" IN TOWN, OUT OF TOWN— ALL THE WORLD OYER." BT © 33. iUIDAY, AUCTST 12, 1833. S* rlce yd. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, Aug. 1, 1832. TVrOTJCi; is hereby r/ iven to all persons desirous of Con- i. > 1 tracting to supply BBEF and MUTTON to his Majesty's Land Forces in cantonments, quarters, and barracks, in the undermen. boned counties and islands :— Bedford, Berks ( including the town of Hungerford), Bucks, Cam- bridge ( including the town of Newmarket), Chester, Cornwall ( includ. Jtag^ illy), Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham ( including Jjiuy island), Essex ( exclusive of Tilbury Fort), Gloucester ( including the city of Bristol), lfants, Hereford, Hertford,. Hunts, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Kent ( including Tilbury Fort, in the county of Essex), Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, North- ampton! Northumberland ( including Berwick- on- Tweed), Nottingham, " Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, WM'wick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, York, North and South Wales, in the several counties in North Britain, and in the islands of Aldernev, Guernsey, and Jersey. That the deliveries ttre to commence on and for the 1st day of Oc- tober next; that the Proposals in writing, sealed up and marked Tender for Army Supplies," wilt be received at this office on or before Thursday, file 6tli day of September; hut none will be received after eleven o'clock on tliat day. Proposals must be made separately for each county and island, except £ or. » , ie counties comprising North and South Wales, all of which must w- included in one tender; likewise tile islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey, as also the several counties in North Britain ; and each Pro- posal must have the letter which is annexed to the Tender properly tilled up by twrt peWions of known property engaging to become bound with . pie |) ar » r tendering in the amount stated' in the printed particulars, for the d. ite performance of the contract; and no Proposal will be noticed unless made on a printed Tender, anil the prices expressed in words at rcngth. And should it so. happen, that during the continuance of tlie contract no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, tlie amount of the Stamps on the contract and bond, paid in tlie first in- * t< ince by tW contractor, will be refunded to him. _ N. B. It. is particularly desired that persons wishing to tender will not make use of any forms but those recently printed, which may be had hrlrtU application at this office, between the hours of teh atid four ; and yt the Barrack- Masters in the islaitds of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man. THH COLOSSEUM, KEGENT'S- PAKK.— The Pro- prietors of these magnificent Exhibitions respectfully invite the attention of tile Public to the Reduced Price of Admission to the follow- ing Objects ttf attraction, viz., To the whole Interior of the Building, containing the Panorama of London and its Environs, as seen from three galleries, the Saloon of Arts, the Ball and Cross from St. Paul's Cathedral, and View from the Summit, One Shilling. To the Conservatories, Fountain, Marine Cavern, Swiss Cottage, Al- pmeSc^ ryVWaterfalls, etc., One Shilling. TO THE FASHIONABLE WORLD. 1 NE PLUS ULTRA of FASHION," so much admired ahd sought in all Countries, is no longer confined to the Oriental Shawl. The matchless choice of long and square Lama and other Shawls, just introduced, at Williams's celebrated Depot, 111, Ox- ford- street, corner of Regent- circus, possesses, in a superlative degree, the same elegance of drapery, chaste exquisiteness of style, and elastic ileNvny softness, hitherto exclusively found in Eastern productions; other magnificent attractions in the New Parisian Cloak, trimmed and lined with Fur, at 47. each, worth 81; and the rich plain Mantles and Cloaks, at 30s. to 50a, Upwards of one thousand are now ready on sale, and are richly blended in a stock, abounding in novelties, well wortliv the especial notice of the liaut ton. WILLIAMS'S Silk Warehouse, Corner of the Regent Circus, Oxford- street. India Shawls bought and exchanged. DIORAMA, REGENT'S- PAKK.— The attention of tiie Public is respectfully invited to the Two new and attractive Pictures now exhibiting at the above establishment, viz.— PARIS, taken from Montmartre, by M. 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Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill, Just published, price 4s. 6d. Part II. of TH E R Y R O N G A L L E R Y; a scries of splendid Historical Plates to illustrate the Poetical Works of Lord Byron : beautifully engraved from Drawings and Paint- ings by tile most celebrated Artists, and adapted, by their size and ex- cellenco^ to bind up with and embellish every edition of Lord Byron's Works. A limited number of proofs have been taken on royal quarto : price, on plain paper, 6s.; India, 7s. 6( 1.; India, before the letters, 10s. 6d. Published by Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH. NEW- ROAD, ItlNG'S- CROSS, LONDON. MR. MOIUSON, the President, and Mr. MOAT, ( lie Vice- President, in conjunction with all the Honorary Members, and Country Agents of the British College of Health, being now fully borne out with the conviction, approbation, and indubitable proofs, of upwards of 200,000 individuals ( who had been thrown aside by the Fa- culty, and out of the Hospitals, as incurable) having been restored to sound health by the " Universal Medicines -," with all this incontro- vertible mass of evidence in support of the Hygeian Theory and Prac- tice, which challenges the controversy of the whole body of Medicists, under the old system to subvert, they, the heads of the College, hesitate not to declare, in the face of the Faculty, that this new light must com- pletely change the whole course of the Materia Medica, and introduce a new era in tlie science of physic: that, in fact, mankind will be taught, in future, a new and certain mode of investigating the nature and cause of Diseases in general, and of possessing a certain and harmless mode of cure, making every individual his own efficient doctor. In confirmation of what is here asserted, the heads of the College mean to insert, in this Paper, a continued series of new cases, from individuals giving their names, residences, and dates of time of cure, all of which have been voluntarily given, and ascertainable as to the facts by inquiry CULLK OF LIVER COMPLAINT AND INWARD GROWTH. Mr. Moat, Sir,— I feel it not only my duty, but also my privilege, that 1 ain now enabled, with lieart- felt gratitude, to address you, as the mean, in the band of God, of restoring to me my long- lost and des- paired of health. About nine years ago I was seized with an infection in the liver, which occasioned severe pains in my side, back, and shoulders, accompanied with the want of appetite, severe vomiting, and frequent faintings. Having applied to many medical gentlemen without success, as to the removing of my complaints, I placed myself under the care of the faculty -. under whose care 1 remained for ten weeks, and at the end of which period I found myself reduced to almost tlie last thread of life. Notwithstanding all the attention that was paid to me, my complaints still remained. I left tliem, and was brought home, where I continued ill such a weakly state, that for five weeks 1 could not lift my head from the pillow without assistance. Recovering a little, I lingered on, still under my complaints ; and about five years ago, in addition to my former grievous complaints, I was afflicted with an inward growth. Having, since that time, the best medical aid in the city, I got occasional relief; but my complaints all remained and in- creased. My very attentive and much- respected medical attendant told me tliat 1 could not be cured without undergoing ail operation ; - but my weakly state of body would not permit it. 1 had no other prospect, therefore, but suffering and death ; and was, to all appearance, drag- ging out to the end a painful existence, when I providentially heard of you, and of the unequalled power of your Vegetable Universal Medi- cine. Having had an interview with you, I soon perceived that you understood the nature of my complaints, and assured me of a perfect cure if 1 would commence with and persevere with your medicine. My case being hopeless, I thought to remain as I was was certain death, and to comply with your advice could be nothing worse. 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In Monthly Numbers, price only 2s. 6d., super royal 8vo. or India proofs, large paper, 5s., to commence on the lst of September, 1832, MAJOR'S CABINET NATIONAL GALLERY of PICTURES, selected from the splendid Collections of Art which adorn Great Britain; to be engraved on steel, in the line man- ner, and published at a price so moderate as to place the best Works of the greatest Masters within the reach of all Classes. The whole illus- trated with historical and critical descriptions and dissertations by Allan Cunningham. Each Number will contain three highly- finished Engravings, price only 2s. 6d.; India proofs, 5s. Fifty sets of the plates only, in folio, , before the letters, will be struck off, price 7s. 6d. each Number. Every twelve Numbers to form a Volume of thirty - six Plates, with about two hundred pages of literary illustration by A. Cunningham, esq.; prin- cipal draughtsmen to the work, T. C. Holland, esq. and J. Stephanoff, esq. historical painter in water- colours to his Majesty. Early Numbers will comprise, besides choice historical and other subjects from the National Gallery, some valuable unpublished Speci- mens of Vandyck, Wilson, and Gainsborough, & c. & c. from private collections. The whole to be executed in the line manner by Edwards, Engelheart, Duncan, Fox, Nicholson, Robinson, E. and W. R. Smith, Wortliington, & c. most say, a miracle on me. I am in perfect health, enjoying a good appetite, and sound sleep. I am indeed weakly, my bodily strength being so much reduced before 1 saw you; but I now feel myself daily gaining that strength which I had so long lost. No case could be more hopeless than mine was. No person need be afraid to take your medi- cine ; it is powerful and perfectly safe, and will assuredly have the de- Mired effect, if persevered in. Owing to the singular benefit I have received from it, and out of gratitude to you, 1 shall do what is in my power to circulate it for the good of others. Though 1 am persuaded that it is the Lord who hath healed me, for my well- springs are all in him, yet to you, as the instrument in his hand, I return my most sin- PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. w. order, the same as for a Magazine, by any Bookseller in the king, Country Booksellers may receive enlarged prospectuses of any London agent. T H E T U R T L E AIR—" Jessy of Dumblain." DOVE. „--„ — — Wonderfully our labours in many cases equally hopeless, and known in this neigh- bourhood. ihat you may long be spared to distribute your Universal Vegetable Medicine, and so become more and more a universal bless- lnK;., 15Ah?, slncere desire of, Very dear Sir, yours most truly, 4(| G, Gallowgate, Glasgow, Oct. 27, 1831. ELIZABETH EWING I lie " Vegetable Universal Medicines" are to be had at the College, New- road, Kmg's- cross, London; at the Surrey Branch, 96, Great Sur- rey- street, Illackfriars-, Mr. Field's, 10, Air- street, Quadrant; Mr (. liappell's Royal Exchange: Mr. Walker's, Lamb's Conduit- passage, Red Lion- square; Mr. J. Loft's, 10, Mile End- road; Mr. Bennett's, Co- yent- earden- roarket; Mr. llaydon's, Fleur- de- lis- court, Norton- folgate; Mr. Haslett s, 147, Ratcliffe- higlnvay; Messrs. Norhury's, Brentford Mrs. Stepping, Clare- market; Messrs. 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THE Proprietors of the NEW SPORTING MAGA- ZINE, in soliciting the attention of the Public to the following List of the Embellishments that have already appeared, avail themselves of the opportunity to state, that in the Literary Department will be found contributions from the pens of all the most esteemed writers on Sport- ing Subjects of the present day, including, " Nimrod," " Nim South," " Dashwood," " The Yorkshireman," " Sylvanus Swanquill," andmany others, for evidence of whose ability tliey confidently refer to the already published numbers. The embellishments of each volume are thirteen in number, and the following compose those in VOLUME I. No. 1. Portrait of JOHN WARDE, Esq. on his favourite Horse. En- graved by Webb, from a Painting by Mr. W. Barraud. 2. DEAD RED DEER. Engraved by Scott, from a Painting by E. Landseer, R. A. 3. PARTRIDGE SHOOTING. Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. 4. FLY FISHING. Engraved by Scott, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. 5. His Majesty's Horse, THE COLONEL. Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by Berenger. 6. THE HAUNTS OF THE CHAMOIS. A View in the Alps by Colonel Batty. 7. " SPANIEL," the winner of the Derby in 1831. Engraved by Scott, from a Painting by Herring. 8. BLACK GAME. Engraved by Raddon, from a Painting by A. Cooper, 11. A. 9. " CAMEL," a celebrated Stallion. Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. 10. " GADFLY," a celebrated Hound, the property of his Majesty. Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by R. B. Davis. 11. RACING, No. I. THE STARTING POST. Engraved by Scott, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. 12. A SEA VIEW. His Grace tlie Duke of Portland's Yacht, " PAN- TALOON." Engraved by W. R. Smith, from- a Painting by J. C. Sclietky, Marine Painter to his Majesty. 13. A Vignette Title- page, FOX AND RABBITS. Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. VOLUME II. No. 1. WOODCOCK SHOOTING. Engraved by Raddon, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. 2. THE WILD BOAR AND THE SAU- FINDER. A View on the Klein Wintenburg, Saxony. Drawn and Etched by Colonel Batty. 3. " CHORISTER," Winner of the St. Leger, 1831. Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by Herring. 4. RABBIT SHOOTING. Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by A. Cooper, It. A. 5. " TRIM," a celebrated Sussex Spaniel. Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by E. Landseer, R. A. 6. THE TEAL. Engraved by Scott, from a Painting by A. Cooper. R. A. 7. HUNTING. No. I. " GOING TO COVER." Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. 8. " ORELIO," an Imported Arabian. Engraved by Scott. 9. WILD FOWL SHOOTING. Engraved by Golding, from a Picture by A. Cooper, It. A. 10. " SMOAKF. R." Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. 11. " BEIRAM." Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by Herring. 12. TH U HAUNTS OF THE IBEX. Drawn and Etched by Col. Batty. 13. A Vignette Title- page, " THE HARE." Engraved by Webb, from a Painting by A. Cooper, It. A. VOLUME III. No. 1. THE SADLER. Engraved by Scott, from a Painting by Herring-. 2. OWLS. Engraved by Webb, from a Drawing by J. Hewitt. 3. FLY FISHING. Engraved by Smith, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. 4. A MULE PHEASANT. Engraved by Raddon, from a Painting by A. Cooper, R. A. 5. RACING. No. II. Engraved by Scott, from a Painting by A. Cooper, It. A. 6. THE STRING BOCK, OR CAPE DEER. Drawn and Etched by Colonel Batty. 7. ST. GILES ( the winner of the last Derby). Engraved by Scott, from a Painting by Herring. 8. TROUT. Engraved by Raddon, from a Paint ing by A. Cooper, R. A. " GALATA" ( winner of the Oaks) is in the hands of the engraver, and will appear in an early number. The NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE is published on the first of every month, by Messrs. Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster- row, of whom, andalso at Mr. Ackermann's Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent- street, proof impressions of the plates, and all tlie back numbers, either in volumes or singly, may be had, price 2s. 6d. each, or 15s. a number. N, B, No doubly numbers. As lonely I sat on a calm summer's morning, To breathe the soft incense that flowed on the wind, I mus'd on my boots in tlieir bright beauty dawning, By Warren's Jet Blacking— the pride of mankind. In tlieir bright jetty gloss, ev'ry feature divinely Was shewn, and appear'd with such lustre to glow ; No high- polish'd glass could have shewn them so finely, As Warren's Jet Blacking, the pride of the beau. On a maple- tree near sat a turtle bewailing, With sorrowful cooings, the loss of lier love; Each note that she utter'd seem'd sadness exhaling, And plaintively echo'd around the still grove. When lo! in my boots the lone mourner perceived Her form, and suppos'd that her lover was there ; Even I, tliat the vision was real, half believed— The Blacking reflected her image so clear. She hover'd around, at tlie figure still gazing— Anxiety seem'd but to heighten her woe:' She perch'd on tbe boot with a courag'e amazing, And fondled the vision that bloom'a in its glow. How wild were her cries, when the fairy illusion She found but a cheating and transient shade; Like Hope's airy dreams, but a faded delusion That shone in the bloom Warren's Blacking displayed. I pity'd the dove, for my bosom was tender— 1 pity'd the strain that she gave to the wind; But I ne'er shall forget the superlative^ plendour Of Warren's Jet Blacking— the pride of mankind. This easy- sliining and brilliant BLACKING, prepared by ROBERT WARREN, 30, Strand, London; and sold in every town in the kingdom, Liquid, in Bottles, and Paste Blacking, in Tots, at 6d., 12d., and lsd. each. Be particular to inquire for Warren's, 30, Strand: all others are counterfeit. From the LONDON GAZETTE of Tuesday and Friday last. CROWN- OFFICE, AUG. 7.— The days and places appointed for holding the Assizes on the Northern Circuit for the County of York and tlie City of York, for the Summer Assizes, 1832, before Mr. Justice JAMES PAHKE, Mr. BARON BOLLAND. YORKSHIRE— Monday, Aug. 27, at the Castle of York. CITY OF YORK— The same day, at the Guildhall of the City of York. WAR- OFFICE, AUH. 10.— 13th Regiment of Foot— J. W. Forbes, gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gisborne, whose appointment lias not taken place. 24th Foot— Capt. A. Smith, from lialf- pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Andros, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 33d Foot— Capt. A. W. Mackay, from half- pay Unattached, to be Cap- tain, vice Lord Wallscourt, who retires. 42d Foot— Hon. R. Rollo, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sandeman, promoted. GOtii'Foot— Lieut. R. Gibbons to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gold- frap; Second Lieutenant J. Munro to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gibbons ; and T. G. Gisbome, gent, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Munro. 83d Foot— Assistant Surgeon I). Pitcairn, from the Hospital Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Watson, deceased. 85th Foot— G. R. " promoted. Osborn, gent, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Brown, 87th Foot— Lieut. Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ramsay, who retires ; Second Lieutenant Lord J. Chichester to be First Lieutena* t, by purchase, vice Cox ; and Second Lieutenant C. II. Fitzroy Vigors, from the Ceylon Regiment, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Lord J. Chichester. Ceylon Regiment— T. Chute, gent, to be Second Lieutenant, by pur- chase, vice Vigors, appointed to tbe 87th Regiment. UNATTACHED.— Lieut. A. Viscount Fincastle, from the 60th Regi- ment, to be Captain, by purchase; and Ensign Hon. R. H. Browne, from 85th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by purchase. MEMORANDA.— Tlie name of the Major appointed to the 6tli Dra- goons, on the 19th ult. is " Ratcliffe," and not " Radcliffe," as stated.— Lieut. W. Kirsopp, half- pay 20th Foot, lias been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an Unattached Commission. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 8.— Royal Regiment of Artillery— First Lieutenant G. S. Maule to be Second Captain, vice Birch, retired on half- pay; and Second Lieutenant G. Gambier to be First Lieutenant, vice Maule. INSOLVENTS. W. N. Bewsher, Brighton, brewer— J. Henderson, Hanover- square, hotel keeper. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. A. Dawson, Park- street, Grosvenor- square, lodging- liouse- keeper— J. and G. O. Clarke, Newport Pagnell, Bucks, corn- dealers— J. Fry, Bristol, tailor. BANKRUPTS. H. Watson, Crown- row, Wahvorth- road, tea- dealer— J. Biddle, Lon- don- road, Surrey, oilman— G. Fellows, John's- court, King- street, Snow- liill, commission agent— J. Sellers, jun., Burnley, Lancashire, cotton spinner— W. Bolton, Harvington, Worcestershire, cattle dealer—.!. Norris, Liverpool, earthenware dealer— W. A. Warwick, Romford, wine merchant— T. Poole, ForC- street, draper— H. Robertson, Aylesbury- street, Cierkenwell, surgeon— J. Weddcll, Burr- street, East Smithfleld, ship owner— M. Agate, Horsliam, Sussex, grocer— D. S. Feild, Wor- cester- place, Upper Thames- street, coffee- roaster— C. and J. Gendall, Exeter, carvers and gilders— C. Wessen, Bristol, grocer— T. Henley, Birmingham, glass- cutter— J. Shaw, Westbromwich; "" ordshire, tailor— W. Wright, New Windsor, grocer— D. Scott, - fey U- street, l^ loodm. an's- iiclds, dealer in Scotch ale. HOUSE OF LORDS. 1. FORGERY RILL— On Monday, Lord WYNI* 0RI » lie did not mean lo oppose this bill, which lay on U » eix lord- ships' table for a second reading. Willi the viGW of ob- taining the fullest information ere legislating ore tiie . sub- ject, lie should move, however, for certain returns'.- reminded the house of Sir Samuel ltomilly's bill, imftt ® - doced in 1808, by which capital punishment for tho offence of privately stealing in dwelling- houses was aW- lislicd. One of liis motions was for a return of the con- victions for this olTcnce during three years before, and! three years after, the passing of the bill. " He would, while on this subject, advert to certain remarks, attributed to some of the judges on circuit, respecting his amend- ment to the sentence of death bill. He felt assured that the learnedl judges could not have made the singular observations set forth in, their name. He entertained this conviction because, by a proviso, of the bill, the law in question could not affect the royal preroga- tive, and these learned judges, who lectured on humanity, had only to write to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, iu order to have the sentence reduced to a minor punishment, or eit- tirely done away with." Tlie noble baron concluded by moving for a return con- nected with Sir R. Peel's bill, fixing the punishment of transportation for the second conviction of larceny. Earl GREY did not objcct lo the motions, though he was of opinion that the returns would not afford conclusive! evidence oil tho question they were intended to elucidate. " As to the sentiments said to have been expressed by the judges, on circuit, respecting the bill lately before that house, by which, capital punishments for stealing cattle were abolished, he felt, in, common with the noble lord, surprised at them ; and must say* Ihat if the judges really made the observations attributed to them, they bad taken a very erroneous view of the subject. He ( Earl Grey) had agreed to the amendment of the noble lord ( Wynford), and'did not consider the discretion of the judges to be in any de- gree limited by ils adoption." 3. CHANCERY OFFICES' ABOLITION BILL,— The LORD CHANCELLOR, on Tuesday, moved the third reading of this bill, which, after some objections liy Lord Wjnford, was passed. It is to conic into operation on Ihe 20th of August, 1833. The LORD CHANCELLOR said—" As this bill it now passed, I trust that 1 may he indulged by being allowed to address a few words to your lordships, which I have abstained from doing until now. I am sorry to find, from what has passed in another house, that some observations which I made at an early stage of this measure have given pain— I will not say iu what quarter, for I never once referred to any individual, by name or description, in a way which was unparliamentary or offensive; and if I had done so, vour lordships would have been the first to correct lue. I un- derstand, however, that my observations have given pain, and it i » always deeply painful to me to give pain. 1 trust I may be al- lowed to add, that I do not say that I made these observations under the influence of irritation or anger. I will not say to; but I did feel a degree of contempt and scorn for a charge which I understood to have been insinuated against mc, at the very moment of my life ( and I will venture to say, at the moment of the life of any public man, be lie who he may, that ever existed) when such a charge was least merited. I felt that this charge was insinuated at a moment when I was in the course of doing w hat I freely admit to have been an act of sonic imprudence ; it may, perhaps, bo called folly,— an act which, considering every thing, strictly speak- ing, I had' no right, in point of ordinary prudence, to do. I felt it a little irksome to have insinuations thrown out against me, as if my conduct was sordid, and inconsistent with my principles, at the very time when to those principles I was making a great and sub- stantial sacrifice. It would be folly— it would be mere childish- ness, to say that I do not feel that the sacrifice which I was then making was considerable, but, so help me God, I had not the slightest reluctance in making it. I mention this circumstance as a reason why I felt great scorn and contempt at the insinuation w hich was directed against me, and when I was expressing myself, I per- haps carried my scorn and contempt further than 1 ought, and ap- plied them in some respect, or at least made them seem to apply, to the quarter from which the charge came, w hereas 1 should hate applied my scorn and contempt to the charge itself." 3. TITHE COMPOSITION IRELAND RILL.— On Thursday the second reading of this bill was read by the Marquis of Lansdownc. Earl GREY, in answer to a question by the Marquis of Wcstmeath, slated that ministers at present entertained no intention lo ask lor an increase of the powers of the executive, with a view lo maintain tranquillity in Ireland. The LORD CHANCELLOR was convinced that tho law as it stood afforded sufficient means of putting down insur- rection. " The habeas corpus act had been, comparatively speaking, but recently introduced into Ireland, or, be should rather say, an act analogous lo the English habeas corpus act, which was applied in the 22( 1 or 23d year of the reign of George the Third, at the close of tbe American war. ' The act contained a clause to prevent im- prisonment beyond the seas; but if lie was not much mistaken, the Irish act had no provision of that nature ; but of this he was quite certain, Ihat the Lord Lieutenant of lieland had full power to sus- pend that act, without the intervention of parliament, in cases of in- vasion or rebellion. Now he begged to observe, that it was for the executive to judge of what was rebellion. ( Hear.) For hit own part, lie did not hesitate to declare as a lawyer, as well as in hit capacity as a member of parliament, that rebellion consisted no lesi in assemblages of large bodies of people, adopting measures by which the law was placed in abeyance, than in the insurrection of whole provinces, and the array of disciplined insurgents against the King's troops." The Duke ot WF. LLINGTON expressed his satisfaction at the sentiments expressed by the Lord Chancellor. " Willi respect to Ihe bill before the house, he wished it to pass unanimously, being of opinion that it was the commencement of a series of measures which bad for their objcct the pacification of Ireland. ( Hear.)" The bill was then read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 1. DECCAN PRIZE MONEY.— Mr. WAKBURToNjM- esented, on Monday, two petitions respecting the Decean priaio money ; one from Sir Lionel Smith, lute commanderol'llio 4th division of the Deccan army in India, wlio contended that the booty taken at Poonah ought to go to tho actual captors of that town; the other petition was from Sir P. Hislop, commander- in- chief of the armj iii tlie Deccan, who maintained that ihe scheme of distention approved of by the truslecs of the Deccan booty it^ 18* 26 and 1828 360 THE TOWI¥. August 12. was not such as they were warranted in ordering. The hon. member went into a minute history of tho case. " The booty had been taken in the war of 1817, which had been entered upon in order to put down the Pindarres and the Mahrattas. There were two armies in the field, one commanded by the Marquis of Hastings, called the Grand Army, and the other the army of the Deccan, commanded by Sir Thomas Hislop. There had been a contention between tbe Lords of tbe Treasury upon an appeal from a decision of the Marquis of Hastings, whether there were actually two armies in India— the Marquis of Hastings terming both a com- bined army, of which he was commander- in- chief, while Sir Thomas Hislop contended that the army of the Deccan was a separate army, and that he, as commander- in- chief of the army, was entitled to the flag- eighth of the booty captured by it. The Marquis of Hastings had taken the field in the month of September, and his, the grand army, certainly having achieved great victories, was broken up in the month of February following; while Sir Thomas Hislop took the field in the raontlrof August, a month before the Marquis of Hastings; and havjng, with the Deccan army, achieved victories ® t'" """ J decisive, remained in tbe field until the latter end of March, six weeks longer than the Marquis of Hastings. The booty captured was very great. That taken by the Deccan army was very large— according to the returns about 850,000/. or 900,000/. ' ® rs' « the Marquis of Hastings bad taken a very liberal view with respect to the Deccan army, and it appeared, both from private correspondence and from his general orders, that he had no inten- iCMion of contending the prize. In his published letter to the Ad- jutant- General of the Deccan army, written in 1819, he said, that neither he nor the Bengal army had any tiling to do wilh what had been captured by the army under Sir Thomas Hislop, wilh this ex- ception, that any division of the Bengal army which had actually co- operated with Sir T. Hislop should have a share. This liberal decision of the Marquis of Hastings did not, however, last long. In his valedictory address to the army in the month of February, tbe Marquis first used the term " combined army," and soon after, in the month of April, he described Sir T. Hislop's army as " a corps of the combined army." The effect of this would be, that the Marquis of Hastings would take l- 8th of the booty captured by both the armies, making a difference of 100,000/. in bis favour. On the 22d of June he sent a dispatch to the East India Company, desiring them to take the opinion of counsel upon the propriety of his decision ; and he afterwards sent a dispatch to the same effect to Sir T. Hislop, on the ground that all prize taken belonged to the King, and that its division amongst the army was a matter of grace and favour. The details of the whole matter were laid before the Lords of the Treasury in the years 1829 and 1823, five years after the actual capture. A Treasury minute, under warrant by tbe sign manual, of the 22d of March, 1823, embodied the principle upon which the distribution was to be made. The principle laid down in the first minute completely established that which Sir T. Hislop contended for, and laid down the principle of actual capture, as contrasted with that of constructive capture put forward by the Marquis of Hastings. The Treasury declared it to be most just and equitable to adhere to the principle of actual capture, and gave their opinion that the disposition should be rather to limit than to extend the principle. With respect to Sir T. Hislop, the Treasury decided according to tbe Marquis of Hastings's original decision— that Sir T. Hislop and his staff were entitled to one eighth of all the booty taken previously to the 31st of March, 1818, when the army broke up. So far as this went, it was consistent with justice ; but there was still a casus omissus, for a large part of the booty at Poonali was not obtained until both armies had quitted tbe field. There was a large amount of booty, consisting of tribute, and rents, and deposits of treasure, which was not obtained until tbe July fol- lowing, when both the armies had been dissolved. Thus there re- mained a large proportion not disposed of under the principle laid down. When the trustees saw this, they reported the facts to the Treasury. In 1826 they stated that the whole proceeds had been converted into money; but adverting to the fact of this casus omissus, applied for instructions to the Treasury. The Lords of the Trea- sury, after hearing counsel on both sides, gave fresh directions which were, " that the booty taken in tbe daily operation of the troops should be distributed according to the doctrine of actual cap- ture," and went on to decide that the amount of tribute, rents, and money due to the Peishwah, should be considered to have been ac- quired by the general result of the war, and ought to be distributed amongst the troopsof all tbe presidencies. There was, however, among these monies a large amount of treasure belonging to the Peishwah, which, upon leaving Poonah, he was obliged to deposit wilh certain bankers in that town. It was not until the July of that year that Cap- tain Robertson, who was appointed by the commissioner for the affairs of the Peishwah, discovered the existence of these sums in the hands of these bankers. The minuteof 1826 directed, " That any part of this property which can be proved to have been in I'oo- iiah at the time w hen the place was captured— viz, on the 17th of November, 1817, ought to distributed to the captors of Poonah, according to the terms of the minute of tbe 5th of February, 1823, upon the principle of actual capture ; but that in all cases in which such proof cannot be established, the monies or effects must be considered as having been acquired by the general result of the war, and as such, ought lo be distributed amongst the forces of all the presidencies engaged in the combined operations of the campaign." This admitted, and if any sums were in Poouali at the time of the capture, it belonged to the captors. Sir Lionel Smith was the com- mander of Ihe 4th division of the Deccan army, which took Poonah. Sir Thomas Hislop was the commander- in chief, and if it were proved that the treasure was in Poonah, then the distribution ought to be amongst the 4th division, giving one- eighth to Sir Thomas Hislop. As soon as this determination was made known to Sir Lionel Smith, who was then in India, be took measures to obtain evidence to ascertain whether or not tbe treasure bad been actually in Poonah at tbe time of the capture. But if the house considered the time between the year 1818, and this minute of the Treasury in 1826, he thought that the greatest possible lati- tude ought to be allowed to Sir Lionel Smith, and that the evidence lie was enabled to obtain after a lapse of eight years, ought not to be examined with too great strictness. Captain Robertson, who discovered the treasure, was agent for the East India Company, who claimed il for themselves: so that it was not the interest of Captain Robertson to collect any evidence for the captors, as be ( Captain Robertson) was to receive 5 per cent, for himself on all that he collected for the company. Sir L. Smith, in 1828, sent home evidence on oath from five native bankers, which showed that 8 lacs and 72,000 rupees were in their hands, as the property of the Peishwah at the time of the capture of Poonah. In 1830, he trans- mitted other evidence, not on oath,— a part of this being that of - the secretary of the Peishwah himself, in which it was stated that 500,000 rupees more of his treasure were in the hands of native bankers at Poonah, at the lime of its actual capture. So that there were 1,300,000 rupees in all, which the captors claimed, as being in Poonali at the time of the capture. The kind of evidence on which this latter part of the case rested, was not such as was desirable, if better could be obtained: but it should be recollected, that it was such as would be received in any of the courts in India, and that great allowance should be made for tie circumstances under which the claimants were placed." At all events, they conceived that if objections were made to the evidence, sufficient time ought to be given to rebut them. As to the character of tho evidence, the claimants were entitled to the greatest indulgence, not having received during eleven years any notice that more direct testimony would be required. " On the 10th of November, 1831, Sir L. Smith received a note from Ihe Treasury, written by their lordships' command, staling that the ovidence transmitted by him bad been laid before the law officers of Ihe crown, who had advised that they had considered the evidence as to the booty being * in Poonah at the time of Ihe sur- render; and that although the evidence raised strong doubts whe- ther such might not have been the fact, yet they were of opinion it was not so made out as to authorize the distribution to the Deccan army on the ground of actual capture. Their lordships at tbe same time intimated that they concurred in this opinion." The petitioners made several applications, praying for a revision of the decision, for time to produce further evi- dence, or to bo heard by the King in council. These ap- plications were ineffectual, and an order was issued on the 31st of July directing the distribution of the money. The hon. member considered the parties whose petition ho had to present, unfairly treated. " There were two appeals before tbe Privy Council, the object of which was to stay proceedings under the warrant of distribulion. Sir L. Smith demanded a substantive share of the prize money cap- tured at Poonah, and Sir T. Hislop asserted bis right to receive the one- eighth of the prize money captured by the force which he com- manded. In his ( Mr. Warliurton's) opinion, no distribution ought to be made until those gallant officers were heard before iliat high court of appeal to which their petitions were addressed." The SOLICITOR- GENERAL said, that tho delay in settling this question was unavoidable, in consequence of the necessity of previously deciding a most important point, which point could not be decided until last year. The assignees of Narroba, who bad been the minister of the Peishwali of Poonah, claimed the property. They declared that it ought not to be seized by the army, because it was tbe private pro- perly of Narroba, to which his representatives were fairly entitled, under the article of capitulation agreed to at the time of the cap- ture of Poonah, those articles specifying that private property should be respected. It appeared that, on the 16th of November, 1817, Narroba left Poonab, and took the command of the fort of Reighur, which he held until the month of May or June following. Afler the capture of that fort, by Colonel Protheroe, Narroba re- turned to Poonah ; and it was asserted that the treasure which had been discovered at Poonah after his return, had, in fact, been surreptitiously conveyed away from the fort of Reighur, by Nar- roba's attendants, and was not in Poonah at the time of its ca'pture. The treasure was found by an officer of the name of Robertson, who was, he believed, the political agent of the company at Poonah." Capt. ROBERTSON expressed his opinion that the frea- sure was in Poonah at the time of its capture, and the East India Company interposed in consequence of his statement, and claimed it as an arrear of tribute. A Trea- sury minute was promulgated in 1823, on the principle that Sir Lionel Smith's claim to the money was valid pro- vided proof were given of its having been in Poonah at the time of the capture. The onus probandi rested on the claimant. He would not object to further inquiry if he could sec that it would lead to a direct and determinate end. Sir JOHN MALCOLM had served in the army of the Dec- can, under Sir T. Hislop. His impression was, that the treasure was in Poonali at the period offhe capture. Lord ALTHORP, under the peculiar circumstances of the ease, thought it consistent with justice that the appeal to the Privy Council should be decided before the distribution took place. He could not, however, agree in thinking that the parties had been harshly treated. The case would be brought before the Privy Council, whose decision, he thought, should be final. Mr. HUME designated the conduct of Captain Robert- son towards Narroba, the Peishwah's secretary, for the purpose of extorting money, as atrociously tyrannical. " It appeared to him that there ought to be a revision, and a re- tonsidcration of this case, in order to determine, not whether this or that party were entitled to the division of this money, but whe- ther in justice and in honesty it should not revert to the party from whom it had been originally taken." Lord ALTHORP said that the claims of the banker, Nar- roba, had been already decided by the Privy Council. The petition was laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. On the motion of Mr. WARBURTON, it was then agreed that an address should be presented to his Majesty, praying the suspension of the warrant of the 31st of July, authorizing the distribution of the Deccan booty. 2. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS' BILL.— In the committee on this bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE animadverted on the improper interference of Peers at elections, of which interference lie proceeded fo adduce an instance :— " The Marquis of Salisbury had obliged his tenants to enter inlo bonds to quit their holdings on fourteen days' notice, or forfeit penalties of 50/. This was done both iu the case of county and borough voters, though the time allowed to the former was, lie be- lieved, more than fourteen days, What was the object of Ihe noble marquis 1 He answered— to controul the votes of his tenants at the next election for Hertford." Mr. CuiutlE corroborated the statement of tho lion member. 3. GREECE.— Lord PALMERSTON moved for a committee of the whole house on the Greek treaty acts, with a view to bringing in a bill to enable his Majesty to carry into effect a convention on the affairs of Greece. " The object of his motion was the enabling the government to complete the arrangements which it and the governments of France and Russia had entered into in February, 1830, for the final settle ment of Greece as an independent monarchy. The. motion was; therefore, evidently not new in principle, and was a mere following up of the measure adopted by tbe Duke of Wellington's admi- nistration." The noble lord referred to the abortive liegociations for transferring the sovereignty of Greece to Prince Leopold. " Negociations were entered into anew, and, as the first and pre liminary step was tbe selection of a proper person to fill the new throne, the choice fell upon Prince Otlio of Bavaria, who accepted the sovereignty on the same conditions as those on which Prince Leopold had consented lo undertake tbe monarchy— namely, the guarantee of an outfit loan. Tbe terms, however, of the treaty by which the new state was guaranteed this loan by Ihe three Powers differed somewhat from that which guaranteed Prince Leopold's It was, in the first place, stipulated that the payment should be made in three comparatively distinct intervals or portions; and, in the next place, it was expressly stipulated that the very appropria- tion of Ihe revenues of Greece should be the payment of Ihe inter- est on the loan. The occasion of Prince Leopold's refusal of the sovereignty of Greece was the unsatisfactory state of tbe northern frontier, laid down in tbe convention of 1830. That frontier, ap- peared to Prince Leopold to be so insecure and indeterminate, that lie felt he could not, with honour or satisfaction to himself or the inhabitants of the Greek peninsula, accept the sovereignty, unless the three Powers agreed to reconsider the trealy, with a view to ex- tending the frontiers to the original mountain line, extending from the Gulf of Volo to Aria." This suggestion, which had been rejected at the time, had, on mature consideration, been acceded to, and was to take elicet in the new arrangements. " It could not however be expected that Turkey would agree to a boundary which went to curtail her territory of Acarnania and part of iEtolia, without some compensation : and accordingly, ne gocialions had bee. n entered into under Sir S. Canning, the British Ambassador, which he had every reason to declare were all but for- mally concluded, and under which Turkey agreed to give up those provinces for a specific pecuniary payment. He might state, that the matter would be setlled to tbe satisfaction of ali parties, and that the. payment would be made out of the loan which formed the immediate object of his present motion." Mr. BEST opposed the grant, on fhe ground of flic want of proper security for repayment. Air. ROBINSON considered ( he noble lord infafuated to bring forward such a proposition in the existing state of fhe public finances, Mr. H. GURNEY and Mr. WELLESLEY thought that Prince Otho, a youth of seventeen years, was unfit to rule over a turbulent and ferocious people. Mr. P. COURTENAY denied that the present government were bound by any act of their predecessors to make the present arrangement. Mr. HUME blamed the conduct of ministers in inter- fering iu the affairs of other countries, as at variance with former declarations:— " The noble lord bad said nothing in his speech respecting tbe people of Greece; he ( Mr. Hume) had no reason to believe that they desired the boy- king provided for them, and it was not pos- sible that Greece could be governed in his name. A monarchy, too, was the worst form of government for Greece ; it should have a republic. The money to be lent to Greece would not be sufficient to support the government of Prince Otho ; it would be all thrown away. His government would exist no longer than it was supported by foreign money and foreign bayonets." Lord ALTHORP treated the question as a necessary part of a long series of transactions commenced under Mr. Can- ning's administration out of deference to the popular feel- ing in favour oftbe Greeks. " His lion, friend, tbe member for Middlesex, had been the most to blame, for he was one of the first movers of the question. ( Hear, and a laugh.) The people of Grcece had applied for some sove- reign, and the chiefs were perfectly satisfied with Prince Otho. As to a monarchy being the worst form of government for Greece, he ( Lord Althorp) thought that a monarchy was best adapted to a country that required the strong arm of government. As to the youth of Prince Otho, the three Powers having excluded all the princes of their own houses, the choice was limited. The motion for going into committee was carried by a majority of 49 to 16. 4. POLAND.— Colonel EVANS moved the following reso- lution on Tuesday:— " That in conformity to the spirit, though contrary to the letter, of a treaty dated 19th of May, 1815, his Majesty has agreed lo renew certain obligations to tbe Emperor of Russia ; that said treaty and obligations were connected with, or arose out of, the general treaties between the Allied Powers of 1814 and 1815; that there- fore, in the opinion of this house, the convention to the above effect affords his Majesty a special claim on the power profittillg by it, for a faithful interprelation of other engagements, to which both parties may have been contracting parties, and especially with re gard to that concerning Poland." His object in bringing forward the resolution was, to give support and strength to the negociations of our pre- sent Ambassador Extraordinary at St. Petersburg!). The hon. member took a review of the policy of Russia since 1815, and denounced it as cruel, unprincipled, and ra- pacious. Lord PALMERSTON was not prepared to acquiesce in the resolution. " Though he was ready to admit that there were some portions of that resolution which it was impossible as abstract propositions to deny— such for instance, as that this country, having faithfully ful- filled its engagements, was entitled to claim on tbe part of other countries the fulfilment of theirs,— yet he was not prepared to affirm that abstract proposition, coupled as it was with other propositions contained in this resolution, and accordingly without negativing it, he would, for the purpose of getting rid of it, move the previous question. He was exceedingly adverse to the joining, as this reso- lution went to do, the fulfilment of our bounded engagements as to tbe Russo- Dutch loan with the conduct of Russia tow ards Poland." The noble lord defended Russia from the charge of being the aggressor in the contests wilh Persia and Turkey, and stated that flic reverse was the fact. His lordship's observations as to the Polish struggle exhibit rather a singular application of terms:— Whatever, loo, might be the question that might be raised as to right or wrong with regard to the violation of the constitution of Poland, there could be no doubt that the first hostile aggression was on the part of Poland, by a hostile resistance. Those who con- sidered Poland aggrieved, of course maintained her unquestionable right of resistance on that occasion, but he now merely stated a simple matter of fact." SirC. WETHERELL opposed, and Mr. HUME supported the original motion. Lord R. GROSVENOR said, that the charge of Russian cruelly to Poland had been much exaggerated. He had learned, by a recent communication from Poland, that Ihe nobles sentenced fo banishment had received much milder treatment in consequence of the discussions in the British parliament. Sir C. FORBES supported the original motion. Mr. COURTENAY did not think that the treaty of Vienna warranted our interference wilh tlic affairs of Poland. Lord SANDON was of opinion that Russia had violated ( he treaty of Vienna, so as to call for Ihe combined inter- ference of the other contracting parties to prevent the in- corporation of Russia and Poland. Sir P. BURDETT supported tho motion of his hon. and gallant friend ( Colonel Evans). " There was not to be found, nor could there be, one honest man in the civilized world who would hesitate for one instant to depre- cate the conduct of Russia towards Poland. It had been and still was most odious, tyrannical, and detestable. ( Hear.) It had been said that there had been no violation of treaties, but he ( Sir F. Burdett) felt ashamed of the conduct of England and the other powers, with reference to ihe conduct of Russia to the Polish nation, when there had been a guarantee to preserve the constitu- tion, such as it was, of Poland. It was, moreover, the interest of all Europe lo have maintained Poland ill that situation which had been provided ill the treaty of Vienna. He could not but maintain, that if treaties had been scrupulously preserved, as lhey ought lo have been, and if Prussia had been as neutral to Russia as it had been to Poland, that even, notwithstanding the pusillanimity of Europe, Poland would have kept the situation which she had here- tofore held. By that pusillanimity the Poles bad lost every thing but their character, their honour, and their glory. ( Hear, hear.) He believed that by an interference of this country no war would have ensued, but even if such had been tbe case, this country could not have been engaged in a more triuinpliantstruggle. When this country had discharged her part of the contract, it could not be thought too much to expect that Russia would perform her portion, of which Poland formed tbe greatest part. England had fulfilled her portion of the treaty of Vienna as a subordinate object to support the balance of power ill Europe, and be could not but think that the maintenance of ( hat balance of power would have been better se- cured by establishing the independence of Poland than by the esta- blishment of that of Belgium, of which so much had been said of lale in this House. It really seemed to him that it had been a ruse on tbe part of Russia to divert the attention of England from that to which it should have been directed, and from the object which this country ought to have had iri view. The ruse had succeeded, and w ith that success he thought that Russia bad made England the laughing- stock of Europe. Poland had not been preserved in that state in which Lord Castlereagh, who was not a politician to be swayed by chivalrous feeling, but with the cold eye of an English statesman, had fixed for it in the treaty of 1815. Such a statioe as Poland had been ! eft in in 1815 could not be destroyed without the shame and disgrace of tbe rest of Europe. When it was seen that the liberties of Germany, nay, of Ihe whole world, were given up as it were to Ihe unholy alliance of great despotic poivers, which it was the interest of Europe to prevent, it was the duty of the go- vernment to be upon the alert ill the maintenance of the balance of power. It was difficult to keep op a good feeling between tbe go- vernments of other countries, but England and France ought never 10 have permitted this state of things, and even though Russia was a great power, this country ought not to forget, that considering her eastern possessions there bad been a great aggression by Russia upon Persia, upon which that country had no right to infringe. ( Hear.) To return to the question before the House, he thought that when the Poles were competing with Russia,— and competing, as they did, with success,— that the government of this country might have come forward to their aid with honour to this nation. He concurred in the motion of his hon. and gallant friend, if Poland was allowed to remain in the suffering condition in which she now was, it would be to tbe disgrace of Europe." Lord JOHN RUSSELL complained of the extensive range taken by the hon. baronet, and declined the respon- sibility of uttering sentiments like those expressed by his hon. friend, the tendency of which was to lead dircctly to war. However much he valued the cause of European liberty, he also valued English blood, and would not hazard it in a struggle which might not prosper, and in which, be the result what it might, England was sure to suffer. " It had been said that this country ought to have seized that opportunity to interfere on behalf of Poland. Supposing that we had interfered, what would have been tbe nalure of the contest 1 In what must it have consisted ? It was said, in the show of a British fleet in the Baltic. But did gentlemen who thought that such should have been the course of this country imagine, that had we adopted their suggestion, we should not have had a struggle with the united military force of Russia, Austria, and Prussia? Now, he ventured to ask, ( however he might feel for the calami- ties of the Poles) if any English statesman, having th .' welfare of this country at heart, and its preservation entrusted to his hands, could wisely and prudently have called upon the nation to go to war on tbe grounds stated? If so, then must we admit that at any time when a party in Warsaw should prudently or not create an insurrection, we were bound to draw the sword. Against such a proposition as that, he felt it his duty to enter his protest. ( Hear.) With respect to the motion of the hon. member for Rye, whatever propriety there might be in the British Government appealing to Russia for a liberal interpretation and large performance of her treaties, on the ground of the good faith of England, with respect to her own engagements to Russia, it would be exceedingly im- proper, and might be raised into an improper precedent, were the House of Commons to interfere in relation to such a subject." The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place. It was understood that the motion was withdrawn. 5. NEW ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.— Colonel EVANS called the attention of the House to a motion, of which he had given notice, respecting the operation of the 27lh and 33d clauses of the reform bill, in conscquence of which, there was reason to apprehend that many voters, otherwise qua- lified, would be incapacitated from exercising the right of the 10/. franchise at the next election. " He considered the enactment of the clauses to which be had alluded as most inexpedient, and could see no good for making the payment of taxes the necessary condition for obtaining the elective franchise. The return before the house would show the injoriotis way in which those clauses had operated. In the parish of St. James's, there were 3,000 houses of the value of 10/. and upwards. Only 891 of the occupiers of these houses had paid the poor's rates, and 1,600 tbe assessed taxes. It was clear, then, that 891 must be the maximum amount of voters in that parish; but from inquiries which he had made, he was convinced that the num- ber of voters would not exceed 200. In St. Andrew's, Holborn, 1,200, out of a constituency of 2,600, had not paid their rales and taxes; and in St. Margaret's, Wettminster, only 800 had paid, out gf a constituency of 1,800. In the parish of Marylebone, there were 10,000 10/. householders. Of these only 2,900 had paid their poor's rates on the 20th of July ; and the number of voters could not therefore be greater than that ; but be had been given to understand that not more than 2,000 inhabitants bad paid the as- sessed taxes. The effect of these two clauses was not confined to the metropolitan districts, but extended to all the boroughs through- out the kingdom ; and taking the whole boruugh constituency aris- ing out of tbe 10/. household occupancy, and of the scot and lot right, to amount to 300,000, he believed that no less than 200,000 would be disfranchised. Under these circumstances, he thought that something more than the bill of the noble lord was necessary. Tbe hon. and gallant member then moved a resolution, which, after adverting to the disfranchisement likely to arise, partly from the working of the 27th and 33d clauses of tbe reform act, and partly from the stagnation of trade, produced by the long protraction of the reform measure, suggested that the mischief might be remedied by substituting for the 6th of April in the 27th clans* of Ihe reform act, the 25th of September last for the payment of poors'- ratcs, and the 10th of October last for the payment of assessed taxes ; and concluded by recommending, that a short remedial bill be in- troduced during the present session, in order to provide some remedy for the evil which bad been described." At the suggestion of the Speaker, a formal objection fo the phraseology of the motion was obviated by au alteration in the terms. Sir F. BURDETT recommended the withdrawal of the motion, though he concurred in thinking that the evil alluded to ought lo be remedied. He was not of opinion that the right of voting should be derived from the pay- ment of taxes, but that all persons liable to the payment of taxes should have a vote, unless they refused payment. Lord ALTHORP thought that the effect of the clauses in question must have been exaggerated. With respect to the scot and lot voters, they would not be disfranchised unless they had refused to pay " their rates and taxes when demanded." " He had heard complaints made, and he knew them to be well founded, that in many instances tbe collectors had refused to re- ceive ihe rates when tendered ; and he believed that an enactment, the object of which was to place men, tendering payment of rates, ill the same condition with regard to the right of voting, as those who bad actually paid them, would be quite consistent with the spirit of the reform act. ( Hear, hear.)" The noble lord having adverted to certain precedents in the years 1557 and 1565, to justify an alteration in the re- form act, in which the usual clause introduced into acts to allow of amendments being made during the session in which tlicy had been passed, cited a third precedent, somewhat analogous to the present case, which occurred in 1795, namely, " An act for allowing further lime for persons taking out certificates for wearing hair- powder, in pursuance of an net passed in the same session of parliament." The noble lord concluded by moving an amendment, " That leave be given to bring in a bill for allowing further time for persons to pay the poor rates, in pursuance of an act passed iu the present session to amend the representation of Ihe people i England and Wales." Mr. HERRIES opposed any proposition of the. << md, as contrary to the assurances of ministers, ami the law and usage of parliament. The SOLICITOR- GENERAL supported the amendment, as essential to the accomplishment ofthc substantial purpose of the reform bill. Sir E. SUGDEN argued, that as the people had been fully apprised of the period when the payment of rates and taxes, with a view to electoral qualification, should be made, the proposed alteration was unnecessary and unfair. " He hoped that if the noble lord persevered, be would confine his bill to tbe remedying a grievance, occasioned by misconduct or trick, and he should have his support." Lord ALTHORP could uot say. from his own knowledge, whether any large class of persons had been prevented by the recusancy of collectors from paying their rates; but ho had been informed, on good authority, " That a large number of persons in Ihe metropolis would be disfranchised, not through any default of theirs iu not paying tho rate at tbe usual time, but merely because the rates were not paid, August 12. TMTOW ST. 25f> and that a certain number had actually tendered the rates, which had not been taken. If, however, he found that the bill was likely to meet considerable opposition, and was considered a breach of pledge, he was certainly not prepared to press it," Lord ALTHOKP withdrew his amendment, and the House divided on Colonel Evans's motion, which was negatived by a majority of 66 to 2. 0. CONSOLIDATED FUND.— On the motion, on Wednes- day, for going inlo committee ou the consolidated fund bill, with the appropriation clause, Mr. IIUME availed himself of the opportunity of express- ing liis opinion of the expenditure sanctioned during the session. The lion, member stated that he had concurred in many votes in order to save the time of the House, and accelerate the great measure of reform. He gave credit to Government for abolishing subordinate expenses — for laying details, heretofore concealed, before Parlia- ment— ami for placing the civil liston an intelligible footing. There was, however, no hope of lessening the public bur- thens, without a further reduction of tlie army and navy estimates. In the next session, and with a reformed Parliament, lie thought the yearly expenditure might be reduced from 45,000,000;. to 40,000,000/. Sir J. HOBHOUSE gave notice of his intention to intro- duce a clause, on bringing up the report, lor the purpose of enabling half- pay officers to hold civil appointments, without forfeiting their half- pay. 7. PAYMENT OF RATES.— On a motion of Colonel FVANS, on Thursday, for returns to show the number of persons who had paid rates in certain parishes, up to the 20th of July last, Mr. HUME expressed his regret that Lord Allhorp should have relinquished his intention to extend the time of payment to the 20th of the present month. Lord ALTHORP said that he had no alternative, as, from the opposition to the bill, lie could not hope to carry it he- fore the 20th of August. He could not extend the term to the 20th of September, as that would have the elfect of preventing the meeting of the new Parliament in the pre- sent year. 8. REFORM BILL.— Colonel EVANS moved an address to liis Majesty, praying that Parliament might now he pro- rogued, and again convened to provide for the unexpected operation of the restrictive clauses in the reform act. The motion was negatived without a division. 9. SOMEKVILLE'S CASE.— The SECRETARY of WAR laid upon the table the papers relating to the inquiry into the case of the soldier Somet ville. 10. AFFAIR AT CLITHERO.— Mr. I- IUME, seeing that Mr. Irving was present, hoped that the Under Secretary for the Home Department would detail the circumstances which he presumed had reached hitn officially, respecting the late melancholy transaction at Clithero. Mr. IRVING took the opportunity of offering an expla- nation of the circumstances alluded to. The lion, member stated that, a considerable time hack, he had received an invitation from many most respectable and influential in- habitants of Glithcro, to offer himself there as a candidate. Three wealthy manufacturers of the place were held by some as proper to represent the borough, and nne of the three, Mr. Fort, had been selected from among them. His ( Mr. Irvjug's) committee had forwarded a statement to him, in which Mr. Fort, he believed, had found that lie might, enter Clithero in safety, aud he announced in reply, that he would visit it on the 30th July. Acting up to his an- nouncement, he— " Was joined at the house where he had sojourned for the night in the neighbourhood of Ciithero, by about tit) persons, manu- facturers, gentlemen, aud yeomen mounted, and with that caval- cade, increased by about 20 individuals on foot, he proceeded to enter the town. Oil reaching which he found a dense concouise of people assembled. Stones were thrown, some directed at himself, and others at the gentlemen by whom he was accompanied. He ( Mr. Irving) was personally insultetl in the grossest manner by being spit upon. After this, three several attempts were made to open the door of the carriage, and those attempts were accompanied with imprecations of the grossest nature, such as ' Pull him out,'— ' Burk him,'—* D— n him, kill him.' This all transpired before be ( Mr, Irving) had reached the inn, and he had only been saved from being dragged fiom his carriage by a person who seemed to be of g'eat importance amongst the multitude, and who, it subsequently appeared, was the gamekeeper of his ( Mr. Irving's) opponent in the canvas ® , Mr- Fort. He succeeded in arriving at the inn in w hich the committee in his support had assembled, and which, on his ar- rival, lie found so densely crowded, that had he made an attempt to enter, it would have been impossible that he could succeed. At this mnnent, there were p, nuns busily occupied in the hind part of the carriage in the endeavour to overturn it. The linchpins were also attempted to be removed, the stones were flying as thick ai hail, and under the order of some voice in the multitude, the post- boys were ordered to drive on. They did so, despite of every attempt made by liim ( Mr. Irving) to slop them. Having b" en driven awav from the town in that manlier, at the next neighbouring place, to which lie had been carried after a lougand mature deliberation oftlie magis- trates who had assembled, they thought lit to sendf r a military force from the adjacent town of Burnley, lie here begged to remark that his beliefwas, that whatever feeling had been raised against him, owed its origin to his having voted in favour of the Anatomy Bill. At the place where th. y proceeded to after leaving Clithero, he and liis friends bad remained some time, when the landlady gave informa- tion that the resting place of the party was known in Clithero, and that a great body of men were moving towards the place in which he had taken up his temporary abode. At this period, tlie bailiff of CUtlier i, of whom it had been said that he dissented from the course pursued, of calling in aid a military force, bad a consultation with the magistrates, and came convinced that their conduct was called for in this instance ; ami he bad even joined with the body of magistrates who had acted in signing the report to the Secretary of State for the Home Depar ment. He now came to the return to Clithero. He must fir> t observe, that before this, Colonel Clayton, one of the magistrates who had acted, had set out on his return home, when, oil meeting with the military, he again turned back and joined the party. The party then returned to the town, and on entering if, he ( Mr. Irving) perceived that the numbers of the crowded multitude had been reduced at. least two- thirds. Still, however, a great concourse of people remained, and it also increased as tliey proceeded again in their entry into tbe town, and in their progress the military were assailed with missile*,— stones and brick- bats, which were thrown from the bouses." Other offensive weapons, such as sticks, were used by persons in the crowd against the military. It was then that the commanding- officer applied to the resident magistrates to read the riot act, and in obedience to that application, the riot act was read by the bailiff, and magistrates, in various parts of the town. ' l h - commanding- officer of ihe military partv endea- voured, by the action of the horses of the corps under his command, to disperse 1 lie crowds. In so doing lie w as extremely sorry that injury should have been done to any individual. After this, he and liis friends proceeded under the escort of two troops of military to| a neighbouring town, when in consequence f information which followed, one troop was sent back to endeavour to restore tranquillity. Notwithstanding what had happened on tbe first occasion, lie had b en anxious to have canvassed a certain portion of the electors of the bo- rough, who were distant from the town itself; hut he had I een in- formed that in that district the men were armed, and that it would be as much as his life was worth to make any such attempt, and theiefore it was that lie bad abandoned tbe canvass. To this fact he begged to call the attention of the Attorney- General." Mr, LAMB was not prepared to express a decidod opi- nion on the conduct of the parties involved iu tlio transac- tion, owing lo the recent arrival of part of the statements with which Government had been furnished. ". He regretted that any town in this country should, on any occasion, have manifested and displayed such a spirit of dicta- tion, and such a feeling of hostility to free discussion, as had been manifested by those who had so long and so loudly com- plained against the party who had been called the boroughmon- gers. ( Hear.) With regard to the calling out the troops upon the present occasion, he did not think that the magistrates could be blamed for the course they had pursued. A miscon- ception had gone forth that the bailiff of the town of Clithero ( Mr. Garstang) had opposed the military being called out; for, as had been stated by the hon. gentleman opposite, that gentle- man had joined with the magistrates, who had acted on the occa- sion, in their report of the transaction to the Government.— The only doubt or question upon his ( Mr. Lamb's) mind was, why it was that the hon. gentleman opposite, and his friends, returned to Ciithero accompanied by the military. If the mili- tary went there to allay any tumult that prevailed, he could not think it was quite correct they should be accompanied by, or that tliey should carry back with them, the cause of that tumult." He did not believe that the slightest blame attached to the commanding officer, or that the military had acted with violence. Mr. CUST bore testimony to the high character of the magistrates who had acted on the occasion. Sir li. SUGDEN said that Mr. Irving would have been branded with the imputation of cowardice had lie not re- turned to Clithero. He did not attribute the outrage to the reform bill, or the constituency of Clithero, but to a disorderly multitude from the surrounding neighbourhood. Lord ALTIIORP said, that ifsuch outrageous proceedings were generally adopted, there would be an end of freedom of election. Sir JOHII IIYNG doubted the propriety of bringing the troops into a close and narrow town like Clitlicro. Alter some observations from Mr. KOBINSON, tho dis- cussion dropped. BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. COMMONS. MONDAY.— Tithe composition ( Ireland) bill, read a third time and passed.— Bill brought in to enable his Majesty to ap- point a proper person to act as Sheriff of Selkirkshire, in place of S r Walter Scott, incapacitated by illness from the perform- ance of his duties. TUESDAY.— The Sheriff of Selkirkshire's bill passed through its different stages.— The public accounts bill; the glass duties bill; and the Aberdeen colleges bill, read a third time and passed. WEDNESDAY.—- Speaker's pension bill; special constables ( Ireland) bill; and land tax commissioners bill, read a third time and passed. THURSDAY.— Resolution proposed by Lord John Russell, with a view to the purity of election. Agreed to, namely,— " That all persons who shall question any future return of mem- bers to serve in Parliament, upon any allegation of bribery or corruption, and who shall in their petition specifically allege any payment of money or other reward to have been made by any member, or on his account, or with his privity, since the time of his return, in pursuance or in furtherance of such bribery or corruption, may question the same at any time within 28 days after the date of such payment ; or if this House be not sitting at the expiration of the said 28 days, then within 14 days after the day when the House shall next meet." FRIDAY.— Consolidated fund bill; assessed taxes composition bill; Lord Chancellor's salary bill; Exchequer court offices bill; Greek convention bill; party processions ( Ireland) bill; and the civil list bill, read a third time and passed. LORDS. MONDAY.— Linen manufacturers' bill; and agricultural labourers' employment bill, read a third time and passed. TUESDAY.— Royal assent given to the Irish reform bill; Irish boundaries' bill; Dublin coal meters' compensation bill; the ecclesiastical courts' bill; and Irish freemen's bill. The chan- cery offices abolition bill, read a third time and passed. WEDNESDAY.— The Sheriff of Selkirk's substitute bill, com- mitted, reported, read a third time and passed. Report of select committee on the Lord Chancellor's fees, as Speaker of the House of Lords, brought up, recommending that the salary be fixed at 4000/. per annum. THURSDAY.— The Royal assent, given by commission to the sugar duties' bill; the labourers' employment bill; the tithes' prescription bill; the soldiers' families bill; the public ac- counts ( Ireland) bill; the Selkirkshire sheriff bill, the Ex- chequer bills bill, and the White's estate bill. FRIDAY.— Royal assent given by commission to the glass duties' bill; Speaker's salary bill read a third time and passed. TREATMENT OF NEGliO SLAVES. There h. tve been printed for the use of Parliament, accounts of the numbers of the Africans and Creoles upon the 76 estates in the parish of Trelawny, in the island of Jamaica, at the com- mencement of the registry, in 1817 ;— of the number of births aud deaths that have occurred upon the same estates, from the earliest to the latest period of the registration ;— and of the ages of the Africans only at the commencement of the registry. The total number of Africans upon the 76 estates in the pa- rish of Trelawny, in Jamaica, on the 28tli of June, 1817, was 6,1113 ; and the total number of Creoles upon them at the same period, amounted to 12,075. The number of births between the first and second registra- tions amounted to 1,386 ; between the second and third, to 1,341 ; between the third and fourth, to 1,386 ; and between the fourth and fifth, to 1,245 ; making a total of 5,358 births from the earliest to the latest period of the registration. The number of deaths between the first and second registra- tions amounted to 733 Africans and 805 Creoles, making together 1,538 ; between the second and third, the numbers were 7: 56 Africans and 1,065 Creoles, in all 1,801 ; between the third and fourth, the deaths were 726 Africans and 1,071 Creoles, total 1,797 ; between tl; e fourth and fifth, tliey amounted to 632 Africans ( showing a considerable decrease in the average number of deaths), and 965 Creoles, being together 1,597; and forming a total in the 12 years of 2,827 Africans and 3,906 Creoles, or 6,783 deaths from the earliest to the latest period of the regis- tration. TABLE OF THE AGES OF THE AFRICANS AT THE COMMENCE- MENT OF THE REGISTRY, DISTINGUISHED IN I'ERIOBS OF TEN YEARS. MALES. Under 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 to to to to to to to to 20 30 40 50 CO 70 80 90 100 6 | 228 | 889 | 946 | 690 I 380 | 125 | 25 | 3 FEMALES. LITERATURE. —_ CANTO XVII. OF DON JUAN. GILBERT, LATE KIDD. \\ e arc sorry the author of this little volume has em- ployed such gtw> dly powers on a task from which lie can derive so liltle reputation. Even . complete success in the execution would nut shield him from being taunted with a want of origiiialily in the design. We will go still far- ther, and say that if in this Canto he excelled the best efforts of Lord Byron, he would still only acquire the paltry fame of a successful imitator. People attach a sacred feeling to an unfinished work of a great master ; if seems almost sacrilegious for another's hand to touch the harp whose strings have been broken upon the tomb. Don Juan is a wonderful performance,— and is. at the same time, the most difficult and the easiest of imitation. Main thousands of his Majesty's subjects could indite stanzas of as great merit as some which are to be found iu the poem ; all the suitors could draw the bow to a certain length— one hand only could stretch it to its full extent. For several years the rhymers and versifiers about town have been labouring under a Bj rouomania; some, despair- ing at last of rivalling him in his works, have endeavoured to prove iheir resemblance lo him by simpering in a fron- tispiece without the incumbrance of a neckcloth ; but the present author, we admit, is made of different stuff, and wo would, therefore, counsel him to betake himself to a iield decidedly his own. THE COMIC MAGAZINE: AUGUST. Never was there a more mistaken idea than that the happiest people are the most facetious. It is the very reverse. Happiness is a quiet feeling, and if it finds utterance iu words at all, it seldom extends farther than a grumble. On the other hand, " the wretch condemned with joy to part," generally consoles himself with a pun ; Ihe miseries of human life only afford him food for an epigram, and even Iris bodily sufferings serve to add to the poignancy and grotosqueness of his humour. It was Goldsmith who looked so dismal when writing the good things of " She Stoops to Conquer," that lie was suspected of meditating suicide. Footc gained a new stock of fun Irotn the loss of his leg. It will not be surprising, there- fore, since such is our theory of the art comical, that we sincerely condole with the writers in this month's number on the lowncss of spirits and extreme suffering which have induced them to make such an assault fipn the risible muscles of their readers. It is surely a very malicious satisfaction, when one's own head is bursting'with pain, to, endeavour lo burst his neighbour's sides with laughter. THE POETICAL MARCH OF HUMBUG There is cleverness in this volume ; but it is surely gild- ing refined gold to parody the productions of Hubert Montgomery. The most successful imitation is tliafSif Mr. Hay lies Baylcy. We are not sure that he could have given a better imitation of himself. THE VILLAGE POOR- HOUSE: BY A COUNTRY CURATE. SMITH AND ELDER. The country curate is a shrewd observer, an able writer, and a man of true English feeling. He depicts the condition of the unemployed peasantry with painful fidelity, and castigates unsparingly his pampered bre- thren who neglect their flocks. Cloistered theology is well represented in the following sketch:— " Six massive men in sable suit, Of mighty bulk, and hanging brows, Are darkly sitting, foot to foot, Enjoying a carouse,— All learned men, and fill'd with knowledge, Six Senior Fellows of a College. How grave they sit! how wise they look ! Each portly face is as a book, Where ye may read triangle and line, Cube root, parallelogram, circle, and sign, And a very particular judgment in wine ! Wise Senior Fellows are they all, Steady as clock- work in chapel and hall ; Six mighty parsons devoted to heaven. All looking out for a college living. Twenty years they have wasted their breath, In praying for murder and sudden death,— But the jolly incumbents, whose death would delight them, Live on, as if merely ou purpose to spite them :— Twenty years they have all been engaged, And tlieir mistresses now have grown ' certainly aged.' Oil! bow tliey wade through the Morning Post, In hopes tbe old Rector has yielded the ghost, That he's broken his neck by a fall from his horse, Or gone off' in a fit iu the second course, Providentially choked by the bone of a cod. Or some morning found ' Dead,— by the finger of God ;' — Ah ! Senior Fellowships always give birth ' lo ' Glory to God and good will upon earth.' " " The frail Incumbent's dead at last, One Fellow from the board has past: Off to rural shades he hies, To view the long expected prize, Finds it not quite to his mind, Talks of taking tithes iu kind, Lectures with amazing spirit, On the small reward of merit; A thousand pounds is surely sliul Preferment for a man like him ; Still lie shews his judgment fine, In buying all the best of wine, Paints tbe rooms, and builds the beds. Grumbles at his fate— and weds, liis wife soon fancies he prefers His college fellowship to hers. Well;—- lie's settled now for life, Living, cellar, horse and wife,— What is now his fund of knowledge ? What the honours of his college? What knows he of life's affections? Sweeter far are conic sections. What knows his pedantic eye Of ' the beds where poor men lie ?' Cast from college haunts at once, ' Gad ! the learned clerk's a dunce ! Wise as Ude in wines and dishes, What knows he of poor men's wishes ? In solitude and scorn he writhes, A Wrangler— only about Tithes !" Under 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 to to to to to to to to 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 3 202 748 828 569 366 158 24 3 MUSIC. THE MAY QUEEN ; A PASTORAL. BY BERRY KING. The words of this song are simple, and the music pretty. Considerable alterations took place upon these estates during the 12 years, by purchase, sale, removal, manumission, and transportation ; the actual numbers of the births and deaths must therefore be calculated in reference to those alterations as well as ou the original population, otherwise there would be an apparent excess of deaths, in one or two instances, beyond the number of slaves of either class existing upon those estates at the commencement of the registry. ( Signed) THQMAS AMYOT, Registrar of Coloaial Slaves, In the month of February last two companies of French In. fajitry, returning from the Isle of Bourbon, landed at St. Helena, and obtained permission from the Governor to perform military honours at the tomb of Napoleon. The officers, subalterns, and privates, accordingly repaired to the tomb, which they saluted with three discharges of musketry ; and after drinking some of the water of the fountain where Napoleon had often quenched his thirst, they returned to the ship, which lay at anchor off James- towa.— French Paper, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. EGYPT. A letter from Alexandria, dated June 24, states that " Ibrahim Pacha, who set out on the 8th inst., from the camp of St. Jean Acre, to march upon Damascus, entered the latter town on the loth, after having easily dispersed all the troops which defended it. mm Damascus the Egyptian army will proceed to Aleppo, to oc- cupy the passDs through which the Ottomans must come if they nake any efforts for reconquering Syria. Master of Syria and all the principal passes leading to it, at the head of an army of 56,000 men, possessing a numerous cavalry and an excellent ar- tillery, Ibrahim awaits Field Marshal Hussein Pacha, who has been ordered by the Porte to exterminate the rebels of Mehenied Ali. The Egyptian squadron is still cruising off our port, waiting for the coming out of the Ottoman fleet, which it intends to encounter." AMERICA. BRAZIL.-— The Emperor Don Pedro II. has been recogniscd by 11 the European Powers, exccpt Prussia and Holland, aud in America, except by some states unhappily agitated by civil dis- sensions.— Diario do Governo to May 19. The Quebec paper of the 22d June states that the cholera had greatly abated ; from tbe commencement there were 993 deaths ; and estimating the resident population of Quebec at 27,000, and . adding 10,000 for the passenger population, which would make the whole 37,000, the deaths would be nearly one in 37— a proportion . somewhat higher than in any part of Europe visited by the disorder. The bill for the renewal of the charier of the United States Bank lltas been rejected by the veto of President Jackson. One motive - of General Jackson for the step he has taken, is known to be that of securing his re- election to the Presidency. The letters from New York state that the fear of flic cholera was 60 great, that 80,000 out of a population of 200,000 had left that port for the country, and for other parts of the sea coast. The fol- lowing is the grand total in the hospitals, up to July 14 :— Cases, 670 ; deaths, 278; cured, 130. WEST INDIES. The mail from the Leeward Islands has arrived, bringing papers » nd letters to the 21st June. The sugar crop, from the political tuation of the Islands, is very deficient. Earl Belmore left Spanish Town for New York, in the Sparrawhawk, on the 12th. The Rev. Frederick Duggin had been convicted of sheep- stealing. The trial by court- martial of Col. Grignon of the militia, on a charge of desertion during the late insurrection, had terminated in his acquittal.— Globe of Thursday. NEW SOUTH WALES. By accounts from Sidney up to the 27th February, It appears that tbe conduct of General Bourke, the new governor, seems to have givenlgreatsatisfaction ; he has directed publicity to be given lo the proceVytiijgs of the Colonial Council, which were previously kept secret. Wlie Caledouia schooner, on her passage to Torres Streits, to collect the wreck of the America, had been boarded while iu Moreton- bay by a party of convicts and taken with her crew out to sea— she was victualled for four months. The Zebra man of war was about to proceed in quest of the pirates. The cholera had reached the Swan River settlement, where there had been six or seven fatal cases. RUSSIA. Lord Durham, our Ambassador Extraordinary to St. Petersburg, experienced the most friendly reception on bis arrival at Cronstadt. The Emperor Nicholas not only visited him in person on board, a compliment very unusual, but, on finding the crew of the Tatavera at their dinner, insisted on drinking our King's health in grog, and nnnediately invited Lord Durham and his family to a splendid fete at his palace at Peterhoff, and to the review of his army iu the neighbourhood. GERMANY. A new protocol of the Diet of Frankfort is spoken of, the object of which is said to be to give satisfactory explanations of some passages in the protocol of June 28. Between Ihe Rhine and the Moselle there are now encamped two ivisions of Prussian infantry, 24,000 men strong, and 2,000cavalry ; between the Meuse and the Rhine, four divisions of infantry, 48,000strong, and 6,( TOO cavalry; to which are attached 24 bat- teries of artillery, with 3,000 men, and an engineer corps of 1,500 men. Thus the amount of the three army corps which occupy the ine of the Rhine is 85,100 men. The bulk of the disposable Prussian army cantoned between the Elbe and the Oder consists of 110,000infantry and 20,000 cavalry. It has its vanguard at Erfurt. Another army corps, which was cantoned in Silesia, is now oil its march to the Rhenish pioviuces. Finally, there is a corps con- stantly stationed in the Duchy of Poscn. The force of the two last mentioned is 75,000 or 76,000 men, which makes the whole of the strength of the Prussian | army now ready to take the field about 291,000. The number of emigrants fleeing from the Polish provinces under the Russian dominion, has augmented to such a degree lately in Galicia, that, in order to arrest its progress, the Austrian Govern- ment ordered the establishment of a military cordon along the whole, frontier; and at the same time orders were published, enjoining all the landed proprietors in Galicia to denounce the unfortunate in- dividuals who may present themselves before them. These measures have given rise to an address to the Emperor of Austria, drawn up by what is styled the Permanent Deputation of the States of Galicia, of which the Governor of the Province is President. This address has been signed by nearly 300 members of the Slates, assembled together in haste, aud of their own accord, at Leopol, the capital of the Province. SWITZERLAND. The Sentinel Genevohe says—" The Austriar. s have concentrated strong forces near Bregentz, on the Lake of Constance ; 128 pieces of artillery have already arrived, and the Austrian Charged'Affaires at the Court of Baden applied to the Grand Duke for leave to occupy Constance. The latter at first refused, on the ground of treaties which guarantee the inviolability of liis territory ; but Austria threatening to use force, the Grand Duke complied with is wishes." The Republican, a Swiss journal, asserts that " all the foreign ministers have had a conference at Berne, to consult upon the question whether, in consequence of the lamentable progress of the democratic principle in Switzerland, it would not be proper to ad- dress a note to llie Diet. They all replied in the affirmative, ex- cept France, who called their attention to the unfavourable impres- sion that such a note would make in consequence of the spirit pre- valent in Switzerland. This observation calmed tbe ardent desire manifested to interfere ill the affairs of the country." BELGIUM. Letters from Antwerp, state that the commerce of the place was completely interrupted. The publication of the proposed treaty as to the inland navigation of Holland, and the high rate of toll on the Scheldt, appear to have filled the Belgians with indignation. There is a general cry to arms, and a wish to enter Holland forthwith. A deputation has proceeded lo Brussels to acquaint the King with the public feeling, and to urge an immediate war. FRANCE. A letter from Compiegne, dated Tuesday evening, at 11 o'clock, says, " The King of the Belgians arrived here at a quarter past 4, in an open carriage, with the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, fol- lowed by the Dukes de Choiseul and de Maille, Messrs. Van de Weyer and Le Hon, the Grand Marshal of His Majesty's Palace ; Count d'Aerchot, General D'Hane de Steenhuysen, General de Chasteler, Grand Equerry ; Colonel Peisse, his Aide de Camp; M. Van Praet, his private secretary, and Dr. Lebeau, his physician. The marriage ceremony between King Leopold and the Princess Louise was to be concluded on the 9th." It is now understood that the French Chambers will not assemble until the 1st of December. When the British Parliament has been prorogued, the deliberations of every representative body in Europe will be suspended. It appears from the report of the Select Committee on Se- condary punishments, that in the last two years no less than 172,159 persons, including those committed on summary con- viction, but exclusive of debtors, have passed through the dif- ferent gaols in England and Wales. 360 THE TOWI¥. August 12. MAP OF ENGLAND, Shewing all the alterations caused hy the Reform and Boundary Bills, GRATIS TO THIS SUBSCRIBERS OF THIS PAPER, In Six Parts. First Part to come out early in September next. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our Parliamentary Sketches shall be resumed with new Men in the new Parliament. Detector's " expose" proves him to be a malignant coward— a fit co- adjutor of those who protract a miserable existence bv stabbing " Men i' the dark." To " J." we answer— Vienna. THE HEBDOMADARY. THIS DAY ( Sunday).— Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Lessons for the day : Morning, 1 Kings xiii., Acts x.; Evening, 1 Kings xvii., . lam. ii. Sun rises 37 aft 4, sets 22 aft 7. Moon rises 6 aft 8, sets 10 aft 5.— Grouse shooting commences. MONDAY.— Old Lammas day. Queen Adelaide b. 1792. The King of France and family conducted to the tower of the Temple, 1792. TUESDAY.— Thomas Sheridan died, 1788. WEDNESDAY.— Assumption. Riot in London, occasioned by the practice of crimping, 1794. THURSDAY.— Disturbances in Manchester, 1819. Halfpence and far- things first coined, 1672. FRIDAY.— Duchess of Kent b. 1786. Battle of Smolcnsko, 1812. SATURDAY.— Dr. James Beattie died, 1803. Trade with the Ameri- cans prohibited by England, 1775. HIGH WATER AT LONDON AND GRAVESEND. DAYS. This day ( Sunday).. Monday Tuesday Wednesday ™ .. Thursday Friday ... Saturday LONDON. GRAVESEND. AGE of MOON Morning. Aftern Morning. Aftern. H. M. H. M. 11. M. H. M. 2 18 2 37 — 59 1 17 17 2 55 3 11 1 36 1 51 18 3 26 3 42 2 7 2 23 19 3 58 4 16 2 39 2 56 20 4 33 4 51 3 14 3 32 21 5 9 5 30 3 50 4 11 22 5 51 6 19 4 32 5 — 23 *** A Saturday Edition of this Paper is published in time for the Country, which may be obtained of all Newsmen on Sunday morning, within 100 miles of London. T M " K T M. LONDON: SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1832. The present long- protracted Session of Parliament is on the eve of coming to a close. On Thursday next ( lie pro- rogation is expected to take place. The salary and pension to be granted to the LORD CHANCELLOR, have afforded a theme for much discussion, and not a little vituperation, among ( he daily journals. Both Tories and Liberals have waxed,- vehement in their denunciations of tho learned Lord, because he did not op- pose an inflexible veto to the proposed yearly provision of 14,000?. during the tenure of office, and 5,000/. on his re- tirement. The memory of those popular acts, which graced a long and arduous career of public service, lias been at once obliterated by this culpable acquiescence in a pro- posal so utterly inconsistent with the duty of an upright Statesman, as this appears to be in the estimation of these indignant guardians of the national purse. Without appealing to the well- known services rendered by HENRY BROUGHAM to England, and mankind— without adverting to his legal improvements, or demolition of fees and sinecures, in his own peculiar Court— we are of opi- nion that, in the present slate of society, the amount of the grant is by no means disproportioned to the position of Ihe officer to whom it is to be assigned. A Lord Chancellor must be at the head, or, at least, among tho leaders of his profession,— the range of his mind must extend beyond tbe quirks and quibbles of dry legal practice-,— lie must take his station as a Peer, presiding among Peers; and, surely, to such a person, so circumstanced, that cannot be con- sidered an unreasonable allowance which, for active and unceasing exertions, involving the highest responsibility, returns a sum, not exceeding the gains of a first- rate prac- titioner at Ihe bar. Nor with the splendid incumbrance of a tide, can a retiring salary of 6,0001. a year be deemed a prodigal provision, iu a land where rank and liberality, unaccompanied by suitable means, expose their possessor to slight and mortification. Though the pension includes an additional thousand pounds, it should be borne in mind that, hereafter, it will be difficult to quarter the scions of noble paupers on the country, and the CHANCELLOR'S con- duct would liclitlle worthy of approbation if, on the ex- pectation 1hat his title would expire with him, be took the advantage of the peauliarities of his case to establish a precedent likely to bear hard upon his suocessors. There is one alleration with respect to the CHANCELLOR'S office, which, if adopted, would prove every way bcncficial to Ihe public. Let the judicial and political functions be disunited— the CHANCELLOR to be appointed for life, while the Speakership of Ihe Lords remained upon its present footing. By this change there would rarely, if ever, be more than one Chancellor's name upon the Pen- sion list, while at tho same time suilors would experience whatever benefits can arhc from the matured experience of a Judge in the business of his Court. sion of the Marquis of PALMELLA will prove successful. What remains for Don PEDRO therefore is to reinforce his irmy in the best way, and with as little delay as possible. Since the arrival of the Marquis of PALMELLA here, in- quiries have been made as to ( he practicability of obtaining two or three thousand Poles from France; but we do not find that any acfive step has been taken to secure them, rii is is just like the Porfuguesc; they take a week to think of, and a month to cxecute a scheme, which an Englishman would plan and execute in a day. Now, it is a notorious fact, that there are at Avignon, Besangon, and the neighbourhood, more than two thousand Poles, most of them cavalry soldiers, of tried courage, skill, and fidelity in the cause of liberty. These men cost, exclusive of their officers, nearly 100,000 francs per annum for each thousand lo Ihe French Government, and they could be conveyed to Oporto from Avignon at an expense of 30 or 40,000 francs for each thousand ; so I hat the French Government would, even if it were at all the expense uf transport, be a great gainer. Why is not an application made to the French Ministry for assistance in fliis matter ? If they were to send 2,000 Poles to Oporto at tlieir own expense, it could not be called a breach of the non- intervention plan insisted upon by the Holy Alliance, for surely every Government has a right to relieve itself of the burden of providing for refugee foreigners, particularly when it can be done so easily. But where would be the necessity of publicily in any arrange- ment between the Portuguese Regency and the French Government? The Poles might be all shipped off without asking questions as fo their destination. We confess we see no chance for Don PEDRO, except in an immediate reinforcement of tried and courageous sol- diers. The Poles who are in France are chiefly cavalry, and if it be objected that fhey are without horses, we reply — send them to Portugal, and if MIGUEL has horses, they will soon obtain possession of llicm. The Polish army had very few horses at the commencement of ( ho campaign against the Russians; but flic courage of the Poles soon supplied the deficiency. Instead of drawing upon their Commissariat for Hie purchase of horses, lliey boldly at- tacked the Russian Cavalry, and having destroyed the riders, mounted tlieir horses, and liccamc an or- ganized cavalry arm in the field where they had acted as infantry. Let us hope that the supineness of the agents employed by Don PEDRO may soon cease, - and that vigorous action will take the place of timid and wavering deliberation. The Duke of WELLINGTON says that unless Don PEDRO can keep the field outside of Oporto, he will soon be like a trapped bird within if, crying—" I can't got out, I can't got out"— and such indeed will be his position. With- out cavalry he must remain strictly upon the defensive, aud in a few months Oporto will fall before a besieging army. The personal courage of flic Emperor will avail him but little without the co- operation of active minds, and here, we fear, be is deficient. Let his agents but get 2,000 Polish cavalry, and lie n- ay chase the Miguclifes from the heights of Oporto to the streets of Lisbon. to the republicans. Whatever expectations these gentry might conceive themselves entitled to entertain from the son of their former leader, it is quite clear that Lolls is not connected with ( hem by any species of obligation. On the other hand, his claim cannot be put forth, by virtue of hereditary rights, but are founded on a senatus consul- turn, which, however remote it may in reality be from a national choice, carries enough of flic semblance of it to satisfy a people solicitous of change. It should moreovei be remembered, that tho name of NAPOLEON is still a spell of power in France, and mingles wilh flic cries for liberty raised by flic lower classes. When to this is added the contempt in which the Orleans Go- vernment is held by all but placemen, doctrinaires, and jobbers, it seems highly probable that the decease of the Duke of REICHSTADT will rather tend to work its over- throw, than promote its consolidation. THE FANCY FAIR. IMPROMPTU. Though female skill, and elegance supply Most rare attraction to the wondering eye,—• Though beauty's voice and charity's appeal Arrest the step, and teach the heart to feel,— Still truth compels me frankly to declare, The fair I fancy's not a fancy fair. We see it stated in the daily Papers, that a Mr. CRISPIN flic British Consul at Oporto, endeavoured to prevent military honours being shewn at the funeral of a British officer, who lost his life in the action ofthe 23d near Oporto. Who is ( his Mr. CRISPIN ! He is, certainly, a very unfit man to be the Consul of the British Government at such a place as Oporto; and Lord PALMERSTON will stand dis- graced in the eyes of the country if he does not dismiss him. Is it consistent, that whilst the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs is expressing the most honourable sym- pathy in the causo of the Portuguese patriots, one of his paid agents should dare to deny the ordinary rites of sepulture to a British soldier who has fallen in Ihe strife for liberty? This Mr. CRISPIN is some offset of fhe Toiy faction, and the sooner he is displaced the better. We have too many Tory agents already at home and abroad ; and cobblers enough too— Mr. CRISPIN is one of them. It is to be borne in mind that Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, the Tory general in IheMiguelife servicers wilh POVOAS, near Oporto. Mr. CRISPIN is a nice gentleman to be the Bri- tish Consul, w ithin so short a distance of a renegade Tory Miguelite commander. No news from Oporto of a more recent dale than ( he 1st inst. appears to have been received, and the accounts up to that time are, we regret to state, by no means encou- raging. Don PEDRO had, it is true, beaten fhe Miguelitcs but we find by Ihe very accounts of his victory that, at a time when all the country round Oporfo was said to have declared for him, there were 12,000 Miguelite troops, many of them volunteers, within a few miles of the city, menacing the safety of the constitutional army. It seems now to bo admitted that Don PEDRO cannot hope for success without reinforcements, or a recognition of his Regency by our Government, which, it is thought would produce a moral effect more serviceable lo his cause than a large reinforcement of troops. On ( he point of recognifiori, however, tho Cabinet are divided. Two members only declare for it without qualification; of the remainder, some are for a qualified, others against any recognition. We can hardly hope, therefore, that the mis- Persons ignorant of, or indifferent lo, Continental poli- lics, may give credence to the opinion ( hat, wilh ( lie death of the young Duke of REICHSTADT have terminated the hopes of the party who desired to sec a member of NAPO- LEON'S house presiding over the destinies ofFrance. Such a conclusion, however, is very foreign to the fact ; and it will require but a brief and simple statement fo show its fallacy. It may have escaped general recollection that, in the days of ( he Empire, the rights of ( ho Bonaparte dy- nasty were laid down and settled by a senatus consultum, in which it was declared, that on the demise of the Emperor, Louis BONAPARTE, ex- Kingof Holland. The contingencies and failing thedirectlino, tho suecessionshoulddevolve upon have since occurred which were to entitle Louis to a now shadowy sceptic. But this brother of the Great Captain was, at no period of his life, agitated by the restless ambi- tion that stimulated almost all his relatives, and he has long resided in Italy, worn by ill health, and wearied and dis- gusted with the rancour and turmoil of political contro- versy. Refusing to obey ( he call of his family's partizans, the latter naturally turned ( heir attention to his children, who became objects of consideration and regard, wherc- ever the standard of freedom was elevated throughout Europe. NAPOLEON, the elder of ( he two, a well- educated, and fine young man, joined the Italians in their last attempt to throw off an ignominious yoke, anddied inconse- quence o( fatigues endured in that disastrous service. Louis, the survivor, also a ycuth of much promise, was reared under the careful superintendence of his mother, the amiable HORTENSE, jwho lias always beeu a favourite wilh persons of every shade ot politics in France, and \ v ho has con- tributed greatly to mould the character of her son after the fashion best calculated to ensure his popularity with the " great nation." He has already begun to display qualities calculated ( o raise him in ( he estimation of " la Jeune France," having proffered his aid to ( he Poles, and ex- presed his readiness ( o make common causo wilh the friends of liberty, wherever his exertions could be produc tive of advantage. Besides family claims and personal qualities, ( he pre- tensions of Louis to ascendancy in France derive ad- ditional strength from the consideration that in him the views of the Bonapartists and Republicans admit of being united. Now so long as the Duke of REICHSTADT was iu existence no such union could take place for two reasons— first, because he claimed by hereditary right; and, secondly, because he must have been fettered by engage- ments to the old adherents of his father, persons whose ver- satility of political profession had rendered them odious The natal day of the King, of the Queen, and of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, occur within the week ensuing. His Majesty will complete his 67th year on Tuesday, the 21st inst. The Queen will enter her 41st year on Tuesday, the 13th, and the Duchess of Kent her 47th on the 17th. On Wednesday his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, and suite, left Cheltenham for Bagshot. The Duke of Leeds has returned to his splendid establish- ment at Hornby castle, in the county of York, The Duke of Norfolk, accompanied by the Earl of Surrey, have been passing the last week at Arundel Castle. The marriage of Viscount Howick with Miss Copley is the first alliance formed by a son of the Noble Premier. His Lord- ship will not possess greath wealth during the life of his distin guished father, unless, indeed, Sir Joseph Copley, father of the bride, should endow his daughter liberally. Lord Howick is in his thirtieth year, and, as Under- Secretary of State for the Co- lonial Department, receives a salary of 2,000/. per annum. An elegant residence in Charles- street, Berkeley- square, has been taken by the noble pair, who will take possession of it on their return from Cashiobury. Mr. Copley, only brother to Viscountess Howick, and his lady, arrived in town from Lisbon, a few days ago, to be present at the ceremony, having taken a trip to Portugal in Lord Yarborough's yacht, the Falcon. We are sorry to learn that Mr. Ellice has resigned his situation as Secretary of the Treasury. His vigour, his straightforward conduct, his good sense, and his good humour, will not easily be replaced. He knew how to spur the reluctant, and to check the petulant. His loss, we think, will be severely felt. Mr. Charles Wood, a son- in- law of Lord Grey, will succeed him, of whom we can at least say that he has the character of an active aud diligent man of business. Colonel Grey will succeed, pro tem- pore, Mr. Wood, as private Secretary of the Premier,— Times. We regret to have to state the total loss of the Shannon whaler, Captain Davey, from Hull, by having struck on an ice- berg in the northern sea, with a fearful destruction of human life. The following extracts from a letter received by the owners, Messrs. Spyvee and Cooper, from the Captain, via Hamburgh, will best explain the nature of this fearful calamity ; it is dated Davis' Straits, June 13, 1822.—" On Thursday the 26th of April, at 3 p. m., we were running under double- reefed topsails, with a strong wind and sleety weather, when the ship ran stem on to an iceberg. There were three in the forecastle at the time, but they were not aware of its proximity till the shock knocked them down. The starboard bow was entirely knocked in, the main stem broke, the bowsprit rose, and the cook's coppers thrown as far as the foremast. In short, the vessel was knocked to pieces, and forced along the iceberg, which she struck again with the starboard quarter, damage unknown. The vessel was immediately hauled to, With her head to the north- eastward, and a topsail was got out of the line- room, to put in the hole, and both pumps were set to work ; but all to no purpose, for iu about 10 or 15 minutes the ship filled and turned over on her broadside, on which some of the crew got for safety, while others were drowning before their eyes. I Was washed from the malu- chains, and caught hold of the main- top. I had not been there long, when they cut away the lower rigging, and the fore and main- masts broke, and the ship righted a little, so that the starboard side of the forecastle was dry, and fortunately I readied the ship again. When we counted our men there were 17 men and two boys missing. We then rigged a tent to shelter us from the sea. Every thing was washed off the deck, and the sea, making a fair breach in, soon began to break up every thing. Boats, bed- cabins, bulk- lieads, and every thing in between decks, broke Up, and came tip the hatch- ways, but not one single article could be saved. There were two ships in company on the preceding night, but the wea- ther being thick, they were never seen after. We made many at- tempts to get some provisions, but the sea ran so high, we could get nothing but a cask of flour, caught hold of in the hatchways, so that the people had nothing to eat and drink, but flour, raw beef, and salt water, for seven days and six nights. Many of the crew were out of their minds, and two died on the morning ofthe 2d of May, on which day, to our great joy, two vessels were, seen coming towards us, which proved to be two Danes, bound to Davis' Straits, with goods and passengers. I, the mate, and twelve men, went on board of one of them, the Navigation, Captain Bang ; the doctor and 12 men went on board of the other, the Haralflisken, Captain Grain. Two men died on board our vessel, and five on board the other ; they were all out of their minds and in a shocking state. We have been into one port, and are now in a second, and have another to go in lat. sixty- two de grees N., whither we have sent the mate and another to heve a leg each taken off, as our doctor went there with the other ves- sel. If I am spared, I hope to get home in August. There are only 20 of us left."— Leeds Intelligencer. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF MATERNAL AFFECTION.— A short time ago, as a gentleman was walking in a clover field near Sun- bury, a favourite terrier dog, that followed him, started a hen pheasant. The bird at first fluttered along the ground before him, as most birds generally do when desirous of diverting an enemy from their young ; but, perceiving that the dog did not leave the spot to chase her, she immediately turned round and flew furiously at him. The gentleman of course interfered - and protected the pheasants from all harm. ELEGANT EXTRACTS. A PLEASANT PROSPECT.— The Morning Herald of Monday, in adverting to the purchase by a City Committee of a bu- rial- ground, for persons who may die of cholera, makes the fol- lowing luminous observations :— " It may be necessary, and we do not doubt the integrity of its proposers, but we trust they will not follow the example of the Cemetery Company, and expend their money upon a fiat, when we imagine a more suitable site might be obtained upon some one of the pleasant eminences which environ the metro- polis, whereon our fellow- citizens may contemplate ( qy. graze), even at a distance, and who feel assured that the plan is not the emanation of a job !" The True Sun supplies illumination of a similar kind to an opaque public. This " emanation" may be entitled the CON- SERVATIVE CUFFER— " Last Saturday," quoth the veritable Sol, " one of the New Police of H division, attended before Mr. Broughton and Mr, Twyford, in order to shew cause why he forcibly dragged, mal- treated, and ill- used an aged and highly respectable licensed vie-, tualler, for the last thirty years, in Shoreditch, named Samuel Turner, ofthe Crown and Shuttle, and threw him into the street." Thirty years dragging through Shoreditch, we should have thought, something supererogatory in the way of maltreatment for the host of the Crown and Shuttle. The Standard emulates its diurnal brethren in a small way, in a brief medical report,— viz. " Mr. Granby Calcraft, M. P., has been confined for some days to his lodgings in St. James's- street, with a severe attack of cholera. He is now pronounced out of danger by his medical attendant, and was able to go to the House of Commons yesterday A MODEST HOPE,— The conservative Recorder aad M. P. for Dublin heading a minority of three— namely Messrs. W. Best, Peregrine Courtenay, and the redoubtable Sibthorp— subjected the House of Commons, on Wednesday night, to an ordeal of twenty . four divisions, on the Party Procession Bill. On the en- suing evening the honourable and learned gentleman ventured to " hope" that his resistance to the bill would not be mistaken for " party" opposition I That fine appendage to the state apartments at Windsor Castle, the Waterloo Gallery, of which we have heard so much, seems at length drawing to a state of completion. We were informed by a gentleman, who went over the Castle about ten days ago, that the workmen were then busily employed in it. Lawrence's splendid portraits, for which it has been built, have at different times been exhibited to the public before, but they have never been seen to such good effect as they will be here; where We may behold, as at one glance, " the painted forms" of the chief actors in a drama, which the world can never forget. When so mttny thousands have been heedlessly frittered away, in one gew- gaw or another, it is well that John Bull will have some- thing to look at for his money, A grand ball is talked of as likely to be given by her Majesty in a few days at Windsor. A great deal has been said about the formation of a military camp at Windsor, but we believe the whole affair amottnts only to this !— the King is on Monday to present a standard to the Royal Regiment of Hosre Guards ( Blues), and his Majesty, naturally enough wishes that the honour should be conferred on this, one of the most distinguished regiments in the service, in the presence of some of their brethren in arms.— Courier. The Marquis Palmella, since his arrival in town, has had fre- quent interviews with Earl Grey and Lord Palmerston, as also with Prince Lieven, and other foreign ministers. There arc various reports as to the object of his Excellency's mission, but it is generally believed to be one of a highly important nature, and requiring much consideration on the part of the Ministers. The Marchioness Palmella and the Countess Villa Flor are ex- pected shortly in this country from France. We have no news direct from Portugal. Of the instalment on the Regency loan, the whole has, we understand, been paid, with the exception of about 3,000/.— i. e., the instalment on 60,000/. stock,— a very small portion ofthe original contract. It was stated on ' Change, on Friday, late in the afternoon, that intelligence had been received through France, by telegraph from Brest to Paris, of the arrival there of a vessel, with 60 or 70 soldiers on board, belonging to the Constitutional army. From this it was inferred by some that Oporto had been abandoned, while others came only to the conclusion that these were de- serters from the invading force. It is impossible to say, at this moment, what value ought to attach to such a piece of news, the very correctness of which, it having been traced to an ally of the Miguelites, may reasonably be placed in some degree of doubt. According to the last accounts from Germany, it is evident that the Grand Duke of Baden and the Government of Bavaria and Wurtemberg, so far from coalescing to resist the Frankfort decrees, have respectively declared their submission, not only by publishing the decree themselves, but by actually enforcing the most obnoxious mandate of the confederation— that against the Press. The Government Gazette of Baden has formally pro- hibited the Freisinnige and the Watchman, in obedience to man- dates of the Diet. The Wurtemburg paper, under the control of Government, has published the resolutions of the Diet, to- gether with a commendatory notice, which promises that the Constitution shall be respected— nay, asserts that it was never intended to be violated by the despotic edicts which have created such a sensation throughout all Germany. A strong protest, however, is said to be extensively circulated at Stuttgard, insist- ing 011 an immediate Convocation of the States ; and about 600 students of the University of Jena burnt the Frankfort Proto- cols, on the night of the 13th of July— thus evincing their dis- gust at measures so subversive of public liberty. It is, there- fore, to be inferred, from the present state of things, that if the despots encounter any resistance, it must come from the people acting for themselves, not only without the aid, but in opposition to the determinations of their own Governments. The late Sir John Tyrrell is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Colonel Tyrrell, now Sir John Tyssen Tyrrell, who married a daughter and co- heiress of the late Sir Thomas Pilkington, Bart. Lewes Races, which commenced on Wednesday, turned out to be a most miserable affair. So great is the present arrear of causes in the Court of King's Bench, that professional men calculate that no man bringing an action can expect to have it tried within a shorter period than 18 months. Thousands of Wheat mows have been put together in the very best condition ; the weather could not possibly have been better than it has been for the harvesters during the last ten days. The produce, both in quality aud quantity, will be excellent. Bath Paper. WORCESTER, AUG. 4.— The late warm weather has been very beneficial to the hops ; in some yards, where scarcely any pro- duce was expected, a fair crop is now looked for. August 12. TIIE TOWltf. 261 THE DRAMA. * Laporte took a benefit at Covent- garden on Monday night, though on what plea, save that of turning his present fortune to the best advantage, we are not skilled enough in ethics of ma- nagement to say. Monsieur, however, put forth a goodly bill, and had an ample recompense. Mars, as Valerie, drew chrystals from our eyes for the twentieth time, and the feathery- footed Taglioni wafted us on fancy's pinion to the love- haunted bowers of nymphs and fays. But where was Schroeder Devrient, the Queen of Song? Indisposed, said the hand- bills. Madame Meric appeared as her representative, and acquitted herself well; but not so well as to banish our longing for the fascinating ab- sentee. Kean played Lear at the Haymarket this week. His phy- sical being has, indeed, undergone a melancholy change since the days whett he attracted all that was gay and fashionable Vritbih the Walls of Drury, but he is a master still, and, as a master, we shall continue to see him in his oft- repeated parts, lest when he has bidden his final adieu to the stage ( a period that will arrive even to Kean), we may not again hear the language of Shukspeare in tones that stir the heart like his. If he be a ruin, he is a ruin irradiated by lightning. A new interlude, entitled Six to Four on the Colonel, a piece called The Loves of the Angels, and another bagatelle, have been produced with success at the Strand Theatre. To give an ana- lysis of their plot would be to unweave gossamer. ROYAL AND FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Mr. Mason, it is said, is anxious to obtain permission to give German operas in the months of November and December. Laporte is rumoured to be in treaty with Madame Malibran for Covent- garden. A numerous meeting of the electors of Westminster took place on Friday evening at the Crown and Anchor, when a petition was agreed upon, to the House of Commons, complaining of the clause limiting the period of payment of the rates, and praying an extension of time. At Manchester, on Thursday, the celebration of the triumph of reform was observed, with all the eclat which might be ex- pected. A grand procession formed in front of the Crescent, Salford, ten o'clock, consisting of the magistrates, municipal officers, gentlemen, & c., of both towns, together with the mem- bers of 2!) trades, several benefit societies, bands of music, banners, & c., and soon after 11 o'clock the whole body pro ceeded by a circuitous route to Afdwick- greeh. Here a halt took place— the procession extehded all round the spacious green, which was Crowded by, at least, 100,000 persons. A noble sheet of water occupies the centre, upon which a platform had been erected, from whence Mr. Green, the well- known aeronaut, was preparing a magnificent balloon for ascension. Green subsequently effected a fine ascent. All business was suspended for the day. Guns fired and bells rung in every direction, and illuminations were expected to be pretty general at night. On Thursday at Abingdon, the passing of the Reform Bill was celebrated by the giving a substantial dinner, with plenty of good beer and pipes of tobacco, to about 800 poor men, and tea, & c. to about the same number of women. An excellent band was in attendance, and the day went off remarkably well. THE SOLDIER SOMERVILLE,— The Minutes of the Proceedings before the Court of Inquiry into the case of Somerville, have been presented to the House of Commons, and ordered to be printed. Owing to the great extent of the evidence taken by the Court, it is not likely that their report will be in general circulation, before Monday; but we understand that every part of the complaint of Somerville, affecting the honour or character of Maj. Wyndham, as an officer, has been, in the opinion of the Court of Inquiry, completely disproved.— Courier. Ma. COULTHURST, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER.— It is with feelings of deep regret that we have to announce the death of this young and enterprising traveller,— another victim added to the long and melancholy catalogue of men of spirit and talent who have fallen a sacrifice to their enthusiasm on the subject of African discovery. Mr. Coulthurst had, it appears, made a' fortnight's journey from the old Calabar river into the interior, when, for reasons unknown at present, he returned to that place, and embarked on board the Agnes, a Liverpool vessel, bound for Fernando Po. It was during this voyage that this intelligent and amiable man breathed his last, on the 15th of April. These are the principal facts which have yet reached this country, and they have been transmitted by Col. Nichols, Governor of Fer- nando l'o, to the Admiralty. Letters had been received fiom Mr. Coulthurst, of so late a date as the 22d March, full of hope, and with a cheering account of his health. Mr. Coulthurst was, we believe, the son of — Coulthurst, Esq., of Sandyway, near Northwich, in Cheshire. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, where he took a very honourable degree, and was subsequently called to the bar.— Athenmum. A letter from Vienna communicates the following particulars of the last moments of the Duke dc Reichstadt:—" On the day preceding that of his death, the unfortunate Prince said to his mother, who, since her arrival, had attended him with the most tender solicitude—' The dream of life will soon be at an end— Do not weep, my dear mother ; my life has been of short duration, but I have no enemies. My name will be transmitted to pos- terity.' The Prince then gave Maria Louisa a portrait of Napo- leon, in which he had mingled some of his own hair with that of his father. The Duke de Reichstadt was also anxious to give to his mother some writings, which she took to please him, but soon after she sent them off by a confidential person to the Emperor. — Paris Paper. POLISH HEROISM.— At the storming of Warsaw, the princi- pal battery was defended by only two battalions, but with such bravery as history can hardly parallel. When it was evie'ent that it could no longer hold out, several privates of the artillery seated themselves on powder barrels and blew themselves up !— But the conduct of General Sowinski was truly heroic. Having lost one foot, he was, at his earnest request, seated on a chair, and placed on the altar of the desperately- defended church, where he continued to give orders until the last of his comrades was cut down, when, drawing forth two pistols, he, with one, shot a Russian who was rushing upon him, and, with the exclamation— " So dies a Polish general!" fired the other through his own heart.— Athcneenm. The means by which the thieves who stole the medals got into the Royal Library at Paris have been at length ascertained. They provided themselves with a rope, having a strong hook at the end, which they managed to fasten upon one of the bars of a window on the first floor, towards the Rue de Richelieu, by which three of them mounted into the great gallery, Fossard being at their head. They then, with a wimble, cut out one of the pannels of the door leading into the Cabinet of Medals. Having accomplished their object, they left the building by the same means that afforded them admission. They passed the rest of the night at the lodgings of Drouillet. It is reported from the confessions of those in custody, other persons are im- plicated. EXECUTION.— On Friday morning, at 9 o'clock, John Hills, a labourer, aged twenty- two years, who was tried and found guilty, at the late Chelmsford assizes, of a rape on the person of Mrs. Sarah Lestlie, was executed at the front of the convict gaol for the county of Essex, at Springfield, near Chelmsford, in the presence of an immense concourse of persons, who had assem- bled to witness the awful scene. His Majesty arrived in town from Windsor a little before two o'clock on Wednesday, and held a levee at St. James's. Lord Heytesbury was introduced to his Majesty, on his return to Eng- land from his embassy at St: Petersburg, by Viscouht Palmerston, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Chad, the King's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary to the King of Prussia, was presented to the King on liis return from Berlin, by Viscount Palmerston. WINDSOR, SATURDAY.— St. George's Hall and the whole of the contiguous apartments will be closed next week, preparatory to the grand dinner in the Hall on the Queen's birth- day. A military encampment will be formed in that part of the Great Park between the Cross Gates and the top of Sheet- street. The morning of the Queeit's birth- day, there will be a splendid fete at Adelaide Cottage, the grounds belonging to Which have been tastefully laid out under her Majesty's inspection. The Duke of Sussex will set off, on the breaking up of Parlia- ment, for Plymouth, of which place he is High Constable. From thence, after paying a few short visits to the West of England, he will go to Kinmell Park, Flint, the seat of Lord Dinorbeu. Mademoiselle D'Este, daughter of the Duke of Sussex, will, we hear, be shortly united to a Commoner of very considerable wealth. The approaching Eisteddfod at Beaumaris is daily meeting with additional patronage and support, not only amongst the noble and wealthy in Cambria, but all over the three kingdoms. The meeting will be graced by the presence of the Duchess of Kent, and her daughter, the Princess Victoria, heiress pre sumptive to the Crown. Part of the suite of her Royal High- ness arrived at Beaumaris on Thursday last, by the Panther yacht, and the Duchess and her daughter the same day passed through Shrewsbury, on their route to Powis Castle and Wynn- stay.— North Wates Chronicle. It is whispered in the circles of the Court that the tour now performing by the Princess Victoria is the first of a series which her Royal Highness will make of her own country. It is added that, as the heiress presumptive has now arrived at an age for observation, she will also visit the Continent, according to an arrangement proposed by the Royal Family some months ago. The Duke and Duchess Of Hamilton, and their only daugh- ter, Lady Susan Douglas, have arrived at Ashton Hall, near Lancaster, from the metropolis. The Dowager Countess of Mulgrave, and her daughters, the Ladies Lepel and Charlotte Phipps, have removed from the resi- dence of the late Earl, in Harley- street, to a villa in the vicinity of the Marquis of Salisbury's magnificent seat at Hatfield. Her Ladyship W& s placed on the English pension list a few months prior to the decease of her Noble husband, and she is now in the receipt of 900/. per annum from the English Civil List. The Earl of Jersey, who has several horses entered at Good- wood races, goes on Monday on a visit to the Duke of Rich- mond. The Marquis of Abercorn is certainly to be married to Lady Louisa Russell i The Duke of Wellington leaves town for the North on the 20th inst. He will visit the Duke of Buccleugh at Dalkeith, and meet a strong muster of the Conservatives there. The Duke of Devonshire left town on Friday for Bolton- abbey, Yorkshire, for the grouse season. Lord Anglesey has gotle to Cork on a visit to hie friend Sir Pulteney Malcolm. The Prince and Princess Lieven, since the close of the season have been residing at Richmond. The Prince comes to town almost daily to attend the conferences of the ministers of the Five Powers for " expediting" the settlement of Belgium. The Prince entertains select parties at dinner three or four times a week at his villa on Richmond- liill, SPORTS TO COME, CRICKET MATCHES.— On Monday, Aug. 1,1, at ChislehurStj nine gentlemen of England ( with Lillywhite and F, Pilch) and nine gentlemen of Kent ( amotlg Which numbef we are hsippy to see Mr, Jenner's name once more) and Wenman and Mills.— On Monday, Aug. 20, at Chatteris, nine gentlemen of the Mary- lebone Club ( with Liilywliite and Bayley) and the County of Cambridge ( with F. Pilch and Caldecourt).— On the 23d, on Parker's Piece, Cambridge, the Marylebone Club ( with Lilly- white and Bayley) and the Towli of Cambridge ( With Pilch and Caldecourt).— On the 27th, at Lord's Grounds, the gentlemen against the players ; the players to defend wickets 27 inches by 8 ; the gentlemen to defend wickets 22 inches hy 6. A match will be played on Richmond Green, on Tuesday next, between the Etonian dnil tile Richmond Union Clubs. Rotherhithe Regatta will take place on the 20th inst. ROYAL UNION YACHT CLUB.— On Saturday, the 18th inst., this Club, which is held at the Court house, Wellclose- square, will give a Clip and Cover to be sailed for by the yachts of members. Mr. Holl's Rowena, Mr, Firnie's Margaret, and Mr. Beckett's Gleaner, have been entered to sail from Greenwich to Gravesend, and back. The Jubilee Gravesend packet has been engaged for the occasion, and will leave the Dundee Arms about eight o'clock on the morning of the match. The Loyal Yacht Club give their superb Cup, to be sailed for on the 20th iniit. The Royal Thames Yacht Club Match for a 50 guineas Cup will be sailed on the 21st, in honour of the King's Birth- day; his Majesty being their Patron. The Lymingtott Regatta is likely to be got tip this season ill a very spirited manner, and the arrangements will eclipse all others of a former season. The Stewards this year are, John Beckley, Esq. ; Edward Hicks, Esq. ; Mr. W. Ilebbard ; Mr. W. Grun- sell; Mr. JosephSkeats; Mr. J. Mitchell; and Mr. J. L. Bad- cock.— Tuesday next is the day named for its taking place. The Royal Yacht Club Ball takes place on her Majesty's birth- day, the 13th instant, at the Club- house, Cowes, and a very nu- merous and gay assemblage is anticipated. The Ladies of Cowes have presented a Cup to the Members of the Royal Yacht Club, to be sailed for on her Majesty's birth- day, by yachts belonging to the Club, not exceeding fifty- five tons per register, in a handicap, to be arranged according to their tonnage, and the state of the weather at the time of sailing. MR. KEAN'S PRIZE WHERRY.— The ninth annual contest for a prize wherry, called the Richmond of Richmond, given by Edmund Kean, Esq., took place on Friday, at Richmond, and was witnessed by many thousand spectators. We gave the names of the men, and conditions of their match, in our last publica- tion:— Henry Hammerton and George Rednap ( purple), William Bell and Edward Brown ( light blue), William Jackson and George Borlcy ( pink), and George Clark and Joseph Rednap ( yellow), were the winners of the two first heats ; and about half- past six o'clock they started for the grand heat. Light Blue had the ad- vantage, and showed first through the bridge, with Purple close upon their starboard quarter, Pink and Yellow following in a close line, with the starting cutter immediately in the rear, the whole, having an interesting effect. A severe struggle ensued the entire way down to Lord Cassilis's, and notwithstanding Light Blue kept the lead, Purple scientifically doubled them in round- ing the distance boat, and made for the Duchess of Buccleuch's in advance of the squadron. Purple maintained the lead through- out, and most gallantly won one of the most superior finished prize wherries, made by Chillingwortli, of Vauxhall, that we ever witnessed rowed for. Light Blue came in second, Pink third, and Yellow fourth. PUBLIC MEETING AT CLIT HERO. On Saturday last, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Cli- thero was held in the Town- Hall, W. Hartley, Esq. in the chair, for the purpose of memorializing the Secretary of State for the Home Department, requesting him to institute an investigation into the conduct of the magistrates who caused the introduction of the military into the town on Friday evening week. The meet- ing was numerously attended, many persons being unable to gain admittance into tlle hall. The CHAIRMAN having stated the object of the meeting, Robert Trappes, Esq. said, that in obedience to the call of many of the respectable inhabitants, he had come forward to assist in obtaining an investigation into the conduct of the sol- diers introduced into the town on Tuesday. As an eye- witness of all the proceedings of that day up to six o'clock, he was of opinion that the Magistrates were to blame, for sanctioning mi- litary interference, without first having recourse to the civil authorities. He begged to propose the first resolution to the consideration of the meeting:— " That the occurrences of Tuesday last, on the afternoon of which day a body of cavalry, with drawn swords, suddenly and unexpectedly entered the town in the train of John Irving, Esq., M. P. for Bramber, and furiously, and on the instant, assaulted the people in the streets, inflicting severe wounds, and grievous bodily itijury on many, have excited one general feeling of hor- ror and disgust/' Jeremiah Garnett, Esq., of Roe- field, seconded the motion, which was put, and carried unanimously. Mr. Garnett said, that as an inhabitant of Clitliero, he felt a deep interest in the prosperity and character of the town ; and as such, he djd every thing in his power to preserve the peace on Mr. Irving's entry. He regretted that any insult had been offered to that gentleman and his party ; and hoped, for the sake of justice, that Mr. Irving might be as anxious for inquiry as he was. ( Cheers.) He would propose the second resolution,— That it is the bounden duty of the inhabitants of this borough to seek and demand substantial justice, and the punish- ment of the authors of this outrage ; and that his Majesty's Government be therefore solicited, forthwith to institute the necessary inquiry into the conduct of the civil and military au- thorities engaged on the unhappy occasion." T. Thomson, Esq., of Primrose seconded the motion, and it was then carried unanimously. James Thomson, Esq., of Primrose, in proposing the third resolution said, that he too, like his friend near him, had been charged with being implicated in causing the disturbances of Tuesday. Now he would appeal to his workmen present, whe- ther he did not, at 7 o'clock that morning, assemble, and warn them of the consequences of causing disorder, and of the advan- tage that would be taken of any impropriety in their conduct. (" You did,") At the time those charges were made, he treated them with the contempt they merited. At that time Colonel Cust thanked him for his exertions, and one of the ma- gistrates did the same. His friend, Mr. Garnett, and himself, long before the day arrived, had reason to dread that insults would be offered to Mr. Irving, if he persevered in entering the town in the manner proposed. The worthy bailiff of the borough was not present, or he would appeal to him, whether he ( Mr. Thomson) had hot warned him of the consequence of Mr. Ir- ving's proceedings. Was it wise— was it prudent, for an unpo- pular candidate, with a very small number of supporters, to imitate the example of Mr. Fort, and make a public entry ? ( Hear, hear.) No ; without disputing the right of Mr. Irving's friends to make such an entry, for they had an undoubted right, it was their judgment that he called in question. ( Cheers.) If Mr. Irving had come into the town without placarding the walls with a notice of his approach, and had canvassed every district and every voter, without calling for a public display, nothing of this would have happened. ( Hear, hear.) He ( Mr. Thomson) scorned to disguise his opinions, and he should nei- ther be doing justice to his neighbours nor to himself, if he did not declare the conduct of those who attacked Mr. Irving most disgraceful. ( Hear, hear.) When he heard of what had taken place, he rejoiced that Mr. Irving had had the prudence to drive through the town. The conduct pursued was disgraceful. It was the act of strangers, of whom they knew nothing. ( Cheers.) The candidate and his friends passed through the town, and stopped ttt the Bellman public- house ; and it was there, in an un- lucky hour, under the influence of passion and disappointed vanity, that they determined to call in the military. It was highly creditable to their excellent bailiff ( Mr. Garstang) that he protested against the proceedings. Mr. Garnctt said that the bailiff was not consulted until after the military were brought into the town, and it was then that he protested against the course that had been pursued. Mr. Thomson continued— The correction showed more forcibly the nature of the proceedings. But when the chief authority of the borough condemned the proceedings as unnecessary and un- warrantable, why were the military not withdrawn ? Who were those gentlemen who desired to bring the troops ? An old expe- rienced and most respectable magistrate, approaching his 80th year, beloved and respected by all who knew him. It was that which made it so distressing to call for inquiry. It was lament- able, that in a moment of aberration of judgment he should have called in the military ; and that he should have been joined in that rash act by a minister of a religion, which teaches charity and forgiveness of injuries. ( Cheers.) Let them remember wdiat was the state of the town at 6 o'clock. At least five- sixths of the people had gone home. Those that remained presented some- thing like the appearance of a Clitliero fair— a few intoxicated, and a good deal of boisterous good humour going on; but nothing that called for the introduction of an armed force. Mr. Garnett and himself walked up the streets a little before 6, when every thing was so tranquil, that they considered the tumult of the day passed, and that they might then go home. In an hour after they had left the town, they were called back to witness a fright- ful tumult between the military and the inhabitants. He saw not the beginning ; but he saw wdiat he should never forget. The people might well be exasperated. ( Hear, hear.) They saw an excited soldiery ( and how they came to be excited when they arrived, remained to be seen) drive into their town, where there was no disturbance, with flashing swords menacing them with destruction. ( Cheers.) Had Mr. Aspinall. of Standen Hall, a magistrate, been consulted, this melan- choly transaction would have been avoided. But the feeling | of exasperation, caused by the treatment they met with in the morning, had not subsided even in six hours, and they came back to show the people that they were " their masters now." ( Cheers.) He understood that the pretext set up for bringing forward the military was, that they wanted to rescue, their friends, who were pent up in the yard of the Swan Inn. He ( Mr. Thomson) would venture his life that 999 out of 1,000 did not know that they had any friends there, or that if they did, they cared nothing at all about it. ( Cheers.) He himself saw a magistrate belonging to Mr. Irving's party walking about the streets unmolested; and he was persuaded any gentleman at the Swan Inn might have done the same. Four of his workmen, of whom he would assert, that more quiet, more orderly, or more steady, men were not to be found in the country, were wounded. ( Hear.) Three were lying on their beds, and the. other just able to walk about;— one with his arm broken, another with three ribs broken ; one with severe sabre wounds, and the other walk- ing about with a large cut on his forehead. Was this to be borne ? ( No, no !) What would his workmen and his neighbours say if lie could suffer this to pass without calling for an inquiry ? Would they not say that he deserved to be so treated himself ? Mr. Thomson concluded by proposing the following resolution, which was carried unanimously :— " That the proceedings in the early part of the same day, - when Mr. Irving made his entry as a candidate for the future repre- sentation of this borough, and was received with disfavour, and assailed in an unbecoming and disgraceful manner by individuals unknow to the town, neither justifies nor palliates his return,, after the lapse of many hours, in the mode and under the cir- cumstances described in a foregoing resolution : more especially when it is considered that there was a near and direct road through Worston open to him for his return to Whalley, without ever setting a foot in the town of Clithero." Mr. Trappes moved the next resolution, appointing Mr. Gar- nett and Mr. Thomson a deputation to wait upon lord Melbourne with the memorial, and to use every endeavour to obtain an in- vestigation. Mr. Thomson said, that the Rev. F. Abbatt, of Clithero, was in no respect blameable for the part he took in the transaction; as the resident magistrate, he was called upon to read the rio& act. As a proof, however, that he did it reluctantly, he might mention that the Rev. gentleman had determined never to act again. ( Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. Garnett, on behalf of Mr. Thomson and himself, begged to say, that they were perfectly ready to comply with the wishes of the meeting, and to proceed to London immediately at their own expense They would then have an opportunity of mccti » g any charge that might be brought against them. The deputation left Clithero at two o'clock for London. ENGLISH ELECTIONS. BOLTON.— Colonel Torrens and Mr. Boiling have been making; an active personal canvass during the week ; the former has met with the most unequivocal success, having at this time nol less than 700 pledges registered, and he has yet to visit a con- sideiable portion of the town. Mr. Boiling's friends openly assert that they have succeeded far beyond their most sangoine expectations. Upon this head we are rather sceptical, as we know that Mr. Ashton Yates's committee have been sounding their frieuds, and they do not meet with any backsliders. A re- quisition to Mr. Eagle, the barrister, containing 90 names, voters and non- voters, the numbers of the latter rather predomi- nating, was sent off on Thursday evening. CARMARTHEN AND LLANELLY.— Mr. Jones, the present M. P. for Carmarthen, and the Hon. Mr. Yelverton, the neur candidate, have finished their canvass of the voters of Carmar- then and Llanelly ; and their respective parties have been stre- nuously exerting themselves in their behalf. Broken heads and broken windows already bear evidence to the zeal of their partizans. DERHYSHIRE, Northern Division.— Lord Cavendish has de- clared himself a candidate for this division of the county. Sir George Sitwell, and Mr. Gisborne, are actively canvassing the northern division of the county.— Southern Division.— Sir Roger Greisley has canvassed for this division of the county. The Hon. G. J. Vernon has not yet declared himself a candidate, but there is little doubt of his shortly doing so. It is said that a third candidate will most probably offer. DEVON.— Lord Ebrington declines to stand for the sooth of Devon. His friends will in consequence put forward and support Mr. Bulteel. Lord Ebrington will stand for the northern divi- in.— Globe. HERTFORD.— Lord Ingestre and Lord Mahon entered Hert- ford on Thursday week in procession, and addressed the electors from the Salisbury Arms, urging their pretensions as candidates for the next election. Mr. Sedgwick, whose window ( opposite) was occupied by Mr. T. Duncombe, to hear his opponents' ob- servations, next morning received notice to quit from his land- lord, Baron Dimsdale.— County Chronicle. LEEDS.— The electors of Leeds will learn with surprise that that venerable lady, the Marchioness of Hertford, has actually had the modesty to send her agents into the town to canvass for the Duke of Newcastle's nominee— Mr. Michael Thomas Sadler, with an intelligible intimation that it will be very acceptable to her ladyship if her tradesmen will give this very profound states- man their support. This is a first step towards converting Leeds into a rotten borough.— Leeds Mercury. LYME REGIS.— Lord Burghersh has been canvassing the new constituency of Lyme Regis and Charmouth, which, under the Reform Bill, will, in future, Parliaments return only one mem- ber. The present representatives for the borough are the Hon. Major Fane and Colonel Fane, who have been hitherto returned on the corporation and Tory interest, which was influenced by the Earl of Westmoreland, the patron nnder the old system. Lord Burghersh has circulated an address to the electors, in which he declares that his family has been connected with the borough nearly a century, and that, from the promises of sup- port he had generally met with, he was certain of success. The reform party in the town propose to support Mr. Melville, who was invited to become a candidate at a meeting of the inhabitants held in June last year. PLYMOUTH.— In this borough all bustle has ceased for the present. At Devonport and Stonehouse the friends of the three candidates are on the qui vice. Open committees for each have been formed, and an active canvass is being carried on. Mr. Leach evidently stands exceedingly high with a numerous class of < the electors, to whom his private worth and integrity of cha- acter are well known. The other candidates are Sir G. Grey, and Sir E. Codrington. WHITEHAVEN.— Lord Lowthcr left Whitehaven for Lowther Castle on Saturday. We presume his lordship is by this time pretty well satisfied that Mr. Attwood has as little chance of being returned for Whitehaven, as he himself would have of being returned for the county .— Carlisle Journal. WORCESTER.— For both divisions of the county, for the city, and for the different boroughs in Worcestershire, final arrange ments have been made for the next election. The following in all probability will be the result:— The Hon. T. H. Foley, Whig, and the Hon. H. B. Lygon, Tory, will walk over the western division of the county; T. H. Cookes, and Congreve Russell, both Liberals, unconnected with party, will be re- turned for the eastern division— the opposition threatened by the Tories in the person of Mr. Pakington is a mere mockery. For the city of Worcester— Colonel Davies and Mr. Robinson, both Liberals, are again candidates— they cannot be ousted ; Sir C. Cockerell and Mr. Hudson, Liberals, will be re- elected for Eve- sham ; Mr. J. H. H. Foley, Whig, will retain his seat for Droitwich. Emancipated Bewdley shakes off the Tory Mr. Roberts, and has given in its adhesion to honest Sir T. E. Win- nington ; Mr. Phillips, Whig, will be the first member for i Kidderminster ; and Mr. Campbell, Whig, for Dudley. Or it may be thus— Worcestershire, 12 members, Liberals 11, Tories 1. Majority for good government 10.— Hereford Times. FREEHOLD VOTES.— It appears that, up to the present time, only about 100 persons possessing freeholds in this town have applied to register their names as voters for the East Riding.—- It does not seem to be generally known, that the possession of a freehold in the town of Hull confers upon the owner the right of voting for county members for the East Riding division of Yorkshire.— Hull Packet. The registration by the Overseers of the respective parishes in these towns, is being proceeded with, and is a work of no easy performance. The payment of a shilling, which is directed by the 56th section of the Reform Act, has given dissatisfaction to many persons, who imagine that the parish officers are demand- ing it for the purpose of remunerating themselves for the trouble they may be put to. Such, however, is not the case. The money so collected will be added to the funds raised for the maintenance of the poor ; from which the expenses only, that the officers may incur in the registration of votes, will be paid, under the approval of a bench of Magistrates.— Plymouth paper. BEDFORDSHIRE.— Lord Charles Fox Russell, a soldier and reformer, will offer himself for the county of Bedford. Mr. Crawley will not stand in opposition to his lordship. DENBIGHSHIRE.— The Hon. Lloyd Kenyon, eldest son of Lord Kenyon, and a Conservative, of course, has announced himself as a candidate for the representation of the county of Denbigh. 360 T H E T O W I ¥. August 12. TOWN MISCELLANEA. It is said that the private fortune of the bride elect of King Leopold, independently of her father, is upwards of 30,000/. sterling per annum ; and that Louis Phillippe is expected to give 20,000?. per annum more, so that her income will he 50,000?. a year. Don Pedro, during his stay in this country, raised a large sum from a Jewish capitalist, with whom he left in pledge jewels and plate of great amount, and other property, including his carriages. Colonel Murat, son of the King of Naples, has embarked at Falmouth in the Zephyr, for Oporto, to join the Constitutional troops. We yesterday saw, at George Robins's, a shovel, tongs, and poker of solid silver, emblazoned with the arms of George Watson Taylor, M. P. His Majesty, it is believed, is the only person besides who possesses similar articles in solid silver.— Morning Post.—[ An Irish M. P., on inspecting these articles, expressed his surprise at such expensive fire- irons."] BLACK ROD.— In the House of Lords, on Tuesday, the Duke of Devonshire introduced to their Lordships his relative, Sir Augustus Clifford, as successor to the ebony wand, vice Sir T. Tyrwhitt resigned. The noble duke wore his Windsor uniform, as Lord Chamberlain, and the star and blue riband. The office of Usher of the Black Rod not being tenable with a seat in Parlia- ment, Sir Augustus Clifford has withdrawn from the representa- tion of the borough of Bandon, a borough under the influence of his noble relative the Duke of Devonshire. The Black Rod secures to its possessor between 3000?. and 4000?. a year. The loan of 150 millions of francs for the service of the French Government has been adjudged to a company composed of the banking- houses of Rothschild and Co., Davillier and Co.; Ac- kermann, Fauld, and Co., and others, to the number of 27. The price at which it has been taken is 98 J. The Gazette of Tuesday, contains a notice of the suspension of the payment of the Deccan prize money, until the Privy Council should have decided on the claims of Sir T. Hislop, and Sir Lionel Smith. Mr. Morris has obtained leave of Mr. Sheridan Knowles to perform his Hunchback. Farren and Miss Phillips will per- form the characters originally intended for them by the author. Taglioni has left London, having performed for the last time on Monday for Mr. Laporte's benefit. Her brother and her suitor, the son of a peer of France, to whom she is said to be already married, accompanied her to Calais.—[ The French peer age and the corps de ballet form an appropriate union.] Four- hundred and forty- six medical students have been exa- mined by the Society of Apothecaries in the last twelve months ; of which number, 373 have received certificates of qualification. [ What will become of his Majesty's subjects ?] The watermen complain that, though the present is the finest summer that has been known for many years, it is the dullest which for as many years has beeu known on the river.— Morn- ing Herald.— [ We presume that the amphibious complainants subscribed to the Herald in May]. Prince Talleyrand finds his health improved by his visits to the waters, and is expected to return to this country much earlier than he at first proposed.— [ Charles Maurice is, we understand, recruiting for another bout of Protocols.] THE REFORM BILL.— In the old scot and lot boroughs ( West- minster, for instance) it is only necessary that the voters should have paid such rates as had been demanded of them up to the time mentioned in the bill. It is not necessary for the voters in boroughs to send in a claim to the overseers. The latter are re- quired by the act to make out a list, and it is only when names are omitted that a claim is necessary j it is in counties that those who intend voting must give notice. The number of officers on the effective strength of the army, Members of the House of Commons, is thirty; ten colonels of regiments, general officers; six colonels, three majors, eight captains, and three lieutenants. The committee appointed to inquire into the state of the silk trade have broken up, without coming to any definite conclusion on the subject of their inquiry. GAS.— The Gas which lights London is calculated to consume 38,000 chaldrons of coals per annum ; lighting 62,000 lamps in shops, houses, & c., and 7,500 street lamps. In 1830, the gas pipes in and round London were above 1,000 miles in length. Gas lights of half an inch in diameter supply a light equal to 20 candles; of one inch in diameter, equal to 100; two inches, 420 ; three inches, to 1,000. The Duke of York's diamonds and other articles of jewellery, to a very considerable amount, are about to be sold for the be- nefit of his creditors. The total amount paid to chaplains of gaols, for their services as such, in England and Wales, is 15,669?. 19s. Of the whole number, in one case only ( at Ripon) is service performed gra- tuitously. The chaplain to the House of Correction, Cold Bath- fields, gets 300?. a year ; to the New Prison, Clerken- well, 200?.; of Newgate, 400?. and a house to reside ; of Gilt- spur- street Compter, 225?. ; of the New Debtors' Prison, Whitecross- street, 262?. 10s.; of Tothill- fields Bridewell, 150?.; of Horsemonger- lane gaol, 200?.; of Brixton House of Correc tion, 200?. ; of Guildford House of Correction, 100?. ; and of Kingston- upon- Thames House of Correction, 70?. a year. GERMANY.— A meeting took place at the Crown and Anchor , Tavern on Monday, for the purpose of taking into considera- ;•! : lion what would be the best course to be pursued by this coun- • : try with respect to the present state of Germany. Dr. Schutte, of Ileidelburg, a schoolfellow and friend of Dr. Fein, who was Wirth's assistant in the editorship of the German Tribune, a suppressed liberal paper, took the chair. Another object which the meeting had iu view was to propose a vote of thanks to the English nation for its prompt and universal reprobation of the horrible Frankfort ordinances against European liberty. A re- > olution to that effect was proposed and carried unanimously. The reversionary sinecure in the Prerogative Court in Dec- ors' Commons, to which the son of the Speaker will succeed m the death of its present possessor, is fearful in its amount. With the exception of Registrar of the Court of Admiralty, held iy Lord Arden, who, during the war, received nearly 40,000?. i year, it is the most productive sinecure in the kingdom. Both iffices are disgraceful to the country, and ought to be abolished. THE WINDSOR CAMP I— On Wednesday morning the grena- . liers and flank companies of Foot Guards left the barracks, vith waggons, containing tbe officers' baggage. The necessaries nd camp equipages for between 3,000 and 4,000 men have been n the spot this ^ fortnight. The 3d Regiment of Dragoon jruards arrived taP Lond » n on Thursday from Brighton, and roceeded to'theitegency ftarracks, where they do duty in place f the Life Guards, who march to Windsor. Three troops of ' lying Artillery with six pieces of cannon, six pounders, from Voohvich, have proceeded towards Windsor. The 1st. Regiment f Guards will be quartered at Kingston, and those belonging to le other regiments in different places as near each other as pos- ble. The ground marked out for the principal camp is in ont of the Queen's window. The same duty, and exactly the ime ceremonies, will be performed by the troops as if they ere in the enemy's country. Poor old Windsor Castle will be imbarded without shot or shell; stormed, taken, and retaken ; ain and again. The butchers of the army will even kill their vn meat, and serve it up in pieces without weighing, on the ides of the animals, and in such manner it will be distributed to . e messes. They will forage for fuel to cook with, & c. On Friday morning, shortly before the House broke up, Mr. ume- moved for addresses on the two following important sub- cts :—" The date of the first and every subsequent commission the army of every officer now in command of a regiment of valry of each class— stating the regiment in which promoted, e periods they have been actually present on service with their giments, and the period on half- pay in each rank ; and the gregate of actual service until the appointmentto the command a regiment, and the date of such appointment." The sccond was, " A return of the names of the several persons now re- ceiving pensions for diplomatic services ; stating the amount of pensions, and the date in which the pension was granted, the number of years the pension has been paid, and the aggregate amount of the principal sums, and of interest at five per cent, on each year's payment up to this time." MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.— Within the last few days the family of a gentleman named Bloore, of Park- street, Cam den- town, have been in a state of great wretchedness, in conse- quence of the disappearance of Mr. Bloore. Thursday week he left his residence for the purpose of going to one of the theatres. It is supposed he was joined by two friends, as he and two per- sons were at the Fitzroy Arms about one in the morning. The landlord mentioned a small account which Mr. Bloore owed, and he being rather affected by the liquor, pulled out a handful of sovereigns, and said he would pay it if it was 20?. This conduct was observed by some brickmakers. Mr. Bloore left the house, and was next seen scaling his back wall, which he told the watch- man he did that he might not disturb the family. Since this, Mr. Bloore has not been heard of. Mr. Bloore, who was aged 50, has held a highly confidential situation in the Bank of Eng- land for the last 25 years. COUNTRY MISCELLANEA. EXECUTION.— Last week the extreme sentence of the law was carried into effect upon Edward Green, Thomas Lincoln, and James Morris, who ( with Daniel Pigott and Samuel Green, since reprieved) were condemned at the late assizes for this county for burglaries in the houses of Mrs. Robson at Cookham, and Jona- than Brunsden, at Tilehurst- common. Green, who was only 20 years of age, was a native of Totness, Devon, but was brought up at Bray, in this county, where his relations now reside ; he was a noted bad character, having been several times before con- fined in our gaol. Lincoln was 25 years of age, and a deserter from the 75th regiment of foot; he was originally a gardener at Potton, in Bedfordshire, where he was born, and where his father, who has been more than once a prisoner, now dwells. Morris aged 21, was a native of Reading, and was apprenticed, when a mere child, to Hewlins, a chimney- sweeper, in Horn- street; lately he has been notorious as a donkey- stealer.— Reading Mercury. A VACANT CHAIR.— At the Hereford assizes, a carpenter of Leominster, brought an action against a Mr. Fraser, for the price of a chair provided in anticipation of Mr. Fraser's success as a candidate for " the most sweet voices" of the worthies of Lucky Bish's borough. The chair, however, not having been re- quired for honorary use, Mr. F. demurred as to the payment and left the issue to a Jury, who found for the joiner to the amount of four pounds. MATERNAL AFFECTION.— A poor woman, nearly seventy, named Mills, w- ho obtains a living by wire- drawing, started from Bristol a short time since, to visit her son, under sentence of transportation for life at Woolwich for rioting in the Old Market in October. She walked to Woolwich and back to Bristol, with the exception of 25 miles she rode in a waggon, on her way up. She took with her when she started, 20s. to defray her expenses, 10s. 6d. of which she gave to her son in goods and money. She remained in Woolwich ten days, where it cost her 3s. 4d. for sleeping, and had 6d. left when she reached home. She declares she had but ld. given her while away, and did not spend more than 2d. per day in food or liquor during lier journey— West- ern Luminary. Two dreadful fires have occurred in Devonshire. On Wed- nesday morning, at Bradninch, not less than 45 dwelling- houses, together with the Guildhall, the Baptist Chapel, and the Gaol, were reduced to a heap of ruins ; the whole of Mill- street ( both sides) was burnt down ; and a millwright, named Ingersent, fell a sacrifice to the flames. At Knighton, near Chudleigh, on Thursday morning, between 15 and 20 houses were destroyed by fire. These make four fires in about a month in that county, which have nearly reduced to ruins two exten- sive villages, and destroyed a great part of two towns.— Shrews- bury Chronicle. EARTHQUAKE IN CHESHIRE.— At half- past eight o'clock on Saturday morning last, a very smart shock of an earthquake was felt at Waverbam, Davenham, Sandiway Bank, Delamere Forest, and Tarporley. So great was the vibration, that a poor woman at Waverham, who is both blind and deaf, called out to ask why they shook her bed so violently. The mansion at San- diway Bank, the residence of W. H. Worthington, Esq., vi- brated perceptibly for several seconds. On Delamere Forest, several labourers in the fields were astonished at the motion of the trees ; and at a farm- house near Tarporley, the vibration was so great as to burst open the locks of two cupboards in the parlour.— Chester Chronicle. One of the most deliberate murders we have ever had to re- cord took place on Friday week at the village of Clialgrove, near Wellington, Oxfordshire. The deceased was an industrious blacksmith, named Costard, a married man with three children, and his wife expecting to be shortly confined again. The de- ceased, who kept a retail beer shop, was called up early on Friday morning, by two men living in the village, named Bunce and Phelps, when some dispute happened with the parties, which was settled satisfactorily, and the two mqn left. On going down the street, they met a lad going to work with a bag of victuals attached to the end of a prong across his shoulders. They took the instrument from the boy, and went back to the blacksmith's shop, telling the lad, " Costard should not be alive ten minutes longer." They proceeded to Costard's shop, where Bunce deli- berately ran the prong through his neck, and Phelps fractured his skull by a blow with a sledge- hammer. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Bunce and Phelps, the latter of whom has absconded. The crops in the neighbourhood of Plymouth promise to be excellent. Tbe sickle has already been put in requisition, and in the course of another week the harvest will be geueral. James and Margaret Andrews have been examined at the New Bailey, Manchester, the former charged with stabbing a man named Robert Williams in the throat, and the latter as an ac- cessary in the fact. Williams lodged at the house of the pri- soners, and Andrews had reason to suppose that he was carry- ing on a criminal interc « hrse with his wife. At an early hour on Monday morning some circumstances occurred which con- firmed this suspicion, and, stung to the quick, he concealed him- self, so that he could watch the door of his house, determined to wreak his vengeance upon Williams when he came out. When Williams left the house, Andrews fell upon him and cut his throat with a knife. The noise of the scuffle attracted a watchman to the spot, and the unfortunate man was speedily conveyed to the Infirmary, where he still remains in a dange- rous state. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury was insulted by the po pulace on last Wednesday evening at Canterbury, where he had arrived to hold a visitation. His Grace was entertained by the corporation at the Guildhall, on leaving which he was assailed by the usual artillery of a disorderly crowd. The breaking of his carriage- windows was the extent of injury sustained by the Most Reverend Prelate, and the disturbance, it appears, would not have occurred at all but for the officious interference of one of thbse privileged numskulls, named by our Saxon forefathers Aldermen. An inquest was held last evening on the body of Mr. H. Fo- rester, who died that morning, in consequence of the effects of the injury he received from an attempt to hang himself on Thursday last. The jury returned a verdict of insanity. He was an eccentric man, and several months ago made a will, in which he bequeathed his body to a surgeon in Portsmouth, " to be anatomized, skeletonized, or otherwise appropriated to such surgical operations as he may deem proper." In reference to this bequest, he wrote to his executor the following instructions: —" On my decease, you will send to Mr. Martell to remove the carcass, to be disposed of as he may think fit. In case Mr. Martell does not remove the carcass within 24 hours after my decease, you will offer it to any other professional person, and in the event of your not getting a customer, you will cause it to sewn up in old canvass, and to be sunk off St. Helen's or^ the Needles, as the tide may suit, always observing to confine the expense within 21. Relying on your punctuality in performing this my last request," & c.— Portsmouth Herald of Sunday. At Lewes, on Wednesday, William Lewis, labourer, aged 26, was indicted for stealing from the person of Henry Head, two sovereigns, at Brighton, on the 3d of August inst. The prosecutor, a country- bumpkin, went to Brighton- races,, and in the course of his rambles fell in with the prisoner, who was a professor of the " thimble- rig." The prisoner invited the pro- senator to bet on the chances of the thimbles, which he declined to do. The prisoner then pulled out a bundle of notes of the " Bank of Elegance," and said, ". He was not without money, but he doubted whether any of the persons around him had any money in their pockets." This acted like a stimulus on the torpid dignity of the countryman, who forthwith pulled out a couple of sovereigns, and displayed his treasures to the owner of the " flash notes." He had no sooner done so, than they were snatched from his hand; a regular row commenced ; the prisoner insisted he had betted the sovereigns and lost them ; the countryman seized upon him by the hand ; the " thimble rigger" bit his thumb, and many blows were inflicted on his carcass by other persons. In the mean time a policeman came, up, and the prisoner was secured. He called no witnesses, but affirmed that the prosecutor had lost his money on the wager as to the " thimbles." He was found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for life. He begged hard for mercy, and some con- fusion was occasioned in court by the cries and intercession of his wife and children. SCOT LA ND. REGISTRATION OF VOTES.— From all parts of the united kingdom we hear complaints of the rcluctance of the newly enfranchised voters to come forward and be registered. In some of the metropolitan districts, not more than one- tenth of the estimated electors have qualified ; and up to Wednesday last, only three hundred and fifteen out of the eleven or twelve thou- sand which are in Edinburgh had applied for enrolment. This carelessness about enjoying the fruits of the victory forms a striking contrast to the enthusiasm with which the battle was fought.— Greenock Advertiser. So backward are those entitled to qualify as electors, that only about two hundred and fifty schedules have yet been taken out, and of these not one- half are returned. When votes ranged from 1,000?. to 1,700?. purchasers were found, but purchasers now hang back when the price is only half- a- crown. Of the early qualifiers, there was a pretty fair proportion of movement and conservative parties, but the initiated say that latterly the former have preponderated.-— Paisley Advertiser. EDINBURGH.'— The registration of votes proceeds very slowly, and whether owing to intimidation or apathy, or both, the num- ber of persons who have hitherto qualified themselves for the exercise of the franchise is exceedingly small.— Edinburgh Ob- server. CHOLERA.— The cholera is making the most appalling ravages in Glasgow. On Saturday and Sunday the new cases amounted to three hundred and eighteen, and the deaths to one hundred and forty- four. Among the victims were several in the upper classes of society. In Edinburgh the disease continues mode- rate, and, what is more astonishing when its proximity to Glas- gow is considered, in Paisley it seems on the decline. In Greenock, too, we are happy to say, the cases are less numerous than they were a short time ago. In Gouroclc no cases are occurring. The principal cause of the advance in sheep is the dreadful mortality that prevailed among the flocks in England in 1829 and 1830. Out of a stock of 25 millions it is calculated that more than a third perished; and as an aggregate number of the same species of animals is under five millions in Scotland, years must elapse before the deterioration is completely compensated, and the dreadful gap filled up or supplied. When in the country, one is apt to wonder how a vent is obtained for so many members of the bleating tribe ; but in London the wonder is how so many mouths can be fed. In Smithfield alone, 30,000 head of sheep arc slaughtered weekly, or more than 1,500,000 annually ; and, strange as it may appear, consumption has increased since the termination of the war. To say nothing of bullocks, pigs, and calves, this of itself forms a tolerable item in the vivres consumed by one enormous maw.— Dumfries Courier. Naas. Lieut. Gorse's detachment of the 92d has marched from Nenagh to Fermoy head- quarters. The 81st is now stationed in Richmond barracks, Dublin. The depot of the 1st battalion 60th Rifles has moved to Maryborough.— Limerick Chronicle. HALF- PAY OFFICERS AND PENSIONERS.— By a bill intro- duced in the present session, all officers and pensioners are en- titled to receive their pensions by a remittance bill, such bill not to be liable to stamp duty.— Dublin Paper. The Cowes Yacht Club, now on a cruise, are expected daily to put into Cove ; and a trial of skill in sailing is to be made between his Majesty's brig Pantaloon, and ths Earl of Belfast's Water Witch, 300 tons burthen. A private soldier of tbe Artillery, named Gough, stationed at Ballincollig, was brutally stoned to death on Sunday night last by some countrymen, in revenge of an insult which was offered them while drinking iu the canteen there. DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND.— We ( Evening Post) have been put in possession of the substance of the report of the committee on the disturbances in Ireland, which report was made to the House of Commons on Thursday, and has not yet been printed. They begin by stating that the examination of witnesses having continued till within afew days, they are unable to draw up so elaborate a report as the number of subjects mentioned in the evidence would otherwise require. They undertake, therefore, only to give their opinion on a few leading topics. They recom- mend that the Clerk of the Crown should be made an efficient county officer, to assist the magistrates in administering the laws in regularity and efficiency, at the petty sessions, and to assist them in taking examinations, and having them properly used in subsequent proceedings. They particularly notice the removal of tenants, and recommend a plan for encouraging landlords to afford them relief, by a proportional contribution from a public fund. They suggest the necessity of checking the progress of mendicity and vagrancy, and of reforming altogether the system of licensing public- houses. The Dublin Gazette of Wednesday contains five proclamations. The first offering a reward of 400?. for the apprehension of the murderers of Mr. Marum ; the second, a reward of 300?. for the discovery of the persons who fired through the windows of Patrick Gill, in Armagh, on the 29th July ; the third a reward of 300?. for the discovery of the murderers of a policeman, in the Queen's County, on the 31st July ; the fourth, a reward of 100?. for the apprehension of those who burned the house of Thomas Mahon, in Westmeath, on the 25tli July ; and the fifth, a reward of 100?. for the discovery of the persons who attacked Mr. M'Cann, in Tipperary. IRELAND. CHOLERA IN ENGLAND. Lord Hutchinson has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county Tipperary, in the room of his late uncle, Earl Donough more. A fatal occurrence took place on Wednesday last at Ahenisli. It appears that a party of revenue police, stationed at Killaloe, were on duty in that neighbourhood, and on having made a seizure of the head of a still, they saw a boat push from the shore in which were two men and two women, having with them the worm of a still. When the police party came up, one of them ran towards the boat, calling on the people in it to sur- render, or he would fire on them, at the same time raising his musket, he discharged it, and lodged the contents in the body of a woman of the name of Mary Madden, who was going to the fair of Tyone, in the county Tipperary. The policeman imme- diately absconded, but was taken on Friday. An inquest was held, and the jury found that the deceased came by her death in conscquence of a gun- shot wound feloniously inflicted on her by Hugh Brachen, of the revenue police. — Limerick Chronicle. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN.— A sub- constable belonging to the party at Castle Durrow, was found on Water Castle Hill, Queen's county, dead, with a gun- shot wound right through his heart. His gun, which had been discharged, was lying beside him, and his sidfe- arms and ammunition untouched. A magis- terial investigation with closed doors took place, and their deli- beration ended in the arrest, under circumstanccs of suspicion, of the constable in command of the party at Durrow, and an- other policeman.— Dublin Plain Dealer. MURDER NEAR PORTADOWN.-— On Saturday night last, a re- spectable man, named Patrick Gill, residing near Portadown, was shot dead while sitting at his own fire- side. A ramrod of a pistol was found under the window, through which the shot had been fired. An inquest was held on the body by the Coroner for the county of Armagh, and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.— Newry Examiner. FAMILY REPRESENTATION.— Mr. O'Connell and five mem- bers of his family will, it is said, start for different places next general election. The hon. member himself will be up for the City of Dublin, resigning the contesting of his native county, Kerry, to his brother, John O'Connell, Esq., of Grenagli. Mr. Maurice O'Connell will, as a matter of course, be returned for the county Clare; Mr. Finn, the barrister, married to Mr. O'Connell's sister, has canvassed the freeholders of the town of Carlow, with every prospect of success ; and Mr. O'Connell's two sons- in- law, Messrs. Fitzsimon and French, will aspire to represent— the former Clonmel, the latter Athlone.— Limerick Chronicle. A conditional order for an attachment against the proprietors of the Comet newspaper, has been granted by the Court of Com- mission, Dublin, at the instance of the Attorney- General, for a series of articles published in that journal respecting the tithe trials. It is understood that camps will be immediately formed in every province in Ireland. MILITARY- MOVEMENTS.— The marching of the grand divi- sion of the 27th from Buttevant to Limerick is suddenly coun- termanded. The 43d, now in Dublin, are destined for the East Indies. The Depot companies of the 56th have moved from Spike Island to Kinsale. The companies of the 12th foot, quar- tered in Dublin for the last two months, marched on route to % LONDON, AUGUST 10th.— The following is this day's report of cholera cases for the country :— New cases, 588 ; deaths, 236 ; recoveries, 278 ; remaining, 1404. New places in to- day's re- turn :— Bilston, July 4 to 9 : new cases, 93 ; deaths, 26 ; reco- veries, 37 .; remaining, 30. Stourport, July 12 to August 8— new cases, 14 ; deaths, 6 ; recoveries, 6 ; remaining, 2. Between one and two o'clock on Thursday, Mr. Hensliall, one of the editors of the Alfred newspaper, was attacked at his re- sidence with violent cramps, followed by every other symptom of cholera. Medical aid was instantly procured, and although every attention was paid to Mr. Henshall, he sank under the attack in two hours. The deceased was about thirty- five years of age, and had been for some years connected with the periodical literature of the metropolis. At the time of the death of the Hon. Mrs. Smith, there were no less than eight eminent members of the faculty, all in the house, consulting upon her case 1 The cholera has, we understand, recently appeared in Kid- derminster. MEDICAL TREATMENT OF CHOLERA.— When attempting to elucidate the medical management of cholera, it is only by treat- ing of the remedies in connection with the different periods of the disease, that we can ever convey any solid instruction. At the same time, a few general facts, derived from the most ample experience, should be kept steadily before the mind. One of these general facts is, that many patients in the apparently worst, as well as the mildest attacks, may recover without having received the slightest medical aid ; and that many patients may recover not only despite of the disease, but despite of very in- judicious treatment. In the sphere of my own experience and practical observation, which have certainly been somewhat con- siderable, I have witnessed the pernicious effects of medicines which had an ephemeral notoriety, as bismuth, cajeput oil, and tobacco ; and I have seen the negative evils which attend the inhalation of oxygen gas, & c. Of all the modes of treatment, however, that which consists in the copious administration of brandy and laudanum, ( though so highly praised by some, and extensively circulated,) has been the least suited to the treat- ment of cholera in Europe. I am inclined to believe, had the disease been left to its own course in the localities where the copious use of brandy and laudanum was resorted to for its cure, that the mortality would not have been greater. * * * In closing my remarks on the character and the treatment of cholera in England, I will again observe, that it may remain in the memory of the reader— there is not any dangerous disease known to medicine, which is more curable than cholera, pro- vided proper treatment be resorted to before the first stage of the acute period is far advanced. During this period, the re- medies which I have ventured to recommend, will, when judi- ciously administered, prove uniformly successful, or, at least, so rarely will they resist them, that I would ascribe their failure in such an instance, to some peculiarity in the constitu- tion of the patient, distinct from the cholera symptoms, or to something in the circumstances of the patient, which is of un- usual occurrence. — Kennedy's History of Cholera. Third Edition. CHOLERA HOSPITALS.— Persons unacquainted with the pecu- liarities of cholera, suppose that the accommodation afforded by temporary hospitals is adequate to meet every deficiency occur- ing in the treatment of the patients at their own homes; but this supposition is quite erroneous. In England, where the mass of the people are prejudiced against such establishments, and where the sick are not compelled to go into them at an early period of the disease, cholera hospitals never were, and never will be, productive of much public benefit. Nearly all the pa- tients die that are received into the hospitals, and this fact alone is the best proof of their inutility. In general, they have only served to squander parish rates, and, by the shocking mortality apparent in their lists of cases, to lead the misguided populace to accuse the physicians of administering poison to patients.— Ibid. FOREIGN MANUFACTURES.— Those who lament the use in this country of French silks, or French gloves, seem to take it for granted that the use of such articles throws out of employ- ment, as a matter of course, a certain number of British arti- sans, and that the country is consequently impoverished in pro- portion. But such reasoners must be very ignorant of the na- ture of trade, because nothing is more certain than that the French have never yet given us gratis a single yard of silk, or a single pair of gloves, but that an equivalent in British produce or manufactures, or the value thereof, is given in exchange for every cargo of French goods that crosses the channel. Those who buy must also sell; nor can there be any trade, whether between nations or individuals, unless on a fair principle of re- ciprocity. This country, therefore, can never be impoverished, nor the demand for British labour diminished, by the importa- tion of French silks, or any other foreign manufactures, in how large quantity soever.— Penny Magazine. In the present depressed state of our West India colonies, the public cannot do better than patronize Mr. Taylor's wine, pre- pared with the genuine white Jamaica ginger, most particularly recommended by the faculty in spasmodic and cholera affections. The great age of this wine will ensure to our old friend a consi- derable demand for the article. m I August 12. THE TOWH, 363 MIDLAND CIRCUIT. LEICESTER, AUGUST 8. CONVICTION OF COOKE, THE MURDERER. This being tbe day on which it was understood that Cooke, the inspected murderer of Mr. Paas, was to take Ins trial, the public interest in the result seemed once more to have become intense;! for long before the usual hour for opening the doors of the couri arrived, they were beset by crowds of persons anxious to obtain admission. When the doors were thrown open, there was a tre- mendous rush, and every corner of the court was filled in a mo- ment. Amongst the ladies on the bench was Miss Payne, who has spent a great part of her time with Cooke in prison, exhorting and praying with him, as well as paying him every other attention in lier power. It was generally understood tbat, by her persuasion, the prisoner bad determined lo plead guilty, and thereby avoid the additional crime of falsehood in denying his guilt. As soon as the Learned Judge had taken his seat; and the noise occasioned by the crowd rushing into the court had subsided, the prisoner was conducted by the gaoler to the bar of the court. He was respectably, almost genteelly, dressed, having on a black stock, blue coat, and white Berlin gloves. His whiskers ap- proached his chin on either side, and were cut in what was Ihe fashion a year or two ago. His featuies, without being decidedly handsome were more than passable, and evinced the expression of a quiet firmness of mind, but wholly free from the slightest indica tion of ferocity. In figure he appeared about tbe middle height, slightly but firndy moulded. He seemed to be about 22, his actual age. Altogether, his appearance was that of a respectable, sen- sible young man in the middle class of life. When placed at the bar, he looked quietly to the bench, and slightly around him, and then let bis eyes fall easily in front of him, never evincing for a single moment the faintest symptoms of dismay or apprehension, or any sort of nervous excitement; neither was there anything in his manner indicative of unbecoming boldness or hardness of heart; It was altogether that of a man of a firm and resigned mind, who had ceased to contemplate even the possibility of averting a fate, for which he had therefore completely prepared himself. Mr. Collison, the clerk of the arraigns, read over the indict- ment at full length. The several counts charged the prisoner with murdering the deceased by striking him with an iron press pin and by throwing him into the fire, and alleged that he had cut up and destroyed by fire the body of tbe deceased, whereby it had be- come impossible to set forth the precise mode by which he had so muvdered the deceased. After tbe officer had got through about two counts of the indict- ment, the prisoner, whose mind appeared to be wholly abstracted from what was passing around him, drew forth a small, neatly- bound volume of religious exercises, from his left band waistcoat pocket, and very deliberately commenced reading it, which he continued lo do until the officer had finished reading the indictment. Mr. Col- lison then asked him the usual question— How say you, are you guilty, or not guilty, of the murder ?"— Prisoner ( in a subdued but firm voice), Guilty. Judge— Prisoner, are you aware of the consequence of what you are doing ? Do you plead guilty advisedly ?— Prisoner— I do, my Lord. The learned Judge paused for a few minutes, and then said, " Prisoner, I ask you again, do you still persist in your pica ?" •— Prisoner— I do. The plea was then recorded. The counsel for the prisoner handed a letter to tbe Court, bearing testimony to the respectability of Cook's former character. Owing to the want of precedent, the learned Judge could not ac- cede lo the prisoner's wish to have it read. The prisoner was called up for judgment. lie made no reply to the usual interrogatory of tbe Clerk of Arraigns, but seemed oc- cupied with his own thoughts ; his eyes being closed, and bis lips moving. Mr. Justice Park having assumed the black cap, then addressed the prisoner:—" George Cooke, you stand convicted on your own confession, of the crime of wilful murder. If, instead of pleading gudty, you had put yourself on your country, I am bound tu sav ^ having carefully read the depositions, 1 cannot entertain any < W » t that the result would have been the same. You have now therefore, to receive the awful punishment awarded to your dreadful crime both by tbe laws of God and man. The crime of murder i> at all times, and under all circumstances, one of the deepest dye; but that which you have committed, is one of the most atrocious and diabolical I have ever heard of. To atone for this dreadful crime, but a very short period now re- mains for you. The sentence which the law prescribes for your offence, and which I now adjudge, is, that you, George Cooke, be taken to the place from which you came, and thence, on Friday next, the 10th day of Augvst, to a place of public execution, and be there hanged by the neck until you arc dead ; and that, after death, your body be hung in chains, pursuant to the statute in such case recently made and provided, and may the Lord have mercy on your most guilty soul." During the time the address was pronounced, several persons in court were in tears. The prisoner alone seemed unmoved during the greater part of it. He kept his eyes generally closed, and ap- peared to pray fervently. Whenever the learned judge alluded to his crime, he shook his head, as expressive of deep regret for what be had done. He seemed to regard no object around bim, except once, when his eyes accidentally fell on Miss Payne, who was sitting in a corner at the extremity of the bench. He continued to look at her for about half a minute, and then resumed either his attention to what the learned judge was saying, or to his own devotions.. As soon as sentence was passed, the gaoler was ordered to re- move Ihe prisoner. He accordingly touched him by the arm, on which he turned round, and having kissed bis hand to Miss Payne, he withdrew with a quiet, firm, self- possessed manner. Throughout the whole awful scene, never once did a single muscle of his coun- tenance quiver in the slightest degree. Shortly after the case was over, the brother- in- law of the deceased came into court, and handed up a written communication to the learned judge, which wc understood to be a request on the part of Mrs. Paas, widow of the deceased, to be admitted to an interview with Cooke, in the hope tbat be might disclose to her where those parts ofthe body which have not been discovered, and are sup- posed not to have been consumed, are concealed. liis lordship, we understood, acceded to the request, provided the prisoner himself, on being applied to, made no objection to the interview. AUOUST 9. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE v. THE INHABITANTS OF THE HUNDRED OF BROXTOWE. This was an action by the Duke of Newcastle to recover from the inhabitants of die borough of Broxtowe, compensation for the loss sustained by him in consequence of the destruction of his caslle, at Nottingham, by a riotous mob, on the 10th of October, 1831.-— The damages were laid at 31,400!. Sir James Scarlett and Mr. Sergeant Wilde were brought down specially; Ihe former by the plaintiff, and he was assisted by Mr. Clenton and Mr. White. Mr. Sergeant Wilde, and Mr. Sergeant Goiilburn, Mr. Balmiy and Mr. Waddington, were for the defendants. Although the trial of this cause occupied two days, the facts may be stated iu a very few words, only two questions having arisen in the cause,— namely, whether or not Nottingham Caslle was situated within the hundred of Broxtowe, and what was the real amount of the damage done. Upon ihe arrival at Nottingham, oil the night of the 8th of Oc- tober, of the news of the rejection of tbe Reform Bill by the House of Lords, a great deal of excitement was produced in the town. Placards were posted announcing a public meeting to be held on Monday, for the purpose of considering what course was best to be adopted on the occasion. A meeting was accordingly held, and resolutions entered into; but the excitement of the po- pulace was not thereby allayed. On Monday evening a great deal of rioting took place oil the part of the mob, and amongst other places they attacked Nottingham Castle. Having been re- fused admission at the gate, tliey effected a breach in the wall, and proceeded to the Castle in great numbers. One of them first entered the lodge, the three inmates of which escaped through a window, and took refuge in a garden. The mob having here lighted their torches, the Castle was immediately set on fire, and the whole of the wood- work and interior was destroyed.: The Castle had been untenanted for some time pieviously,: and was left in the care of a man named Marriott, who re- i sided in the lodge. This man attended in due time before the magistrates, stated his knowledge of the felony, entered into the necessary recognizances to prosecute, and comply with all the other necessary forms prescribed by the act of Parliament to en- title the plaintiff to bring the present action, which was accordingly commenced within the specified time. Upon the points, therefore, no struggle was made. Oil the point of locality, a great number of ancient documents were put in, from which it appeared that the castle was of very great antiquity, having existed prior to the 12tli century, but the precise date of its origin was not ascertained. It was not mentioned in Doomsday- book; but it was in a pipe- roll of the reign of John. No mention was made in the ancient documents as to what ( if any) hundred it was situate within : the inference drawn from them being according to tbe arguments of tbe plaintiff's counsel, that it must be in Broxtowe; and according to the de- fendant's counsel, that it mast be in tbe town of Nottingham, and not iu the hundred of Broxtowe. But, from various parish proceedings before the sessions, it appeared that for many years past, it had been always treated as within tbe hundred. On the question of amount of damage, only one witness, Mr. Robinson, an architect in the employment of the Duke, was called, who estimated the injury done at 31,260!., including 751) 1. for tapestry, and 250!. for an equestrian statue of au ancestor of the Duke's ; and 25!. each for eight busts, which had been placed on different paits of the building. One of the rooms, the state bed- room, had been floored with cedar and ebony, and wainscotted with cedar. On the part of the defendants, two architects from Not- tingham were called, who estimated tbe damage at 15,0001., and a fraction; and Mr. Cubitt, from London, who calculated that it would take 21,000!. to restore the building. Tbe jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 21,000!. DISTURBANCES AT CL1THEROE. ( From the Blackburn Gazette.) Some of our metropolitan contemporaries have— as well tliey might— considered tbe statements which we inserted last week from our correspondent at Clitheroe, to be rather exaggerated. That they should do this- is not to be wondered at, for the transaction itself is so wanton— so flagitious— and, moreover, so uncalled for, as to render the details to persons at a distance almost beyond belief. Since our last we have visited that neat and peaceable borough— we have attended a public meeting of tbe inhabitants— and from the information we have gathered, we have no hesitation in saying that the accounts we last week published were substantially correct". That Mr. Irving and his Tory friends were roughly handled by the people has never been denied. The attack made npon him was must disgraceful; and had the military been called in at that mo- ment to protect him, the case would have been a very different one. But what are tbe circumstances? Mr. Irving, accompanied by a cavalcade of about fifty of his supporters, entered the borough, where several thousand men were assembled, to question hiiu as to his principles. Tbe procession, if we may call it such, forced its way through the crowd, paying just that respect lo the people which the ultra-' l'ories are wont to do ; and in return for their incivility, the populace treated them to a few groans and hisses. It would have been well if this had been all. In front of the Swan Ii however, where Mr. Irving was to have spoken, the crowd was so dense that it was almost impossible to force a way through them; and tbe hissing and hooting becoming general, Mr. living's courage failed him, and he drove off through the town without alighting. The people appeared t » feel disappointed at this, and most un- justifiably pelted the carriages as tlicy rode along. The boroughmongering party, however, notwithstanding the wonderful " hair- breadth ' scapes" which their chronicler patheti- cally relates of them, made their way to the Bellman public- house a short distance from Clitheroe, without any of them receiving in- jury ! Here they alighted, and conccrted their plan of revenge. The military, of course, were the first to enter their thoughts, and they at once determined to dispatch a messenger to Burnley for detachment of the 15th Light Dragoons. For what purpose were these dragoons wanted ? Was it to protect their lives ? or the lives of the people of Clitheroe? No; tuey were to form an honourable escort to Mr. Irving, that he might enter tbe town in spite of all opposition 1 A pretty representative of the people this, who would force himself into the town at whatever sacrifice of human life ! Well, fifty of the dragoons arrived under the command of Major Buckle^', and about seven o'clock they escorted Mr. Irving and his party into Clitheroe, with drawn swords, at a quick pace, menacing all within their approach. At this time the town was perfectly quiet— the streets were not more thronged than on the close of a fair day ; and it was only on Mr. Irving's return with tbe military to use the w ords of Mr. Irving's own reporter, that a " muster was made from all quarters of as many as could be induced to quit the seductive vicinity of tile beer barrel!" The muster being made, the people began to hiss and hoot— the soldiers returned these with blows from their sabres— and in the midst of a scene of indescriba- ble confusion, the riot act was read. This being done, the soldiers commenced their work in good earnest, at the word of command given by a desperate fanatic of Mr. Irving's party—" cut them down— cut them down I" THK MIND FEVER.— Of the causes of disease, anxiety of mind is one of the most frequent and important. When we walk the streets of large commercial towns, we can scarcely fail to remark the hurried gait and care- worn features of the well- dressed passengers. Some young men, indeed, we may see, with countenances possessing natural cheerfulness and colour; but these appearances rarely survive the age of manhood. Cuvier closes an eloquent description of animal existence and change, with the conclusion that ' life is in a state of force.' What he would urge in a physical view, we may more strongly urge in a moral. Civilization has changed our character of mind as well as of body. We live in a state of unnatural excitement;— un- natural, because it is partial, irregular, and excessive. Our mus- cles waste for want of action : our nervous system is worn out by excess of action.— Thackrah, an the effects of Arts, S( c. NEW MACHINE FOR WRITING.— Baron deDrais has invented a machine by which he can transfer to paper, with greater rapid- ity than can be done by the pen, or by any other means yet in- vented, words either spoken or written. One machine has been already completed, and shown, in successful operation, to a num- ber of scientific gentlemen. It consists in its exterior of a small wooden box of the size and shape of a cubic foot. In the centre of its surface is an opening in which there are places for four times four square keys, each of which being passed downwards similar to the keys of a piano, will he found to make signs for one or more of sixteen letters, to which number the alphabet is for the purpose of this machine, abridged. In order to make character by character, or letter by letter, the writer, seated with the machine on some low table ( or on a stool between his legs constructed for the purpose) needs but lightly press down in due order the keys which represent these letters ; which keys act upon machinery within the box, by means of which the writing is produced. By this easy method a great facility is attained, es- pecially by possessing the dexterity of an able player on the piano- forte. TENDER COURTSHIP.— The young ladies of New Caledonia and the adjacent islands, repair, with patriarchal simplicity, to the wells and fountains of their neighbourhood for water. When a youth has seen and conceived a passion for one of them, he re- pairs to the fountain, and lies in ambush in a thicket or behind a rock. As the lady approaches with her pitcher, and stoops to draw the water, her lover, taking advantage of her when she is in the rtoSt defenceless posture, rushes upon her, and strikes her down with a club ; then seizing her by the hair of the head, he drags her away, wounded and bleeding, to his hut, and she thus | assistance to the invalid, becomes his wife, POLICE. MANSION- HOUSE. TUESDAY.— Ann Welch was brought up for final examination, charged with having robbed her master of three 5!. notes, ten or eleven sovereigns, and some silver, and a bill for 501. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. GUILDHALL. TUESDAY.— An elderly man, named Robert Harvey, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wood, charged with stealing a valuable gold watch. Mrs. Harriet Atmore, of No. 20, Cheapside, deposed that on Saturday last her footboy informed her that a person was waiting in the dining- room below who wished to speak with her, and who said his name was Brown. She accordingly went down stairs and found tho prisoner there. He said he was intimately acquainted with her deceased husband, the Rev. Charles Atmore, tbat lie was now in extreme distress, and that he should feel most grateful if she conld afford him any trifling assistance. She left the room for her purse, and during her absence the prisoner stole a watch lying on tbe mantel- piece, which she did not discover till about twenty minutes afterwards. The footboy went in quest of tbe prisoner, who being very lame, was overtaken on Ludgate- hill. She gave the prisoner a shilling. The prisoner only said, Oh I tbe lady put her watch in my bat in her flurry about a note. I should have brought it back to- morrow.'' The footboy gave him into custody, and a policeman found the watch in his hat, wrapped up in a piece of brown paper. The prisoner persisted that tbe watch had acci- dentally fallen into his hat.— Remanded. BOW- STREET. THURSDAY.— A respectable looking young woman, named Saruh Storks, was brought before Mr. Halls, charged with the following in- genious attempt to defraud. The shopman to Mr. Simpson, a pawnbroker, in Drury- lane, said that the prisoner came into the shop and asked him to lend her 3s. 6d. upon a gold wedding- ring which she produced. He looked at it, and told her he could not lend more than half a crown. She was then going out of the shop, when he called her back, and said he would lend her three shillings. She accordingly gave bim the ring, and he put it on his finger and was proceeding to make out the duplicate, when, upon accidently looking at the ring, he found that she had substituted a metal ring for the one which she bad originally produced. He charged her with the deception, and upon her being searched the gold ring w as found concealed upon her person. As it appeared the young woman was respectably connected, but unfortunately addicted to drink, and tbe pawnbroker did not wish to press the charge, she was ordered to be set at liberty by the ma- gistrate, who cautioned her Hot to do any thing of the like again. A novel application was made to the magistrate by an Irishman, who stated that he had been a witness against a man named Gal- lagher, who was committed from this office some time ago for the murder of a man called Dockeray. Gallagher was acquitted of the murder, but sentenced to be transported for life for Ihe man- slaughter. Since the time of bis conviction Gallagher's friends had been constantly threatening him ( the applicant), and accused him of having given false evidence. He now requested the magistrate to sign his affidavit to the effeet tbat the evidence he had given was true. The magistrate said be could do no inch thing, and the ap- plicant withdrew very much disappointed. MARY- LE- BONE. WEDNESDAY.— Miss Ann Williams, a maiden lady of respectable appearance, and who said that she resided at No. 11, in Penton- street, Pentonville, was charged at the office of this district with stealing a piece of cotton print from the shop of Messrs. Mirfin and Dry, linen- drapers, 97, Tottenham- court- road. Robert Frost deposed, that he was foreman to the firm, and that the prisoner came into the shop at 7 o'clock in the evening of tbe day before, vylien she purchased some articles to tbe amount of 5s. 7ijd. She then asked to see some cotton prints, and he was getting some pieces from the shelf, when lie accidently saw her take something off the counter. He followed her into the street, and touk it from her basket. The policeman E 70, said that the prisoner had confessed tbe theft, on his taking charge of her; and also that a number of du- plicates was found upon ber. Mr. Thomas Dry, belonging to the firm of Mirfin and Dry, ob- served that the prisoner was known to him, as repeatedly coming to their shop when they were about shutting up. He identified the cotton print, as the properly of the firm. Miss Williams, iri ber defence, said that a lady had put the cotton print into her basket to take care of. Tlie sitting magistrates told tbe prisoner that they felt sorry for her, but that, under such circumstances, they also felt it Iheir duty to commit her to Newgate; and she was committed accordingly. WORSHIP- STREET. WEDNESDAY.— James Fade, a little boy between 10 and 11 years of age, was brought up for final examination, charged with robbing his father. It appeared that he had been in tbe habit of doing so for three years past, frequently ran away from home, and on the last occasion, after he bad been away two days and nights, wandering about and sleeping in the fields, his father found him at Barnet, and brought him back. At his examination before a ma- gistrate, be said, that although well treated by his father, and never punished except when he deserved it, he could not help stealing, for the devil tempted him, and made liini do it; and he assured the magistrate tbat lie often endeavoured to pray to God to keep bim from it, and make him a better boy, but whenever he did so, " an evil spirit told him to go and thieve again." When last before a magistrate, after a week's imprisonment, he earnestly begged that be might be sent to prison again for two or three months, as be was not troubled with tbe evil . spirit there, because he w- as then a good boy, but he knew that if be went home he could not help thieving. Mr. Broughlon said it was Ihe mast extraordinary case he had ever met with. He thought the boy must be deranged ; but Mr. Wakefield, Ihe medical attendant of Clerkenwell prison, certified that there U'as no appearance of insanity about him. His father was anxious to get him into the Penitentiary, but was unwilling to have him committed for trial, and tbe boy himself wept and besought the magistrate to send him to the Penitentiary, or any other place of confinement, rather ihan home, where he could not help thieving. It was stated, however, to have been ascertained a few days before, that there was no less than 52 applications to get boys into the Penitentiary, even upon payment of 7s- a week for each, but they could not be received. Mr. Broughton now asked the prisoner if he would promise to behave better in future, if sent home with his father. The boy said he could not promise, for he was afraid he should be again tempted at home. Mr. Broughton asked him where lie wished to go. He replied, " To the refuge." His father said, that somebody had written to Mr. Irving about him and the spirit that he talked about, and he was in consequence visited at the prison by two gentlemen last Saturday ; but he under stood t' ev could not tell what lo make of bim. Mr. Brougbton endeavoured to obtain a promise from the boy as to his future conduct, but he refused to make any, as he said he could not keep it, unless sent lo a refuge. He was at length re- turned to the custody of his father, who took him home. UNION- HALL. TuESnAY.— Edward Payne, a well- dressed man, was brought before Mr* Chambers, on tbe following charge of robbery:— The complainant, who is a butcher at Hoxton, attends Newgate- market at an early hour every morning, leaving a servant at home to mind the business. A few mornings ago be went, as u- u; tl, to market, and during his temporary absence the prisoner called at his house, and addressing ttie servant by name, said that her master had an attack of the cholera in the market, which rendered him itv- capable of proceeding home, and that lie wanted to see lier im- mediately before he got worse. The servant relying upon tbe veracity of the account of her master's illness, immediately shut up the shop, end locking the door after her, set out for the market, thtj prisoner telling her that lie should be there first, and render his When the girl reached market, which she busily engaged in business, instead of suffering under the pangs of cholera. Upon seeing her m the market, he expressed no less amazement than the servant; and on hastening home they found that tbe house had been entered by means of a picklock- key, and robbed of all tbe valuable property it contained. The prisoner was taken into custody by Serjeant Huddlestone, wdio seeing him with a bundle in Blackfiiars- road, took him to the station- house, and it was found to contain part of the property taken from the com- plainant's house. The prisoner was committed. TOWN- HALL, SOUTIIWARK. THURSDAY.-— Two young women, named Lemon and Hookey, were charged with stealing 2501. from Edward Robinson, a farmer, of Glamorgan, Wales. The prosecutor said, that on Saturday Inst he arrived in town with a Considerable sum of money to pay his London tradesmen. He was passing in the afternoon through the Borough, in order to pay a visit to a friend at Walwiorth, and not knowing the way, he asked tbe two prisoners. They told bim, and for their civility he invited tliem to take a glass of wiue. He look out his purse and paid for it. He then bid them good day, and, on arriving at Walworth be found that be bad been robbed of his purse, containing gold and bank post- bills to the amount of 250J, Before be met the prisoners he bad fortunately paid a very large sum of money. The prisoners, who had been apprehended from a description given of their persons, were remanded. MURDER, AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. In Stockport on Sunday morning, between the hours of two and three o'clock, as the watchman was going his rounds his attention was attracted to a confused noise and half- suppressed shrieks, which issued from the house of a fancy silk- weaver, named Tho » . Songe, situated in Small- street. He immediately proceeded to the window- shutters and listened ; just as he was going away he heard a cry of " Murder." A number of persons congregated about the house, and Mr. Rayner, a surgeon entered with others, when a scene presented itself, shocking to behold. Mrs. Songe was ex- tended on the bed, a corpse, and was completely inundated with blood up to the shoulders, with her throat cut in so horrible a man- ner tbat, when lifted up, her head hung from the trunk apparently by a piece of skin. By the side of the murdered woman lay the ciuel murderer, Songe, with his throat cut also, and most terribly mutilated. His eyes were fixed and glassy, he was not able to speak, and he died in tbe utmost agony in about an hour alter tbe entrance of the surgeon. A bloody razor lay by his side in the bed. There were six children of tbe unhappy pair in tbe house at the time, one of whom, a little girl about eleven years of age, was in the same room and saw the murder committed. The room was dark, and, according to the account of tbe child, it appears that the murderer knelt upon her mother while he cut her throat, hav- ing previously got up from the bed and fetched a razor from the cupboard. The other children were asleep ill an adjoining room* The cause for the committal of the horrid deed assigned is, that Songe was jealous of his wife and his two apprentices; and the child states that soon after her father and mother went to bed, Songe taxed bis wife with having suffered tbe apprentices to take liberties with her, which she denied. He told her he. was confident such was the fact, and that if she confessed lie would forgive her; but if she persisted in her innocence he would murder her that night. She replied that, not being guilty, she would not confess to guilt; upon which he jumped out of bed, and ran to the cup- board for the razor. Tbe child screamed, and begged him not to put his threat into execution. He said, if she did not hold her tongue, he would cut her throat. It would appear from a state- ment of a person for whom Songe worked, that the diabolical deed was premeditated in day time ; and, from inquiries that have been made, it does not appear tbat he was the least intoxicated when he went to bed. The cut in his wife's throat was a very clear one, but the gashes in his own were jagged, for it appears tbat in inflict- ing tbe wound upon bis wife the rivet of the handle, came off, and broke it, so that he would have to press upon the back of the razor to effectually destroy himself. The poor woman was a steady hard- working creature, and was much respected in the neighbour- hood in which she resided ; and there appears to have been no cause to suspect her fidelity to her barbarc was thirty- five and that of her husband forty. j did after a bard run, she found her master in his usual health, On Tuesday, a girl of loose character, named Jackson, was burnt to death in a house in Earl- street, City- road. The house has been for some time occupied by a woman named Williams, during which scenes of the most shocking and disgraceful de- pravity have been carried on in it. The deceased had retired to her room about twelve o'clock, where she had not been many minutes when the other inmates, alarmed by her cries, burst open the door, and found her enveloped in flames. After some time they extinguished the flames, but the poor creature was so dread- fully burnt, that she survived only an hour. Her last words were uttered in prayers for forgiveness for her companions, and beseeching them to abandon their present course of life. The following is a correct copy of a notice to be seen at the entrance of a wood not a hundred miles distant from Hartfield, Sussex :—" Steel Traps and springe Guns Set in These Woods, whosoever found Stealing Wood, or Destroying Gaim Prosiquted Cording to the Law." GREATEST GOOD.— In a company of young men, of whom Paley was one, arose a discussion concerning the summum bonum ; the argument was carried on by the different speakers with due seriousness and gravity; and several opinions both ancient and modern, were sifted and examined in relation to this most important topic; at length Paley cried out, " You are mistaken : I will tell you in what consists the summum bonum of human life— it consists in reading Tristram Shandy, in blowing with a pair of bellows into your shoes in hot weather, and roast- ing potatoes under the grate in cold." FASHIONABLE LIFE IN LONDON.—" Talking of fashionable life in London, Lord Byron said that there was nothing so vapid and ennuyeux. ' The English,' said lie ' were intended by nature to be a good, sober- minded people, and those who live in the coun- try are really admirable. I saw a good deal of English country life, and it is the only favourable impression that remains of our mode of living; but of London, and exclusive society, I retain a fearful recollection. Thorough- bred English gentle- women,' said Byron, ' are the most distinguished and lady- like creatures imaginable. Natural, mild, and dignified, they are formed to be placed at the heads of our patrician establish- ments; but when they quit their congenial spheres to enact the leaders of fashion, les dames h la mode, they bungle sadly. Their gaiety degenerates into levity— their hauteur into in- civility— their fashionable ease and nonchalance into brusquerie — and their attempts at assuming les usages du monde into i positive outrage on all the bienseances. And all this because they will perform parts in the comedy of life for which nature has not formed them, neglecting their own dignified characters.' ' Madame de Stael,' continued Lord Byron, ' was forcibly struck by the factitious tone of the best society in London, and wished very much to have an opportunity of judging of that of the second class. She, however, had not this opportunity, which I regret, as I think it would have justified her expecta- tions. In England, the raw material is generally good ; it is the over- dressing that injures it; and as the claas she wished to study are well educated, and have all the refinement of civiliza- tion- without its corruption, she carried away a favourable im- pression. Lord Grey and his family were the personification of her beau ideal of perfection, as I must say they are of mine,' continued Byron, ' and might serve as the finest specimens of the pure English patrician breed, of which so few remain. His uncompromising and uncompromised dignity, founded on self- respect, and accompanied by that certain proof of superiority, simplicity of manner, and freedom from affectation— with her mild and matron graces, her whole life offering a model to wives and mothers— really they are people to be proud of, and a few such would reconcile one to one's species."— The Countess of Bles- sington's conversations with Lord Byron, communicated to the Neio Monthly Magazine. 264 THE TOWJtf. August 12. LETTER FROM A SPORTSMAN IN " TOWN" SPORTSMAN IN THE COUNTRY. TO A SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DEAR G How I envy you with your long legs tucked up in your cane- backed buggy, and your retinue of pointers at its wheels, driving leisurely along to the scene of action to- morrow. Next to fox- hunting, what enjoyment is so deliciously grand as that of grouse shooting ? Newmarket- heath is open and inspiriting, but it wants the " freshness of the mountain air," and racing is not a diversion that a man can take part in who is not a regular professor ; hut grouse- shooting is a manly, invi- gorating occupation; " for the weak too strong,"' though, un- fortunately " not too costly for the poor." Like love, " it levels ranks," and the master and the man are alike difficult of identity. How I picture, in my mind's eye, your occupation of this evening,— the tending of your pointers— polishing of locks— examination of shoes— mending of gaiter- straps— filling of charges— and, lastly, of your own stomach from the joint stock of the humble hostel, and your own providings. With grouse- shooting I always associate the idea of mutton- broth, and a boiled leg of mutton for dinner, a large white bason of rich milk, with half an inch of cream on the top, for breakfast, and biscuits and cold brandy- and- water for lunch. Your wardrobe, of course, has given you but little trouble, the difficulty being to select something bad enough, and to match the " shocking had hat" that has stood the test of so many seasons ; hut then you know you have brought as much powder as would storm Algiers. You feel very tired after driving your lazy horse five- and- twenty miles, and, thinking to make an early start in the morning, go to bed five hours before your usual time, and are so desperately anxious to fall asleep, that not a wink do you get before twelve o'clock, and begin to be roused by the bugs at two ; dare not close your eyes again for fear of oversleeping yourself. But, my good fellow, take it easy for once breakfast, before they can distinguish between a stone or setter; but do you line your inward man with care and becoming attention, and though you may not get the first shot, the odds are in favour of your obtaining the last. You ask what we are doing in town ? Did I not know that you would reply with my grandmother's question, " How it is done," I would say " nothing;" but the fact is, we are most " deadly lively." Rotten- row is deserted at all hours, and Kensington- gardens, frequented only by nursery- maids and bread- and- butter- misses. Regent- street is kept alive by Lady Trollope's green landau, with the coachman and footman in flaming red plush breeches ; three physicians' chariots, with hammer- cloths ; two ditto, without; some three or four glass- coaches, with sad, weary, jaded, looking horses j Sir William Scott, with a groom in leathers ; half a dozen other equestrians, without either leathers or grooms ; and a few poor miserable looking wretches, who crawl along the hot flags on either side of the street, with every appearance of debi- lity and exhaustion. Tattersall's is deserted, or nearly so. The few betting men that are in town look listlessly at each other; the whole thing smacks of langour, and what little energy they retain is absorbed in the approaching events at Goodwood. THE TURF. PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT, AND STONEHOUSE RACES. These races took place on Chelson Meadow on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday week. The running was excellent, but the attendance of spectators on the course was exceedingly scanty— the prevalence of the cholera having thrown the desire of visiting any place of amusement out of consideration. FIRST DAY. Saltram Stakes, 25 sovs each, 43 subscribers, of whom 10 pay the larger forfeit, 23 declared forfeit in time, and four did not name. Once round the course and a distance. The second horse to save his stake. Mr. C. Trelawny's br g Walter, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ™ ™ ™ . ™ 1 Mr. Coryton ns br h Omen, 8st 131b 3 Mr. Taunton's br h Coronet, aged, 8st 121b 3 Mr. J. Hulteel ns b h Wassailer, 5 yrs, 8st 61b ™ „ 4 Walter, who was ridden in admirable style by S. Day, the young jockey in miniature, went away pulling hard in, his usual style, kept well in with his horses tSl they came to the distance, when he went away and won easy. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with a Plate of 100 sovs, given by the town of Plymouth. The second horse to save his stake. Heats about two miles and a distance. Mr. Dilly's br g Trump, 5 yrs, 8st 81b —... 1 1 Mr. W. Ley's b h Varlet, 4 yrs, 8st 21b ™ 3 2 Trump proved himself true to his name, by not giving Varlet a chance for the race, which he won without any difficulty. A Plate of 50 sovs, to be given by the Officers of the United Services, at Plymouth. The best of three heats. Once round the course. Mr. C. Trelawny's br g Walter, 4 yrs, Sst91b— ™ — 1 1 Mr. Taunton's eh h Firman, 5 yrs, 9st 71b ™ — 2 dr Mr. T. Smith's br m Fidelity, 4 yrs, 8st 91b ™ ™ — 3 dr Walter merely repeated his running in the Saltram, winning, pulling hard, while his second was whipping up the distance. SECOND DAY. A Gold cup, value lOOgs, the donation of his Majesty, twice round the course. Mr. Dilly's br g Trump, 5 yrs, list 71b 2 1 1 Mr. T. Smith's br m Fidelity, 4 yrs, lOst 71b 1 2 dr A good example of the contrast between a slow run heat and olds, St. Leger Course, was won by Lord Sligo's eh c Daxon, by Langar, beating Mr. Gascoigne's br f hy Catton, out of Eliza- beth, Mr. S. Fox's ch f Wallflower, by Whisker, and Mr. Gar- diner's b c by Blacklock, d by Walton. Two paid. Betting— 7 to 4 agst Wallflower, 7 to 4 agst Daxon, 5 to 1 agst Gascoigne's. Wallflower set off three or four lengths in front at a good pace, Daxon lying second, and Gascoigne's third ; in this order they came at prime good running till near the distance, where Gas- coigne's challenged and defeated Wallflower ; Daxon then went alongside, and after a short contest beat Gascoigne's very cle- verly by two lengths ; rode by Conelly, Wallflower by Temple- man, Gascoigne's by Johnson, and Gardinor's by Lye. His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs, four miles, was won by Lord Cleveland's b h Stotforth beating Mr. J. Scott's Rodolph, Mr. Houldsworth's Philip, Mr. Bell's b c Romulus, and Mr. Shipley's b. h Catillus. A remarkably severe race, and won by half a neck only. The winner rode by Lye, Rodolph by Scott, Philip by Darling, Romulus by Nelson, and Catillus by Goodyer. The following is the statement of the betting this evening :— 7 to 1 agst Retainer, 9 to 1 agst Margrave, 10 to 1 agst Fang, 10 to 1 agst Perion, 12 to 1 agst Trustee, 15 to 1 agst Julius, 22 to 1 agst Conrad, 25 to 1 agst Francesca, 1,000 to 30 agst Dagon ( taken), 1,000 to 30 agst RouiS ( taken), 1,000 to 30 agst Westport. Wednesday Night. Owing to the fineness of the weather, and the attraction of the two- year old stakes, the company to- day was much larger than yesterday ; the sport also turned out very superior. The betting on the 30 sov. stakes is still very flat, neither Julius, Fang, nor CORN EXCHANGE, AUG. 10. The supplies, both English and Foreign, have been very ample, and far exceeding the demand. From Ireland we have also an amazing supply of oats. If any sales are effected in wheat, they must be at lower terms; and oats, to obtain purchasers, must be sold at reduced prices. All other articles are heavy on hand, and the Hour trade also extremely dull. AVERAGE PRICE FOR THE WEEK ENDED AUG. 3. Wheat. Barley. Imperial weekly average 63s 5d.... 32s 10d.. Six weeks' ditto, which regulates duty. 63s 4d.... 33s Od.. Duty on Foreign Corn 23s 8d.... 12s 4d.. Oats. 20s 8cl 21s 2( 1 15s 3d SMITHFIF. LD, AUG. 10. The market this day was stocked fully equal to the demand, the trade being generally very dull. The only alteration in prices was a reduc- tion of 2d. per stone on beef and veal. There was a large number of milch cows in the market, which, in consequence of the high prices asked, remained heavy on hand. Clover and meadow hay were each 6s. lower. Straw as last quoted. ( Per stone of 81b., sinking the offal.) Beef 3s Od to 3s lOd I Yeal 3s 4d to 4s 4d Mutton 3s lOd to 4s 6d [ Pork 3s 4d to 4s Od Lamb 4s Od to 5s Od HEAD OF CATTLE AT THIS DAY'S MARKET. Beasts 519 1 Calves 330 | Sheep.... 10,500 | Pigs 100 HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. Hay 50s to 84s | Clover .... 70s to 126s | Straw 36s to 42s AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR, ( Computed from the returns in the week ended Aug. 7.) Brown or Muscovado Sugar Per cwt 27s llil Exclusive of the import duties thereon. COAL- EXCHANGE, AUGUST 10. ' " At the close of the market the following were the prices per ton :— Hebburn, 20s— Hollywell, 19s 6d— Kenton West, 19s 6il— Tatifield, 19s 6d— Townley, 17s 3d— Willington, 19s 9d— Wylam, 18s— Walls End, Bell and Brown's, 19s 9d— Walls End, Bell, Robson, and Co. 18s Od— Heats let the young ones get off with their mouthfuls of I a severe one— Fidelity winning the first easily, and Trump run- ning away from her in the first half mile on the second. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, with a Plate of 50 sovs added by the ladies. The winner to be sold for 160gs, if demanded. Heats about a mile and a half. Mr. W. Lev's h h Varlet, 4 yrs, 8st 121b 3 1 1 M r. C. Trelawny's br g Walter, 4 yrs, 8st 91b 12 2 Mr. Cowley's br m Slander, 5 yrs, 9st 41b ™ ™ 2 dr Slander ran the gelding a smart race for the first heat; and Varlet, who had been waiting the second, won the third easy. A Plate of 50gs, given by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Lord High Steward of Plymouth. Mile heats. Mr. W. Ley's br h Omen, aged, lOst 4lb .. Mr. Taunton's b f by Sligo, 3 yrs, 6st 121b„ Mr. Harness's b f liffie Deans, 3 yr! Franeesca having arrived, nor is it yet known whether they will S^ 11/ 5 C. fW'. W! End> Gosfonh 20s6d- Walls End, „,.. i„. « ,„; ,\ f ** « .„ r A Heaton, 20s6d- Wall's End, Hotspur, 19s- Walls End, Hilda, 19s 6d- make their appearance. A few bets on the Great St. Leger have been made at the following prices :— 7 to 1 agst Retainer, 9 to 1 agst Margrave, 10 to 1 agst Perion, 10 to 1 agst Fang, 12 to 1 agst Trustee, 15 to 1 agst Julius, 20 to 1 agst Conrad, 33 to 1 agst Dagon, 35 to 1 agst Welport, and 35 to 1 agst Rou£, taken. THIS DAY'S RACES. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, for 2 yr old colts, 8st 51b, and fil- lies, 8st 21b. T. Y. C. 18 subs. Mr. Watt's ch c Belshazzar, brother to Belzoni 1 Mr. S. Fox's b f Tesane, by Whisker 2 Mr. Powlett's br f by Lottery, out of Miss Fanny ™ 3 The following also started, hut were not placed :— Col. Cra- dock's br c Partner, by Whisker ( Jacques) ; Duke of Leeds's br f, by Lottery, out of Mary ( Templeton) j Mr W. Compton's br. c. Satan by Lottery ( Lye) ; and Mr Jacques's ch. f. by Swiss, out of Comedy ( Edwards). Betting 6 to 4 against Belshazzar, and 2 to 1 against Tesane. —- - , . , Wall's End, Killingwortli, 19s 9d to 20s 3d— Wall's End, Newmarch, 19s 9d to 20s— Wall's End, Northumberland, lSs 8d— Wall's End, Rid- dell's, 20s 6d— Wall's End, Walker, 19s 9d— Bell's Primrose, 16s ad- Walls End, Hetton, 21s 6d— Wall's End, Lvons, 20s— Walls Eiitl, Lamb- ton, 21s 6d— Walls End, Russell's Hetton, 21s 6d— Walls End, Russells'M Lyons, 20s— Walls End, Stewart's 21s 6d— Walls End, Stobart's, 16s 6d — Walls End, Adelaide, 20s 3d— Walls End, Tees, 21s 6d— Cowpen, 19s— Walls End, Elgin, 18— Llangenncch Coal, 26s 6d— New Flockton, Milne, and Co. 18s 6d— Preston Grange Walls End, 17s 6d— Silkstone, Field, and Co. 19s— Ships arrived since last market- day, 69/ PRICES OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS. Bank Stock Reduced Three per Cents. Consols, Three per Cents.. Consols for Account Consols, 34 per Cents Reduced 34 per Cents New 34 per Cents „, , , - . New 4 per Cents After i talse starts, they came away Long Annuities. r'rs, a feather —— Mr. W. Horsley's b c by Sir Haldibrand, 5 yrs, 7st 31b Mr. Lakeman's br g Leopard, 5 yrs. 7st 101b Mr. Bridgeman's hi g Emancipator, 3 yrs, 5st 1211) The handicap could not bring the young ones and half- breds near the old horse, who had it all his own way. Match, 25 sovs, p. p. Half a mile. Mr. C. Trelawny's br m hy Whalebone, 4 yrs, list 41b ™ 1 Mr. W. Coryton's ch m Cobweb, by Tom Thumb, lOst 2 Won by a length. THIRD DAY. A Handicap Plate of 100 sovs, given by the Towns of Devon- port and Stonehouse. Heats once round and a distance. Mr. Taunton's ch h Firman, 5 yrs, 9st 51b. Mr. Cowley's br h Slander, 5 yrs, 8st 71b , Mr. T. Smith's br m Fidelity, 4 yrs, 7st 1 0 1 2 0 dr 3 dr Once round. 1 1 2 3 3 2 dis dis In addition to the doleful monotony of the Town, it is like to be A Sweepstakes of five sovs each, with 25 added by the Members frightened out of its propriety by divers men perambulating the street with huge placards, headed, " The Pestilence still rages," and others, " Run fetch the Doctor" which latter invitation means, " go and purchase a new mcdical halfpenny publication of that name." The walls are also largely placarded by the Saints and Quacks on the same fruit/ ess subject ( for we arc all defended against eating fruit), and turn which way you will, " Cholera Morbus" stares you in the face. Notwithstanding all this, how- ever, and notwithstanding that the daily returns of deaths are enormous, and it is well known that not one half that take place are reported, still the few people you meet, say very little about it, and were it not for the daily returns, placards, and a bottle of brandy that invariably accompanies the wine after dinner, you would scarcely know that there is any such visitation among us. By the way, have you read the laughable report of the trial between Lords Harborough and Forester, for the trespass com- mitted out hunting.— It is an old saying that if there are two ways, you are sure to choose the wrong, but really in this case if the reporter had been paid for doing so, I do not think he could have made greater nonsense of it. He commences by stating that the action was brought to recover damages for a trespass committed by Lord Forester's pack of " beagles and huntsmen" upon Lord Harborough's shrubbery and pleasure- grounds on the 21st of January last, and then afterwards, he makes Lord Forester a present of Lord Lonsdale's pack, by saying that they were the Cottesmore hounds, '' of which the defendant is owner, or has the conduct." I fancy I hear Lambert's andGoosey's chuckles as they read the account of their master's packs. As to the action itself, it is a pity as far as hunting is concerned ; for when great men, or at all events men in the higher walks of life, set the example of bringing actions for damage committed to their gravel walks we cannot be much surprised if any honest farmer were to com- mence one for damage done to liis crop. Fortunately, how- i « i ever, there are not many Lord Ilarboroughs in the world I . s, As you are fond of Sporting publications, I may notice the derefec' of Mr. Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, which died very suddenly in the early part of the month. An inquest of pub lishers was held upon it, who returned a verdict of " suffocated with slang and bad grammar." I believe, I may conclude this by stating that the season just closed has peen one of the dullest ever known in London. In fashionable life, there has been little doing ; and fewer matches whether in the Drawing- room, the Cricket- ground, the Red- house, or on the River, have been made than in any preceding ( me. " Ex nihil nihilo fit." Wishing you better sport in the Country than we have had in Town, I subscribe myself yours, & c., August 12, 1832. for Cornwall, for horses not thorough- bred Gentlemen riders. Mr. Lee's ch m Lady Fanny, aged, list 121b Mr. W. Coryton's b h Rock, 5 yrs, 12st Mr. Lakeman's ch m Laundry Maid, 5 yrs, list 8lb Mr. Bridgeman's hi g Emancipator, 3 yrs, 9st 31b - Mr. Coade's ro g Rob Roy, aged, list 121b Handicap Stakes of five sovs each, with 30 added from the Fund, for horses that have started and not won during the races. Mile heats. Mr. Cowley's Slander, 5 yrs — 1 1 Mr. T. Smith's Fidelity, 4 yrs, 6st 121b— ™ ™ ™ ™ 3 2 OXFORD RACES, AUG. 7. The Oxfordshire Stakes of 25 sovs each were walked over for by Mr. West's Mazeppa. The County Plate of 50/. was won by Mr. West's Typhon. The produce Stakes were walked over by Mr. Sadler's Eleanor. SECOND DAY. The Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, was won by Mr. Sadler's Delight, beating Mazeppa and Liston by a head. The City Members' Plate was won in two heats by Mr. Day's Bush, beating Mr. Rawlinson's br. f. and Mr. Hervey's b. c. by Champignon. LEWES RACES.— WEDNESDAY. His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs ; 4 yrs, lOst 71b ; 5 yrs, list 71b ; 6 yrs, list 121b. Heats, four miles. Col. Crosby's Donegani, 5 yrs—,— — ( Arnull) 1 1 Mr. Shackell's Scipio, 4 yrs 4 2 Lord Lowther's Timekeeper, 4 yrs — ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ . 2 dr Mr. Burgess's c, by Bardino, 4 yrs ™ .— 3 dr Captain Martyn's Misletoe ran on the wrong side of the post. Two- yrs old Stakes of 20 sovs each. T. Y. C. Mr. Gardiner's Cinderella, 8st 21b ( Mann) 1 Mr. Wickham's c, hy St. Patrick, 8st 51b. ™ 2 Mr. Balchin's Queen Mab, 8st 21b — « —— 3 Won easy by three lengths. The Members' Plate of 50 sovs. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs. Heats, mile and a half. Mr. Ricardo's Gretna Green, 3 yrs ( Still) 3 1 1 Mr. Pack's h m Ipsala, 5 yrs 3 2 2 M r. Walker's f, by Straightwaist, 3 yrs ™ ™ 5 3 3 lion G. Ongley's Schoolboy, 3 yrs 4 4 dr Mr. Brown's Watchman, 6 yrs —.. 6 5 dr Mr. Cosby's chc Deception, 3 yrs— 7 dr Mr. Thomas's Suffolk Punch ™ „ well together, Tesane, Miss Fanny, Partner, Mary, and Belshaz zar, forming the front rank till near the stand, where Partner and Mary died away, and Tesane appeared to be winning. Bel shazzar, however, was still in reserve, came up, challenged, and won about half a neck, ridden by Nickolson, Tesane by Johnson, and Miss Fanny by Nelson. One- third of the Great Subscription of 25 sovs. each, and 50 added ; for 4 yr. olds 8st. 71b., fillies 8st. 41b. Two miles. Twelve subs. Mr. Walker's b c Consol, by Lottery ™ ™ ™ , ™ ™ ™ l Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Contest, by Catton 2 5 to 2 and 3 to 1 on Consol. The horses took it very easy for about 200 yards, after which Consol broke from a walk into a moderate pace, which gradually increased to good running. At the distance Contest went up, and a pretty set- to followed, Con- sol winning by only half a head ; jockied by Scott, the loser by Darling. On the judge calling out the result of the race, the crowd underneath the chair ( owing no doubt to the resemblance of the names) mistook Contest for Consol, and much confusion ensued. On the judge repeating that it was the latter who had won, Lord Kelhurn and Mr. C. Wilson inquired into the mat- ter and confirmed the decision. The Corporation Plate of 50/. was won easy in two heats by Mr. Garforth's f. by Figaro beating Mr. Wilkins's Ballochmyle. LEOMINSTER RACES, AUG. 8. A Plate of 50/. was won in three heats by Mr. Fuller's b. f. Lady Harrington, beating Mr. Hawkes's b. f. by Gainsborough, Mr. Bodinham's c. by Phantom, and two others. India Bonds. Exchequer Bills. Satur. M011. Tues. Wed. Thur. — 201 202 — 2014 84* 84J 844 84} 841 83| 83j 833 83 « 833 833 84 83* 83* 83* — — 91* — 915 91* 924 913 91* 91A 914 914 914 911 lOlfr 101* 102 102 101* 163 163 163 ICS 163 2 pm 4p 4 pin 5 pni 15 5 pm 15 17 17 15 Frid. 2003 84? M* 835 924 011 102* 16a 4j, m COURSE OF EXCHANGE, AUG. 10, Amsterdam, 3rm. 12 6 Ditto short, 12 34 Rotterdam.. 3 m. 12 6 Hamburgh . do... 14 04 Paris short, 25 95 Ditto 3 m. 26 20 Frankfort.... do... 155 .. in. 10 13 Trieste.... .. do. lOto 14 Madrid... .. do... . 354 Cadiz .. do... . 354 Bilboa.... .. do... . 354 Leghorn . .. do.. . 474 Genoa.... .. do.. 26 20 Naples Stn,... 40 Palermo... . do. .,,. 120 Lisbon 30 days 47J Oporto do 40 Malta 46 Dublin H Cork 14 EXETER RACES, Auo. S. The Devonshire Stakes of 25 sovs each. Once round. 24 subs. Mr. Ley's Omen, aged, 8st 71b ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ l Mr. Day's Caleb, 4> rs, 7st Mb 2 Mr. Peel's Lily, 6 yrs, 8st 71b ™ ™ — 3 A Plate, value 100/. Heats once round and a distance. Mr. Parker ns Varlet, 4 yrs, 8st M r. llilly's Trump, 5 yrs, 8st 111b Mr. Fcllowes's Jack Pudding, 3 yrs, 6st 21b ™ ™ ™ Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each and 50 added. Omen walked over. BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., the Right Hon. Lady Dormer, of a daughter— On the 3d inst. the lady of Hugh Inglis, Esq. of a daughter— On the 6th inst. the lady of H. Foley, Esq. of Tetworth- liouse, Huntingdon, of a daughter — On the 6th inst. the lady of A. Hussey, Esq. of a son and heir— At Ross, Wexford, the lady of Lieut- Colonel Garaway, East India Com- pany's Service, of a son— At Sheemess, the wife of Captain Andrew", R. N. of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ~ " " On the 6th inst. at Pancras New Church, R. Horton, Esq. of the 7- 1 111 regiment, to Miss Margaret Fanny, daughter of T. Greenwood, Esq., Cumberland- place, Regent's- park— On the 9th inst. Lord Viscount IIo- wick, to Miss Maria Copley, youngest daughter of Sir Joseph Copley, bart. of Sprotborough— On the 8th inst. at Wimbledon, R. B. Pallisrc, Esq. to Fanny, daughter of the late Joseph Marryat, Esq. M. P. Oil the 7th inst. Alexander G. Van llomrigh, Esq. of the 95tli Regiment, to Maria, youngest daughter of the late Colonel James Smith, ot the Hon. East India Company's Service— At St. George's Church, the Rev. Gilbert Blackburne to Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Sir Montagu Bur- goyne, bart. of Sutton Park, Bedfordshire. DEATHS. ~ On the 3d inst. at his seat, Boreham, Essex, in his 71st year, Sir John Tyrrell, hart.— On the 7tli inst. Major- General Sir Charles Bruce, K. C. I',, of Beckenham, Kent.— On the 6th inst. Jane Beddome, second daughter of the Rev. John Charlesworth, rector of Flowttn, near Ipswich— On the 9th inst. at Denham, Barbara, wife of John Drummond, Esq. ot'Cha- ring- cross— At Edinburgh, John Mitchell, Esq. of Lincoln's- inn— At Kennington. Mr. S. Dollman, late of Newgate- street— At Margate, John Beckett, Esq. late of the Borough— At Waltliamstow, Richard Gray, Esq. late of Tower- hill— On the 6th of June, at the Island of Grenada, Mr. W. Pollock Cowcher, of his Majesty's Customs— On the 9th inst. while liath- lg near Battersea, Mr. G. White, son of Mr. T. White, of Kenmngton - On the 8th inst. Mrs. Jobling, of Twickenham- common— On the 8th inst. Jane, widow of the late W. J. GrifHnhoofe, Esq. of Hampton, Mid- dlesex— Oil the 9th inst. at Hytlie, Kent, Robert Finnis, Esq.— On the 8th inst. at Tollington, near Hornsey, Mr. Edward Gibbon— On the 9th inst. Sarah, the beloved wife of Daniel M'Swiney, Esq. of Kemp- town— On the 6th inst. at Gravesend, Alfred Benjamin, son ot Robert Ceely, Esq. of I'oplar, Middlesex. _ COUNTRY AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER: TATTERSALL'S, AUG. 9. The odds on the Goodwood Cup and Doncaster St. Leger averaged as follow :— GOODWOOD CUP.— 5 to 4 agst Priam, 7 to 2 agst St. Giles, 6 to 1 agst Rowton ( taken), 7 to 1 agst Lady Fly ( taken), 12 to 1 agst Beiram. ST. LEGER.— 7 to 1 agst Retainer ( taken), 9 to 1 agst Margrave ( tak). 9 to 1 agst Perion, 10 to 1 agst Fang, 11 to 1 agst Trustee, 13 to 1 agst Julius ( taken), 13 to 1 agst Ludlow ( taken), 14 to 1 agst Conrad ( taken). 20 to 1 agst ltirdcatcher, 25 to 1 agst Burgomaster, 30 to 1 agst Frances- ca, 30 to 1 agst Daxon, 2,000 to 60 agst Physician ( taken), 240 to 200 Fang agst Ludlow, 600 to 500 l'crion agst Fang, 600 to 500 Trustee agst Julius. Even between five and the field. Abergavenny, Watkins Epsom, Jaquet CRICKET MATCHES. The great match at cricket between the Grantham and Stam- ford Clubs was to take place on Friday. Betting 2 to 1 on Stamford On Tuesday the annual cricket match of the Westminster scholars, between the King's scholars and town boys, was played kell's Pumpkin, beating Mr. Balchin's Miss Larle. in which t. he TCin< r' « cobrdars wnw. T. iiia I YORK AUGUST MEETING. 1 dis THURSDAY. The Ladies' Plate of 60 sovs, for 3 yr olds 7st 51b, four 8st 71b, five 9st, six and aged 9st 51b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile heats. Mr. W. Day's h f Lucy, by Cain, 3 yrs.. ™ .. 1 l Mr. Gardner's hi m Ida, 4 yrs 3 2 Lord Egremont's b m by Whaleboue, 4 yrs — ™ 2 4 Mr. Pearce's br m Chatham Lass, 5 yrs 4 dr Lord Lowther's b c Lazarone, 3 yrs 5 5 Mr. Gate's g c by Little John, 3 yrs— .—. 6 dr Lord Stradbroke's ch c Choaspes, 3 yrs 7 3 Ida and Lord Egremont's b. m. ran over again, as Lucy was disputed, not being named properly as the dam was not put down as well as sire. Ida came in first. Referred to the Jockey Club The Sussex Plate of 50/. was won in two heats by Mr. Shac- at Tothill- fields, the King's scholars were victorious, with two wickets tQ go down; the numbers being for King's scholars, lst innings 43, second ditto 61; aud the town boys, 1st innings 36, second ditto 67. There was admirable play on I both sides. YORK, Tuesday Night. The racing this afternoon was limited in quantity, and of little importance; with the exception of the 2 years old stakes to- The matches between the Whepstead and Cockfiehl Clubs morrow, the entire interest of the meeting is centred in the came off last weejc, and terminated in favour of the former " by 56 runs; the numbers being 60 and 116. On Thursday, at Lord's Grounds, b'ptween eleven gentlemen from Eton and eleven from Winchester, which terminated in favour of the former by 13 ; the numbers; i, 140 and 153. Friday between the sam'c Etonians and eleven'^ rpm Harrow, which, was also gained by the former; the numbers 93,'. a; nd 249, beating by 156 runs. Monday between the members of'the^ indsor and Eton Junior Club, and four of Reading and seven of the county, which terminated ia favour of the former by two, with seven wickets to go down. Produce and 30 sovs. Neither Fang, Francesca, nor Julius, has arrived. Produce Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 4 yr olds, four miles. Five subs.— Mr. Houldsworth's b c Contest walked over. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, mile and a half, three subs.— Mr. Houldsworth's Buffoon received. Match, 200, h ft, mile and a half— Mr. Petre's ch c, The Ad- jutant, agst Sir laird's b c by Whisker, out of Marphisa. No race. The Great Tfits? ire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3 yr THE LATE EARL OF SCARBOROUGH'S STUD. The racing stud of this lamented nobleman was sold on the Race Course at York on Monday afternoon, by Mr. Edmund Tattersall, who came from town specially for that purpose, his brother, Mr. Richard, being abroad. The lots realized as follows: HORSES IN TRAINING— Windcliffe by Waverley, 5 yrs ( to Mr. Robinson) 280 gs ; Volage, by Wayerley, 5 yrs ( Captain Hunter), 240 gs; Clarion, bro to Tarrare, 4 yrs ( Mr. Mott), 480 ; Clarence, bro to Brunswick, 4 yrs ( Mr. Brandenburgh) 195 ; grey c. by Falcon ( Mr. J. Scott), 200 ; bay f, sis to Tar- rare, 2 yrs ( Mr. J. Scott), 620 ; brown f, sis to Windcliffe, 3 yrs ( Mr. Allen), 187; Falconbridge, hy Falcon, 3 yrs ( bought in), 500 ; bay f, sis to Cistercian, 3 yrs ( Mr. J. Scott), 180 ; bay f by Brutarulorf, 3 yrs ( Mr. Dawson), 105. Two YRS OLD, NOT IN TRAINING— Brown c, by Jack Spi- got ( Mr. Gully), 65 gs ; bay f, by Jerry ( Col. Cradock), 61 ; br f, by Falcon ( Mr. J. Scott), 47 ; bay c, by Catton ( Sir T. Stanley), 41; bay f, by Catton ( Sir T. Stanley), 36 ; grey f, by Catton ( Mr. Kirby), 51 ; bay f by Catton ( Mr. W. Scott), 36. BROOD MARES— Lady Georgiana, by Catton, 9 yrs, with a colt foal by Falcon ( Mr. W. Scott), 400 gs ; sis to Tarrare, yrs, with a colt foal by Waverley ( Mr. J. Scott), 260 ; dies m by Rubens, with a filly foal by Catton ( Mr. Bailey), 25 ; Wind cliffe's dam, by Catton ( Mr. Purvis), 105 ; Fair Charlotte, by Catton ( Mr. C. Wilson), 120 ; Peggy, by Bourbon ( Captain Hunter) 80 ; Melrose, by Pilgarlick ( Mr. Scrivener), 21 ; bay m, by Octavius ( Mr. Purvis), 25. SPORTS ON THE WATER. DEPTFORD REGATTA.— The wherry and other prizes given by St. George's, Deptford, and St. Mary's, Rotherhithe, were rowed on Tuesday. The contest had the usual below bridge number of heats, there being no less than five, and six scullers contended for the prize. The distance was to start from George Stairs, round a boat moored off Durand's Wharf, down, round a boat moored off the Victualling- yard, to go twice round each heat. At a quarter past eight Robert Oliver ( green) and John Oliver ( purple) were placed for the grand heat. The match had been so miserably mismanaged that darkness came on before the deci- sion, so that it was hardly possible to distinguish the boats in which the men rowed. At the commencement of the heat there was some fouling, but Robert Oliver got away admirably, and maintained the lead to the end. Acton, Birch Almviek, Davison Arundel, Mitchell Ashford, Tunbridge llarnet, Cowing Barnsley, Ray Basingstoke, Lowman Bath, Williams Battersea, Smith Bedford, Mayle Beverley, Gardham Birmingham, Mansell Ditto, Cooper Blackburn, Rogerson Blandford, Ship Blythe, Adamson Bolton, ( Lan.) Ogle Boston, Noble Bradford, Inkersley Brentford ( Old) Wood Bridgewater, Dean Brighton, Jones Bristol, Westley Ditto, Bingliam Brixton, Harpur llroadstairs, Barns Bromley, Dunkin Ditto, Beckley Bury, ( Lan.) Kay Camberwell, Purser — Grove, Jackson Cambridge, Smith Carlisle, Cockburn Carshalton, Smith Chard, Brown Chatteris, James Ewell, Banks Exeter, Spreet Ditto, Townsend Falmouth, Phelp Foot's Cray, Thornton Frome, Jones Fulham, Banks Gainsboro', J. Drury Glasgow, M'Phnn Godalming, Stedman Grantham, Preston Gravesend, Couvcs Greenwich, Allen Ditto, Bales Ditto, Cole Guildford, Russell Hackney, Wales Hadleigh, Wards Halesworth, Tipple Hammersmith, Lee Hanwell, Bailey Harrow, Edlin Hastings, Glazier Hereford, Vale Hertford, Simpson Highgate, Bage High Wycomb, K Northampton, Freeman Norwich, Watling Nottingham, Dearden Oxford, Slatter Perth, Sidey Peterboro', Chadwell Petworth, Phillips Plymouth, Bartlctt Tortsea, Woodward Portsmouth, Carter Preston, Wilcoxon Ramsgate, Sackett Reading, Lamb Reigate, Barker Rochdale, Hartley Romford, Frost ltyde ( I. W.) Hellyer Saffron Walden, Young- man Salisbury, Wheeler Sheffield, Perkins Sliefford ( Beds), Stafford Shields( Nortli), Appleby Shrewsbury, Newling Sittingbourne, Marsh Southampton, Rose Speenhamland, Messrs. Hall and Marsh Staines, Critchter St. Albans, Arnold Stamford, Haddocks King Hitchin, Paternoster Holloway, Lane Hounslow, Vesey Hud'rsfield, Lancashire Stockport, Holme Hull, Perkins Stockton, Jennet Ipswich, Root Stoke Newington, Wales Islington, Pritchard Stoneliousc, Newcombe Keighley, Aked Stourbridge, Heinings Kendal, Fenton Stratford, Gibson ton Sutton, White Kidderminster, Pcnnell Taunton, Poole Cheltenham', Thornton Kensington, Worthing- Sunderland, Chalk Chertsey, Wetton Chester, Evans Chesterfield, Ford Chichester, Smither Clapham, Axford Colchester, Swinbornc Colnbrook, Baily Coventry, Horsfall Croucliend, Robinson Croydon, Baker Darlington, Coates Davenfry, l'ayne Deptford, Porritt Ditto, Lay Derby, Bainbrigg Devo'nport, Coleman Ditto, Painter and Co. Lynn, Garland Kilburn, Turner Kingsland, Richards Leamington, Bettison Leeds, Baines and Co. Leicester, Brown Lewes, Sarby Lincoln, E. B. 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