The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-06 00:00:00

serve him with a subpwna, and if he would send his
butler I would give it to him, on which his Lordship
said, " I might go to hell."—(Laughter.) Mr. Wil-
liams proceeded to state that his Lordship asked him if
he had had his breakfast, and he told him he had not,
on which his Lordship said, he'd be d—d if he had any
thing to cat. He told his Lordship he had brought
provisions with him for three weeks.—(Laughter.)
He told the gentleman who came from the cottage that
he been 100 miles to subpoena his Lordship and was
determined to do his duty. The gentleman offered
him 51. Wife would go away, but he told him he would
not go for 5001., as he had a duty to perform. His
Lordship said he had heard how the business was con-
ducted in this Court, and he be d—d if he came to be
pulled to pieces by Mr. Woodroffe.—(Roars of laugh-
( ter.) He told his Lordship that he had no wish to
annoy him, and his Lordship said he would make an
affidavit, but would not attend.
After some further conversation of a similar description,
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said, all I can do is to
fix a distant day, and we shall see what you can do.
Let the bail be enlarged.
The case was fixed for the 4th January.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.
The following letter, relative to Captain Stewart's
case, which appeared in the newspapers under the head
of Mansion-house, was received by the Lord Mayor
from the Secretary at Lloyd's :
Lloyd's, Nov. 4, 1840.
MY LORDS Referring to a paragraph in The Sun
Newspaper of this morning, relative to the statement of
Captain Stewart, I am directed by the Committee for
managing the affairs of Lloyd's, to communicate to your
Lordship, that, in the year 1837, Captain Stewart was
informed, that from the length of time that bad elapsed,
and the Committee being altogether unable to discover
any trace of the transaction, or whether any such insur-
ance had ever been effected at Lloyd's, it was not in
their power to render him any assistance; and the Com-
mittee desire me further to request that your Lordship
will have the goodness to make known this communica-
tion to the parties who have published Captain Stewart's
statement.—l have the honour to be,
Your Lordship's most obedient and humble servant,
W. DOBSON, Secretary.
George Harrison, Elizabeth, his wife, and Christopher
Puke, were brought before the Lord Mayor, in the
custody of Matthew Peak, a vigilant and intelligent
policeman, in the employment of the Post-office, charged
under the following circumstances :
Mr. Bush, of the house of Bush and Master, solici-
tors to the Committee of Bankers for protection against
forgeries and frauds, appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Thomas, the barrister, attended on behalf of the
prisoners.
Mr. Bush said that the case was peculiar. A letter
of credit had been by mistake directed " W. G. Har-
rison, Lambeth-marsh," from a gentleman named
M'Ewen, for the sum of 501. 7s. 9d., and fell into the
hands Of the female prisoner, who turned it into cash,
and appropriated some part of it. No blame, he
thought it necessary to state, attached to the Post-
office ; the error having, no doubt, in the hurry of busi-
ness, been committed at the other side of the water.
James Maund, letter-carrier at the Post-office, stated
that about a fortnight ago he had a letter to deliver,
directed " W. G. Harrison, Esq.," or " Mr. W. G.
Harrison, Lambeth-marsh." He went and inquired of
several persons, and he succeeded in finding a person
named Harrison, and he sent over the letter through
the town post. Having transferred it to the sorters,
he never had seen it since.
Benjamin Price, a letter-carrier of the London Dis-
trict, deposed that he received a letter directed toW. G.
Harrison, Esq:, Lambeth-marsb, about a fortnight ago,
and delivered it in the usual course of business. He took
it to No. 44, Bird-street, Kennington, next door to the
Wellington public-house, that address having been writ-
ten on it at the Post-office for his guidance in the deli-
very. He believed it was taken by a female, and some-
body up stairs called out that it was all right.
In answer to questions by Mr. Thomas, witness said
that he asked for a person of the name, and he remarked
that the letter had been re-directed.
Matthew Peak, the Post-office policeman, deposed
that he went to the house No. 44, Bird-street, Ken-
nington, and said that he called about fire-works. He
saw the female prisoner, who called " George," and
Harrison, the male prisoner, made his appearance.
Witness asked him whether his name was Harrison, to
which he replied in the affirmative. Witness asked
him whether he knew anything of a letter containing a
501. bill. He said he did, and that he would give it to
witness. The female prisoner then handed to him the
letter, of which the following is a copy :
" Provincial Bank of Ireland,
" Waterford, 14th Oct. 1840.
" Sir, I was favoured with your's of the 7th, containing
a bill on Doyle for 50/. I ls. 6d. for which I beg to in-
close credit on Messrs. Spooner and Co. 501. 7s. 9d.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
" JAMES WEWEN, Manager.
" W. G. Harrison, Upper Lambeth-marsh."
Her husband was present at the time. To other
questions which witness asked, they both replied with-
out hesitation. The woman, upon being asked where
the money was, handed to him from the tea-caddy, in
which the letter had been kept, a piece of paper, which
he found to contain thirty-five sovereigns. " This,"
said witness, "is not all the money." They replied
that it was all they had. Witness then asked Harrison
whether he got the bill cashed ; to which the wife re-
plied, that it was she that got the money for it. Har-
rison observed that it was better to tell the truth about
it ; and the woman said, " Well then, it was my brother
(meaning the other prisoner) that got it cashed." They
also stated that the person's name was Pryke, and that
he was a hair-dresser. At the same time Harrison took
from the shelf a small bag, out of which he took six
sovereigns and gave them to the witness ; and when
she was told that that was not all the money, she said
that the other party had 5/. 7s. When witness was
proceeding to search the house, Harrison said there was
no use in looking for any mere, for his wife's brother,
who got the bill cash"d, got drunk, and lost five sove-
reigns of it. The woman said then, that if the gentle-
man to whom the bill belonged would give them time,
they would restore the whole amount. Witness took
them into custody. He subsequently went to Pryke's
shop, and asked that prisoner whether he got a 50/.
hill changed ? He replied that he had received
it of Mrs. Harrison, who told him that she had
received it by post. Witness asked whether Pryke had
written the name " W. G. Harrison" on the bill? and
Pryke said no, but he had written George Harrison in
full, and the gentleman who paid him the money gave
him the paper back to put the " W." to it before the
cash was given, having first asked him if his name was
Harrison, to which he answered in the affirmative. He
added, that they had been very sorry ever since, and he
went on Saturday week to Mrs. Harrison to prt,r,il
upon her to get a 5/. loan to make up the money, in
case the party should call for it. Witness took the
prisoners to Mr. Peacock's office,according to his instruc-
tions, and they said, although cautioned as to any
thing they might utter, that they were sorry for what
they bad done, and willing to make up the money.
Mr. John Lindley Davis, cashier at Spooner and
Attwood's banking-house, deposed that the letter of
credit was presented to him at the counter on the 21st
of October, in the usual way, for payment, by a man
who said that his name was Harrison, and signed the
paper as required by witnes', who paid the amount in
a 201. note, No. 96,572, a Si. note, No. 21,152, and
the remainder in sovereigns. Witness had some idea
that Pryke was the person who presented the letter of
credit, which was properly advised.
Mr. William George Harrison deposed that his place
of business was at No. 15, Bucklersbury, where he had
a tobacco and cigar manufactory, and his residence was
at the West-end of the town. He had been in the habit
of receiving letters of credit to very great amounts from
the Provincial Bank of Ireland. He had not received
the letter of credit in question. In consequence of what
he had heard upon the subject he went to Messrs.
Spooner and Attwood's banking house, and told them he
had been
to him which engivento
ieh never
understand that
a came to hand. letter o f
nd.
credit
been directed He
then learned that the letter of credit had been pi., sented
and paid. The witness here identified the handwriting
of Mr. M'Ewen in the letter of credit, and said that it
acknowledged the receipt of a letter sent by witness to
that gentleman for the sum above-mentioned. A mistake
had been made in Ireland as to the address, for witness
had written to request that the letter of credit should
be sent to Messrs. Field, of Upper Lambeth, instead of
which it was directed W. G. Harrison, Upper Lambeth,
where he had no residence. The letter by reason of that,
error fell into the bands of the prisoners. The witness
an
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dv e
had
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kr ins
oe dw
lee nd yg e persone
vteor roerc
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prisoners.
Mr. Bush said that there appeared to him to be a
case of forgery against Pryke, who signed the name of
Harrison to the letter of credit, and afterwards put the
name of " George," or rather " Geore" to it.
Peak, the Post-office policeman, said that the unfor-
tunate woman had five young children, who appeared
to be in great necessity. All the prisoners appeared to
I iment having yielded to the temptation, and witness
could not help giving four shillings to the mother to buy
bread for the wretched family.
The witness's humanity was apparent throughout the
whole of the evidence, which he gave in such a manner
as showed that he was a perfect master of his business,
as well as a very merciful performer of his duty.
The LORD MAYOR agreed with Mr. Flower that
there was no occasion for detaining the female prisoner,
who was discharged, upon the unerstanding that she
would be ready to come forward if required.
The two male prisoners were remanded.

,laelsetlOeoNftPßESSED PEAT FUEL.—We have re-
r:eanadtesd: ly referred to a machine, some time ago invented by
Lord_. Willoughby d'Eresby, and latterly perfected be
skilful artisans under his direction, for compressing pests.
estate,his Mr. Clark,
stetnacntosr,yoounr,
has
se
ofD late
embreda
efv
*a nu tnatgr
ye o, tii
we
manufacturing the new fuel, chiefly for the jewellers
eel forgers in England ; and this week a very large
sluttymararreedu
in
t i the et b newe
she
aquay
andf o r s i shipment pomf es no ta
pt o
bars, London.aad
einhatvheeb
sr! powerful is the compression employed, that the
ams aliolivofansctik2r7ess. above ori-
ginalre-
ferred peat is hardly to be recognised in the black and
metallic.looking mass which the machine perfects. The
properties of this new fuel are found to be highly
branchesad-
vantageous i
informed,
fnrm
eo,fi',
erred to,. and its great economy is evidenced in the
per dozen.
re-
duced prices at which cutlery wrought with it is offered for
sale. Sheffield razors bearing the mark of " peat com-
pressed," have been On sale this year throughout the
Considering the great extent of peat-mosses in the High-
land districts particularly, we look for a rapid extension of
the use of this valuable invention of Lord Willoughby's,
as offering the means of procuring for the inha-
bitants an abundant sup ly of a more cleanly and useful
1711 E LATE MR. VIGORS.
been able to obtain, but opening up to them a profitable
branch of industry, for which the field is nearly as inex-
haustible as that of the material.—Perth Courier.
hithpeito from their inland situation,
Vigors has caused 'great regret in the Borough of Mary.
—The death of Mr.
lebone, where he generally resided, and was universally
respected. He had for years taken an active part in the
management of the poor of St. Pancras parish ; and his
brother Directors, at the first meeting after his death, as
a tribute of respect to his memory, passed a resolution ex-
pressing their deep regret at the sudden death of their
' esteemed colleague, " who during the last eight years,
had been a member of the Board, and whose high inte-
grit), and firm principles were called forth in resisting the
entry of the Poor-law Commissioners into this parish, and
in other instances, during all which struggles his high
sense of honour and strict integrity
of purpose, met with
universal approbation."
THE HAGUE. —.Nov. 3.—We hear that the
programme of the ceremony of doing homage at .Amster-
dam is already prepared, and will shortly be published
by the Government. Preparations are already making
for the ceremony. A handsome medal is to struck on
the occasion. One of the sections of the second Cham-
ber began yesterday to examine the project of law for
the abolition of the syndicate ; the other sections Com-
mence to.day.—Dutch Papers.

PRUSSIAN PRESS LAW.— A Berlin paper
states that the new law on the press is expected to be
speedily promulgated
.there. It has been drawn up under
his Majesty's personal inspection, and is known to contain,
that of
to c?a
pu jury,blish a who
work are
ani
encgi
doet
upon casesarsaels airnr
which etnhtes
right to
may be disputed.

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..., Lit V SESSIONS. LOSS OF THE JAMES PATTISON. I FRENCH AND
ob., —.O.
A LARKING LODGER.—Mr. and Mrs. Carmody, a (From a Correspondent of the Times.)
short, snug, greasy-looking pair, whose complexions wore On Tuesday, September 29, we observed at 1. 30.
that peculiar tallowy hue, as though the possessors were 1 p. m., a great deal of smoke bursting up from the ford-
always mewed up in small half-provision half-chandlery scuttle. We went below immediately, as far as the
cargo wonld allow us, to endeavour to find the cause,
establishments, opened the ball in the first set that led .
off before the bench. As they approached the witness- but could see nothing that could lead us to suppose the
box, which they did abreast,
.we were induced to lay to cargo had ignited. We, however, battened down the
our soul the " flattering illusion," that Mrs. Carmody fore and after-scuttles immediately, and stopped ail
was slow of speech, and a wearer of the " cold chain of other small apertures from which smoke was issuing ;
silence," for she kept telegraphing her husband with a but throughout the afternoon found the smoke increas-
serieshag and bursting out in fresh places every minute, and
of nods and becks. Wreathed smiles were want- 1
ing, and Mr. Carmody paid her back in kind, looking the upper deck beginning to get warm, as well as the
indignant. coat of the foremast. At 6 P.M., everything began to
" Well, come, come," said his Worship, tired at length assume a most alarming appearance. There were now
of their dumb show, "what about this lodger of yours, light breezes from E.N.E., and fine weather. We
Malachi Hynes ?" were standing on a wind to the S.E. We commenced
" That's just it, sir," replied Mrs. Carmody, her pen- getting the long-boat and cutter cleared, ready for
dulous cheeks shaking blubber fashion. "Misther Hynes getting out some hands, drawing water and throwing
is oar lodger, an' we don't want him ; for I think, me- it upon the deck to keep it cool. At 9 P.M. we lifted
self, be's a little flighty ; moreover, being given to a the long-boat out of the chocks, to enable the carpenter
dhrop now and then, his brain can't stand that sure, to get under her to do some necessary jobs be-
an'nasthray, an' frightnin' the
writin' memorials an' pettishins, an' statin' cases like fore putting her over the side, and at ball-past
boy), an' there's no standin' nine observed the flames beginning to make their
appearance through the deck, about five feet be-
lodgersh the sh i
his p
oaa
onrista veoot
ilzi/ (
wi
dsct
childish
d, ioshukrno houses
vig
thricks, an' the like—there's for fore the forehatch of the larboard side. We scuttled
you ! "--(Laughter.) the deck immediately, and commenced throwing water
The subject of this " descriptive
, piece," a very seedy-
needednwith projecting gooseberry eyes, and
not the incessant expanding down through the scuttles, and also around the fore-
looking mast. Up to this time the deck; abaft the fore hatch
a
had been kept quite cool, and the fire appeared to be
mo utghentthlea gentleman, a
twitches that agitated its muscles to add to its width, confined to the space from the after part of the fore
stood by, regarding Mr. and Mrs. Carmody and the hatch forward. We succeeded in extinguishing the
and the Bench alternately with the most marked at- flames for some time, and at 10 P.M. we got the long
tention. boat over the side, but to our great dismay, found her
Magistrate—ls it not ridiculous in a man come to to be very leaky, keeping four hands continually
your time of life to make yourself so disagreeably trou- baling. We put a cask of water and a cask of bread
blesome ? into her, with eight hands, and the second officer to
Malachi Hynes reduced his potato-trap to speaking keep the boat free. We then veered her astern with
dimensions, and replied, " I have been occasionally over- the cutter, which was pretty tight, but were sorry to
taken by the exciting stimulus of inebriating potations ; find the long-boat keeping four buckets continually
but, gintlemon, it is the privilege of individuals engaged going to keep her free. At midnight there were light
in intellectual pursuits to relax a little occasionally ; so breezes from E.N.E , the ship's head being to the
begor, I've aroused from time to time the phlegmatic S.E., and all hands employed pouring water down the
dispositions of these people by a series of practical scuttled part of the deck. We succeeded up to this
jokes—dy'ye comprehend ?" time in keeping the flames down, but throughout the
" Aye, frightnin' us in that manner," broke in Mrs. night, although the fire was kept pretty well under, it
Carmody, " that, savin' yer favour, what between his appeared to be spreading very fast below, although
moanin,' an' rattlin,' an groanin', an' what he calls statin' evei y exertion was used by all hands in keeping a con-
cases, thro' his sleep, me husband and meself used to be stant run of water down the scuttled part of the deck.
fairly moist in in our beds, thro' the apprehinsion, so we lVednesday, Sept. 30.—Daylight found the fire mak-
used."—(Laughter.) ing great progress aft, and the deck abreast of the fore-
Mr. Carmody frowned, and almost blushed—if a hatches occasionally in a flame ;we unbattened the fore-
sickly half-orange, half green, evanescent tinge, could be hatch with the hope of getting some of the cotton out,
so called—at this allusion to his thraldom to the " ty- but could not start a bale. Find.ng the fire now making
ranny of fear." " Call Mrs. Griffin," he said emphati- such rapid progress aft, and all hopes of extinguishing it
tally, and burying his hands to the wrists in the pockets at an end, we squared the yards and made sail for the
of his continuations, he sat down. Western Islands, being only 130 miles from them, bear-
A bustling little woman, who described herself as ing S.W. A good look-out we kept from the main
" carryin' a box," i. e. living by pedlering, deposed to royal yards for a vessel, some hands still keeping the
having frequently sojourned at the Carmodys' domicile, flames down as much as possible. At S A.M., the decks
and being " from her propriety" by " Misther Hynes's began to give way a little before the main hatch, and we
outlandish noises an' grate jinglings." unbattened the hatch immediately and succeeded in get-
The accused grinned and rubbed his hands, then tins about 30 bales of cotton overboard, with the hopes
looping the forefinger of his right, he took a bird's-eye of arresting the progress aft, but from the immense
view through it of Mrs. Griffin, exclaiming, " Specify, clouds of smoke continually bursting from the hatch, we
Ma-dam, if 'tisn't irksome to you, in what measure I found it impossible to get any further into the
offended ?"---" Why, then, you rowled in, Sir, as you ax between decks. At 9 A.M., the deck, from
me," returned the little woman of the born "on Sun- the mainmast forward presented nothing but one
day nights, an' you hearty, an' siogin' the ' Roving body of fire. Still, up to this time we suc-
Journeyman,' and you tied one a' the childer's tin mugs, ceeded, through great exertions, in keeping the
to the poor cat's tail, till it a'most ran stark mad, an flames from eatchilg the rigging or sails by the
you got upon the dhresser to make a speech about re- immense quantities of water kept continually thrown
pale, whatsomever it manes, an' you offered to box Mis- over it. At 10 a.m., however, the mainmast below the
ther Carmody before me face ; an' you snapt a kiss deck was on fire, and the flames beginning to make
from meself in spite o' me teeth." This was followed their appearance up the after hatch, and apparently
by a prolonged volley of laughter, in which all having the hearts of all began to droop, having now nothing
joined, save the Carmodys, Malachi Hynes received a left us but our leaky long boat and cutter to save our
lecture, and leave to retire. lives, to the inexpressible joy of all on board, a sail was
A SLIGHT BRUSH. descried from the mast-head, bearino. S.W. about 15
A PLACE-MAN.—Paddy Fitzpatrick, a servant out
miles on a wind. The news acted upon the counte-
of place, and Andy Farrell, a chimney-sweeper, were
mince of every one as a joyous sound, and a fresh at-
had up for breaking the Queen's peace, and each
tempt was made to keep the flames down for one or
other's heads, on the preceding evening. A brace of
two hours longer. At noon, however, in spite of all
small aspirants in the soot line, accompanied Mr Far-
our exertions, the flames caught the fore-rigging and
roll, and, brush in hand, sat munching the remnant
mainstays, and at this time it was impossible to get for-
of a penny loaf, regarding, the while, their facetious
ward, except on the outside to windward. This was
master with grinning physiognomies, that evidently en-
done with buckets of water, and we succeeded in ex-
tertained a hydrophobiac aversion to water.
tinguishing the flame about the rigging and stays for
As for poor Paddy. Fitzpatrick, he looked as bewildered
some short time. At 1. 15. p.m. the ship was going
as the Jolly Miller, when Lord Cardigan offered to pistol
seven miles an hour in chase of the ship seen from the
him; and was, in fact, what Savvney would call a" drunken
mast-head, and finding she had tacked and was standing
ne'er-do-weel ;" his face was as pale as a parsnip for us, the fore-rigging and stays with some of the sails,
—save that one eye showed a slight tinge of black, and
as well as the quarter-deck, being in one body of fire, we
his nose, a hue of suspicious crimson. As for Andy
were obliged to bring the ship to wind. We then got
Farrell, he seemed all life and spirits. " I never saw the long boat immediately hauled up under the star-
sich a Paddy Fitzpatrick !" he said repeatedly, and then
board mizen-chains and the cutter under the stern, but
jerked up his left foot and twirled the legit was attached
could not venture to get the long-boat further ahead from
to, as though the limb had been submitted to some gal-
the flames, when 19 of us sprung into her and nine
vanic process ; giving, at-the same time, his dingy nob a
into the cutter. We cut our ropes and got clear of
determined shake, and glancing from his clenched fist to
the ship, and in about ten minutes afterwards the main-
Paddy's olfactories, as though ho would have wished
mast fell in a body of fire, and about five minutes after
them better acquainted. that the fore and mizen masts followed. Nothing now
"It appears, Farrell," said his Worship, " that
presented itself but the bare 'hull in one body of fire
you've been the originator of this squabble?'
Andy cut a few cabalistiqal capers afresh, and again the wind in our boats for the vessel to leeward, which
protested that he never kstow " sich a Paddy Fitz-
was at this time about three or four miles from us. On
patrick.” "Be gor, your wurchip," he continued,
" he's so odd an' unsartin in himself—peltin' away boat gaining ownfastth ons us
withoun fourbuc
-from his service, gettin' into a reel ov drinkin an going ; but at 3 p.m., the longboat being half full of
pectin' off to box every minnit o' the day, that i from stem to stern. We now proceeded down before
our way to e we fd the leakketsin the lonhip
constantlg y
water, we got alongside the bark, which proved to be
only wondher I did'nt cut his acquaintance before
n 0.7 : indeed, no respectable an should know him."
This produced a peal of laughter, which induced the Nor val of Greenock,
an, who readily received us on
k, from St. John's, bound to
I m Leghorn, Captain Corb
board, and to whose kindness and humanity my pen
Master Farrell to look exceedingly surprised, and his
cannot do justice. After getting on board end clearing
pair of apprentices to suspend their masticatory labours
the boat of the few wet things that were washing about
and look exceedingly surprised also. in her, the Norval made sail on her former course.
The ex-stander behind chairs now produced a roil
of
Some of the crew saved a part of their clothes, and
of " keractburs," those " dampers with faint praise,
that set forth his honesty, sobriety, and diligence,
others none, and at 4. 30. p.m., the ill-fated Pattison
&c.
" Oh ! very fine oysthars," said Andy Farrell, when disappeared in the horizon.
the documents had been inspected—" E'thin, my babe
o'grace, how did you sarve ould Mrs. Comyn, the day I
was cloanin' her chimbleys 2'
Magistrate.—But that has no reference to your
quarrel.
" Be the powers, ye'r honour," returned the knight
of the brush, " 'twill show the nether o' the baste.
You see, Sir, he hired there ov a Thursday : indeed
is an old ansiAnt piece 0' goods,
contrairy in herself, an' so the
al‘
firstl r
Tittle
t lCday
r un
eYgntu'hrely; herself,
an
had a turkey for dinner (I
seen it, meself, on the spit) an' fakes a bulky
well-grown bird it was, to give id its dhue ; well, my lad
sarved id up, as in jeuty bound, to be sure ; an' next day
he brought it up cowld. Sathurday kem, and he was or-
dhcred to produce id agin, so he carried id to the par-
lour door, an' there he laid down the dish. ' Come,'
says he, to the poor skeleton ov the turkey, ' Come,
you're as long here as meself, an' you ought to know the
way in as well,' an' then he took his hat, an' idout as
much as sayin' to the dacent woman ' A good mornin'
m'am,' or ' By your lace,' or ' Go to blazes,'—he walks
off teetotally ;—there's a nate patthern ov a buttler ; I
never knew such a Paddy Fitzpatrick !"—(Laughter.)
" An' is that a rayson," said Paddy, pensively, " that
you should wallop me to that degree, that I disremim-
bared the very day o' the week, so I did! You knocked
me down whin I stud up, an' you danced on me whin I
was down."
Oh !to be sure," responded Master Andy, " ,
be-
case you desarved the same usage you sportheen ; an
axin' the gintleman's pardon, if my eldest apprentice
doesn't leather you in a month, as God shall judge me—
n!, I'll bind him to a tailor."—(Roars of laughter.)
The interesting young biped, threatened with this
indignity, blushed through his sooty mask, while the
Bench warned his free-and-easy master against future
onslaughts.
The parties were then dismissed, Andy Farrell once
more protesting,
as they went out, that "he never
knew sich a Paddy Fitzpatrick."

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FUNERAL OF MAJOR JENKINS

This melancholy spectacle took place on Wednesday
morr.ing, and excited great interest, the funeral of a mili-
tary officer not having been witnessed in this town for
many years. Notwithstandirb, the threatening aspect of
the weather, the road to the barracks was lined, as early
as between nine and ten o'clock in the morning, with en-
riages and persons on foot. Shortly before ten a heavy
rain came on ; but this had by no means the effect of dis-
persing the large assemblage. The troops bad been or-
dered to assemble in the barrack-yard at half-past nine ;
and on our arrival there we found them drawn up in line,
t...v0 and two, ready to march, with the band of the regi-
ment in the rear. Shortly before ten o'clock the horse of
the deceased, a black one, was led forth by two soldiers
bearing staves. The boots of the deceased. were slung
over the hors,'s shoulder,; and on his head" waved a fea-
ther. As soon as the preliminary arrangements, which
were conducted by Adjutant Knowles, were completed,
the word of command was given for the troops to move
slowly on. The band immediately struck up that solemn
and impressive composition of Handel, " the Dead March
in Saul," which had•a most thrilling effect, and the pro-
, cession moved on. _

BRITISH.

Ships
Guns

The windows, balconies, and every available place-which
commanded a view of the procession, were crowded with
spectators; and when the procession reached the barracks
in Church-street, the troops on duty there were drawn up
to receive it. The coffin was followed by the son of the
deceased, Col. Tvnte, Col. Wood, and Col. Ashworth, and
by the officers and a portion of the regiment. Before the
b ,dy was brought into the church the galleries were all
filled, chiefly by females.. The chief mourner and friends
took their seats on the left of the minister; and the Earl
of Cardigan and the officers of the regiment were placed
in pews opposite the pulpit.
'The coffin was deposited in a steined grave, at the south
of the burial ground, on the left of the church path, and
bore the following inscription :
" Major John Jenkins,
(11th, or Prince Albert's Hussars)
Died
31st October, 1840,
Aged 53 years."
Mr. W. Jenkins, the son of the deceased, was just about
to be elected a Fellow of Balliol College, when the alarm-
ing news of his father's illness reached him,—Brighten
Gazette.

Men, including 540
extra marines, be.

MR. OASTLER.—Mr. Oastler has written a re-
tiring address to his friends at Huddersfield.
Nlountjoy, the pedestrian, yesterday commenced
the arduous undertaking of walking twice to Sudbury and
back (64 miles), every day during the week, in 14 hours.
He accomplished the first day's journey in 13 hours and 50
minutes t—Bury Post.
ROYAL MARRIAGE.—The Augsburg Gazette
states that the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar
is to marry the Princess Augusta of Cambridge. The
Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta left Mu-
nich for Italy on the 26th ult.
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COL. PERRONET THONIPSON.,—It is a dis-
grace to the constituencies of the country, that this honest
and untiring advocate of the people's rights, is not a Mem-
ber of the House of Commons. Agitation for a Repeal
of the Corn-law is being carried on with vigour, and lec-
turers are sent into the very heart of the monopolists' ter-
ritory ; but the man whose exposures of Corn-levy falla-
cies have done more than anything besides to disseminate
sound information upon the subject, is forgotten by the
very party he has served the mcst. It is a stigma upon
the electoral class, that will not be soon removed. There
ought to be a feeling of rivalry which constituency should
do themselves the honour of choosing as their representa-
tive this veteran Repealer and consistent Radical. —Not-
/*wham Review.

EXCHEQUER RECORDS.—Another collection
of these papers was on Monday disposed of by auction, by
Fletcher and Wheatly, of Piccadilly. Among many docu-
ments of considerable interest were, an autograph receipt
of Oliver Cromwell to a warrant for payment of his salary
as cup-bearer to the King, and another showing him to
have been in the service of Charles 1., when Prince of
Wales; two lists of books delivered in for ye use of the
Prince his Highness (Charles II.) and the Duke of
Yorke (1641). The autograph of Nell Gwynn to a re-
ceipt for 1,2501., for support of herselfc and the Duke of
St. Alban's, for one quarter of a year (1683), fetched
1/. 10s. ; autograph of Sir T. Lucy, the object of Shak-
spere's well-known epigram, 1/. la. ; autograph of Sir
Isaac Newton, 17s. ; Sir C. Wren, 135.; Sir G. Kneller,
13s. ; Lord Rochester, the wit and poet, 1/ 3s. ; Dryden,
the poet, 1/, Os. ; John Treton, 11., &c.

NGLISH NAV lES.

(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
The mania for decrying the British navy, and exalting
the maritime strength of other nations, is a singular fea-
ture of the times, not at all complimentary to the press
of England, or to the patriotism of her sons. Doubtlass
much of the feeling which has led to this absurd clamour
against the resources of their native laud has originated
in sheer political malice, which scruples not at the means
so long as the cry can be raised tending to lower their ad-
versaries in public favour, by imputing charges of neglect
of a popular national service. No doubt also that a good
deal of this grumbling discontent, or feigned lamentation
over the presumed wreck of England's navy, has pro•
ceeded from men disappointed of employment, or
hoping for benefit from increased expenditure, in that
department of the public service. By such persons the
apprehensions of British inferiority are not really felt.
If brought into active service they would be the first to
laugh at the fears they have assisted in propagating ;
hut, nevertheless, we believe there are some who ac-
tually place faith in the tirades of the Times, Standard,
Morning Post, Morning Herald, et hoe geniis omne,
and the silly rhodomontade which is copied by that
class of our public instructors from the French journals.
For this reason it is We have taken the pains from time
to time during the last two years to expose the gross
mistakes or wilful fabrications concerning the actual
state of the navy whenever or wherever they have ap-
peared, and we shall continue our answers to these at-
tacks or errors so long as they are found in publications
entitled to notice by their political weight or acknow-
ledged talent.
A statement from the Commerce, French maritime
Journal, is now going the round of the English news-
papers. It boasts of the facility with which the French
fleet in the Mediterranean might sink the British di-
vided squadrons, and cut off all reinforcements for Sir
Robert Stopford ; and gives a statement of the French
naval force in that sea, which, if true, would seem to
justify some of this boasting. But it is not true. We
will show that it is of the usual French manufacture,
and we cannot do this better than by giving a detailed
account of the whole naval force of both countries, de-
rived from sources of unquestionable authority, and
brought up to the present moment.
Force of the British and French fleets.now in the
Mediterranean, or preparing for that destination :
BRITISH.

Line-of-Battle, with Admiral Stopford in the Le-

vant.—Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Asia, 84 ; Power-
ful, 84 ; Ganges, 84 ; Bellerophon, 78 ; Rodney,
92 ; Vanguard, 80 ; Revenge, 76 ; Cambridge, 78 ;
Hastings, 72 ; Benbow, 72 ; Edinburgh, 72 ;
74 ; Thunderer, 84 ; and Calcutta, 84 ... 15
Ready for Sea.—Howe, 120 ; Britannia, 120
Reserve Squadron in Commission.—lmpregnable,

04 ; Caledonia, 120 ; Queen, 110 ; Camperdown,
104 ; Belleisle, 72
Preparing and Ready to Receive their Crews.—
Barnbay, 84 ; Clarence, 84 ; Nile, 92 ; Adelaide,
104 ; St. Vincent, 120 ; Vengeance, 84 ; Indus,
78 ; Achille, 76 ; Monarch, 84 ; Formidable, 84 ;
and London, 92

FRENCH.
Line-of-battle, with Admirals Duperre and Hugon
in the Levant—Montebello, 120 ; Suffren, 90 ;
Ocean, 120 ; Diademe, 86 ; Jena, 90 ; Hercule, 100 ;
Santi Petri, 86 ; Alger, 86 ; Neptune, 86 ; Ju-
pitre, 86 ; and Triton, 80
Reserve Squadron under Rear-Admiral Rosamel,
for keeping open the communication with Africa—
Genercux, 80 ; Marengo, 80 ; Trident, 80 ; and
Sei pion, 80
Preparing, the two first only being in a forward
state of equipment—Ville de Marseilles, 120 ; Sou-
verian, 110 ; Inflexible, 90, at Brest ; Friedland,
120, at Cherbourg ; Jemappes, 80, at L'Orient ;
Nestor, 80 ; Couronne, 80 7
Rotten—Algesiras, 80

It should be observed that on the French side we have
included every line-of-battle ship they at present pos-
sess, which is not on the stocks building. They have
not another ship of this class in the water. But to the
British list we might have added three sail of the line
serving in China, nine demonstration ships, which are in
a forward state to receive their crews, viz., the Agin-
court,
72, St. George, 120, Waterloo, 120, Cornwallis,
72, Hawke, 72, Hercules, 72, Malabar, 72, Pembroke,
72, Russell, 72, and upwards of a score of good line-of-
battle ships in ordinary, which might be brought forward
if required, making treble the number possessed by
France, in perfect agreement with our former statements
upon this point.
As to frigates and smaller vessels in the Mediterra-
nean, the French at present have, according to the
Commerce, four frigates, six corvettes, and two steam-
ers, to be shortly reinforced by six frigates, six corvettes,
and two additional steamers, making altogether ten
frigates, twelve corvettes, and four steamers. The
British have now in the same sea six frigates, eight cor-
vettes and brigs, and twelve steamers, which are to be
reinforced by six frigates, of fifty guns each, and five
powerful steamers, some of which are now on their pas-
sage. Our steam fleet alone in that quarter is more
than 4 match for all the frigates, corvettes, and steamers
which France has in the Mediterranean.

Here, therefore, is the real comparative statement at
a glance. What need is there of apprehension? What
foundation for the clamour with which the country is
perpetually dinned ? England has 15 sail-of-the-line at
sea in the Mediterranean, France the same number.
England has reinforcements, either en their passage or
in reserve at home, waiting final orders, of seven power-
ful vessels, six of them first-rates. France has the same
number preparing in her ports. England has 11 large
vessels ready to receive their crews, nine demonstration
ships, and between 20 and 30 more fit for active ser-
vice, making nearly 50 additional;, France, not c94e ! In
ships building the French and English are about equal,
though the former may be somewhat more forward in
their progress.

" Oaly a few days since the 7'inics contained a long
article, commencing, We have denounced to the
coantry the miserable state of our preparations for a
naval war,' which is full of errors or misrepresentations.
For instance, it includes among the effective' strength
of the French navy ships that are in port preparing,
but it carefully excludes the same class of vessels from
the British list. Even the Calcutta, 84, Howe, 120,
and Britannia, 120, now on their passage to or in rea-
diness for the Mediterranean, are not taken into consi-
deration. Nevertheless, a great display is made of the
weight of metal and number of men on board the French
fleet, which is stated as exceeding the British by 260
guns and 3,783 men, or more than one-third in the
line of battle ships alone.' This is preposterous ; for
the actual comparison is as follows :

FRENCH.

171 Ships
1,480] Guns

Men 11,706

yond the usual
ships' companies —10,820
exhibiting a superiority in ships and guns on the British
side: and only a deficiency in men of 886 in number,
which in a force of 10.820 is of no consequence; to say
nothing of the great superiority of the British in quality.
The Times also takes the total number of French
frigates at sea in all parts of the world, and compares
them with those only which England has in the Medi-
terranean, deducing therefrom an enormous' inferiority
on the English side. With just as much reason might
it be said that the ships on our home station comprise
the whole of the British navy. Of a piece with these
errors is the assertion that within a month France will
have fearfully increased its superiority, having six line-
of-battle ships, one of them a three.dtcker, ready for
immediate armament, while England has but three:"

BERLIN, OCT. 28.—General Von Grollmann,
commanding the sth corps of the army, is honoured with
a special mission to the Emperor of Austria. He is to
to be attended by Colonel Von Radoistz, a most. accom-
plished officer, who has hitherto been employed in the
Military Commission of the Diet, at Frankfort, whence
it is inferred that this mission relates to measures to be
adopted in common with the German Confederation in
consequence of the official information received by the
Government of the prosecution of the armaments of
France, —Hamburgh Borsen Halle.
EAST SURREY REFORM REGISTRATION
SOCIETY.—The half-yearly general meeting of this associa-
tion was held on Wednesday, J. H. Palmer, Esq., in the chair,
when a correct and very favourable report of the last regis-
tration was read by the secretary. The Chairman, allud •
ing to the report of the death of Captain Alsager, one of
the present Members, in circulation on Tuesday—which
though unfounded, had caused much sensation in the county
—strongly urged the necessity of being at once prepared
with a stanch Reform candidate, to be proposed at any mo-
ment. To be first in the field was often half the battle in
these contests. With this advantage, aid after the report
just read, as well as other statements from different parts,
especially the indefatigable Reform Society of Wands-
worth, which alone had gained a registration majority of
nearly 200, be felt no doubt that the greatly increased
numbers and zeal of the Li aeral party would succeed in re-
turning at least one member at the next election, come when
it might. The names of several gentlemen were mentioned
for candidates ; but the unanimous opinion was, that if their
late respected member, Major Beauclerc, would again
enter into public life, his extensive popularity would ensure

success.
EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE. Mr.
C•oper Thornhill, in the April of this year (1745), rode
three times between Stilton and London, distance 213
miles, in 11 hours, 33 minutes, and 52 seconds. Mr.
Thornhill used eight diff,rent horses in the first heat, six
in the second, and in the third he made use of the same
horses which had already served him, riding only seven of
the fourteen. h. m. sec.
From Stilton to London (71 miles)... 3 52 59
From London to Stilton ............... 3 50 57
From Stilton to Loudon ............ 3 49 56
The match was made for a considerable sum of money.
He was allowed as many horses as he pleased, and fifteen
hours to perform the task in. " I question," adds Buffon,
" whether any race at the Olympic games ever equalled the
rapidity of Mr. Thornhill's performance."— Whyte's His-
tory of the. Turf.