The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, ,LONDON, EDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1842.

POLLT E:\C E.

MANSION- H OUSE.--(T HIS DAY.)
A MISTAKE.— Thomas Hall was placed at the bar
before Sir P. Laurie, charged with being " a rioter."
Police-constable 674 stated that he was passing
along Cheapside last night, when he heard a noise,
and on proceeding to the spot he discovered the pri-
soner and two others creating a disturbance. The
Prisoner was flourishing a pistol in each hand, and
Was saying he would be revenged. Witness took the
prisoner into custody, but the other two persons es-
raped.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was a gun-
alaker in the employ of Mr. Bond, of Cornhill,
in whose service he had been for upwards of twenty-
Ave years. His father bad been in the same employ
for more than 44 years. He (prisoner) was taking
the pistols home, and he met two persons who jostled
in, and a scuffle ensued. The pistols were not
loaded. He hoped he had too much good sense to be
a rioter.

Sir P. LAURIE sent for the prisoner's father, who
corroborated his statement.
The prisoner expressing his sorrow for the disturb-
ance, Was then discharged.

GUILDHALL—(THIS DAY.)
Vxcrimuni.—A shabbily dressed person, who
id his name was Thomas, was charged before the
tying
Alderman with mitering the coffee-room of
Wright, Holborn, and having called for various
9PB of coffee with et-cetera, which he dispatched
th much apparent gout, coolly told the landlord to
b°,j,k" the amount to him as he was without cash.
he worthy Alderman, as the prisoner was such a
cell-knownl
victimizer, ordered him to find bail. In
default he was conveyed to the Compter.

„,130W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
tnE SUICIDAL MAMA.—A very pretty, intelligent
o°°„ "jag girl, and though devoid of bonnet or cap, in
:per respects well attired, who gave her name Sophia
Harriet Wapshot, was charged with attempting self-
uestruct ion.
e Yoheeman F 78 stated that he saw the prisoner last
:iel!linB' standing upon the steps of Waterloo-bridge,
th 'eh lead down to the water. It was high water at
eae tithe, and she was just about to plunge in when he
h ught her by the skirt and took her to the station-
itease. Shea ppeared to have been drinking, and al-
F as a reason for attempting the rash act, that her
fatherl had refused to take her home, and that she had,
elefore, determined to put an end to her existence.
a 'lr. JARDINE put a number of questions to her in
to
to which she stated that she had been three
t,ll in London, and was living at No. 47, Clement's-
,itl• Her father was a master lighterm an, residing
shlsleworth, and was in very excellent circumstances.
She was sorry for what she had done, and would not
attempt,,,, it again.
ho he policeman said that so short a time as half an
te-ur ago the prisoner had told him that she was de-
iThined to destroy herself, and that she would make
another
attempt directly she was discharged.
'lr. JARDINE said, under those circumstances he
huid not for a moment entertain the idea of setting
dar a liberty.
office, This
where was th
parties had been charged
e fifth case within three
1,,,),;” at this
attempting the abominable crime of self-destrue-
-1,4,11. He should remand her till Friday, that corn-I
mnieation might be had with her father.

eLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
tblirs. Mary Anne Stevens, a fashionably dressed
``ale, was charged as follows :
q't appeared that the prisoner was wife to Mr.
tr arias Stevens, ironmonger, Great Russell-street,
ti,°4l whom she was divorced for misconduct some
e ago by the Prerogative Coutt. Since then she
Cqo from time to time come to the complainant's
k4l4e-t, knocking at the door, abusing him in the street,
't otherwise annoying him. Some time since she
tw43 brought before Mr. Combe, and ordered to find
l securities in 401. each to keep the peace towards
husband. She was brought before Mr. Broughton
111ay on a bench warrant.
Ivanswer to the interrogatories of the Magistrate,
e stated that she had an annuity of 50/. a year, and
going to Calcutta in a few days to live with Cap-
-11,14 She then produced 1001. to show that she
.‘' not in want.
\
Vir. BRouGirroN—Have you the bail ready I" Mrs.
Nt.ells—l have it not, and will not procure it.
,\
BnouGliToN—Then you must go to prison for
-"lnonths.--She was then committed.

1./
SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
6L'ONDON, AUG. 24.—Wind,this day at noon, N.W., light
7ze, and fine clear weather.
t404'141., Auc. 23.—Wind S.W. moderate.—Sld. Posthu-
lt.tlBbydney ; Nayarit)°, Hobart Town ; William Bay-
ts`defe Isabella Blyth, Mauritius.
THE SOUTH FORELAND, AUG. 21.—Anna and
t,llvP THE WIGHT, AUG. 23.—Duke of Argyle, Webb,
;eutta, left the Cape June 18.
ITPORTSMOUTH, AUG. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Vernon,
True Briton, London, for Madras. Arrd. off—
lahuaux Nevis.
ltl4l,laouT'ii, AUG. 22.—Wind N. to E. fresh.—Sld.
,JLI Tar (steamer), Vigo.
ettisToL, AUG. 23.—S1d. Orlando, New York; Albion,
"jkleundland.
IrwaxsEA, AUG. 22.—Arrd. Sumatra, Harvey, and
Zrt-of Oak, Evans, Cuba.
,LivERPOOL AUG. 23.—Wind variable and light.—
tIXI. Iron Queen, O'Brien, Mobile. Sid. Jeremiah Gar-
Valparaiso ; Margaret Elizabeth, Brazils ;
NQ ". Shepherd, New Orleans ; Portland, St. John's,
Brunswick ; Traveller, Miramichi ; Cheetah, Que-
,4' Penella and Native, Newfoundland. Arrd.
Is3r Russell, Montreal.
VMELDS, AUG. 22.—Sid. Thomas Scott, Cape de
; Numa, Bombay.
'
flr EASTBOURNE, AUG. 22.—Claudius, New Orleans.
BEACTIY HEAD, AUG. 22.—Theodor Komer,
It Orleans, for Bremen.
IOLL, AUG. 22.—Arrd. Defender, St. Andrew's
Greenland.
44„Attraouni, AuG. 23.—The Liberty, Lilly, from New-
te to Southwold, has been towed in here, with stern
tie. and loss of maintopmast, having been in contact last
lt off Cromer, with the John Proud, of Poole.
tti,s_4e Navarino, Mathewes, arrived at Cork from
oil de's Island (Africa) very leaky. (98 days out), spoke
kt‘r York
2d inst. tle American brig Suplice, sailed to
10C lurk, in lat. 39, lon. 34, had landed her crew at
.1‘)/41 in a state of mutiny; a brig from Liverpool to St.
W hife, N. 8., had put in there (with passengers), short
t'tovisions and water.

TUE MAtthETS.—(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.
he arrivals of English Grain since Monday have
it steal', and of Foreign Wheat large. There was
Ivb!'e''lY any business done, and the terms of Monday
814: %ith dculty maintained. Flour almost unsale-
, as it is ex iffipected lower.
Tlit iTE AND LEADENHALL.
sal continued large supplies of Grouse caused the
14, '4414-n to sell at any price. Some fine Grouse, which
IZught ss. 6d. each two weeks back, could have been
la. 4ht at Id., 2d., and 3d. each, and less, by taking any
0" quantity. Fur Poultry we had but little done, and
4 were lower for all sorts. Eggs. dull, at 4s. 6d. to
141,11. per 120. Meat of all descriptions in plentiful
itaytt?:. The trade bought only for immediate wants,
ta,,c,"e salesmen were glad to accept lower prices for the
rtk-4,' quantity that was sold. A great portion of inferior
rt.tuained at market.
Th TEA MARKET.
e demand was limited, and prices look down, large
Coleis being declared fo auction on Tuesday next.
DanY's Congou, Is. 9d. r cash,
Pl`h TALLOW MARKET.
e market is inactive, but prices remained firm ; and
C:todle on the spot was not to be had under 475.
'Av
Per c•svt. For delivery sales were made at 48s. 6d.
t.

41. WOOL MARKET.
fair business clone in both English and Foreign
cle:httlit at firm rates. Large public sales will be shortly
red- There have been several arrival&
Iro METALS.
r;51,,,:4 was in good request, and prices for English are
g' Lead sold slowly. The Lin market was flat.

SPORTiNG INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
'th YORK AUGUST MEETING.—Momnay.
The Wilton Stakes of 30 Sovs. each, h ft. T.Y.C.
kr•.A (Three Subs.)
by Jareed, out of Ganyrnede (J.Holm es) 1
Aliw t W bite's c, .
Milner's f, by Sheet Anchor, Osberton'a dani 2
Bell's Reviewer 3
'epstakes of 30 Sovs. each, 10 ft. One mile and
a quarter.
kr Monek's c, by Langar, d. by Filho da Puta (Lye) 1
P. Smith's Newbold
Qui Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Two miles.
Cradoek's The Provost, 6 yrs (Templeman) 1
Ai
L• Osbaldestone's Woldstoan, 3 yrs 2
Allen's Margaret, 6 yrs 3
r• Richardson's Aurum, 3 yrs 0
STETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TUESDAY
,LEGER:— -6 to 4 agst Attila (t) ; 12 to 1 agst
,4041111rst ; 13 to 1 agst Fireaway ; 13 to 1 agst Policy;
tto 1 azst Cabrera ; 25 to 1 agst Cuttonite 25 to
o gst Artful Dodger ; 33 to 1 agst Sir Hurry (t) ; 35
I not Golden Rule.
I)E
1111 L—NO betting.

; MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—This morn-
'llg, between five and six o'clock, several of the Royal
}4.Ertages drawn by four beautilul horses, and atten.ted.
t? coachmen, postilions, and footmen, passed through
';", Coy to the Leith Wharf, East Smithfield, where they
"I be embarked on board the: Edinburgh steamer,
Frei will proceed on its voyage immediately that the
tght is complete, in order that the vehicles may be in
cadiness for the use of her Majesty and suite at her de-
tt!tiation from the Royal George. There were also in
It", train several Royal caravans, laden with chests and
hTPers of almost every size, containing refreshments ;
Q:eoi.ne of them contained part of the wardrobe of the
`,Vi and her Royal Consort.
IRE AT SEA.—The Defiance of Sunderland,
t_.:4-"tull, master, sprung.a leak in the Cromarty roods,
2tr fire, and is now in the harbour discharging, the hull
ilibleng Partly destroyed. lier sails, rigging, &c., have
14Yeide—Rositqlsin Advatiaer.

THE DISTURBANCES IN THE
ANUFACTURIN G DISTRICTS.
MANCHESTER, Tuesday Morning, Eleven o'Clock.
Up to this hour the town is in a state of perfect
tranquillity. The turn-outs are assembling in groups
in the streets, but they evince no disposition to dis-
turb the peace, their only object now- seems to be an
advance of wages.
The number of mills that have started this morning
are not yet known, but in most instances where the
works did start but few hands went to work.

The reports from the country districts are of a like
nature.

The meeting of dyers and dressers, which was held
yesterday at the llall of Science, and which was strictly
private, was not concluded until the afternoon, and
this morning various resolutions which were adopted
have been extensively posted on the walls. The reso-
lutions were respecting their wages.
MEETING OF THE MANCHESTER TAILORS

This body met last night at the Farriers' Arms,
Lower K;ng-street, for the purpose of receiving a re-
port of the proceedings of the delegates from William
Duffy, the representative of the tailors. A report
read at the meeting was unanimously adopted, and
some explanations were made tending to show that
Duffy had withdrawn from the delegates, a,nd had not
been dismissed, as was reported by the few members
of that body who met on Saturday last.
It will be remembered that when the mob came
down upon Mr. Thompson's mill in Hope-street, Sal-
ford, on Tuesday last, the hands armed themselves
with bludgeons, and bravely defended their employer
arid his property. Thompson is paying his weavers
higher prices than any other power-loom manufac-
turer in Manchester or Salford, and has promised that,
if any other manufacturer gives an advance, he will
do the same.

MANCHESTER, Tuesday.
A meeting of colliers on Kersall-moor was held
yesterday, but all passed off quietly, nor was any out-
rage committed. There is not however a single mill
in operation in the whole of Ashton, Hyde, Staly--
bridge, Mottram, or Dukinfield.
The following placard has been circulated through
the streets to-day, in reply to a former one headed
"Run for Gold :"

GOLD ! GOLD

"OR, ADVICE TO POOR MEN WHO HAVE GOT MONET

IN THE BANK.
" RUN FOR GOLD!

" And a very pleasant run it is—if asthmatic, probably
a walk might be preferred. Joking apart, what motive
can induce those who have their small savings in the
bank to draw them out of safe keeping and thereby
render them insecure ? What national -good would
it achieve if every penny invested by poor men were
withdrawn from the bank to-morrow ? None. Sup-
pose you had it, and the kind friend who advised you
came to congratulate you, and at the same time to
gratify his sight you showed him the bright yellow
sovereigns you had just released, and he should- ask
you to lend him some—do you think they would be
safer in his hands than the banker's? Or, suppose
you should put them in your chest, your box, or your
drawers, and a thief should take them—would you
prefer their being in his hands to those of the bankers?
" The first man who tells you to run for gold, put
one single question to him, and then judge for your-
selves of the honesty of his advice—ask him if he
has any in, or ever had ? Ten thousand to one, and
these are long odds, he has not; and, what is more,
never will have.

" Be advised by one who is a working' man, one
who is deeply interested in the welfare of his order,
end keep your gold in the bank until you can make a
better use of it. I have only a very little in, but that
little makes me feel more independent of my master
than I did when I had none. Besides, now I would
not submit to a reduction of my wages without a
struggle, which I could not do if I had not some-
thing tq back me.
" Ketp.your money in the bank, those of you who
have any in; it will be the best friend you have should
a rainy clay come. He is no friend of yours who ad-
vises you to run for gold. Your adviser tells you
that every sovereign is worth 30s. ; but I know a poor
man who, took one to the grocer's on Saturday night,
and he only got 19s. 9d. for it. Poor John has been
humbumid by get-and-keep-gold men, and he lost
3d. by it. Take care of yours, and keep it safely in
the bank, or you may lose more than John.—Yours,
fellow men, " JAMES JACKSON,
" Small-ware weaver, Newton-lane.
" Monday, Aug 22."
MANCHESTER, Tuesday Evening, Half-
.

past Seven.
The town has remained perfectly quiet during the
whole of the day. This being our great market-day,
we have had many manufacturers from the country,
all of whom report favourably of the several districts
from which they came, including a circle of upwards
of 30 miles round Manchester. In almost every town
from which these gentlemen come, they report that
up to the time of their departure very few hands had
resumed.wurk. This remark applies to Ashton, Stock-
port, Bolton, Oldham, Blackburn, Burnl4,lVigan,
and most other places.
The number of mills that had resumed work in
Manchester are but very few indeed, but where they
have continued to run their engines, the hands have
more freely gone to work to-day than yesterday.
A report is pretty generally circulated that the
masters are about to offer some terms to their hands.
The advance spoken of is but trifling, and in some
instances it may be given by the manufacturers, but
we shou:d think this feeling is very limited. However
this may be, the insurrection is for the present at an
end, and no further disturbance is apprehended. At
Ashton the special constables have been dispensed
with, and in Manchester a portion of them are also
relieved.
It is reported that a Commission of Inquiry into
the conduct of certain parties is now on foot,,an-d that
the Commissioners have been in town for some days.
This report, we believe, is quite correct, although
their proceedings so far have been kept secret. There
is no doubt a day of reckoning close at hand, and
the general feeling here is, that no respect ought to
be paid to wealth over that of poverty. The rich agita-
tors are more faulty than the deluded victims of their
advice and eloquence.
In the course of the day the Chartists and some of
the rioters in custody were brought up at the New
Bailey, before Mr. D. Maude and Mr. J. F. Foster,
but the evidence against them not being yet com-
plete, in consequence of the attention the police are
still obliged to pay to the state of the town, they
were in most cases remanded to Friday.

weapons, although they had been told by their leaders
last evening, to " come prepared to defend- their
rights." - At five o'clock the persons assembled could
not amount to less than 5,000, but the numbers con-
tinued to increase till half-past five, when White and
Fussell, the two leaders who had been instrumental in
getting up the meeting, made their appearance on
horseback, and signalled the people to follow them to
another part of the town. A large body of persons
have in consequence withdrawn from the ground, and
have taken the road leading to the Asylum, where
the meeting was held yesterday, but afterwards occu-
pied Hunter's-lane, some waste ground ai'joining the
Nunnery. Here the multitude, fairly tired out, came
to a dead halt, and the police having been rein-
forced by a party of. military, the avenues of the road
were guarded; and the further progress of the mob
was effectually cut off. The police then charged the
multitude, and dispersed them in a few minutes; in
the melee, however, White the leader of the party,
effected his escape.
Whilst these proceedings were taking place in one
quarter of the town, the mob continued to increase in
Duddeston-row, and the police, stationed there to
keep the ground clear, found considerable difficulty in
accomplishing the work, their force having been con-
siderably weakened by the detachment which had beon
sent in pursuit of a portion of the mob. In this state
of things information was sent to the public office,
where the Magistrates were sitting, that further as-
sistance would be required, and Col. Thom, the Com-
mandant of the district, instantly placed himself at
the head of a party of dragoons and galloped to the
spot. On his arrival he found that the mob had com-
menced throwing stones at the police, and were fast
pressing upon them. The appearance of the military,
however, produced an instantaneous change in the
disposition of the mob, who immediately fell back and
, cheered the dragoons and their gallant commander.
Colonel Thom addressed a few words to the people,
and advised them to separate, telling them that in case
of their refusing to do so, the Riot Act would be
read, and prompt measures adopted to disperse them.
This advice was followed by a considerable portion of
the meeting, but others evincing an indisposition to
move, the dragoons were ordered to charge, which they
did with great success, using the fiats of their sabres
with mucl effect, and the ground was cleared in a few
minutes. Numbers of persons, however, continued
loitering about until dusk, but no attempt was made
to congregate in a body a second time.
In consequence of private information received by
the Magistrates, a warrant was issued this morning
for the apprehension of White, whose house, or
lodgings, in 13romsgrove-street, was searched by the
police, and a large quantity of papers and cone-
spondenCe 'of a most seditious character were dis-
covered, clearly proving that the present movement
was long planned by White and his mischievous
associates.. Although the warrant for White's appre-
hension was in the hands of the police the whole of
to-day, and at the very time that he made his ap-
pearance at the meeting, no attempt was made to take
him into custody. This circumstance has excited
much animadversion, as White is supposed to have
been the chief instigator of the attempts which have
been made to create discontent and disturbance
amongst the working classes in Birmingham.
The Mayor and Magistrates continued sitting at the
public office up to a late hour to-night, and the spe-
cial constables and police are kept in readiness for
duty at a moment's notice. Had not the Magistrates
taken measures to disperse the meetings, there is no
doubt that aserious disturbance, and much destruction
of property would have taken place, as it is now ascer-
tained that the Chartists intended to parade the town
after nightfall, when the most disastrous consequences
would in all probability have ensued.
Immediately after the dispersion of the Chartist
meeting yesterday by the police, Mr. Sturge issued an
address entitled . Address of the Council of the
National Complete Suffrage Union to the Working
and Unenfranchised Classes of their Countrymen.'
Want of space precludes our giving it.
STOCKPORT, Tuesday.
The masters, mill-owners, &c., yesterday opened
their works generally, in deference to public opinion,
but there appeared to be no disposition on the part of
the workmen to resume their labours, and sufficient
hands did not return to work the mills, so that they
were again in many places closed. A' largemeeting
assembled at a village called Godly, but on the arrival
of the military were dispersed. This morning all is
peaceable, and some .of the special constables are dis-
charged.
LEICESTER, August 23.

The town has remained tranquil since Saturday,
and there is no appearance of any further disturbance
takin place. Two troops (Lord Howe's and Colonel
Keck s) were discharged from further duty last night,
and the other troop will be dismissed to-night.
August 23, 2 40 P.M.

Mr. Goodyer, the chief constable of the county,
arrived here last night by the 9 P.M. train from
Loughborough, with five men in custody. It ap-
peared that a meeting had been held at the latter
place in, the afternoon, at the close of which a. body
of men armed with short bludgeons, proceeded on
their way to Mountsorrel, with the object of turning
the framework knitters, &c., out. A detachment of
police, with a number of out-pensioners, armed with
cutlasses, came up with them, when they opened for
the purpose of letting the police, &c. walk into their
ranks, after which it was intended to close upon and
disarm them. The police, however, acting with de-
termination, completely subdued the party, and took
five men prisoners. They were taken before the
bench at Loughborough. .The result of the proceed..
ings was as follows :
Samuel Morley, convicted in the penalty of 51. ;
and, in default, committed for two months to the
common gaol ; at the expiration of his imprisonment
to enter into his own recognizance in 201., and to find
.two sureties in 10/. each, for his good *behaviOur for
twelve months.

John Thompson, Thomas Unwin, and John Dennis
to enter into their own recognizances in 51. each, and
two sureties in the like sum for three months. Com-
mitted, in default, to the common gaol.

Francis Emerson, to find two sureties
,in 101. each
or six months. Committed in default. •

This proceeding appears to have paralysed the party,
as no assemblage has since taken place; and the ex-
pectation is, that the men will return to work as usual
to-day (Tuesday).
THE " STRIKE" OF THE WORKMEN IN

SOUTH WALES.

MERTHYR, Monday Night.

Things still remain here in a very fever-ish ;fate—
the workmen have not returned to their work, and,
as a consequence, alarm and anxiety. prevail. It is
true, that the increase of the military force in the
town, and the prospect of a still larger amount of pro-
tection, has tended in some measure to allay the fears
of the more timid, and in all probability it has pro-
duced some effect on the "turn-outs" themselves;
bnt at the same time meetings are being held, strong
language used, and the example of the "men of Man-
chester' and elsewhere held up to the masses as being
worthy of imitation.

THE KENNINGTON MEETING.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Permit me to call your attention to what ap-
pears to me a most dangerous attempt to stifle truth
by some, indeed all, yourself excepted, of the Daily
Press. Your report of the doings on Kennington
Common is the only true report that has appeared,
not one of the Morning Papers publishing anything
like what happened, unless I allow a slight exception
on the part of the Herald, whose reporter stood by
my side. What surprises me most of all is, that the
Advertiser and Chronicle, after being furnished with
honest, though concise, accounts, should fall into the
same mistake as the Tory Journals—whom I have no
doubt, had they been furnished with the truth, would
have paused 'before they committed to print such
garbled statements.
[Our Correspondent will see that we have omitted
that portion of his letter which attributes very un-
worthy motives to some individuals connected with
the Press.]
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT OF " THE HERALD.")
The substance of the account contained ,in the
Times amounts purely to this—that vast numbers
assembled at the t'icimmon and in the neighbourhood,
but made no attempt at a meeting ; that the police
arrived en masse and cleared the place in a short
space of time in a masterly manner, and without
unnecessary violence ; a statement so utterly untrue
that 1 cannot but doubt whether the writer of the
article was himself a witness of the scene. I am
myself entirely opposed to all such meetings,' as well
as to the absurd ob,ects sought by the Chartists;
and I went to the place of meeting with the full ex-
pectation of enjoying the amusement of seeing
the vast body evaporate at the sight of the autho-
rities. When, the latter made their appearance i
saw every prospect of my expectations being
realised to the letter; for at the first glimpse
of them the two orators who were addressing
the Meeting, waved their hands for a disso-
lution, and all began to disperse as fast as legs
could carry them. What could the authorities
seek beyond this ? I know not ; their motives
are secret, but their actions were plain. The mounted
police made a violent rush upon the dispersing mul-
titude, followed by the whole force. Men, women.
and children were rode over, trampled on, and struck
'indiscriminately; many persons, who had not even
approached the meeting within 200 yards received
violent usage while effecting their escape, and some
while merely passing to their own homes, quite dis-
tinct from and heedless of the whole affair; one old
man, at least 60 years of age, I saw struck so violently
while proceeding quickly, and at a distance from the
place of meeting, as to cause the blood to flow lite-
rally in a stream from his head, and oblige him to be
immediately taken to the nearest place for surgical as-
sistance; one young man, a widow's only son, quite un-
connected with the meeting, is said to have been killed
while Passing the Oommou; at a word, the effect pro-

duced on my mind, and also on the mind of the gen-
tleman with whom I was in company, was this :—I
went to the spot pitying the misled Chartists for their
folly, and, fully approvingof the determination of the
authorities to disperse them ; but en witnessing the
unnecessary, and I consider. unjustifiable, violence of
the scene which enstied, I could but feel the highest
indignation and contempt fOr Pall parties acting in the
disgraceful affair; indeed I believe this feeling to
have been. general among the spectators, for whereas
before the arrival of the-police, I heord in every direc-
tion laughter at the Chartists and approval of the ex-
pected dispersion, so subsequently I heard nothing
save pity for the parties dispersed and execrations,
dee pand evidently heartfelt, vented against the Force.

INCOME TAX, AND PAYING
DUTIES OVER AGAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The inhabitants of this city are in a sad di-
lemma concerning the insolvency of any collector, and
insuch a case a re-assessment would have to be made on
them. The Commissioners appointed for this borough
lately issued precepts to the different parish authori-
ties for them to send in names for assessors and col-
lectors.

In defiance of the different lists named by the
parishes, the Commissioners have elected their own
friends for those offices, and the collectcrs having been
spoken to on the subject of their giving security, they
all declare the parishioners have nothing to do with
them, and that they are not bound and will never give
security even if the Commissioners should think they
ought to do so.
This flagrant conduct has put the older inhabitants
in remembrance of the defalcation of 1,5001. of one
George Strawbridge Minifie, a collector of the Abbey
parish, about 25 years ago. '
The facts are briefly these, Minifie was known by
the parishioners to be a man of doubtful responsibility,
and therefore they refused to name him as one of the
collectors; but, notwithstanding which the then Com-
missioners would have him appointed.
On the imprisonment of Minifie for fraud, a re-
assessment took place ; and bitter were the wailings
and lamentations of the injustice:

The Commissioners were waited on, and told they
ought to pay the amount out of their purses, as Ali-
iiitic was elected by them alone. To this the Com-
missioners replied, that the parishioners ought to have
known the law in such cases, and required that the
collector should find security, and not having done
so, the re-assessment must be enforced, or distress
warrants would issue in case of refusal.

Upon this defeat one of the parishioners then con-
tended that the parish had a complete answer to the
re-assessment, as all the receipts were made out in the
joint names of Taylor and Minifie. as co-collectors;
and until Taylor could be proved to be insolvent the
re-assessment was not valid. At this state of the
case the Commissioners were quite aghast, for Taylor
was a very wealthy man. They then pondered over
the matter for some little time, and some bound book
was referred to; but I confess I could not see the
least applicability to our case, though our wise-
acres, in order to get out of their difficulty, contended
it did, and that the receipts of one collector, though in
their joint names, did not bind the other, unless it
could be shown that the co-collector had participated
in the money.
The parishioners finding that all they could urge
would be of no avail, paid the money, fearing if any
further stir was made in the matter they' would be
considered, and marked down as disaffected to the
Government ; hilt this was in our most palmy days.
It appears that the only safe course to pursue, and
to prevent taxes being paid over again, will be for
the parties to make their returns to the Special Com-
missioners, and then they would have to pay the du-
ties to the Receiver-General when he comes round
on his audits. Perhaps some of your legal readers
can point out another course, if so, the people of this
city will be greatly obliged.
Your faithful servant.
Pulteney-street, Bath, Aug. 19, 1842.

S. N. U.

INCOME-TAX TO BE PAID BY THE CORPORATION OF
LONDON.—The following is the Report of the Coal,
Corn, and Finance Committee, relative to the Income-
tax to be paid by the Corporation of the City of London.
It is to be taken into consideration at the next Court:—
" We whose names are hereunto subscribed, your Coal,
Corn, and Finance Committee, to whom, on the 23d
day of June last, it was referred to give directions to
Mr. Chamberlain, respecting the necessary measures to
be adopted for carrying into execution the provisions of
the Act of Parliameut, made and passed in the sth and
6th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled
' An Act for granting to her Majesty duties on profits
arising from property, professions, trades, and offices, until
the 6th day of April, 1845,' do certify that Mr. Cham-
borlain having prepared and laid before us a statement
of the incomes of the Corporation, exclusive of rents and
interest on funded property, for the year 1841, together
with the several abatements and deductions therefrom,
with a view of showing the amount which should be re-
turned to the Commissioners, acting under the said
Act, in order that the Corporation may be assessed to
the dutiei_paYable thereby for the year ending the sth
day of April, 1843.; we duly considered the same, and
find, after a careful examination thereof, that this City's
income, subject to the duty of sevenpence in the pound,
amounts to the sum of 4,470/. 7s. 71d., as will appear by
the statement hereunto annexed ; and we are of opinion
that the sum of 130/. 7s. Bd., being sevenpence in the
pound on the said sum of 4,4701 7s. 7Ad., shoald be re-
turned to her Majesty's Commissioners of &Amps and
Taxes for carrying the said Act into execution."
THE AGE OF INTELLECT.--On Tuesday evening
last, a " grand hoax" and act of swindling was played
off on the credulity of the good folk of the town of
Penrith, in Cumberland, by a swell-mob-raise-the-wind
blackleg, calling himself Wainwight, the greatest magi-
cian in the world. He caused a number of hand-bills
to be circulated through the town, setting forth that he
would perform several incredible tricks, never before
attempted by the most learned of the magi ; among
which was, that he would cut off a man's head, without
his eeg
it, and replace it again. In
the elver knowing
ningtheauodr feeling it,
at the large assembly
rooms, in the Duke of Devonshire's George Inn, kept by
Mr. John Watson, from whom he received' two shillings
il a
N plinceg arrived, ; commence the performance
h
eft the door, where he had
tllrteantivitare ightto i
beet, robbing the money, and proceeded behind the
eaiavnedd, I
scenes, and all were gaping on the tiptoe of expectation;
but, alas ! the curtain was not drawn ; and. the company
getting impatient, the magician was frequently. called,
but never made his appearance. On examination, how-
ever, it was found that he had _fled down stairs, and
made his escape out of the town, taking with him about
Si., leaving the room, his lodgings, and the printer's bills
unpaid. Afterwards the magician was seen on the road
to Kendal,: making his way with all speed.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE : A -BIRTH IN THE
STREET.-011 Tuesday last, about noon, a woman, who
had that morning come from Wales, was suddenly
seized, in Hardman-street, about fifty yards above Rod-
ney-street, with the pains of labour. As soon as her
condition was discovered by the passers-by, persons ran
into Rodney-street for a surgeon to attend the delivery.
Before one arrived, however, the woman was actually
delivered, on the flags of the footwalk, of a fine child.
Some horse-clothes were brought- from an adjoining-
stable and placed under and around the mother and
child. A clothes-rail was also brought., and, some carpet
being thrown over it, a kind of screen was made to keep
off the crowd who had assembled, and who were exceed-
ingly intrusive in .their" demeanour. The surgeon, as
soon as he arrived, performed the necessary part of his
duty. A gentleman .then sent for a coach, and the poor
woman and her infant were conveyed to the workhouse.
, done as well as though
in a chamber, with "all
tThheey deliveryh ave since,had we
se
kuenad eprlsat d
appliances and means to boot."—Liverpeol Albion.
ALARMING FIRE AT THE SURREY ZOOLOGICAL
GARDENS.—Last night, shortly before twelve o'clock,
the greatest excitement prevailed in the immediate
vicinity of Kennington, in consequence of an immense
body of fire suddenly shooting forth from the centre of
the Zoological Gardens into the air, which illuminated
the horizon for miles round. Several persons were in-
stantly despatched to all parts of the metropolis for the
assistance of the various fire-engines, and in the course
of fifteen minutes the engines belonging to the London
Brigade, from Southwark Bridge-road, and Morgan's-
. lane, were on the spot, with the West of England engine,
under the superintendence of Mr. Connerton, and also
the Waterloo-road Brigade and Watling-street engines,
with Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent. But by the
time the engines arrived the flames had greatly sub-
sided, through the workmen employed on the premises
throwing a large quantity of water upon them. The
cause of so much alarm was the pictorial model of Rome,
situated on the borders.of the lake in the gardens catching
fire, and which was partially destroyed before it could
be.extinguished. The origin of the fire could not be
ascertained, but the prevailing opinion is, that it was
through some sparks falling a few hours previous
amongst the buildings during the discharge of the fire-
works:
ST. OLAVE'S REGATTA.--The twentieth annual
Regatta given by the inhabitants of SL Olave's, South-
wark, took place yesterday, and was well contested, and
equally as well attended. It was amongst six scullers,
in four heats, on a system very superior to the old=
fashioned one, three men starting for the first heat, and
the other three for the second ; the four worst of these
for the third, and the first of that contending with the
first men of the first heat and first of the second for the
piia, ; and Charles
grand heat. William
Mitcham,
iPearce,ta
blue, rowed the opening
heat, which was won by blue, red being second : and
William Henry Law, green ; Richard Robinson, yellots ;
and George Mead, purple, were the competitors in the
second, .which was won by yellow. The third heat was
won by pink, and he and blue and yellow started
for the grand heat, to row from Chamberlain's-wharf to
George's-stairs, Horselvdovvn, and back again twice to
Battle-bridge, to conclude the heat. Shortly after the
start blue took the lead, and won by twenty yards.
Yellow was t.econd.
CONDUCT OF THE POLICE.—We have received se-
veral letters complaining of the conduct of the police in
attacking the persons assembled on Kennington-com-
mon, Clerkenwell-green, &c. The writers declare that
there was no justification for the indiscriminate assault of
theth
ew
policeriter
suptoon
bteh the
correct people,
account of what occurred at taking the statements of
the places.r-eferred to, it appears that the police exceeded
their duty, and were guilty of most uncalled-for harsh-
ness. .We are prevented by a. press of matter from giv-
ing the letters in-question.'-Advertiser,

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

DEFEAT OF THE BRITISH' TROOPS AT
PORT NATAL.

Cape of Good Hope papers of the 18th of June ar-
rlveu late in the evening Yesterday in the City, and
state that the troops sent from the Cap e to subdue
the Boers at Port Natal had been defeated. The
commander, Captain Smith, thus announces the
event in his report to the Government on the subject:—
" PORT NATAL, MAY 25.

" SIR,-It is with feelings of deep regret I have
the honour to communicate to vou the disastrous re-
sult or' an attack made by the force under my com-
mand on the emigrant farmers congregated at the
Congella camp at this place..
" In my last despatch I detailed the various steps
taken by the farmers to annoy the troops, and my de-
termination to abstain, if possible, from hostilities, if it
could be done without detriment to the honour of the
service, in the vain hope of conciliating these mis-
guided people, and smoothing the way to the quiet
settlement of their long-disturbed position as regards
the Government of the Cape. But the receipt of an
insolent letter, demanding that the force I commanded
should instantly quit Natal, followed up by the re-
moval by armed men of a quantity of cattle belonging
to the troops, rendered it absolutely necessary that
some steps should be taken in order to prevent the re-
petition of such outrages.
" I therefore determined after mature consideration
to march a force and attack their camp at the Con-
gella (a place about three miles from our position,
where they have been for some time collecting), and
set apart the night of the 23d instant for that ob-
ject. As the road leading to the Congella from the
post the troops now occupy lies for the most part
through thick bush, I thought it best to cross the
sands at low water, as, by this means I could avoid
annoyance from the farmers until within a short dis-
tance of their station. Fitting a howitzer, therefore,
in a boat, under the superintendence of Lieutenant
Wyatt, of the Royal Artillery, and leaving it under
the charge of a sergeant of the same corps, I gave him
directions to drop down the channel to within 500
yards of Congella, and await the troops, in order that
they might form under the cover of its fire, aided by
that of two six-pounders, which accompanied the
force I took with me. This consisted of one subal-
tern, and 17 privates, Artillery ; one subaltern, one
sergeant, and two privates, Royal Sappers ; two cap-
tains, two subalterns, five sergeants, and 100 rank
and file, 27th regiment; and two mounted orderlies
of the Cape Rifles.
" Having previously sent out a picket to feel the
skirts of the wood in front of our position, in order to
prevent our movements being discovered, I put the
whole party in motion at eleven, p.m. (it being bright
moonlight) and arrived without molestation till
within nearly 800 yards of the place, I proposed to
attack. To my great mortification I found the boat
had not dropped down the Channel according to my
instructions, but as I considered it imprudent to wait
the chance of her arrival, I was forced to make the
attack without the valuable assistance a discharge
of shells and shot from the howitzer would have af-
forded me. Giving the order to advance, therefore,
the troops had just moved to where the termination
of a range of mangrove bush opened to a level space
in front of the Congella, when a heavy and well-
directed firefrom the bush was poured on them ; upon
which they immediately formed and commenced a
fire in return while the two six-pounders were loading. I

" Unfortunately one of the draught oxen being
shot caused some interruption, but this being soon got
over, a destructive fire from our guns silenced for a
while our opponents ; but several more of the oxen
being wounded, on escaping out of their traces, rushed
among the troops and caused much delay and con-
fusion in the ranks. This circumstance again favoured
the Boers, who, taking advantage of it, opened a re-
newed fire with their long pieces (much more destruc-
tive than a musket,) and a severe loss among the
troops was the consequence.
"Finding, then, that I was not likely to accom-
plish the purpose for which I had put the detachment
in motion, and that the men were falling fast, I
thought it expedient to retire ; effecting, this object
after some delay, the partial rising of the tide render-
ing the road difficult. The troops, however, reached
the camp about two o'clock in tolerable order, leaving
behind them, I regret to say, the guns, which the
death of the oxen rendered it impossible to remove.
" Thinking it probable this partial success of the
farmers might induce them to make an immediate
attack on the camp, I made such preparations as I
thought necessary, and found my suspicions realised
shortly after by a large body of them opening a heavy
fire on three sides of it. This was met by a spirited
resistance on our part, but they did not finally retire
until about an hour before day-break.
" Such, I regret to inform you, has been the result of
this attack, and the consequent loss has been severe,
the total in both skirmishes being such as detailed in
the enclosed return. One great cause of failure I
attributed to the mismanagement of the boat, in
which I had placed the howitzer, by the shells of
which I had hoped the farmers would have been
thrown into confusion, but she dropped down too late
to be of any use, and even then took up a position too
distant for her fire to produce much effect.
" Among the many matters connected with the
subject of this report, and awakening the deepest re-
gret, is the death of Lieutenant Wyatt, of the Royal
Artillery, who for the two previous days had exerted
himself much in making the necessary arrangements.
He was killed early in the action. Of the zealous
exertions of Captain Lonsdale and Lieutenant Lun-
nard, of the 27th Regiment, I was also deprived, both
these officers being severely wounded. In fact, under
•the trying circumstances in which the detachment
was placed, I have only to regret that, with such
willingness to perform the duty assigned to them, the
result should have been so unfortunate.

" The loss on the part of the Boers it is difficult to
estimate, but I am told it has been severe. The whole
of this day they have made no movement, but I have
to give them the credit of treating such of the
wounded as fell into their hands with great humanity.
These, with the bodies of those who fell, they sent to
the camp in the course of the afternoon, and to-mor-
row the sad duty of interring our departed comrades
will take place. _ _

" What steps the farmers may take I cannot at this
moment surmise with any degree a certainty, though
I think it probable they will again demand that I quit
the territory they call their own within a certain time.
I shall, of course, do what I can to maintain myself
in my present position ; but considering the number
of the disaffected, and the means they possess of mo-
lesting the troops, I beg to urge the neeessity of a
speedy reinforcement, as I scarcely consider the
troops at present stationed here sufficient for the per-
formance of the duty. to which they have been as-
signed. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obe-
dient, humble servant,

"J. C. SMITH,
" Captain' 27th Regiment, commanding.
" His Honour Colonel Hare, C.. 8. and K.H,

•
Lieutenant-Governor," &c.
RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING, BE-
LONGING TO TnE DETACHMENT UNDER COMMAND OF
CAPT. J. C. SMITH, 27TH REGIMENT, ON THE NIGHT
OF THE 23D AND MORNING OF THE 24TH OF MAY, &c.

Royal Artillery Killed Lieutenant Wyatt ;
gunners, Springhold, Speed, and Hawkes. Severely
wounded—Bombadier Sadbrok. Slightly wounded—
Gunner Stubbs. _ .

Royal Sappers—Slightly wounded—Privates Bur-
ridge and Sebbs.
27th Regiment—Killed—Privates A. Callaghan, J.
Fitzpatrick, S. Greeson, J. Griffin, W. Grime, R.
Kerr, W. Bowles, and J. Bowne.
lst and 2d Companies—Dangerously wounded—
llayeock, J. Fitzpatrick, and James Fitzpatrick.
Slightly wounded—li. Stuart, J. Baker, J. Glancy-,
and W. Gallaghan. SeVerely wounded—D. Donohoe.
James Kelly, and J. Sullivan.
3d and 4th Companies—Severely wounded—Cap-
thin Lonsdale, Sergeant Clynn, Privates J. Carroll,
J. Ford, J. Kane. and Doherty. Dangerously
wounded—Privates Kerberry, H. Coyne, T. Higgin,
and J. Mulvey. Slightly wounded—Sergeant Arm-
strong, Cogan, J. Ford, J. Kane, and J. Reaves.
Missing—J. Breslen, 2d Company.

Buekstone took his leave of the New York public
on the 13th of July with the following characteristic re-
marks:—" Ladies and Gentlemen—As it is not the first
time that I have received the compliment of a call before
the curtain in this theatre, I ought to have been pre-
pared with an oration—especially on an occasion like
the present—but I am not ; and, therefore, feel like a
detected culprit, without a word to say for myself; ex-
cept to thank the American public, through you, for
many considerable favours. I came out here as an im-
porter. My stock in trade was but a few laughs, and as
I have sold them over and over again, I think it is time
to go home fora fresh supply ; and though the cus-
tomers to this store have not been quite so numerous as
formerly, in consequence of a great demand for another
article, yet I still hope for a return of good times, and
that jokes and hearty laughs will go off as briskly us
ever. Your liberal patronage has enabled me to travel
throughout the United States, and I have to thank you
for many pleasant hours passed in this country. In re-
turn, ladies and gentlemen, I wish you health, happiness,
and a speedy re-appearance of prosperous days." With
this address the theatre closed.

THE MONUMENT.—The City Lands Committee,
at a meeting on Monday, determined to prevent any
other persons from precipitating themselves from the top
of this pillar, by having some strong iron bars fixed
sufficiently close over the head of the visitor to leave no
chance of squeezing through. The additional railings
will be painted white, so as tc be invisible at a distance.
The Surveyor of Works was directed to proceed with
the alteration immediately ; ant, till it is finished, the
Monument will remain closed.
TuE Poitz of GOOLE.—There is a considerable
improvement in the shipping trade of this pert within the
last two weeks ; our docks are well filled, and the want
of warehouse-room is found to be a great obstruction to
business.

BRAZIL.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Every honourable mind revolts at the idea of occa-
sioning a run upon any particular bank or mercantile
firm, by unfounded reports as to their solvency, and
must join in condemning the person who can be
guilty of such conduct, which not only leads to the
failure of the parties thus attacked, but causes great
loss and inconvenience to the public. The mischief,
however, may be much greater to the latter, when
a Government is thus calumniated, and its funds
sought to be rendered valueless, or deteriorated in
the money market. - •
I have been led to make these remarks in conse-
quence of a series of unmerited attacks, since the
recal of a late diplomatist (a well-known colleague of
the Andrades, the always-Anarchists of Brazil),
having been made in a Morning Paper, against the
credit of the Brazilian Government and Treasury.

As a proof of the inaccuracy of the intelligence or
facts stated in those articles, 1 shall select the follow-
ing few, as I am apprehensive it would take up too
much of my time, and of your space, to go through
the whole. A sample or two will satisfy the most
sceptic :
in the first place the writers assert that " the
Rivolution! in the province of St. Paulo was daily
becoming wider-spread, and therefore more formi-
dable and difficult of suppression ; whilst the Govern-
ment in revenge was every day becoming weaker."
A Government becoming weaker in revenge! was
ever such nonsense recorded ! and at the time of
writing the first sentence the writer must have known
that the insurgents, or rebels, had been completely
defeated.

Then he proceeds to say that the rebel " Paulistas,
comprehending as they do not alone the mass of the
pr.,,0,p1e of that extensive province, but headed as they
are by all the persons of the greatest wealth, intelli-
gence, and influence, including the late Regent of the
empire." Why not give the names of those influen-
tial, &c., persons, and of the Ex, or rather Ex-Ex-
-111,,,ent ? for a very good reason, because he cannot
give any of the former, and if he had said the latter
was Senhor Padre Diego Antonio Faijo, every body
acquainted with Brazils would have known that he
had been disinissed the Regency for incompetency,
and resigned his Senatorship from incapacity, in con-
sequence of a paralytic seizure some four or five years
agol an active man to head an insurrection !
Then again Senhor Jose Feliciano Pinto Coelho ,is
represented as at the head of another revolutionary
party in Minas Genies • whereas it is one of the noto-
rious Andrades, who having thus committed himself
as a rebel (which Senhor Pinto Coelho was too pru-
dent to do), it is to be hoped will meet the reward all
rebels deserve. It is stated, with the same regard to
truth, that the rebels in Minas Geraes " amounted to
4,000 men, and were everywhere received with en-
thusiasm ;" whereas they only consisted of from 200
to 300, and had never left Barbacena, to which
the insurrection had been confined, and where no
doubt it has been long since crushed ; and those in-
significant movements in Saint Paulo and Minas
Geraes, will, it is to be expected, from the prompt and
decided measures taken by the present Government,
be soon put down, as those much more formidable in-
surrections were in Bahia, Pernambuco, Maranham
Para, and St. Catherina—and as that in Rio Grande
will, we hope, likewise shortly be.
Our clever writer, with wonderful tact, tells us we
must believe what he says, in preference to the Brazilian
journals, as they are all in the pay of the Government—
and calls the Jornal do Commercio, of Rio de Janeiro,
a Government Paper, when he must have seen the
declaration in its front page, that "it publishes all the
public acts of the Government, but is not an official
paper." It is further asserted that all the opposition
papers have been bought over, or put down by the
Government—when in fact they went down of their
own accord, for want of support from the public.
All the houses connected with Brazils in the city,
can be appealed to for the truth of my assertions.
Let us contrast the accounts published in those Rio
newspapers, and then look attentively " at this picture
and at that."

At or near the town of Campinas in St. Paulo, the
rebels had been defeated, dispersed, and pursued by
Baron Caxias ; therefore the movement had not
moved from the spot it broke out at—Sorocaba.
At Barbacena, in Minas Geraes, a disturbance took
place on the 10th, when the parties proclaimed Jose
Feliciano Pinto Coelho, president, and at first im-
prisoned a few individuals, whom they afterwards
liberated ; but the number of the rabble they could
collect did not exceed 200, badly armed. The
military officers on the spot immediately called out
the National Guards, whilst the President of the
Province, and the Commander of the Forces at Ouro-
Preto were prepared to send some regular troops to
quell the insurrection at once.

In all the other provinces of the empire the utmost
tranquillity prevailed, and the most sincere and
hearty assurances of loyalty and attachment to the
Sovereign and Constitution, and of obedience to the
laws and orders of the Government were pouring in
from all parts, from those of the provinces of St.
Paulo and Minas Geraes in particular, notwithstand-
ing all the arts practised and false reports resorted to
by the leaders of the rebel party.
Since the foregoing was written, another, and, if
possible, a still more virulent attack has been made
in the Morning Paper alluded to. Indeed so violent,
and without any apparent cause on the part of the pro-
fessed writer of it, that I am wholly at a loss to account
for his motives. There is at the same time such in-
consistency and dereliction of. the principles, high
Tory, which the public journal in question professes
to entertain, that I cannot refrain from noticing them.
In the same day's periodical the riots and disturb-
ances in our own country are decried, and the aiders
and abettors stigmatised, whilst the instigators and
promoters of the disturbances in Brazils are lauded to
the skies. Brazils may be, and is no doubt, labour-
ing under financial difficulties; and is not England in
a similar situation ? Witness the Income-tax--reform
of the Customs tariff. Should the Andrades and their
insurrection succeed, that empire would very soon
stop payment of the dividendl on its foreign debt;
consequently English writers who espouse their cause
are cutting their own throats. A sample of the An-
drades and their compeers' regard for the national
credit and honest intentions towards the Bondholders,
was exhibited not long since by withholding the cus-
tomary notice of the payment of the dividends.