The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-14 00:00:00

TREASURY WARRANT.

THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT AND
HIS TENANTS.
The Duke of Beaufort is, we have every reason to
believe, a very good landlord, that is, after the good
old feudal fashion—he does not grind his tenants down
by extravagant rents ; but he likes them to know their
places, and to remember that they are retainers of a
Duke, and portion of his ceremonial, state, and political
high-mightiness. At the grand hunting gatherings,
they must therefore be present, and be mounted as be-
comes the followers of so important a personage ; and at
the day of a county election they must be prompt and
willing to shout " true Blue," and vote for his Grace's
candidate. Farmers are not a rebellious race, and the
Duke has seldom experienced any difficulty at the hands
of those who cultivate the many broad acres of his very
magnificent estates. At length, however, a case has
arisen which has demanded, so his Grace thinks, a sig-
nal example—flogging is not allowed in the tenant
armies of Dukes, but the " drumming out" of refractory
farmers, who presume to disobey, or to forget the rules
of the set:vice, is found to be equally effectual in pre-
serving discipline in the ranks. The place where the
Duke has found it necessary to show that he is deter-
rained, after the fashion of his Grace of Newcastle, to
"do what he likes with his own," is Monmouthshire,
where a very singular political spectacle is at present
exhibiting itself ; where brothers, and cousins, and
uncles, and nephews, are pulling each other to pieces
in a manner which, if the actors were of a lower rank
in life than dukes, and marquises, anti lords, would be
considered rather unseemly. Dr. Watts is, we presume,
much too plebeian and anti-orthodox an author to be
put into the hands of little " my lords" and little " my
ladies ;" and, therefore, they can scarcely be expected
to have been taught such homely rhymes as
" Birds in their little nests agree,
And 'tis a shameful sight,
When children of one family
Fall out, and chide and fight."
The representation of Monmonthshire (or at least
half of its representation) as our readers well know, or
ought to know, belongs by a species of right divine to
the Duke of Beaufort for the time being; and it is only
one of those amusing fictions which the English laws and
constitution occasionally exhibit, to say that the " in-
dependent electors," as they are facetiously termed, have
anything to do with the choice of Members of Parlia-
ment, at least in counties where great dukes are the
lords of the soil, and are therefore the proper parties to
take upon themselves the trouble and responsibility of
seeking eligible candidates. To be sure, these candi-
dates, when elected, are called the " representatives of
the people ;" but this is only one of those pleasing
fictions to which we have before alluded. For a long
series of years it has pleased the present Duke of
Beaufort and his father before him, to nominate and
appoint Lord Granville Somerset to be a member for
the county of Monmouth, and as his Lordship does
really possess more tact and talent than usually falls to
the share of sons and brothers of dukes, who, in all re-
verence be it spoken, arc not on all occasions blessed
with too great an abundance of intellect or common
sense ; and as moreover Lord Granville Somerset has
uniformly conducted himself towards his supporters
with suavity and politeness, the ducal yoke has sat
lightly upon the shoulders of the constituency, and their
votes have been given with much willingness, and for
so long a period, that " use has become second nature."
It has, however, pleased the Duke to take umbrage at
his younger brother thinking for himself on the subject
of the corn-laws, and has given him public notice that
he must render up his seat to another member of the
family who will be more docile. Now it happens that
some of his Grace's tenantry have become personally
attached to his Grace's now-to-be-disgraced brother, and
cannot so easily break asunder the links of gratitude
and esteem with the same ease as dukes can disregard
the ties of fraternal affection. They have accordingly
allowed it to bo suspected that they have a mind to vote
as they have been accustomed to vote, and have been
heard to give hints that as Lord Granville is no fool, it
is very likely that free trade is right after all. Now, of
course, this is a rebellion that must be nipped in the
bud—tenants have no right to think except as their
landlord directs them ; and therefore sundry of these
refractory vassals have received notice to quit their
farms—a salutary and timely measure which will no
doubt teach others not to chafe at the new harness
that has been made for them. It is also necessary to
show as publicly as possible that Lord Granville Somer-
set, although the brother, is na longer kin in the
affections of the Duke. The Duke's son, therefore, the
Marquis of Worcester, is sent down to Monmouth at the
Assizes, where for time out of mind almost, Lord Gran-
ville Somerset has presided as chairman of the grand
jury. Well, his name is, as usual, called over at the head
of the list, and he is agaia installed in his old office,
of foreman, upon which his nephew, the Marquis of
Worcester, gives his juvenile moustaches a curl of rage
and scorn, and with a number of his partizans marches
out of court :—a very seemly spectacle, of course, to
the lower orders, who are thereby taught that young
aristocrats are happily released from those shackles of
decency and polite behaviour to which " the vulgar" are
of course very properly expected to conform themselves.
It seems that there is a newspaper in Monmouthshire
called the Merlin, which in its innocent simplicity
thinks that these things ought not to be, and that
tenants ought to be expected to cultivate their farms
and to pay their rents, and if they do these things
they ought to be allowed to vote as they please. We
do not know where the Merlin editor got his " brought-
ings-up," but it is very evident he is an ignorant man,
and as mischievous as he is ignorant. It is, however,
" right divine" of dukedom, that there is another print
in the same county, yclept the Beacon ; and a shining
light it is, as its name testifies. That paper, which
may be taken, we presume, as the Duke's mouthpiece
upon this occasion, has come forth, and has done battle
against the heretical notions which it seems have begun
to find favour in Monmouthshire. That paper, in most
valorous fashion, maintains " the right, the expediency,
and the justice, of a landlord taking care that his
tenants be his friends." It grants that " notices have
been served upon tenants to quit their holdings," and
it says, "it Barred 'em right"—" the Duke of Beaufort
has acted in a straitforward way, and has 3hown that
he will not tolerate, as his tenants, men who have not
firmness enough to stand by the principles they profess
in the hour of trial ;" and it winds up its encomiums
of the Duke by_" We honour the Duke for his manli-
ness and consistency, which is infinitely superior to the
mawkish sentiment and liberal twaddle of the Merlin."
Well, the Duke, in the midst of his trials, is a happy
man—ungrateful and refractory tenants may annoy him
for a moment ; but such a devoted liegernan, and such a
clever one too, as the editor of the Beacon, is a jewel
beyond price. We cannot help thinking, however, that
a visit or two from Mr. Cobden, in Monmouthshire,
would do no great harm, if he could spare the time.
Agricultural serfdom, is, after all, a mighty fine thing
for Dukes of Beaufort, but is, as far as human nature
and "English manliness" is concerned, a lamentable
picture to contemplate in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and forty-six.—Gloucester Jou; nal.

(From the London Gazette of Friday night.)
Whereas by an Act, passed in the third ay.d, 'fourth
years of the reign of her present Majesty,
.tatituled
" An Act for the Regulation of the Duties, of -Postage,"
power is given to the Commissioners o, he'r Majesty's
Treasury, from time to time, by warrant under their
hands, to alter and fix any of the races of "British postage
or inland postage payable by law on th.e transmission by
the post of foreign or colonial setter's or newspapers, or
bj
of any other printed papers, and to subject the same to
rates of postage accordiTag
to Abe weight thereof, and a
scale or weight to be tonta;,ned in such warrant; and,
'AT:A-rant, as aforesaid, to alter or
from time to time, by
rJd rates, and make and establish
repeal any such alt
any new or other T.l%,_es in lieu thereof ; and, from time
to time, by warsiarat as aforesaid, to appoint at what time
th be payable are to be paid; and it is
p rovid
.4 e r whi ch, - may
the power thereby given should extend to
eates d
the
any incre-
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' e or reduction or remission of postage.
And .7rhereas in consequence of a communication
with the Post-office of Denmark, it is considered
eoxp,en,er,d
aient to alter the rates of postage payable on letters
(raveyed by packet-boat or private ship between that
'country and the United Kingdom direct, or via Heligo-
land, er any port or place in the river Elbe.
Now we, the undersigned, being three of the Cora-
rnissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, do, in the t xer-
else of the power or authority in us for such 'purpose
vested in and by the said recited Act, and o° all other
powers and authorities enabling us in this behalf, direct
that on every letter, not exceeding hr,:if an ounce in
weight, posted iu or addressed to ary part of the king-
dom of Denmark, and transmitted between any part of
the United Kingdom and any place in Denmark, (con-
veyed between the United Kingdom and Denmark by
packet-boat and private, ship direct or via Heligoland,
or any port or place 4.4 tb.e. river Elbe), there shall be
charged and taken ',4 )ieu of any rates of British postage
now payable by Aw on such letters, an uniform rate of
British postate c sixpence.
And we o,:irort, that it shall be optional for the sender
of any sur,
h tatter as hereinbefore mentioned, posted in
the Un;JA4I
letters gdom, addressed to Denmark (registered
wxcepted), to allow the whole of the postage
thereat, British and foreign, to be charged to the receiver
of. the letter in Denmark, or to repay all such postage at
she time of posting the letter, but such sender shall not
have the option of paying the British postage thereof
only, and leaving the foreign postage to be paid in
Denmark.
And we direct that on every letter, not exceeding half
an ounce in weight, posted in or addressed to any part
of Denmark, transmitted by the post between Denmark
and any of her Majesty's colonies, or any foreign coun-
try through the United Kingdom (conveyed by packet-
boat or private ship between the United Kingdom and
Denmark direct, or via Heligoland, or any port or place
in the river Elbe), there shall be charged and taken, in
lieu of any rates of British postage now payable by
law on such letters, an uniform rate of British postage
of sixpence, for the conveyance of every such letter
between Denmark and any part of the United King-
dom; and also such a further or additional rate of Bri-
tish vostage, for the conveyance of every such letter
between the port in the United Kingdom of the depar-
ture or arrival of the packet or ship conveying the same
and the colony or foreign country to or from which the
same shall be forwarded, as shall from time to time be
charged and payable for British postage on letters, not
exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted or delivered at
the port in the United Kingdom of the departure or
arrival of the packet or ship conveying the same, and
transmitted direct between such port and such colony or
foreign country.
And we direct, that it shall be optional for the sender
of any such letter, as lastly hereinbefore mentioned,
pusted in any of her Majesty's colonies where posts have
been or shall be established by her Majesty's Postmas-
ter-General, addressed to Denmark (registered letters
excepted), to allow the whole of the postage thereof,
colonial, British, and foreign, to be charged to the re-
ceiver of the letter in Denmark, or to repay all such
postage at the time of posting the letter, but such sender
shall not have the option of paying the colonial and Bri-
tish postage thereof only, and leaving the foreign postage
to be paid in Denmark.
And we further direct, that on every letter transmitted
as is mentioned in this warrant, exceeding half an ounce
in weight, there shall be charged and taken progressive
and additional rates of postage, according to the scale of
weight and number of rates in the said Act contained as
to letters estimating and charging each additional rate
at the sum which any such letter would be charged with
under this warrant, if not exceeding half an ounce in
weight.
And we further direct, that such printed newspapers
as are hereinafter-mentioned, may be sent by the post,
free of postage, or liable to postage according to the re-
gulations 'end rates hereinafter set forth, that is to say,
British newspapers sent from the United Kingdom to
Denmark (the conveyance between the United Kingdom
and Denmark being direct or via Heligoland, or any port
or place in the River Elbe), by packet-boat free, and by
private ship one penny each.
Newspapers published in Denmark, in the Danish
language, sent from thence to any part of the United
Kingdom (the conveyance between Denmark and the
United Kingdom being direct or via Heligoland, or any
port or place in the River Elbe), by packet-boat free, and
by ship one penny each.
And we further direct, that the Postmaster-General
may cause the postage on any such printed newspapers
to be paid on the same being put into the post- office.
And we further direct, that every printed supplement,
or additional sheet to any newspaper, shall, for the pur-
pose of charging the postage under this warrant, be
deemed a distinct newspaper, unless sent in the same
cover or together with the newspaper to which it is a
supplement or addition.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.
A meeting was held on Thursday afternoon, at the
Town-hall, Ramsey, in pursuance of a requisition to the
Mayor, signed by a large number of the inhabitants.
The Mayor, Mr. PEPPER, commented at some length
on the prejudicial effects the rejection of the Bill would
have on the business of the town.
Alderman GEORGE said he had attended the Commit-
tee of the House of Commons to which the Bill on this
railway had been referred; that Committee had devoted
46 days to the patient investigation of every detail con-
nected with the proposed line, and reported favourably
of the scheme. The Bill had been referred to a Commit.
tee of the House of Lords, composed of five Peers, who,
after four days of hasty examination, set aside all that had
been so cautiously attended to by the Committee of the
House of Commons. No line more consistent was brought
forward, though opposing counsel did designate it to
their Lordships as a bubble line, and unable to be car-
ried out should the Bill be obtained. His own opinion,
and that of commercial men in general, was, that
there is no line out of the metropolis that would com-
mand a greater amount of traffic. Let any one refer to
the map, and it would be found that the route taken by
the Manchester and Southampton Railway had a very
superior degree of importance. The fact of its embrac-
ing the whole of the manufacturing districts would en-
sure a large traffic, the goods from whence would be
greatly delayed by the Great Western branches in com-
parison to this line. Not only Romsey, but every town
on the road would be great sufferers.
Mr. C. J. TYLER felt that the loss of this line would
be of the most serious consequences.
Mr. W. STEAD said he was greatly surprised at the
decision of the Lords, after the successes already ob-
tained. Unless the Bill passed, they would be entirely
shut out from the north, but if obtained, the ancient
trade of the town would not only be revived, but greatly
extended.

Mr. COLCOTT, in seconding this resolution, gave it
his most cordial good wishes, but would be glad to be
informed how the directors stood with regard to funds.
Alderman GEORGE said that they had nearly sufficient
in hand to go again before the Legislature. A meeting
of shareholders would take place on Tuesday next, when
any one wishing to withdraw, by announcing their inten-
tion, might do so, mad receive a fair proportion of the
balance in hand.

GLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, ANI) AYR.
GLASGOW, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.—The 19th har-
yearly meeting was held this afternoon in the apart-
ments of the company in Bridge-street. Mr. James
of Daldowie, the chairman of the directors, in
the chair.

Mr. J. F. SMITH, the secretary, read the report, from
which we make the following extracts :—" The traffic
account shows that the revenue for the half-year ending
the 31st of July last, amounts to 55,1911. 12s. 7d.,
being an increase of more than 8,0001. above
the receipts of the corresponding period of last
year, and leaving a free balance of 32,2661. 13s. 3d.
The expenses are greater this half year, in
consequence chic-fly of several additional trains having
been run between Glasgow, Ayr, and Kilmarnock, for
the better accommodation, of the public. The prices of
the diffeient articles necessary for the working of the
traffic, together with the wages paid to mechanics, &c.,
still continue at a high rate. Your directors are prepared
to recommend you now to declare a dividend at the rate
of seven per cent. per annum, under deduction of income-
tax, payable on 21st September next ; for this purpose,
they place at your disposal the sum of 34,079/. Is. 6d.,
leaving a balance on hand of 1,5541. 3s. Bd., which has
been carried to the credit of next half year's account.
In terms of the resolutions under which the 40/. shares
were created, this stock now participates in the general
dividend, according to the amount paid up • and on this
occasion the sum due is 93. per share. The works re-
quired by the alterations on the Kilmarnock and Troon
line are proceeding satisfactorily, and it is confidently
anticipated that the railway will be opened for traffic in
November next. The calls on the 40/. shares have been
well responded to, and there are no engagements under.
taken by this Company which are, under any circum-
stances, likely to affect its prosperity."
The CHAIRMAN, after some general remarks on the
report, proposed the usual resolutions, such as fixing the
half-yearly dividend at seven per cent., &c., which were
agreed to.
_ _

-Mr. STENHOUSE then stated, that at a former period,
when the line only paid a revenue of 21 per cent., the
directors had reduced their annual allowance from 6001.
to 400/. per annum. Now, in the period of their pros-
perity, he moved that the allowance be again 6001. per
annum.

Mr. CLAPPERTON seconded the motion, which was
unanimously agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then moved a series of resolutions,
the purport of which was, that the sum of 703,1251.
should be raised by the creation of 28,125 new shares of
251. each, the first instalment of 21. 10s. to be paid on
the 19th of October next. This sum was necessary to
complete the new works for which Acts had been ob-
tained.

And we further direct, that no printed newspaper
shall be conveyed by the post, under the regulations of
this present warrant, unless the same shall be sent with-
out a cover, or in a cover open at the sides, or in open
bands, and unless there be no word or communication
printed on the paper after its publication, or upon the
cover or band thereof, and no writing or mark upon it,
or upon the cover or band of it, except the name and ad-
dress of the person to whom cent, nor any paper or
thing inclosed in or with the same; and every such
newspaper shall be forwarded under and subject to such
other conditions, regulations, and restrictions as by the
said recited Act are directed in respect of newspapers
sent by the post.
And we further direct, that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed or construed to extend to any letters or
newspapers passing by the post between the United
Kingdom and the kingdoms of Denmark, France, Bel-
gium, or Holland,

And we further direct, that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed or construed to annul, prejudice, or
affect any of the exemptions and privileges granted by
the said recited Act, or by an Act made and passed in
the first year of the reign of her present Majesty, in-
tituled, " An Act for the management of the Post-office,"
and that all such exemptions and privileges shall remain
in full force.

And we further direct, that the terms and expressions
used in this warrant shall be construed to have the like
meaning in all respects as they would have if inserted
in the said Act of the third and fourth years of the reign
of her present Majesty.
And we further direct, that this warrant shall come
into operation on the Ist day of October, 1846.
Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct,
that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the time
being of her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them
by warrant under their hands, at any time hereafter to
alter or repeal any of the rates hereby altered, or the
regulations hereby made, and to make or establish any
new or other rates or regulations in lieu thereof, and
from time to time to appoint at what time the rates that
may be payable are to be paid.

THE POTATO DISEASE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The prevailing (and I think well-grounded)
opinion in this county, as to the potato disease, is, that
it was caused by some blight of the air; for, wherever
this most useful vegetable is covered by a tree not the
least damage has been done, whilst all other parts of the
crop is gone. In the same field where several portions
of the crop have been covered by trees, not a top of the
potato is touched, all the rest being totally black,
Notts, Sept. 11, 1846. BASSETLAW.

Lord Dudley Stuart had an interview on Saturday
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
A YOUNG MID'S IDEA OF A PLEASANT DAY.—
CROSSING TILE LlNE.—Extract from a letter just re-
ceived by a clergyman, near Salisbury, from a Naval
Cadet on board her Majesty's ship S---t, on its voyage
to China : —1846, May 3.—We aro approaching Nep-
tune's territories. We expect him to hail us to-night,
and we are making preparation for him. Men are sta-
tioned on every top with buckets of water to pitch down
on the crowd as they go forwards to see who is hailing
us. As we expected, Neptune hailed us, and asked
what ship it was, and where from ? The Captain earns
on deck and answered him. As soon as the men heard
him hailing us, they all ran forwards to see who it was,
and then the buckets of water came pouring down upon
us. Everybody got wet through. The captain invited
him to come on board on Monday. Accordingly every-
thing was prepared to receive him. 'We got the fore
trysail triced up to the forecastle in the form of a bag,
and filled with water. We got the fire engine rigged,
and everything ready. There was an old gun slide,
which was covered with old flags for his Majesty to sit
on. He came on board about nine o'clock. As soon as
he came on board, all the culprits who had to undergo
the operation of shaving were thrust down below, and
all the hatches shut, so that we could not see anything
that was going on. Mr. M., the master, went up first ;
then came the different officers of our berth. When it
came to my turn the constables came down and blind-
folded me. I was then led on the quarter-deck, where
the first thing was the engine playing right in my face.
I was then dragged on to the forecastle, where the bar-
bers caught hold of me, and led me to the brink of the
bath, on board which 1 sat down. They then began
lathering my face all over with tar, and to scrape it with
an old scythe, notched like a saw. When they thought
I had had shaving enough, saw.
When
the lak
under me, and down I went right into the water. from.
The
moment I was out I got hold of a bucket of water, and flung it at the first person I met. This went on till all
were shaved, and then they piped hands to dry decks,
which was the signal to leave off, so we ran down be-
low and got a good wash, and so ended almost the most
pler.sant day I have ever spent.
PaoortEss OF THE NEW PALACE.—In the House of
Lords, to which, more particularly, attention is now di-
rected, the works are making rapid progress. The ceil-
ing- and upper part of the walls are finished, and carvers
and joiners are occupied in every corner of the place in
fixing the wainscot fittings, both in the House and
lobbies. Those in the former are most elaborately
carved out of the solid, and reflect great credit on the
workmen. The decorations will be gorgeous—dazzling.
The ceiling, formed into deeply-sunk panels, is covered
with gold and colours. tinder each wall-piece, from
p rincipal timbers, is a sculptured canopy and niche,
alidly gilt, where finished, between which occur the
vrindows, to be filled with stained glass (six on each
side) and compartments for fresco.
(ADVEItTISEMENT.]—ALL HEAVY, SLEEPY, DROWSY,
AI, ID APOPLECTIC SYMPTOMS IMMEDIATELY' REMOVED or ROLLO.
W IT'S Pmts.—There is often much danger to be apprehended from
att twks of paralysis or apoplexy, whenever any of the foregoing
syr optoms hang about the system for any length of time. Such a
stn to of things indleate.s much derangement of the stomach and 12rer,
an I clearly demonstrates a great want of purity in the blood. When
thi is the case, not a moment should be lost in taking a few strong
de sos of these celebrated pills, which so thoroughly cleanse the
b 4 els and stomach, while they act upon the liver and other
or,a,ns, and thus restore the blood to its pristine purity.—Sold at
Pl;lesaor Holloway's Establishment., 244, Strand, London, and by
all tiled4Ut itliera thrOughtut the civilised world.

EBRINGTON.
IL RICH.
O'
Whitehall, the Treasury ChambersCONOß DON,
the 7th day of Sept. 1846.

SUSSEX FIG ORCHARD.—Nothing has more agree-
ably surprised me during a six weeks' tour in Kent and
Sussex than stumbling this] afternoon, quite unexpect-
edly (for the guide-books say not a word of it), on a fig
orchard, close to Worthing, producing annually, oa
standard trees, from 1,000 to 1,500 dozen of iipe figs.
I have eaten very good figs from standard trees in De-
vonshire, but was not at all aware that this fruit could be
profitably cultivated so much further to the eastward.
This, however, is the case at West Tarring, a picturesque
village two miles West of Worthing, where a gardener
of the name of Pelling, and his father before him, have
for many years devoted very advantageously a piece of
ground, about an acre in extent, to the growth of figs, of
which his average crop has been as above stated ; but
this year, owing to the spring blights, it will not exceed
50 dozen. Several of the trees are very old, with trunks
nearly a foot in diameter. These are said to have been
suckers or layers from a tree in the adjoining garden of
Thomas a Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, who is
stated to have had a palace here.—Corespondent of the
Gardener's Chronicle.
ABERYSTWITH.—HARVEST, &C.—The harvest, in
the upper part of Cardiganshire, has been going on very
favourably ; the weather having, for the last few weeks,
been much in its favour. The wheat is all in, and in
good condition—the crop is excellent. The barley is
nearly all cut, and in mwdwls—the quality not first rate.
Oats middling. There is a brisk demand for cattle of
all sorts, at advanced prices. At the recent fair at
Pontrhydfandiged, formerly Fair Rhos, cattle sold at a
material advance over former prices. Indeed, every..
thing seems smiling on the landlord and farmers, while
the poor man's prospects are quite the reverse, as the
potato crop looks deplorable ; and it is a serious ques-
tion how the poor people are to subsist during the win-
ter, for to all appearance no potatoes will remain to be
pitted.— Welshman

TR SUN, LONDON, MONDAY tVENING, SEPTEMI3E.R, 14, 1846.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A tall fellow named John Robert Robinson was brought
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed
Samuel Cootes, late of the Royal Artillery, of 20s. and a
shirt and pair of stockings.
The complainant stated that he had purchased his
dischafge from the Artillery, after 98 days' service, and
came up on Friday from Woolwich for the purpose of
going to Ireland. He had had quite enough of the
military life, which was not at all to his taste, and the
prisoner, who came from Woolwich at the same time,
accompanied him, and they both took a lodging. at a
public-house in Lime-street, where they occupied a bed.
Upon rising witness missed 205., his discharge from the
regiment, and a shirt and pair of stockings, which he
had in a bundle, and ho stopped the prisoner, who was
sneaking down stairs, at half-past four o'clock in the
morning. The alarm having been given, the landlord
rose and took witness and the prisoner, who were
squabbling on the stairs, into a private room, where the
latter reckoned down the 205., and begged to be allowed
to go away.
The landlord of the Lamb said the prisoner counted
down the money in his presence, and was very desirous
to get a way, " but," said the witness, who was a cu-
riosity in his way, " that would not do, for I didn't like
to have a perso❑ robb'd in my house, so I sent for an
officer that poked him off to the station-house."
The LORD MAYOR—Oh, you keep the Lamb, do you?
The Landlord—My Lard, the Lamb keeps me, and it
would be ungrateful in me riot to keep up the character
of the Lamb fur honesty and fair dealing, so I said,
" I'd soon settle it," when I found what the bustle was
about. When the man wag taken to the station-house
we found that he had the shirt and stockings of the
soldier upon him, although he had been a soldier himself.
The LORD MAYOR—Did you find the complainant's
discharge upon him ? The landlord—Certainly, and
we found his own discharge too from the same regi-
ment, but they were testimonials of a very different de-
scription. The complainant's discharge stated that he
had purchased it, and the prisoner's discharge that he
had lately enlisted, but by accident it was found that
his back was marked by the thongs of a cat, and he
could, therefore, be kept no longer, but was paid up all
dues and sent away. The Royal Artillery seemed,
please your Lordship, to have a pretty fair notion of
flogging, when they refuse to let a man amongst them
who has been so disgraced. I hope her Majesty's other
regiments will act upon some feeling of the kind, for it
is quite plain that they don't tear each other's bodies to
pieces in that corps.
The LORD MAYOR—I shall send the prisoner for trial
for this offence. Will you be bail for the appearance of
the complainant ?
One of the officers stated fiat the complainant ap-
peared against the prisoner with very great reluctance.
The landlord—l shall not be bail for the young man's
appearance, for I know he cannot afford the expense to
which he must be put in coming from Ireland to prose-
cute, but I'll give him a right good dinner before he
goes ; so, if your Lordship would just punish the pri-
soner in your own way for the rubbery, it will please all
parties.
The LORD MAYOR said there was a great deal of un-
questionably good feeling about the keeper of the Lamb,
who certainly did justice to the Lamb that kept him.
His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to two months'
imprisonment in Bridewell, with hard labour.
CLERKENWELL.
John Priest, a broker,' in Angel-terrace, Pentonville,
was summoned by Mr. Thomas Stanfield, John-street-
road, for taking, under a distress warrant, more than he
was entitled to.
The defendant, it appeared, was in arrear for poor-
rates, amounting to 31. Ms, to the parish of Clerkenwell,
and a warrant was granted to enforce payment, which
was placed in the hands of the accused for execution.
The goods of the complainant were seized and sold to the
amount of nearly 51. The defendant charged for ex-
penses attending the same, as follows:-3s. for the levy,
2s. 61. for possession one day, 10s. appraisement, 2s. 6d.
stamp of appraisement, 3s. 6d. van and removal, 10s.
catalogues and sale, and 4s for two summonses.
Mr. GREENWOOD having perused the various charges,
observed that the two first items were legal, but the two
next were unjust, because the appraisement was not
made by two brokers, as required by law. The docu-
ment not being legal, the stamp could not be charged;
further, the defendant had no right to charge for a van,
and the levy being made Si., the charge for the sale
would only be 6d. in the pound, whereas the sum of l ls.
had been charged, as likewise 4s. for a summons, when
the warrant authorising the seizure only gave 2s.
The defendant said he had not charged more than he
he was authorised in doing.
Mr. GREENWOOD indignantly told him that he had,
and that his conduct had been most wicked, and would
be considerably aggravated by his statement, as the
warrant itself directed 2s. only to be taken for the sum-
mons. He should, therefore, enforce the power given
him by the Act, and order the defendant to pay three
times the amount of the several overcharges, and the
costs.

The defendant said he should appeal, Put was told
the law gave him no power.
Mr. GREENWOOD remarked on the hardship to which
poor persons were subjected by the brokers levying for
rent, &c., and upon the ignorance of the sufferers in
submitting to these impositions, when ample powers
were given to the magistrates to redress such cruel
wrongs. He then called upon the defendant to pay the
fine and costs.
The defendant answered that he would nqt pay, con-
sequently a distress warrar.t was immediately ordered
to be issued against his goods and chattels, for the
amount.

LAMBETH.
On Saturday, Robert Ball, a stripling youth, and son of
Mr. Matthew Ball, the proprietor of a number of Brix-
ton omnibuses, appeared to answer to a summons, charg-
ing him with four distinct charges—viz., one for an as-
sault, a second for using abusive language, a third for
loitering during the journey, and a fourth for acting as
a conductor without being duly licensed to do so.
From the statement of Mr. Twigg, a professional gen-
tleman, it appeared that, on Tuesday evening last he got
into an omnibus at the Elephant and Castle, of which
the defendant was the conductor, to proceed to Brixton-
hill, where he had an appointment to dine. The vehicle
proceeded pretty regularly on its journey for about a
mile and a half, when it changed horses. Soon after
the driver drew up for a minute or two, but drove on
for 200 or 300 yards, when ho drew up in front of the
Crown and Anchor public-house, by direction of the
defendant. Here the defendant got down from behind,
and telling the coachman that there was only one pas-
senger inside, proceeded towards the public-house. The
coachman got off the box, and was about to follow his
master, when he (Mr. Twigg) remonstrated with him,
and told him that unless the vehicle immediately pro-
ceeded on its journey, he should get out and get into
another omnibus. Finding that his remonstrance had
not the desired effect, he at mice got out of the vehicle,
and was proceeding on foot, when the defendant came in
front of him, caught hold of him, and with lofty and
menacing language insisted upon being paid his fare.
Complainant, after taking the number of his badge, 5,679,
gave him sixpence. This, however, was not the only
inconvenience he experienced, for the driver and conduc-
tor of the next omnibus passing, though comparatively
empty, refused to take him, having " received the office,"
as it was called, from the defendant and his coachman.
The defendant acknowledged that he had insisted
upon his fare, and bad refused the card of the gentleman
because he did not know him. He denied committing
any assault or using improper language, and called two
witnesses in support of his statement.
Mr. ELLIOTT commented with some severity upon the
defendant's conduct, and concluded by imposing a pe-
nalty of 205., and 2s. costs for the assault only.
The leniency of the sentence surprised every person
present, and none perhaps more than the defendant him-
self, who instantly paid
-the money, and was discharged

HAMMERSMITH.
THE SWELL Mon.—Three fashionably-dressed men,
who gave the names of William Barnet, tobacconist, of
No. 7, White Lion place, Paddington ; George Davis,
of St. Pancras-road, Somers Town ; and James M'Lean,
who declined to give his address, were placed at the bar
before Mr. T. raynter, the sitting magistrate, on a
charge of having committed a daring robbery at the City
Barge public •house, Strand on the Green, Chiswick.
Mr. Robinson, solicitor, of Hatton-garden, attended for
the prisoners Barnet and Davis. It appeared that on
the previous evening, between five and six o'clock, the
prisoners went into the above public-house, and were
met by Mrs. Richardson, the wife of the landlord, at the
foot of the stairs leading to the front room on the first
floor, which is a public room. They ordered a glass of
cold gin and water, and a glass of ale, with which they
were supplied. While they were in the front room,
Miss Richardson, who was dressing in a back room
leading out of her parent's bed-room, on the same floor,
heard footsteps, and an attempt was then made to open
the outer bedroom door by turning the handle. She
subsequently heard the door forced open, and being
alarmed, hastened out of her own room, locking the door
after her. On getting below she gave an alarm, when
the three men suddenly decamped, and the bedroom be-
ing searched, the drawers were found to have been
opened, and a gold watch was missed, also twenty
shillings in silver. The fellows were pursued and taken
at Hammersmith, when M'Lean threw the watch behind
him. Skeleton keys and a jemmy were also found upon
them.

They were remanded, as other charges are expected
to be preferred against them.

METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.-The Lord
Mayor, as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Metropoli-
tan Free Hospital, in Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
will take the chair at the anniversary festival, to be held
a the Freemasons' Tavern, on the 17th instant. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, are the Presidents of this very
useful institution, which is situated in a densely popu-
lated neighbourhood, where hospital accommodation is
very limited. In this institution, as that in Gray's Inn-
road, no letter of recommendation is necessary, and
every sick poor applicant is admitted. The hospital has
been opened for nine years, during which time upwards
of 70,500 patients have been under medical treatment,
and the number last year was 9,989.
We have received the following information in re-
gard to Lieutenant Walker's valuable invention to pre-
serve iron ships from the effects of cannon shot :—On
Friday the fifth experiment of this invention was made in
the Arsenal at Woolwich, in the presence of Sir Howard
Douglas, General Smith, Colonel Chalmers, Captain
Houstan Stuart, Captain Superintendent of the Dock-
yard, and forty or fifty of icers and gentlemen interested
in the experiment. Twelve 321 b. cannon shot were fired
through a target six feet square, covered with the
kamptulicon composition, which instantly closed over
the holes. It was attached without bolts or bars by a
solution which, when wanted to be detached from the
iron plate, engaged upwards of twenty men nearly an
hour ; thus proving every proposition of the inventor
ill9l/ fiatig§gWrilY4--liailway Herald.

FOREIGN CATTLE AND PRO VI

SIONS.
The following comprise the principal of the arrivals
of cattle, fruit, and provisions, from the continental
ports, at the port of London during the past four or
five days and since our last notice of this interesting and
important subject :—The steam-ship Countess of Lons-
dale, from Hamburgh, brought 315 packages of butter,
38 oxen. 116 sieves of walnuts, 18 baskets of onions,
and a quantity of flour ; the Venezuela, from Havre,
16 packages of eggs, 242 baskets of various kinds of
fruit, and a variety of other articles ; and the Flora,
from Harlingen, 852 casks of butter, the produce
ar manufacture of Holland ; the Coq, from Cher-
bourg, brought 190 casks of eggs ; the Sir Edward
Banks, from Ostend, several packages of pears and
eggs, 49 casks of apples, and 16 cases of poultry ;
the Attwood, steam ship, specially dispatched to Rot-
terdam for cattle, 106 oxen and cows, 36 calves, 95
lambs, and 387 sheep, the produce of Holland ; the
Rainbow, from Rotterdam, 40 packages of flower roots,
62 casks of pickles, 60 cases of and 230 cheeses, 48
baskets of yeast, 2 baskets of eggs, 1 of poultry, and 1
calf, 52 baskets of grapes, 8 of onions, 23 of pears, 35
baskets of filberts, 562 baskets of walnuts, and a va-
riety of ether articles, the produce of Holland ; the
Loch Ryan, from Tonningen, Denmark, 100 oxen and
cows, being the first importation of cattle from this
p articular place or port ; the Caledonia, from Ham
bugh, 191 casks of butter, 103 half sieves, and 40 sieves
of plums, several barrels or pork, 2 rams, 4 ewes, 45
oxen and cows, and 4 calves ; the Rapid steam-ship,
from Harlingen, 14 packages of poultry, 48 of geese, 999
easks of butter, 199 barrels of chicory, 113 bags of
beans, 110 cows, two oxen, 24 calves, and 255 sheep,
altogether an extensive cargo of Dutch productions ; the
James Watt, from Havre, brought 55 cases of eggs,
208 baskets of various kinds of fruits, 54 baskets of
dried fruits, and 25 boxes of plums ; the Wilber-
force, from Antwerp, 11 baskets of pears, and 2,909
baskets of walnuts, the growth of Belgium ; the Dee,
from Harlingen, 2,160 packages of butter ; and
the steam-ship Magnet, from Harlingen, several
packages of poultry, 97 cows, 31 calves, and 499 sheep,
the production of Holland. A vessel called the Marton,
from Bordeaux, among other articles, had 30 tons
weight of linseed for feeding cattle, and 1,800 strings of
onions, the produce of France ; the Augusta, from
Gravelines, 163 packages of eggs, and 81 cases of apples ;
and the Jenne Henri, from the same place, 205 packages
of eggs, and 24 of apples, also the produce of France ;
the Batavia steam-ship, from Rotterdam, 21 sacks of
nuts, 107 baskets of grapes, several packages of onions,
melons, and yeast, 18 calves, and 40 oxen and cows, and
all of Dutch prcduce ; the Soho, from Ostend, 25
packages of poultry, and several of eggs and butter, the
growth of Belgium ; and finally, the steam-ship Att-
wood, specially sent to Rotterdam for the purpose, 132
oxen and cows, 39 lambs, and 288 sheep, the production
of Holland ; the whole forming a list of arrivals from the
continent during a period of five days of an extensive
and important character.

RAIL WA Y SHARE MARKETS.
MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 12.
STOCK Excwaz.-The sales arc-Boston, Stamford, and Bir-
mingham, 128.-Buckingham and Bletchley Junction, 3,4 dis.-
Caledonian, 4 dis.-Cambridge and Oxford, % p.-Direct Northern,
dis.-Eastern Counties, 2234-Ditto York Extension, :1% p.-
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 17% - Huddersfield, Halifax, and
Bradford, 2% p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,
p.-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6% p.- Leeds and
Thirsk, 3% dis.-London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters
(C), p.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 21,4 p.-Manchester
and Southampton, 15s. 6d. dis.-North Western, 2s. 6d. p.-Old-
ham, Birkenhead, % d.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 5-16 p.
- Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1A dis.-South-Eastern and
Dover, Halves, No. 4, 11.16 p.-West Riding Union, 2% p.
LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 12.
STOCK Excnsavon.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension, 1% p.-East Lancashire, 87i c. p.-Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, Docks, 2c. p. -Huddersfield and Sheffield, 6 % p.-Leeds
and Dewsbury, 21. Its. c. p.- Ditto, Branches, 245. p.-Leeds and
Thirsk, c. dia.-North British, Half Shares, ss. p.-Ditto, Carlisle
Branch, 575. p.-York and Newcastle, New, 10 -Clitheroe Junction,
18s. 6d. dis.-Grand Union, 14s. dis. s.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid-
land, 12s. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 10s. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Preston, 4% p.-Malton and Driffield Junction, Iss. p.-Man-
chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 295. p.-North Western,
Is. 6d. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 12s. a. dis.-Shropshire
Union, ss. dis.- West Riding Union, 41. 16s.
HULL, SEPTEMBER 12.
STOCK Mtn/gm/oz.-The sales are- Buckinghamshire, 7s. 6d. dis.
-Leicester and Tamworth, 395. 6d.-North Western, 2s. 6d. p.-West
Riding Union, 4%-Leicester and Bedford, 125.
SHEFFIELD, SEPTEMBER 12.
STOCK Exciumak.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension, 345. p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2% dia.-Ditto, Ex-
tensions, I/. dis.-Ditto, Docks, 1% dis. -Clitheroe Junction, 18s.
dis.-North Western, 3s. p.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, SEPTEMBER 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, Extension, 18s.
Ms. -Leicester and Tamworth, par-Manchester and Leeds Exten-
sion, 2% p.-Newcastle and Carlisle, 108% scrip- orth British,
12% p.-Ditto Halves (Hawick), 5 p.-North Staffordshire, 3X p.
-Newcastle. Shields, and Sunderland Union, 71. 18s.-Northumber-
land and Durham District, 71. 17s. 6d.-Suaderiand, 51. 2s.
YORK, SEPTEMBER 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension, 21. 35.-Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), % -Ipswich
and Bury, 9-Ditto Extension (Cambridge and Ely). 1%-Leicester
and Bedford, 135.-Leicester, Tamworth, &c., 2-Loudon and York,
2/. Is. 6d.-Malton and Driffleld Junction, 2% - Newcastle and
Berwick, 27%-North British, Carlisle Extension, 4/. ls.-North
Western, 11. 65.-York and Carlisle, 125.-York and Newcastle, New,
11. Is. 3d.

EDINBURGH, SEPTEMBER 11.
STOCK EXCHANQE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, 91. IN.-Airdrie
and Bathgate, 41. 2s. 6d. -Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Halt
Shares, 151. IN.-Armagh anti Portrush, 125. 6d.-Ayr and Gal-
loway, 11. 65.-Belfast and County Down, 88.-British and Irish
Union, 2/. 25. 6d.-Caledonian, 161.-Ditto, New, 11. 1 ls.-Cale-
donian Extension, IL 125.--Caledonian and Dumbarton, 11. '2s.-
Clydesdale Junction, 28/. 7s. 6d.-Cornwall and Devon Central,
I!. 10s.-Deeside Railway, 21. 7s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 11. 15s. 6d.
-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 231. IN.-Dundee and
Perth, 25!. 7s. 6d.-East Indian Railway, 16a. 6d.-East of Fife,
11. Is.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 15s. 6d.--Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, i31.-Dltto, Half Shares, 181. 108.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 108.-
Ditto, ditto, New, 171. IN.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton,
181.-
Ditto, Preference, 21/. 155.-Edinburgh and Northern, 101. ss. 6d.
Ditto, Newport, 2/. 128.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21.-Forth and
Clyde function, 1/. 18s.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 771.-Ditto, New
Stock, 411. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/. 15s:-Glasgow and
Belfast Union, 21.85. 6d.-Glasgow, Dann:les, and Carlisle, 1/. 168.
-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 13s. 6d.-Glasgow and Gurn-
kirk, 391. 10s.-Glasgow General Terminus, 91.-Glasgow and
Greenock, 161. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference,
1/. 155.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, IL 12s. 6d.-Glas-
gow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 21. 195.-Granton Junction,
I Os.-Great North of Scotland, 155.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena,
95.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 1/. 3s. 6d. -London and
York, 21. is.-Ditto, Half Shares, 1/. 155.-Midland and Eastern
Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 271. 155.-North British,
381.-Ditto, Halves, 161. Ms.-Ditto; Extension to Carlisle, 41. 3.5.
-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 17s. 6d.-; North Staffordshire, Q(.-North Wales
Mineral, 18/. IN.-Ditto, New,- 9/. 17s. 6d.-Scottish Central, 191.
10s.- Ditto, New, 91. 75. 6d.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junc-
tion, 1/. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.- Scottish Midland, 8/.
2s. 6d.-Scottish -outhern, 11. 175.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, Bs.
- Shrewsbury, Oswcstry, and Chester, 5/. 10s.-South Midland, 2/.
145.-Stirling and Dunfermline, I/. 65.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 16s.
-Strathern Junction, 21.-Wishaw and Coltness, 471. 10s.

CUARD.—After the destructive fire at the King's
lead, it is painful to have to record a deliberate at-
tempt to set fire to another part of the town, which took
place on the Thursday night following, between ten and
eleven o'clock. This diabolical intention was happily
frustrated by the servant of Mr. Curtis, in Come-
street, who was going to fasten the chamber window,
overlooking the cottages near, when she saw a light in
the thatch. She immediately gave an alarm, when the
neighbours found a piece of turf in an ignited state, en-
closed in a rag, and which must have been placed there
within a very short time previously, but fortunately
was extinguished befbre the fire communicated with the
thatch. We were thus providentially saved from what
is often an alarming and sometimes a ruinous visitation
An investigation into the circumstances attending this
wicked attempt has been made by the authorities of the
town, but it has not led as yet to the discovery of the
incendiary.—Somerset County Gazette.
THE IRON Tam:l.E.—The present state of the iron
trade in the South Staffordshire district is us satisfactory
as it has been for many years past. The very extensive
and increasing demand for home consumption for carry-
ing out the various railway projects, with the require-
ments of the export trade, are calling into requisition all
the improved facilities of production, and must keep
them fully employed for some years. The order-books,
both at the larger and smaller works, are well filled with
orders, in many instances of such a nature as will in
their completion extend over a much longer period than
ordinary ; and fresh contracts are brought forward every
week for various requisites for railway construction.
These are generally for heavy articles, and though a
very considerable quantity of pig iron was sold and dis-
triguted among the works in the neighbourhood at quar-
ter-day last, yet those masters who are entirely depen-
dent on purchases, find their stock diminishing more
rapidly than they had calculated, and in many in-
stances have been under the necessity of giving much
higher prices for extended supplies. The uncalled-
for reduction that was submitted to during the
last quarter, and which was sanctioned by no equi-
valent reduction either in wages or materials, may
therefore be considered entirely at an end ; and from
the well-known fact that all the principal holders of
stocks parted with them at quarter-day, and the certainty
that no reduction can be expected either in wages or
materials during the winter months, it would not be a
matter of surprise if an advance should be declared at
the next quarterly meeting of the trade. Due consider.
ation will, however, doubtless be given, before taking
such a step, to the effect it might have upon the exports
which form so serious a part of our consumption. At
the present rates of 51. for pig iron and 101. for manufac-
tured, no possible danger can arise ; and we trust that
no rash movement will check the increasing demand
which may legitimately be expected from the various
alterations in duty that have lately been made upon the
admission of British iron into the ports of foreign
nations. The exports of British iron in the year 1845
were as follow:—Pig ir0n,77,622 tons ; castings, 22,036;
bars, including hoops, rods, &c., 179,612 ; unwrought
steel, 7,015-.'being upwards of 286,000 tons.—Aris's
Birmingham Gazette.
REFORM YOUR JURY LISTS.---I must think that
some different system should be adopted in the selection
of juries. There is nothing that requires so much care ;
there is nothing done with such carelessness. It appears
to be of no moment whether a juryman is an educated
man or not ; if he possess a few acres of land, or a 40s.
freehold, he is deemed eligible to decide upon cases of
great intricacy. I once heard a case at Ely, when the
assizes were holden there, between plaintiff and de-
fendant, and at its termination, the question was put to
the jury : " Are you agreed, gentlemen—what say you ;
is your verdict for th plaintiff or defendant ?" The

foreman, a man of good property (whence his quahfica-
ion for a juryman)—answered I don't know what

you mean by plaintiff or defendant ; but" (pointing to a
barrister) he emphatically exclaimed " that there man
is right."—Correspondent of the Cambridge Independent
Press.

A NOBLE EXAMPLE.—On Friday last Lord Wors-
ley, M. 11., was travelling from London to Lincoln, when
on arriving at the Rugby station, he quitted the first-
class carriage, and took a second-class ticket, at the

same time producing his address card, and desiring the
station-keeper to inform the directors that he should
never travel by first-class on their lines, until the present
exorbitant fares are reduced. His Lordship did the
same at Leicester, Nottingham, and Lincoln, so it is to
be hoped the directors will get to hear of it. Several
noblemen and gentlemen are reported to have made
similar resolves as it regards the Midland lines ; a
general observance of such conduct would bring the
directors to tie more reasonable faxes of other ling
Hull paper.