The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-04 00:00:00

LIFE ASSURANCE.

No 11512E36

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;el-court, Sept. 1, 1841.

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between the Directors of the Blackwall Railway and the
"STAR" GRAVESEND STEAM PACKET COM-
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Quarter past Nine in the Morning. The other Iron Boats will
leave at the same hours as heretofore ; and all the Star Beats
will call at Blackwall on their way up to London
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FOR LIFE.
•A. B.
Age. Without With For ()no For Five
Profits. , Profits. Year only. Years only
s. d. E. s. d. , s. d. s. d.
20 1 13 7 , 1 17 4 (► 17 0 017 6
30 2 4 4 2 9 3 , 019 6 1 0 0
40 2 18 5 3 5 3 1 3 10 1 5 0
50 4 4 2 4 13 6 1 13 0 1 16 6
60 613 a 7 ii 4 ; 3 0 0 3 9 6

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NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA.
Just published, price ss.
PRACTICAL TREATISE on the
CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of
STRICTURES of the URETHRA, and their CONSE-
QUENCES.

By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L.
And late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Care 01
Strieturesof the Urethra.
.70NTENTS.

CHAFTXR. I.
Causes of Strictures.
Divisions of Strictures.

Consequences of Str►ctures.

CHAPTER IT.

Of the Different Modes in
practice for the Cure of
Strictures, by the Mougie,
the Catheter, the Lunar
Caustic, and Cutting In-
struments. The Author's)
Mode of Cure.

Symptoms resemble those of
Stricture.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER 111.

On the Diseases where thel

FASHIONS FOR SEI?TEWIBER.

(From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of
Fashion.)
Gros d'Afrique, taffetas, poult de soie, bareges, fou-
lards de Chine, moires d'ete, &c., are the materials most
in request, and the favour: to colours are Oriental blue,
purple, vert scarabe, orange, ,:nd noir de Chine. The
make of dresses continues much ,the same ; the skirts
are still ornamented en tablier, the bodies are
tight and a cceur, and the sleeves very generally
tight, with different styles of ornament, gimp, tas-
sels, folds, &c. &c. ; tucks and folds en th.e skirts
are still fashionable. The newest style are I:...;°s°
headed with a rouleau of the same material as the
dress ; others are edged with a lace or a ruche, the
corsages a coulisses are sometimes made with the run-
ners placed horizontally, which have the effect of lessen-
ing the size of the waist. Inlets of lace are much in use
for fischus, caps, or handkerchiefs ; for the latter borders
have been formed by six small inlets, divided by an in-
terval sufficiently wide to admit a single row of em-
broidered spots. Cuffs and collars for neglige have also
been made in this style. Small caps, both in cambric
and muslin, are worn without any ribbon, and form the
preetttiieedstosntytlheefotropneogeltighee
h,•
etande
;btahne dswhich turn back
ar
embroidery on them
is light, and they are trimmed with lace.
Some of the latest accounts from Paris state the re-

Of tne Treatment of the Mala-
dies Consequen upon Stric-
ture.

Sold by 13ailliere, Medical 13
Sinipkin and 111arshall, Ststioi
rine-street, Strand; Barlow,
ginale, Liverpool: and all 800 l

A PPENTHX.

Cases Illustrative of the Su-
periority of the Author's
Mode of Cure over the Treat-
ment by the Bougie, Cathe-
ter, Lunar Caustic, and Cut-
ting Instruments.

introduction of combs in the coiffure : they are said to
be worn by ladies, ornamented, carved, or cnt out, of
elegant forms, and suiting all styles of head-dress.
The form of bonnets is undergoing some slight altera-
tion; they are not thrown so backward, and begin to

incline a little more on the forehead. The straight cot-
tage is still in favour, and the materials, as yet, continue
much the same, but the flowers, &c., indicate the autum-
nal season :some bonnets have the brides placed inside,
which prevent their closing very much. Velvet is used
both on straw and Leghorn bonnets. The latter are
also ornamented with a voilette entirely covering, the
front, confined on each side up the brides by a mend of
green sarcenet ribbon ; sewed Le ;horns are also genteel.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.

1841.
NOMINATION FOR THE CESAREWITCH STAKES.
Hyllus, 5 yrs—The Doctor, aged—Lanercost, 5 yrs—
Kingston Robin, 4 yrs—Huon, 3 yrs—Gammon Box,
3 yrs—Revoke, 5 yrs—Colchicum, 5 yrs—Benjamin, 4
yrs—Janus,4 yrs—Exit, 4 yrs—Oakley, 3 yrs—Taurida,
3 yrs—King of the Peak, 4 yrs—St. Lawrence, 4 yrs—
Flash, 4 yrs—Flambeau, 5 yrs—The Genius, 4 yrs—
Mus, aged—The Currier, 5 yrs—Bracelet, 5 yrs—Na-
worth, 4 yrs—Mustapha, 3 yrs—Halfeaste, 4 yrs, Cruis-
keen, agel—Zelmyra, 4 y-rs—Wirrestrew, 5 yrs—Fid-
hann, 3 yrs—The Nob, 3 yrs—Orelia, 5 yrs—Remnant,
4 yrs—lsabella, 6 yrs—Mungo Parke, 4 yrs—Sister to
Glencoe, 3 yrs—Belgrade, 3 yrs—The Squire, 3 yrs—
La Sage Femme, 5 yrs—Thirsk, 3 yrs, Millapede, 3
yrs—Showlad, 3 yrs—The Shadow, 5 yrs—Stamboul, 4
yrs—Bosphorus, 5 yrs—Silistria, 4 yrs—Scarf, 3 yrs—
Compensation, 6 yrs—Wardan, 4 yrs—Lady Liverpool,
4 yrs—Champagne, 4 yrs—Ernest the First, 5 yrs—
Miss Stilton, 4 yrs—Camelino, 6 yrs—Retriever, 5 yrs—
Ermengardis, 3 yrs--Snowdrop, 3 yrs—Blemish, 4 yrs—
Tom Tit, 5 yrs—Bellissima, 6 yrs—Galen, 4 yrs—St.
Martin, 6 yrs—The Young-'un, 4 yrs—Bellona, 6 yrs—
Charles the Twelfth, 5 yrs—Calypso, 4 yrs—Zohrab,
aged—Modesty, aged—Broadwath, 4 yrs—Wee Willie,
6 yrs—Roscius, 5 yrs—Clinker, 5 yrs—Bussorah, 4 yrs—
The Recorder, 5 yrs—Duke of Wellington, 3 yrs—The
Ruler, 4 yrs--Melody colt, 4 yrs—lliona, 4 yrs—Tam-
burini, 5 yrs—The Day of Algiers, 5 yrs—Gibraltar,
4 yrs—l-am-not-aware, 6 yrs—Rory (More, 5 yrs—
Welfare, 4 yrs—Johnny, 4 yrs—Alice, 3 yrs—lsaac,
aged—Black Beck, 4 yrs—Hetman Platoff, 5 yrs—Prize-
flower, aged—Pocohontus, 4 yrs—The Corsair, 5 yrs—
Humming Bird, 4 yrs—Tearaway, 3 yrs—Diana, 4 yrs—
Y. Quo Minus, 3 yrs—Thebes colt, 3 yrs—Bentley colt,
3 yrs—Bob Peel, 4 yrs—Buffalo, 3 vrs—Barbara, 3 yrs—
St. Francis, 6 yrs—E.O., 3 yrs—kiss Mary Ann, filly,
3 yrs—Teleta, 4 yrs—Portsoken, 3 yrs—and Laures-
tina, 3 yrs.

COURT CLRCULAR

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at one
o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Claremont Park.
Between twelve and one o'clock, the following mem •
bars of the late Administration arrived at Claremont :
Lord Cottenham, Lord John Russell, Marquis of Nor-
manby. Viscount Palmerston, Earl of Clarendon, Right
Hon. F. T. Baring, Earl of Minto, and Sir George
Grey. The following Officers of State also arrived :
The Earl of Errol, the Earl of Uxbridge. Lord Foley
the Earl of Surrey, the Earl of Belfast, and Lord Marcus

The Members of the new Ministry also arrived at
Claremont about the same time. There were present
Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharn-
a.i,:cfe, the .1/12m of Buckingham, Earl De Grey, Lord
Stanlej', Sir Jomes Graham, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
Ellenbomngh, Earl of Ripon, Earl of Haddington, Mr.
Goulburn, -Lord I,:yadhurst, Sir Henry Hardin e, Sir
Edward Knatchbull, ...r.ord Eliot, Earl of Liverpool, 1:arl
Jersey, Lord Granvilie Somerset, Earl of Lincoln, Mr.
W. E. Gladstone, Lord Ernest Bruce. and Sir George
Clerk,
Lord Cottenham had an audience of the Queen, and
resigned the Great Seal.
The Marquis of Normanby had an audience of her
Majesty, and resigned his three Seals of Office, as one
of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State.
Lord John Russell and Viscount Pabnerston had audi-
ences of the Queen, and resigned their Official Seals, as
two of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., had an
• audience of her Majesty, and resigned the Seal of the
County Palatine of Lancaster, and also the Seal of the
Duchy of Lancaster.
,The Earl of Clarendon had an audience of the Queen,
and resigned the Privy Seal.
The Right Hon. Francis Thornhol Baring had an au-
dience of her Majesty, and resigned his official seal as
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Earl of Minto had an audience of the Queen.

The Earl of Errol had au iitiifelce of her Majesty, on
resigning his office of Lord Steward of her Majesty's
Household. _ _ _ _ _

The Earl of Belfast, Lord Foley, and Lord Marcus
Hill, had also audiences of her Majesty. The above-
named noblemen and gentlemen, after their respective
audiences, immediately took their departure from Clare-
mont.

Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen, and
kissed hands on being appointed First Lord of the
Treasury.
The Duke of Wellington had an audience of her
Majesty.
Lord Granville Somerset accompanied by Mr. Danvers
Clerk, of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an
audience of the Queen, and took the oath of Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster and was presented by her
Majesty with :. • - Seals of Office.
The Earl of Li rorpool had an audience of the Queen,
and kissed hands on his appointment. His Lordships
received from her Majesty his Wand of Office as Lord
Steward of. her Majesty's Household.
The Earl of Jersey and Lord Ernest Bruce had au-
diences of her Majesty, and kissed hands on their ap-
pointment to her Majesty's Household.
After giving these audiences, the Queen quitted the
Yellow Drawing-room, accompanied by his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, and preceded by the Earl of Liver-
pool, the Earl of Jersey, and Lord Ernest Bruce, and
passed to the Corridor, where a Privy Council was held
shortly before two o'clock.
Her Majesty was pleased to declare Lord Wharncliffe
Lord President of the Council, and his Lordship took his
place at the Board.
The custody of the Great Seal having been delivered
to Lord Lyndhurst, his Lordship was sworn into office
as Lord High Chancellor.
The Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Liverpool, the
Earl of Leicester, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Eliot, and
Mr. William Gladstone, having been appointed Privy
Councillors. were sworn in of the Council, and took their
seats at the Board.
The Duke of Buckingham was sworn in Keeper of the
Privy Seal..
Sir James Graham, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord
Stanley were sworn as her Majesty's three principal Se-
cretaries of State.
The Earl of Ripon and the Right Hon. W. C. Glad-
stone were appointed President and Vice-President of
the Board of Trade.
Earl De Grey was declared by the Queen in Council
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Mr. C. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.
The Council broke up at a quarter past two o'Clock.
The Earl of Listowel was the Lord in Waiting ; Lord
Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; General the Hon. Sir
William Lumley, Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Wemyss,
Equerry in Waiting; and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to
Prince Albert.

A dejuene was served immediately after the Council.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington left Claremont at
half-past two o'clock.
Sir. Robert -Peel,. and the Noblemen and Gentlemen
attending the Council also took their departure for town
before three o'clock.
The new Ministers and Officers of. State appeared at
her Majesty's Council yesterday in Court costume, the
Members of Orders of Knighthood, wearing their re-
spective Ensigns.
Yesterday morning at an early hour her Majesty and
Prince Albert walked in Claremont Park.
The Earl of Aberdeen, after his return to town yes-
terday afternoon, proceeded to the Foreign Office, and
transacted business.
Sir James Graham attended at the Home Office yes-
terday afternoon, after his arrival from Claremont.

THE CORN•LAWS A.ND THE
DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _

Sin—The cOnsisTertiidperseverini,Wianner in which
the question of a change in the Corn-laws has been fol-
lowed up by The Sun newspaper, deserves the thanks of
this country, as well as every other community. When all
was gloom and despondency, that subject was nobly sup-
ported by your independent and valuable paper. The
present scale of duties was carried by the Duke of Wel-
lington against poor Mr. Canning, and therefore he is
responsible for his act to this free and powerful country.
Common sense at once shows that a close and grindinr,
monopoly, on the most essential article of food of thee
people, must be a fatal blow to trade ; and what would
become of this great country without it ? Could the
Noble Duke, or Sir Robert Peel, resist the suffering cry
of the people in 1830 ? The thunder-clap which then
frightened and alarmed them, and shook the whole fabric
of society, may recur agri.n with awfvl consequences. I
say, let them and the landowners beware before it is
too late. The mere triumph of party will not deceive
those who are exiles from their native land, those who
have been ruined and are suffering from the crushing
effects of this hard and unfeeling law. If the day of
adversity falls on them, what mercy have they to expect
who have shown none ? Are we serfs, or freemen ? I,
as the father of a family, with thousands—l may say
millions—feel severely the pressure of this iniquitous
law, and yet I am of the.middling class, and well edu-
cated. I happen to know that the labouring classes are
generally being deprived of what few comforts they had
left, by deep and overwhelming distress. Can those who
have the luxuries of life, look on this Appa"ing state of
society with indifference—are they aware of what Eng-
glishmen can do, when driven to despair ? I hope not
for their own sakes, as well as my own. I do not he-
sitate to say, that if this law.is not at least greatly mo-
dified, six months will not pass without a crisis. No
one w:11 deny that it is better that individuals should
suffer, than a nation sink. Those who deride our gra-
cious Sovereign's Speech on the distress of the country,
and recommending attention to the Corn-laws, may live
bitterly to repent their error. Let us hope that more
just principles of taxation will prevail, before the work-
ing class stand up as ene man, and indignantly demand
their rights as freeborn men who have been deceived.
The importance of the subject will, I trust, excuse my
requesting you to publish this letter.—l am, Mr. Editor,
Your obedient and humble servant,
AN ELECTOR.

3ookseller, 219, Regent-street
iners' •court ; Onwhyn, Cathe.
Birmingham ; Ross and Night
ksellers in Town and Country.

COURAGE NECESSARY FOR NONCONFOR-
MITY.—For nonconformity the world whips you with its
displeasure. And therefore a man must know how to
estimate a sour face. The bystanders look askance on
him in the public street or in the friend's parlour. If
this aversion had its origin in contempt and resistance
like his own, he might well go home with a sad counte-

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nance ; but the sour faces of the multitude, like their
sweet faces, have no deep cause, disguise no God, but are
put on and off as the wind blows and the newspaper
directs. Yet is the discontent of the multitude more for-
midable than that of the Senate and the College. It is
easy enough for a firm man who knows the world to
brook the rage of the cultivated classes. Their rage is
decorous and prudent ; for they are timid, as being very
vulnerable themselves. But when to their feminine rage
the indignation of the people is added, when the igno-
rant and the poor are aroused, when the unintelligent
brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to
growl and mow, it needs the habit of magnanimity and
religion to treat it God-like as a trifle of no concern-
ment.—Emerson's Essay on Self-Reliance.

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F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

WESTBURY.—THE MANCHESTER CONFER,
ENCE.—The pastors of the Dissenting churches in this
bkavo ratoitiuseogn,hv
to e, l p
ifnartrceo communication cati o
poor,n
having
otherg
requested persons
thein interested
ejd.
ressnentptahretmthienFtrhideaCyopnrfeecreendcineglaftoerlypahhellidc
in Manchester,e t apart
special prayer, that a Divine blessing might attend his
return mission
ora
their
itrh the
epprroceseeendtalitiic.se, of that
to hold a assembly. On the
it was considered desirable
public meeting, to hear the report of Mr.
Watson, prior to the adoption of ulterior measures.
On Friday evening
convened iabythNe. last, the 27th ult., an assembly was
Upper Meeting-House; the Choir was
Overbury, Esq. After the devotional
ably filled
exercises, themeetingj.irNevas addressed by the Rev. Messrs.
R. Harries and.
calcieefetoeu'ent of the proceedings at the
long and interestinn•
population appeared Mr. Watson then gave a
aonfcluded with prayer. The
Conference, and Mr.
chapel was crowded, andof deep sympathy
devoaapopneaalreedhatroacter,
towards our starving
every breast. Though of a
meeting broke up presenting a practical ‘ pervade
t h the
the twelfth resolution passed inConference, illustration of
viz.:—
" That while this Conference declines to
distinct or specific plan of operations t: prescribe any
its members after this meeting breaks up,e pursued by
ourselves, that by all such means as may be deemed
we pledge
the individuals themselves best fitted to advance
eth by.
cause in which we are engaged, we shall never eeeasgreet
in
our efforts till these unjust and unchristian enactments
which restrict the supplies of food are expunged from the
statute both."— Wiltshire Independant.
TIMOROUSNESS OF THE AGE.—The sinew
and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are be_
come timorous desponding whimperers. We are afraid
of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of
each other. Our age yields no great and perfect per-
sons. We want men and women who shall renovate "fe
and our social state, but we see that most natures are in-
solvent ; cannot satisfy their own wants, have an ambi-
tion out of all proportion to their practical force, and so
do lean and beg day and night continually. Our house-
keeping is mendicant ; our arts, our occupations, our
marriages, our religion we have not chosen, but society
has chosen- for us. We are parlour soldiers. The
rnged battle of fate, where strength is born, we shun.
Emerson's Essay onSelf-Reliance.
It is pleasant enough to consider the changes
that a linen rag undergoes by passing through various
hands. The finest pieces of Holland, when worn to
tatters, assume a new whiteness more beautiful than!the
first condition, and often return in the shape of letters
to their native country. A lady's chemise may be meta-
morphosed into a billet-doux, and come into her posses-
sion a second time. A towel, or napkin, worn to tatters,
may be taken from a dunghill and converted into a valu-
able piece of furniture in a Prince's cabinet.—Old
Manuscript.

P.S.—My letter on the election of the new Parlia-
ment, published on the 12th of July, 1830, in the Morn•
ing Herald, was followed by events sufficiently alarming.
I was then in Kent, and in the capital.
Plymouth, Devon, Sept. 1, 1841.

LIST OF NEW PATENTS.
AUGUST, 1841.

Samuel Brown, of Gravel-lane, Southwark, engineer, for
improvements in the manufacture of metallic casks or ves-
sels, and in tinning or zincing metal for such and other pur-
poses. Sealed 11th August—six months for inrolment.
John seaward and Samuel Seaward, of the Canal Iron
Works, Poplar, engineer, for certain improvements in
steam engines. Sealed 13th August—six months for in-
rolment.

William Hale, engineer, and Edward Dell, merchant,
both of Woolwich, for improvements in cases and ma-
gazines for ou npowder. Sealed 13th August—six months
for inrolments..

John Hawig, of the Strand, gentleman, and Felix Mo-
reau, of Holywell-street, Milbank, scuoptor, for a new or
improved mode or process for cutting or working cork
for various purposes. Sealed August 21st—six months
for inrolment.

John Hawig, of the Strand, gentleman, and Felix Mo-
reau, of Holywell-street, Milbank, sculptor, for a new or
improved process or processes for sculpturing, moulding,
engraving and polishing stones, metals, and other sub-
stances. Sealed 21st August—six months for inrolment.

MEATH ELECTION.—We refer with unallayed
satisfaction to the influential requisition calling on Mr.
Corbally to stand for the representation of Meath.
In rank, wealth, patriotism, and public virtue,
the requisitionists are second to none in the em-
pire. It must be peculiarly gratifying to Mr. Cor-
bally to find that his character as a public man,
and his services in the public cause, are appreciated
by so numerous and respectable a body of the inde-
pendent freeholders of Meath. Mr. Corbally may
rejoice at having earned the approval of such men ;
and with equal pride and satisfaction can he respond to
the call they have made. To represent a county situated
as Meath is—a county in which Toryism has been pros-
trated, if not utterly annihilated—is an honour of which
any man might well be proud.—Dublin Pilot.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, 'SEPTEMBER 4, 1841.

SIR ROBERT PEEL AND HIS
CABIN ET.

On Friday last Sir Robert said, whilst speaking of the
Corn-laws, " I held in 1830 that I would not bind myself
to the details of the existing law, but would reserve to
myself the unfettered diScretion of considering and
amending that law. I hold the same language now; and
if you ask me whether I bind Myself to the maintenance
of the existing law in its details, or if you say that this
is the condition on which the agricultural interest give
me their support, I say that in that condition I wili not
accept their support."
The Duke of Buckingham said, in 1839, " What
alarms me most upon this subject is the difference of
opinion existing upon it in the Cabinet."
Sir Edward Knatchbull said, on the Bth of March,
1827:—" The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that <he
did not believe an import duty would be preferable to a
prohibitory price.' This was the opinion he also held.
... It was his opinion—an opinion in which he was
supported by eminent authority—that this country ought
to depend for its supply of grain on the soil of the United
Kingdom. . . . He thought the principle which had
been laid down in 1815 the true one, and he should op-
pose every other."
To this mild speech, you, Sir, replied, that you
" thought that, when it was recollected that corn could
not be imported into this country under the law of 1815
until the price of it was above 80s., no gentleman who
called himself a friend to the agricultural interest would
seriously advise a rigid adherence to the law of
that date." .

•
The Duke of Buckingham, no longer since than the
debate in the Lords of the 14th of March, 1839, took
" his firm stand in support of the Corn-law as it now
stands." His Grace then quoted a speech made in
.1815, of which the following was the concluding para-
graph :—" Whether the restricting price should be 725.,
765., or 80s., was a matter of less moment ; although,
under all the circumstances, he was in favour of the
higher sum,. us giving-due-eueaucagement. to,.tlte. farmer,
without which he could not contend with rival anrlii4gn
markets. These (said the Noble Duke) ARE MY EXACT
OPINIONS."
On the 18th of February in the same year, his Grace
likewise said (speaking of the existing Corn-laws), " I
adhere to these laws ; I wish for no alteration in them.
. . . .These essential laws—laws of which I have ever
been, and shall continue to be, a firm advocate."
Let us hear the Duke of Wellington on the 18th of
February, 1839. He also opposed the hearing of evi-
dence on the subject of the Corn-laws :—" Agriculture
—said his Grace in his usual pithy style of expression—
agriculture cannot yet do without protection, and there-
fore the law must be kept up."
No longer ago than Thursday, the 12th of August,
Sir E. Knatchbull thus expressed himself :
" Nothing had been advanced within his hearing or
reading that induced him at the present moment to
think an alteration in the Corn-laws, as they now stood,
advisable.—(Cheers.) When the matter came under
consideration, if any improvement affecting the farming
interest or the general interest of the country should be
suggested, he would give it his fullest consideration, and
adopt it or not, according as he might or might not
think it beneficial. With respect to the general question
of protection, there was no doubt that protection must
be maintained in the existing state of things. Let, then,
the alteration of the law of tithe be considered in con-
nection with the conduct of Ministers on the subject of
the Corn-laws. Within the last few years an Act had
been passed for the commutation of tithe, which was
compulsory on both parties, the clergy and the landed
interest. It was his opinion, that the law was based on
equitable principles ; but if an alteration should take
place in the Corn-laws, and the price of wheat be re-
duced to 40s. from between 50s. and 60s. per quarter,
how would it be possible for that law to be carried out ?
—(Hear, hear.) How would it then be possible for the
land to bear the burden imposed on it by that law ?"
(Hear, hear.)
The Duke of Buckingham has continually adjured the
farmers at ordinaries, and at extra ordinaries, to stick to
the entire Corn-law, and not allow a line of it to be al-
tered. With such colleagues, how can Sir Robert Peel
alter the law beneficially ? At Tamworth he showed
that the present law does not give protection enough,
and we therefore have no doubt that the only alteration
he will make will be to increase the tax now levied on
the public by the rent-owners.

TARDY JUSTICE.—During the Assizes just
closed, the subjects of mania andmonomania have been
more than once discussed on behalf of prisoners charged
with serious crimes, and examples have been cited from
works of authority on the subject ; but we think the
Learned Counsellors had no occasion to go so far
out of their way to bring evidence of what was called
monomania, for they have a living example of its ef-
fects generally travelling the circuit with them ; and, as
one tact is worth fifty arguments, the time of the
Court, the patience of the Jury, as well as the evidence
of the medical- gentlemen, which, by the bye, was
not of the most satisfactory and explicit nature, would
have been spared. Some of our readers may per-
haps be aware that the Judges of the Northern Circuit
are attended in their judicial route by a genteelly-dressed
female, a monomaniac, who fancies she has a very im-

portant trial at issue, that she has engaged one of the
Learned Counsellors as her advocate, and that the cause
is to borne on immediately. Sometimes the officers of
the Court and she have slight skirmishes, as she generally
wishes to take a very prominent part in the hall of jus-
tice, and does not like to submit to any of the under-
strappers. At these assizes the poor lady has been
somewhat at a loss in consequence of the ab-
sence of her supposed advocate, notwithstanding
which, she has attended, and listened very patiently
and earnestly to the trials going on. On Tuesday
evening, just as his Lordship and the few of the long-
robes who remained were discussing the propriety of
finishing the last case that night, or leaving it till the
morning, her Ladyship, who had taken her place in one
of the seats appropriated for the Counsellors, on hearing
Mr. Watson, who was next her, urge his Lordship to go
on with the case that night, rose, and with great calm-
ness addressed the Judge and Jury as follows :—" Yes,
my Lord and Gentlemen, and I hope, before you go,
you'll do me justice. It is nearly time for you ; my
case has been standing for nine years." A cry of" hush"
from her Learned Friend who was next her silenced the
good lady, and she left the Court, when the Judge re-
tired. We have heard it whispered that this poor woma n
lost a considerable sum at one time by a law-suit, the re-

suit of which was the partial bereavement of her senses,
which accounts for her singular conduct.--Liverpoo,
Mercury.

We have received from a correspondent, now
travelling on the Rhine, some particulars relative to the
Belgian railways, which cannot fail to interest our
readers. That part of Germany has already been
brought very near to London by the steam navigation,
and at a very cheap rate ; but the continuation of the
railroad from Liege to Cologne will, in a short time, add
materially to the rapidity of the communication. From
the _ latter place to Aix-la-Chapelle the line will be
opened in a few days ; though two years v. probably
elapse before the part of the line from A4x to Liege is
completed, that not having been begun as soon as the
other, and there being much greater difficulties to sur-
mount. The terminus of the Ostend line at Ans, near
Liege, is on a very high level, and it is now in the course
of being brought down to cross the I:ver Meuse, near
the town, by inclined planes. It will afterwards follow
the pretty and romantic valley of the Verder to Ver-
iers, crossing the river no less than six or seven and
twenty times, and the road six times, by very handsome
bridges, as they promise to be from the piers that are
already constructed, of very good stone, which is found
almost close to the spots where it is wanted.' There are
nine galleries, as the French call them on the Simplon,
through projecting masses of rock, round which the ri-
ver flows, so that in many instances there is a very hand-
some bridge on each side of the entrance to the turnel.
This will be a most beautiful road to travel on the rails,
and the railroad, with its bridges, stone embankments to
the river, &c., wilt also form a most interesting object
to those who travel by the post road, both in point of
picturesque appearance, and as being worthy of notice in
an engineering point of view. From Verviers the road
runs in a different direction to that followed by the post
road.—Brighton Gazette.

GROWTH OF FREE-TRADE PRINCIPLES.—
The expectation that civilised nations mad• become, in
no long time, suffiiciently enlightened to understand the
advantages of free-trade is not visionary. Even at pre-
sent a progress towards a less restrictive system of com-
merce is visible over the whole civilised world. Protect-
ing duties between different parts of a country imme-
diately subject to the same Government are now gene-
rally abandoned. Yet Turgot's measure for permitting
a free trade is g:ain between the different provinces of
France, caused an insurrection in 1775 ; the corn trade
between Ireland and Enghind was first opened by Lord
Grenville's Administration in 1806 ; and the remaining
protecting duties between the same, two countries were
not removed till 1825. The principle of a free com-
mercial intercourse has been extended by the Prussian
league to a certain number of neighbouring independ-
ent states. And, although every nstior still asserts
the expediency of duties intended for the protection—as
it is falsely styled—of native industry and commerce,
and not for the levying of a revenue for the Governmenr,
yet they all show a disposition to diminish the number
and rigour of the prohibitions and restrictions by which
this so-cal'ed protection is affordei. Thus slow and
painful are the advances of human reason, made, as it
were, by groping in the dark, and retarded at every step
by the opposition of short-sighted interest, the listless-
ness of routine, and the want of confidence in theoreti-
cal truths! If, however, the Governir 2nts of civ:lized
nations could once acquire so much reliance on the
moderation and enlightenment of the Governments of
other civilized nations as to expect that the latter would
allow an unrestricted trade with their own subjects, the
motive for the acquisition and possession of dependen-
cies, which is founded on the assumed folly of all Go-
vernments respecting commercial intercourse, would no
longer exist.—Lewis's Government of Dependencies.
Great quantities of pilchards and mackerel have
been brought in here this last week past, and gave re-
munerating prices to the fishermen.—Plymouth JournaL
The agricultural papers are urging the farmers
to do their hoeing during the dry weather. This is ac-
•3rding to the scriptural injunction, which says, " Hoe,
every one that thirsteth."

PRICE 5d

SLAVERY IN THE EAST INDIES.

BENGAL.—In this division of the report the systems
of bondage and slavery prevailing ;n the terraories
which were subject to the presidency of Bengal prior to
the year 1841 are treated of under twenty-two separate
heads. Our limited space will, however, only enable us
to give a few extracts from the most important of these
heads, showing, in a degree, the nature of East Indian
slavery.

1. PREVALENCE OF SL E RY. —Slavery preva:ls
more or less throughout the whole of these territories ;
the number of the slaves in some parts is considerable, a
wealthy zemindar often possessing as many as 2,000. ;
and it is stated that there are 200 or 250 landholders
who possess that number each. One of the witnesses
examined is himself the owner of fifty slaves ; in other
districts the slaves are comparatively few. In the
northern, central, and southern districts of Cuttack the
proportion of the slaves to the free population is supposed
to be as six to ten, but this proportion is considered
excessive.

" In the city of Calcutta the majority of the Mahome-
dan, Portuguese, Armenian, Parsee, and Jew inhabi-
tants possess slaves. In the districts of Bengal lying
beyond the Ganges slavery prevails to a• great extent.
In Tipperah the slaves are supposed to conAtitute one-
fourth of the population ; in Mymensingh all the great
zemindars have slaves in proportion to their wealth, who
are settled on their ?states ; one landholder, a lady, pos-
sesses 1,400 slaves of this description ; even persons who
live upon small salaries, such as clerks and accountants,
have generally five or six slaves.
In the Delhi territory the keeping of slaves is
stated to be almost entirely confined to the city of
Delhi, though in all the surrounding independent states,
especially where the chiefs are Mahomedans, it is
more common. In 1813 Sir C. Metcalfe, then resident
at Delhi, addressing Government on the means of
checking the traffic in slaves within this territory, ob-
served :—" The natives of this country are undeniably
greatly addicted to the purchase of slaves, espeeially of
the female sex ; some because slaves are kept at a less
expense than other servants,—others for the sake of the
privacy of the apartments of their wives,—others for the
gratification of their own vicious propensities,—others,
fin. the purpose of public prostitution. They will go
to any expense, and run any risk, to procure slaves."
11. ORIGIN OF SLAVERY.—The slavery prevailing in
the territories subject to the Bengal Presidency may be
traced to several sources :-
1. The sale, or gift of children by their parents, or
other natural guardians.
' 2. The sale of children and adults by their mothers, or
maternal relations.

3. The sale of wives by their husbands.
4. The self-sale of adults.
5. Marriage, or cohabitation with a slave.
G. Kidnapping.
7. Importation.
8. Birth.

Of all the modes by which free-born persons pass into
the state of slavery, the first-mentioned is the most gene-
ral and constant in its operation. These sales take place
under the pressure of any neeessity, either to obtain an
advance of money, to discharge a debt, or to preserve
life. Dr. Buchanan mentions that in Rungpore poor pa-
rents sell their male children with more reluctance than
the female, as being a greater resource for support in
old age, and that in Shahabad they seldom sell them of
either sex.

In the case of wives being sold as slaves by their hus-
bands, the marriage is not thereby dissolved, and if the
husband continues to have access to his wife, the offspring
belong to the purchaser. In the famine which visited
the district of Agra in 1813 and 1814 persons were glad
to sell both their women and children for a few rupees,
and even for a single ineal.—Report of the Indian Law
Commissioners, printed by the House of Commons.

ANTI-CORN-LAW MOVEMENT IN CHICHES-
TER.—On Tuesday evening, at the Independent Chapel,
a public meeting was held, when the Rev. W. Malden
having returned :rom the Manchester Conference, gave
an address which extended to an hour and a half, com-

prising an outline of the four days' Conference, Anti
which was listened to 14:th serious and deep attention.
At the close of the Rev. Mr. Malden's address, it was
moved by the Rev. John Fullagar, the Unitarian minis-
ter of Chichester, and unanimously adopted by the meet-
ing:—" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the Con-
ference of Christian ministers lately held in the town of
Manchester is entitled to the thanks of the nation ; that

the proceedings of the Conference were characterized by
Christian kindness towards the poor, and calculated to
exert a beneficial influence ; and that it is the duty of

EVENING "UN.
THE ROYAL CASTLES OF SCOT -
LAND.

(From Tyler's History qf Scotland.)
On the Borders were the Castles of Jedburgh, Rox-
burgh, and Berwick ; those of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright.
Wigtown, Ayr, Tarbet, Dumbarton, and Stirling, formed
a semicircle of fortresses which commanded the impor-
tant districts of Annandale, Galloway, Carrick, Kyle,
Lanark, and the country round Stirling, containing the
passes into the Highlands. Between Stirling, Perth,
and the Tay, there was no royal castle, till we reach
Dundee, where Brian Fitz Alan commanded • after which
the castles of Forfar, Kincardine, and Aberdeen, pro-
tected and kept under the counties of Perth, Angus, Kin-
cardine, and Aberdeen; and travelling still farther north,
we find the castles of Cromarty or Crumbarthyn, Ding-
wall, Inverness, Nairn, Fortes, Elgin, and Banff,
which, when well garrisoned, were deemed suffi-
cient to maintain the Royal authority in those remote
and unsettled districts. Such were the Royal Castles of
Scotland previous to the war of liberty ; but it was the
policy of Bruce; as we have seen, to raze the fortresses
of the kingdom, wherever they fell under his power ;
whilst, on the other hand, Edward, in his various cam-
paigns, found it necessary to follow the same plan whick
had been so successful in Wales, and either to construct
additional fortresses, for the purpose of overawing the
country, or to strengthen, by new fortifications, such
baronial castles as he Imagined best situated for his de-
sign. In this manner the architecture of the strong
Norman Castles, which had already been partially intro-
duced by the Scoto-Normah Barons, was more effectually
taught by their formidable enemy to the Scots, who pro-
fited by lessons, and turned it against himself.
It not unfrequently happened that the siege of a ba-
ronial castle detained the whole English army for weeks,
and even, months, before it ; and although feebly gar-
' risoned, the single strength of its walls resisted and
sometimes defied the efforts of Edward's strongest ma-
chines and most skilful engineers. To enumerate or
to point out the situation of the baronial castles which
at this early period formed the residences of the feudal
nobility and their vassals, would be almost impos-
sible. They raised their formidable towers in every
part of the kingdom, on its coasts and in its islands,
on its peninsulas and in its lakes, upon the banks
of its rivers and on the crests of its mountains ;
and many of those inhabited by the higher nobi-
lity rivalled, and in their strength and extent
sometimes surpassed, the fortresses belonging t*
the King. In the year 1309, when the military talent*
of Bruce had wrested from England nearly the whole of
the Royal castles, we find Edward the Second writing
earnestly to hiS principal officers in Scotland, diroctit
them to maintain their ground to the last extremit:r
against the enemy ; and it,is singular that, with the ex-
ception of Edinburgh, Stirling, Dumfries, and Jedburgh,
the posts which they held, and which are enumerated in
his order, are all of them private baronial castles, whose
proprietors had either been compelled by superior force.
or induced by selfish considerations, to embrace the
English interest.
In his letters are mentioned the castle of Kirkintulloch
between Dumbarton and Stirling ; Dalswinton in Gallo-
way, a principal seat of the Comyns ; Caerlaverock, be-
longing to the Maxwells ; Thrieve Castle, also in Gallo-
way ; Lochmaben in Annandale, the seat of the Bruces ;
Butel, the property of the Steward,- Dunba a castle o;'great strength and extent, one of the keys 'f' the king-
dom, by which the Earls of March commanded so mud^
influence in an age of war and invasion ; Dirleton, also
of great extent, and possessed by the Norman race of the
De Vaux ; Selkirk, at that time in the hands of Aymer
de Valence, Earl of Pembroke ; and Bothwell, a castle at
various times the property of the Olifards, Morays, and
Douglases. Innumerable other castles and smaller
strengths, from the seats of the highest Earls, whose
power was almost kingly, down to the single towers e
the retainer or vassal, with their low iron-ribbed door,
and loop-holed windows, were scattered over every di
triet in Scotland ; and, even in the present day, the
traveller cannot explore the most unfrequented scenes,
and the remotest glens of the country, without meeting
some grey relic of other days, reminding him that the
chain of feudal despotism had there planted one of its
thousand links, and around which there often linger those
fine traditions, which fiction has lent her romantic colours

this city to petition the Legislature for the total repeal
of all laws which restrict the supply of food to the people."
We learn from Switzerland, that Professor
Agassiz, of Neufchatel, is established, with several
savants, on the glacier of the Aar, in the canton of
Berne, making Observations on the geological phenomena
attendant on glaciers. and superintending a bore which is
driving down through the glaciers The bore has gone
down 80 feet ;-the 'thermometer merks—one-third ; and
at night falls to six. Lord Enniskillen, Professor
Forbes. Messrs. Robertson and Martins, have visited
Professor Agassiz in his rocky grotto, where his com-
panions are Messrs. Studer and Escher.—Literary
Gazette.
ANOTHER ANTI-CORN-LAW MOVE.—We
learn that a number of large and influential spinners and
manufacturers had a meeting at Menchestcr, on Tues-
day last, to consider the propriety of withdrawing their
business from all merchants and brokers in Liverpool
who gave their support to• pro Corn-law Members of Par-
liament ; and they came to the conclusion that such a
course would be quite justifiable, and that they saw no
reason for giving business to those who were deeng their
best to deprive them of their means of living—no reason
for increasing the wealth of those who were reducing
them to poverty. Another meeting of the spinners and
manufacturers of the town and neighbourhood of Man-
chester was fixed for Tuesday next, for the purpose of
considering further of the matter, and carrying it into
effect.—Chronicle.

, FORCE OF TRUTH. Dreadful limits are
set in nature to the powers of dissimulation. Truth
tyrannizes over the unwilling members of the body.
Faces never lie, it is said. No man need be deceived
who will study the changes of expression. When a man
speaks the truth in the spirit of truth, his eye is as clear
as the heavens. When he has base ends, and speaks
falsely, the eye is muddy and sometimes asquint. I
have heard an experienced counsellor say that he feared
never the effect upon a Jury of a lawyer who does not
believe in his heart that his client ought to have a ver-

to history.
In the vicinity of these strongholds, in which the
Scottish Barons of the thirteenth and fourteenth centu-
ries held their residence, there was cleared from wood as
much ground as was necessary fcir the support of that
numerous train of vassals and retainers, which formed-
what was termed the " following" of their Lord, and.
who were supported in a style of rude and abundant
hospitality. The produce of his fields and forests; his
huge herds of swine, his flocks and cattle, his granaries
and breweries, his mills and malting-houses, his dove-
cots, gardens, orchards, and " infield and outfield" wealth
all lent their riches to maintain those formidable bands
of warl!ke knights and vassals, who were ready on
every summons to surround the banner of their Lord.
Around these castles, also, were placed the rude habita-
tions and cottages belonging to the servants and inferior
dependants of the baron, to his arznourers, tailors,
wnghts, masons, falconers, forest-keepers, and many
others, who ministered to his necessities, his comforts, or
his pleasures. It happened too, not unfrequently, that,
ambitious of the security which the vicinity of a feudal
castle ensured, the free farmers or opulent tradesmen of
those remote times requested permission to build their
habitations and booths near its walls, which, fur payment
of a small rent, was willingly allowed; and to this prac-
tice we perhaps owe the origin of towns 'and royal
burghs in Scotland.

HARVEST BELL.—It has been the custom,
from time immemorial, for the parish clerk of Dritile
ld
to ring what. is called the " Harve-.1 Bell." This custom
is observed by giving the principal bell of the church a
merry swing for several minutes, at five o'clock each
morning, and at seven each evening, to warn the labour-
ers in the harvest fields when to commence and quit their
toils. Before the general use of clocks and watches, this•
custom would doubtless be of much service. The clerk
is rewarded for his trouble with a small portion of corn
from each crop, which, like tithes, was formerly paid in
kind, but is now received by an equivalent in money.—
. York Courant.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—With
the exception of the after part of yesterday, which was
gloomy and showery, we have been favoured with an-
other week of glorious harvest weather, which the
farmers in Our neighbourhood have turned to geod ac-
count, the wheat fields being pretty well cleared of their
golden produce. We are happy to state that; the in-ga-
thering is more than an average both as to quantity and
quality. There were many fine samples of new wheat
in our market on. Saturday, but the hot noonday sun
made the buyers cautions, lest they might burn their
fingers as well as scorch their faces, and but very little of
the new grain passed from the hands of the growers.
There was a fall of from 6s. to Bs. a quarter (4s. tad. in
the average) from the prices of the preceding week, but
strange to say, the price of bread and flour remains the
same. How is this 7—ln another column will •be found
extracts from the country papers of Saturday, which
will be read with interest, as affording an index to the
state of the crops in all parts of the kingdom. [We
have learnt, after writing the above, that the price of
bread, first quality, has fallen (this day, Wednesday) to
9id., and seconds, Bd.—Cambridge Advertiser.
ELECTION.—Mr. Wilberforce is mostly boarded
and lodged at Matthew Thompson's, Esq. The Tories of
the town are making the utmost exertions for their man
and a very strict canvass has been made on his behalf.
Blue flags are waving in various parts of the town. The
election day is, however, a good distance yet. According
to Wordsworth's Law of Elections it cannot take plaCe
before the 10th of September. The Yellow Committee
are paying off the bills of expenses incurred last election.
Mr. Busfield's canvass, we have been strongly assured on
good authority, has been extremely' successful, and if
We
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very
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iltaahts;inhabitants. Mr. Wilberforce has spoken publicly
at no place in Bradford besides the once at the Odd
Fellows' Hall, which we mentioned last week. In other
parts of the borough he has addressed the electors with
no success we mean so far as applause was concerned.
Mr. Wilberforce and Mr. Busfield met in the street one
day last week, and on being introduced to each other did
not. agree.— York Courant.
bridge Police-office, on Friday, a fellow named
WORSE THAN THE KNIFE.--At Stour-
Ikad was charged with cutting and stabbing Thomas
Pardoe, and Mr. Mobberley, publican, of Coalburn-hrook
Amblecote, on the 26th ult. From the evidence ad-
duced, it appeared that on the day in question
.the prid-
soner came into Mr. Mobberley's taproom, and ihq_lnre
thought it
Edward
if any of the company had any razors to set H. had
half-a-pint of ale, and had not been in manyannldmultes
when he began blackguarding all the cobern
tided him in the
mately became so violent that Mr. Mo
necessary to turn him out This
razor, cut at Mr. M. and slightly
and lie` esbisteirCll-je,nl'and, with t
face. Mr. Mobberley cried out, and Pardoe went to
Thug, and it appears
a few very slight wounds on
miraculous he did not murder
his assistance, when the prisoner
hsiemt upoountrih:mh,t eaz.
aosr iint
was, he escaped with
the abdomen, and a fearful one on theright shoul-
der, about four long,inches commencing at the top and
extending to the arm
-pit. From this wound the blood
must have poured in torrents, for Pardoe's coat, waist-
coat, and shirt were completely saturated. After a most
determined resistance, the prisoner was secured by po-
liceman Thornton, and conveyed to the prison. The
prisoner made no defence, other than saying they set
upon him, and showing a bruise on his arm, which he
said some one did. He was committed to take his trial
at the next Stafford Assizes. Poor Pardoe seems very
weak and ill from the loss of blood which he sustained.
ire had a most providential escape, there being six
cuts entirely through the front of his trousers (three in
a perpendicular and three in an horizontal direction), and
his escape from a fatal wound in this part of his person
is to be attributed to the circumstance of the trousers
being of a large, roomy description. Head is a rough-
looking customer, from IVolverhampton. His wife was
in Court during his examination, and appeared much
distressed at the situation in which Le had placed him-
self.—lVorcestershire Chronicle.
A WOMAN'S ADVANTAGES.—A woman may
say what she likes to you, without the risk of getting
n driss
knocked down for it. She can take a snooze after dinner
while her husband has to go to work. She caich e
herself in neat and tidy shoes for a dollar, hick ier
husband has to earn and fork over to her. She can take
a walk on a pleasant day without the fear of being asked
to treat at every coffee-house she passes. She can paint
her face, if too pale, or flour it, if too red. She can stay
at home in time of war, and wed again if her husband
is " kilt." She can wear corsets if too thick, and other
fixins if too thin.—Buffalo Times.

diet. If he does not believe it; his unbelief ull appear
to the Jury, despite all his protestation, and will become
their unbelief. This is that law whereby a work of art.,
of whatever kind, sets us in the same state of mind
wherein the artist was when he made it. That which
we do not believe we cannot adequately say, though we
may repeat the words never so often.—Essay on Spiritual
Laws.

SINGULAR CASE OF SPONTANEOUS COM-
BUSTION.—Between the hours of eight and nine, on
Wednesday evening last, a fire, which at first assumed an.
alarming character, was discovered raging in the base-
ment of the premises belonging to Mr. Archbutt, pawn-
broker and silversmith, No. 110, Blackfiar's-roa 1, near
the Magdalen Hospital, and oh inquiry being instituted,
it was ascertained to have commenced in the cellars,
which were fitted up as store-rooms for the reception of
beds, bedding, carpets, &c. With great exertions the
ravages of the fire were confined to the cellars, and in
about half an hour it was wholly subdued • but the loss
of property is stated to be very considerable, nearly the
whole of the beds, carpets, &c. that the cellars contained
be:ng all but consumed. There is every reason to
believe that the fire is the effect of spontaneous combus-
tion, and that one of the beds contained rags mixed with
flock, which, by some means, became damp, and being
closely piled one a top of another they heated to a state
of combustion, and ultimately burst into flames. Un-
fortunately Mr. Archbutt was severely burnt about the
hands and face, in extinguishing. the flames. The pro-
perty is stated to be insured in the Union and Atlas
Fire-offices to the extent of several thousand pounds.
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—Some very re-
markable organic remains of those gigantic Saurian rep-
tiles which characterize the Wealden formation, have re-
cently been discovered in the cutting forming the en-
trance to the Bletchingley tunnel, on the South Eastern
Railway. They are chiefly vertebrae of Megalosauri and
Iguanodons, with some of smaller reptiles of the same
class. They are in the possession of Mr. Simms, the re-
sident engineer of the company at Bletchingley. The
cutting from which these relics of a former world were
taken discloses a magnificent section of the Weald strata.
The huge primeval lizards whose skeletons are thus
brought to light must have sported in the waters or
roamed along the bank of the great lake or estuary for-
merly covering the districts of the Wealds of Kent and
Surrey ; the bottom of which lake now forms the exten-
sive level through which the Dover Railway is carried.
The cuttings on this line near its junction with the Brigh-
ton Ra'lway at Reigate are also highly interesting to the
geological inquirer.
NOVEL APPLICATION.—ThUrSday consider-
able merriment was caused at the Town-hall, Brighton,
by the following novel application :—A comely-looking
dame, " fat, fair, and forty," named Lucy Smith, applied
to the Magistrates for their advice. She stated that she
had two husbands, and wanted to get rid of one.—
(Laughter.) She had not heard of her first husband
until within a few days for seventeen years. Thinking
he was dead, she married again about three years back.
Major Allen told her she had rendered herself ',able
to be indicted for bigamy. The applicant said her first
husband enlisted. for a soldier, and left her with four
children. He had now returned, and came to her house
all hours of the night, creating a disturbance, and
she wished to have a summons against him, as she was
afraid he would do her some injury. Major Allen—But
you are his wife, and he has a right to take possession of
you.—(Laughter.) Applicant—But he always usedl me
ill, and I have no wish to live with him. Major A len—
I cannot alter the law. If the first husband makes his
appearance he can claim you, although he has been ab-
sent so long. You might have learned from the War-
office whether he was alive or dead. Perhaps the first
and second husbands can agree about the bargain.—
(Laughter.) You shall have a summons and brine.' both
your husbands here, and we will see if we can make an
arrangement.—(Laughter.) The applicant thanked the
Magistrate, and retired.