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The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-05

LAW AND POLICE.

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Gavin Scott, who, after robbing his employers at
Glasgow of 8,0001., fled to Marseilles, and was arrested
there by Forrester the officer, was convicted on his own
confession at the Glasgow Assizes last week, and sen-
tenced to be transported for life.
At Worship-street, on Saturday, John Richards,
charged with improper conduct towards several of tho
girls of the Finsbury charity school, was brought up for
final examination, and not being disposed to find bail, was
committed to take his trial on four charges.
London, England, 1841-10-05

CIRCUIT COURT, GLASGOW.

The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened here on
Wednesday by the Hon. Lord Meadowbank; Lord Med-
wyn, his colleague for this circuit, being prevented by
indisposition from taking part in the business of the
Court.

Gavin Scott, whose case has recently excited such a
painful interest in this commercial community, was
placed at the bar, on the charge of theft, breach of trust
and embezzlement, and forgery and uttering. The
prisoner was genteely attired in black; and is a young
man of p?rhaps twenty-two years of age, of slender
stature, with a mild and intelligent cast of countenance,
and conducted himself with firmness and a respectful
demeanour. The prisoner it will be recollected, had
carried off or defrauded his employers of property to
the amount of 8,0001.
The prisoner, on being interrogated, replied—" I am
guilty, my Lord."
Mr. MAXWELL, Scott's counsel, then addressed the
Bench on behalf of the prisoner. He said that Scott
had been traced to, and overtaken* at, Marseilles, by
Mr. David M•Gregor, and Forrester, the London officer,
who accompanied him. Mr. M‘Gregor was the only
person who was able to identify Scott, and the Lon-
don officer had no warrant for his apprehension. Thus
much difficulty might have arisen in the recovery of
the remainder of the property, had any obstryction
been thrown in the way by the unfortunate patield
so far from this, the panel not only gave every facility
fur the recovery of what remained of the money, but he
voluntarily agreed to accompany these persons to this
country, and he did accompany them. The Counsel
then produced certificates of the former fair character of
the prisoner, and therefore craved the lenient considera-
tion of the Court for his unhappy client.
The JUDGE sentenced him to be transported for life.
London, England, 1841-10-05

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Florence Foley, a master basket-maker, Erin.- in
Stacey-street, Seven-dials, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Hard-wick,- for an assault upon John Hays, whereby
his'eve-sight was completely destroyed.
The complainant; who had been a soldier in the East
India Company's service, stated that while abroad he
lost the sight of his left eye. On Sunday he entered a
public house in Seven-dials to procure some refreshment,
when the defendant, who was wrangling with two or
three others, came up to him, and without his giving
him the slightest provocation struck him a blow on the
ball of the right eye, which instantly closed it up, and
complainant 'lrad since been informed by a surgeon, who
had examined it, that the sight was for ever completely
destroyed.
The defendant said lie was struck first by the com-
plainant.
A witness disproved this.
Mr. HARDWICK advised the defendant to make his
peace With the complainant by giving him some remu-
neration.
Complainant said that no money could compensate him
for the loss of his sight, as it deprived him of the means
of getting his living; in fact, added he, when I leave this
office, I am unable to see my way home, and I have no
money to pay any one for shewing, we. I therefore beg
your Worship to send me to some institution where I
shall be taken care of for the present:
Mr. HARDwic K directed him to be:taken to Middlesex
Hospital and committed the defendant to the House of
Correction to hard labour for one month.

THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY.

CORN EXCHANGE.

Last week's arrivals were moderate of all descriptions of
Grain. The fresh supply of new Corn was tolerably good, but
the condition of rry,st samples tender. Wheat,. both English
and Foreign, was ls. to 2s. per quarter higher than last week.
Barley, being coarse, sold at last week's terms. Beans and
Peas as previously quot'ed. Oats met a rather better sale at
last week's rates. Flour met an improved sale, and ship par-
cels were rather dearer.

,lIIRIVALS OF (MAIN IN LONDON DURING I,AsT WEEK
Wheat. • Barley. Oats. I Flour.
English
Irish - 10,702
F:)reign

5,5E4 Iris

rittetts ON BOARD OF SKIP
Wheat,Red (old) 5-s. 708. Beans, Sinai) (new) 366 38s.
- White (old) f 46 745. --. (old) .40' 445.
- RecilB4l) Qs 555. - Tick (new) 3O. 325.
-Fine 5,, 4 6.',5. .................. (old) 383.38s
-- Superfine 626. 616 - Harrow (new) 14;.355,
White (1841) ....5 is. 536. ---- (old) '183.405.
........... Fine VS 62s Brank
Superfine 645. t'Bs. Oats, Feed
-Foreign free 51:. 726. -- New 183.235.
llyr -386 40s. - Poland
Barley 26s, :323 New 223.25/.
- Grinding .86 325. - Potatoe 3 -5,
- Halting '32.3 365.
Malt s6s, 60s. - Scotch 26s 208.
-- Fine New 62s 653. - Irish 168.... 193.2314
Pease, Grey, New '3 s. 376. Flour Town (per sack).- 565. 625.
- Maple New S6s. 403. - Seconds 503.545.
.----. White .345. 363. ----- North Country ....Of* 52,.
..-..... Boilers 375. 403. Bran " ' 13s. h.
London, England, 1841-10-05

BUCKINGHAM'S AMERICA.
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London, England, 1841-10-05

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

A boat's crew of the Medea, having been pelted with
stones in passing an Egyptian ship of the line at night-
time, the delinquents, three in number, were soundly
.flogged at the Admiralty, Alexandria.
The appointment of a new Naval Knight of Windsor
has just been conferred on Lieut. Henslow, R.N., in the
stead of Lieut. Jones, lately deceased. Lieut. C. Carter
succeeds to the Governorship of Travers's Naval Col-
lege, Windsor.
Sir John Rennie is surveying the Ramsgate coast to
ascertain the practicability of forming a harbour of
refuge there, to be capable of containing a fleet of men-
of-war.
The removal of the Sunderland lighthouse from the
north pier, in an entire state, to the eastern extremity of
the pier, a distance of nearly 500 feet, was safely and
successfully completed on Thursday last.
London, England, 1841-10-05

MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE.

At the Anti-Corn-law meeting at Paisley, on last
Wednesday, Dr. Burns happily exposed some of the
terms in our English tariff. "If you wish," said he,
" to import from the Continent a donkey, to amuse the
ladies at the Paisley races, you must pay 10s. duty, which
is perhaps fair enough; but if you want an honest hawky
of a mulch cow, you cannot get her at all—she is pro-
hibited. If you take a fancy to a sheep or pig from
Saxony or Holland, you must keep your fancies to your-
self—you cannot have it at any price. For a barrel of ale
you must pay 535. ; for coffee and cocoa 15d. for every
pound!"
A gentleman has, we are informed, arrived at Roch-
dale, commissioned by Government to inquire into the
correctness of the allegations made by Mr. Sharman
Crawford, in the House of Commons, relative to the dis-
tress of the working classes in that borough.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.
The Great Liverpool left Falmouth on the 2d inst,
for Alexandria, with ninety-eight passengers, most of
them for India.
Yesterday, about five o'clock, a collision took place
between the Thunder and Bridegroom steamers, near
Vauxhall-bridge, and in five minutes the Thunder went
down stern foremost. All the passengers escaped.
London, England, 1841-10-05

MAW AND POLICE.

At the Insolvent Debtor's Court, yesterday, the Rev.
John William St. Aubyn underwent a long examination,
when some strange facts were brought to light. The in-
solvent was sent back to prison, with an intimation that
he would be remanded for the full time allowed by the
Act, namely, six months from the vesting order.
At Batton-garden yesterday James Johnson, a police
constable, 96 E division, was charged by Mr. Harar, a
chemist, with being drunk, and dragging him, without
just cause, to the station-house. The complainant, with
another person, had taken shelter at a doorway during a
heavy shower, when the policeman ordered him to move
on, and on his declining the policeman seized bin; by the
collar, tore his shirt, and broke his hat. The Inspector
refused to receive the charge against Mr. Ilarar, and he
was set at liberty. Mr. Greenwood convicted the con-
stable, and sentenced him to be committed to the House
of Correction, with hard labour, for ten days.
London, England, 1841-10-05

; MARKETS.
AIN.

Barley. Mccklenburgh 300 to '215
mto to .144
Holstein lOO to 215
-- Slimmer ll4 to 102
Oats, Elder g... 2 to €4
Mecklenburg .N 121 ta.lP3
- Holstein..._ al 1.1"
East Friesland pn to 105
Pease, Mecklenburg '0,45 iT.IsFil
Beans .......•••••••••••••••• 2 --
Buck IVheat ........
ARlaaPeltse.e..l. 36.15155 Ito (I):slici
Tares
T---

'ON.
Marrnitam
554,'
Surat 4 514
Domingo 6 ti%
;Domingo ...... 4to 5
Ls 4% 7
Porto Theo (154 7,
I iavannah 4% 7g

i
h 87, Dixeotint.)
Banns, White (2')ii t 02%
-Brown 2
Pernambuco, White ...27i‘ 3
Brown ...1% 2%

I, 2% to 2X

DEATH m FIGHTING.—One of those
ge of Norbury, near Stock-
fight, took place theeydilihiliitaions, called an up-and-down
night last, which resulted in the
Stock-
port, on
combatants, and a verdict of man-
-of eof the
death on.
against five individuals, one of
bong returned
slaughter
brother to the unfortunate person that lost
brutal
ThursdayinllF uenaan
thorn being
life in the affray. The particulars of this affair are
hfisstleh a disgusting nature as scarcely .to be credited.
aged 22 years. He Was a labourer in
The victim to this barbarous fight is a young man named
employ Perry,o Mr. Locker, farmer, of Fiandforth-cum-
Bosden. The person who caused his death is named
John Hadfield, about the same age, by trade a collier,
at the Worth colliery. An investigation, which lasted
eight hours, into the circumstances of the came, took
tShaemue Samuel
place before Mr. C. llndson, Coroner, and a respectablo
Jury, at the Grapes public-house, Norbury, on Saturday
last. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict of " Manslaughter" against John Hadfield, as
principal in the first degree ; anti against James Traf-
ford, John Platt, James Perry, and John Bold (Had-
field's second), who is not yet apprehended, as principal&
in the second degree, and the four former were committed
to take their trial at the next Chester Assizes.
FREAKS OF NATURE.-- A white hare was
killed at Offronville, near Dieppe, a few days ago, a cir-
cumstance uncommonly rare in France,
though white
hares are often found in the north of Europe.
London, England, 1841-10-05

EL'ir.CTZONEEnIING.

Sir George Cockburn has been returned for Ripon,
in the room of Sir E. Sudden.
On the 27th inst. a public meeting will be held at
Wakefield, in the West Riding, to consider the best
means of testifying their- respect to Lord Morpeth, and
their regret for the 'loss of his services.
Two candidates are in the field at Hereford, in the
room of Mr. Hobhouse—Mr. Griffiths, the Conservative,
and Mr. Pulsford, the Liberal candidate. The nomina-
tion was yeiterday, and the polling this day.
London, England, 1841-10-05

ELECTIONEERING.

The lion. Captain A. Duncombe has been re-elected
for East Retford, without opposition, on his becoming
one of the Grooms-in-Waiting to her Majesty.

THEATRICAL.

In the new piece of diablerie, entitled " The Witch
of the Rhine," Mr. Paul Bedford played the part of the
chief conjuror.--This part should have been played
by Sir Robert Peel, for ho is the most wonderful conju-
ror on record, who, by a mere flourish of speech, can
turn a distressed country into a prosperous one, and
cure all sorts of national grievances by—doing nothing !
A Morning Contemporary states that a new lively
drama will shortly be produced at Paris, under the title
of Byron at Harrow, in which one of the principal cha-
racters will be Sir Robert Peel ! The frisky pranks of
the youthful Bobby must be a subject pregnant with dra-
matic effect. He was always a wag, and in his early days
must have been irresistible.

We understand that Shell's tragedy of the Apostate
will shortly be performed at the private theatricals at
Wynyard Park, Sir James Graham playing the part of
the hero. _
London, England, 1841-10-05

ATTEMPT AT MURDER.

The town of St. Alban's was yesterday morning the
scene of ancther of those frightful crimes, which have of
late followed each other in quick succession. A sol-
dier, named Jabez Kirk, belonging to the 34th regi-
ment, a party of which has been stationed in the town
on the recruiting service for several months, had
passed the night with a girl named Pearce, at the Boot
public-house. Between six and seven the people in the
house were alarmed by screams proceeding from the
room in which the soldier and the girl were ; and, on
proceeding to it, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause,
discovered the young woman lying on the bed, covered
with wounds, and bleeding copiously from the throat.
Medical attendance was immediately procured, and
the police sent for, by whom the soldier was removed in
custody, and lodged in the station-house. On the sur-
geon proceeding to examine the victim of his brutal
violeace, he discovered that the windpipe was severed,
and tfult the smaller vessels were also lacerated, but that
the main artery, by a slight diversion of the razor with
which the deed was committed, had escaped, and thus
immediate death was prevented. Part of the right ear
was cut off, and the hands of the poor creature, which
she had raised to ward off the attack of her intended
murderer, were covered with gashes. Such is the state of
exhaustion in which the poor creature lies, that not the
slightest hope is entertained of her rallying. One of
the borough Magistrates attended to take her deposi-
tion, but she could only answer by signs to the few
questions which were put to her. The perpetrator
of the horrid deed at once admitted to the police
that he had inflicted the wounds on the girl,
and that he intended to murder her ; and in tthe
lock-up conducted himself with heartless disregard of
the consequences likely to result both to himself and his
victim. The girl's parents reside in the town, and the
soldier is, we understand, from the neighbourhood of
Coventry or Warwick, where he has a wile and family.
The examination of the prisoner took place at
twelve o'clock, but merely for the purpose of taking suf-
ficient evidence on which to remand him, until the fate
of the girl is known.
London, England, 1841-10-05

REVIEW .?..ND SHAM FIGHT.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.-HOT Majesty and Prince Albert
walked through the Slopes this morning to Adelaide
Lodge, and afterwards inspected the extensive grotto
now in the course of erection by Messrs. Bedborough
and Jenner, in the slopes between the lodge and the New
Terrace. Her Majesty then entered the pony phaeton,
which was in waiting at the Lodge, and was driven by
Prince Albert across the Home Park into the Frogmore-
road, returning to the Castle through the gates opposite the
Long Walk. The firing, which had then just commenced,
of the troops in the Park, caused the ponies, when in the
Frogmore-road, to be somewhat fidgetty, Her Majesty,
who, from this circumstance, became slightly alarmed,
immediately dispatched the outrider, full gallop, to
Colonel Arbuthnot, requesting that the firing might
cease until after the Queen and his Royal Highness had
passed through the drive to the Quadrangle. This com-
mand was promptly obeyed ; and immediately upon the
arrival of the Queen and the Prince at the Castle, her
Majesty, accompanied by her Royal, Highness the
Duchess of Kent, proceeded across the Quadrangle,
through George IV.'s Gateway, and walked along the
new gravelled path, within the enclosure, beneath the
wall of the terrace, from the end of which the Queen
and her illustrious mother viewed the whole of the move-
ments of the troops, with which they appeared highly
gratified. The Prince, with several of the members of
the Royal Household, stationed himself at an angle of
the New Terrace, which commanded an excellent view of
the military evolutions, during their continuance, which
was upwards of an hour.

The 72d Highlanders, under the command of Colonel
Arbuthnot, arrived upon the ground in review order
(supplied with 24 rounds of ammunition) at ten o'clock,
and took up position in line, nearly fronting the Eastern
Terrace in the Home Park, and piled arms.
After a number of manceuvres, representing a fight, the
regiment left the Park, and saluting her Majesty as it
passed, returned to the barracks.
London, England, 1841-10-05

SMITHFIELD MARKET.

The supply of Cattle was good, the demand very dull, and
lower prices were .submitted to. Of Sheep the ripply was
middling, the trade dull, and prices lower. . Of Calves the
supply was short, the demand not brisk, and prices lower. Of
Pigs the supply was
,plentiful, and a reduction on all qualities
took place. Beasts, 3,734 ; Sheep, 25,330 ; Pigs, 673 ;
Calves, IV. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. , Mutton, 3s. Bd. to
4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. Bd. to 65.,
London, England, 1841-10-05

LITBIZARir A7ITD scxzNTxrxc.

The son of Dr. Buckland, the eminent Oxford geolo-
gist, obtained the contested writership of Eton School,
valued at 8001. a year, on Wednesday last, after a severe
competition.
At the opening of the Anatomical Lectures for Artists,
on Saturday, at the Westminster Dispensary, Mr. Simp-
son, the lecturer, related that his friend, Sir Thomas
Lawrence, had told him, after his return from Italy,
that he was surprised artists should travel there to study
when such super-excellent studies were at home.
Lieut. Smyth, of the Royal Artillery, has been ap,
pointed Magnetic Observer at St. Helena; and Lieut. H.
Clerk, of the same corps, Magnetic Observer at the Cape
of Good Hope.
. THEATRICAL.
Mr. .1k faercady, who has entered on a lease of Drury•
lane Theatre, appolinces that it will be opened on Mon-
day, Dec. 27. He states, in his advertisement, thai " the
lowest-scale possible will be adopted in determining the
priceaof admission '.7 and that the saloons and lobbies
will no loep4 tho nuisance that they have been. We
wish Mr. Macready' success in his efforts to purify and
elevate the dramatic art. • ,
London, England, 1841-09-20

JERUSALEM.
URFORD'S PANORAMA, LEICES-
N. 2 TER. SQ [IA RE.
A Splendid VIEW of JERUSALEM is NOW OPENED
to the PUBLIC. From the partieu'ar desire expressed by_ the
Visitors of this Establi:hment, Mr. Burford has been induced
to bring this highly-interesting subject before them. Some of
many splendid objects in the Vim are :—The Mosque of Omar
—The Mount of Olives—Mount Calvary—Mount. Zion, Sce.
I THE BOMBARMIENT OF ST. JEAN D'ACRE IS
ALSO OPEN. •
Admittance to each view, Is. Books, 6d. each.
Open from Ten t.ll Dusk.

THE RAILWAY SUN,
AND TIIE
PARLIAMENTARY SUN,
ARE NOW RE-PUBLISHED,
PIIICE SIXPENCE EACH.
San Office, Aug. 30, 1841.
London, England, 1841-09-20

SHREWSBURY RACES.-FRIDAY.

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The Borough Plate of 60/. Heats, twice round and a
distance.

Mr. J. Day's Viola, 3 yrs (Howlett) 1 1
Mr. Saunders' Kitty Cockle, aged 2 2
Mr. Price's Lady Abbess, 5 yrs
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles.
Mr. Wreford's Wardan, 4 yrs walked over
London, England, 1841-09-20

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR—The vain-glorious boastings and too-confident
predictions of the newly elected Member for the rotten
borough of Dorchester, are not always borne out by the
result. In his election speech on Monday he referred
to the then approaching election for this borough in the
following terms:—" The town of Dorchester will this
day exercise its privileges with much more satisfaction
than the far-famed town of Bridport, where a tale will
be told on Wednesday next that will astonish those who
pretend to be so bitterly hostile to bribery, intimidation,
and corruption. There will then be told a tale of such
election purity and absence of extortion as will satisfy
the most unblushing specimen of Radicalism." Now,
Sir, will you believe it, not one of the predictions thus
confidently uttered by this rich specimen of " renegade"
Radicalism, was verified by the event. At our election
yesterday no " tale was told," such as this false prophet
had predicted would astonish the friends of purity of
election. Nothing was said about bribery, intimidation,
corruption, or extortion. No disclosures were made that
could raise a blush even upon the sensitive cheek of the
Right Hon. Representative of the slavish electors of
Dorchester, who, in returning him to Parliament, are
obsequiously obeying the dictates of those whose will
is absolute in that degraded borough. Mr. Cochrane
too well understood the value of the instruction conveyed
in the ancient adage—" They who live in glass houses
should never throw stones," to venture a single word
upon these delicate topics, knowing, as he well does, that
in all the crimes alluded to by the renegade prophet, his
own party have infinitely exceeded ; and that the only
advantage he enjoyed over his opponents was, that of not
having a Judas in his camp.
Mr. Cochrane's election passed off very quietly, and
the chairing followed immediately after. The number
of electors in the procession was so insignificant, that
they were fain to eke it out by mustering the farmers and
farm labourers from all the surrounding rural districts,
who flocked in, attended by their respective parsons. It
was a question asked many ages ago, " How shall a man
be wise whose talk is of bullocks?" and the conduct of
the agricultural population of the present era irresistibly
impels the same inquiry.
AN ELECTOR OF BRIDPORT.
Bridport, Sept. 16, 1841.
London, England, 1841-09-20

SUNDERLAND ELECTION.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 16.--The poll closed at four o'clock,
when the numbers were :
Howick
Attwood
Thus giving a majority of 247 to Lord'llowick. The
official declaration of the state of the poll was to be made
on Friday.

PRICE OF BREAD AND LABOUR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR—I enclose you a circular issued by an Anti-Corn-
law society, established in this town, and think if
the fact was more generally known, other tAow. nns.wcoul. d
be stimulated to follow the same example.
Brighton, Sept. 16.
" BRIGHTON ANTI-BREAD-TAX CIRCULAR,
FOR THE PEOPLE.
" The landlords insult the understanding ofithe work-
ing classes, by telling them that cheap bread will make
low wages ; but look at Ireland, where wages are low
and bread is dear, and at America, where bread is cheap
and wages high.
" The landlords passed the Corn-laws to keep up their
high rents, and it is their iaterest to maintain them ;
they cost the people 50 millions of pounds a-year—much
more than the amount of all the State taxes put together.
" The price of the finest flour is is. 2d. a dozen pounds,
in the sea-port towns of America: it could be brought
to England for 4d., making the cost altogether Is. 6d. ;
but the English pay 2s. 3d.—you pay 9d. to the mono-
polists for every dozen pounds of flour you consume—you
would have three loaves instead of two, were it not for
these laws.
" Monopoly is the parent of scarcity, of dearness,
and of uncertainty.'
" Bread has risen lately—Have wages?
" Reader, what have you done towards repealing these
cruel laws? If you are a lover of truth and justice, you
are entreated to aid us in our holy labour of giving food
to the hungry. Order a few of these little tracts and
distribute them freely in your neighbourhood.

It is rumoured in Falmouth that a seaman
en',l^d John Dillon, of the lirritst packet, i 2 likely to obtain
the fiat, and Estates of the Earldom of Rosconanoo. His
claim was
.ur.ed some eighteen years ago ; and he is now
gone to London, having been summoned thither by a letter
from the Court of Chancery, —Piymouth laurnal.
London, England, 1841-09-20

BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

Brighton is peculiarly circumstanced, and is almost
without parallel in England. Surrounded by a country
not very attractive, this town (we had almost said city)
has, nevertheless, risen to be our most fashionable water-
ing-place. The residence of Royalty, it naturally
draws around it the great and wealthy ; its fine
air, magnificent downs, and its vicinity to the sea,
attract many in search of health and pure air ;
whilst its easy distance from town crowds it with
the families of eminent merchants, opulent tradesmen,
and wealthy citizens, who seek a week's relaxation and
forgetfulness from the cares of town and trade. For-
merly the whole of Brighton was contained between
the western boundary of the Steyne and West-street. To
the east of the Steyne there was but one building—
a public library ; and beyond West-street there were
only a few detached cottages, so that the town consisted
of but eight principal streets, North-street, Market-
street, East-street, Middle-street, Kent-street, Black-
lion-street, and West-street, although in 1760 it con-
tained, besides these, many lanes, and some spaces sur-
rounded with houses, called by the inhabitants squares.
The most fashionable parts of the town are the Cliffs,
and several squares and streets branching from them, and
also what are commonly called the Old Steyne and the
North Steyne, comprising the Pavilion and Grand
Parades, as well as Gloucester, Marlborough, and t7_,t.
G eorge's-pl aces.

One of the greatest improvements is the section of
Kemp Town, situated to the eastward of Brighton, at a
place called Black Rock. The whole has a southern as-
pect, and includes a large square, opening from the centre
of a crescent, with a space of 800 feet. The fronts of the
houses are adorned with columns, pilasters, and entabla-
tures of the Corinthian order, surrounded by correspond-
ing balustrades ; and the crescent and square are en-
closed with rails of a new and elegant design. There
is a fine esplanade in front, with a tunnel from
the lawn. The whole extent of the building facade ex-
ceeds three thousand feet. Several of the nobility occupy
mansions here.

Brighton owes its present greatness to a visit of the Prince
of Wales, afterwards George IV., in 1782. During many
years he passed the summer and autumnal months at a house
on the Steyne. In 1824 this mansion was pulled down,
and the present Pavilion built. At a period when railways
were planned, which should connect the great towns with
the metropolis, Brighton received more than her share of
the attention of railway projectors, and six rival engineers
=tended for the honour of making her railroad,
London, England, 1841-09-20

NEWS OF THE PRESIDENT.

The following letter, from an intelligent and trust-
worthy corresondent, will be read with interest, as ap-
parently throwing some light upon the fate of the Pre-
sident :

" To the Editor of the Vindicator.

" Sir—On arriving in Belfast, from Brazil, f first saw
the announcement relative to the loss of the President
steamer, and, as anything, however remotely connected
with that vessel, must be interesting to your readers,. I.
hasten to lay before them the following- facts, which
came under my own immediate observation during the,
homeward-bound passage :--On August 29th, or there-
abouts, being then in the vicinity of the Azores, my bro-
ther, who was amusing himself on the maintop, observed
in the distance what he considered to be a boat exposed.
On his announcing the circumstance below, the captain,
after surveying the object with his glass, ordered the
ship to lie to. On approaching nearer, we found it was
the side of an immense vessel, having the beams erect
resembling masts, the other side was away. All hands.
concurred in opinion that it was the wreck of a large
steamer. It may or may not hare been part of the hulk
of the President. If, as has been conjectured, the above-
mentioned vessel struck on the ice of Newfoundland, it
is highly probable that the great Atlantic current, which
sets in from the north during the summer, may have
drifted the ill-fated ship thus far to the southward. At
all events, it was the wreck of a very large vessel, and.
may yet prove disastrous to any crew who may have the
misfortune to run foul of it during the night.
" I am, Sir, your's, &c.
" VINCENZO GUERRINL"
London, England, 1841-09-20

RO WING MATCHES.

There were two very excellent rowing matches on Fri
day, from 'Westminster to Putney, the one an oars' wager,.
between Newel of Battle-bridge stairs, and Everard of
Blackfriars-bridge, and Dodd of . Hungerford, and
Williams of Waterloo-bridge ; and the other a scullers
contest, between Lane and Harvey, both below-bridge
men. The oars' wager emanated from the grand regatta
at Putney about a month since, in which Dodd and
Newel won. The gentlemen who subscribed to that
race (the Leander and London Amateur Sullers' Club),
entertained a difference of opinion as to the respective
merits of Williams and Everard, and in oreer to test their
power, it was resolved that each of these men should
take the laliour-oar, the former having Dodd as his bow
partner, - and the latter Newel, and yesterday was ap-
pointed for the struggle. Betting was 5 to 4 in favour
of Newel and his partner. The start took place from
Westminster-bridge, at a quarter-past three, and was ex-.
ceedingly even. In a few strokes Newel and his partner
gradually drew away, and off Corvenden and Ventzell's
(above Lambeth Palace) were two or three lengths a-
head. As there was but little wind out, the labour was
not very severe, and all hands worked well ; but in the
reach of water above Vauxhall, Newel and his partner
increased their advantage, and, maintaining the leading
place, won the match by arriving at Putney one minute
a-head of their opponents.
The scullers' wager was a very sharp One. They were
s“csuplluarposocsuelllytorrtlelseseHdobrys.efheirsryadversary,
.
Harvey made a
and some very
hard and first-rate rowing ensued, until their arrival off
Cubett's factory, where Harvey gradually left his oppo-
nent in the rear. Harvey won by a few lengths only.

apers of Satur-
7atAld had
found Fridaygp
UNFOUNDED REPORT OF A DunEigiGh
1 imoincohr n iint
was alleged had
taken place between the Earl of Cardigan and
dwiatss
relating‘a currenti
nt
to aoabnoeudtoufteo thev
wn
Colonel Wood, M.P. for Middlesex. The paragraph
circumstantially adds, that the Gallant Colonel
had received a wound in the head from the ball
of his antagonist. The statement, we have good
reason to believe, is a pure fiction, and has not the
slightest basis of truth to rest upon. Colonel Wood
was himself alive and, well in the House of Commons
on Friday night, until the adjournment took place, and he
then returned to his house in Cavendish-spiare, whence
he on Saturday took his departure for Littleton, one of
the seats of the family. Not a word of the matter bas
been heard of at the Clubs, which is good prima facie
evidence of its being devoid of truth.
A Yankee paper says, gg our glass went clear
forty degrees below nothing ; and would have gone much
lower, but it wasn't long enough." Another paper says,
" We have no thermometer in this town, so it gets as
cold as it pleases."
London, England, 1841-09-20

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandize £ s. d.

Sept. 11. Birmingham and Derby,Tunetion 1,390 9 3
10. Birmingham and Gloucester 2,182 11 0
12. Dundee and Arbroath 305 5 81
12. Eastern Counties
11. Glasgow and Ayr 1,148 19 4
11. Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 975 10 8
4. Grand Junct. & Chester & Crewel 0,110 10 5
13. Great North of England 1,524 9 7
12. Great Western 14,501 13 9
11. Hull and Selby 993 5 6
11. Lancaster and Preston Junction 566 1 3
10. Liverpool and Manchester
11. London and Birmingham 18,135 17 11
16. London and Blackmail 1,235 12 5
16. London and Brighton
15. Ditto Shoreham Branch 283 11 8
14.; London and Croydon
16. London and Greenwich 995 14 4
11. London and South-Western 6,525 18 2
9. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 607 5 7
13. Manchester and Birmingham
6. Manchester and Leeds 5,074 2 5
11. Midland Counties 2,948 14 1
11. Newcastle and Carlisle 1,651 4 1.1
12. Northern and Eastern
11. North Midland
10. North Union 1,307 10 9
11. Preston and Wy re 489 4 6
12. Ulster 163 1 10
13. York and North Midland 1,897 10 10
London, England, 1841-09-20

Just published,
-111 RITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW,
NO. xxiv.

• 1. Works of Thomas Carlyle.
2. Ceylon.
3. ,Milman's History of Christianity.
•.: 4. Colonies and Colonial Government—Java.
5. The Corn Laws.
'.• 6. Historic C-iticism of the Gospel—Hegel.
7. Servia—her History and Prospects.
Vondon R. and J. E. Taylor,',. Red Lion-court, Fleet-street.
London, England, 1841-09-20

BIRMINGHAM.

A requisition has been addressed to the Mayor of
Manchester, to call a public meeting of the inhabitants,
for the purpose of addressing her Majesty on the state
..)f the nation, and praying her not to consent to a pro-
rogation of Parliament until some means of removing
or mitigating the existing distress, has been devised.
The requisition is one of the most numerous, if not the
most numerous, that has been signed in that great and
important town. The suffering there, as elsewhere, is
.0-eneral, and the requisitionists are, in consequence, of
all sects and parties, and ranks and degrees. In Bir-
mingham, where, if the depression of trade and manu-
facture be not so acutely felt as in the county palatine,
it is yet abundantly severe, a similar requisition is in
course of signature.—Eirminghant Journal.
London, England, 1841-09-20

This day, in 2 vols. Bve., embellished with Characteristic Illus-
trations and Portraits,

rriHE VICTORIES OF THE BRITISH
ARMIES.
By W. H. MAXWELL,' Esq.
Author of " Stories of Waterh o," " Wild Sports of the West,"
" The Bivouac," &c.
" This narrative is rapid, striking, and picturesque, Mr.
Maxwell's own experience has acquainted him with the details
of the camp, the march, and the battle, as well as with the
imagery of war, and with the feelings of the soldier in the
various exciting situations into which he is constantly thrown."
Spectator.

Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.
London, England, 1841-09-20

PUBLICATIONS.

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW,
No. CXXXVI.
Will be published on SATUSDAY.
COIiTICNTS.
BUCKINGHAMI. AND c 0 mBE ON AMERICA.
11. PATCHWORK.
SKETCUES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY.
ELPHINSTONE'S HISTORY OF INDIA.
V. BRITISH ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD—REPRESEg_
TATION OF THE PLANTAGENETS AND STUAIITS.
VI. LETTERS FROM THE BALTIC—STATE OF SOCIETY
IN ESTHONIA.
VII. MRS. ADAMS'S CORRESPONDENCE.
VIII. THE OLD AND NEW DIINISTRIES.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

Second Edition, price 13.
ON THROAT DEAFNESS, with cases
exemplifying the Nature, Causes, and Cure of the Dis-
ease, by simple and appropriate treatment, the result of long
and successful experience.
By JOHN STEVENSON, Esq., M.R.C.S.
(38, Conduit-street,Hanover-square), many ears S eon to
yurg
the Royal Infirmary for Cataract, and Lecturer on the StrMa-
uc-
ture and Diseas,: of the Eve and Ear ; Oculist to his late
jesty ; Oculist and Aurist to other members of the Royal
Family ; and to the King of the Belgians.
S. Highley, 32; Fleet-street: of whom way be had the Fifth
Edition of the Author's popular wcrk " On Cataract," 3s. ;
lSixth Edition on " Deafness, its Causes, Prevention, and Cure,"
3s. ; on "
Weakness of Sight," the Third Edition, price 2s. 6d.

Eleventh Edition (in an envelope), with upwards of 100 En-
gravings, and ntrarly 200 Cases and Prescriptions,
THE GREEN BOOK, price 10s. (by post-
free, 12s. 6d.) a comprehensive popular exposition of
the nature and self-treatment of the Venereal Disea3e in all its
forms and consequences, and other affections of the urinary and
sexual organs, whether acquired by contact, inheritance, or the
wear and tear of human life, especially those conditions inimi-
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By a PHYSICIAN.
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6, The most extraordinary work over publishod."
London, England, 1841-09-20

NEW BRENTFORD.

The following requisition has been numerously signed,
and presented to the churchwardens :—" To the church-
wardens and overseers of the township of New Brent-
-1,-brd—We, the undersigned rate-payers of the above
township hereby request that the churchwardens and
4uverseers will convene a vestry meeting of the rate-
- avers, to take into consideration the propriety of ad-
(messing her Majesty the Queen, praying her MajeOty
not to prorogue her present Parliament until it has fuVy
discussed these subjects that were submitted for its cou-
:!;ideration I,y her Majesty in the Speech from the Throiie
at the eTT.ening of the Session." The meeting is to be
held ev..iy in next week.
London, England, 1841-09-20

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW,
No. C,XXXVI.
:Will be published on SATURDAY.
CONTENTS.
I. BUCKINGHAM AND COMBE ON AMERICA.
11. PATCH WORK.
111. SKETCHES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY.
IV. ELPHINSTONE'S HISTORY OF INDIA.
V. BRITISH ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD—REPRESEST.
TATION OF THE PLANTA GENETS AND STUARTS.
VI. LETTERS FROM THE BALTIC—STATE OF SOCIETY
IN ESTHONIA.
VII. MRS. ADAMS'S CORRESPONDENCE.
VIII. THE OLD AND NEW MINISTRIES
John Murray, Albemarle-street.
London, England, 1841-09-20

BOW-STREET.

CHARGE AGAINST POLICE CONSTABLE BEVEREDGE.
—Captain Macdonald, of the Royal Horse Guards
(Blue), attended this day to prosecute police-constable
Beveredge, 59 F, for improperly and without just cause '
taking him into custody. It appears that on Wednesday
night Captain Macdonald was coming along Russell-
street, Covent-garden, when he observed the constable
dragging along a female in a most violent manner, and
twisting her arm behind her in such a manner as to
throw her down. The prosecutor then went up and ex-
postulated with the constable on his violent conduct.
Beveredge told him to mind his own business. He (Cap -
tain Macdonald) then took hold of the woman's other
arm, and asked her to go along quietly, and on refusing
to go away on being ordered by the policeman, was
given into custody. He was brought before Mr. Jardine
on the following morning, and charged with attempting
to rescue the prisoner Collins; but on making his de-
fence, and calling several witnesses to prove that he
never attempted to release the woman, but had merely
requested her in a tone of kindness to go quietly with
Beveredge, Mr. Jardine discharged both the captain and
the female, remarking at the same time that the con-
stable was greatly to blame, both for dragging the wo-
man (whose arm was dreadfully bruised) in the way he
did, and also for taking Captain Macdonald into custody.
The worthy magistrate also made a note on the charge
sheet, to the effect that the case was one which ought
to be reported to the Commissioners, which was ac-
cordingly done, and this day (Saturday) was appointed
for its being brought before this Court. Ott Captain
Macdonald and his witness coming into the office, how-
ever, and the Inspector being desired to produce his con-
stable, it was found that he had made his escape. Mr.
Greenwood, therefore, ordered the hearing of the case
should be postponed until the delinquent was found.
This is the second constable who has deserted from
this division of police during the past fortnight. The
former, a man named Job Thorne, deserted on Friday
night week, to avoid the punishment to which he had
rendered himself liable by being found in a brothel with
a female when he ought to have been on duty.
Four summonses, which were taken out by musicians
at Drury-lane Theatre against Mr. Eliason for not pay-
ing their wages, were ordered to be issued afresh, as
the defendant was not present ; and on another player
making an application of a similar character, Mr. Green-
wood said ho had better wait and hear what became of
the other cases, as he might only spend his two shillings
fur a summons to no purpose.
London, England, 1841-09-20

WOOLWICH-FRIDAY.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.-At nine o'clock this morning a
detachment of the Royal Artillery was ordered to attend
at the Mortar Battery, to make some experiments with
a newly-invented fusee for exploding shells in a given
number of seconds after they are projected from the
mortars. The first six shells were 13 inches in diameter,
fitted on a principle invented by Mr. Marsh, the cele-
brated chymist in the Royal Arsenal, whose discoveries
for detecting the minutest portion of arsenic in bodies
has rendered his name familiar in this country and
in France on the late trial of Madame Latfarge.
The fusee invented by Mr. Marsh for exploding shells
is constructed exactly in the form of a common
screw, the composition being placed in the hollows,
and when ignited in the action of discharge, burns
at the rate of one inch in length in two seconds. The
first three shells were adjusted to explode in 40 seconds
from tke time they were discharged from the mortar, and
the result was as follows:—The first exploded in 32 se-
conds, the secon I in 38 seconds, and the third, from some
unexplained cause, did not appear io explode at all. The
fourth shot was regulated for 30 and exploded in 27 se-
conds. The fifth and sixth shots were regulated for 20,
and the one exploded at 20, and the other in 19 seconds.
This invention of Mr. Marsh promises to be of great
utility, as by the spiral form any degree of time re-
quisite to reach a considerable distance may be ob-
tained, and in every instance the shells fired with
Mr. Marsh's fusees were several seconds on the ground,
near the object aimed at, a flag staff 850 yards distant,
before they showed symptoms of explosion. Lieutenant-
Colonel Dansey, C. 8., Royal Artillery, afterwards, gave
orders to fire three eight-inch shells, fitted with fusees
invented by him, but in every instance they appeared to
expend the whole of the composition intended to commu-
nicate the explosive action while passing through the
air, and ceased to have effect when they reached the
ground, the object desirable to be obtained with certainty.
The bulwark in the marshes is undergoing a thorough
repair previous to further experiments with percussion
shells, which are expected to take place next week. Mr.
Napier was in the marshes yesterday, and is one of the
parties who will fire on the next occasion.
London, England, 1841-09-20

NEWS OF THE PRESIDENT.

The following letter, from an intelligent and trust-
worthy corresondent, will be read with interest, as ap-
parently throwing some light upon the fate of the Pre-
sident :

"'To the Editor of the Vindicator.
" Sir—On arriving in Belfast, from Brazil, I first saw
the announcement relative to the loss of the President
steamer, and, as anything, however remotely connected
with that vessel, must be interesting to your readers, I
hasten to lay before them the following facts, which
came under my own immediate observation during the
homeward-bound passage :—On August 29th, or there-
abouts, being then in the vicinity of the Azores, my bro-
ther, who was amusing himself on the maintop, observed
in the distance what he considered to be a boat exposed.
On his announcing the circumstance below, the captain,
after surveying the object with his glass, ordered the
ship to lie to. On approaching nearer, we found it was
the side of an immense vessel, having the beams erect
resembling masts, the other side was away. All hands
concurred in opinion that it was the wreck of a large
steamer. It may or may not have been part of the hulk
of the President. If, as has been conjectured, the above-
mentioned vessel struck on the ice of Newfoundland, it
is highly probable that the great Atlantic current, which
sets in from the north during the summer, may have
drifted the ill-fated ship thus far to the southward. At
all events, it was the wreck of a very large vessel, and
may yet prove disastrous to any crew who may have the
misfortune to run foul of it during the night.
" I am, Sir, your's, &c.
" VINCENZO GUERRINI."
London, England, 1841-09-20

'EMBER 20, 1-41.

PEOMOTIONS AND APPOINTMEENTS.
ProM.YrIONs.-.--LiJutenants—AlexanderDingwellFor-
dyce (1826), to the rank of Commander.
Mates—W.. C. Hickey (1834), Charles W. Hallett
(1836), anti Henry A. Norman (1835), to the rank of
Lieutenant,

iitSgktant t4tit'geotts--4Trni Bayne (1830), and James
Moyes Deas, M.D. (1835), to the rank of Surgeon.
Second Master—Thomas Hancorn, F. W. Paul (of the
Merlin), and H. Brehaut (of Shearwater), to the rank of
Master.

Ar}l'oftmitENTs—Captain—A. T. Vital, to Styx.
Commander—H. IL Henry (from Styx) to the Devas-
tation steam-frigate.
Lieutenants—W. G. Lugard to the Belleisle ; T.
M'Gregor and G. Johnson to North Star ; P. Parkhurst,
to Devastation. _ .

Master—Mr. B. Wilson, to Viper ; J. H. Aston, to
Devastation.

Second Masters—W. Roberts, to the Dasher ; George
Hodges, to Warspite ; John Colman, to Volcano ; Mr.
Stokes to Merlin.

Master's Assistant—W. C. Pyper, to Illustrious.
Purser—J. Millingham, to Devastation.
Surgeons—Mr. A. Sanderson, to the North Star ; Mr.
T. Kittle, to Cleopatra ; Mr. A. Stewart, to Powerful.
Assistant-Surgeons—Mr. J. C. Bowman, to Tweed ;
Mr. Wm. White, to Thalia ; C. D. Steele, to Rhada-
manthus.
Mates—Mr. T. 11. Stewart, to the Avon; F. D. Yonge,
to Caledonia ; W. F. W. Parkinson, to Cambrian ;
Wardrop, to Malabar ; G. A. Phayre, to Driver.
Midshipman—Mr. T. B. Crawford, to Excellent.
Volunteer—Mr. J. Barnard, to Madagascar.
Clerks—V. liore. to Driver ; D. Clow, to be Seere-'
tary's Clerk in Sir E. Codrington's Office ; G. Munro to
North Star.

Naval Instructor—Thomas Eastman, to Formidable.
First Engineer—T. Jones, to Driver.
COAST GUAnD—Commander—Charles Parker, R.N.,
from Sligo, is appointed Inspecting Commander of Coast
Guard to the Waterford District, in the room of Com-
mander the Hon. George Hastings, appointed to the com-
mand of her M jesty's ship Harlequin.
Lieutenant—Joseph Clark, to the Coast Guard, at
Romney.
London, England, 1841-12-08

SHEEP. -CLA SS X.

Long-wooled fat Nether Sheep, I year old, that have
never had cake, corn, meal, seeds, cr pulse.
No. 'M.—Mr. Burgess, of Holm° Pierrepont, a pun of
long-wooled ,wethers, bred by hint elf, 20 months old.
—The second prize, 51. _

No. Chamberlain, of Desford, a pen of new
Leicester wethers, bred by himself, from a rani of Mr.
Bttekley's, of Normanton. Hill, Notts, 20 onths old.—
The first prize, 2CI.