The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TITUROAY, AUGUST 27, 1840.

GREAT CRICKET MATCH AT
EOiITRAMFTON.

NINE GENTLEMEN OF HAMPSHIRE WITH
LILLYWHITE, AND WENMAN MAWILE-
BONE CLUB AND AND,
This nameh commenced on Monday, the 24th of August,
tbe Southampton Cricket-ground, and great interest
was excited throughout the county. The play was good
on both sides, especially thb bowling and batting of Sir
F. H. Bathurst, which were the admiration of the specta-
tor.% We need not say anything of the nonParen " Lilly,"
as every one knows he is always at the mark. His bowl-
ing and batting were much admired, as was the wicket-
keeping of Wenman. We cannot allow the batting of
Mr. Huddleston to pass unnoticed. The bowling of
Cobbett and Bayley was first-rate, and the batting of
Sewell was greatly admired; he made 23 runs in good
style. The ground was in beautiful order, and was most
numerously attended. Hampshire, it will be seen, won by
34 runs. The following is the score :
HAMPSHIRE.
SECOND INNINGS.
Hal* Runs.
Cobbett lOB 32
Bayley
Hillyer

FIRST INNINGS.

Balls. Runs,
Cobbett lO4 29
Hiflyer ..... ... 32 13
Good l6 6
Bayley ...... .. 88 19

240
MARYL
INNINGS.
Palls, Runs.
Sir P. Bathurst 96 27
Lillywbite 9B 21

EBONE.
SECOND INNINDB.
LSiirilYi:ltte athurst 146616815. l 2
duns.

194

134

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Bt:ightoiz Gazetie.)
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 27.—=Very active efforts are
making to procure men roi. the navy, ;ind if necessity
should Out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital
Will lid called on and surveyed for service. The great.,
est activity is also manifest in the several dockyards.
At Plymouth the Caledetlian) 120, and Calcutta, 84,
are ordered for commission ; and at Portsmouth the
Pembroke, 72, and Illustrious, 72. The Britannia, 120,
is being equipped with every possible .dispatch to take
out the new Commander-in-Chief to the Mediterra-
nean (at j 3 resent not positively known), and several
more large ships are in active progress for the pendant.
The brig Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Tryon, has been dis-
patched to Belfast, to bring here volunteers for the navy.
The Belleisle, 72, Capt. Nicholas, left Malta for
England on the Ist instant, to proceed to Plymouth to
have new capstans and other requisites, but will return
as soon as completed.

Tha Inconstant, 36, Capt. Pring, is ordered to pro.
teed forthwith to Gibraltar with some companies o
Artillery and their materiel. A. very large quantity of
the munitions of scar hei been lately shipped to Gib-
raltar

The greater portion of the Royal Marines and Ma-
rine Artillery- have returned from the north coast of
Spain, and the remainder are on their passage in the
/Etna, Salamander, and Comet. Commodore Lord
John Hay will leave Passages in the Noah Star, 26,
with the Savage, 10, about the Ist September, for
Spithead.

The Stromboli Oeamer, Commander Williams, is
ready in the harbour for immediate service. Her
equipment has been very rapid.
Rumour states that the Lisbon command is in future
to be entrusted to a Commodore: of the first class,
who will hoist a broad pendant in one of the razce
seventy-fours. Wei however, disbelieve the report.
The Athol And Sapphire, troop ships, are to convey
froth Plymouth to Quebec the 68th regiment. The
Apollo, troop ship, has sailed for Plymouth, Cork) and
Corfu.

The steamer Vesuvius will shortly proceed foreign ;
Commander 'thortias Henderson is appointed to her, it
is supposed for the West Indies.
The Vanguard, 84, Captain Sir D. Dann, will sail
the moment she completes her crew, a draft of men
being hourly expected from Dublin.
The Lords of the Admiralty have Pot yet arrived,
but are hourly looked for, on their annual visit of in-
spection.

AT SPlTHEAD—Vanguard, 84.
IN HARBOUR.—Britannia, Vietoryil xcellent, Royal
George yacht, Strownboli, Echo, and flag tenders.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Ave. 27.--Wind thiS day at noon—W. to
S. W., light airs and hey weather.
DEAL, Art. 26.—Wind S. W. to W. S. W.—Ar-
riVed the Ocean Queen, Boyd, from St. Jago.
LIVERPOOL, Ave. 26 —Wind W.N.W., moderate.—
Arrived the St. Andrew, front New Orleans Warsaw,
Mobile.
;
Mobile. Sailed th 6 Tarn O'Shanter, Ellis, for New
South Wales; Vesper, Lewis, Port Philip ; Johnstone,
Spente, Demerara ; Palmyra, Croal, ditto ; Alfred,
Chem, New York ; Patriot Henry, Delano, ditto ; Cin-
cinnati, Holbrook, Baltimore i Helea, Hunter, Quebec ;
Alexander, Young Montreal.—Ofr port, the Fanny, Bar-
badoes ; Charles, Picton ; Pet, Miramichi.
CuYir, Arc. 26.—The Hilda Charlotta, Hudtman,
tom Stockholm to Rio Janeiro, which put in here yester-
day leaky, and has come Into the harbour to discharge.
The Camilla, Wageman, prom Havannah to Antwerp, pro-
ceeded to-day without having discharged.

VV.

FRENCH CUSTOMS Jut).-

, The,rePort of M, Martin on the projected custom
laVe in Prance. which has recently beer published in the,
Moniteur, has excited some interest, trom the Probable
effects of qc4 4 law on articles _el British merchandise.
On the subject of coals, M. Martin regards the coal-
rnins asthe gl'eat source; of t nglish prosperity and en-
terprise, since they produce a material which is at Odd
serviceable for the three great purposes of light, heat,
and lecornotion. Regarding the position of France with
respect to this article, he considers her adcipit'd to Pos.;
sess abundance of coal by importation and production,
but at the same time maintains that the protective system
has been highly serviceable to production, for whereas
there *ere only 2,250,1100 hectolitres (say 8,000,000
cubic feet produced in 1788, the production in 1838 ex.
ceeded 31,000,000 (say 108,000,000 cubic feet). This
supports above 26,000 families of the operative classes
and causes an annual circulation of 80,000,000 f. An
use d b y the
amounts interior
t o 6Cla,ror
equal amount being added to represent the circulation ,
c
thet whole
circulation t
time M. Martin considers that the production is sus-
ceptible of much further increase, and that the work-
ing of the French coal mines is as yet in its infancy:
Considering bow far the Government should go in
attending to the wishes of the couplers for a low
price on coal, so as not to compromffe native produc-
tion, M. Martin is of oplaion that:lite F:rench decree
of 1837 goes far enough. Under that, he sate, the
English supply the whole of the French steam na-
vigation, while their import in 1838 was nearly treble
that of 1835. However, he says he would not oppose
a further reduction of the duty on coal were it a sine-
ple article of commerce. But he regards it as of far
higher moment, and thinks that there is a disposition
among nations to class themselves, with respect to
their prosperity, and even with respect to their
political influence, according to their wealth in this im-
portant material. By lowering the duty, and thus
discouraging the native production and rendering
English coal a matter of necessity, he thinks
it puts it in the power of England to shackle the pro-
gress of French manufacture, and that directly the
English began to feel uneasy at French improvements,
they would probably levy a heavy export duty on their
coals, and thus deprive the French of the power of com-
petition, by obliging them to charge a higher price for
their articles. Considering that the importation of coal
should only be just enough to supply the deficiency of
produce, he is of opinion that the time is not come for
a further reduction.
The French journal the Commerce, in examining the
doctrine thus laid down by M. Martin, while admitting
that the decree of 1837 to which he alludes wag a pro-
gress,towards free principles of trade, questions whether
it really goes so far as is desirable, since under the
working of the present system Nantes, Havre, and
Rouen, have to pay more for their coal than Bordeaux.
A doubt is also expressed whether the importation of
English coal is ready injurious to production, for, al.
though it is certain that. the importation has become
very great, it is just as certain, according to M. Mar
tin's own showing, that the production of French coa
increased at the same time.

• Another important article is cast-iron, the frontier
duty on which was fixed at 6f. by a law of 1822. To
; this regulation there are two exceptions ; one for the
' extremities of the line touching the shore of the Chan:-
nel, the object of which is tol prevent iron coming by
sea from receiving an advantage which was not contem-
plated , • the other was designed to benefit the works of
two northern arrondissements, which can only he sup,
plied with Belgian iron, and was by a law of 1835
(confirmed in 1836) extended to nearly the whole of
the Belgian frontier. According to this law, the duty
on the Belgian frontier is only 4f. M. Martin consi-
ders that a sitnilar privilege may be conferred on the
Swiss, German, and Sardinian frontiers, especially
as those countries could not send iron to France
at to cheap a rate as Belgium, The merchants of
Havre had requested that the coast duty, which
is now it:, should also be reduced to 4f. With
this request M. Martin is dot disposed to comply,
from a fear of compromising native production, the
duty on conveyance . by land being merely made
lower, because the difficulty of conveyance forms of it-
self a protection, which is taken into the account. Ex.
aminitig the restilts Of the presetit system, he finds a
further reason for not altering it in this feopeeti since;
with a tariff that seems so favourable to Belgium, the
importation of iron from that state has in three years
diminished from 9,300,000 kilogreitmes to 3,191,000,
while in the same three years the importation from Englandincreased from 8,449,000 to 11,521,000.
The subject of iron necessarily involves that of en-
gines; fol., of CoUrsa, accordingly as the trench haVci
pay more or less for their iron, they are so much the
more or less in a position to compete with the engineers
of other nations. Here a point of difficulty presented
itself to the Commission which 11. terssents,
for while encouragement was to be given to
the construction of machines by French en-
gineers, care was to be taken that the international
navigation should be equal to that of other countries.
At present there is a protective duty of 30 per cent.
which is levied on all for.ign steam-engines without dis•
tinction, This protection was found advantageous as
far as regarded the construction of the smaller ma-
chines, but those of greater power it was found neces-
sary to obtain from the English, so that it was impoi-
sible to compete with foreign navigation. The Govern-
ment, to solve the difficulty, bad proposed to reduce the
duty on foreign engines
to 10 per cent., allowing besides
15 per cent. to the native constructors in the shape of a
drawback. M. Martin, considering the importance of
the navigation, would admit, duty free, all foreign en-
gines designed for international navigation, while on
other engines the duty of 30 per cent. should remain.
These will serve as specimens of the manner in which
the French customs' duties are likely to be regulated
under the new arrangements. The report is too long
to examine in full, but we may revert hereafter to some
of the principal articles of commerce between the two
countries.

BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE RE-
FORM and REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION.

Last evening the Quarterly General Meeting of the
Reform electors of the borough of Marylebone, mem-
bers of the above excellent Association, took place in
their spacious rooms, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square.
James Baphaw, Esq., the late Member for Sudbury,
and President of the Assocation, occupied the Chair,
and was supported by Major Revell, J. B. Bacon,
Esq., Joseph Drake, Esq., Captain J. Neil, and a large
body of the most affluent and influential Reformers of
the borough. The Chairman having explained the
object of the meeting, Mr. Allen, the secretary pro-
ceeded to lay before them a statement, showing the
good which had resulted from the efforts of the
Association, now in the third year of its exist-
ence, in aid of the cause of Reform, by the course
they had adopted, in taking up the cudgels against the
Tories in the Revising Barristers' Courts, the two
years preceding the present one, and which was as
follows :—ln the year 1838, although in its infancy, the
Association succeeded in getting claims allowed, 83 ;
objections sustained, 101 ; total, 274. In, defeating
Tory objections, 117 ; Tory claims, 36 ; 153 ; making
a difference to the register in favour of Reformers, of
registra.itte
427. In 1839, through the sole advocacy of the As.
sociation, the claims allowed were 61 ; objections sus-
tained, 360 ; total, 421 ; Tory objections failed, 89
Tory claims failed, 37 ; making a difference in the re-
gister in favour of Reformers, 557 ; and a total dif-
ference in two years of 984.—(Cheers.) Mr. Allen
also added that be had received some information
doubtrespecting
t theirshnu l
do opponents, neennatbsie
enabled
that
the en
tt he had but
ll
tion to reduce the ranks of tho Tories by several hun-
dreds.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The report having been
received, the Chairman proceeded to congratulate
the meeting upon the recent accession to the members
of the Association in the important portion of the he-
r0...17h, in which they were then assembled, and which
he hailed with the liveliest satisfaction, as it was an
of the good feeling and union which would exist
amongst all classes of Reformers at any public election.
If that feeling continued, he was confident, after the
ensuing registration, that the electors of the borough
might prepare themselves to say good bye to the present
colleague of the respected member, Sir Benjamin Hall,
and that they would be enabled to return a second
good and honest Reformer to keep him company.—
(Cheers.) Messrs. Bacon, Bishop, and several other
gentlemen addressed the meeting. It is
gratifying to
state that the above Association consists now of nearly
800 members, and is the only one in the metropolis
that continues its operations throughout the year.

„
--Ott Monday
of last March,
morning an inquest was held at the Infantry Hospital,
VERDICT OF
Windsor, before T. FELO DE E.
vv. Martin, Esq., the Coroner for the
nirs-iinedoeJaams etshoO2vesrtyh,, who attempted
Borough, upon the body of a private in the first battalion
to
of
sthhoeot Riflehim
soi Brigade,f as i 0
and who lingered until the morning the inquest was held.
the evidence that aft-r he had
It appeared fromgone to
bed on the night in question, and about half-past eight
o'clock, his comrades in the same room heard the report
of a rifle, and, upon lights being brought, deceased was
discovered in bed, lying on his back, and a discharged rifle
under the clothes, with a string tied to the trigger looped
at one end, which enabled him to discharge the piece
with Isis foot. The ball, which had passed completely
through his lungs, came out at the bladc.bone. Mr.
Fowler, surgeon of Windsor, who attended the deceased,
in conjunction with Dr. White, of the Rifle Brigade,
stated that death was occasioned by a disease of the lungs,
brought on by the wound. The Adjutant deposed that as
soon as the man was discovered to have shot himself he
called his comrades, who slept in the same room, around
him, and thus addressed them :—” You see what I have
done through vice and folly. I would have you take
warning by me and obey your officers." The Jury re-
turned a verdict of Felo de Se; and the body was in.
terred at eleven o'clock, the same night, in the new
burial-ground at Windsor, without the performance of any
funoralrite,— L Worse eases than this occur every day, and
the Jury invariably return a verdict of " Temporary de-
rangement." Why this poor soldier should have been
made an exception, we cannot discover.)