The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

" slaves, to go to his own House of Commons and
House of Peers and • ask of them to show mercy
to twenty-six millions of their own fellow countrymen.—
(Great cheering.)—A Gallant Commodore who repre-
sents one of the metropolitan boroughs in this capital—
(cheers)—and who I trust will have better work dh
hand from henceforth than bombarding cities—that
Gallant Commodore, in an interview with Mehemet Ali,
used every argument he could to persuade the
Pasha to abolish monopoly in Egypt. What was
the answer of Mehemet ? " That comes with a
a bad grace," said he, " from yeti, who are the represen-
tative of a country that is the mother, and the mistress,
and the master of monopoly. Look to your own Corn-
laws. Look to that wholesale injustice which you
every day perpetrate upon your own countrymen. Put
an end to that abomination, and then come and preach
clemency and liberality to Mehemet Ali."—(Hear, hear.)
And what says France ? What has been lately said by
one of her most popular organs, the Rational? " Bri-
tain, proud Britain, erase from your shield the lordly
lion, and put in its place the starving operative, vainly
supplicating a sufficient supply of food."—(Cheers.) Our
cause is the cause of domestic charity. If charity begins
at home, there never was a time when she should cir-
cumscribe her operations more than now—now when our
warehouses are closing, when our exchange is covered
with gloom, when the largest and wealthiest firms are
crashing, when men are gathering together at the corners
of our streets, pale yet peaceful, hungry yet loyal, await-
ing the crust of mercy from the bands of men who think
they do them honour if theycast a crumb from their cha-
riots as they roll along t ) their palaces. By forming associ-
ations such as this, you will light up, with hope at least,
if you cannot fill with comfort, the houses of those who
are now desolate and unbefriended. Nothing can tend
to keep this country in peace more than the dis-
play of a determination, on the part of the middle classes,
who In ye too long stood aloof from the working classes—
(Cheers)—to sympathise with them in their, sufferings,
and to aid them in their struggles for redress.—(Cheers.)
Your cause is the cause of morality. It is not only the
cause of the suffering, but it is the cause of morality,
Out of more than 200 letters sent me in consequence b'
my connection with a great meeting held elsewhtre—
a meeting Of the ministers of religion of all denomina-
tions, who have unanimously pledged themselves to
co-operate with you—one of the last letters out of the
200; was from a clergyman in Lancashire, who informed
me that just before he had penned the letter he had
visited the hovel of a wretched family—that he saw
there stretched upon the ground three human beings—
a grandmother dead, whom they could not bury for want
of the means; her daughter, who had been three days
confined, but without nourishment; and the infarA
to
whom she had given birth starving by her she. Had
not he stepped in the way they would all b'..ve perished
from want. He told me that from his own
observation
he could attest the fact that that v! brtion of our species
that we woulg wish to hold mostholy, most chaste, and
most spotless, were fast abandoning themselves to the
ways of vice, and giving themselves up as the victims of
praigacy fin. a morsel of bread.—(Sensation.) The
cause in which you are engaged is indeed a great one—
great in its principles—great in its objects—great in all
its relations. It is the cause of justice—it is the
cause' of charity—the cause of peace—the cause of
universal fraternity—it is the cause of morality and of
religion.—(Cheers.) For how can we give to nations
afar off the Bible which reveals a God in heaven, whose
tender mercies are over all his works, while we ourselves
shut up the store:houses of Heaven's beneficence, and
refuse the keys to the famished children of men?—
(Cheers.) Your prospects are good—they must be
good. Every man's prospects are good that has a good
cause. Let your principles be just, your measures pure, 4
and you must triumph; and I do not think your triumph
can be far off. lam glad to be able to state that there
is in process of formation a grand rational organiza-
tion of the friends of free-trade all over the kingdom.
I trust that, in less than three, months from the present
time, the map of Great Britain will be analyzed, and
every city, town, village, and hamlet, of the country •
will have its Anti. Corn-law and Free-trade Association.,
—(Cheers.) You have now an element of success, whi-As
you had not a short time ago—you have that element in
the fact of the moral and religious portion of the commu-
nity taking up the question on moral and religious grounds.
They have flung aside party and sectarian differences,
their variances, and almost their antipathies—they have
united in this cause. If, you co-operate with them in
accordance with their principles, then there will be the
most glorious union of Church and State—(Cheu.s)
which the world has ever beheld.-' I will take
my leave of you, Gentlemen, by exr,ressing my sense
of the honour of having been calltdto preside on this
occasion. I have endeavoured to discharge that duty
with strict iirn•!artiality. You 'nave seen the benefit of
free discussion. The happiest results to millions must
follow the success of your struggles. Let monopoly be
abolished and free tree established, and national pro-
Sperity will speedil).- t,nd inevitably follow. (The Hon.
Gentleman resur,ied his seat amidst loud Cheering.)
The meeting then separated.

SALE OF VAUXHALL GARDENS.

•
This celebrated property, which was for so many years
the favoured resort of rank, fashion, and beauty, was
yesterday submitted to " the hammer" by Mr. Leifehild,
at Garraway"l_Goffee.house,- pursitint-0 an order of the
Court of Review, under the bankruptcy of Messrs. Gye
and Hughes, the late proprietors. The room was
thronged.
Mr. Leifehild, in opening the stile, observed that the
property he was about to submit to public eompctition
was not only of great intrinPlc value, but possesßed very
peculiar claims to attention. The fame, of 'Vauxhall
Gardens was pot con`:ined alone to this country—it had
travelled to every ',nation in Europe. Even foreigners
commonly adu'ifed there was no such place of amuse-
ment in the world. The term " Royal" was not a mere
honorax7; distinction conferred by the patronage of
Royf.ity, the Gardens being copyhold of the manor of
iver Majesty, as lady of the manor of Kennington, in
right of her Duchy of Cornwall, and it was subject only
to a small quit rent of lt. 3s. 7d. The property extended
over about eleven acres, a great portion of which was in-
valuable for the purpose of building, independent of the
large rental which that portion of the estate set apart for
public amusements would never fail to command. (The
clerk here read over the particulars of the estate and the
conditions of sale.) Mr. Leifchild, in continuation, re-
marked that he had no wish to enter into any powerful
description of a property, the peculiar features of which
were already so well known and so fully appreciated.
Not being very conversant with theatrical matters he was
not so competent as others of his profession to enlarge
upon that point. He was far better acquainted with the
value of land, and looking at Vauxhall Gardens simply
as a site for building, be declared that he knew of no
investment more eligible in every. respect. On casting
his eye over the plans prepared by an eminent drafts-
man, he saw within the circle of the estate an area, for a
small town, with all its streets, squares, markets,
churches, and chapels—(Laughter)—and what greatly
enhanced its value was, that it was situated in the very
heart of a rapidly rising neighbourhood, and that it lay
within a short distance of the three bridges. It was
calculated that there was ample space for the erection of
300 houses. It would be at the option of the pur-
chaser to build over the whole or only over a part, re-
serving a portion of the gardens for public exhibitions
and amusements. It was said that the days of Vauxhall
had gone by—he believed they were only coming on.
They rising generation would be naturally anxious to
' sec that justly celebrated place of which they had heard
so much. It was proved by a recent experiment that
the "Royal property" had not lost its attra.c.tion with
the public. During the last two months, nciiwithstand-
ing the unpropitious state of the weather., the gardens
had been most numeroesly and brilEantly attended.
There had been as many as 12,000
,persons there of a
night, which showed that it had 'not declined in public
estimation. The property had cost the late proprietors
upwards of 60,0001. ; and, the various improvements
effected by these gentlemen, in the erection of buildings
of various descriptionr;
and the planting of trees and
shrubs, very greatV
enhanced its value. There was
one point which sie
would beg to urge most strenuously
on the attention of all present—namely, that this was to
be a bona fide sale. His instructions were peremptory ;
he waa bound to sell, it' lie could only get a bidding,
without reservation. . The vendors would not offer a
shilling, and there was no possibility of effecting a pur-
chase
by private Contract. With respect to the title, theo
the completion of the purchase ; but he
purchaser should have the fullest satisfaction previous to
to assert that it was a good, clear, marketable title.
Having said thus much, he should be no pi
to
reeted to
any bidding to begin with. He was not instrue
name any sum.
/ The After a long pause a gentleman bid 10,0001. The
auc-
tioneer smilingly thanked the bidder for op'erm6o,ooo/.;
for a property which cost the late proprietors_oni g pause would some gentleman say 20,000/. ?
15.000/., and
en-
sued. At length another gentleman
liso‘id
usand after thou-
then. followed, in rapid succession,l9t,
000/. After some
sand, until the bidding stopped at was autaoriitie.
bidding went up to
spe-
culation becoming more active,
and persuasive powers of
20,2001.; but all the eloquence and
it higher. The hammer
further delay, 19,500/. was offertt and the spirit of
eventually fell and closed theFow
er,
the auctioneer could
l
get no
of Vauxhall Gardens.
Esq. Our reporter
The purchaser is
whether William To
to their
is this gentleman's inten-
tion original use, or to
gardensbuilding ground ; the latter opinion
break them up
prevalentfur
rin the room. The deposit mo-
ney,tc?ounkit on ot
devoteas
was that moss
paid down immediately after the sale
2,020 Z,
wrLondon banker, drawn by Mr. Thomas
by a check-on
certthaei n
can therefore be no doubt that the sale, as Mr. Leifchi).d
n bona fide sale.
Watts, who attended as agent for Mr. Fowler. There
stated, has been

Sr. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR.4—It may
gratify the admirers of this magnificent, structure to
learn that the alterations of the windov.s in the choir
are now sufficiently advanced to allow of an opliu'on to
be formed of the effect which will heil`pdroduced when the
whole are completed. -The two w
adjoining the altar (formerly closed
Up ovis immediately
with stone) have
been, a opnd lened. Eachui window -ccg,tains the arms, helmet,
stambreqrc or filling the twelve dit4
—s 'twelve Knights of the Garter,
.
'oils formed between the mullions
bear in
and transoms. l'hel general ground being in quarries,
th.e. initials of the patron Saint, St. George,
i •
1•
g
ves r-
~. oreat relief to the splendid tints of the heraldic
aces. In the glbss of the old windows, so much of
the space was absorbed by a huge star and garter, re-
peated in each opening, that the armorial bearings them-
selves were nearly imperceptible frnm below, and the
general effect was poor, heavy, and monotonous. This
error appears to have been studiously avoided in the
new designs. In thece the part of most importance, the
shield of arms, has been made the most conspicuous, and
the several bearings are clear and distinct. The Charier
of St. George deserves great praise for the judicicAs and
liberal manner in which they have commenced these
works.

I.VENIN 6- SUN

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
STANDARD.—The monodrame performed last night
by Mr. Roebuck in the House of Commons may at first
sipt appear simply ridiculous, but upon consideration
it will open a train of more serious thoughts. One is at
first amused to see a person dropped, as it were, by ac
cident, into- what ought to be one of the most august
assemblies in the world, tumbling and writhing in the
agonies of wounded self-love, amid the coolest indifference
on the part of some, and the unconcealed mirth of others ;
hut then when we hear this person talk of cudgelling and
horsewhipping gentlemen far more respectable than him-
self; and know that he is by the accident of the place
privileged to do so, we must begin to think more, gravely..
Is it proper that a Member of the House of Commons
should have the right to threaten the cudgel or the
horsewhip, he himself being protected by Parliamentary
privilege from a retort "in kind !" If so, Parliamentary
privilege goes beyond despotism. And now a word as to
newspapers, the objects, as it appears, of Mr. Roebuck's
especial hatred and scorn. A newspaper can, properly
speaking, personally insult no one ; it may traduce, it
they calumniate, it may injure, but it cannot personally
insult, besause to personal insult two parties are want-
ieg—the man insulted, and the man insulting, and
from whom, according to the law of society, re-
paration is to be exacted. If a newspaper misrepre-
sents a man, he has his remedy in a contradiction,
for which the press is always open ; if it vilifies or other-
wise injures him, he has his remedy in the Courts of
Law, with jaws ever gaping for us ; but nobody expects
him, society. does not expect him, to look for any other
remedy ; it is a paper or an abstraction that he has to do
with, and not a man that can insult. To retort by per-
sonal insults upon persons, truly or falsely, supposed to
be connected with a newspaper, any attacks proceeding
from that newspaper, is therefore to be the first insulter.
A newspaper has abused you ; if your taste direct, abuse
that paper in return—it is all a matter of taste, and it is
unfair ; but if you are a gentleman, you will leave it to
those who think with Mr. O'Connell and Mr.'Roebuck
to single out individuals upon whom to vent your re-
sentment.
COURIER—The writs issued last night in conse-
quence of the acceptance of office by the members of the
present Government, offer a fair and fresh opportunity
for testing its popularity. Who but recollects the shifts
and contrivances to which the displaced Cabinet was in-
variably driven upon the occurrence of any change in its
members, or of any vacancy that would necessitate a re-
election. Nothing latterly appeared more difficult for
them than to find amongst their numerous supporters one
of presumable fitness for office. But how strikingly
different is the position of the present Cabinet, and how
powerfully and conclusively its opponents shrinking
from ,the challenge offered by the issuing of no less
than seven-and-twenty new writs, attests its power
and popularity with the country. It has been almost
an invariable practice with every Opposition to dis-
pute, wherever there gleamed the faintest hope of
a successful issue, the re-election of the prominent mem-
bers of a new Administration, and by that means to
strike the first blow at its stability and power ; nor can
we discover aught of unfairness or unconstitutionality
in such a course of proceeding ; its factiousness would
of course be measured by the want of success. Well,
threatened as Sir Robert Peel's Ministry while
in embryo was with the fiercest and most determined
opposition—thwarted, obstructed, and crippled as he
was to have been at every step of his Ministerial ca-
reer—what do we now behold ? Is it preparations
for contesting every vacant seat with desperate
energy, and` for testing the truth of the assertions so
confidently, and, as it appeared to us, so recklessly made,
that the success of the Conservative cause at the late
t general election was due to misrepresentation and ca-
lumny ? Here is a fresh field for a renewal of the con-
flict, and those who, with braggart airs and turgid
vauntings menaced the country with a second dissolu-
tion, now slink away, leaving their opponents the un-
disputed masters thereof. In the city of Exeter, where
faction was busiest and most active, and where requisi-
sitions had been hawked about from door to door, in-
voking the aid and presence of some aspiring
Whig-Radical, in order to oust Sir William Fol-
lett from the representation of that city, so little
encouragement did the factious requisitionists meet with
from the constituency, that they could find in the
wide range of Whig-Radical aspirants to the hononrs
of membership, none fool-hardy enough to embark in so
hopeless and disreputable a contest. But, the game
• being looked upon as perfectly hopeless as regards Exe-
ter, it appears that the whole strength of the Opposi-
tion party is -to be brought to bear upon Newark, and
that the excellent and highly-gifted Vice-President of
the Board of Trade is to be annihilated. The re-
doubtable Mr. Gisborne has been selected as the
fitting instrument for earring this terrible sentence
into execution, and sacrificing the youthful and rapidly
rising statesman to whose care the Vice-Presidency
of the Board of Trade has been entrusted, to the
manes of those Whig-Radical heroes, who had fallen
unavenged in the late conflict ' • but, alas ! resolve as
proudly as we may, there is a divinity, that not only
Ishapes our ends," but thwarts our purposes ; and that
we confidently anticipate Mr. Gisborne and his insti-
gators will find, to their cost and chagrin, to be the case
as regards their premeditated assault upon the borough
of Newark. Is the combined opposition at so low an ebb
In power and popularity, that from the whole number of
pieces vacant at this moment, including counties, cities,
and boroughs, only one, and that one Newark, should be
thought assailable ? If they have no stomach for Eng-
lish counties, there is an Irish one vacant. Why not try
their hands at getting up an opposition to Colonel Per
re-election for the county of Sligo ; but we for-
get an attempt of that kind was made at the last elec-
tion, and abandoned through sheer despair. There
is therefore no room in that quarter for an attack on the
Administration. Resultless, therefore, as we are aware
would be the attempt to displace any of the Members
whom the acceptance of office has necessitated to solicit
from their constituents a renewal of confidence, still, as
the resolves of despair are often as frantic as unexpected,
we would wish to impress the different constituencies
with an appreciation of the absolute necessity for vigi-
lance, activity, and union that exists. By a timely and
vigorous display of these qualities; they will save
themselves the annoyance of needless contests.
Let them, as our Contemporary of the Times
judiciously advises, " fortify themselves for the
coming elections, just as if they expected a for-
midable conflict. Let them remember the
cunning little animal' in the Roxburgh case, who, when
everybody thought he was still as death, endeavoured to
spring into the representation by one of the most despe-
rate vaultings which his pettiness could attempt. Let
vigilance and active co-operation be the order of the day.
If there be any laxity or over-confidence, it is impossible
to tell what may be the issue. Let no Conservative elec-
tor slumber at his post ' • otherwise the Whigs may prac-
tise an unexpected coup de main, and leave us nothing but
a3tapid astonishment and unavailing regrets."
VrLOBE.—The privilege of the Press occasionally
conies into collision with the privilege of Parliament, but
the latter generally suffers in public estimation by the
encounter ; for while the Journalist claims only the
power of commenting without restraint, the M.Y. de-
mands the right of acting without responsibility. We
think Mr. Roebuck took rather less than nothing by his
motion of last night—that he in fact gained a loss, and
that if a smile had been raised at his expense by the re-
marks of which ;he complained, it will have expanded
into horse-laughter on its becoming known in what man-
ner and with *hat result he ealln the attention of the
House of Commons to the ridicule that had been cast
upon him. That Mr. Roebuck is a man of miord!eary
tslent, it is impossible to doubt; but that his judg-
ment is sometimes defective, is clear from the fact
that he suggested horsewhipping the proprietors of
public journals for remarks made by the editors—
which, besides the obvious injustice of the act,
would occasionally entail the necessity of aaSaulting
female shareholders, and committing violence on the
tender persons of children, on whom an interest in
newspaper property might have devolved by descent or
legacy. The only weapon that can be effectually used
against slander is character: without it all the actions
that could be brought, all the damages that might be
.erroneously or unjustly awarded, would only serve to
;,make a fault more conspicuous, by gilding it, while, with
obaracter to refute them, the foulest slanders will for-
v recoil on those who have uttered them.

T HE' RE-ELECTIONS.

,ExL-TER ELECTION.—On Tuesday evening Sir Wil-
liam Follett arrived from town, and this (yesterday)
iwnivg at ten o'clock met a very large and most highly
*era-- ,tale body of electors at Pratt's Old London Inn,
We are most happy to say he looked well, and
Est eter.
,root,cd with cheers and having paid his rmeets
wasbody of gentlemen who crowded round, and
to the la r, • •••
congratulated
canvass,
Sir William, accompanied by them,
which is proceeding as we put to
getout on his canvass,
said elsewhere, he wilt be returned
pre"- 1" %on. The writ is expected to-morrow
without opposl
(Thursday) and the election will probably take place on
e
Monday next,. t r Flying Post,
M.P. for Wenlock, having
J. Mimes Gas kell,
Lord
sq.
of the Treasury, has neces-
accepted. the office of a
sexily vacaced his seat. There is no doubt that the
Honourable Gentleman Nv.lll be elected without opposi-
tion.—Solopian Journal.
declares that Lord Gran-
The Monmouthshire
villa Somerset will bellrectefeolnected for Monmouthshire,
without opposition.
HOP INTELLIGENi CE.
doneh of last
WORCF.STEE, SEPT. 4.—The bois,,er
night, with the heavy rains since,
s • many of the
has considerable
damage to the Hops in exposed situation ,
poles being blown down, and much of the bine and
.blos-
sem bruised, which will cause the sample W be of a dlng.):l
brown complexion, and of very inferior quality%
but
sheltered situations, however, the crop has suffelea
little, and should the weather take a favourable turn,
and continue fine for another week, we think. after all,
the present estimated duty will be realised, and may Oven
reach 20,000 There is nothing doing in the market
worth notice.
MAID,-roNE.—The bines appeared to improve much
in the warm ,:laYs of the last week, but the sudden recur-
rence to severe coM weather, with foggy damp mornings
and nights, has again Checked the bines, and much in-
creased the mould where it was before prevalent. To
escape the ravages of the mould, picking has commenced
in several grounds in this neighbourhood, which we
fear, from present appearances, will fall much short of the
estimate made ten days since.
BRExcHLEY.—Considering the backward state or the
bine, our Hops have done remarkably well up to Friday
evening, when the atmosphere became cold, and they
to have done growing.
now appear Generally speaking
they are very small in this vicinity,-and not likely to
„ripen well.

The marriage of Lord Henry Russell to Miss
std2ford is postponed until the 21st. They are to pass
the h,nneymoon at Bentley Priory, the seat of the Mar-
quis of keicorn, at Stamnore.

THE NEW FOREST.
For the first four miles or thereabouts after passing
Redbridge, which crosses the narrowest portion of the
Southampton Water at its inland extremity, the country
bordering upon the Forest is highly cultivated, and seems
to hold forth a promise of affording some pretty good
runs with hounds according with the general character
of many other hunting countries ; but beyond that dis-
tance the features of the scenery become gradually
changed into those of a wild woodland district, abound-
ing in heather, fern, furze, and such other growths as are
usually found in the light, uncultivated soils, the whole
being embellished by a profusion of oak, beech, thorn,
and divers other trees, growing in fantastic luxuriance
wherever the wild hand of Nature has cast them, and
assuming forms and combinations such as Art could
never realise, and which take captive the soul of a be-
holder whose heart is not " in the habitations of men."
Grassy glades, illumined partially by such rays of the
sun as can force their way through the maze of trees by
which they are environed, and forming a splendid con-
trast of light and shade, ever and anon present them-
selves to the eye of the traveller, and seem to speak of
days long gone by, when similar spots are haunted by
bold Outlaws in Lincoln Green, ready to try a bout at
quarter-staff with any bluff yeoman whose pockets were
supposed to contain wherewithal to repay the peril of
the venture. Occasionally small troops of deer are seen
scudding across these open spots, or browsing leisurely
among the high fern which nearly conceals them from
sight ; and so lone and tranquil are these wilds that the
mind is carried away by the idea that in the present; cen-
tury a region so undisturbed by man is not to be found
in cultivated England ; and hence, easily reverting to
days of yore, imagination almost leads one to listen for
the whistle of the grey-goose shaft from the bow of some
second Robin Hood, or the requiescat in pace of his
" Curtal Friar" over the body of some antlered monarch
of the herd. If there be at the present moment such a
being as a determined misanthrope in the world, many
portions of the New Forest will afford him a retreat that
will seldom be molested by his fellow-men, and where he
may pass his days in savage solitude " unknowing and
1 unknown."
Independent of fox-hunting, the New Forest presents
to the man fond of sporting in general a rich fund of
amusement, provided he can obtain permission to follow
his favourite pursuits unmolested. Great numbers of
wild fowl of every description—ducks, teal, widgeon,
geese, &c. &c.—not only frequent it in immense flocks
during the winter, but are likewise bred there ; the
snipe-shooting is in many parts superexeellent ; and
hares, rabbits, partridges, and black game are also abun-
dant, to say nothing of pheasants, which are in many
parts preserved by the landed proprietors bordering on,
or in the centre of, the Forest, although I believe they
are not fed on the Royal preserves. I have likewise
either heard it asserted, or read in some periodical, that
some few packs of grouse are occasionally met with by
the shooter ; but of this fact, although I made particu-
lar inquiry, I could not obtain any certain intelligence.
The Royal Chase is looked after by thirteen keepers,
who have each his separate walk ; but in spite of their
numbers and vigilance, poaching, especially deer-steal-
ing, is carried on, as I was informed, to a pretty consi-
derable extent. One or two of the gun-makers in South-
ampton are the best men to apply to for the purpose of
being put in the right way to obtain permission to shoot
in the Forest, and I presume that the key that will open
the head-keeper's heart is not made of iron.
The fisherman will find abundance of sport both on
Southampton Water and in the rivers which run into it.
In the former are to be caught by the merest novice with
a hook and line great quantities of whiting, haddock,
and flat fish ; a net will procure the greater delicacies of
grey mullet and bass-fish. In the latter are eels, jack,
perch, and small fry, together with a remarkably fine
species of salmon, which readily fetches in the market
,nearly three Limas the price of that sent up from Scot-
land.—Old Sporting Magazine for September.

A TURKISH BIBLIOMANIAC.—A few days
ago a Turk, who, for the last twelve years, was well
known in Constantinople as an itinerant seller of zerde
pillau (pillau richly coloured with saffron), died, and to
the astonishment of everybody he left a library of books
which cost him upwards of 3,0001. He was formerly
a schoolmaster, and had quite a passion for books ;
but, finding that teaching little boys to recite and
chant the Koran did not furnish him with the means
of indulging his bibliomania, he took to selling pillau.
His large kazan, placed on a stand and carried like a
sedan chair, was constantly surrounded by hunary de-
vourers, who spooned their allowance of the delicious
preparations into their widely-extended mouths with
evident gusto, the quoddam Hodja, apron down, stand-
ing by with a ladle, ever ready to serve new customers.
No one would have suspected that all the while he was
thinking of purchasing another book to add to his al-
ready ample stock ; but all his gains took that direction,
and he frequently gave as much as 501 for a single work!
His son and heir, who loves pillau more than books,
has determined, instead of play, on selling the more pre-
cious library, of which a catalogue is now in circulation.
The whole are manuscripts, and the value of many of
the works is much deteriorated in consequence of their
having lately been printed. We are told that they are
principally on religious subjects, or perhaps some literary
treasure (as the " Appendix to Vassif's History of the
Ottoman Empire," for instance) might have been found
in the collection.—Oriental Observer.
The obsequies of the late Samuel Welles, Esq.,
the eminent banker, were performed on Thursday last.
Nearly all the Americans, his countrymen, then here,
and very many of his distinguished French acquaint-
ance, assembled before nine o'clock at his elegant
chateau of Suresne, in order to pay an earnest tribute of
esteem for his memory. The funeral procession to the
cemetery of Pere la Chaise, included a great number of
private equipages, and suited in every respect his social
rank and personal consideration. At the grave, a brief
and terse eulogy of the defunct was pronounced by
the Rev. Mr._ Birch, the excellent' pastor of the
Reformed Church of the .Rue Taitbout. Mr. Welles
was born at Boston, in the United States, in 1778.
He inherited a fortune, which, after receiving a thorough
mercantile education, he speedily enlarged by intelligent
and energetic enterprise. In 1816, he founded the
house of Welles and Co., in this capital, and that of

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Welles and Greene at Havre. His faculties of observa-
tion and decision with regard to both financial and poli-
tical questions, and his probity, sedulousness, and ex-
actitude in business, were such as to assure him final
success. Those who held frequent communion with him,
must have been struck with his acuteness, lucidity, and
sound sense, on whatever practical subject. While he
accumulated wealth, he exercised a constant and bril-

Rant hospitality. In domestic life the habitual cheer-
fulness of his demeanour contributed much to the-hap-
piness of his family and the gratification of his guests.—.
Galignani.
THE CORN-LAWS.—DAY OF PRAYER AND
HUMILIATION.—It is a singular coincidence that the
very day on which the New Tory Ministers first take
their seats us Ministers in the two Houses of Parliament,
should have long before been appointed by the Man-
chester Conference of Clergymen and Ministers, as a day
to be set apart for prayer and deep humiliation before
God, in respect of the great privations and sufferings of
the poor, arising from the present oppressive Corn-laws.
Monday last was duly observed in the way recommended
by the Conference in many congregations in this town.
The chapels were open for Divine service ; prayers in
accordance with the occasion were offered by the minis-
ters to "Him who hath given plenty and abundance to his
creatures, that he would be pleased to turn the hearts of
those who deny them the bread already given them in
the bountiful providence of God. There is, we repeat, a
striking significance in this solemn humiliation in many
a congregation of serious, earnest people, throughout
the length and breadth of the land, on the very day that
a Duke of Buckingham and other aristocratical makers
and upholders of the oppressive and unjust Corn-laws,
rush to their seats of power and place—awhile (would
we could say a brief while) to sway the destinies of this
mighty empire.—Manchester Guardian.
In digging the trenches for the foundation of
the intended fort at Romainville, a considerable number
of human skeletons have been disinterred. From their
forms, the fragments of clothing, some cuirasses in
Swedish iron, and other indications, they are presumed
to be the remains of foreign troops killed on the capture
of Paris in 1814 and 1815. The bones have been col-
lected by the Mayor of Romainville and buried in the
cemetery.
EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A WOMAN ON
BOARD THE LATONA FRIGATE.—CHATHAM, TUESDAY.
—For the last two days a great deal of excitement has
prevailed in this town and neighbourhood, in consequence
of reports that a seaman of the name of Stone bad been
placed under arrest on board the ordinary guardship
Poictiers, for having been the cause of his wife's death.
From accounts it appears that on Friday afternoon Stone
had been ashore for the purpose of removing some fur-
niture, when upon his return, and coming alongside the
ship for the purpose of going on board, his wife seeing
him, called out to him from one of the portholes, at the
same time using abusive language; whereupon the hus-
band said to some of his shipmates, " Is this not enough
to provoke any man ?" On. his arrival on deck he struck
her a severe blow and knocked her down ; he afterwards
seized her and knocked her head against the bulwarks,
at the same time saying he would be the death of her.
They afterwards went into their cabin and quarrelled
again, when the boatswain felt it his duty to part them,Stone
going into the galley, leaving his wife sitting on her bed.
A short time afterwards the woman was found dead
lying on the lower deck, bleeding very much from her
nostrils and ears. The man and his wife had been about
three years on board, and they had always conducted
themselves well they bad been married about 25 years,
and had eight children, three of which are alive. An
inquest was held on the body on Wednesday afternoon,
at the Lord Exmouth, by Mn Hinde, Coroner. The
prisoner was attended by a guard of marines, and ap-
peared to ho a man of about 60 years of age. From the
evidence of John Whately, the boatswain, it appeared,
on Friday evening, the prisoner and his wife were tipsy,
and quarrelling in their cabin. He went to them and
A h ut three-quarters of an hour after-
part"' them.
and said, the deceased was
wards
bheisfowuinfed.cale
not to tthoenhipteured a light, and in search-
ing the ship found
dhethr lysitngb
aoNn.ethfeeillotwherroudgehckt.heHlade sduepr:
way from the upper deck into the lower, a depth of seven
feet and a halt
posed the deceasTe
old e
Johnprisoner of his wife's death.
Wood, ship,heeper, deposed to
returned a verdict—Accident-
the death arose, the Jury
There being no evidence to show how
He
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ally killed by frOlin
decease d
from p
eprimanded by the Coro-
The deceased's husband MIA
the to to the lower deck.
ner -for his conduct to the
'Tang
evening last,' -about six o'clock, as
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENtC:o. Thursday
tely got a fel4l-
- busily engagea ip eating fruit (peaches) in a garden
near Liverpool, one of them unfortui*
stone in hie throat, and could neither_ get it one way oV
the other. A surgeon was instantly sent for; but, before
he arrived, the unfortunate
Liverpoo
young matt was dead,—