The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-24 00:00:00

E V ENINO SUN.

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MR. WILSON. -
Last night this celebrated vocalist delivered the last
°J. a series of lectures on Scottish song to a crowded and
delighted audience, at the Mechanics' Institution,
Senthampton-buildings. The more immediate object of
tIIP lecture was to prove the merits and claims to anti-
quity of Highland melody, and its close and intimate
alliance with the music of the sister kingdom of Ire-
end ; and in this arduous task Mr. Wilson relieved the
dry ancluninteresting (except to the initiated) details of
antiquarian research with humorous anecdote, and soft-
ened down and made delightful rugged argument
and close reasoning by apt and felicitous illustrations
from the wild and soul-stirring., but frequently touching
and pathetic, music Of the land " of the mountain and
the flood." We have often been enchanted listeners to
this delightful warbler of his country's song, an heard
with pride and satisfaction the rough sough of wild
and unrestrained applause which greeted and
rewarded his sounds of fire and notes of woe ;
Out never until last night did we think that Mr. Wilson,
or any other favoured son of song, could infuse into an
English translation of the notes of Ossian's lyre the soul
and animation which makes us forget that we are specta-
tors, and for the moment think ourselves the heroes of
the tale. As we advocate, as we have always done, the
advancement of education and of information in every
walk, we have much pleasure in giving our meed of
raise to the exertions of Mr. Wilson, in thus familiar-
Izin.g the beauties of poetry and the charms
;ef song to the humble and the lowly ; and
is a great and gratifying evidence of
the advancement of civilization and the growing love of
information which has been in our day engendvrcd in
our fellow-countrymen, that we find them thus seeking
after, and encouraged by, one who is peculiarly qualified
to touch those tender cords which tend to filial love,
and to strike that harp of harmony and brotherhood
which enables and induces us to improve and cultivate
"the mind which makes the man."

IRELAND.
TRANQUILLITY OF THE COUNTRY.

IDULLIN, JULY 22.—The charges of the Judges of Assize,
n'eeived this morning, afford additional testimony respecting
the great tranquillity prevailing throughout the country, at a
inoment when the English Tory journals are cramming their
ecaumns with fictitious statements of crime and insubordina-
tion in various parts of Ireland.
Judge Ball, in addressing the county of Limerick Grand
Jury, on Tuesday, said—" I have to state my congratulations
•On the comparative lightness of your calendar, in point of
numbers and heinousness. I trust this state of things will go
an progressing, and that those who succeed me will have an
sPportunity of congratulating you in still stronger terms."
an addressing the Grand Jury of the city of Limerick, en the
same day, Judge Ball said: " On my arrival here I have been
Presented with a calendar of seven larcenies, which comprises
*lithe crime to be tried at this Assizes. Out of those seven
there are two that ought to have been tried at antecedent ses-
sions, so thatthe calendar properly triable is only five larcenies ;
and this announcement is quite enough to ensure the ready as-
sent of every one to its being a matter of very great con-
fratulation for the residents and Magi4trates of the city of
-Limerick."
Baron Pennefather, in addressing the Grand Jury of the
county of Wicklow, on Tuesday, said he had to congratulate
them on the state of repose enjoyed in their county, and the
calendar was no doubt a good index from which to judge of the
Peace which prevailed. It was very pleasant to observe such
sty absence of crime, and, under the circumstances it was quite
unnecessary to detain the Jury by any observations.
Baron Pennefather, a Tory, but a just judge, differs fromlcer-
„,_ tail' of his brethren on the bench in considering the calendar
at the assizes as a good criterion of the state of crime in the
• • district.
COUNTY OF WEXFORD ELECTION.
JULY 20.—When the hour of announcing the poll arrived,
the galleries and the body of the Court were densely crowded.
The Hon. Captain Gore was loudly cheered when he made his
ai) Pear an ce . Anxiety appeared at the highest on every coun-
tenance, when the High Sheriff, accompanied by his assessor,
entered the Court; and declared the state of the day's poll to
be
Power 285
Hatton 29
Morgan
Majority for the Liberal candidates on the day's poll, 260.
GROSS POLL.
Power
Hatton
444
Morgan
Majority for Power and Hatton, 300.
Ile cheering that followed this announcement was tre-
eleje.
Inidnus. After it had subsided,
or"res Pewee, Esq., came forward and addressed the elec-
and'Thanking them for their firm and undeviating. exertions,
solicitation, tine what he had little doubt of obtaining without
of their opponents its kind continuance for the few days more that the
would be likely to last. He congratulated them on
„e glorious state of the poll, in spite of the renewed efforts
opponents to protract the contest. But their attempts
at procrastinatination would have no other effect than ex-
Posing them in their true light as the enemies of the people
and their liberties —( Cheers. ) They had, indeed, exerted
themselves on the orposite side with an energy worthy of a
better cause, and he hoped at the close of the poll to-morrow,
which, probably, would terminate the election, he would still
have to return them the same that Its and congratulations, when
their victory would be certain.
Captain HArroN then came forward and addressed the as-
sembled multitude. He sa'cl—Gentlemen, I have likewise to
thank you for the second time for the very high position in
which your support has placed me. The strength of our
adversaries is daily on the decline, and all their devices
to &lay us have signally failed. This election will have
the effect of teaching at least one thing to Mr. Mor-
gan, it will show him a rather extraordinary anomaly in
the county of Wexford, namely, that though very rich
in money, he is very poor in friends.—(Cheering.)
The electors of this county will, I trust, persevere, with
eve.rtions, if possible, more earnest, more vigorous,
aria more unceasing ; and record in the triumphant
returt; of the two candidates of their choice their determina-
tion to obtain civil and religious liberty. One day's good work,
like those that have preceded it, will effect the triumph of your
friends and s.he defeat of your enemies; and, electors of Wex-
ford, let me ui":•10 you on, then, to the poll, and relax not till
Tee have nobly coriquered.—( Cheers. )
The Court adjos:rned until nine o'clock next morning.
WEDNESDAY, Jo:.v 21.—The following were the numbers
on the gross poll up to five o'clock :
865
Hatton (R).....- •• 849

Power (R) ..••... .. .......
Morgan (T) . 447
S. C. Hall (T) ............ ... ......... . ....... ...
JULY 22.—The election cloned by the return of the Re-
formera. _____ ---

EXTENSIVE F,,`RE,
Last evening, a few minutes before five as as police I
constable Burnham, 58 H, was going his rotods, he observed
t quantity of smoke and some flame issuing from the upper
floor windows of a lefty and extensive building in Wentworth-
street, Whitechapel, in the possession of Messrs. Maltby and
Sons, of No. 34, Old Broad-street, which has been employed
by them as a shot factory and lead works. The officer in-
stantly rang the bell of the premises, and gave the warm of fire,
and found that there were two men and two boys employed in
the lower floor of the building. One of the men so employed,
whose name is Harrold, ran up stairs as fast as he could, a.nd on
reaching the sixth story, he discovered that a great portion of
the flooring above him was on fire, and particuarly that part
'of it which was situated near a flue which ascended from We
'ower part of the building to the roof. The engines were
quickly on the spot, and the supply of water was abundant, but
owing to the extreme height of the building the engines did not
appear to be of sufficient power to force the water to the upper
8, tors. To counteract this, the firemen, under the direction of
Braidwood, carried the hose and branches through the
tr part of the building, and in about two hours u
scceeded
e: itinguishing the flames, not, however, before the immense
Pile of building, and some beautiful machinery, which has been
erec tad within the last eighteen months, for an improved meihod
,ting shot, and executing all sorts of lead-work, at an ex..
Pern4 of over 2,0001., were very considerably damaged.
r. Gill, the foreman of the works, and who lives on the
preen ises, states that for the last week or ten days, in conse-
quell ce of the very advanced price of lead, the upper part of the
build ing had not been used, but a fire was continually kept up
in a 1 'unlace on the loxer floor. On Monday last it was found
that the upper part of the flue, which carries away the smoke
from the premises, was so foul that the fire below would scarcely
bum, and means were taken at once to clear it, and the fire
below but ned as usual, and nothing more was thought of the
Teat te r, but he (Gill) is of opinion that the flue had again be-
com e foul, and that that was the cause of the fire.
Tie stock and building are insured, but not to an amount
that I's likely to cover the loss.

DEATH Ey BATHING.—Thursday afternoon,
a kagthened inquiry took place at the Hero
C oforWoneraterloforo
TaVern, Waterloo -road, before Mr. Carter,
Sum ey, on view cif the body of Joseph Cesarini,
fine youth, 12 years uld, the son of an Italian Nobleman.
The deceased lost 1-1.. s life while bathing near Black-
friars -bridge, on Monday- evening . last. A steamer
passing at the time, a boat-hook was reached from it to
the ch teased, but faile4l to catch hold of him, and he
sunk. By the Jury—rte deceased was drowned under
the third arch of the bridge. The steamer came under
the tb, ird arch. I am of opinion that the swell of the
steamer threw the deceased off steamer fet ; there were
no exertions made on hos rd the to save the
de
with the exception of the boat-hook being
thrown out to him. I do not know the mune of the
steamei Juliana Cesarini, an interesting femalo of gen-
teel a:vearance, who. whilst giving her de o.
was de. ply affected, stated that the deceased was her
son ; hi n• husband, who bad been dead some years, wreverse
an Italic m Nobleman. In Consequence of great
of forts he had come to this country, where he
u
carried on the business of a merchant for many
years, trading in all sorts of commodities ; he,
however., eventually became unsuccessful. and at the
time of his death left witness and his family in
very eml )arrassetl circumstances. By the Coronet,--My
son was is high-spirited youth. • I am sure he had no
wish to destroy himself ; he was well educated; he could
not swim,. The ,Tury, after some discussion, returned
the following verdict—" Accidental Death ; but the
Jury are of opinion that although no blame can be at-
tached to the captain of the steamer, the deceased's life
might hat .e been saved had more active exertion been
used."-
INTEELESTING SURGICAL OPERATION.—A
seaman beloeging- to the ship Majestic, while standing
in the wator at -Point Henry, wo.s wounded in the thigh
• by the fish called Yin Flare or Sting Ray (corrupted into
Stingaree hy thtt colonists). Dr. Clarke, colo-
nial surgeon. att, aided the unfortunate man, whose
life was,
c.espaired of. The sting of the fish (a long
hard spii:e in its tail) had entered the thigh and gone
through the fleshy part of the thigh, do\vnwards to the
knee. On exanduat ion it was found that the spike had
broken in Ile wound , and it was with great clifficulty that
a hold could be got of it. - Its extraction was, how-
ever, accomplished, after considerable care and pains
The piece of sting taken from the wound measures eight
inches long., and upwards of half an inch broad at one end.
tapering to the other. It is shaped etagtly- like a dagger, of
the colour of horn, and as hard as iron. This terrible
wearon mu st have b; ten struck into the body with amazt
ing force, t o break it short off at its thickest part. 1-
is furnish( d with a row of teeth on each side like a
very deep l.et saw, folsofing about fifty barbs,• like those
of a hook or arrow head. It is perfectly astonishing
how this of eration cc aid have been performed without
mortally iijuring son e of the large bloodvesSels of the
thigh. The man Wall slowly recovering at the time the
vessel sailed for Willit ids Town.—Geelong Advertiser.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CHRONICLE.--The last return has been received. Wex-
ford adds two to the list of Reformers. As the list now
stands they amount to 290. But as Mr. O'Connell is returned
fer both Meath and Co' k, and has announced his intention of
sitting for the latter, the new election for Meath will add one to
the list of Reformers. Again, the decision of the Asse:eors,
by which Waterford, Athlone, and Dublin were given to the
Tories, is so tete ly at variance with the law and the uniform
decisions of Revising Barristers in England, that the elec-
tions for these places must be set aside. In Carlow county
the poll was closed long before the legal hour, in the teeth
of a formal 'protest. Seven seats will thus, in all probability,
be wrested from the Tories. Belfast is in the same predica-
ment with Waterford, Dublin, and Athlone, and the elec-
tion will be set aside. It is also understood that the Tories
will lose cue of the returns for Harwich. When the new
Ministry corns to vacate their seats, they will not all of them
have a Tamwerth to fall back on. Some of them, if eee are
not much mistaken, on going back to their constituents. will
experience a reception by no means to their taste. The Tories
will have an opportunity of ascertaining the difference between
single elections and a general election. We cannot be charg
with over-estimating the strength of the Reformers in the
new Parliament if, allowing for the additions which they must
obtain soon after its assembling, we set them down at upwards
of 300. With an opposition so strong numerically, and stronger
still in their cause, which is that of tee whole nation, with the
exception of the monopolists, led by Lord John Russell, Sir
Robert Peel will soon find that he is not exactly on a bed of
roses.
TIMES.—In his recent speech to the electors of Tam-
worth, Sir R. Peel described the growth and origin of the
party of which he is the leader in Parliament. Perceiving, he
said, at the time of the Reform Bill, that "that change was
accompanied with a restless desire for further change, he then
foresaw the importance of laying the foundations of a great
Conservative party, attached to the ancient fundamental in.
stitutions of the country, not disposed to resist such changes as
the altered circumstances of society might require, but a party
determined to maintain on their ancient foundations the in-
stitutions in Church and State." From that time, he added,
" my object in public life was not so much to gain a position
of official power as to build up that great party which has been
gradually acquiring strength, . . . a party not so strong
in its numbers as it is strong in the confidence of
the country." That Sir Robert Peel, in watching over the
formation and growth of this Parliamentary party, has per-
formed his office well, and so as to entitle him to public grati-
tude, we have not been slow to acknowledge. Our confidence,
however (much as we respect the Right Hon. Baronet), is
placed, not in him,_ nor in his followers in either House of Par-
liament, but in the real Conservative pasty, the party of the
country, which has restored him to power, not because he is
Sir Robert Peel—not merely as a more creditable adviser cf
Royalty than Lord Melbourne, or a more faithful de fender of
the landed interest than Lord John Russell, but as the represen-
tative and exponent of certain intelligible principles. Sir Ro-
bert Peel did not make the Conservative party in the country ;
no wisdom or foresight of his could have created it, had there
not been a material in the nation out of which it must necessa-
rily arise. All that he could do was to train its outward ener-
gies in the way to conquest, and by his Fabian tac-
tics in Parliament gain time for its consolidation and
development. That he has done. But the life of
Conservatism consists in the deep-rooted attachment
of the majority of the British people to the Church of which
they
.are members, and to the laws under which they live.
The insolent encroachments of the Dissenters in England, and
Romanists in Ireland, during the period between the passing
of the Reform Bill, and the dismissal of Lord Melbourne's
first M' istry by King William—the rapid progress which the
opinic ef the dominant party seemed to be making towards a
total suppression of the Church of England as established by
law—these characteristic features of the palmy days of Whig
Government roused to a consciousness of strength, and
to a sense of the duty of taking an active part in poli-
tics, multitudes of virtuous, religious, and peaceful, but
courageous men, who would have suffered a noisy mieo-
rity to ride roughshod over them under almost any other
circumstances. At the same time every session dis-
covered more and more plainly the tendency of Whig
principles to overthrow the sober and rational system of
self-government which lies at the foundation of our
civil institutions, and to substitute for it a centralized
despotism, not less revolting to the feelings or less injurious to
the tights of Englishmen, because wielded by the nominees of
a Parliamentary majority. Nor was this tendency rendered
more palatable to minds which had been educated under the in-
stitutions of Alfred, by the fruits it bore. The wholesale ma-
mhinery of espionnage by Commissioners, the establishment of
a rural gendarmerie, and, above all, the enactment and opera-
tion of the New Poor-law, excited a degree of general abhor-
rence and alarm which would have been fatal to any Govern-
ment. These are the causes, together with the degrading
alliance between Ministers and the O'Connel influence in
Ireland, which have established upon the basis of the opposite
principles the :great Conservative party. The success of Sir
Robert Peel, and the duration of his power, must depend upon
the faithfulness with which he acts upon those opposite prin-
ciples. But upon this momentous subject we must reserve
what we have to offer for a future opportunity.
ADVERTISER.—The address of Lord John Russell is not
likely to facilitate the Right Hon. Baronet's (Sir R. Peel's)
efforts in the work of Cabinet-building. That important
document cannot' fail to interpose obstructions to the exe-
cution of the proximate Premier's projects, which the lat-
ter never anticipated. It is an able and luminous manifesto
of the course which the Liberals, under the leadership of the
Noble Lord, are resolved to pursue the moment they are me-
tamorphosed from Ministerials to an Opposition ; and furnishes
a clenching confirmation of all that we ventured to predict a
few days previous to its publication of the decidedly liberal cha-
racter of the principles for which they are prepared to contend:
and the energy. decision, and perseverance, with which they
are resolved to pursue their objects, until their efforts are
crowned with complete success. The atmosphere of the Opposi-
tion benches is, after all, the atmosphere in which the Whigs can
breathe most freely. The Opposition is their native element.
As an Opposition they have, from the time of Fox and Sheri-
dan downwards, achieved their greatest victories, and gained
their brightest laurels; and there can be no question that new
triumphs and fresh trophies await the... in the new sphere on
which they are about to enter. In the ranks of the Opposition
they will, we doubt hot, redeem the character they have lost,
and restore the confidence which the people of England have
for some time ceased to repose in them. And there will be
this further and powerful stimulus to patriotic efforts in their
new capacity of Opposition, namely, that the triumph of their
principles is not only inevitable, but will be of speedy accom-
plishment. Let the Liberals only be resolute and unremitting
in their assaults on the strong holds of Toryism, and down the
edifice will speedily tumble in pieces before them and they
will recapture Downing-street amidst the loud and universal
plaudits of the nation.
HERALD.—The Globe of last night delivers itself of a
feeble and general denial of the charges we brought on Wed-
nesday against Lord Palmerston's commercial policy in Europe.
We deal with facts, the Globe with assertions. We dare that
Journal, or its master—its " eminent hand," its "person of
quality"—to contradict one of the facts we then stated, to refute
one of our conclusions. It is not "the foreign policy of Eng-
land," as the Globe would make us say, that has been making
mischief and confusion in every quarter of the globe,—it is the
foreign policy of Lord Palmerston. But to arrive at something
certain, we repeat that Lord Palmerston personally has de-
stroyed two treaties, those with Austria and Turkey—which,
as originally devised would have been most advan-
tageous to our commerce that he refused to ratify an excel-
lent tTeaty, procured with difficulty from Naples by his own
agent, aid that he has thereby inflicted deep and grievous injury
on our coomerce. Are these charges true or are they false?
We challenge the Globe to the proof of their falsity, to the con-
tradiction of one of the facts we have asserted in connection
with them. " Impeachment," the Globe justly says, " would
be too light a punishment for a Minister proved guilty of such
delinquencies." Is then the master whom the Globe has
sved so long now unworthy of defence ? Is Lord Palmerston
to be " deserted in his utmost need by those his former bounty
fed ?"
POST.—The announcement contained in Lord John Rus-
sell's address to the citizens of London that the present Minis-
ters of the Crown intend not to resign, but to cling to office
vntil the new Parliament shall literally turn them out, has
ex cited general disgust. It is perceived that in pursuing this
comae Ministers wilfully inflict practical and substantial injury,
upon their Sovereign and country, and that they do this for
no sae.- purpose than the mean and base one of appropriating
to themselves the little crumbs and morsels of patronage which
may happen to fall to the disposal of Government between the
present moment and that in which it will not be
possible for them to cling any longer to office. It
is obvious thet until the present Ministers are out
of office, and their successors are appointed, many
of the most important functions of the Government
are necessarily in abeyance, that her Majesty is deprived of
the advice of constitutional and responsible Ministers possess-
ing the confidence of Parliament, and that, in many respects,
the nation is exposed to all the inconveniences and hazards of
an interregnum. Is it possible, we ask,
of ato reconcile with
loyalty, patriotism, or honour, the conduct dy Mi-
nistet s who, for their own selfish ends, voluntarily prolong a
state of things so anomalous, unconstitutional, and unsafe.
The immediate practical evils inseparable from the course
adopted by Ministers are not less manifest than its theoretical
hostility to the plainest principles of the British Constitu-
tion. Is there at this moment in the Government of
England any Foreign Department with which the Ministers of
friendly States can or will confer with a view to any practical
result ? Is there at this moment any Colonial Department
with which merchants and capitalists devising enterprises of
commerce or emigration can advaetageously confer ? Is there
any Board of Trade to which deputations of the manufacturing
or trading classes can usefully resort to offer their suggestions,
or to seek advice or guidance in reference to their important
interests? These questions can only be answered in the nega-
tive, and we see England is kept absolutely without a Govern-
ment, so far as these important matters are concerned, for the
worthless and contemptible purpose above mentioned.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NE V 1
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
I-lERAl.D.—when Mexico has been and is rigorously
screwing up her tariffs, the chiefs of the province of Yucatan,
which has revolted from Mexico, have, on the contrary, re-es-
tablished the old and more liberal tariff of 1828, at the same
time that the old constitution of 182-1 was adopted as the form
of government. The tonnage duly exigible under that tariff
moreover has been reduced from 17 real., at which it stood for-
merly, to 12 reels per ton.
In like manner General Anaza, commanding the insurgent
federalists, when the city of Tabasco fell into their power, im-
mediately issued two decrees, by the first of which the Mexi-
can tariff of 1828 was re-established, subject to ulterior dis-
positions of the General Congress, when it should assemble,
and also with modifications, among which are the following :
The anchor age duty abolished. Every vessel enterino. Tabasco,
on whatever account, to pay a duty of 12 reals per 'ton. Fo•
reign vessels not to engage in the coasting trade from one port
to another ; but once unloaded and visited by the Custom-heuse
officers, to be permitted to take in freight of national products
at Tabasco, on proving by a regular certificate of the respec-
tive custom-houses that they have acquitted the duties. Three•
fifths only of the import duties established by the general ta-
riff of 1828 before cited to be exacted for the present. No in-
ternal duty, nor. in the state, any kind of impost upon the
circulation of national or foreign commodities, shall be exigi-
ble, the interior custom-house
provisions and lead to be s being from this
east
suppressed. Arms, gunpowder,
empt from othe
r re-
gulations in these decrees freeing foreign trade from various
vexations.
These facts accomplished of intrusive or insurgent Govern..
mega_
are cited to show the heads of the Mexican Republic and
Leislature the impolitic and unpopular course of fiscal exaction
which they have been and are pursuing to the destruction of all
foreign trade, and the disgust still of the
the M Mexica peotarpiffle
themselves than of foreign na morons. Forexican n
a;vagraa
rather
eonnb abrei dg
itself is one mass of prohibitions or prohibitory duties payable
at the ports of entry, and thee 4ro
again by duties on internal consume
forwarded into the int erior,ol payable hythe forsigp merchaint.
The Mexican Government ought to understand that whO 14.41-
surgent provinces declare their independence, and hasten as the
very first step to suppress odious tariffs and replace them with
a more liberal and equitable system, it is a clear sign that they
are acting no less from a desire to benefit the com
remun iveit imy them
to gain popularity, to which the reduction f oppssposts
is felt to be the readiest way.
POST.—We hear of a number of additional failures having
occurred in Germany and other parts of the Continent, she firms ome of
them being failures of importance. The condition of t

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previously noticed prove to be even more extensive than was
at first imagined.
Here a stoppage in the West India trade has been talked of,
but we forbear to go into any particulars upon the subject at
present.
The case of the Wakefields,late of Broad-street, bankers and .
stockbrokers, as unfolded within the last day or two in the
Court of Bankruptcy, has formed a very prominent topic of, ,
discussion among our commercial men. Educated at a school !
like the Stock Exchange, it was not to be expected that .
the books of these persons would prove entirely free
from items that might lead to an indulgence on the
part of the Commissioner or the creditors, the reverse
of flattering to their feelings. The public appear, however,
not to have been by anyeneans prepared for the development of
facts so perfectly damning to their reputation, as men of busi-
ness, as those which were brought to light upon the occasion ;
for what has been the conduct pursued by them for the last
three-and-twenty years? With a capital of 1,5001., including
the lease of the Broad-street premises, if such a sure is worthy
to be called a capital, Messrs. Wakefield have been receiving,
as backers, cash to an unlimited amount, partly in deposit,
and partly for investment , as well as securities in trust, the
elude of 'which they have, apparently without the smallest
hesitation. appropriated to their own purposes as often
as their shameful extravagance produced a necessity for
supplies. Every species of property confided to their
custody has been made away with, foe all that re-
mains out of nearly 100,0001. (the aggreate of their
del.ts) is' a miserable .sum of 5,706/. (property, 4,9514,
goof debts, 755/. ), or, say, about one shilling in
the pound, and, if the expenses be deducted, nothing like $3
much. The bankrupts state the amount of their profits. since
January, 1818, to be 73,706/. Front these we deduct the suns
put down for expenses at 19,4051., and another sum for losses
(gambling losses on the Stock Exchange, of course), at
35,547/., which leaves a remainder of 18,754/. to meet the ex-
penditure of the two insolvents for the same period, amount-
ing to 1(2,4101., the son having spent 37,2561., and the fath',er
the very modest amount, of 75,1541.1 or five thousand a year,
of which four thousand was the money of other people, im-
properly converted to their personal uses.
'1 he elder Wakefield was a member of the Committee of the
Stock Exchange, and Trustee and Treasurer of the Decaied
Members' Fund. In the latter capacity Ise made free with
Exchequer Bills to the extent of 4,000/. lwelonging to super-
annuated jobbers, widows, and orphans, a stem which, however,
it is likely his co-Trustee may be called upon to make good, as,
in justice he ought to be. He is clearly liable, and can, we
understand, well afford to pay. ~
While the old Stock Exchange counts among the more re-
spectable of its members gentlemen of the character cf Messrs.
Wakefield and Son, for there have been, and are, othtss of the
body to whom our censure might be equally well applied, we
do think those of our Contemporaries who are sometimes in-
duced, in spite of their obvious feelings, to defend their suss-
doings, should be so hard as they are upon the class they de-
nominate the " shut out " The privilege of being admitted
to the society of the Wakefields, and their equals in respect-
ability, is one that does not, in our humble estimation, appear
so valuable as to render the circumstance of one's exclusion
therefrom a legitimate subject of derision.
During the late examination at the Bankruptcy Court an
officer holding a commission in the army presented himself.
After many years' service and severe ecor•omy, the veteran had,
it seems, placed in the hands of the bankrupts stock he had
acquired for 10,000/. They transferreil it, made oft with the
proceeds, and he was thus robbed of every farthing he pos-
sessed. This we name as but one of the many miseries inflicted
by the unprincipled conduct of parties en gags d in money trans-
actions, and occupying a station calculated to impose upon the

unwary.
S U N.—Affected by the uncertain state of the weather, as
well as by the frequent recurrence of failures, one or two
houses in the City having been repo.rted in a doubtful
state, the Funds again exhibited to-d ay a want of buoy-
ancy. For immediate transfer, Consol realised 89* to
and for the account they remained all day at 89+. Ex-
chequer Bills were offered more freel y at 13s. to 16s.
premium, and East India Bonds at 45.. premium. Bank
Stock retrograded from 1711 to 170, In it there was only
one bargain at this decline. India S lock was firm at
249-i. The Reduced Three-and-a-Hal f per Cents. rea-
lised 991 to 1, and the Three per Cents- 90 to *.
Foreign Stocks were heavy, and attracted but little
notice. Spanish Active Bonds were at .20k ; Portu-
guese New Five per Cents. for account at 30 to 301 ;
the Three per Cents. at 18i. Colombian at 191 to 20,
and Brazilian at 68, the latter being a shade better. Da-
nish Bonds were at 78?,-. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. improved to 51i to 51+, and the Five per Cents.
to 1011 to 102, in consequence of the accounts from Hol-
land alluding to reports in circulation, to the effect that
the expose of the Finance Minister, upon the next meet-
ing of the States General, will show no longer a defi-
cient revenue, as compared with the expenditure, such
have been the useful retrenchments of the new King's Go-
vernment.
Shares had a tendency to recede. Great Western
were at 20 to 181, the New at 8 to 91, and the Fifths at
51 to 54 premium. London and Birmingham shares
were 70 to 71, and the Quarter ditto 171 premium.
Brighton were Ito 7, and Black-wall 9 discount. Bristol
and Exeter were 281, Birmingham and Derby Thirds 6,
and Croydon t discount. Australasia Bank shares were
17 to 18 premium, and Colonial Bank 71 premium.
The foreign exchanges were all lower this afternoon,
and we may observe that the rate on London comes
over rather lower from Hamburgh this afternoon, viz.
13, 5. Here the mere current quotations at which three
months' paper has been negotiated are these :—Paris,
25 60 to 621; Amsterdam. 12 41; Antwerp, 12 31;
Hamburgh, 13 81 to i; Frankfort 149+ to :1, and Trieste
9 55 to 57.

EXPERIMENTS WITH PERCUS-

SION SHELLS
WooLwicn, JULY 23.—Application having been made by
the Duke of Normandie, Mr. Smart, and Mr. Howard, the
Master-General granted permission and the use of the guns in
the marshes at Woolwich, and ordered that the experiments
should take place to-day.
At one o'clock Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B.
and G.C.H. ; Major-General Drummond, C.B. Director-
General of Artillery; Col. Sir Hew D. Ross, le.C. 8., De-
puty Adjutant-General; Col. Paterson, Lieut.-Col. Dansey,
C. 8., Dundas, C. 8., Lieut.-Colonel Cruttenden,
Major Chalmer, Major Romer, and Brigade-Major Cuppage,
arrived in the marshes, and shortly afterwards detachments of
the Royal Artillery, under the command of Major 13elson, coin.
menced practice.
No. 1, a shell invented by Mr. Smart, on being fired, ex-
ploded about nine or ten yards from the mouth of the gun, or
rather it may be said to have exploded in coming out of the
mouth of the gun, as pieces wero dug up out of the earth
about nine yards in front of the platform from which they were
fired.
No. 2. A shell invented by the Duke of Nonnantlie, ex-
ploded exactly in a similar manner on emerging from the mouth
of the gun.
No. 3. A shell invented by Mr. froward struck and went
through both the bulwarks, exploding in the butt or mound of
earth at the back of it.
No. 4. Mr. Smart's burst on leaving the mouth of the gun
in the same manner as No. 1.
No. 5. Duke of Norreandie's exploded on being projected
from the mouth of the gun, same as No. 2.
Mr. Croucher, the electioneering agent, pointed out to the
Duke that the heads of his shells were broke off in emerging
from the gun owing to their construction, and, as the others
were exactly similar, he thought it was of no use to try further
experiments with them. Mr. Croucher appeared to belong
to the Duke's party, as ho went home in the same carriage
with them.
Nos. 6,7, 8, and 9, were shells invented by 11r. Smart;
three of them burst at the mouth of the gun and only one went
through the bulwark, but it was very effective, spreading in all
directions betwixt the two erections.
Mr. Howard only fired one shell, as on opening the six
brought to the marshes to place the composition which caused
them to burst, within them, he was unable to replace the
screws in their proper places, as they would not go home.
While waiting for the vessels in the river passing so as to
afford a clear range, the Duke of Normandie introduced to
the notice of the officers and numerous spectators who were
present, a figure covered with a white sheet, and on tying it
to a post with a rocket at its side, and on uncovering it, it
appeared like a Guy Fawkes, having a mask for a face, sur-
mounted on the part which might be considered the head
with an old-fashioned French-shaped straw hat. The figure
was stuffed with wood shavings, anal the Duke said he in-
tended to show that any person firing a common musket
ball could do no harm to it, but if he fired at it with balls he
had invented he would set it on fire, and then it would set
fire to the rocket, but not before the rocket struck the
ground or some hard object, although the rocket might be sur-
rounded by such great flames of fire as he would produce. A
gunner and driver of the Royal Artillery fired two balls, and
Loth went through the figure without effect. The Duke then
fired two balls invented by him, but whether they entered the
figure or not it was impossible to ascertain correctly. The
Duke had his arm in a sling and complained of its being still
sore from the effect of injury it had received while he was
making some former experiments, he accordingly asked Lieut.-
Colonel Dundas to fire for him, and the Gallant Colonel sent
five out of six balls through the figure without producing an v
effect. The Duke then went to the figure with a lighted squib
in his hand and endeavoured to set fire to the figure, but the
squib went out. Having no more combustible materials about,
he, with one of his assistants, was able to light a cigar, and
with it set fire to the figure, having first torn the cotton to
get at the shavings : the grotesqueness of the scene for full half
an hour caused the most serious to laugh outright almost
during the whole time, and when the rocket exploded, on fall-
ing to the ground a great portion of its contents fell amongst
the spectators, several of whom ran for it in all directions.
At about five o'clock the Duke proceeded to the butt or
mound, on the top of which a hole had been previously dug to
the depth of about six feet. Into this hole a box was put with
which he was to blow up the svhd,? mound. The operations
of placing the mine occupied about half an hour, and he said
he had set the train to explode in another half hour, to afford
time to get out of its way. When six o'clock struck no ex-
plosion took place ; and on one of the officers asking the Duke
-how long it would be before his invention would have effect,
he said he hid set it for half an hour, but as it had gone past
that time, it was very possible it would not go off before three
o'clock to-morrow afternoon. On being again asked if it
would not go off before that time, as they could not wait, he
said it was very possible it might go off this evening sometime,
but he thought it would be to-morrow.
Mr. Belson then gave instructions to place sentries at the
entrance of the t..arshes until to-morrow afternoon, to prevent
any person from going near the mound where the Duke's in-
vention is buried, and the question now is, who will go and dig
it out, if it does not go off at all.

one shoulder and coming out at the other, in which mi-
serable state of suffering it lived for some days. The
Curßp
he amused himself by shooting them and causing them
to be worried by dogs, to the great annoyance of the
dePstOroLylinCgE
neighbourhood, and vexation of those families who were
thereby deprived of their domestic favourites. The
Judge found the complaint proved against the defender,
purpose
LoTi. YdisTseOctiiiNthl ANIMALS.
Lasn.d
cats C COURT.—CRUELTY Tth.e—p
—Last week a young gentleman, residing at the south
side of the town, was brought before the Judge of the
Police Court, charged with wickedly, cruelly, and .mis-
chievously, shooting a cat, and hounding a dog upon an-
other cat, by which . the said cats were wounded and
killed ; and also for wickedly and cruelly shooting a cat
belonging to a family in the neighbourhood, the shot
having passed through the animal's body, entering at
defender, who is a medical student, was in the habit of
and sentenced him to find caution for his good behaviour
for twelve months, under a penalty of .51.—Edinburgh

.Th,,,,,.
ouNaADORE,-,THE pE Nsus.—The census, I
fear, is much abused in thi§ pi of NI eojoily, 11f any
aro put 4usvr asilusl
person taking the names
, i ri
anda statethe ov
very
ry adulterype r
s
persons living
dli vwinifge
knows the entry to be false. There are also persons put
down for a religion that they are not of. Indeed, I am
sure it is greatly abused.—Australian Chronicle.