The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

Norwich—and Brandon

South Eastern and Dover 32% 3s g% ... to
Ditto New
Thames and Medway
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Trent Valley
2 -
9
'Yarmouth and Norwich lB ..... .... 20%
Paris and Orleans 2O 36% 37... to 36%

Paris and Rouen 2O ..... 37U

Rouen and Havre.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 17.—There
has been no perceptible change in our market to-day : a
fair business has been done.—Blackburn and Preston,
; Eastern Counties, 12* ex div. ; London and Brigh-
ton, Eighths, prem. ; Lynn and Ely, 4 1-16 ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 54- ; Ditto, Quarters, 51 ;
Manchester and Buxton, 375.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Aua. 19.—Wind, westerly, fresh breeze, and
fine clear weather.
OFF MARGATE, AUG. 17.—Anteans, Quebec.
OFF NORTH FORELAND, AUG. 16.—Ship Amphitrite.
DEAL, AUG. 17.—Wind, W.S.W., moderate. 18 A.M.
W.N.W. to N.W., P.M. N.W.—Arrd. Asia, Patteson,
Launceston ; Albert, Rio Janeiro ; Swallow, Skipton,
St. John's, Newfoundland ; Tyrone, New Orleans ;
Amelia, Miramichi, for Newcastle ; Regulus, Hun-
ter, Port Phillip ; Bombay, Moore, Ichaboe ; Margaret
and Traveller, Quebec ; Geo. Palmer, Hull, for Ichaboe.
Sld. Tudor, Calcutta ; Northumberland, Cape and
Madras ; Carnatic and Herefordshire, Bombay ; Cam-
den, Quebec ; Palinurus, Newport, Aden, and Somer-
setshire, Quebec ; Boyne, Bombay ; Ottawa, Quebec ;
Cheviot, Ichaboe, put back ; Famurite for Ichaboe ;
Coquette, St. Helena.
OFF DUNGENESS, AUG. 16.—Manchester, Tasman,
New York for Rotterdam; • Charles William,, Miramichi.
RAMSGATE, AUG. 17.—Arrd. Clasina Gertruida, Liver-
pool, for Dordt, with bows damaged, &c , having been
in contact with a brig off Fairleigh ; Britannia, Sunder-
land, for Southampton, leaky.
MARYPORT, AUG. 16.—Sld. Dykes and Ocean, Quebec;
Henderson, Restegouche.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 17 AND 18.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.
17.—Arrd. Glenswilly, M'Neil, Valparaiso ; Jonathan
Fell, Tait, Buenos Ayres •, Booth, Grey, Rio Grande ;
Enchantress, Bissett, Barbadoes ; Hurora, Havannah ;
Agnes Sophia, Bounce, Nassau ; Stoupe, Soule, New
Orleans ; Rob Roy, Arnold, Mobile ; Roscius, Collins,
New Oreans ; British American, Pritchard, St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Defiance, Miramichi ; Perseverance,
Pekin, Mary, and James Bales, Quebec ; Exeter,
Lobert, Trinidad ; St. Lawrence;:Salveston ; Farewell,
New Orleans ; Symetry, Puss' Mobile ; En-
terprise, Freeman, Liverpool, Nova Scotia ; Harmony,
Jameson, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Tom Bowling,
Quebec ; Sylph and Seadrift, Montreal. Sld. Great
Western steamer, New York. Off, brig Treasurer,
CLYDE, AUG. 16.—Arrd. Isabella, Bathurst, New
Brunswick. Sld. Janet, Valparaiso; Janet, Dalhousie
Amity, St. John's; Stabane, Bombay; Rose, Antigua
Adam Carr, New York; Neptune, Quebec.
Coax, AUG. 15.—Arrd. Rival, M‘Niel, Halifax, with
loss of sails and deck load; Bridgetown, Quebec. 16.
Isadore, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Racer, Collins,
Dalhousie ; Woodbine, Newcastle, for Quebec, bore up
leaky. Sld. John Wesley, St. John's, New Brunswick.
Off, Anne Grant, and Marquis Wellesley, Ichaboe.
LIMERICK, AUG. 16.—Arrd. Thetis, Quebec. Sld.
Jane Black, ditto.
BOYLAUGH BAY (DONEGAL).—Arrd. Eagle, Quebec,
for Ballina, and is aground, without damage.
Auc. 18.—The Brothers, Bassall, from
Wicklow to Chester, is ashore near here, and it is feared
will become a total wreck.
DOVER, AUG. 18.—Arrd. Xanthus, Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Nancy,
Stockholm, for New York, with rudder irons damaged,
and has gone to Cowes. Sld. Wellington, Cape and
Madeira; Prince Albert, Ichaboe.
YARMOUTH (ISLE OF WIGHT), AUG. 18.—Sld. MOM..
tain Maid, Cape of Good Hope ; Eliza Thornton, New
York ; Lloyd's, Quebec ; and the outward-bound.
COWES, AUG. 17.—Arrd. Hannah and Cecilia, Thom-
son, Buenos Ayres, out 56 days ; Brutus, Harvey, Rio
for Antwerp ; Wilhelm, Schultz, and Trasmerano, Ha-
vannah. 18. Triton, Quebec; Racer, London for Penzance,
with damage, having been in contact in the river with
the American barque Swan.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 17.—S1d. Calcutta and Cato,
Quebec ; Thames steamer, West Indies.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 17 AND 18.—Arrd. Devonport,
Parrey, Bombay for Liverpool, with five feet water in
hold, loss of sails, and five men sick ; George, Gardner,
Ichaboe ; Lucretia, Headberry, Popo, and sailed for
Liverpool ; Jane, Pictou ; Jane, Buctash ; Hebe, Mes-
sina, with cargo shifted. Off, Neptune, Buenos Ayres,
and sailed for Antwerp.

SUICIDE FROM CONJUGAL DIFFERENCES.--AR in-
quest was held at Guy's Hospital on Saturday, before
Mr. J. Payne, on the body of George Revell, aged 45.
Richard Hill, a police-constable, said that on the 2d
inst. ho was on duty in Rotherhithe-street, when he
beard that a man had committed suicide at No. 202 in
that street:He went there and found the deceased in bed
with his throat cut, and upon looking about the room he
found the razor with which the wound had been inflicted.
He asked deceased what was the matter, and deceased
answered, " I have murdered myself ; I did it because
my wife ran away from me." Witness sent for
a surgeon to dress the wound, and then took him to
the hospital. William Revell, aged fourteen, said that
his mother ran away about a week before his father at-
tempted his life. Deceased was much affected at the loss
of his wife, but when she heard what had happened she
returned and saw him in the hospital. He was then
dying. Mr. Seeley, the house surgeon, said that de-
ceased died from the effects of the wound in the throat
on Saturday morning. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."
GROUSE SHOOTING.--On Saturday evening the
General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Leith
left the Company's wharf, Poplar, for Leith, with a more
than usually large number of passengers, most of them
for the Highlands, to commit havoc among the part-
ridges, &c., abounding on the moors at this sporting sea.
son. Among the voyagers were the Duke de Molfort,
Lord Gray, Captain Littlejohn, Captain James, Lord
Berridale, Colonel Elphinstone and family, Joseph Huse,
Esq., M.P., &c.
RECEIPTS AT THE CATTLE SHOW.—The tick-cis of
admission for visitors to see the cattle-show or '"
of Glasgow last week—the tickets beinc. cne Green
of 2s. 68. and Is. each—realised 0 .6 sold at the rate
1,5231. 11s. 6d.—Glasgow enormous amount of
MATRIMONY . wational.
months 0-
DISCOUNT.—Dpring the last two
•
...ore has not been a Parriage solemnised in
lington. Such a suspension hasthe
;1 rarelyioccurred among a population of more than
5,000 Packet.

FLANDERS AND DUTCH. MAILS.
BRUSSELS, Aud. 15.—The average price of Wheat
last week was 18f. 5c., and that of Rye, l Of. 39c.
The Duke of Bedford and Baron Rothschild fa.
rived at Brussels yesterday.
The Prince Royal of Prussia, when he passed
through Brussels, visited the rich gallery of paintings
and antiquities belonging to the Duke of Arenburg•
A democratic society has just been founded 0
Remaix, by the name of Genootachap (Society) Vail
Zanneken. This Zanneken is noted as one of the
popular heroes of Flanders, who most zealously 0111"
bated the oppression of the French aristocracy.
BRUSSELS, Auo. l6.—Lord and Lady Palmerston
arrived here on Wednesday evening from London.
Thursday his Lordship was visited by the Colin
d'Arschot, and afterwards visited by the:Ministers of V,e:
reign Affairs and the Interior, and Mr. Waller, tuy
Secretary to the English Legation.
The continuarce of the unfavourable weather doe;
considerable injury to the corn, which is still standing:
In the district of Nivelles, for instance, the wheat is not
got in, and begins to sprout. In several parts on
ha
banks of the Seine measures have been taken to:guar
against the the effects of inundation.
The Monileur contains a long report of Mr. Nothotsb
on the population of Belgium in 1841 and 1842, from
which it appears that it was estimated for the latter yefai
at 4,172,706 inhabitants. The Minister, however, is ciu
opinion that the statement is one-tenth below the 001"
and that a new census is absolutely necessary.
ROTTERDAM, AUG. 14.—Yesterday an interesting
ceremony took place on board the English steamer, toa
Columbine, Captain F. Norwood. This captain °°
leaving the MaeLe on the 4th of this month, had the goo:
fortune to have the crew of the Papenburg shipttner
Brama, Captain B. E. Schneders, coming with a cargo 0,
corn from Window, which was stranded near the wont°
of the Maese ; the captain took the crew on board ict
were in the utmost danger of landing them at t'
Brielle.
The Director of the South Holland Society for the
preservation of shipwrecked persons, went yesterday (1
board the steamer, and in the presence of several gentle"
men made an impressive speech, and in the name of the So"
ciety presented to Captain Norwood (who, on a forme!'
occasion received a reward from the Society for a gin,
lar act of humanity) the large silver medal and
document reciting the circumstances of the rescue to
Lawe, and four sailors, the crew of the boat by whom 1‘
was effected ; a small silver medal to J. Brittain, the
mail master, for his assistance ; the same recompense 0
to the four sailors ; and, lastly, to Captain Norwood, a
sum to be divided among the rest of the crew.

FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

IN THE CITY.

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On Saturday Sir James Duke, M.P., and Mr. Alder'
man Thomas Johnson, presided at the City Police Cony
mittee, in the Guildhall, for the purpose of investigating
a number of cases brought by Mr. Harvard, the or,
spector, against several persons (tradespeople and shop'
keepers in the City), for fraudulently using false weight:
and measures.
James Campbell, the proprietor of the well-know'
tavern situate in Pope's Head-alley, Cornhill, was 05
moned for selling a glass of ale, purporting to be "
a pint," the same measure being three quarters of as
ounce short of that quantity. The case, from th.
crowded state of the Court, appeared to elicit considfr:
able interest. From the evidence of Turner, the asaistl;
ant officer to the inspector, it appeared that on the "h",
of August last they entered defendant's tavern, and ft"-,
inspector requested to be served with a pint of ale. in-,
stead, however, of the ale being served to them in t',
pewter measure, it was placed before them in two long'
necked glasses, purporting to contain half a pint each'
The inspector asked for a stamped measure, which
furnished him, and on turning the ale into it, the de"_
ciency was found to be very considerable, nearly to tliu

extent of two ounces.
Sir JAMES DUKE requested the glass to be produCed
bee°
Mr. Harvard, the inspector, replied it had not
seized.
The defendant said he had brought a sample of glasses
that he used in the trade, for the purpose of showiPb
the falsity of the accusation. He begged the Mogja-
trates would test the quantity they held, and they wOOO
find on the average the public were benefited, as 00w
of them contained more than half a pint.
Turner, the assistant, said it was in consequence of the,
complaints made by the public that the inspector visited
the house.
The defendant declared that he had been a licensed
victualler for sixteen years in the City, and that no 111,,,e:
in his own line in London was on better terms with 1"'
public than himself. t
Mr. Harvard, the inspector, corroborated every Ise-
sworn to by Turner. He added that, in addition to tt!„
deficiency in the measures, the glasses even were not f'
when served to them.
Defendant said it was not the custom to fill the glass
so that they ran over ; gentlemen with white waistcoa!:
and kid gloves were in the habit of taking glasses at hw
house, and were he to fill them so as to disfigure eithe
their gloves or clothing, he would lose their patronage'
The inspector put a statement into the Magistrate;
hand, from which it appeared that the deficiencies of 0
ounce and three-quarters in every half-pint would, io $
barrel of thirty-six gallons, realise 25 quarts. It also see
forth that if a publican sold 30 gallons of beer in tba.
course of the day, at ls. 4d. per gallon, and having
deficiency equal to 2 oz. in the quart, he' gained 011,e-
twentieth part of what he sold ; for instance, a 2 oz. 0e;
ficient would produce 2s. per day ; oz. Is. 6d. Per
day ; and I oz. deficient Is. per day. In a quart the `5
was 400 z., a pint 20 oz., half a pint 10 oz., gill scm, ,srl,,A
half a gill measure 2i oz. The cost of articles supPll7,
to them (inspector and assistant) at the defendant's all%
was is. 6d. per gallon, whereas they were charted
the rate of 3s. 4d. per gallon. They mentioned t is
order to show that the profits were sufficient with°
defrauding the public by selling it to them in false Wes-
sures.
Sir JAMES DUKE said the production of the glasses
were of the greatest importance in the case, ano
gretted the inspector had not brought them away 01
them.
Half-a-dozen glasses, which the defendant had brollght,
with him were here tested in the presence of the COL
and were found to contain the legal half pint exaet'
and that all his glasses were marked " imperial ID
sure."
1 0°
Turner said they were different to those whirl'
i,
ale was served in to them. They were not luarcltil
whereas, the ones produced had the words " bYre—
measure" cut on them. is
After a lengthened conversation, the case viltis,,fe
missed, on the grounds that the glasses ought to '-
been produced to support the evidence.

FATAL EXPERIMENT WITH POISON.—On saturt
day evening, Mr. Joseph Payne held an inquest :a
Guy's Hospital, on the body of Charles Colwell, eg
19, recently employed in the laboratory of Mr. Freenist
chemist, of Blackfriar's-road. From the evidence of bit:
master it appeared, that on Friday night last he well;
into the laboratory to see how the deceased got on 01 n
his work, when he found him lying asleep, and ulr,
being aroused he fell and struck his bead against ;be
floor. He then left him, and at nine o'clock rung "„0
bell for him to shut up the shop, and receiving "ea
answer he went to see what detained him. Dees him
was then lying very ill, and understanding from did
that he had taken arsenic, but for what cause be ,
not state, a surgeon was sent for. Previously to the ;11,
rival of the surgeon, his master offered him some shut
phate of zinc to counteract the effects of the poise!), 1:110,
for some time, and until he had threatened to use 11;a1
stomach pump, he refused to take it. His master ff'or.
he had never observed anything strange in his behailubis
to lead him to suppose that deceased was not Woo
proper senses. Mr. John Ash, house-surgeon, said
deceased was brought to the hospital the same night' ben
died a few hours after his admission. Several 0' e a
witnesses were examined, and all agreed that deeefo for
was in his sound senses, and had no cause whatevelobje
P committing suicide. The Coroner said it was pr°oo-
that deceased had taken the poison merely as ail,rffteo
riment, not knowing what the effect would be.
—" Died from the effect of an irritant poison." tb to.
An Admiralty order has arrived at Plyrollof ber
enter seamen, who are to be borne on the books es
Majesty's ship San Josef, for active service. This '
like an intended increase of men.— United Service
THE Moons.—The licensed dealers in game (14. was
bled on Monday last, in full feather. There never the
such a motley group seen. They would have bee'iisle,
fortune of a strolling manager, there being clew°, ',rotas
taloon, columbine, and harlequin, and the whole arcet
persona. The birds were rather shy, as well they in'alree
the men would have frightened their own mothers•
largest number killed the first day by one person wa''
brace.—Leeds Times. TZ-zed
ft. e 14
THE VENGEANCE or MIDAS.—MeSSI.S.
Flinn, the incarcerated editors who were con ..ea on
Pittsburgh for calling a judge an ass, were relefo
Monday, on their term having expired. A la:gee:00
course of their friends assembled at the gaol to fie. Pugh
them, and proceeded in procession with torches.r,A,,tors
the principal streets of the city, the released I,`•
riding in a carriage.—American Paper. 17 •-",.
THE 58TH REGIMENT.—CHATHAMI
Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Wynyard, comet from C°l.
58tli Regiment, received orders this morning t id
_ eed
J. R. Wright, Royal Engineers, the acting coin
of this garrison, to furnish a convict guard ttuGainroc r•
with convicts to Van Dieman's Land. Col) aorgesints'
Hardy and Lieutenant Balnevis, with twa
refers
two corporals, and 48 privates, have been thelv fled,
lected, and are under orders to march on Thures Oh
the 22d inst., en route for Deptford, there to
_ma weie:ten
board the transport ship Robert Peel. Seve
and six children proceed with the draught istsrn, ni,co nuoreAcrt
EMIGRATION ON A GRAND SCALE.
that a large section of Calvinistic Methindis „wing to
least, from Carnarvon andlAnglesey, are I,f:forming .1
emigrate to the United States, with a view Liaerpoe
community on the banks of the Mississippi. --
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Journal. , _ farrne.
During the storm, on the Ist instant, a_ fa
ff rmer
During Vie}
Buzegney (Vosges) named Mathieu, was
.roee_liZr7
of rye with three of his children, and a labour
youngestwere al l struckof t
the
edcohri' which killed 0"
- eiatt .Y
jrec i 0
old, scattering her clothes rags ir!mereNe:
the
littleldren, n ligh lightning,
The rest recovered the shock aira9,st
the body Of
by
felt little or no effect from it. Nearin dept's'
into the eart.
n
which the electric fluid had passe
a be co:ni—
n woollen cloths in
Lime spots o
dead child they found a hole about a yard h aeteli
the
removed by strong th
BIRKENHEAD DOCKS:—The
is fixed for t
25
foundation-stone of the worksaboveh
as originally ed.
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September, instead of the 11th,
the anniversarLied
.4 Illerfo
NAPOLEON.—Yesterdaybeing
- mass
Napoleon, bio
the birth of the Emperor
at which all the vetsue
in the Church of the Invalid,3
I e'ani of griciaP
of his army attended.—Ga zgn
;inegar. day. for laying

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