The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-06 00:00:00

PENSIONS.

Mr. BERNAL brought up the Report of the Committee
on the Pensions Bill.

Mr. O'CONNEL L gave notice that on the third reading
he should bring up.a clause to restrain, during the Fre time of
the Marquis of Westmeath, the payment of the pension to the
Marchioness.

ROYAL ASSENT.
Mr. Pulman, Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at
the table, and summoned the House of Commons to the
House of Loids to hear the Royal Assent given by Commis-
sion to several Bills.
The SPEAKER, accompanied by most of the Members pre-
sent, thou, left the House.
The SPEAKER, on his return, announced that- several
Bills bad received the Royal Assent.
Lord MORPETII appeared at the Bar with the Report of the
Se:ect Committee appointed to draw up reasons for disagree-
in, to the Lords' Amendments to the Irish Municipal Corpo-
ration Bill.
The following Members then left the House to demand a
Conference with the Lords :—Lord Morpeth, Mr. R. Steuart,
Mr. Thornely, and others.
The Slave Trade Treaties Bill was read a second time.
DUCHY OF CORNWALL (TIN ,DUTIES) BILL.
On the Order of the Day for the Report on this Bill,
Me. HUME objected to the Bill, which he characterised
as most extraordinary. A resolution had been secretly intro.
duced at midnight to take 22.0001. from .the Consolidated
Fund, to put into the pockets of the persons who held the in-
come of the Duchy of Cornwall, and to relieve the owners of
tin mines of the duty they had hitherto paid.. He ( Mr. H.)
did not object to her Majesty making an abatement of this
duty.
Lord AIORPETEI here appeared at the- IN:r, and reported
that their Lordships had agreed to the Conference which was
appointed to take place in Committee Room No. 5.
On the return of the Conference,
Lori M OR PETH•sta'ed that the Conference, on the part
of the Lords, was managed by the Earl of Shaftesbury, that
he had, on behalf of the Commons, left the Bill, and the rea•
sons far dissenting to certain amendments of their Lordships,
with their Lordships.
Mr. HUME then resumed—He was very glad that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer was now in his place, because
he would now repeat what he had said before, that the pre-
sent Bill was one of the most disgraceful proceedings that had
ever taken piece in that House. Early in the Session he had
taken an objection to the Duchies of ..":ortiwell and Lancaster
Icing attached to the Civil List. The Right Honourable
Gentleman had said he would bring in a Bill to regulate
them ; he had never done so, and it was not till after
twelve o'clock last night when resolutions were gone into with
respect to the tin duties. The revenues of the Duchies of
Co:nwall and Lancaster from June, 1837, to June, 1838, were
28,466/.
• the expenses 11,000/., being an expense of tip-
wir. (18 of 30 per cent. towards the collection of the
revet:ue. Of those revcicea 19,6791. was what was
called the tin duties, which were fifteen shillings a ton.
be ab9l
It then provided that the duties on the coinage of tin should
'slaol, and in lieu of these duties now payable by ihe
proprieters to her Majesty as Duke of Cornwall —( A laugh)
—that the amount of these duties, 19,6791., should be clisrged
upon the Consolidated Fund But that was not all ; the
Commissioners of her ;Majesty's Treasury were authorized to
ply the offi,ers for any loss sustained by the abohtion of these
duties. The salaries arid aneu:ties amounted to 5,300/. •for
the last half yeer. Why, the Act WM as black as the mid-
liner it tehich it curs brought in.—(Hear, hear, and
laughter.) He never klicie of a%;,* Sc, a'r'cs
in the annals of the proceedings of that House.—(llcar. )
if the Chancellor of the' Exchequer had not broken his word
to the House, and to him, was there any man living who would
not have moved for a Committee to inquire into the circum-
stances This was an attempt to intet fere with the public
monies nithout the notice, and he should move that the
report be read this day three month:.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that
however he might be induced by the conduct and the example
of the Elon. Gentleman to indulge in language as strong as
that which he had felt himself justifisd in using, he knew too
well the respect which he owed to the House and to the usages
and feelings of gentlemanly
society to pursue the course the Hon.
Gentleman had, which only proved that which had been long
known, !lamely that there was an entire want of sensibility on
the pa! t of the ilon. Member, with respect to lane uage to be em-
plc)) ed or attacks to be made. Even if he were to
condescend to follow his example he doUbted whether
he should produce any salutary effect. —( Hear.) He
would, therefore, simply confine himself to a true statement
of the facts of the case, and he was willing to constitute Hon.
Members his jury. If they acquitted the lion. Member and
condemned him, that acquital 'would only arise from their
Icing
_able to . trace to the Honourable Member such an
absence of all memory and recollection as would protect him
from the imputation of falsehood, but would leave him open to
the imputation of the most unparalleled and inexcusable igno-
Hear, hear.) He wished to call the attention,of the
rilanacsee.
principle on which this Resolution was founded.
The immure was neither unjust to the public, nor one
which the House had any right to complain of.—( Hear.)
A few months ago, a public meeting had been held in Cornwall,
from which a petition hal been sent to that House, complain-
ing of the grievance of the present tin duties in Cornwall, and
pray ing th might be abolished and compensation granted to the
Crown for the net amount they produced. The Bill had been
introduced in conformity with the prayer of that petition, On
To( the
the first discussion with regard to the Civil List, this proposi-
tion bad been mentioned and the Government had secured great
adva; tsge to the public by reducing the duties en tin, which were
now prohibitory. Was it just, therefore, to represent the Govern-
ment as having on this occasion taken the House by surprise, ill
bringing forward a plan which had been so long ago promised?
He should like to ask the Hon. Gentleman whether he con-
ceived the consumer had no interest in the matter, or fiat the
public dill not consider these duties as a weight upon them ?
The Hon. Memberhad stated that he (the Chancellor of the
Exchequer) had said he was ready to lay the particulars of
the revenues of these Duchies before the House. Now, what
was it he really did state ? Why, be had said that
with respect to the revenues received since the accession of
her present Majesty, he would give a most accurate statement
of the receipts and disbursements of the-Duchies; but that
he would not, and could not, consistently with his duty, give
them before that period, because they were then the private
property of his late Majesty. He would refer to al who
had
better memories than the Honourable Member, whether
what he had stated was not correct. The present account
contained the full particulars of all the revenues that had been
received from the Duchies since the commencement of her
n. present Majesty's reign.- He would put, it to the House whe-
ther, it was right, under such circumstances, the Hon • • Member
should charge him in the manner
he had done. The
Hon. Member had dealt with the case as if it was the first
of compensation that had taken place, whereas the' very prin.
ciple had been acted upon repeatedly by Parliament.
The }W. Gentleman insinuated that her Majesty's Govern-
ment wore taking away the property of one class of the com-
munity to meet the defalcation of another, which could be
termed nothing but robbery. He denied the accuracy of that
as well as every other statement of the lion. Gentleman. Did
he forget that a Bill had passed for the improvement of the
administration of justice in Cornwall, one half of the ex.

penses of which were to be defrayed out of the revenues of the
Crown ? The salaries of the persons connect ait h the tin duties
did not amount to more than 3,0001. a year, instead of
12,000/ ,as asserted by the Hun. Member. Did the Hon-
Gentlemal think that a public officer should be held up to
public odium, so far as his small powers went, for having
complied with the prayer of a large and influential community?
It so, he was much mistaken, and he trusted the House
would give him en dit for having discharged his duty in the
most strai2htforward manner.—( Hear.)
Sir C. LEMON thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer
had defended himself perfectly from the attack of the Hon.
Member for Kilkenny. The Cornish Members wished for no
concealment, and Lad made none.

Lord ELIOT begged to corroborate, as far as his know-
ledge went, the statement made by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer. The Noble Lord concluded, by expressing his re-
gret at the necessarily tardy introduction of th:s measure.
Sir H. VIVIAN was sorry that .the Hon. Member should
have applied the term " disgraceful" to this Bill, which he
( Sir H. Vivian) considered was most just and proper. The
amount of the pfesent duty on tin was not so much the griev-
ance complained of as the vexatious and incontenient proceed-
ings which were connected with it.
Lord G. SOMERSET said that although it was his inten-
tion to support the resolution in the present stage, he should
be sorry to do so on the principle set fcrth by the Rieht lion.
Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He would
not follow the Right Honourable Gentleman who had
spoken last, because it v:as his intention in a future stage to
propose the reduction of the duty. He would support the re-
solution because he felt convinced that it would never be adopted
in any other reign,. If he had been the responsible adviser
of -the Crown, he would have given his assent to the propo-
sition. He thought it wrong, to take from the Crown and
place on the Consolidated Fund the hereditary revenues of the
country.
Mr. POULETT THOMSON entirely agreed with the
Nob!e Lord that they were justified in making the transfer,
solely because they had no hope of reducing the duties on tin
without resorting to some arrangement of that sort.
Mr. HUSIE begged to deny the accuracy of the statement
made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He would take
the sense of the House upon the question.
Strangers were then ordeiel to withdraw, but ran division
took place,' Mr. flume having withdrawn his amendment.
The Report on the Pensions Bill was received.
The Report on Ways and Means was received.
A short discussion took place relative to the Lords' amend-
ments to the Hackney Carriages Metropolis Bill, which Al-
derman Sir M. Wood was anxious to bring on.
The Bill was subsequently postponed till Monday.
Lord SAN DON called the attention of the House to the
claims of certain merchants and tradesmen of Liverp-ml on the
Post-office, in respect of work done for that establishment.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would
consent to the production of the papers moved for. At the
same time he begged to state that the representations of the
Noble Lord were not entirely accurate.
During the speeches both of Lord Sandon and the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, there were but tight Members present;
two on the Opposition and six on the Ministerial benches.
After a few words from Lord SANDON, the motion was
agreed to, and the House then adjourned.

The ,Bishop of London was on Thursday night
enabled to resume his duties in the House of Lords. The Right Rev.
Prelate appeared to be remarkably well, and not to have the least re.
mains of indisposition in consequence of his late accident.

POTATOES AND TURNlPS.—Between the Nith
and the Dee there is a constant alternation of healthy and diseased po-
tatoes. In some fields there is a striking want of plants, while in others
where there is an appearance of, or rather an apology for, vegetation,
the stems are so spindly and sickly looking, that the return at root can.
not be great. After all that has been said and written on the subject of
taint its cause and cure are involved in as much mystery as ever. That
mischief had been occasioned by a series of open winters was at one time
a very general opinion, but this theory we ourselves upset, by proclaim-
ing, on the authority of Mr. Jardine of Miramichi, that matters up to
last year were the same in Nova Scotia, where snow covers the earth,
and frost imprisons the streams, four months out of the twelve, and
where the people can predicate, within a day or two, when the great
rivers will open and shut. Of potatoe vegetation abroad this year we
have no accounts; but is it not strange, that the scourge which has
sited Scotland, should have entirely excluded England, and we believe
also Ireland, from its range? Dr. Singer, of Kirkpatrick-Juxta recom-
mends planting the potatoe whole, and there can be'no doubt that this
precaution frequently does good. But it is not a specific against disease,
and we could ourselves enumerate a multitude of cases in which entire
tubers not only failed, but were slower in vegetating than such sets as
resisted the attacks of vermin, while others yielded, simply from predis-
position to taint. Last year the potatoe crop was planted very early, and
throve so well that cultivators, from thinking the evil at an end, re.
vetted too generally to the olden system. This is to be regretted, and,
in the present imperfect state of our knowledge, the best advice we can
give the public is to plant in the end of March or beginning of April
rather than the beginning or middle of May. But bad as the potatoes
confessedly are, the farmers complain more of the turnips._ Both roots
require lots of solar heat; to this advantage they have been strangers as
yet, and hence the fear which has so generally arisen, that the season
for growth will be over before the bulbs attain a fractional part of their
usual size. Many thousand sheep wire bought at Inverness, and the
first Falkirk is not distant; but how they are to be fed in any thing
like the usual manner is a question easier asked than answered.—Dion.
fries courier.

CHARGE OF RAPE.—At the Cornwall Assizes a
painfully interesting case of this nature occupied neatly the whole of
Tuesday in investigation. The prisoner was a young ruiner, about. 2' I ,
lodging at the house of Pei ar. On the 1 Ith of April last, Pedlar and
his two daughters, Charlotte and Amelia, and the prisoner, walked to
Bodmin, to attend a methodist missionary meeting. They arrived at
Bodmin about three o'clrck, and took refreshment in food and liquor at
the Garland Ox public house, after which they attended the meeting,
Lily still keciang close to the object of his passion, Charlotte Pedlar.
After meeting they went to another public-house and refreshed them-
selves. They attenee ! the evening meeting, and again visited the Gar.
land Ox, after which they left between ten and eleven o'clock for With.
iel. Lily, who remained behind to light his pipe, overtook the family
party by the turnpike, and took the arm of Charlotte, when the fathr r
and Amelia walked on at a brisk pace, and were soon out of sight of
them. They psoceeded "arming," to Mulberry Downs, and there, about
three miles from Bodmin, the off,-nce complained of took place. Lily
seated himself, and complained of being tired. He that pulled the
young girl into his lap, and, amid struggles and faintings, effected his
base purpose. The chief evidence in this case was, ofcourse, the un-
happy sutTerer. We never witnessed a more distressing examina! ion
than that of this unfortunate young girl. She was about 16 years old,
and hAited in the plain dress of the strictest sect of methodism, It
was with extreme difficulty any intelligible utterance could be obtained
from her; and her evidence 'was suspended by several fainting fits —in
one of which she was removed out of court for nearly three quarters of
an hour. She was afterwards unct. r medical attendance far the re-
mainder of her examination. Some important facts, in defence of the
praioncr, were e:icited on cross-examination. She admitted that Lily
had been " kind" to her before, and that he had joked her about mar-
rine; that he proposed marriage both before and after the unhappy
circumstance; that he had shared his meals with her, and had d. posited
his earnings in her charge. It was urged, in criminal:ion of the prisoner,
as if ;villein a planned attack on the virtue of the girl, that ha paid fu:
ad she took at the inns. Mr. Moody, in addres.ing the jury for the pri.
soner, said that this was far f:o:n a eases f the capital character alleged,
but was merely one &it'll:me too freqaeat easee, in which the al.nost ba-
trothed female too soon permits " the List lit.erty." The Jury returaea
a verdict of " Nut guilty."— Western Times.

EMPERANCE AND Cit E.—ln a charge to the
Grand Jui y at the Carmarthen Ass zes last reported in the
Shreulbury Chronicle, Sir John Gurney observed there were two pri_
sJoers had comm 7 ;tea on the Cooner's warrant for man-
slaughter. It app,ared horn the depositions that death had L.7.i); c-n d
in both cases suddenly, aLd ,under circumstances which showed t,n ab-
sence of malice. Those, and almost other cases yf manslaughter,
arose frcm cxressive drinking; and in the course of his txpericnee in
criminal judicature, he.was contiraled in the opinion that nearly every
crime was cit.: or or:gi,,ally or immediately attributable to the prevalent
vice of dronkenwss—the sul:pre:,sion of which would lead to a consider
able diminution of crime.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—It is our painful duty to
r:cord n event of a most appalling nature, which occurrA at Flint, on
Friday Lst, whereby one individual was cl..piived of her life. It ap
p ars that a party, consisting of Mr. sod Mrs. Doinville and young
d ught2r, arch:to tof Liverpool, with Mrs. I).' rn,,thet, were r e!urning
is a gig, and .10st giving the horse meal and wet. r at the Raven
Tz.vern, in Flint the ostler, with the blameable practice which is too
commonly used, took off the bridle; when he horse, imoicdiately finding
himself at liberty, ran violently up the str:er, and in 'oak ng a turn, one
of the shafts broke, and the t no females aml child were thrown with
great force on the road, Mr. I). having previously al ghtcd. The con.
sequence of this sad disaster is, that Mrs. D 's mother, whose skull was
dreadfury fractured, died on Sunday last, and Mrs. D with her child
now lie dangerously ill.—Manchester Guardian.

, -
About ten o'clock Thursdly night, the body of a tra
name unknown, was discove•44 d by two w Mermen, near Waterloo
Bridge, drifting vp with the tide; it app2ared to have been in the watcr for
about a fortnigM. The de: eased is described as having been a short,
thick-set man, dressed in caneat trows:rs, and check shirt, with shot
sleeves, without any coat or jacket, and wearing shoes laced up in
front. The body was taken to St. Martin's Workhouse, to await a
Coroner's Inquest. _

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A very singular circumstance took place at.lrwine
few days ago, and exhibited an instance of a providential escape. In a
house in fli,;11-street, a child, about 17 months of I, was standing beside
its mother on an elevated position at one of the windows in the third
story, when, in making an attempt to look over into the street, it fell to
the ground, from a height at !east 20 feet. The persons who ran to the
spot expected to find it a 'Vetoes corpse; but, strange to relate, after a
few seconds, he recovered so far from the shock, that weeping, and signs
of a hurt on the one side, were all the injuries su,tained, and the little
sufferer is now in tolerably good health —Scotsman.
A letter from Naples, of the I 7th ult., quoted by
the Franconian Mercury, mentions an accident which might have
brought on a premature accouchement of the Queen, but which, for
tunately, has not been attended with any unpleasant consequences. I;
appears that, a few days previously, the King, who, in his habit of dritinga
phaeton himself, was taking an airing with the Queen, on the road from
Capo di Monte, when suddenly the horses became unmanageable, and
the King jumped out for the purpose of stopping the
ened the Queen that she fainted away, and was forced h
to be
so
etak 1 ..I.l"gbahetk
to Capo di Monte. Here her Majesty was bled, and a premature birth
was momentarily expected. Orders were immediately give.: to the forts
and batteries to be in readiness to fire re usual salutes, and the staff
officers were summoned to repair to Capo di Monte. The Queen, how-
ever, recovered from her alarm, and a few days afterwards ' was well
enough to assist at the fete of the Madonna del C:lmine' .
LIE CORN CROPS.--An extensive inquiry in the
Principality of NVales, and around this county, enables us to state that
on good land, well cultivated, and in good aspects, wheat is a fair crop;
barley a good crop everywhere upon " barley-!and." on the sea-coasts
of Aberystwith, Aberdovy, Towyn, Barmouth, Carnarvon, &c , the grain
is rapidly ripening; but down the Wand values from the sea, th 2 harvest
will be very late: in some parts, the grain will not to ripened this year :
among the hills, wheat and barley are not yet in " the ear." In Shrop-
shire the wheat looks well, and perhaps will measure better It the
barn floor than in any other county, but it will k 2 a greatly dzficint
crop. Among the low lands, such as 1..140010, &c., the wheat-grub
is destroying the crops; this will be found to prevail in many places ;
the plants look healthy, but on examination, disease wia be found by the
farmer, which will lessen his produce. - A general opinion is that the
ports will be opened for foreign corn. The best information we can
gather from corn merchants and others appears in another co'umn.—
Shrewsbury Chronicle.
One of those persons denominated Mutt rs, " hold-
ing forth" in the neighbourhood of Mailborough a f.nv days since, ob-
served that it was just as easy for a rich man to ente: the Kingdom of
Heaven, as it w as for a co v to climb up brio a great WO tree, and aye
in a rook's nest.

COWES.---ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT CLUB SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.

AUGUST 9..—Arrived the Char!ot:e B ig, 2(15 tons, Lieut Col. Hon.
B. F. Grevilie., from Portsmouth for quAxe; she grounded on the
I:ran-oles, heaving down in thick weather at II p.m. on the lit, but got
efiwithout reccir•ing any diiMalY,t.
SAILED, JULY 129, 5 e Kestril Cutter, Commodore Earl of
Yarborough, 00 a cruise to the Westward; fresh breeze, W.N.W.
30th, the Aurora Cutter, Sir James Copley, Bart., for Cork and the
Coast of Scotia:l,l ; fresh breeze, W. N. W.

YLCIAs AT AND ABOUT THE STATION

Schooners—Merlin, Nat riet, Royalist, Wandcrcr, t ri, Dolphin, and
Norua.

Cutters—Pearl, Vampire, Alarm, Lord Ef the Isles, Hebe, EmeraA
Elizabeth, Breeze, Turk, Psyche, Albatross, Naiad, Sapphire, Aurora,
Su:tan3, Union, Corsair, Tiner;se, Guilin, Ann, Blue Eked Maid, and
Medcra.

Commodore, the Eati of Yarborough, was in Yarmouth Roads on
the 2. lst ult.

Amongst the latest arrivals to this town, are Lord Corry and family, .0
AlbiGn House ; Lady Wilton, to White Rose Cottage; Lord Sandwich,
to /lo3cmount ; Lord Norreys to Beath Villa; Spencer de Hor-
sey, Esq., to Castle House; Col. Montague, to Cest:e Terrace; Mrs.
Clements, to ditto; S. Ricardo, Esq., to Claremont House; Capt. Inge.
to Rose Lodge; G. W. Walker, Esq., to Bellevue House; Lord A.
Fitzelarence to Oakhill House. Lord Chesterfield is repotted to have
taken Debourn Lodge.. The Marquis of Anglesey, W. Hanham, Esq.,
Lord A. Fitzclat epee, and numerous others have left for Goodwood races.
Mr. Kean is making a tour of the island.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA—Cowes, 1838.
On Monday, August 13th, Pilot Boats belonging to the Isle of
Wight and the county of Hants ; the first vessel winning 201., and the
second vessel 51.

On Tuesday, Aug. 14, the members will have their annual dinner at
the R.Y.S.. House.

On Wednesday, Aug. 15, yachts beonging to the squadron under 40
tons, for a cup value 501.

On Thurs,lay, Aug. 16, vessels belonging to the Isle of Wight and
county of Hants, not exceeding 20 tons measurement) 12/. to the
winning vessel, and 31. to the second.

Her Majesty's Cup, va'ue 100 guineas, to be sailed for on Friday the
i 7th Aug. by yachts of any size belonging to the squadron. Three mi-
nutes allowed for every 10 tons. Boat Racing the same day. Fireworks
in the evening.

On Monday, Aug. 20, square rigged yachts belonging to the squadron
for a Cur, of 501. ; and in the evening the Annual Royal Yacht S iva-
dron Ball.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(SATURDAY).

PA ats, Atm. 2.—The Industrie, Beranger, arrived at Havre, from
d f:oupe, reports—That on the 25th June, the day of her sailing, a
three masted vessel, struck on Martinique Quay, near the town of
Goyave, at half-past six in the morning; she had her mizen topmast
apparently fresh painted and well scrubbed, with head to the north, and
broadside to the wind, sails clewed up, and ensign awaft, and must have
suffered much ; the sea was high, and it had been squally during the
nig'st. The same day at noon, saw the General Foy, three-mastcd
vessel, to the leeward of Gualaloupe, bearing up for the windward
passage.

Lll ERPOOL—Arrived the Davina, rand; from Riga; Ludwig,
Wilhelm from ditto.

GRIMSBY, AUG. 2.—Arrivel the Caronna Willie!mina, from Revd;
Bier, Strey, from Memel; Juno, Buckland, from Wyburg,
CLYDE, AUG. I.—Mrived the lanes, He.iderson, from Oporto.
AT; Auo. I.—Arrived the l'rincess Victoria, from Quebec.

The Great Western steancr was spoken with 25th July, in lat. 49.
lon. 23. 15., at seven p.m , by the Narraganset, arrived at Liverpool.
The Thomas Leach, trim Monte Video, was got off last night with-
out injury, and docked.

The Rebecca, Stevens, from Sligo, put into Lemdorde:ry in distrm,
bound to London.

The Henriette, Domansky, bound to Jersey, has pat back to Dantic,
having pumped up part of her cargo, and must discharge.
The Frances Margaret, Foulseh, from Scotland, was assisted
Franc; after being on shore, and discharging, hound to Hamburg.

CIRCASSIAN MANNERS.—GeneraI Zass is one
of the wardens of the line of posts between the Caspian and the Black
Sea, and has earned an unenviable notoriety for the cruelty of his re-
prisals on the Circassian;. There was a young Circassian, named A hawk,
in that part of the country subject to Russia, whose bravery and intelli-
gence rendered him an object of suspicion to General Zass. It was be-
lieved that he took an active part in the enterprises directed against the
Russians; but there were no proofs of his treason, and General 'gas§
knew not how to get rid of so dangerous a friend. One day Ahmek
came to the General's quarters, and after many protestations of topic,'
and attachment to those whom he called his protectors, he asked if Zug,
would aid him in a dangerous enterprise lie was about to attempt. " I
wish," said be, " to marry old Bislenicff's daughter, but he sets too high
a price upon her; I cannot raise the purchase money, and he will not
abate a farthing. lam resolved to run away with her, and I hope you
will give use your assistance." The General resisted for some time.
but at length feigning assent, he asked, " \Vhcn do you wish to make the
attempt ?"—" To morrow."—" I could not do it to.morrow," said Zan;
" but as no one has seen you come into the house, stay until night, and
I wi I get a small troop ready; you must, however, keep the matter a.
profound secret, for I would not wish your countrymen to know that if
meddle with their affairs." Almek assented with gratitude. Za•-lei
under pretence of making arrapgements, sent oft' a Cossack to betray
the whole matter to Bislenieff: In the evening, Ahraek departed (tilt of
hope; when he approached the house, he desired the Cossacks to halt,
while he advanced to reconnoitre ; but he fell, as was designed, into the
ambush prepared for him by the father and relatives of his fair one, and,
of course, was ruthlessly massacred.—Russian expedition agenst
Circasaians.

A letter from Fribourg, in Switzerland, states that
few days since all the surrounding population repaired to Corbieres. to
witness the opening and proving of the strength of the new suspenska
bridge. At twelve o'clock the principal authorities and engineers be ngg,
present, a train 0(20 carts laden with gravel, was trade to cross Una
bridge, whiei bent but very slightly under the weight. The some train
of carts was again d •awn upon the bridge, and kept stationary, and to
this weight was added that of a great number of the spectators, when
instantly a loud crash was heard, and the bridge swung violently, in con-
sequence of the two cylinders, over which the chains passed, and which
rested on the two pyramids, on the Corbieres side of the river having
given way, and broken into a thousand pieces. The terror and consul-
nation were universal, but fortunately no person was ir.jurett ; and the
accident, which in no degree aff.-cts the question of the solidity of tine,
bridge, will require only a short time to be repaired.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM 1? AILWAY.—On
Thursday workmen were employed in cletring the whole of the wuode•t
pallisades and temporary workships which had enclosed the space front-
ing the grand entrance of the London and Birmingh:,m Railway at Eus-
ton-square. A number of workmen have commenced digging the boon-
eations for two immcnr., betels, fronting the entrance. These hotel*
will form a crescent, and each hotel will comprise 130 beds.

CROSBY-HALL WINE ESTABLiSHAiLINT,
35. Riihopsgate-strect-within.—CURRALL and SON beg to in-
vi .e public notice to their stock of Old Bottled aril Dmight
'click Crusted Ports are of superior quality and flavour, being:
shipped by houses of high reputation at Oporto, and bottled vcill'
sedulous attentiqn. Their Sherries also, with (very other descr.e••
ton of White Wines, are of equal charaner ; and in Waugh;
Wines the sarre attention has been paid to quality. Curran and
Son, being desirous to secure that patronage which articles of th°
first quality, at fair and remunerating profits, will maintain, rc"
,pectfully submit the annexed list of cash prices :--
PE It noz ena vox
Post, fr tI7 "-- Rota Tent

7 4
.„ trom the wood 28s to 3:llFtnta Tent
Di-to, three years in bottle... 36s Cape Wines l6s to r... 04
Di:to, o'der,riTh, and superior 42s Maldenf .:t" Ditto, vet y old, in wood and French and net:in Wines.
bottle
S':erry, exe'allent (linne: wine 2Ssll'ink ditto ditto
Superior Shmies 36s:Pink creaming Char.pagne .. 7.2‘
S! erry, very fine, pate, and !White ditto ditto
brown 42s to 46s Claret 6os to 63s
33S
Ditto, very delica! e, and ex. IDitto, in pints

tr...mely pale.
Ditto, old I rows, (rare quality) 52s Sauterne
Madeira
3Ss Hock
Madeira (by way (~f Calcu ta), 1 Wines per Callol4l.Bs (0
"a
fiat quality 63s to Gfis Port
Ditto, in lint. 33s Sherry l3s to 1: 6
Burellas (fine t quality)
Lisbon and Moon! :lin
Vidonia (utd)
Marsala
133; tlos, 3s. ver doz. n ; hampers, Is. per dozen.
LADIES' GrOLD WATCI-1E6.-7
A variety of excellent and carefully finished Ladies' Seconcl-0""
Gold 11. m-flies, man-y.6f them in accordance with the htest taste.
with Gold Dials, Jewelle44c., are offered for s,,lecAion, price from
„,
Six to Eight Guineas each, at. T. COX SAVORY'S, Wee',
maker, Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornbill London (Seven Door.
from Gracechurch-street ).
N.B.—Second-hand Watches nurchmed in exchange. _

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B IRTHS.
At Cadogan-place, on the Ist ivst., :ady of Wm. M. Brid-
ger, Esq., of a son.
Or. the 2d inst., at Deptford, Mrs. Alfred Day's, of a dauTanteri
On the 2d inst., in St Andre 'Ws-place, Regent's-park, ..he. latl
of J. B. Maude, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., at Oaken.l House, Bucks, the la ly of W-
Northey, Esq , of a scm.
On the at inst., at Burton-ercseent, the lady of W. Harmart
Esq., of v. son.
On the 3d inst., in Manehester-squalv, the !a ly of H. Fearer'
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., Mrs. Edward Willoughby, of Lawmst. r-place,
of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., Mrs. J. Baily, Woburn-square, of a daughter._

A 1 IE D
,
At Bath, on the 31st of Jul .4
Ry, Carleton Crawford, Esq., ia`e °f
the 32d Regiment, to Christiana Morgan, younges'. daughter of 3.
Morgan, Esq.'
of the island of St. Vincunt, and of the Circus, 13,°,11.
On the 25th at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, ibai—
,
William Warde, of the Hon. East India Company's service, to "
therine, third daughter of the late Edward Hawkins, Esq., of Cour
Herbert, Glamorganshire.
hires On the 2d inst., at Kingston-upon-Thames, Captz!n nichirtit Duckworth Dunn, 2 I Dragoon Guards, tr. Isabella Pallmer, fot
daughter of the late James Hewitt Massy Dawson, EN., of
coute, Tipperary.
On the 2d inst., at Marylebone Church the Rev. Herbert
Kyasten, M.A. (Student of Ch. Ch., High 'Master of St. Paul
School, and Perpetual Curate of St. llotolph's, .Aldgatc), seenn„-•
son of Roger Kynaston, Esq., to Elizabeth Selina, second datlgi".l
of Hugh Kennedy, Esq., of Cultra, county Down, Ireland.
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