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

CERTIFICATES-SErT. 28.

IL Griffiths, mercer, Newport, Shropshire—J. Bates, coach
maker, Worship-street, Finsbury-square—W. Strange, wine
merchant, Abin;don, Berkshire—F. Banner, straw hat manu-
facturer, Luton, Bedfordshire—W. and J. M. Douglas, mer-
chants,„ Liverpool—T. Pickard, cabinet maker,
Bone, ship owner, South Shields—W. and T. Day, oilmen,
Grace church-street.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Fox and A. H. Lowe, solicitors, Nottingham—J. Ri-
chards and S. Pidwell, common brewers, Tolcarne, Cornwall
—W. Hill and J. R. Powell, appraisers, Gloucester—A. Du-
crow and W. West, Proprietors of the late Royal Amphi-
theatre, Astley's, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth—G. D.
and H. Carey, hat manufacturers, Basford, Nottingham—J.
and J. Dean, tailors, Liverpool—J. and R. D. Fretwell,
grocers, Gainsburgh, Linco'n—S. and M. Johns, milliners,
Ware, Hertfordshire—M. Humphreys and E. C. Biddle, mer-
chants, Liverpool—A. Bradbury and FL Morten. pawnbrokers,
London-road—H. Itostren, S. Dutton, T. Dutton, J. P.
Deane, and J. 11. M'Kinnell, Manchester (so far as regards
J. P. Deane)—T. Heaton. H. Hilton, E. Hilton, and G.
Heaton, coal merchants, near Cherley, Lancashire (so far as
regards T. and G. Heaton)—H. M. Griffiths and E. Gilpin,
attorneys-at-law, Birmingham—C. and M. A. Field, school-
mistresses, Camberwell—R. Barber and J. P. Clarke, cotton
winders, Leicester—N. Batten and W. Pettit, elseesemongers,
Ship Tavern-passage, Leadenhall-market—J. and S. Sbann,
cloth finishers, Leeds—J. G. and R. Langman, linendrapers,
Launceston, Cornwall—H. James, S. Hardwick, and C. Tom-
linson, warehousemen, Friday-street—J. Deek, D. Frost, and
W. T. Jackson, booksellers, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk—J.
and J. Watson, tailors, Kingston-upon-Hull—H. Sidney and
It. Sherwood, engine-makers, Aliddlesbrough, North Riding of
Yorkshire—.-H. and D. Turner, draOrs, Wymondham, Norfolk
—G. Bannister, T. Banks, and W. Bannister, caal masters
Sedgley, Staffordshire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

HUGH SKINNER, saddler, Tain, Sept. 10 and Oct. 1, at
one, at the Balnagoun Aims Inn, Tain. _

WILLIAM GATENBY, hair dresser, Greenock, Sept. 1
and Oct. 2, at twelve, atthe Tontine Hotel, Greenock.

SUPPLEMENT TO LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PAL ACE, SEPT. 7, 1841.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lord Ernest Bruce
Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Henry
Meynell, of the Royal Navy, one of her Majesty's Grooms in
Waiting. ,

LIST GF NEW PATENTS.
AUGUST, 1841.

Edward Morevvood, Of ,llighgate, Middlesex, gentle-
man, for an improved mode of preserving iron and other
metals from oxidation or. rust—being a, communication.,
Sealed 27th August—six months for inrolment.
Miles. Berry, of the Office for tilatents, 66, Chancery-
lane, Middlesex, civil engineer and patent agent, for cer-
tain improVementS in the Means and apparatus for ob-
taining motive power, and, rendering more effective the
use of known agents of -motion—being n communication..
Sealed 27th August—six months for inrolment.
Samuel Hardman, of Farnvorth, near Bolton, in the
county of Lancaster, spindle and fy maker, for certain
improvements in machinery or apparatus for roving and
slabbing cotton, and other fibrous substances. Sealed 27th
August—six months for inrolment.
Thonias Chambers, and Francis Mark Franklin, of
Lawrence-lane, London, button-warehousemen, and
Charles Rowley, of Birmingham, Warwick, button ma-
nufacturer, for improvements in the manufacture of but-
tons and fasteniings for wearing apparel. Sealed 27th
Augustsix months for inrolment.

A POLITICAL COINCIDENCE.—The new Mi-
nistry of Sir Robert Peel is but the old Ministry of '34,
with sonic changes of seats, and the introduction of three
men who had no confidence in it seven years ago, Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, and the Duke of Bucking-
ham, in lieu of Mr. Herries, discarded (though an abler
man by far than Mr. Goulburn), Lord Rosslyn, and Mr.
A. Baring.

SIR R. PEEL'S MINISTRY IN Silt R. PEEL'S MINISTRY IN
'34. '4l.
Sir R. Peel, First Lord of the Sir R. Peel, First Lord of the
Treasury, and Chancellor of Treasury.
the Exch. quer.

Duke of Wellington, Secretary Duke of Wellington, a seat in
of State fur Foreign Affairs. the Cabinet without office.
Mr. Goulburn, Secretary of Mr. Goulburn, Chancellor of
State for the Home Depart- the Exchequer.
ment.

Lord Aberdeen, Colonial De- Lord Aberdeen, Secretary of
partmt,nt. State for Foreign Affairs.
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Privy Lord Wharncliffe, President of
Seal. the Council.
Lord Ellenbotough, President Lord Ellenborough, President
of the Board of Control. of the Board of Control.
Sir E. Knatchbull, Paymaster Sir E. Knatchbull, Paymaster-
G ereral. General.
Lord Lyndhurst, Chancellor. Lord Lyndhurst, Chancellor.
Earl de Grey, First Lord of Eari de Grey, Lord Lieutenant
the Admiralty. of Ireland.
Sir G Murray, Master-Gene- Sir G. Murray, Master-Gene-
ral of the Ordnance. ral of the Ordnance.
Lord G. Somerset, Woods and Lord G. Somerset, Duchy of
Forests. Lancaster.
Sir H. Hardiuge, Secretary Sir H. Hardinge, Secretary at
for Ireland. War.

-IVoi-u, irk Express.
EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION AT NEW-
CASTLE-UNDER-LYNE.—ADULTERATIONT OF FLOUR BY
MlLLEll9.—Great excitement has prevailed in Newcastle-
under-Lyne for the past week in consequence of the
seizure of a number of sacks containing a mixture re-
sembling flour, which popular report represented to be
plaster of Paris, on the premises of the Union Mill Com-
pany in that town. An investigation of the affair
took place on Tuesday, at . the Town-hall, before
two county Magistrates, and excited an extraordinary
interest among the populace, who crowded into the 101
in a most unequivocal state of indignation and excitement.
A circumstance that added great gusto to affairs in the
opinion of the people, was that the chief Magistrate of the
borough, the Mayor of Newcastle, was one of the mill-
owners implicated in the charge. It appeared that Mr.
'Cottril, the vigilant head police-officer at Newcastle,
-found a cart belonging to the Union Mill standing, at
Copeland's door. Ten sacks, apparently of flour, were
'put into the cart, and conveyed to the Union Mill, but"
upon its arrival there the suspected cargo- was- seized by
the police, the bags weighing 23 cwt. A portion of the
contents of the sacks was then taken out, • and analysed.
by Mr.C. Jones, chemist, of Hanley, who declared to
the Magistrates his -opinion that the- substance , in• the
bags wo sulphate. of lime. Upon being burnt and mixed
with water, it became solid, exactly like plaister of Paris.
There was.but a very slight mixture-of vegetable matter
in it. Mr. Bull, one: of ,the Union Mill Company, in
answer to the ,charge, said he would take all- the blame,
if there were any, on, his own shoulders. He thenloro-
ceeded with .a statement that he had been in want of pig
meat, that Copeland had 'been recommended to him by
a respectable miller at Madely, but it appeared from the
Magistrates' questions that Mr. Hill, in the course of his
business, had never met with pig meat of a like descrip-
tion before, that manufactured by the millers being fine
bran, the refuse of flour. The charge of having a mix-
ture on the premises, seemingly for the purpose of mixing
with flour, was considered by the Magistrates to be made
out, and le defendants, Messrs. H. Bull, T. Turner, and
F. Mayer, were fined 10/. with costs. There was also a
charge against another flour-dealer, named Beardsmore,
whose cart had been often seen by the officer at Cope-
land's door by four o'clock in the morning. This per-
son acknowledged having made pretty extensive use
of Copeland's precious composition, but stated that on
finding its deleterious effects he had burned what
he had not sold, and endeavoured to get back from his
customers what was not consumed. The Magistrates,
taking into consideration this acknoWledgement of the
defendant, fined him in the mitigated penalty of 31. 6s. Bd.
When the defendants left the Court they were assailed
by the populace with loud threats, and even by showers
of stones, and had to be escorted out of the town by the
police. —Liverpocl Times.
The following Statistical Table of the - Corn •
merce of the Austrian Empire with foreign Powers, from
1829 to 1838 inclusively, has just been published by Dr.
Sigfield, at Vienna :

EXPORTS. IMPORTS.
1829 107,254,043 florins 95,321,861 florins
1830 110,586,974 99,545,289
1831 98,937,022 94,106,471
1839
1833 116,624,202 106,270,012
1834 111,092,942 107,781,409
1835 115,217.884 121,182,876
1836 122,284,173 130,865,339
1837 119,621,758 120,8q7,761
1838 134,918,654 127,445,295

1,111,542,304 1,151,555,334
The principal articles exported were wool, woollen
stuffs, and raw silk. The imports were chiefly in cotton
and cattle. During the above period, the exports of
wool and the imports of cotton wqe doubled. The ex-
ports of raw silk and woollen staffs increased about 33
Fer cent., and the imports of cattle 14 per cent.
SEA WALL AT EXMOUTH.—At an early hour
on Monday morning last the good folks of Exmouth
were awakened from their slumbers by the roar of can-
non and the enlivening airs of their own excellent band
of music, which gave note of preparation for the ap-
proaching ceremony of laying the foundation .stone of the
great sea wall lately commenced at that place, and which
is to be built at the expense of the Right Hon. Lord
Rolle. The-influx of visitors was very great. At eleven
o'clock a respectable and extensive procession was formed,
consisting of the Masonic brethren, Union, Humane,
and Samaritan Clubs, United Brethren, Friendly and
Temperance Societies, and the children of the National
and other Schools ; each Society bearing its various ban-
ners, the whole bing preceded by a band, constables
with staves, sergeants of the Royal Devon Cavalry, &c.
&c. After having perambulated the town, it proceeded
to the works, where it was met by 11. James, Esq., of
Exeter, who, in the absence of Lord and Lady Rolle
(now in London), delivered an animated and appropriate
address, and the stone was laid amidst the firing of can-
non, the cheers of the people, the enlivening airs of the
musicians, and the mysterious finger movements of the
Masonic brethren.— Western Times.

A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER.—A wry proper
lesson was administered on Tuesday last to one of the
Waterford
school of gentlemen who was visiting Paris.
lie was walking by the side of the Canal' St. Martin,
accompanied by a large Newfoundland dog, which he
continually sent into the water to fetch out a ball ; he
at last threw the ball so near a poor washerwoman, who
was kneeling on the brink washing clothes, that the dogin
plunging forced her off the parapet into the canal. The poor
creature was in the last stage of pregnancr.grAe.eltevodrktmheainr
passing by plunged in, and immediate y brought the
woman out. Seeing that the Englishman
landing with roars of laughter, he toogklishhiumnpboyputllaier
shoulders and immersed him twice over head in the
canal, to the great satisfaction of the by-standers. A
brute like this does more to render the En
with the French people than twenty violent articles in
tie journals.

FILE QUEEN AND THE MINISTE-
RIAL CONFERENCE ON THE 'CORN-LAWS.

The Rev. J. W. Massie has supplied us with a copy
of the Memorial to the Queen, adopted at the Conference
of Ministers, held during last month, in the Town-hall,
Manchester, and the answer of her Majesty to the As-
sembly, through the Marquis of Normanby, which iv,e
subjoin :
TO
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
May it please your Maje:ty•We, your Majesty's du-
tiful and loyal subjects, being Christian ministers of all
ilenominations, and fromarlifferera parts of the United
Kingdom, assembled in _Manchester on the 17th, 18th,
19th, and 20th days of August, 1841, " to consider the
laws restricting the food of the' kingdom," beg permis-
sion -tO approach your Majesty *ith an expression of 0u
sentiment's in relation to the momentous subject which
has thus brought us together. Incra.viug this indulgence,
we beseech your Majesty to .12,c)ieve that we are in-
fluenced by affectionate veneration for the person, and
an ardent attachment to tha,`,.throne, of your Majaaty, as
well as by a tleep heartfelt interest in the subject itself.
Our unceasing prayer to the Supreme Ruler. is, that
Christianity will continue to smile on your Majesty,
your august consort, and your illustrious offapring, ; pre-
serving yotir,. Majesty in the uninterrupted enjoyment of
health Surrounding you with all the endearments of
domestic life ; and after rendering you,'tlirougbi a long
course of years, a blessing, to your people, gii•ing you
in the realms of eternal glory a crowil' that fadeth nett
away. Brought by our professional. avocations into
daily intercourse with /the more numerous classes of
our fellow-subjects, it is, as it ltai''yor some time past
been, our painful lot to witness ..scenes of ,-wide-spread,
e• heart-rendin and ever-deepening di4ress, ; arising'
mainly—as, alas ! is too obviousi--from a want of ade-
quate employ, and a Consequent destitution -.0 a very
great extent of the common necessaries of. life. In.
endeavouring to ascertain the cause of this most
deplorable state of things, we beg to assure your
Ma-
jesty, that after patient and dispassionate investigation,
we have been constrained to admit the conviction that it
is to be fOund primarily and chiefly in thoSe laws which,
by tuirighteously interfering with the arrangements of.
our beneficent Creator, produce an artificial scarcity of
' food, impose shackles on trade and commerce, cramp the
efforts of industry, and, even where they seem to benefit,
occasion only a delusive advantage. Encouraged by the
painful solicitude which your Majesty has uniforik
manifested for the well-being of your subjects, we hum-
bly yet most earnestly solicit your Majesty's interpoSi-
don' so far as it can be constitutionally- rendered.; as-
sured that nothing more becomeS the dignity or aittrdrs
to the office of Princes or Potentates, than an imitarigh
of the So'vereign Ruler, who is good to all, and whose
tender mercies Are overall his works.

(THE REPLY.) •
Whitehall, August 30, 1341.
Sir—l have had -the honour to lay before the Queen
the loyal and dutiful address from thq Christian minis-
ters of various denominations assembled in Manchester;
and I have to infbrm you, that the address was very
graciously received by her Majesty.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
Rev. R. Vaughan, D.D., NOR MANBY.
1, Holland Park-terrace, Netting-hill, Kensington.

The number of ministers who assembled was .645 ;
about eighty others had promised, and expected to be
present during its deliberations, but were prevented.
Thus seven hundred and twenty -five pastors of churches
gave their names as members of the Conference.
During the preliminary arrangements, more than seven
hundred sent in their approval, and expressed their re-
gret that they could not attend ; many (nearly one hun-
dred more) have since signified their concurrence With
the views and proceedings of the Conference. Hence we
are warranted in stating, that more than fifteen hundred
ministers of religion stand personally pledged to carry
out the recommendations of the Aseemby. But,more-
over, many of the ministers who were convened were de-
legated from extensive associations, unions, &c., and were
but the representatives of much larger numbers in the
country who could not assemble ; the fifteen hundred
may therefore be trebled.—Manchester Guardian.

THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AND

THE POOH-RATES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin—Having had ray attention lately called to a
paragraph in thy journal copied from an Irish paper, in
which it is very erroneously stated that " the Quakers
have declared against the payment of the Poor-rates,
because they allege that a tax to support the poor is
contrary to Scriptural doctrine," I shall be obliged by
thy contradicting' this statement altogether; as the Mem-
bers of the Society of Friends have always cheerfully
paid the Poor-rates, besides bearing the exclusive charge
of maintaining their own poor, who never receive relief
from the, parish.' In confirmation of the foregoing, and
in furtherance of the cause of Religious Liberty, .1 should
be obliged by thy giving insertion in thy widely cir-
culated paper to the following petition to the House of
Commons, which embodies the views and feelings of the
Society of Friends, both on the duty of relieving the
poor and on the importance of guarding against ex-
clusive and illiberal measures in reference to their reli-
gious instruction.
I am, respectfully, thy friend,
Gth of oth month, 1841. J. 11.
TO THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
The petition of the undersigned respectfully showeth—
That the Christian Society of Friends has now existed
nearly two centuries as a distinct religious body. From
their-rise to the present day they have felt .themselve§
required on conscientious grounds to refuse the payment
of tithes, and all other demands of an ecclesiastical cha-
racter. Political considerations have had no part in this
refusal; its sole ground has been the conviction that such
imposts are repugnant ,to the doctrines of the New Tes-
tament, and to the whole scope and deSign of the reli-
gion of Jesus Christ. The open yet patient and peace-
able maintenonce of this refusal is felt, as it ever has
been, to be a matter of conscience with them as a tesk-
mony to the freedom and purity of the ministry of
the Gospel, and to the spirituality of the reign of the
Messiah.-

Your Petitioners feel that the appointment of Chap-
lains of the Established Church to act as the Ministers
of the Union Houses under the New Poor-lan', and the
imposing upon Dissenters of the payment of their sti-
pends, however small in amount, out of the Poor-rates,
are; fresh violations of these religious scruples. They
consider the nppointment as a new addition to the Esta-
blishment, and the Mode of payment as a serious
fringement of the rights of conscience.

Titey. consider farther, that the regulations mil 'pro-
'visions' in regard to religious care and instruction in the
Union Houses, are calculated to favour an exclusive sys-
'tern, alike unjust" to the initiates of these houses, and.
inimical to those great principles of religious liberty, to
which it is the firm persuasion of your Petitioners that
the prosperity of their beloved country is, under Divine
Providence, greatly indebted. •
And in. reference to this part of the subject, they would
respectfully express their regret, that other teacher.; than
those of the Established Church are, by some recent re-
gulations, in danger of being wholly excluded from
giving Christian instruction in the Union Houses, ex-
cept to the inmates of their own religious persuasion in-
dividually, and to them only when such inmates re-
quest it. .

- It is in the view of your Petitioners highly objection-
able thus extensively to collect a portion of the com-
munity in one building, and there to restrict the re-
ligious instruction of them collectively to a particular
class, and refuse admittance to all other Christians, who
in love to their Lord and Saviour, and to the souls of
their fellow-countrymen, may feel it their duty to ad-
dress them on the solemn truths of the Gospel and their
eternal interest.

They arc far, indeed, from objecting to the exercise of
religious care over the inmates of these houses. But
such is the sacred nature of the truths to be conveyed,
and such ought to be the religious feelings of the in-
structor, that they think it derogatory to this high
duty to fix that it shall be performed for money. And
they further believe, that if the instruction be freely
conveyed, if it were imparted purely from Christian
love to the souls of the hearers, and wholly unconnected
with pecuniary omolument, it would be more beneficial
in its character, more likely to be blessed in its fruits.
Your Petitioners would further Submit, that wbirst
the Boards of Guardians are invested with a controlling
power to determine what religiously concerned kdi-
Viduals shall be admitted to the Union Houses, and dilder
what regulations, no practical inconvenience is likely to
result from the liberty for which we plead.
Societe Many of the members of the Religious of
Friends have been appointed Guardians under the new
law, and have cheerfully rendered their aid. Pre So-
ciety of Friends feel a lively interest in the temr)ral and.ie
spiritual comforts of the poor. They readily pay the
rates for their relief, and they are not indiff%rent to any
measure which promotes the moral and religious
and
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provementis t(h)feti
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desireienoenetrmeunity
more and
Christianity may, under the power
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may be enabled to devise and , have adverted ; and
of PetitionersCommons, in thus presentingiesire
thatt eibrercaasreli
Parliament
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for the grievances to which
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real welfare of the poor wi
they ask this in the conviction
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of Friends in England and
eight hundred and forty-one.
common
Signedresewn'
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Wales, London, the seventeenthit day of the third
month, one thousand ,
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Commons by
MANY FRIENDS.
The above
JPoesetipthionßriov
the 26th of 3d month, 1841.

who keeps a beer-shop known by the sign
of h
A desperate attempt was made by a man named'
of Cambridge, near the Robin Hood-gate,
Putney-heath, to destroy himself yesterday morning
under rather extraordinary circumstances. It appears
that Fell took possession of the beer-shop about a week
ago, and he was yesterday morning to have been married
Roltieer
at St. George's Church, Hanover-square ' • and an ap-
pointment was made to meet his intended bride at tea
o'clock, and a fly was hired for that purpose. About
five o'clock yesterday morning a man named Williams,
with whom he slept, heard him get out of bed, and in
the course of a few minutes stagger about and fall to the
floor. He immediately obtained a light, and he then
discovered the unfortunate man lying upon the ground
in a pool of blood, with his throat nearly cut from ear to
ear, and a razor by his side. A surgeon arrived, and
he immediately sewed up the wound, but the injury is so
great as to preclude any hopes Of his recovery. Infor-
mation was conveyed to the young woman to whom he
was to have been married, and her feelings may well be
conceived. No cause whatever appears to be assignable
for the commission of the desperate act.

EVENING SUET.