ungentlentan-like, retaliated
most furiously on the bonnet of Miss S., which he speedily
demolished, and for which ntis-fortunate affair he was hurried
to the Police-office, by one of those " peace officers" who are
ever on the alert for either naughty boys or girls. On ex-
pressing deep contrition for what she had done, she was dis-
charged, on the payment of 25.,-..Vatinghnin Review.

(FROM MR. WAGHORN.)
ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 18.—On the 3d instant IMehemets
Ali returned from Candia. The waters of the /itle pro-
mise well this year ; that river is now at a fair height, on
which wholly dedends the plenteousness of next year's crop.
I may here mention two of the most remarkable traits
in the character of Mahomet Ali, which happened at Can-
dia a few days ago, and again in Egypt. A Turkish woman
of that place bad turned Christian some time since, and
lately had some property left her, and she accordingly ap-
plied to the Mekkami, or Turkish Ecclesiastical Court, for
the possession of it. That court awarded that, ae she had
turned Christian, she had forfeited her right to it. The
woman petitioned Mahomet Ali, who immediately ordered
her the property, saying be knew of no difference with re-
spect to religion.
Again, on Mahomet Ali's arrival at Alexandria, he made
known to all the women of his harem that they were free,
except those by whom he had bad children, rind thus are
1,50 females, before sequestered in the Alexandrian hmern,
restored to Egypt. Is not this man worthy the appala-
tion of the regenerator of Egypt ?
The coal depot Ariadne for her Majesty's steamers has
been moored under the walls of the palace ; and her Ma-
jesty's ship Portland sailed from here to Malta on the 15th
instant, with the stores and fifty men belonging to her Ma-
jesty's ship Russell, who brought the Ariadne to Alexandria.
There has been a great deal of good feeling shown between
Mahomet Ali and Captain Price, of the Portland ; in fact,
his Highness is most delighted when any of her Majesty's
ships visit this port.
The eldest daughter of Mahomet Ali left for Syria, con-
veyed by three frigates, a short time since, where she lands
for the benefit of the baths near Tiberias. The peasantry
(fellahs) of Egypt have just had made known to them that
his Highness leaves them free, in the forthcoming year, to
grow whatever they please, whether grain, cotton, or any-
thing else. _ _ _

A sloop of 2.2 guns was launched a fortnight ago, and on
the 12th instant a steam-vessel also was launched ; for which
vessel two engines had previously arrived, through Messrs.
Joyce, Thurburn, and Co., of Alexandria ; the engines
were made at Bristol.

Besson Bly (a Frenchman),.Viee-Admiral of the Egyptian
fleet, died on the 12th 'instant, much respected.
44' -,4111/kf
Part of the Pacha's fleet are cruising off Alexandria, con-
sisting of five line-of-battle ships, besides frigates, brigs, &c.,
solely for progressing in discipline and manoeuvres.
The United States frigate Constitution, having on board
General Cass and family (American Minister to Paris),
arrived here on the 13th instant. His visit is purely on
pleasure, added to recruiting the health of himself and fa-
mily. He has proceeded on io Cairo, leaving the frigate
at anchor here.

Two thousand tons of coals are expected at this port for
the use of the steam-vessels in the Red Sea. These will
be sent by water to Cairo, and afterwards transported on
the backs of camels in sacks over the desert to Suez.
These coals are expected to cost nearly 41. a ton, when on
'ward the steamers at that place, from the minas in Eng-
-1"d. When her Majesty's Government and the East
India Company send an iron steam-boat tug to tow the
coals to Cai.7o, they will be placed at Suez for 3/. a ton,
and it is suppo.:cd even at a less price by and bye. Coals
have hitherto cos! the East India Company double that
price at Suez when ~geet via the Cape to Bombay, landed
there, and then reshipp;el for Suez.
There is not any plagt:e in Egypt at present, nor has
there been any, except one so;:tary casa in the lazaretto, for
the last two months. The icrench steamers have not
ceased running from the Ist of May .last between Frans e -nd
Egypt without a single irregularity, and have always ar•
rived at Alexandria on the Gth, 16th, and 26th, leaving it
again on the Bth, 18th, and 28th.
Egypt has never been more healthy than it is nlw since
1834. I can speak positively to this important fact.

The Duke of Treviso has ordered a costly barge to
be built at. Cowes, for aquatic excursions on the Seine. It
is to be sent to the seat. of the gallant Duke, near Paris.
A French brig, Le Landau., was wrecked during
a fog, off St. Just, near the Land's End, on Saturday
night, and by a miracle the crew and passengers, seventeen
in number, were saved. We have much sorrow in announ-
cing that the country people and miners hastened to the
coast, stealing whatever part of the cargo came to shore
from the vessel, which went completely to pieces. Several
casks of wine and brandy were obliged to be broached and
ttaa contents lost, in order to prevent the people from drink-
ing them.—Cornwall Royal Gazette.
On Saturday evening a most alarming fire broke out
in the farm-yard of Mr. Crump, at Child's Wickham, near
Evesham, which destroyed all the valuable stock, consisting
of twenty-one wheat-ricks and nearly as many hay-ricks, all
the barns, stables, sheds, the dwelling-house, stock of
beer, cider, cheese, poultry, &c. The flames then com-
municated to the farm of Mr. Smith, the son-in-law of the
above-named gentleman, the whole of whose stock and farm-
ing meterials were speedily in a blaze, and were, with part
of his house, consumed. The engine from Evesham being of
a small size, ufforded very little assistance in stopping the
progress of the tiesnes, which for a time threatened the
whole village. There 1.; not the smallest doubt of this be-
ingpersons
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the diabolical act of some incendialY, and three
have been taken into custody of: the charge,.or
further n, afterx
being examined, were committed to prisoo
mination.—Cheltenhanz Gazette.
On Wednesday a painful act of self-rt urder was:
committed by a servant of Hr. Hunt, of Athering!on. Mr.
Hunt sent a man, named Baker, to Barnstaple e'ir for
the purpose of selling a horse. Two men came up to &IT.
and asked him what he wanted for the horse. .He said his
master had desired him not to take less than 22/. One of
the men offered him another horse in exchange, which his
confederate offered to buy at the sum Baker wanted for -his:
horse. The bait unfortunately took, and of course the
swindler would not keep his promise. The poor man re-
turned home with the horse, which was not worth more
than 41., and, being stung with his folly in being taken in
by the sharpers, he went into an outhouse and hanged him-
self.—? North Devon Journal.
Within the last few clays an ingenious experiment
has been resorted to by the " smashers" for the purpose of
passing counterfeit coin. A person who is usually dressed
respectably purchases a few apples of some of the vendors in
the streets, and tenders in payment what appears to be a
sovereign, at the same time asking for the change in copper.,
The vendor is thus induced to think that the " gentleman"
has given a sovereign in mistake for a shilling, and useally
stows it away without any minute examination, in case the
mistake should be discovered. The purchaser receives 10d.
or I Id. in change and walks away, whilst the seller shifts his
quarters forthwith, lest the former should return. On pro-
' ceeding to examine the " sovereign" more seriously he is soon
convinced that he himself has been duped, the coin being a
counterfeit, of the intrinsic value of a farthing. The same
trick has been tried with great success on the sixpenny-faro
omnibus cads, and in no instance have these honest func-
tionaries detected the imposition till too late. The time
chosen is generally the evening, and to complete the decep-
tion the trickster frequently pretends to be " groggy," as more
likely in this condition to confound one coin with another.
FIRE ON BOARD A STEAMER.-31011day after-
noon, at two o'clock, on the arrival of the new and large
steam-ship Sirius, off Alderman's Stairs, from Cork, with
passengers, goods, and cattle, a fire was discovered in ode
of the coal bunkers on the larboard side of the vessel, near
the furnaces, which had extended so far among the coals
that the engineers and stokers were unable to subdue it
by ordinary means, and as soon as the passengers were
landed orders were given to tear up the decks ; and seve-
ral holes having been cutivith the carpenter's adzes, a
dense volume of smoke ascended, which caused very great
alarm among the crews of the various ships and steamers
in the tier, and immediate preparations were made for haul-
ing away, and expresses were sent off to the floating en-
gines of the London fire brigade establishment moored off
the Thames police office, between Rotherhithe and Wap-
ping, and at Southwark Bridge. In the meantime the cap-
tain, officers, and crew of the Si/ha adopted active mea-
sures for its suppression. Their own fire engine on board
was set to work, and the hose was carried over several ves-
sels in the tier from the Express and Scotia steam-ships, be-
longing also to the St. George's Company, and by the united
power of the three engines, large quantities of water were
discharged into the Sirius, and with complete effect,
.for in less than half an hour the fire was got under,
and all further danger was at an end. The floating en-
gines, with a numerous body of firemen, watermen, and
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Monday afternoon it was reported in the city that the
Sirius had been destroyed by fire, and for some time after-
wards the subject was the only topic of conversation. Half
an hour before that time the captain and the officers were
at dinner in the cabin, and the crew were engaged in dis-
charging the pigs and cargo, as if nothing uncommon had
happened. The Sirius had only made four passages, and
is a very large and splendid steam-ship, with engines of great
power.

SWITZERLAND.

The session of the Federal Diet for 1837 was closed on
the 28th ult. by a short address from the President, M.
Amrhyn.

M. Hegetschweller, the Deputy for Zurich, thanked M.
Amrhyn for the able and impartial manner in which he had
directed the labours of the Federal Assembly.
The Government of Baden had forbidden Prince Louis
Bonaparte to enter the city of Constance. " This petty
vexation," observes the Helvetic', "suggested, no doubt, by
tbe'French Government, is the forerunner of the persecu-
tions the Holy Alliance keep in store for our fellow-citizen."
M. Rheinhardt, the son of the Peer of France, one of the
most devoted partisans of the dynasty of Orleans, has been
appointed first Secretary of the French Embassy in Switzer-
land, in the place of M. de Belleval.
A society has been founded in the canton of Zurich, the
object of which is to protect its members against the usuri-
ous exactions of the Jews. Each member pledges himself,
under the penalty of a heavy fine, to enter into no sort of
money transactions with individuals of that communion.
The Grand Council of Basle City, which opened on
the 2d instant, decreed on that day the establishment of a
matrimonial tribunal. An article of the law provides, that
out of the ten judges who are to compose the Court, two
must be chosen from amongst the members of the clergy.

A few days ago, a farmer at Craigherbs, near Mill
of Boyndie, sent to a gentleman in Banff a small stone
on which some engraving appeared ; this, on being exa-
mined, was found to be the seal of the celebrated James
Sharpe, Archbishop of St. Andrew's. The stone is a
small oval piece of fine clay-slate ; and, on taking off an
impression in wax, the arms appeared most beautifully en-
graved, namely, the Cross of St. Andrew, as described in
" Nisbett's Heraldry," with the paternal arms of Sharpe
on a small shield below. Around is the legend, " Jacobus
Episcopus St. Andrie." The arms—three crosslets—are
perfectly distinct, and the shield is surmounted by the
Bishop's mitre. The whole is in good preservation, and,
considering the nature of the material, it has been a piece
of most beautiful workmanship. The stone was turned up
with the plough, in a field in which several arrow-heads of
flint are frequently found, one of which is the most com-
plete of the kind that we have ever seen. It has been
sent, along with the seal, to be deposited in the museum of
the Banff Institution. It is well known that Archbishop
Sharpe was a native of Banff. His father was Sheriff-
Clerk of the county, and the lands of Ordens, not far
from the place where the seal was found, were at one time
the Bishop's property.—Aberdeen Herald.
Our attention has been called to a vessel now lying
in the West India Export Dock. She is a suspicious-
looking craft schooner rigged, and it is the opinion of nauti-
cal men that she is fitting out as a slaver. Surely nothing
so infamous can be permitted in an English port, more par-
ticularly in the port of London, and under the immediate
observation of the Government.—Mornini Paper.
On Friday, as the carriage of Colonel Wood, M.P.,
drawn by four horses, was coming up Eign-street, in this
city, the postilion, to avoid a wheelbarrow on the near side,
puiled the horses on the opposite side of the street, by
which the carriage came in contact with a farmer's waggon
laden with coal, and fcom the violence of the concussion the
lady's maid was thrown from the box, the pole of the car-
riage was broken, anal considerable damage done to the
wheels and harness. The lady's maid was quite insensible
when taken up, and was carried into a house in Eign-street,
where medical aid being quickly summoned, it was soon
found that, though much bruised, she had escaped serious
injury.—lleretbrd Times.
The first trial of the newly-constructed mail for car-
;Tin.. dispatches was made at Paris on Saturday. Not-
withstanding' several unexpected delays, the mail reached
Bourdeaux in six hours less than the usual time, accom-
plir,hing the distance in 281 hours.
COURSING.—The season anticipated by the nume-
rous admirers of this favourite sport is now at hand, and
the leading clubs in the immediate neighbourhood are Ne-
pali:lg to take the field, with great expectations of a brilliant
campaign. Through the permission of the Duke of Rut-
land, the South Lancashire Club will meet on the 25th and
26th. at Haddon-field, in the vicinity of Bakewell, It is a
noble open ptsture field of fifty acres. The hares are in
the greatest abundance. On the Wednesday in the follow-
ing week the Manchester Club throw off on the domain of
the noble patron of this Club, the Duke of Devonshire, at
'Chatsworth, and much diversion is anticipated. The various
kennels are in high training, and spoken of by their several
parties as sure to carry off more or less of the various cups
and sweepstakes to be ran out. Mr. Lynn's cup, for 1.6
greyhounds, at 20 save, a-piece, will not, we believe, be run
for until the month of February, at Hawker, near Liverpool.
—Manchester Guardian.
A couple of swindlers have arrived in this neigh-
bourhood, and are doing business genteely. The appear-
ance and manners of one of them in particular are such as
to do credit to the profession, and to lull every suspicion of
his respectability. Relying on these, he calls at those
houses where customers dont give, but get gold and silver—
where money is lent, not spent—and displays aam dl sample
of the goods he travels in—jewellery, just such, and so
much as a gentleman in distress might have to part with
for a short time. A name and address are given correspond-
ing to the appearance, and a pound or two thus readily ob-
tained. The day of redemption, it is needless to say, is
a remote one. Should any suspicion or accident lead to an
examination of pledges, and the parties, finding them
worthless, take them to the travellers, they laugh at them.
This has actually been the case; great numbers here and
elsewhere have been laid under contributions. Pawnbro-
kers, who have not already had the pleasure of a visit from
these gentlemen, should be on their guard.—Devonpol t
Paper.

-A
serious disturbance took place a few days aqo
at
Villeneuve St. George, in consequence of the refusal of
the Curate of the parish to perform the funeral service over
the body of a lady who had been married before the civil
magistrate, but whose nuptials had not received the bene-
diction of the Church. A conflict ensued at the door of
the Church, which the Curate refused to open, and in which
he was slightly wounded. The enraged inhahitants, con-
ceiving that he was acting under the dir-ctions of the vicar,
went to the Mayor, and declared that unless he was imme-
diately dischameil they would turn him out of the town by
main force. The Mayor having declared that be had nei-
ther power nor inclination to comply with their wishes, the
populace became so violent that it became necessary to call
in the authorities of Corbeil, the chief town of the arron-
dissement, by whose temperate firmness order was restored.
Au extraordinary circumstance occurred a few days
a4,.0 at Maekery-end, near Wheathamstead, the residence
of the 'Misses Sibley. Some woikmen were repairing the
roof of the house, which is an old-fashioned mansion, when
on taking down the turret one or two of them were stung
isy bees, and it was eventually discovered that the place must
have been for years used as a depository by these valuable
and industrious insects. The bees were destroyed, and up-
wards of a hundred weight of pure honey was taken from
the place, besides an immense quantity of wax.—Hertford
Paper.
There are said to be upwards of 8,000 (leaf and
dumb persons in England; while the institutions for the
especial care and education of persons labouring under this
calamity are not capable of receiving above 600.
In Lancaster the Reformers have gained on the
revision 103 rotes—a broad hint to Mr. Marton, the Tory
Representative, that he must succumb to the late Member,
Mr. Stewart, at the next election, inasmuch as the latter
gentleman was only beaten in August by a majority of 74.
--Leeds Mercury.
On Saturday evening, about six o'clock, Mr. John
E. Girwood, one of the clerks in the office of Messrs. Nind
and Cotterill, solicitors of Throgmorton-street, was sitting
in the office, talking with another person employed in the
same establishment, when he suddenly started from his
seat, exclaimed, " Oh, my back," and fell to the ground.
Mr. Jordan, the person who was with him at the time, im-
mediately picked him up, and placed him on a chair, when
his temples and chest were bathed with vinegar and am-
monia. A surgeon was sent for, who arrived in a few mi-
autes, and attempted to bleed the deceased, but ineffectu-
ally, as life was quite extinct. The deceased, who was a
just
returned man, was in the 48th year of his age, and had
returned from dining with his family, and was in the act of
eating an apple, when he was suddenly seized with the fit
which terminated his existence. The deceased, it appears,
bad been previously attacked with paralysis. An inquest
was held on the body on Monday afternoon at the Auction
Mart Coffee House, Throgmorton-street, before Mr.
Payne and a respectable jury, when, after hearing evidence
in accordance with the above facts, a verdict of " Died by
the visitation of God," was returned.
It appears that smoking is to be allowed at the frd
at Seaford, one of the Boston Tory lawyers having given
his " opinion," without fee, that the concern will " end in
smoke." There has already been abundance of fume.'—
Lincoln Gazelle.

BERLIN, OCT. s.—From the Ith to the 3th, there
was in Berlin ten new cases of cholera, of which six have
proved fatal : six other persons attacked at an earlier pe-
riod have Also died, so that the whole' nuitibor of deaths is
ttrelve.

Lssux.--On Wednesday, i Count- Meeting wa,s;
held at the Shire Hall, Chelm,,ford, convened by Jonathan
Bullock, Esq., the High Sheriff, in complianee wth the
very respectably signed requisition which appeared in our
last publication, for the purpose of considering an Address
of Congratulation to her Majesty on her accession to the
Throne, and an Address of Condolence to the Queen Do-.
wager. The meeting, which was held in the Nisi Prius
Court, was very respectably attended, the High Sheriff who
presided being support on his right by Lord Rayleigh, and
on his left by Lord Western,