The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-09 00:00:00

TIII-f: SUN., LONDON. 'lth3N- DA Y, AUG UST 9, 1841:

" Let us take at the highest—that ' Dollars Cents.
A Quintal of Cotton costs the manufacturer $3O

BO W-STREET LAW.
TO THE EDITOR THE. SUN.
Slll,—ln your paper of yesterday I pecceive,in the re-
port of the kroceedings at Bow:stteet police-office, a case
deserving of some notice: 'lt apPotirs that a Mr 4 Wight-
man was charged with resisting a'police-offieer inzthe exe-
cution of his duty. It was in evidenee,:;.and not..aftempted
to be denied, that the officer has taken into 614§tody, on
a charge of violating some of the proviSions_q4he last
Act for preserving the peace of 'the metropoli4 -a person
who had taken no share in the commission of ilké offence.
This beyond all question- was an illegal arrist, yet for
resisting it the defendant was fined ss;. If t.idits be law,
the sooner the grounds of such a decision are known the
better. At common law I apprehend . that the arrest of
any person without a warrant is upon the resOonsibility
of the person so acting. sA con Stable witnessing the
commission of certain acts contritry to law inbound to
arrest the offender, but not upon 'hearsay or:Tresump-
tion, unless by special provision of. law, as in case of
an assault, where the new Police ACt allow of such a
course. The duty of a Police officer: is not to arrest on
suspicion any person - merely because had he witnessed a
particular.individual commit the act he would have been
authorized tto interfere. The charge of resisting the
officer in the execution of leis duty appears to me to fall to
the ground, because lie was exceeding his duty and his
powers. I trust that Lord Normanby will not allow
Mr. Twyford to make out decisions for the future, other-
wise we have gained little by the decision, in the case of
Wilkes, against general warrants ; since it should seem
that, according to Mr. Twyford, every member of the
metropolitan police has now a power not formerly pos-
sessed by the Home Secretary.
By giving this communication a place in your columns
you will greatly oblige, S!r, yours very truly,
Westminster, Aug. 7.. CIVIS.

Waste, 15 per cent 4 50
Cost of manufacture 50 per cent

A quintal, converted into cloth, comes t 0... $5l 75
" The makers sell the piece at 8 dollars, which is equi-
valent to 25i cents. per yard ; that is, they gain 121 per
cent. ; and still more on thread, because in it there is
nothing to hinder them from selling it at whatever price
they like.
" After this demonstration, if your Excellency pro-
pose to Congress that a duty of 4 cents a yard be fixed
upon the national cloth, and one real per lb. upon the
thread, could the justice of the proposition be resisted
for fear of prejudicing industry ? No, certainly ; and
here is a calculation to show that the produce would be
equal to that which is sought to be obtained from the
15 per cent.:— Dollars.
18 millions of cloth at 4 cents would yield 720,000
42,000 quintals of thread, at 1 real per lb

Total 1,251,250

. .
" To make this sum more certain, and to collect it with
the greater
.facility, it would be advisable that the con-
tribution should be direct, applying it in proportion to
the number of splindles and looms which each manufac-
turer employs.
" Moreover, with this imposition as proposed, there
remains to the manufacturers a profit of 85 per cent.,
which is scandalous ; and here your Excellency may
learn in what way to reduce them to a more moderate
gain. Let in the competition of foreigners, qualifying as
fine the cloth which reaches 23 threads ; and regulating
that foreign thread be permitted from No. 21 per arriba.
If that be not done, the result will be, that the consumer
alone shall pay the new impost. Then, as it has been
shown that foreign cloth of 31 threads cannot compete, as
it is sold with little profit, the manufacturers will be
able to increase their prices without any fear. If that
competition be not opened, the sacrifice of the Treasury,
even with the above stated impost of one million and a
quarter, or what is the same thing, those five millions
and a quarter, with which then it will protect industry,
no benefit will accrue to the country by the Customs ;
and, as the manufacturers will be able to sell the bad with
as much ease as the good, they will manufacture badly.
The competition, therefore, is necessary even to stimu-
late the manufacturers to improvement, and to secure
that industry may not be stationary. In proof of our
assertion, we would supplicate your Excellency to inquire,
and you will be informed that, in fact, the piece of my
tional cloth weighed two years ago 91bs., and now it
weighs no more than Vbs. ; so that not only is the con-
sumer sacrificed by being compelled to buy dear, but day
by day the quality of the article which he buys is de-
teriorated.

" We repeat, then, Most Excellent Sir, that the imme-
diate repeal of the 15 per cent. is most urgent, substituting
for it an indirect impost upon national cloths and threads,
or a direct tax upon the manufacturers. With that mea-
sure alone an immense good will be done to the country,
But it will not be complete, in order to our material in-
terests, unless the principle be adopted of removing from
our tariff all proh,ibitions, except of those things which
are opposed to the religion, morals, and manners of the
country, charging all articles with a duty greater (and
prudently just) than is paid by our own corresponding
productions. That good will not be complete unless the
internal customs be abolished—it will not be complete un-
less, together with the above stated measures, the inter-
nal circulation be free, without which commerce could
not acquire all that development of which it is suscep-
tible in a country in which Providence, with full hands,
has distributed such elements of prosperity. Above all,
it will not be complete if the Mines be not especially
encouraged ; making some sacrifice for the purpose of
obtaining a sufficient quantity. of quicksilver, which
should he interdicted as an article of trade ; any loss
which might be incurred thereby would be compensated
by the advantage to be gained in the other Metals.
With an increased extraction of the precious metals, agri-
culture would flourish—industry would flourish without
artificial assistance—commerce would flourish with them,
and in every quarter would be seen abundance, prospe-
rity, and enterprise.
"We have indicated, Sir, the means by whose' adop-
tion you may be occupied unceasingly in ameliorating
the condition of all the inhabitants of this region, and your
Excellency and the Host Excellent Don A. Lopez de Santa
Anna, ought to arouse,sour3elves to realise the wealth of
this country in the ;valuable materials as in former
times—shutting yoar tars,. to, all. pretensions which are
not in harmony. with the general good. ThUs you will
secure the happiness of the whole Republic. Thus your
illustrious names will be blessed. History will immor-
talise them, and, transmitting them to the remotest pos-
terity, will repeat them with the most honourable of all
titles—that of the saviours and regenerators of your
country !
" Such are the wishes which, with the most profound
respect and the most anxious hope, we submit to your
Excellency, of whom we are the devoted and obedient
servants," &c.
[Here follow about a hundred names.]

GOOD W 0013 RACES.
THE ORLEANS CUP.

In our report of the last day's races we stated that
Hyllus' running had excited a good deal of suspicion,
and that a Member of the Jockey Club (the Hon. Cap-
tain Rous), had expressed himself in strong terms to-
wards the parties supposed to be implicated in the tran-
saction. After the races, that gentleman wrote to Ro-.
binson, the jockey, for the purpose of ascertaining what
instructions he had given Buckle. Robinson stated, in
reply, that "Mr. Lichtwald had applied to him to ride
Hyllus, which, from an unwillingness to take Buckle off;
he had declined ; and that on the latter stating that the
horse was likely to bolt, he had recommended him to
make a waiting race." Immediately on receipt of this
statement, Captain Boas addressed a letter to Mr. Forth,
of which the following is a copy. :
" SIR,—On my arrival in London from Goodwood on
Saturday evening, I wrote to Mr. Robinson at New-
market, to ask what instruction he had given Buckle re-
lative to riding Hyllus for the Orleans Cup. His an-
swer I have just received. As it exculpates you, Messrs.
Litchwald and Buckle, I lose no time in acquainting
you that its contents satisfy me that I have no grounds
ettpearrLyi
for substantiating the charge of dishonesty against you
o
remain, Sir a
: yours, &c.
use you please of
tirlis any l
" IL S. ROUS."

SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE .
HAVERFORD \VEST RACES.-(CONCLUDED.)
WEDNESDAY. _
_

The Town Plate of 50/.,;cld7cltoa handicap of 1 soy.
each. Two mile heats. (8 subs.)
lir. Gough's Bay Hampton, 6 yrs, lOst 41b 0 1 1
Mr. WTeyman's Milo, 5 yrs, 9st 41b 1 2 2
Mr. Henderson's Greedy Sam, 6 yrs, Bst 71b 0 4
Mr. J. Summers' Spider, 5 yrs, Bst 0 3 dr
Mr. Lock's Rowena, 3 yrs, Est 101 b 2 dr
Three others started. Won in a canter. _

Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Mile and
half heats.

Mr. Parr's Aimwell, 6 yrs, 9st 71b ...(Owner) 3 1 1
Captain Davies' Merry Lass, aged, 9st 71b 1 3 dr
Mr. Gough's Fausta,_3 yrs, 7st 91b 2 2 dr

Won very easily.
The Ladies' Purse ofj 20 sovs. each, and a Handicap of
3 sovs. each, were won in two heats by Mr. Summer's
Spider beating Greenfinch and three others.

CANTERBURY RACES.—TEURSDAY.
The East Kent Stakes of ti guineas each, and 50 added.
The winner to be sold for 3001. 2 miles.

Mr. Hornsby's Revoke, 5 yrs, Bst 71b...(Owner) 0 1 1
Mr. Kling's Dahlia, 4 yrs, Bst 31b
Two others started.
__

The Barham Downs' Plate of 501. Heats, 2 miles.
Mr. Balchin's Slang, aged, 9st (Balchin) 1 1
Mr. Dockeray's Munchausen, 5 yrs, Bst 1 llb
Mr. Clifton's Whalebone, aged, 9st 21b
Mr. Sandiland's Moleskin, 4 yrs, Bst 51b

FRIDAY.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, 2 miles. "
Mr. Hornsby's Revoke, 5 yrs, lOst (Owner) 1 1
Mr. Sandiland's Moleskin, 4 yrs, 9st 6st 2 2
Mr. Dockeray's Munchausen, 6 yrs, lOst 3lb 3 3
The City Plate of 501., winner to be sold for 1201. 2 miles.
Mr. Dockeray's Lyster, 5 yrs, Bst 101b(Butler) 0 1 1
Mr. Sandiland's Easingwold, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b... 1 0 0
Mr. Clifton's Whaloboi., aged, oot /n. o -
Lord Sondes' Lampos, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b
The Yeomanry Plate was won by Mr. Minter's Actress.

BRIGHTON RACES.—FRIDAY (CONCLUDED).
Sweepstakes of 3 Sovs. each, and 25 added. New
Course. Heats.
Captain Barnett's Battledore, aged, list lib (Mr
Johnstone) 1 1
Mr. Ewart's Cerito, 6 yrs, list 71b 2 dr
Mr. Grant's Maid of the Mist, 5 yrs, l Ist 71b dis
Wen in a canter.
A Hurdle-Race concluded the day's sport.
DERBY BETTING ON THE COURSE.
8 to 2 agst Scott's lot—taken
9 to 4 agst Colonel Peel's lot—taken
22 to 1 agst Robert de Gorham
3,300 to 150 agst 'Wiseacre.
WHITEHALL REGATTA.
The annual contest amongst the respectable watermen
plying at Whitehall, took place on Friday, for a purse
of sovereigns, given by the noblemen and gentlemen in-
habitants of the vicinity, amongst whose names, as sub-
scribers were to be found—Lord Liverpool, Lord Gage,
Sir Robert Peel, several officers of the Guards, the mem-
bers of the Scullers' Club-, and Lord Castlereagh's boats.
The wager was with five pairs of sculls, in two heats ;
the four first boats of the first heat being entitled to
contend in the second. About three o'clock the follow-
ing men took their places for the first heat :—E. Emery
and C. Westwood, pink ; T. Finer, sen., and S. Finer,
green • J. Emery and J. Jones, blue ; W. Davis
and T. Jones, scarlet ; and T. Cooms and H. Finer,
yellow. The distance rowed in this heat was from White-
hall-stairs round Lucas's barge-roads, down round a boat
moored off Hungerford-market into Whitehall. Blue
and green took the lead for a few yards, when pink came
tip scull and scull, and, after some sharp rowing, passed
them and came in first. Blue was second, green third,
and yellow fourth. At four o'clock these four were again
in readiness for the grand heat. The whole party were
together for some minutes, and blue and green passed
each other alternately, pink: rounded the first flag-boat
in advance, and maintained their advantage, although
closely pressed by him. Pink won by two lngths, blue
was second, and green third.

LAW ECCLESIASTIC.—At a general meeting
of the Bangor Diocesan Church Meeting Society, held:at
the Chapter-room on Wednesday, the 4th inst., it was
announced that the baptismal font had been replaced in
Llanfigael Church, and that the Lord Bishop of the Dio-
cese had decided, that the sacred vessel had not been so
far contaminated as to require reconsecration, the pigs
that had fed out of it, during its temporary visit to the
Rectory, having been found of orthodox genealogy. The
King's Chaplain nodded assent,! and was ordered to say
grace before dinner.—Carnarvon Herald.

1.•••••

TO T_-E EDITOR OF THE SUN.
THE SPEAKERSH IP. 1 hat
d to enclose you for insertion the
SlR—Knowin.; , many of your readers stillcherish
Now we believe the truth to be, that the re-election of 1 hat
the
with friendly rect.) , memory of the celebrated
Mr. Shaw Lefevre was not forced on Sir Robe. Peel- by
ac-
his followers, as the Times asserts, but was his 001 PT I
g 1 companying lines tit , hich were the effusion of his feelingsposal. According to the story of the Times, however, . Curran, lam inch c
r lin some of those me meats of intense depression which un-
Robert Peel has ceased to be the leader of his party be- -artunately for him too frequently chequered the life of
fore he has crossed the threshold of his office. But whe- 1, extraordinary I, an. I believe that they have never
ther the re-election of the Whig Speaker was his free that .. the public e ye. lam myself indebted for their
choice or not, it is written in the Times that it indicates yet met '4.0 the Jail macy which for years subsisted be-
" the neglect of the best interests of the part;" that Sir possession . . ,father .and that eminent orator and patriot.
Robert Peel, in consequence, e will not .be 31inister at tween my late -ryiaLleect within themselves the internal
the end of the first session;" that "he will have deserted These lines ca. ~,,,, isition of that fervid and impa
his post and his friends;" that he and his party are marks of being the e '"„: . that deep-toned pathos 'which-
" false to the principles of the British Constitution;' and sinned orator, breathh., '
.„e been privileged, to be his
that he had but one course to pursue, rather than acqui- they, who like mpelf, ha. , -ell remember so thoroughly
esce in such a mischief, "to toss up the Premiership and guests at "the Priory," can "... aired, and which, amid the
retire into private life;" but that not having done so, he pervaded the character of his 1 4.
S ofgenuine wit and h
has falsified the good opinion which his sponsor in the corruscations of genius, and burs. , with a mellowed tonen-
Times had entertained of him. This arrangement upon mour, still shaded his conversatiol. . who knew Cu
of moral feeling, of which they only _
the Speakership question suggests nothing for particularl am S' rran
notice, beyond the two facts incidentally recorded above.; igtimately- can have any conception. , Sir your
first, that petty altercation with him whom the "united obedient servant,
SANKEY.
party" regards as its leader has already occurred--al-
WILLIAM S. VILLIERS
ready, before Parliament has already occurred—already, Aug. 7, 1841, ,Hammond-street.
before Parliament has actually assembled—and next, that TO A SIGH.
any question in dispute, involving the loss of between BY THE RIGHT OC,N. JOHN PHILPOT CURIIM
twenty and thirty of the Peel party on a division, is con- Oh! give to sorrow momentary ease,
sidered by the leader and the leading journal to be Thou gentle tell-tale of a pensive breast,
" doubtful, if not hopeless."—Examiner. For thou, when cheating hopes no more can please,
The plain truth of the matter is, that the Duke of Wel- Thou canst afford, in, 'clot, a transient rest.
lington placed his thumb upon the movements of Sir Oh! then ambiguous, joyyss, softly rise
Robert Peel, and the furious ultras of the Tory party.- While the tear trembles on t:.. 'e pallid cheek,
even as St. Peter placed his upon the haddock, and left Severe the virtue that a sigh dLuies, „
an imperishable mark thereon; and that the former mas To save a bursting heart that cati.n°,. ' "re"'
obliged to receive the impression as the wax cloth that of
the seal when it is heated. However, let the Times and
the Post. settle this matter between themselves—all we
have to request is, that when they and others avail them-
selves of the exclusive intelligence of the British Queen,
they will have the common honesty to acknowledge the
sources from which they derived it.—British Queen.

DRAMATIC INTELLIGZNCE•
What we stated a 'week or two ago, respectiht: the re-
appearance of a " se ptlagenarian actor" on our stab e, is
borne out by subsequent information. We referred, Pf
course, to Mr. Charles Kemble. He has already had, as
we formerly remarked, two retirements. He has had
farewell dinners given to him—he has had pieces of plate
presented to him, and yet for a third time he is now
compelled by circumstances to. come forward, at a very
advanced period of life, as a candidate for public favour.
Of course, this is not a matter into which we can enter ;
he must know best the state of his own affairs, but it f
not long since he was able to give a place worth about
600/. to one son ; he had another son provided for in the
army ; he has a daughter married to a very wealthy na-
tive of America (now, with his wife, in this country),
and he has another daughter who, it is stated, has been
running a very succesSful and profitable career oft the
Continent, and who is reported to be fully capable of
maintaining herself by her vocal abilities. This is not
taking into account any money Mr. C. Kemble may have '
made in America (stated at the time at a very large sum),
nor any property he may yet retain in Covent-garden
Theatre, which haS for some seasons been let at a rent
of 7,000/. per annum. We should have thought him ra-
ther rich than otherwise, and we own our surprise and
regret at hearing that he is not so.
It is generally asserted in theatrical circles that Ma-
dame Vestris commences her next season even before
the middle of September. The town will be full at the
end of August, owing to the meeting of Parliament, and
she can have no important rival in the field until shortly
before Christmas, when Macready will open at Drury
-
lane ; thus she will have about three months to herself,
and (as recent experience establishes, contrary to the
old persuasion) the most profitable part of her seasons
has been prior to February. _

STATE OF TRADE.

The trade of this extensive district continues, we re-
gret to report, in a most depressed state. A failure, in
Yorkshire, to a large amount, is also reported. This
gloomy state of things is not confined to manufactures
alone ; all ranks and conditions of people in this district
are suffering from it ; and to add to the difficulty, there
appears no prospect of immediate relief. The weather
indicates a bad harvest ; and provisions, already greatly
overpriced for the poor man's pocket, are becoming still
dearer. We have received reports from correspondents
in various towns in the district, which we subjoin :
HEYwooD.—The cotton trade at Heywood and the
neighbourhdod is in a most deplorable state ; the ma-
chinery at seven cotton mills is at complete stand, and
the operatives in nearly all the other factories are
employed only three and some few four days per week.
The hands at Messrs. Fenton's have full employment,
but many hundreds in the neighbourhood are entirely
without work.

WIGAN.—Most of the mills in this town are working
short time, and various rumours are afloat as to the pro-
bability oisome of them stopping altogether. Numbers
of the factory hands are totally out of employ, and the
wages of the hand-loom weavers have again been re-
duced, without any material tendency to give them more
work. Their prospects for the winter are most gloomy.
OLDHAM.—There are general complaints of the de-
pressed state of trade, and though the machinery of most
of the cotton mills are working full time, numbers of
operatives are without employment, partly owing to a
prevalent system of obliging individuals to attend to two
or more machines, which have hitherto been tended by
one person each, and partly owing to the stoppage of a
few manufactories. Whilst master-spinners' profits are
suffering froin the pernicious effects of competition, the
earnings of the working class are undergoing reduction.
Low wages and dear food have created great distress.
STOCKPORT.—The-cotton mills of Messrs. Lane and
Son, situate in Newbridge-lane and Higher Hillgate,
which it was reported would close at the end of last week,
are still partially at work. It is now said to he the in-
tention of the assignees to have the cotton worked up as
close as possible before finally closing the mills. This
will occupy several weeks ; but about two hundred of
the hands have been without work the whole of this
week, and the number will increase weekly unless the
stoppage be put off. Those persons who are at work are
only making four days a week. Several other mills are
working four and five days a week. A number of hands
will be thrown out of employment at the mill of Messrs.
Carr and Co., Ileaton-lane, this week end, in consequence
of the stoppage of some machinery ; and it is said that
the mill is abOut" to be closed for several weeks, owing
to some new arrangement of the partnership. Ve be-'
lieve that notwithstanding the bankruptcy of Messrs.
Stocks and Sonof Heaton Mersey, their establishment is
likely to be kept 'at work by other parties.
CIiORLEY.—The state of the' working-classes, viz., that
of the people about Chorley, and the intervening dstrict
betwixt Preston and Blackburn, may be recorded in a
few *words. It is as follows :—one-half of their are un-
employed, that is, at night they are not aware that they
shall have any employment at all in the morning ; the
other half are in receipt of not more than half-wages, a
very considerable proportion of the latter earning not
more than two or three shillings a-week. Families seem-
ingly in respectable circumstances, moreover, are living
in the barest manner ; and some of my late neighbours
have discontinued keeping poultry, through fear of their
being stolen, nothing being safe that is loose.—Manches-
ter Tinies. •

CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND CA-

THOLIC PRISONERS.

On Saturday morning Mr. Cooke, the Chancery bar-
rister, attended before the Committee with the Rev. Mr.
Hall, of St. Mary's Chapel, Moor&ids, and presented
a memorial on the subject above alluded to' the prayer
of which was, that the Rev. Mr. Hall might have access
to the Catholic prisoners, and that he might introduce
prayer-books for their use. It also prayed that persons
professing the Catholic religion should not be compelled
-to attend divine service in the Protestant chapel of the
gaol. The memorial also imputed to the Chaplain of
the Giltspur Compter that he had used some fiery and
indecent expressions towards Mr. Hall, the memorialist.
Sir Peter Laurie and Mr. Alderman Gibbs were of
concurrent opinion that they could not entertain so seri
ous a question without previous notice having been given
to the other Aldermen that it would he mooted. The
memorial was addressed to ‘! The Court of Alder-
men ;" but the Magistrates then present merely sat as a
Committee of Police Magistrates to hear complaints pre-
ferred by or against the City police. It was, in fact,
what is called a Gaol Committee.
Mr. Alderman T. Wood, on the contrary, held that
all the Magistrates were visiting Magistrates to the gaol,
and might at any time hear complaints respecting the
City gaols.
Mr. Cooke then changed his ground of application,
and shaped it upon a statement of grievances, and the
Worthy Alderman, with the concurrence of Mr. Alder-
man Kelly, decided that the Chaplain had no right to in-
terfere with any prisoners excepting those '!ho belonged.
to his own church, the others to be left to; lie Goverror
and Aldermen. The complaint of the Claholics being
compelled to attend at chapel, was not wvtft his juris-
diction. The law left it to bo managed byi 1 lOtkal Ma-
gistrates, according to rules, which rules iiidgd itoe of
no effect until they received the sanction etthe Sieretaity
of State for the Home Department. The rules made fylr
observance in the Giltspur-street Compter, were Silierit.on
the subject, except that there was a permissimi.illewing
the Governor to excuse a prisoner in case of sici(nesa, ror
other reasonable excuse. The Governor, therefore, and
not the Magistrates, had the power to afford redress.
With regard to the books, he had given his sanction to
the introduction of the prayer-book, whenever a Catholic
prisoner demanded one.
Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood said there was no
doubt but the Governor had power to admit the prayer
books, and he would doubtless do so in future. With
respect to the interference of the Chaplain, whether pro-
per or otherwise, that was not a matter Tor inquiry, at
present.
Mr. Cooke said he 'felt very grateful to-ilie Court for
the manner in which the application had 'leen treated,
but he did not state whether he should bring the conduct
of the Rev. Mr. Boddington before the Court of ' Alder-
men, It was quite clear that the Chaplain had no power,
as by.the Ath Geo. IV., cap. 64, sec. 31, " gvery-Catho-
lie prisoner is authorised to request the attendance of a
Catholic priest."
_ . _

Mr. D.Vire, Mr. Ashurst, and several other gentle-
men connected with the corporation, addressed the
Bench, and it was conceded that the Rev. Mr. Hall and
his pastoral brethren should be at liberty to visit Catho-
lic prisoners when required.
The Rev. Gentleman and his Learned Counsel bowed
respectfully, and left the Court.

The scene of the new serious play preparing for repre-
sentation at the Haymarket Theatre, is laid in Spain—
the incidents are numerous andstriking. The catastrophe
has been wrought up and brought about with ingenuity,
and will, it is calculated, be most effective. The author,
Mr. Sheridan Knowles, has taken great pains with the
composition, and to-morrow (Monday) the whole play, or
tragedy (to be determined on hereafter), will be sub-
mitted to the critical test of all the ladies and gentlemen
to be engaged in it, by its being read in the green-room.
The parts will then be distributed to the actors and ac-
tresses engaged in it ' • and the whole machinery incident
to the getting up a full play will be put in active motion
with a view to its speedy production. The principal
characters will be sustained by Mr. Charles Kean and
Miss Ellen Tree, both of whom will most probably re-
tire into the country for the purpose of effecting a quick
and safe study, much of the responsibility of its success
being dependent upon their exertions.-0 bserrer.

DREADFUL FIRE IN UPPER THAMES-
STREET.—Saturday morning about twenty minutes to four
o'clock, a fire, attended with a loss of nearly 20,000/. in
property, broke out in the granary of Messrs. Smith
and Co., of Bear-lane, Puddle-dock, Upper Thames-
street. Notwithstanding the immediate attendance of
the London Establishment and West of England fire-
engines, and the floating-engines from Rotherhithe and
Southwark-bridge, by four o'clock every floor of Messrs.
Smith's granary, with their contents, were in flames, and
with most frightful rapidity extended to the:premises of
Messrs. Rowson and Drew, ironmongers, in Thames-
street, the upper floor of which ignited. The whole of
the granaries from the river front of Messrs. Smith and
Co. are entirely destroyed, but insured, for the most
part in the Sun Fire-office, for 11,500/. ; Messrs.
Rawson and Drew are also insured. No cause could be
assigned for the fire, which was not extinguished until
near nine o'clock this morning.

DESTRUCTION OF CROPS BY GAME. ---Xol'
some time the managers of Lord Francis Egerton's Wors-
ley estate have been waging war against the swarms of
rabbits which have infested it for many years, and have
also greatly reduced the number of hares and other
game upon it. Some idea may be formed Of the
waste formerly comraitted by these creatures from the
fact that some of the farms on the estate will now feed
from 30 to 40 head of cattle more than they would have
done previous to the recent clearance.—Shrewsbury
Chronicle.
MESSRS. DAINTRY, RYLE, AND CO.'S BANK-
Runcy.—We understand that the total number of proofs
of debt under this fiat is 589. The amount of the debts
proved against the Macclesfield Bank is 116,9022 19s. 2d.;
against the Manchester Bank, 48,5711. 6s. lid.; and the
private debts proved amount to 3311. 18s. 3d. ; making a
grand.total of 165,8061. 4s. 4id.; besides 'which, the as-
signees of Messrs. -Whitmore and Wells, on whom the
bank drew in London, claim to prove for 218,5081.55.3 d.
Manchester Guardian.
POSTAGE STAMPS.---It does not appear to be
generally known that twopenny stamps—labels .and, en-
velopes—printed-in- blue &l.), now be purchased as wel
as penny stamps printed in red. Every receiving-house
and Post-office in the London district is now supplie4
with embossed envelopes as well as labels for sale.