THE SHEFFIELD AMP HSR VOL. XXII.- 1125. f THE CENTRE AND FOUNDATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND IS LIBERTY."— CAMDEN. PRICE 4Id., on 5s. PER QUARTER. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY ROBERT LEADER. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1841. No. 41, HIGH- STREET, SHEFFIELD. TO TEA DEALERS) GROCERS, AND TALLOW CHANDLERS. TO BE DISPOSED OF, And the Premises, situate in High street, to be Let, THE Businesses of TEA DEALER, GROCER, and TALLOW CHANDLER, successfully carried on for upwards of 35 years by the late THOMAS COOPER. Apply on the Premises, No. 18, High street, Sheffield. SHEFFIELD, ASHTON- UNDER- LYNE, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF- YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Shef- field, Ashton- under- Lyne, and Manchester Railway Com- pany, will be held on MONDAY, the 23rd Day of Aug. instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, at the CUTLERS' HALL, in Sheffield, in the County of York— Dated this 4th Day of August, 1841. JOHN PLATFORD, Clerk and Secretary. 15, Piccadilly, Manchester. SHEFFIELD, ASHTON- UNDER- LYNE, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the BOOKS kept at this Office for entering the Memorials of the Transfer of Shares in the Sheffield, Ashton- under- Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company, will be CLOSED, in pursuance of the Act of Incorporation, from the 16th to the 23rd of August inclusive. By Oftler of the Board. JOHN PLATFORD, Secretary. 15, Piccadilly, Manchester, August, 1841. SURGERY. CANCER, & c. MR. J. HALL begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that he extracts, and perfectlv cures, CANCEROUS & SCROFULOUS TUMOURS', without Cutting or Loss of Blood; also, effectually cures ULCEROUS SORES, whether on the Legs or on any other part of the Body; reduces FRACTURES and DISLOCATIONS. Mr. J. H. begs leave further to state, that in conse- quence of his Practice increasing, he has connected Mr. J. WILLMER, M. R. C. 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TW. & SON beg to call the attention of the Mer- • chants and the Public generally, to their Improved SPRING SCISSORS, Registered July 2,1841, in pursu- ance of the Designs Copyright Act, 2nd Vic., c. 17. The action of the Spring gives an uniform pressure upon both edges, and an elasticity in cutting, which has been some years the object of Manufacturers to accom- plish. To Ladies cutting out, Bankers, Drapers, Tailors, and Hairdressers'Scissors, the Spring will be found a very decided advantage; since they will cut either with the right or left hand, with equal facility. Specimens may be seen at their Manufactory, or Retail Establishment, 27, High street. C3= CAUTION.— Any Persons infringing the above In- vention will be liable to a Penalty of from £ 5 to ^' 20. Sheffield BOTANICAL GARDENS. THE OELEBRATED NEW ZEALAND CHIEF, AND SUPERB DISPLAY OP FIREWORKS, FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. THE Committee of the Sheffield Botanical Gardens have the pleasure to announce that they have suc- ceeded in Engaging the Celebrated NEW ZEALAND CHIEF, for MONDAY NEXT, August 16th, who will appear in the full Costume of the Country, and will pour- tray the Manners, Customs, and Peculiarities of the Na- tives, will Exhibit their manner of Rejoicing, and Mourn- ing; describe the Singularities of their Marriage Cere- monies, and Chaunt their Funeral Anthem ; he will explain and exhibit the use of their various Warlike Im- plements, which he will severally produce before the Audience. He will also appear upon the Lake in his Canoe, and show the manner in which they Row their War Boats, the Management of them, their Situation in the Boat, and the Method by which the Chief excites his Comrades to Action, & c. & c. After which, Mr. BYWATER, the Distinguished Pyrotechnist, is engaged to Exhibit a DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS, which will be on a Scale of Magni6cence surpassing anything of the kind ever witnessed in this part of the Country, and in which the NEW ZEALAND CHIEF will re- appear, and perform the WAR SON Gand GRAND DANCE OF VICTORY, ENVELOPED IN A TREMENDOUS SHOWER OF CRIMSON AND SILVER FIRE. The Splendid BAND of the Queen's Bays, through the polite attention of Colonel Charlton, will be in- attendance at Five o'Clock, The Exhibition will commence at Six, and conclude shortly after Nine o'Clock. Admittance, One Shilling each; Children, Half Price. For Programme of the Fireworks, see Hand Bills. N. B. Should the weather prove unfavourable on Mon- day Evening, the Exhibitions will be postponed until TUESDAY, or the first fine Evening following. EBENEZER SMITH, Secretary. 9th August, 1841. MONEY TO LEND. £ 500 T0 LEND on approved Security.— Apply to R. MUNCASTER, Sharebrokex-, 3, George street, Sheffield. August 6, 1841. TO BE LET, THE HOUSE in Surrey street, formerly occupied by Mrs. Sbarrow, containing Two Sitting Rooms, Kitchen, Scullery, Six Bed Rooms, and Two Dressing Rooms, with an entire Yard. Rent, £ 30. Apply to Mr. HENRY CADMAN, Surrey street. This DAY is PUBLISHED, Price 3d., THE SACREDNESS of HUMAN LIFE: a Letter addressed to the Incumbent of St. James's, Sheffield, on CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. By SAMUEL ROBERTS. Second Edition, enlarged. Sheffield : WHITAKER and Co., Iris Office, and al Booksellers. GRIMESTHORPE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE SOCIETY'S next EXHIBITION will be held at the BOWLING GREEN TAVERN, on MONDAY, August 16th, for the Displav of FLOWERS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, & C. The Room will be open for the inspection of the Public Gratis, at Four o'Clock. GRAND MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT. MR. DAWSON, respectfully informs his Patrons, Subscribers, and the Public, that the Firtt of his TWO ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS will take place in the Music HALL, SHEFFIELD, on TCESDAY EVENING, August 24, 1841. PRINCIPAL VOCALISTS, & c. MADAME DORUS GRAS. This eminent Singer was the Prima Donna at the Bir- mingham and Hull Musical Festivals last year. SIGNOR BRIZZI. SIGNOR TAMBURTNI. MONSIEUR GRAS, Violinist. MONSIEUR LARIVIERE, Harpist. Terms of Subscription :— A Subscriber of One Guinea will be entitled to Four Tickets, viz., Two for each Con- cert, transferable to Ladies only; a Subscriber of 12s. will be entitled to Two Tickets, viz., One for each Concert. Non- Subscribers'Saloon Tickets, 7s. each; or a Family Ticket of Four, 24s.; Gallery Tickets, 4s. each. To be had at Mr. DAWSON'S Music Warehouse, Norfolk street, where the Subscription List is now open for additional Subscribers. Norfolk street, July 29, 1841. JUST PUBLISHED, The Itli Edition, price 3s.; and sent free on receipt of a Post Office Order, for 3s. 6d.; MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PER- FECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suffering from the destructive effects of excessive indulgence, solitary habits, or infection; followed by observations on the treatment of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, & c., illus- trated with Cases, & c,; by J. L. CURTIS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold by BALLIERE, Me- dical Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent » treet; STRANGE, 21, Paternoster row, London; Guest, Birmingham; Shillito, York; Hobson, Leeds; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's square, Manchester; Philip, South Castle street, Liverpool; Machen and Co., [ 8, D'Olier street, Dublin; Duncan, 114, High street, Edinburgh; and to be had of all Booksellers. This Work, a Seventh Edition of which is now pre- sented to the public, 10,000 copies having teen exhausted since its first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general principles, as also by the insertion of several new and highly interesting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily increasing experience in a class of diseases, which, for some unaccountable reason, have been either altogether overlooked, or treated almost with indifference, by the ordinary medical practitioner. The proverbial and well known rapacity of unqualified practitioners, who traffic on the health and credulity of patients, has been encouraged and aroused by this supineness, on the part of the regular surgeon. In order to obviate the pernicious effects sure to result from the practices of such pretenders, the authors have for a considerable time devoted them- selves exclusively to a certain class of diseases ; of the necessity of so doing, they were further convinced by feel- 1 ing that tact, in investigating the latent sources of many diseases, which arise from secret practices, can only be acquired by an exclusive and undivided attention to this department of medical practice. The numberless ill- stances daily occurring, wherein affections of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of consumption, which, however, when traced to their source, are found to result from certain baneful habits, fully proves that the principle of the division of labour is nowhere more appli- cable than in medical practice. We feel no hesitation in saying, that there is no member of society by whom the book will not be found useful, whether such person holds the relation of a parent, a preceptor, or a clergyman.— Sun, Evening Paper. Messrs. CURTIS and Co., are to be consulted daily, at their residence, No. 7, Frith street, Soho square, Lon- don. Country Patients are requested to be as minute as pos- sible in the detail of their cases.— As to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, general habits of living, and occupation in life of the party; the communication must be accompanied by the usual consultation fee of £ 1, without which, no notice whatever can be taken of their application; and in all cases the most inviolable secresy may be relied on. Sold by KELLY, News Agent, Campo lane, Sheffield. J. A. GUTLL3A'JrME. SOLE Proprietor of the Old Rock Quarry, has arrived with an assortment of RAZOR HONES, at Mr. TOMLINSON'S, Angel Inn, South street, Sheffield Moor. He will attend from Eight in the Morning, until Seven in the Evening, for Nine or Ten Days. JUST PUBLISHED, in Demy 8vo. BY MESSRS. PERRY & Co., Consulting Surgeons, 4, Great Charles street, Birmingham, and 44, Al- bion street, Leeds, Illustrated by Eight Fine Engravings. THE SILENT FRIEND, a Practical Treatise on Syphi- litic Diseases, in their mild and most alarming forms, in- cluding observations on the baneful effects of Gonorrhoea, Gleets, and Strictures, representing the deleterious in- fluence of Mercury on the external appearance of the Skin, by Eruptions on the Head, Face, and Body; to which are added very extensive observations on Debility, brought on by youthful impropriety, all its attendant sympathies and dangerous consequences considered, with mode of Cure. The whole accompanied by explanatory Engravings, with general instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are incapacitated from entering into the holy state of Marriage, by the evil consequences arising from early abuse, or syphilitic infection. This invaluable Work will be secretly inclosed with each Box of Perry's Purying Specific Pills, ( Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. and lis. per Box,) and the Cordial Balm of Syriacum, ( Price lis. and 33s. per Bottle,) and is point- ed out to suffering humanity as a Silent Friend, to be consulted without exposure, and with assured confidence of success. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lis., per Box, are well known through- out Europe and America, to be the most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for every stage and symp- tom of the Venereal Disease, without loss of time, con- finement, or hindrance from business. They have effected the most surprising cures, not only in recent and severe cases, but when salivation and all other means have failed; and when an early application is made to these Pills for the cure of the above complaint, frequently contracted in a moment of inebriety, the eradication is generally completed in few days. They are particularly recom- mended to be taken before persons enter into the matri- monial state, lest the indiscretions of a parent are the source of vexation to him the remainder of his existence, by afflicting his innocent but unfortunate offspring, with the evil eruptions of a malignant tendency, and a variety other complaints, that are most assuredly introduced by the same neglect and imprudence. May be had of all Booksellers, Druggists, and Patent Medicine Venders in Town and Country throughout the United Kingdom, the Continent of Europe and America. ( Jj> Observe, none are genuine without the signatnre, of R. L. PERRY and Co. Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted by Letter, the usual Fee of One Pound, with- out which, no notice whatever can be taken of the com- munication ( postage pre- paid.) Patients are requested to be be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM ( Price lis. and 33s. per Bottle,) is intended to relieve those Persons who, by an immoderate indulgence of their passions, have ruined their constitutions, or in their way to the consummation of that deplorable state are affected with any of those previous symptoms that betray its approach, as the. various affections of the nervous system, obstinate gleets, excesses, irregularity, obstructions, weaknesses, total impotency, barrenness, & c. The £ 5 cases may be had, as usual, at cither of the Establishments, which is a saving of £ 1. 12s. Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, may be consulted as usual at 4, Great Charles street, ( four doors from Easy row,) Birmingham, and 44, Albion street, Leeds. Only one personal visit is required from a country patient, to enable Messrs. Perry and Co. to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have proved ineffectual. N. B.— Country Druggists, Booksellers, Patent Medi- cine Vendors, and every other Shopkeeper, can be sup- plied with any quantity of Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm of Syriacum, with the usual allowance to the Trade, by most of the principal wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in London. Sold at the Iris Office, Sheffield. ( No. 4.) SHEFFIELD to BURLINGTON QUAY DAILY, ( Sundays excepted,) bv RAILWAY and SAFETY COACH, leave Sheffield by the Six o'Clock Morning Train. Places secured to Burlington Quay at the Railway Office. J. SMITH, Market Weighton, Proprietor of the Safety Coach TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, THE Leasehold PROPERTY now in the Tenancy of Mr. Bingley, Solicitor, as his Offices, in Bank street, Sheffield. The_ Lease of the Ground Plot hereof, at a moderate Rent, is considerably unexpired; and further Particulars may be had from MS, W. M. ETCHES, Solicitor, St. James's row. July 15th, 1841. H. R. EVATT, Surgeon Dentist, 56, Queen Street, Sheffield, SUPPLIES ARTIFICIAL TEETH, from a Single Tooth to a complete Set, answering all the purposes of Articulation and Mastication. H. R. E. fills Decayed Teeth, so as to prevent further decay. CAMPBLETON WHISKY. SAWYER'S celebrated Old SCOTCH WHISKY, sold full strength, as Distilled, at 20s. per Gallon', in Casks of 14 Galls, at I8s. This splendid article be had only from J. SAWYER, at the Wine and Spirit Vaults, No. 2, HIGH STREET, where may be had also, Reid and Co.' s Brown Stout PORTER, Burton and East India PALE ALE, & c. British WINES in every variety, at 13s. per Doz.; the smallest quantity Sold on the same Terms. High street Wine and Spirit Vaults, Sheffield. WATH- UPON- DEARNE. TO BE LET, ACOMMODIOUS HOUSE, replete with Fixtures, a detached Brewhouse, and productive Garden, the late Residence of G. P. Nicholson, Esq., containing upon the Ground Floor Dining and Drawing Room, an excel- lent Store Room and Kitchen, with Four Chambers above, and a convenient Cellar. The Premises are well stored with good Waters. For particulars, apply to J. BISHOP, Chemist, & c., Wath ; or at the Independent Office. ROTHERHAM AND FOUR LANE- ENDS, NEAR WOBTLEY, TURNPIKE ROAD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the Turnpike Road leading from Rotherham to the Four- Lane- Ends, near Wortley, in the West Riding of the County of York, will be held, pursuant to Adjournment, at the House of 14,1 rs. NICHOLSON, the Green Dragon Inn, in Kimbenvorth, -- the Parish of Rotherham aforesaid, on THURSDAY, the Nineteenth day of August next, at 12 o'Clock at Noon. Dated this Twenty- eighth day of July, 1841. THOB. JAS. PARKER, Clerk to the said Trustees. Corroboration of the Innocent yet Relieving Proper ties of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. Hawley, near Bagshot, Jan. 11th, 1841. SIR,— It is now twelve months since I made you ac- quainted with the very extraordinary benefit I had derived by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, which were kindly recommended to me by Major Birch, of Crondale, near Farnbam, who humanely came to my house to take my affidavit that I might receive my half- pay, being then laid up with one of my serious attacks. I then forwarded to you the garrison order by which I was invalided home from Newfoundland, after many years of great suffering. I now beg further to say, that within the last twelve months I have had several attacks, but have, thank God, with the assistance of the Pills, been always able to ward them off without much pain, and have not once had a return of those weakening perspirations which formerly afflicted me, and am now in excellent comparative health. I also have to inform you that Mr. George Maynard, of Cove, near Farnborough, Carrier, having witnessed the effect of Blair's Pills on me, and being himself at- tacked with Gout, tried the Pills, and obtained immediate relief. If you please you may publish this additional proof of the value of this Medicine. I am, Sir, your's truly, J. MASTERS. GARRISON ORDER ABOVE ALLUDED TO. ( CERTIFICATE.) St. John's, Newfoundland, 12th March, 1838. Conformably to a Garrison Order, dated 9th March, 1838, for the Assembly of a Medical Board, to take into consideration the state of health of Lieut. Masters, R. V. C., and to report accordingly. We, the under- signed Staff Officer and Civil Practitioner, forming the Board authorised by that order, after a strict examination of the case of Lieutenant Masters, consider him as en- tirely unfit for military duty.— Lieut. Masters has for several years been afflicted with Rheumatic Gout, which has produced serious functionary derangements of his stomach, liver, and other viscera, and finally given rise infirmity, weakness, and enlargement of the articula- tions, especially of the anole joints; his general health and constitution is much impaired, and therefore, in our opinion, he is incapable of further service.—( Signed) ANDREW FERGUSON, M. D., Staff- Assist.- Surg, EDWARD KIELLY, Surgeon. This valuable Medicine is sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and, by his appointment, by Robert Leader, Ridge and Jackson, Whitaker, Wreaks, Slack, Machon and Co., Lofthouse, Powell, May, Radley Sheffield; Woodhead, Roberts, Chesterfield ; Brooke and Co., Stafford, Walker and Co., Faulkner, Doncaster Cardwell, Gell, Lawton, Smith, Dawson, Wakefield Sissons, Worksop; Gething, Langley, Mansfield; Wright, Macclesfield; Sims, King, Stockport: Price, Priestley. Pontefract; Walters, Alfreton; Whitham, Ashbourne; Rhodes, Snaith; Grasby, Bawtry; Fell, England, Spivey Huddersfield; and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom; price 2s. 9d. per bos THE COMMISSIONERS IN a Fiat in Bankruptcy, bearing date the Twenty- Seventh Day of October, 1840, awarded and issued forth against RALPH SIMPSON, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Grocer, Dealer, and Chapman, intend to meet on the Twenty- third Day of August instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, at the TOWN- HALL, Sheffield, to audit the Accounts of the Assignee of the Estate anil Effects of the said Bankrupt, under the said Fiat, pursu- ant to an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act to amend the Laws relating to Bankrupts," And the said Commissioners also intend to meet on the same day; at One in the Afternoon, and at the same place, in order to make a Dividend of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt, when and where the Creditors, who have not already proved their Debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be ex- cluded the benefit of the said Dividend ; and all Claims not then proved will be disallowed. HOOX. B & MAItPlES. 13th August, 1841. Solicitors to the Assignee. MEDICAL ADVICE, NO. 19, FIG- TREE LANE, 4 Doors from Bank street, Sheffield. MR. SCOTT, Surgeon, who, after an extensive practice of twenty- seven years, has rendered his counselan object of the utmost importance to all who are labouring under the following complaints:— Bilious Disorders, Giddiness in the Head, Deafness and Diseases of the Ear, Rheumatism and Gout, Scrofula, Worms, Epileptic Fits, Gravel. And to those who are troubled with Consump- tion and Asthma, his Advice will be found invaluable. Thousands have owned his skill. To the Youth of both sexes, whether lured from health by the promptings of passions, or the delusions of inexperience, his advice is superior to all others in his practice. Where an early tpplication in a certain disorder, frequently contracted in a moment of inebriety, he unites a mild gentleness of treatment; the eradication is generally completed in a few days, without restraint in diet, or hindrance of busi- ness, and insures the patient a permanent cure. Patients from the country can be treated successfully, on describing minutely their case, and enclosing a remit- tance for Advice and Medicine. Mr. Scott, Surgeon, may be consulted daily as above. SCf* The Itch cured in One Hour. 19, Figtree lane, Four Doors from Bank street. Surgery Two Doors above. IMPORTANT TO S*' A K M E K S. FOX AND HORNER'S Improved THRASHING MACHINES. P » X and HORNER are now putting down THRASH- ING MACHINES upon an improved Principle. They have less friction, and work with more ease, so as to enable two Horses to do as much work as three could upon the old plan. They ate simple in construction, and are offered cheap. P. S.- F. and H. have a STEAM- ENGINE, of Three Horse Power, for Sale. This Engine will worfr with little more than half the Fuel required by Steam- Engines in general. ROTHERHAM CEMETERY. BUILDERS wishingto CONTRACT for the different Works required in the Erection of Chapels, Lodges, Entrances, Enclosure Walls, Excavations, Roads, & c., to be clone in the Formation of a GENERAL CEMETERY, at Rotherham, may see the Plans and Specifications thereof, at the Offices of MB. THOMAS BADGES, Solicitor, Rotherham, from MONDAY, the 16th, to WEDNESDAY, the 25th instant, on which latter Day Tenders must be delivered as above, not later than Six o'Clock, p. m., addressed to ROBERT BENTLEY, Esq., Chairman to the Cemetery Committee. Further particulars or explanations may be had at the Offices of WORTH and FRITH, Architects, Commercial Buildings, Sheffield. N. B. No Allowance for Estimates. 13th August, 1841. SHEFFIELD % CHAPEL- EN- LE- FRITH ROADS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a MEETING of the Trustees of the Sheffield and Chapel en- le- Frith Turnpike Roads, will be held at the House of Mr. FISHER, the Castle Inn, in Castleton, in the County of Derby, on THURSDAY, the 19th Day of August next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon ; at which Meeting, the Tolls arising at the under- mentioned Toll Bars, upon the said Roads, will be offered to be LET BY AUCTION, between the Hours of 12 and 2 o'Clock of the same Day, to the best Bidder or Bidders, for the term of one year, or for such other term as the Trustees then present may direct, commencing from the First Day of October next, according to the directions of the Acts of Parliament, passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, " For Regu- lating Turnpike Roads," subject to such conditions as will be then produced, which Tolls produced, the last Year, the respective Sums following, viz.:— Hunter's Gate and Side Gates, Stoney Ridge £. Gate, and Side Gate, Slack Hall Gate, £- 1410 Sparrow Pit Gate, and Stone Bench Gatej Booths Gate, Lead Mill Gate, and Side? £. Gate, Hill Foot Gate £ ow }- 2704 Mytham Bridge Gate and Side Gates 414 Flatts Gate 182 Foolow Gate 71 Grindleford Bridge Gate 127, Clear of all Deductions, and will be put up at such Sum or Sums, and in one or more Lot or Lots, as the Trustees present at the said Meeting shall direct. Whoever happens to be the best Bidders, must at the same time give Security, with sufficient Sureties, to the satisfaction of the Trustees, for payment of the Rent or Rents agreed for, by equal Monthly Instalments, or be prepared to pay One Month's Rent in advance, into the Hands of the Treasurers of the said Roads. JOSH. HALL, Castleton, 13th July, 1841. Clerk to said Trustees. TURNPIKE ROAD From D UFFIELD ( through Heage, Chesterfield, fyc.) to SHEFFIELD. TOLLS TO BE LET. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the NEXT MEETING of the Trustees of this Road will ba held at the House of Mr. Thomas Evinson, the Angel Inn, in Chesterfield, on WEDNESDAY, the 8th day of September next, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, when the TOLLS arising at the several undermentioned Gates and Chains, WILL BE LET BY AUCTION, in the manner directed by the General Turnpike Acts passed in the third and fourth years of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulating Turn- pike Roads,") for such term not exceeding three years as the Trustees then present may direct, which Gates and Chains produced last year the respective sums set oppo- site thereto, clear of all deductions, and will be put up in such lot or lots, and at such sum or sums as the said Trustees shall think fit. £. Holmley Common Gate and Dronfield Chain 492 Stonegravels Gate and Cricket Inn and Sheep- ridge Chains .. 507 Birdholme and Clay Cross Gates and Chains.. 288 And Stretton Hill Side and Hall Field Gates 123 Whoever may happen to be the best bidder or bidders, must, at the same time, pay One Month in advance, ( if required) of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties, to the satisfac- tion of the Trustees of the said Road, for payment of the rest of the money Monthly, and for performance of other the conditions on which such Tolls may be let. By Order. B. M. LUCAS, Clerk to the said Trustees. Chesterfield, 5th August, 1841, To the Sufferers from Bilious and Liver Complaints. THE unexampled success of FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH calls for particular attention.— These Pills give immediate relief in all Spasmodic and Windy Complaints, with the whole train of well- known synip- toms arising from a weak stomach, or vitiated bilious secretion, Indigestion, Pain at the Pit oi the Stomach, Bilious or Sick Head- ache, Heart- burn, Loss of Appe- tite, Sense of Fulness after Meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Pain over the Eyes, & c. & c. Persons of a full habit, who are subject to Head- ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of Blood to tlA Head, should never be without them, as many dangerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use, and Apoplexy often avoided. They are highly grateful to the Stomach, create Appetite, re- lieve languor and depression of spirits, gently relaxing the bowels without griping or annoyance, removing nox- ious accumulations, rendering the system at perfect ease, and the head clear. 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AUGUST 14, 1843. TOWN- HALL. TUESDAY— Before H. PARKER, Esq., the Rev. W. ALDERSON, and W. J. BAGSHAWE, Esq. George Brammer was charged with stealing a sovereign from Win. Whittington, of Holliscroft, edge too! striker. The prosecutor proved that he had received, on Saturday night, the 31st ' July, a sovereign and seven or eight shil- lings for his wages, and between seven and eight o'clock, he went to Broadbent's dram- shop, where were the pri- soner and many more persons. When paying for his second pint, Whittington had most of his money in his hand, and in picking his sovereign from among it, to put into a separate pocket, he let it fall on the floor. A scuffle took place, and Brammer picked it up, and ran out with it. Whittington followed, and overtook him, when the prisoner said, if he would let him go, he would give liim the sovereign. Whittington left hold of him, and the prisoner ran off again, and got away, A day or two after, Whittington saw Brammer at his shop, when Brammer promised to meet him the same night, and repay the sovereign. The prisoner, however, did not keep his ap- pointment, and on' Sunday morning, was apprehended by Rattray, the policeman John Charles confirmed the statement of Whittington as to the prisoner getting the sovereign.— Committed for trial. Charles Needham and Charles Butler were charged with stealing a quantity of blades and forks, on the 5th August, from the shop of John Judge, in Doncaster street. Mr. Turner for the prosecution, and Mr. Broomhead for the defence. Judge stated that Needliam had worked for him two years off and on, and was working for him on Thurs- day last. Butler occupied rooms on the same premises. On Thursday afternoon, Judge went out, leaving several persons working in his shop, and on returning about five o'clock, missed from a drawer a quantity of forks un- dressed between the prongs. In the evening, Judge locked up his shop, leaving a basket containing blades in the shop. He went to the shop about nine the same evening, to remove the blades, when he found both his own and Butler's shop door open. He tnissed from his own shop the basket of blades, and hearing a noise in Butler's shop, he locked the door. He then looked out of his window into the reservoir yard, and saw Butler getting over the wall into the street. He called out, " Thou villain, thou art there," and running round into the street, he saw Needham come over the wall, and caught him in Forty row, and gave him in charge to a watchman. Butler was found behind the privy door in the yard, and in Butler's shop was found the basket, with part of the blades missed from the shop. The rest were found the next morning, concealed in the yard. A quantity of blades and forks were produced and identified by Judge as those missed from his place. He afterwards missed other forks, which were found upon Needham, when he was taken. Mr. Broomhead said his defence, as to Butler, was, that Judge was preparing to schedule, and ' that he owed money to Butler, which they were endeavouring to secure Judge denied that he was scheduling Wm. Booker, who was in the employ of Judge, proved that Needham took the forks which Judge had described as being missed in the afternoon from a drawer.... James Knight, also employed by Butler, said that, on Thursday afternoon, lie was working, when Needham called him out, and told him to bring his master's hat and coat. He found Need- ham waiting in the street, having in his apron a quantity of loose forks, which Needham gave him to carry. They met Butler at the bottom of Smithfield, and witness gave the forks to him James Benn, of Hollis croft, proved that on Thursday afternoon, the two prisoners brought a quantity of forks to him, which they offered for sale, but he declining to give the price, they borrowed 5s. upon them. The forks produced were of a similar sort, but he could not say they were the same.... Jonathan Laughton, watchman, proved that he received Needham into custody in Forty row, and found forks in his pockets. He asked what they were, and Needham replied, " They are forks which I have stolen, and I know I shall go for six or twelve months, but I don't care for that— I'll serve him the same trick when I come out;" There were about six dozen forks found in the prisoner's pockets, and the number of these, with those left with Benn, made the number that was missed. He afterwards received Butler into custody in the Reservoir yard.-... Joseph Hanley, policeman, confirmed this evidence.... The defence for Needham was that the prisoner was employed by Judge to remove the goods, as he expected them to be seizrd for rent. Needham said his brother was able to prove this, but the boy being fetched, said that he saw his bro- ther take the forks ; lie said that he was going to hammer tangs for Judge.... Mr. Broomhead still urged he could prove that Needham was employed to remove the goods, to cheat Judge's creditors ; and Mr. Bagshawe decided to commit them, subject to the proof of that assertion. Henry Macartney was brought up, charged as a dis- orderly. He went to the house of Mr. Greaves, licensed victualler, in Pinstone street, and, being turned out for disorderly conduct, dashed his hand through several squares of glass, and cut his hand in a dangerous manner, so as to disable him for a considerable time.— The pri- soner was sent to the workhouse, with a view of being returned to Ireland. Charles Turner was charged with stealing, on Monday, three pieces of glue, from within the shop- door of Mr. Samuel Gregory, grocer, of Duke street, Sheffield moor. Mr. Gregory saw the boy reaching down the glue, and pursued but lost him. He was apprehended by Straw, the policeman.— Committed for one month. John Wraggvr& s brought up, having been apprehended by a policeman, near the Lead Mills, having a goose in his possession, recently killed. He had a stick and a heavy stone tied in the corner of his handkerchief. The . prisoner said he was a labourer, out of Nottinghamshire, seeking work. He said he found the goose on the road. The stone in the handkerchief he had used to hammer his scythe fast on the handle, where he had been mowing, and, thinking no harm, he had tied it up in his handker- chief.— Committed for two months to hard labour, as a rogue and vagabond. John Beighton was charged with stealing blades, from the warehouse of Mr. John Elliott, of Union street.... Mr. Bramley for the prosecution, and Mr. Broomhead for the prisoner.... Mr. Skelton, manager of the table knife department to Mr. Elliott, proved that his employer keeps a large stock of knives and blades. On Thursday last, he went to Shipley's, in Arundel street, where he saw two dozen table knives, and he had no doubt the blades in the knives were taken from his master's, who never sold blades without hafts, and never had blades hafted in this common manner. The blades were marked "| J. E., shear steel,' V- and " J. and R. Elliott." Mr. Elliott had a great quantity of the same description. The prisoner had been employed as a hafter, and was in the habit of coming to the warehouse two or three times a- week.. .. Cross- examined by Mr. Broomhead ; Could not say that these blades were stolen. These are inferior blades ; and a quantity of the old stock of J. and R. El- liott were sold to Messrs. Ellin's, on the dissolution of the partnership, about three years ago Joshua Perkin- ton, of Duke street, Sheffield moor, proved that, about three months ago, the prisoner sold to him a quantity of scimeter blades, and afterwards of dessert blades, which he had hafted and sold. Two dozen of those with scimeter blades he let Mr. Shipley have for money he owed him, and he believed those produced to be the same. He could not speak positively to the marks. The knives he let Shipley have were part of the blades he had of the pri- soner John Shipley, of Arundel street, proved that, about two months ago, Perkington owed him money, and he got of him the two dozen knives and forks pro- duced. ... George Wild, assistant constable, proved that lie apprehended the prisoner, and on telling him with what he was charged, he said he had not sold any to Per- kinton, and knew nothing about them.... In fanswer to the Magistrate, Mr. Skelton said he could swear that these blades were made for liis master, and were never sold as blades, or given to workmen for wages.... Mr. Alderson decided that there was enough to goto a jury,— He held the prisoner to bail. Emma Stevenson was charged with obtaining goods under false pretences.. .. Joseph Flint, of Westbar, shoe- maker, proved that, on Saturday evening, the prisoner came to his shop, and inquired of him if he did not make shoes for Mr. Simpson, pawnbroker. She said she lived servant at Mr. Simpson's ; he was to fit her with a pair of shoes, and Mr. Simpson would send the money. She got a pair of shoes worth 4s. 6d., and then said she would take a pair of boots for Mr. Simpson's eldest daughter. Flint then suspected all was not right, but let her have a pair, worth 8s. She wrapped the boots and shoes in a handkerchief, and went out. Flint sent one boy to follow her, and another to inquire at Mr. Simp- son's if he had sent her, and he himself followed at a short distance. She went on to Mr. Simpson's, ' and stood a short time. She then turned back, and went to Mr. Spink's, pawnbroker, in Westbar, where she was taken offering the boots and shoes to pledge Mr. Spink proved that the prisoner came in to pledge the boots and shoes, and was followed almost immediately by Mr. Hint's boy, and then by Mr. Flint, who charged her with the theft. She was given into the custody of Geo. Wild. .... Mr. Simpson proved that the prisoner had not been authorized to obtain the boots and shoes. She was in his service for a few weeks, about last December, but he had not seen her since.— Committed for trial. John Calton was charged with stealing a wheelbarrow, the property of Wm. Travis, of Granville street, Park. The prosecutor had bought five barrows, and had desired the prisoner to repair them. He went from home last week, and on his return on Saturday, found that none of the barrows were repaired, but one was missing. He afterwards found that it had been sold by the prisoner at Mr. W. Clayton's, in Paradise square.— Discharged, on paying Clayton 3s. James Froggatt was charged with robbing Jas. Hughes, of Burland ' Waislow, in the parish of Macclesfield. Hughes keeps a lodging house, and about nine weeks ago, the prisoner and another man went to lodge with him.— They remained till the 24th July, when, early on the Sunday morning, they were missing, and with them £ 2 10s. in. money, a fustian coat, a springer bitch, aud four pups, and several articles of clothing. Hughes went to Stockport and Birmingham, in search of them. On the 1st instant, Hughes came into Yorkshire, and saw Lan- caster, the other man, at Swinton, having the stolen jacket on. Hughes applied to a constable, but he did not take the prisoner. On Tuesday, I applied to the constable of Attercliffe, Stringfellow, who the next day- observed the prisoner, with the springer bitch, in Atter- cliffe, offering two pups for sale. When charged with stealing them from Waislow, he said he was never there. He afterwards admitted that Jack had the jacket, and he said if Hughes were there, he could make it up. There appeared to be a friendly connexion between the parties ; and the prosecutor being unwilling to prosecute, the pri- soner was dismissed, and left the Court with the prosecu- tor in a very friendly manner. Q j s - Cn £ ffi » co CS > a. Q 02 A - S c a « < a . R- 4 (/ J ^ § So aj O M I • V ^ 02 | W 3 H S or K 2 H: s ft s i- l* MS ^ o H B < 1 H O •< H H w u < BS £ B. TJ O S U5 CO 2 fiO 2 = 2 a Fe- males. Males. Hp3 - WS < N — The mortality of infants under seven years of age, in every lOi^ G— 270 for the mining districts of Staffordshire. 180 in the agricultural counties. 242 in Sheffield. In comparing the mortalities of different trades, the two classes of occupation most unfavourable to human life, are found to be those which require frequent transitions from heat to cold, and which generate metallic dust. In what is called " dry grinding," the mortality is said to be " truly appalling;" but the rate was not stated, save that a " dry grinder" is considered an old man at 35. Early marriages in Sheffield are more common among the un- derpaid than among the higher classes of workmen ; and the ratio of children to a marriage is also higher in the more distressed class. But, Sheffield exhibits a less ratio of marriage than most other manufacturing towns. In Sheffield ( 1839- 40) the proportion of marriages to a thou- sand inhabitants was 9J, while in Leeds it was 17. The writer of the Report then entered at great length into the question of Savings' Banks, for the purpose of showing that the amount of deposits affords no trustworthy cri- terion of the prosperity or adversity of a community. He stated that adversity, by forcing prudential considerations on the mind, was more likely to make men become de positors than prosperity. As an example, he stated, that during the last three years trade had notoriously declined in Sheffield, and had gone on in a falling ratio, yet the amount in the Savings' Banks had been on the increase. In 1838 there were 4,093 depositors to the amount of £ 142,000 1839 „ 5,088 „ £ 143,000 1840 „ 5,248 „ £ 148,000 The proportion of artizans among the depositors ap pears to be very small; and it is least among those to whom a provision is most necessary. Out of 5000 cut- lers, there were only 221 depositors; while, out of 450 silversmiths and platers, there are 89. The greatest number of depositors is found in the present year, which is the year of greatest depression. Hence it was inferred that the amount of deposits in savings banks is no test of the prosperity of the working classes. The reading of the remainder of the paper was adjourned. The discussion which ensued was directed to the value of savings banks deposits, as a means of estimating the condition of the operative class... . Mr. Rawson supported the views of the author of the report, contending that, though withdrawal of deposits was proof of distress, yet the increase was no evidence of prosperity... . Col. Sykes said, that if deposits were made freely, the money must have come from the payment of labour, and therefore its amount was to a certain extent a proof of plentiful em- ployment. .. . Lord Ebrington considered that the deposi- tors in savings banks were the persons least likely to feel the viscissitudes of the labour market. They were gene- rally the best workmen and the best servants, and were kept in employment when others were discharged. He should therefore regard a run on the savings banks as an alarming sign of national distress; but he agreed with the author of the report, that an increase of deposits was by no means a proof of national prosperity. Fe- males. Males. CO PROVINCIAL AND SURGICAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. eu a x o o — PH - 111 ® £ £ s fc o E- I — fa ca Apoplexy ...- Accidents ( inquests) .. 71 Asthma 22 Abscess 4 Cancer 10 Childbirth 5 Consumption ........ 124 Convulsions 111 Croup 12 Debility 33 Decay of nature 101 Decline .124 CAUSES OF DEATH .. ... 11 Dentition Disease of the heart . liver . spine . head . 29 13 11 9 19 Dropsy 29 „ of the chest „ of the head Dysentery Diabetes Epilepsy ........ Erysipelas Fever, common .. „ brain .... „ scarlet .... 5 22 1 1 1 1 5 4 10 Fever, typhus 18 Fistula 1 Gravel 1 Hemorrhage 1 Hooping cough 63 Hernia 1 Inflammation of the bladder J2 ,, stomach 3 „ bowels 39 „ brain .- 35 ,, chest .. 35 „ lungs .. 65 Influenza 4 Jaundice ' ... 2 Mortification 1 Measles 2 Paralysis 19 Premature birth 6 Scrofula 2 Small pox 70 Ulcers 4 Various diseases, not particularized 12 Total , .1174 STATISTICS OP SHEFFIELD. In the Statistic Department of the British Association, one of the papers read was a report " On the Vital Statis- tics of Sheffield," prepared by a local committee, and for- warded to the section by Dr. Holland. It was exceedingly minute and elaborate, and was only partially read. It began by describing the position of the town, showing how favourably it was circumstanced in respect to venti- lation, drainage, • and supply of water. It had advanced very rapidly both in population and wealth ; but though no data existed for determining- tlie latter, it was believed that wealth had advanced in the greater ratio. Sheffield did not possess many large capitalists; tl-' e nature of the trades followed in the town did not require any expensive outlay in stock and machinery. The best proof of its advancement was, that in the middle of the last century, there was only one commercial traveller employed in the town; there is now scarcely an establishment that does not employ one or more. The following table shews the increase of population ;— In 1736.. 16,000 1801.. 31,000, an increase of 2 per cent, per annum 1811.. 53,000 „ U per cent. 1821.. 65,000 „ 2 per cent. 1831.. 91,000 „ 3l per cent. 1841.. 117,000 „ 2} per cent. The value of property in Sheffield had been greatly dimi- nished by the cessation of foreign demand; and this had principally affected the cutlers, who depend on the export trade, but had not seriously injured the silversmiths and platers, who look to the home market. In no place, per- haps, have the poor- rates exhibited such extraordinary variations. In 1801, they were £ 7200 ; but in 1820, they rose to .£ 23,000, out of a rental which, it is supposed, did not exceed £ 46,000. In 1825, they were reduced to £ 6000 ; in 1836, to £ 5000 ; and in 1837, to £ 4000. The present amount is £ 0500; and the distress at the present moment is believed to be greater than it has ever been be- fore. Trades in which combinations and associations exist are found to become claimants on charity less fre- quent than those which are uncombined. This is attri- buted by the author of the report to the habits of foresight and prudence which arise from trade societies for a com- mon object. One branch of trade, within the last four years, paid to unemployed workmen in the same line not less than £ 2000. The author of the report then entered into a comparison of the condition of the operatives in Sheffield with those of Liverpool, Leeds, and Manchester, for the purpose of shewing that enormous capitals are not favourable to the happiness of the general body ; and that the greatest misery must be expected in '. lie vicinity of the greatest wealth. He dwelt particularly on the fact, that the operatives of Sheffield usually have a house to themselves ; and that there is nothing in that town simi- lar to the cellars of Liverpool, or the lodgings of Man- chester. The danger to life involved in the manufactures at Sheffield, was illustrated by a comparison of the num- bers who die beyond the age of 70 in that town and in other districts. Out of every 1000 deaths, the average above 70 is 145 for England and Wales. 210 for the Northern and Western Ridings of Yorkshire. 104 for London. 66 for Sheffield. 63 for Liverpool and Manchester. The ninth anniversary of the Provincial and Medical Association was held at York during the past week. On Wednesday, the first meeting of the association was held in the theatre of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society's Museum, and was attended by a large number of mem-/ bers and deputations from other similar bodies. Dr/ Barlow, of Bath, presided. Dr. GOLDIE first addressed the meeting, and congratulated the members present on the increasing prospects of the association. Having given a brief detail of the nature o£ the business to be brought before them, he called attention to the work of Mr. Jones, of Leamington, on medical education, several copies of which had been sent for distribution, and con- cluded by introducing Dr. Jeffreys, of Liverpool... . Dr. JEFFREYS noticed an herb from South America, called " Mattico," a large portion of which was imported into this country. There were two species, one of which was gathered green, and the other when nearly ripe; of the latter he presented a specimen, which he considered much the stronger, and was well known in Belgium, as well as in South America. From the account of the plant pub- lished in the Lancet, in January, 1839, it appeared that its powers as an external styptic were very great; and the object he had in view in mentioning the subject at the meeting was that each member might take a portion, and after a trial of its properties, make a report of the results. In South America it was known under the name of the " Soldier's Herb," from the circumstance that a soldier who had been wounded in battle, after his reco- very from a fainting fit, gathered a quantity of grass which grew near him, and staunched his wound with it. After he had so far recovered as to crawl to a cottage, his wound was examined, and the grass with which he had staunched it was found to be this herb. Since then the herb had been regularly made use of.... Dr. HAST- INGS then read the report of the council, which gave a gratifying account of the flourishing state of the society, the number of members having now increased to 1250. Although the expenses of the year had been heavy, there was a balance of £ 582 in favour of the association, the income being i' 1,440, and the expenditure amounting to £ 868. After referring to the efforts made by the asso- ciation during the last session of Parliament to obtain an alteration in the mode of parochial medical relief, the report noticed the paper of Dr. Cowan," On Empiricism," and on the importance of obtaining some legislative en- actment for the promotion of medical reform. The coun- cil had not committed themselves to any particular mea- sure ; but the reform committee had prepared a report, a careful perusal of which by the membeis was earnestly recommended before they made up their minds as to the course which the association should pursue in endeavour- ing to obtain an improved system of polity. The opera- tions of the benevolent fund had been suspended during the past year, in consequence of the resolution passed at granting any future relief until the debt due to the dona- tion fund should be paid off, and a sum of £ 100 available to such calls should be in the hands of the treasurer. The council were happy to be able to announce, that the for- mer object had been accomplished. In the mean time, however, they would urge upon the association the im- portance of this branch of it, so capable of being made the means of effecting so much good, at so very small a sacrifice on the part of individual members. The report concluded with the following statement of the objects of the association :— The council may be permitted, in con- cluding their report, to observe that there never was a period in the history of medicine more urgently requiring the united efforts of the profession than the present, and consequently there never was a time more urgently requir- ing the aid of such an association as that which we now celebrate. Maintenance of the honour and dignity of the profession in the provinces is one of the express objects for which we associate; yet at this time a very strong impression almost universally prevails that the present system of medical policy is not such as to maintain the honour and dignity of the piofession, and it is evident that at no distant day important changes must take place. Upon this association will devolve a great responsibility, and therefore it is the more necessary that we should be cautious and wary in what we do. Above all, let every associate remember that whatever may be the fate of the present agitation, we combine together for the noble purpose of lessening the sufferings of mankind ; and that the investigation of the laws of mortality, and the dimi- nishing the fatality of disease, will continue to engage our attention, and to be the distinguishing mark by which this association will claim the support of those who are interested in the advancement of medical science. Keeping these objects steadily before us, we need have no serious apprehensions of the success of the association; for even if unfortunately, all those advantages which are an- ticipated should not flow from the proposed changes, the members of this association will at all events have great gratification in the reflection that their energies have been devoted to worthy objects, and that they have been occupied in pursuits which must ultimately lead to im- provements in the healing art, and to the augmentation of the happiness of the human race The report was unanimously adopted ; and the thanks of the meeting were voted to Dr. Steed, of Southampton, the retiring president, who was voted one of the vice- presidents After the appointment of the couneil and other officers for the ensuing year, Dr. BARLOW read the report of the Reform Committee. The report enforced at some length the necessity of a uniform qualification of practice, and the establishment of an examining and licensing board. It is also stated the opinion of the committee that the ministers of the crown were the most proper parties to introduce a bill into Parliament for the reform of the corporations, and recommend that a memorial to that effect be forwarded to the Secretary of State. A form of memorial in connection with the report was laid before the meeting..... The report was unanimously adopted, as was also the form of memorial—. This closed the business of the morning meeting. Dr. GOLDIE presided at the evening meeting, which was held at the same place at eight o'clock. Mr. CEELEY, of Aylesbury, read the report of the Poor Law Committee, which detailed the measures which had been adopted to secure adequate remuneration for Poor Law medical offi- cers, and also to secure the employment of competent and properly qualified persons. The report was adopted. Dr. CONOLLY, of Cheltenham, read the report of the Benevolent Fund Committee. The funds, it stated, had been exhausted, and thus they had been obliged to turn away unrelieved many distressing applications. The difficulties into which the committee had got were now, however, cleared off and a balance in the hands of the treasurer, which they hoped to see made up ;£ 100 before the end of the meeting. The report called on the mem- bers to be liberal to this philanthropic fund. The propo- sition of Dr. Cowan for compelling the payment by each member of five shillings to the fund, was not persevered in, but in lieu of it, a resolution was proposed by Mr. Newnham, strongly urging the claims of the charity on the attention and support of the members of the associa- tion. Mr. CHURCHILL, of London, promptly responded to the resolution, by presenting a donation to the fund of £ 10, and it was resolved to reduce the charge for the usual dinner from a guinea to half a guinea each member, the remaining half guinea to go to the fund. Dr. STREETON, of Worcester, read the report of the section " On Medical Topography," and Dr. FISHER read an interesting account of a case of tumour on the spine, which was ordered to be printed in the " Society's Transactions," with coloured drawings. Dr. BLACK read a paper " On the treatment of Small Pox in Mexico," and Mr. NEWNHAM read a paper " On Re- vaccination." On Thursday, the members breakfasted together at the Guildhall; and the meeting of the association took place at noon, when Dr. STREETON delivered the retrospective address, which contained a review of all the discoveries made in the different branches of medical science during the past year. A vote of thanks was past to Dr. Streeton, after which the report " On Empiricism" was read by Mr. W. D. HUSBAND, of York, in the absence of Dr. Cowan. The report was adopted. A section was appointed for the purpose of investigating the pathology of cancer; after which, papers were read by Mr. CEELEY " On Comparative Pathology;" Dr. BOISRAGAN, " On an improved mode of making Anato- mical Preparations;" Dr. DAVIES, of Presteign, " On the use of Opium in Strangulated Hernia;" Dr. TUN- si- ALL, of Darlish, " On the employment of Veratria;" Mr. SWEETING, of Abbotsbury, " On the use of Diacetate of Lead ;" Mr. LINGEN, of Hereford, " A case of Fibrous Tumour of the Upper Jaw Excised;" Mr. STORRS, of Doncaster, " A successful case of Extraction of Stone by Dilatation." It was resolved that the anniversary meetings of the year 1842 should take place at Exeter, and that Mr. Jones, of that city, be appointed president; Dr. Black, of Man- chester, to deliver the retrospective address on medicine, and Mr. W. S. Cox, of Birmingham, to deliver the retro- spective address on surgery, at the next year's anniver- sary. The members dined together in the evening, at five o'clock; and at nine, a conversazione was held in the Council Chamber, which terminated the proceedings of the anniversary. THE " TIMES" AND THE SLIDING SCALE. The Times inserts, in the most prominent position, and in the largest type, the following appeal to itself, which perfectly characteristic. It is dated " Manches. ter;" but is doubtless concocted nearer Printing House square :•— You, Sir, have more power than all the press besides, and I do trust you will warn the Conservatives from splitting on that rock of non- attention to the public will. You, Sir, must know that any measure on the Corn Laws, short of placing corn in such a position as to cause it to be a regular trading article from abroad, will not be satisfactory, and you also know that a sliding scale, of whatever amount, will prevent merchants from trading in it regularly as in other things. Now, for heaven's sake- do say something on this point, and show the farmers, as you very well can do, that they can prosper in the long run only as the manufacturers prosper, and point out the superiority of a fixed duty to a sliding scale- in a thou- sand ways I need not tell you. But don't forget that, with a sliding scale, corn, if wanted, must be paid for in gold: not so with a fixed duty, when it would be im- ported by merchants, like all other produce, and only when wanted, for the law of nature would keep it out when it would not pay. You must see, that if the Con- servatives are to stand or fall by adhering to the sliding scale, their fall is certain, and that before long. Lei them give us good measures — duties to protect suffi- ciently, but not to prohibit. You have written in corres- pondence with these views before, many times; now is the time for you to do so again; and if you could succeed in prevailing on the Conservatives to meet such moderate views, they are safe in power for years to come ; but not else, as you would say if you lived in Lancashire, and knew any thing of the ptesent state of manufactures. Unless improvement come SOON, convulsion is inevitable." We have re- produced the emphatic italics and capitals just as the Times prints them. When the Times writes to itself in this style, it is because it scents something in the wind. Nobody suspects the Times of any honest concern for a cause, which it has taken up, and let fall, and now appears about to take up again, exactly as it finds convenient to be swayed arbitrio popularis aura. It is clear the Times is making ready to run before a stiff breeze, which may capsize, as fate pleases, the proximate Ministry, but which the Times has no mind should cap- size his own rakish craft also. It was said of some French weathercock politician, " qu'il venait toujours au secours du plus fort." In like manner the Times always hastens au secours du plus fort. It is always ready with its helping hand to the side which it foresees strongest; and that it again begins to perceive this of the cause of commercial emancipation, is evident from the feelers it has been throwing out daily in that direction. The crowd attracts the pickpockets ; the foreseen popular current the Times.— Globe. EXECUTION OF THE KNAEESBRO' MURDERERS. Saturday noon, at twelve o'clock, the extreme sentence of the law was carried into effect, at the usual place of execution, behind York Castle, upon John Burlinson, Charles Gill, and Henry Nuttall, who were convicted at the late assizes, upon evidence which did not admit of a doubt, of the wilful murder of Joseph Cocker, at Knares- bro'. A full report of the trial appeared in this paper at the time, and the following brief recapitulation of the circumstances of this mostatrocious affair will suffice upon the present occasion. The deceased Joseph Cocker, for whose death the un- happy culprits have paid the forfeit of their lives, was a widower, residing at Knaresbro', and was about fifty- six years of age. He had no child, and lived entirely alone. His house was a small public- house facing into the street, which forms part of the Market place, and immediately behind the house there is a yard, belonging to a person of the name of Snow, and from that yard, if a party be standing there, they can see distinctly into the kitchen of the deceased, Cocker. About twelve o'clock on the night of the 18th of June, Mrs. Snow was disturbed by some noise in Cocker's house. She got up and went into the yard, and heard a groaning, and distinctly the beating of something on the ground, which induced her to look through the window, when she saw the three culprits stand- ing in the kitchen. The unfortunate deceased, Cocker, was standing up against the chimney- piece ; he was groaning heavily, and was using some expressions which were unintelligible to Mrs. Snow. Her husband then came up, and both he and his wife looked through the window again. She then saw the deceased lying on the floor, and the three culprits were standing about him ; one was by his side rifling his pockets. Between the interval of Mrs. Snow looking in at the window the first time and before the second time and whilst she was awaking her husband, she distinctly heard Cocker's door open, and heard somebody rushing out of the place. It would therefore seemithat the men had gone away in the first instance and returned again, because they were again seen in the house by Mrs. Snow and her husband. As soon as the men went out the se- cond time, she ran round to the front door again, and ob- served the direction which the men took. She and her husband gave an alarm, and called upon the police officer, Vickerman ; he entered the house with other neighbours, and the unfortunate man was found in a pool of blood ; he was not quite dead, but he died soon after he was found. As soon as it was ascertained what had taken place, dif- ferent parties set out in pursuit of the men, and within an hour they were all in custody. The three prisoners were drinking at the house of the deceased, Cocker, on the evening preceding his death, and it appears that they had determined to take the lives of two or three individuals. The unhappy culprits conducted themselves in a be- coming manner during the trial, and heard their sentence with firmness. On Friday, what is called the condemned sermon, was preached before the unhappy men and their fellow- prisoners. Sacrament was administered to them on Sunday last, and again on the morning of their execu- tion. On Saturday morning, at an early hour, the gallows was fixed in its position, and at twenty minutes past five o'clock, the prisoners were removed from their cell to the inquiry room, on the left leading to the Nisi Prius Court, where they were visited by the Rev. W. Flower, jun., tlie ordinary ; the Rev. J. Rattenbury, the Rev. G. Shackley, and the Rev. Richardson. These gentlemen, espe- cially Mr. Rattenbury, have paid the greatest attention to the prisoners since their condemnation ; the latter gentleman was with them until a late hour on Friday night; he visited them at an early hour the next morn- ing, and remained with them until they were executed.— When they crossed the Castle yard, their countenances bore an air of serenity, and almost cheerfulness. During the last week, Gill had been very unwell, having suffered much from erisypelas, but on Saturday morning, he ap. peared better. The prisoners spent their last night on earth in singing and prayer, and were assiduous in their votions after their doom was sealed. The demeanour of the culprits had been becoming their unhappy condition they have been extremely sorry for their atrocious crime, and fully resigned to their fate. In their prayers they have supplicated on behalf of the judge and jury before whom they were tried, and every other person. They have made no formal confessoin, but have fully acknow- ledged the justice of their sentence. At eleven o'clock, persons began to assemble in the space in front of the Castle wall, and their number continued to increase until the execution was over. About a quarter before twelve, the halberdmcn, and a few bailiffs, with their wands, came from the Castle, and arranged themselves in front of the crowd. The Castle clock had scarcely tolled the hour of twelve, before the melancholy procession made its appear- ance. The three unhappy men ascended the scaffold in a firm manner. They were attended by the Rev. William Flower, jun., the ordinary, who offered up a prayer for them. The ropes were then adjusted, and they spent the few remaining moments of their lives in very earnest prayer. Shortly after twelve the drop fell, and the cul- prits ceased to breathe. The attendance of people upon the occasion was more numerous than usual, there being several thousand per- sons present. A great number of individuals attended from Knaresbro', many of them being acquainted with the unfortunate sufferers. THE BRITISH STEAMERS IN THE PACIFIC. An American gentleman, connected with the manage- ment of the Peru and Chili, the two English steamers plying along the west coast of America, gives the follow- ing particulars respecting them in the National Intelli- gencer ;— " Our steam operations commenced here under the most brilliant auspices. Nothing could exceed the inter- est manifested by the inhabitants. I first commenced on a line of coast of fourteen hundred and fifty miles, em- bracing no less than eleven ports of importance, includ- ing Lima and Valparaiso- Such are the facilities afforded by the mildness of the sea, the boldness of the coast, the ease in which the ports are entered, that we accomplished the voyage in its full extent within two or three hours, and to the minor and nearer ports in the less period. Perhaps no part of the world whose shores are bounded by any sea, offers such decided advantages for steam as this, and certainly no part of the world requires it more: voyages which were usually from twentv to thirty days, are accomplished by the steamers in forty hours, and voyages of fifteen days are reduced to twenty- four hours. " As proper measures were not taken to secure a supply of coal from England, I have been obliged to stop until such supplies were forthcoming. Encouraged with the hope of meeting coal in the south of Chili, adapted to steam purposes, I explored the country as far as Cliloe, where I found coal, but that which offered most advan- tages was in the Bay of Talcahuano; no mines had hitherto been worked, but several cargoes had been taken superficially; here I commenced my labours. Without practical knowledge or the aid of science, I have opened no less than seven mines— have found the material neces- sary for our purposes, and am now engaged taking out about fourteen tons per day at an expense of two dollars per ton placed on board the steamer ; its quality is in the proportion of sixteen tons to thirteen tons of English coal. I am now in hopes of finding another and lower stratum, and with this view I am sinking two shafts, which give strong indications to better coal. If I succeed, I feel confident that I shall find coal fully equal to New- castle, if we draw a comparison between the first and second stratum, and that the quality will be sufficient to supply all the steamers which may be required on this coast for any period. The discovery of steam coal will perhaps be considered one of the most important events in the history of this country. It is rather a singular co- incident that the coal discovered both on the eastern and western sides of the Isthmus of Panama is of precisely the same character as the coal of Tolcohuano. I have sent to the Isthmus for some tons of this coal, and hope yet to derive our supplies from that source, so far as may be required for that portion of our steaming. " The line of steam communication I propose to ex- tend immediately as far as Guayaquil, and for the pre- sent the intercourse from thence will be, by means of sailing packets, once in twenty days. " The western line of packets will, I hope, be soon commenced to Australasia. I feel the greatest anxiety to see this intercourse established. For America, I consider it as one of the most important points; it will make her the stepping- stone between Europe and the Eastern Ar- chipelago. The Australian colonies of England will as- sume a position novel and ot infinite value to their pro- gress in civilization; and the Anglo- Saxon race will oc- cupy nearly all the vast inhabitable space embraced in their widely extended branches, and the tide of intercourse will thus reach the shores of Japan and China, and be placed in the same position as it regards our western shores of the Pacific as Europe occupies, as it regards our Atlantic states. The trains of the Great Western Railway travel no less than 25,960 miles per week, that is, a greater dis- tance than the whole circumference of our earth. THE SOUTHERN POLAR REGIONS.— The Erebus and the Terror, discovery ships, arrived at Hobart Town on the 7th April, Captains Ross and Crozier, their officers and men in perfect health. They penetrated 12 degrees beyond the antarctic circle, their further progress being interrupted by solid masses of ice ; and, as the winter approached, Captain Ross determined upon returning, having ascertained the perfect uselessness to man of the polar regions, being as they are in every way unfitted for his existence. The furthermost latitude reached was 78 deg. longitude W. 173 deg. 12 sec. The southern land was again traced about eight degrees of latitude, when it determined in a mass of ice and snow. A volcano was in a state of eruption, which they named Mount Erebus, of which we have not ascertained the accurate position. The existence of volcanoes in the highest latitudes is thus as general in the south as in the north. The position of the magnetic pole has already been accurately ascertained by the French ships Astrolabe and Zelie.— Austeas Asiatic Review. _ FRENCH ENGLISH.— The English language, which has hitherto made but slow progress in this country, is gra- duallybecoming more fashionable; and it now forms a part of the education of the youthful aristocracy. At Court, in particular, there is very good English spoken ; and like- wise among the medical professions. Some few of our words, by much use, have been incorporated into the French language: for instance, " comfortable" and " dis- appointment" are now deemed as completely French words as we consider " etiquette" and " reconnoitre" to form part of our own vocabulary. Each nation also bor- rows words from the other, which, though not yet trans- planted to their dictionaries, are in very general use : thus, as we say " soiree," the French have taken up our worn- out name of" route," which, to give our pronunciation, they spell raoutl An amusing difference, however, exists be- tween the style ofthese " countercbanged" words, viz. the English seem to have selected their French phrases from the drawing- room, the French to have adopted expressions from a very inferior source. Thus, while we use such words as " matinee musicale," " soiiee dansante," " bal paree," " ennuye,"" distingue," " recherche," the French employ " rosbif," " punch," " bifstek," " bull- dog," ' jockey," " bowling- green," " boxing," " grog," and words of that class. It may be supposed this remark re- fers to humble life only. Such is not the case. A wo- man of fashion tells you her canine favourite is" un char- mant bouldogue;" another, in praising her lawn, terms it her " boulingrin ;" a third promises to send a book by her " jockie ;" and a fourth declares the best cure for a cold is " un bon grog.''— Correspondent of a morning I paper. AUGUST 14, 1841. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. 3 THE TURNCOAT'S APOLOGY. At the Tory meeting at Rotherham last week, the great Dr. Holland was duly toasted, amid what the Tory paper calls " tremendous applause." In order that the brilliant speech in which the orator replied may not he wholly lost to the world, we take leave to quote the more important portion, namely, that which relates to the Doc- tor himself. Unhappily, the wisest men will sometimes fall into inconsistency. Thus, the learned Doctor began by apologising for the radical views he once entertained, his love of innovation, and so forth, all which he had aban- doned because he had grown wiser. Yet, soon after, for- getting this line of defence, he fell into the ordinary- strain of renegades, professing that, while the world had changed around him, he alone was the same. He de- scribed himself as " a milestone" by the roadside, no doubt deeply imbedded and moss- o'ergrown, enjoying, in stolid gravity, his immobility, while the passers- by ima- gine that he moves, though the motion is in them alone! We admire the Doctor's modesty in making a milestone his emblem. He might have patronised the sun, or the north star. But, with becoming discretion, he eschewed such lofty flights, and chose a position appropriately low. If he will allow us to give his milestone a location, we should say it is one mile from Hope— no great distance for the passenger, but as bad as Tartarus for the luckless vright. Alas! unhappy Doctor 1 With one breath, he recommends himself to his new friends, as the innovator reclaimed ; in the next, as the unmoved milestone. Again, he tells them that his pro- Corn- Law opinions are four years old, and says that, " for two years he remained a Conservative Whig;" of course, implying that, for the last two years, he has been a Tory. Indeed ! In March last year, he declared himself " a Whig." He did not then say " a Conservative Whig," for his game then was to vindicate his doubted consistency; but at Rotherham, he seems to have thought that the old name would not go down well without a little " Conservative" oil. In Janu- ary last, he presented himself as one of the political friends of Messrs. Parker and Ward, at their public din- ner, What was he then ? If he have been a Tory for two years, he then appeared in false colours. But if he then was what he appeared to be, he now is not what he pretends, the toddling Tory of two years old, but the Tory suckling— " Mewling and puking in the nurse's aims." This serves to explain the complaint with which he com- menced, that his " position was anything but pleasant." Having been all his life a breeched and rampant Radical a supporter of thorough- going . anti- Corn Law candidates he could hardly feel quite at home as a beautiful baby, in long clothes, dandled on the lap of Toryism. The pay may have reconciled him to the transmogrification, but to be called upon by his nurses to account for his change, must have been, as he repeated, a " position anything but agreeable :"— Dr. HOLLAND rose to acknowledge the toast, amid tre- mendous applause, which having subsided, he said if any of them we. re placed in his situation, they would find the position anything but pleasant. It was perhaps so under ordinary circumstances, but, when the occasion became an extraordinary one, the cordial reception, to which he had no just claim, rendered his position anything but agree- able ; he ( Dr. II.) felt that he had no claim upon them for the amount of kindness which they had shown. He had done no more than any of them would have done under the same circumstances. His present opinions were the result of his own independent inquiries, free from the consideration of all political distinctions. He was looked . upon as leaving the party with which he was formerly con nected in heart and soul. This he said was true, and that was the amount of his offence. ( Hear, hear.) From an early period of life, he had felt a peculiar interest in all the great questions connected with the well- being of the country. If at that time, when the feelings were less under control than at present, when judgment was less solid and matured, and his experience more limited, he entertained different views, it was from the strong impres- sion that he saw in political innovations results which he believed would be beneficial to his country. The desire of change was not from the wish to destroy that which was good— it was the yearning after something more perfect and permanent than presented itself to his mind in the ex- isting state of things. If he entertained different views now, it was because the judgment had become cool— the imagination sobered— his experience enlarged — his power of reflection better calculated to draw conclusions from f the numerous data on which we must reckon, and by which our actions must be guided. ( Loud cheers.) His object had not been to secure the interest of this or that party. ( Cheers.) He had a profession to cultivate, and which he had laboured to improve by his scientific exertions to the best of his talent, and all that he wished was the re- ward of his industry and the independent exercise of his feeling. ( Cheers.) It was now four years ago since he was induced to pay in his own closet, more than ordinary attention to the subject of the Corn Laws, led to it by the extraordinary doctrines of the principal economists of the time. The facts which he then established, and the ar- guments which he built upon them, were laid down long before the subject of the Corn Laws was considered an open question — at a time when the legislature looked on the prospect of repeal as the maddest of all measures. If, under such circumstances, he arrived at his present con- clusions, when indeed his own party— those at the head of the Government, advocated the same general opinions, was he to be charged with a want of honesty— of political consistency— because they and not he, had thought well to discard the principles which they formerly supported ? It appeared to him about as inconsistent as it would be to charge a mile- stone with vacillation, simply because the ^ pace which it measured, in relation to another object, was constantly modified in extent, from the shifting cha- racter of the object itself. The Government were the ob- ject : the love of innovation was inherent in them: and yet strange, he who had maintained his position— he who had been as the mile- stone— was charged by his former friends with a want of political honesty and consistency. He asked, which was the changing party? He advocated now the opinions which he formed four years ago, and, in addition to these opinions, others, much more Conserva- tive in their character, naturally led to the adoption ot them, from his more extended investigation of the subject. ( Much cheering.) Having, independent of all party con- siderations, arrived at his present conclusions, to advocate opinions resulting from such inquiry was a duty demanded of him as a lover of his country— of the institutions under which he lived. For two years he remained a Conserva- tive Whig. Those who governed the country were then of his opinion. When he came to labour more on the subject, he found that any change would not only atfect agriculturists, but would affect the value of money, which, when once touched, affected everything else. ( Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman who had previously addressed them, said that he was in love with old truths; and he ( Dr. H.) would assure them that he was in love with old principles. He was enamoured with the Constitution of the country, which ought to be upheld; and if, with those views, he considered it his duty to support the Corn Laws before, investigation had since convinced him that it was now his duty to support Conservative principles. ( Loud cheers.) He deemed it essentially necessary, for the progress of ci- vilization, that the Government under which we live should be devoid of the spirit of agitation. THE CAMBRIDGE MANIFESTO AGAINST STEEPLE CHASING. CAMBRIDGE.— The following notice has been signed by the Vice- Chancellor and heads of Colleges:—" Whereas it has been represented to the Vice- Chancellor and Heads of Colleges, that several resident students of the Univer- sity have of late been engaged in riding in ' steeple chases,' and otherwise promoting the same, we, the Vice- Chancellor and Heads of Colleges, hereby order and decree, that if any person in statu pupillari be hereafter found guilty of either of the offences above described, he shall be liable to the punishment of rustication or expul- sion, as the case shall appear to the Vice- Chancellor and Heads of Colleges to require."— Cambridge Advertiser. Now we cannot help regarding the foregoing document a very malignant attack on the part of the dons, against the little boys. They are engaged " teaching the young idea how to shoot," and not only that, but farther, they are training them how to chase and hunt steeples in after life, and because the lads are apt scholars and have evinced somewhat of precocity in turning their lessons into practice, the old boys are straightway filled with malice and envy towards them. Seniores priores is the word with them. The juveniles, the students, or as they style them, the persons statu pupillari, that is, we believe, those who are yet only in a state of puppyism, are to be calm spectators of the scene, while their elders are to have a clear course. Is it not so ? It wants no help of imagi- nation to conjure up the Steeple- chase in which so many of the Clergymen are engaged. " The Duke" and Sir Robert Peel are the Stewards. Vicarages, rectories, deaneries, and bishoprics are the prizes which it is hoped they will one day have to dispense. The running horses are many. Away they go, and the only thing which puzzles us is to make out the colours of the riders — for they all sport Orange jackets. To be sure, when you look closely at them, there is a difference in the shades of it which they wear, but still it is all one colour— all Orange. The High Churchmen, for instance, have the real tint. There is " no mistake" about them, as they scour along towards the steeple. The Puseyites have their jackets also of Orange— but still of so dark a hue that at the first glance some folks might take it for scarlet borrowed fjom the lady of the seven- hilled city. The Evangelists and Pastorals are also well up in the race- Orange jackets again— but in their case it pales off into something of a brimstone colour, typical of the charity which they breathe towards all mankind. See how they go along— whip and spur— neck and neck.— The Bishops of London and Exeter are well up in the race - Canter- bury the steeple which they hunt— Huzza— which is to be the winner ?— Exeter's fiery temper is against him— he frets himself to death and can never live the pace at which they are slapping along, while London is evidently saving himself for a grand push at the last. But change the scene to our own Lancashire, where we have horses in abundance entered for " the steeple." It was " for Sodor and Man" once that two of our best nags ran, but both, although good ones and backed heavily, it was said, the one by Lord Skelmersdale and the other by Lord Sandon, were distanced in the race. But now they are again entered for " Manchester," but the odds have been much against them since the famous Irish horse " Hugo," has been in the field against them. At present he is the decided favourite. At one time he had no backers, as it was supposed that he had been seriously damaged in his last race with Pope's kicking mare " Jezebel." It is now, however, believed that he is quite recovered from the injury which he then received. Should he turn out to be " all right," as his temper is good and his pace tremen- dous, we rather suspect that he will carry off the prize both from " Skelmy's Darling," and the " Childwall Colt." However the race is sure to be a good one, whenever it comes off. There are also several other Liverpool nags entered for the same stakes, but we guess that they will be found nowhere. The Rochdale horse, " Anti- Pastoral," has also some backers. With " Hookey from Leeds" the knowing ones say, " it is all my eye." On the whole we confess that we should be inclined to take " Hugo" against the field in this grand Steeple- chase. We have seen what he can do, and it will take a decided " good one" to show his heels to such a top- sawyer. And thus we might go on to prove, not that " all the world's a stage," but that " all the clerical world's a Steeple- chase," but we have, we think, said enough to prove that the manifesto of the big dogs at Cambridge against those who are in a state of puppyism is a glaring case of tyranny and oppression.— Liverpool Chronicle. Monthly statement of the letters delivered in the United Kingdom: Week ending June 25, 1841 3,773,136 „ „ June 21, 1841 3,221,206 „ „ Nov. 24, 1839 1,585,973 MISCELLANY. DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP SAINT GEORGE.— SEVEN- TEEN LIVES LOST.— Intelligence of the loss of this splen- did ship, the property of Messrs. Fletcher and Sons, Lower Shadwell, Radcliffe highway, was received by the underwriters at Lloyd's, last week, and it has oc- casioned a deep sensation throughout the whole of the east end of the metropolis. The unfortunate calamity happened on the night of Thursday, the 17th of June last, on the Florida shores, and all on board, excepting 1 . two seamen and the cabin boy, perished. From the statement of the survivors, which has been received, it appears that the Saint George was on her voyage to New Orleans, having left London on the 29th of April last. The ship and cargo are valued at £ 12,000. SINGULAR ESCAPE.— On Saturday morning, a little chimney- sweeper, only seven years of age, was sweeping a chimney in the New Cut, Lambeth, and on reaching the top, he gave the customary rattle with his brush, when the chimney pot which he had entered became loosened from the mortar, and, rolling down the roof, hounded off into the street, a height of between 40 and 50 feet. The earthen shell, which contained the astonished sooterkin, was broken to pieces, but the little fellpw himself, to the amazement of the bye- standers, was very little hurt. FREE TRADE QUESTION.— The Tories during the elections loudly bawled that cheap food meant low wages, and that the two were inseparably united, Several Tory masters at Bradford have lately endea- voured to show that there is some connection between dearfood and low wages, by lowering the wages of their work men. We have it from the best authority, that Her Majesty has notified her intention of opening the Parliament in person on the 24th instant, on which day the royal speech will be delivered from the throne. The intermediate days from the 19th will be occupied in swearing of the members of the House of Commons, after the election and the approval of the Speaker by Her Majesty.— Brighton Herald. It is rumoured that Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley have already evinced symptoms of distrust and dislike. To quarrel in the honeymoon of Toryism is but a bad omen for the parties concerned. What will they do when they come to know each other as well as the country knows them ? The mind of Sir Robert Peel is as a pond sparkling in the rays of the sun ; while that of Lord John Russell is as a well, that startles us by its depth when we come to sound it. . LATENT VEGETATION.— Some ground turned , up in Bushy Park, last winter, which had probably not been disturbed since the time of Charles the First, was covered in the following summer with the inignionette, pansies, and wild raspberries, none of which grow in the neigh- bourhood. VIRUS TO WIT.— A lady belonging to the Church last week refused to have her baby inoculated with vaccine virus taken from a Methodist's child. She said she would not allow her children to be made Methodists o\.— Ayles- bury News. No man can accept office without vacating his seat, or vacate his seat until 14 days after he has taken it, that time being always reserved for petitioners, who may dis- pute his right to sit at all. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.— The power of the journal- ist is immense. Experience enables us to assert confi dently that twenty thousand addresses, printed separately, and circulated with the most energetic diligence, would not produce the effect of one advertisement. New Monthly Magazine. It has been stated that the Welsh coal- fields extend over 1200 square miles, and that there are twenty- three beds of workable coal, having an average thickness of ninety- five feet. Each acre will yield about 100,000 tons, being at the rate of 65,000,000 tons per mile. If from this we deduct one- half for waste and the minor ex- tent of the upper beds, this will afford a supply of coal equal to 32,000,000 tons per square mile. Let it be conceded that 5000 are equal to one- third of that con- sumption in England, then each square mile of the Welsh coal- field will meet a proportionate consumption of 100 years; and, as there are from 1000 to 2000 square miles in this district, it would supply England with coal for 2000 years after all the English tniues were exhausted. TORY LOYALTY.— The Sun says, " A correspondent, whom we have every reason to believe well informed on such matters, begs we will call attention to the repre- hensible and unbecoming liberties which Tory gentlemen, so called, and Tory ladies, we grieve to say, take with her Majesty's name and character. It is a common prac- tice, we are told, particularly in shops, in and where the word of the said Tories, whether he's or she's, must not be contradicted, to lament that Victoria is Queen, and to throw out hints that she is unworthy to reign. It is quite sufficient to prevent these Tories from buying an article to be told that it is named Victoria. ' I will buy nothing,' is the remark, ' called after the Queen, she is a bad woman.' Whether meant or not, such insinuations produce a considerable effect on the minds of shopmen, who shake their heads when the Queen is spoken of, and shopwomen, who thank their stars they are not like her Majesty. It is a gross offence to speak ill of the politi- cal dignitary ; but to calumniate the woman is in the highest degree offensive. The super- pure Tory ladies and gentlemen who do so cannot be too severely censured. We are prone to believe these statements, because it is our fervent conviction that the Tories will do anything to get into office, and anything to vent their spite at being kept out. The men and women who do not hesitate to consign thousands of their toiling countrymen and coun- trywomen to a premature death, will not stick at such a trifle as calumniating her Majesty." SUGAR.— The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week end- ing Aug. 3, 1841, is 37s, 7| d, per cwt., exclusive of the duty of customs. Increase since 1810 on the week's letters...... 551,930 „ 1839 „ „ .... 2,187,163 CHEAP FOOD AND HIGH WAGES.— The following ex- tracts from a letter received by a gentleman in Longton, near Preston, from his brother, who is sojourning in On- andago country, state of New York, North America, will show that cheap provisions and high wages may co- exist: As respects America, it is the home of the poor hard- working man ; he is sure to raise himself here. Meat is very cheap. You may buy beef and pork from three to five cents per pound. Other flesh meat is cheaper: and flour is about half the English price. Look at this, and then look at a man getting fully three times the wages he can in Longton. • * A man that wishes to settle in life, and to render himself by his own industry independent of the world, America is the country that I would recom- mend him to go to. * * Farm lobour is very plenti- ful here in the summer. A smart man may get fifteen dollars, or more than three English pounds per month, with bed and board. I myself was taken for a smart fel- low one night by a fanner that was riding past in his wag- gon. He offered me fourteen or fifteen dollars per month, if I would go home with him, and almost pulled me into his waggon. O how I wished that the honest in- dustrious men in England had such a chance."— What will the advocates of monopoly say to this ? SIR EDWARD COKE ON FREE TRADE.— In the third Parliament of James I., which assembled in 1620, Sir Edward Coke was one of the representatives of Liskard, in Cornwall. He exerted himself particularly to procure the abolition of the many injurious monopolies which had been lately granted. On a bill being brought in for " the free- trade and traffic of Welsh cloths, cottons, & c., in and through the kingdom of England and principality of Wales," Sir Edward Coke said, " Freedom of trade is the life of trade; and all monopolies and restrictions of trade do overthrow trade." Again, in the debate on a bill to enable merchants of the staple to transport wool- len cloths to Holland, & c., Coke expressed a similar sen- timent, saying " that he thought it best for the kingdom to have liberty of trade, so it be well governed." On another occasion, we find him opposing the first project of a Corn Law which was ever proposed in Parliament. A bill having been brought in under the title of" A bill against the importation of corn, was opposed by Mr. Towerson, Sir Dudley Digges, and Sir Edward Coke. Sir Dudley Digges said that if we bar the importation of corn when we have no need of it, we shall not have it im- ported when we want it. Sir Edward Coke said he never heard of any bill that was ever preferred in Parliament against the importation of corn— that he loved to follow ancient precedents— that he thought the bill spoke Dutch — but that it was certainly for the benefit of the Low Countrymen." FRUIT KNOWN IN ENGLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.— The only kind named are ap- ples and pears ; three hundred of the latter were pur- chased at Canterbury, probably from the gardens of the monks. It is believed, however, that few other sorts were generally grown in England before the latter end of the fifteenth century; although Matthew Paris, describing the bad season of 1257, observes, that " apples were scarce, and pears scarcer; while quinces, vegetables, cherries, plums, and all shell- fruits, were entirely des- troyed." These shell- fruits ivere probably the common hazel- nut, walnuts, and perhaps chesnuts; in 1256, the Sheriffs of London were ordered to buy two thousand chesnuts for the king's use. In the wardrobe book of the fourteenth of Edward the First, before quoted, we find the bill of Nicholas, the royal fruiterer, in which the only fruit mentioned are pears, apples, quinces, medlars, and nuts. The supply of these, from Whitsuntide to No- vember, cost £ 21. 14s. ljd. This apparent scarcity of indigenous fruits naturally leads to the inquiry, what foreign kinds besides those included in the term spicery, such as almonds, dates, figs, and raisins, were imported into England in this and the following century ? In the time of John and Henry the Third, Rochelle was cele- brated for its pears and conger eels ; the Sheriff of Lon- don purchased a hundred of the former for Henry, in 1223. In the 18th of Edward the First, a large Spanish ship came to Portsmouth, out of the cargo of which the queen bought one frail of Seville figs, one frail of raisins or grapes, one bale of dates, and two hundred and thirty pomegranates, fifteen citrons, and seven oranges. The last item is important, as Le Grand d'Ausy could not trace the orange in France to an earlier period than 1333; here we have it known in England in 1290; and it is pro- bable that this was not its first appearance. The mar- riage with Eleanor of Castile naturally led to a greater intercourse with Spain, and, consequently, to the intro- duction of other articles of Spanish produce than the leather of Cordova, olive oil, and rice, which had pre- viously been the principal imports from that fertile coun- try, through the medium of the merchants of Bayonne and Bordeaux. It is to be regretted that the series of war- drobe books is incomplete, as much additional informa- tion on this point might have been derived from them. At all events, it appears certain that Europe is indebted to the Arab conquerors of Spain for the introduction of the orange, and not to the Portuguese, who are said to have brought it from China. An English dessert, in the thirteenth century, must, it is clear, have been composed chiefly of dried and preserved fruits, dates, figs, apples, pears, nuts, and the still common dish of almonds and raisins."— Manners and Household Expenses of Eng- land in the Thirteenth Century. VORACITY OF THE PIKE.— There seems, indeed, to be no bounds to the gluttony of this fish, a6 it devours al- most indiscriminately whatever edible substance it meets with, and swallows every animal it can subdue. A sin- gular instance of its voracity is related by Johnson, who asserts that he saw one killed which contained, in its in- terior, another pike of large size; and the latter, on being opened, was found to have swallowed a water- rat! We ourself once killed a small pike, about seven pounds in weight, and in his interior was found a promising young pike, above a pound weight, ( probably his own eldest son,) which he had swallowed, we can scarcely think inadvertently, as the tail continued sticking out of his mouth like a quid of tobacco. The beauty of the thing was, that the heir- apparent had previously swal- lowed a perch ; and this would have been all well enough in its way, had not the perch had a hook in its mouth, and another curving from its tail, the result of which un- foreseen fact was an additional piece of gluttony on our own part— both parent and child being stewed in milk that same evening, and eaten by ourself, and a few quiet members of the Society of Friends, to whose companion- ship ( as they to ours) we have been always much attached. Indeed, we have named an artificial fly, in honour of Dr. Martin Barry. Mr. Jesse has recorded that eight pike, weighing five pounds each, consumed nearly eight hun- dred gudgeon in three weeks. Dr. Plot relates, that a pike seized the head of a swan, as she was feeding in Lord Gower's canal at Trentham, with her neck beneath the waters, and gorged so much of it that both creatures were killed ; for the servants, on perceiving something peculiar in the aspect or attitude of the swan, took boat, and found not only the prey, but the pike dead— he having caught an unconscious Tartar. Women have had their feet seized by these fish, while washing clothes; and the pre- sent head keeper of Richmond park was on one occasion washing his hands over the side of a boat in the great pond, when a pike made a dart at them, and he had but just time to withdraw into upper air— a proof that people engaged in aquatic excursions should never wash their hands over the gunwale, but rather keep them in their breeches pockets. There is a gentleman now residing at Weymouth, in Surrey, who enjoys the privilege of showing the marks of a pike's teeth upon his arm. These were inflicted, however, not by aggression on the part of the dumb creature, but in self- defence; for the gentleman in question, while walking one day by the side of the river Wey, had endeavoured to seize a pike, which ( as the event occurred before any suspicion of Chartism was felt in the country) we hold he was hardly entitled to do ; but the reader may form his own opinion from the fact which Mr. Jesse gives, as follows, though in different words :— The unarmed gentleman, walking as aforesaid, saw a large pike in a small creek. He immediately pulled off his coat, but not bis , tucked up his shirt- sleeves, and stepped into the water to intercept its return to the river, and hoping, if he could get his hands beneath it, to throw it on the bank. During this attempt, the pike, finding escape doubtful and entreaty vain, seized the gen- tleman by the arm, and lacerated it pretty considerably. We think the fish was right. The most serviceable kind of person for hiring to frighten pike with his feet, is a stout Greenwich pensioner with two wooden legs.— The Rod and the Gun. THE COMING FAMINE.— The Chronicle says, we lay before our readers, without note or comment, the following letter from a very eminent and experienced corn merchant. The weather, which since the end of last week seemed settling, is again broken, and the stoutest heart may well be filled with apprehensions:— " Woolsey bridge, August 8, 18- 11.— I have taken a ride to this place with a view of seeing how the crops look, and find them much more backward, and in a less promising state than I anticipated. Indeed, the wheat crop is very much injured, and without an im- mediate improvement in the weather, the consequences must be se- rious in the extreme. Whatever comes, the crop will be a very short one, and we must have large importations. I look for a very low, if not a I s. duty in a few weeks, which will release about 800,000 qrs. of wheat and lour. This will be immediately absorbed, for I never knew the country so bare of wheat. The farmers have literally none, and the stocks in the ports never were less." BANKRUPTS. [ FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, AUG. G.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHAMPTON MEETING. MONDAY, August 9.— The Trial Stakes of 10 sov. each, with 20 added, for three- year olds, 7st.' 51b.; four, 8st. 71b.; five, 9st. lib.; six and aged, 9st. 51b.; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Mile and a quarter. ( 6 subs.) Mr. Heseltine's br. m. The Shadow, 5 yrs, 8st. 121b-. 1 Mr. Denham's b. g. Compensation, 6 yrs 2 Mr. Mostyn's b. c. Prince Caradoc, 3 yrs 3 Sir T. Stanley's br. g. Apothecary, 5 yrs ..... .. 4 Mr. Skerratt's b. c. Hudibras, 3 yrs ... 0 Lord Chesterfield's br. h. Molineux, 4 yrs 0 Won by three lengths. Produce Stakes of 50 sov. each, h. ft. for three- year olds. Once round. Mr. Marshall's bl. f. Vesta . Lye Walked over. Wolverhampton Stakes of 25 sov. each, 15 ft. but 5 only, & c. with 100 added. Second to save his stake. Twice round and a distance. ( 64 subs., 32 of whom pay 5 sov. each.) Ladv Lucy Vaughan names b. m. La Sage Femme, 5 yrs, 7 st. 71b Heseltine 1 Lord Lichfield's bl. h. The Corsair, 5 yrs, 7st. 111b.. 2 The following also started but were not placed:— Mel- bourne, Clarion, Retriever, Ernest the First, Humphrey, Recorder, Brother to Prizeflower, and La Gitana. Won by half a head. Recorder threw his rider. The Ladies' Purse of 50 sov. was won at four heats by Mr. Mostyn's Myrtle, beating Rancour, Chat, filly by Sir Hercules, La Belle, Margaret, Country Lass, Vesta, Agnes, Syria, colt by Battledore or Peter Lely, The Baron, Miss le Gros, and Peter the Great TUESDAY.— The St. Leger Stakes were won by Mr. Bowes's ( names) The Duke of Wellington, beating Sterne and Portrait. The Chillington Stakes were won by Mr. Bristow's Har- roldston, beating David and filly by Voltaire, out of Trinket. The Cleveland Cup was won by Mr. Johnstone's Charles XII., beating Isaac, Melodramme, and Cainby. The Borough Slember's Plate was won at four heats, by Mr. Tyr'er's Tubalcain, beating Kitty Cockle, colt by Laurel, Amulet, Peter the Great, Sister to Broadwatb, and La Gitana. A Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, were won at two heats by Mr. Jones's Henley, beating Spangle and Finalty. WEDNESDAY.— The Wrottesley Stakes were won by Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc, beating Sunflower, Lydia, and Molineux. Sweepstakes of 30 sov. each, were walked over for by Mr. Griffith's Hereford, by Sir Hercules. The Holyoake Stakes were won by Mr. F. Price's Tuly, beating Retriever, Recorder, Isaac, Garland, and Isabella. The Himley Park Stakes were won at two heats by Mr. Denham's Compensation, beating La Gitana, sister to Broadwath, Hudibras, and Melodramme. CIRCULATION OF SHEFFIELD NEWSPAPERS. Number of Stamps issued to the Sheffield Newspapers for the last two Quarters of 1840. ( Official Return.) July 1 to Oct- 1 to Weekly Sep. 30. Dec. 31. 10tau Average Independent, 26,000 .. 31,500 .. 57,500 .. 2211 Mercury.... 22,500 .,-. 22,500 .. 45,000 .. 1731 Iris.... 8,000... 11,500.. 19,500 .. 750 Patriot.... 9,000 .. 6.500 .. 15,000.. 576 SHEFFIELD POST OFFICE. Due. 18 A. M. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS, London, Birmingham, and^ Arrival Western Mail, Derby, I Manchester, Liverpool, 1 Belper, Alfreton, Ches- [ terfield, Rotherham, Bakewell, Buxton, & c.-^ Barnsley, Wakefield, Leeds, Dewsbury, Hud- dersfield, Halifax, Brad- ford, Rochdale, Man- j- 5 : IS A. M. Chester, Liverpool, York, | Hull, Selby, Scotland, I Ireland, & c., & c J and Rotherham, Bawtry, Don- l caster, Gainsbro', Louth, I Lincolnshire, and Nor- [ folk, & c., & c. J Dronfield and Chesterfield. De- parture. 8 : 0 P. M. 0 A. M. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Aug. 6.— Chas. Trapps, of Abridge, Essex, victualler. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Alexander Wetzlar and Julius Wetzlar, of Nottingham, lace manufacturers. BANKRUPTS. TO SURRENDER AT BASINGHALL STREET. Henry Wood and Alfred Wood, of Basinghall street, London, dealers in woollen cloths, August 19 and Sept. 17; solicitor, Mr. Gale, Basinghall street. George Edward Debenham, of Bayham street South, Camden town, builder, August 16 and September 17; so- licitors, Messrs. Jno. Manning and Son, Dyer's building's, Holborn. Archibald Thomson, of Leadenhall street, London, merchant, August 14 and September 17; solicitor, Mr. Powys, Staple Inn. Peter Tagg, of Tooley street, Southwark, slop seller, Aug. 14 and September 17; solicitors, Messrs. Parnther and Fisher, Fenchurch street. Alexander Thomas Harwood, of Streatham, Surrey, lodging- house keeper, August 13 and September 17; soli- citors, Messrs. Maughan and Co., Chancery lane. TO SURRENDER IN THE COUNTRY. Richard Tunnard Jones, of Oxford, chemist, August 16 and September 17, at the Town Hall Tavern, Oxford; so- licitor, Mr. George Rackstrow, Oxford. Wm. Jennings, of Bungay St. Mary, Suffolk, maltster, August 16 and September 17, at the King's Head Inn, Beccles; solicitors, Messrs. Margitson and Hartcup, and Mr. Samuel Smith, Bungay. Judah Sowerby, of Leeds, licenced victualler, Aug. 17 and September 17, at the- Commissioners' rooms, Leeds; solicitor, Mr. Charles Naylor, Leeds. Henry Greenaway, of Bristol, painter, August 14 and September 17, at the Commercial rooms, Bristol; solici- tor. Mr. John Kerle Haberfield, Bristol. William Graburn, of Downham Market, Norfolk, coal factor, August 18, and September 17, at the Duke's Head Inn, King's Kynn ; solicitor, Mr. Chas. Whaley Spurgeon, King's Lynn. Frederick Stubbs, of Caistor, Lincolnshire, linen draper, August ) 6 and September 17, at the Lion Hotel, Brigg; solicitors, Messrs. Marris and Smith, Caistor. Saml. Stocks, sen., and Saml. Stocks, jun., of Heatou Mersey, Lancashire, manufacturers, August 27 and Sept. 17, at the Commissioners' rooms, Manchester; solicitor, Mr. George Hadfield, Manchester. Ayshford Wise, of Ford House, Devonshire, William Sesfrle Bentall, and Robert Fanvell, of Totnes, bankers, August 17, at the Seven Stars Hotel, Totnes, and Sept. 17, at the Old London Inn, Exeter; solicitor, Mr. Chas. Edwards, Totnes. DIVIDENDS. Aug. 31.— Henry Hawkesworth, of Sheffield, edge tool manufacturer, at the Town Hall, Sheffield. August 28.— James Mullowny, of Bristol, merchant, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Robert Turner and Joshua Sugden, of Woodsome Lees, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, manufacturers of fancy goods. Samuel Duplex and Ignace Constant Noeltjens, of Not- tingham, merchants. John Broom Leman Farrant and James Peppercorn, jun., of Maidstone, ironmongers. Henry Morton and Thomas Kendall, of Ripon, furnish- ing ironmongers. John Parker, Hugh Parker, jun., John Rhodes, and James Rhodes, of Woodthorpe, near Sheffield, and Shef- field, coal miners, ( so far as regards John Parker and James Rhodes.) Joseph Harrison and Robert Hopwood, sen., of Bank Foundry, Nova Scotia, near Blackburn, Lancashire, iron founders. Sarah Ross, Timothy Ross, and Henry Ross, of Leicester, worsted manufacturers, ( so far as regards Henry Ross.) George Jamieson, John Cuthbertson, and James How, of Glasgow, merchants, ( so far as regards J. Cuthbertson.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Gilchrist, of Black hall, Die works, near Paisley, dyer, August 11 and September 1, at the writing chamber of John Hart, Paisley. James M'Naughtan, of Paisley, manufacturer, August 11 and September 1, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. John Lamont, of Greenock, shipowner, August 9 and 30, at the Tontine Inn, Greenock. James Macdonald and John Macdonald, of Glasgow, and at Ryefield, near Dairy, calico printers, Aug. 9 and "" at the Black Bull Inn, Trongate, Glasgow. . 4 : 45 P. M. .. 8 : 0 P. M. 7 : 48 P. M. 0 P. M. 30 p. M 0 A. M and OFFICE Opens at 8 A. M., from November 6th to March 5th at 7 A. M., from March 6th to November 5th. OFFICE BOX closed One Hour before the Dispatch of any Mail I but Letters, & c., will be taken in at the Window, on paying a Fee of Id. for the First Half Hour i 2d. for the Third Quarter; and Gd. past quarter. SO OFFICE CLOSED AT 10 P. M. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. 30. The following are the Hours of Departure from the SHEFFIELD STATION. H. M. DOWN TRAINS, NORTH. 6: 0 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to York, Leeds, Manchester and Hull. 8: 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester, and York. 10: 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d ClassTrain to Leeds, Manchester, York, Darlington, and Hull. 1: 50 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester, York, Darlington, and Hull. 4 : 30 P. M. 1st and 2d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester, York, and Hull. 5 : 30 P. M. 1st, 2nd, and 3d Class Train to Leeds and Manchester. 7 : 30 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds. Or: SUNDAYS. 8 : 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester, York, and Hull. 4 : 30 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester,& York. 8 i 12 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds. DP TRAINS, SOUTH. 7 : 30 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby, Leicester, and London. 8 : 45 A. M. 2st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby, Birmingham, Gloucester, and London. 10 : 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham, and London. 1 -:- 50 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham, and London. 3 : 45 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby and Nottingham. 5 ; 30 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby. 8 : 12 P. M. 1st and 2d Class ( Mail) Train to Derby, Birmingham Gloucester, Leicester, and London. ON SUNDAYS. 3 : 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3dClassTrain to Derhy. Lcicesterj& London, 8 : 20 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby, Nottingham, and Birmingham. 6 ; 30 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby. 8: 12 P. M. 1st and 2d Class ( Mail) Train to Derby, Birmingham, Gloucester, Leicester, and London. The 8h. 45m. A. M. and 5h. 30m. P. M. Down Trains, and 7h. 30m; A. M. and 6h. 30m. P. M. Up Trains, call at all the Local Stations on the Line. SHEFFIELD & ROTHERHAM RAILWAY SHEFFIELD TO ROTHERHAM. Every Morning, ( Sunday excepted,) 3 30 ; 9 30; 10 30; 11 30; 12 30. Every Afternoon, ( Sunday excepted) 1 30 ; 2 30; 3 30 ; 4 30; 5 30|; 630: 7 30: 8 30. Sunday Trains, 9] and 10 Morning; 1 30 ; 2 30 ; 4 30 ; 5 30; 6 30: 7 30; 8 30 Evening. ROTHERHAM TO SHEFFIELD. Every Morning, ( Sunday excepted,) 9 0; 10 0 ; II 0 ; 12 0. Every Afternoon, ( Sunday excepted,) 10; 20; 30; 40; 50; 60; 7 0; 80; 9 0. Sunday Trains, 9 30 Morning ; andl0; 20; 40; 50; 60; 1 0 ; 8 0; 9 0 Evening. On Monday Mornings, an early Train will leave Sheffield at 7 30 and return from Rotherham at 8 o'clock. [ FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, AUG. 10.] DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. August 7.— Michael Blood, of 12, North Audley- street surgeon. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. John Hetherington, of King's Arms yard, Ciiy, whole- sale tea merchant, to August 31. BANKRUPTS. TO SURRENDER AT BASINGHALL STREET. Thomas Taylor, of Royston, Hertfordshire, innkeeper, August 18 and September 21; solicitor, Mr. John Thomas Church, 9, Bedford row. John Alexander Warren and John Fordham Taylor, of Little Hermitage street, St. George in the East, ship chandlers, August 17 and September 21; solicitor, Mr. William Walton, 97, Wapping street. TO SURRENDER IN THE COUNTRY. Thomas Farr, of Manchester, silk manufacturer, August 25 and September 21, at the Commissioners' rooms, Manchester; solicitors, Messrs. Bagshaw and Stevenson, Manchester. Harris Ford, of Manchester, linen draper, August 25 and September 21, at the Commissioners' rooms, Man- chester ; solicitors, Messrs. Edward and Robert William Bennett, Manchester. Horatio Nelson, late of Pendleton, Lancashire, provi- sion shopkeeper, August 24 and September 21, at the Commissioners' rooms, Manchester ; solicitor, Mr. Tho- mas Sutton, Manchester. George Barlow Scoles, late of Locktock- hall, Lanca- shire, muslin manufacturer, September 1 and 21, at the Commissioners' rooms, Manchester; solicitor, Mr. Law, Manchester. Thomas Wilson, of Liverpool, fancy shawl dealer, Sep- tember 2 and 21, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool; soli- citor, Mr. Evans, Liverpool. John Brooks, of Baptist Mills, Bristol, British sugar manufacturer, August 24 and September 21, at the Com- mercial rooms, Bristol; solicitors, Messrs. William and CharlesBevan, Bristol. George Last, of Birmingham, general merchant, August 18 and September 21, at twelve, at the Waterloo rooms, Birmingham; solicitor, Mr. Charles Amphlett, Birming- ham. DIVIDENDS. September 1.— John Morant Hervey, of the Thames Foundry, Brick lane, Old street, St. Luke's, ironfounder, at the Court of Bankruptcy. September 10.— Christopher Webster, sen., now or late of Hulme, Lancashire, banker, at the Commissioners* rooms, Manchester. September 6.— George Brown, of Southampton, timber merchant, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southampton. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. William Cottom, Peter Harris, John Silvester, Thomas Robinson, and Timothy Clarkson Ingle, of West Brom- wich, Staffordshire, ironfounders. Alfred Mallalieu and Arthur Charles Luthman, of Mer- thyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, proprietors of the Gla- morgan, Monmouth, and Brecon• Gazette and Merthyr Guardian. James Emslie and William Sutherland, of Aberdeen, gold and silver smiths. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Keiller, of Glasgow, builder, August 16 and Sep- tember 6, at the writing chambers of Charles Peebles, Glasgow. Thomas Johnstone, sometime of Edinburgh, grocer, but now of Trinity, market gardener, August 16 and Sep- tember 9, at Ferguson's Ship Tavern, Edinburgh. CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL ON THE CORN LAWS.— Since our last, one hundred clergymen and ministers, in addition to those whose names we published on Saturday, and making the whole number now threa hundred and eighty, have signified their intention to be present at the conference on the Corn Laws, which is to 1' commence its sittings in this town on Tuesday next,— Manchester Guardian. / SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. AUGUST 14, 1841, SALES BY BARDWELL AND SONS, SHARES ON SALE- FOUR SHARES IN THE SHEFFIELD WATER COMPANY. THREE SHARES in the SHEFFIELD OLD GAS COMPANY. Apply to T. N. BARDWELL and SONS, Sharebrokers, & c., High street, Sheffield. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY T. N. BARDWELL & SONS, On Tuesday, August\ 7th, 1841, in the New Hay market, Sheffield, at Twelve o' Clock precisely, AHANDSOME BAY PONY, four years . old, and perfectly quiet. VALUABLE LEASEHOLD DWELLING- HOUSES. IN THOMAS STREET. To BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD by AUCTION, ( W. ithout Reserve,) BY MESSRS. BARDWELL & SONS, At their Auction Marl, in Sheffield, on Wednesday, the 18th Day of August instant, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon ( by Order of the Mortgagees of the Estate of Mr. John Hallatt;) ALL those Nine MESSUAGES or DWELLING- HOUSES, Cowhouse and Premises, situate in Thomas street, in Sheffield, as the same are now, or lately were, in the several occupations of James Thorpe, Ellen Shaw, Edward Creswick, Wm. Harrop, and others. The Ground Plot contains- 713 superficial square yards, and is held under Lease from the late Rowland Hodg- son, Esq., for a Term of 500 Years, at the Yearly Rent of £ 10. The above Premises are newly Built, situated in an improving part of the Town, and are now producing a Yearly Rental of £ 70 and upwards. A considerable portion of tbe Land is unoccupied, and adapted tor Building purposes. For further particulars, application to be made to th ® AUCTIONEERS; to MB. RTTALLAS, Solicitor; or to MR; EODGEKS, Solicitor, Sheffield. Sheffield, 5th August, 1841. MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. TWILEY, WINE and SPIRIT MERCHANT, Old No. « 12, opposite the Tontine Hotel, HAY- MARKET, Sheffield, continues to supply, with the ut- most despatch and punctuality, the London Daily Morn- ing and Evening NEWSPAPERS, viz., the latest and Express Editions of the Sun, Standard, Courier, and Globe, with the Debates and other Intelligence up to Seven o'Clock on the preceding Evening, and which are del vered at the Houses of his Subscribers before Eight o'clock the following Morning ; and the Morning Chronicle, Morning Sun, Iterald, Times, Post, and Ad- vertiser, containing the whole of the previous night's De- bate% in both Houses of Parliament, soon after Three o'Clock in the Afternoon of the Day of Publication. The London and Country Weekly Newspapers sup- plied as usual; also the Sheffield Independent, Mercury, Iris, and Patriot delivered early on the Morning of Pub- lication. Innkeepers and others can be supplied either Quarterly or for any shorter period, Three Days' Notice only being required for discontinuance. APPEAL of the FORK GRINDERS' To the Inhabitants of Sheffield fy its Vicinity. ELLOW TOWNSMEN,— We, as a body, most F1 SALES BY SCHOF1ELD AND SON. SALE THIS DAY. To TOBACCONISTS, GROCERS, & c. Sale of STOCK- IN- TRADE of a Tobacconist, Paper, Furniture, Fixtures, and Tenant- Right and Good- will of the Premises. SCHOFIEIiS & SON WILL SELL BY AUCTION, On the Premises of Mr. Barber, Snighill, Sheffield, on Saturday, ( THIS DAY,) August the Uth, 1841 ; THE valuable STOCK- IN- TRADE, comprising Fifty Boxes Cigars, Three Casks Tobacco, Snuff, large quantity of Tea and Tobacco Paper, Brown Paper, Pipes, Snuff Boxes, small quantity of Hoisery; the Tenant- right and Good- will of a Butcher's and Hosier's Shop, Fixtures of a Grocer and Butcher's Shop, Counter, Desk, Shelves, Nest Drawers, capital Scales and Weights, Gas Apparatus, Blocks, Excellent Cannisters, Glass Case, & c.— Also a quantity of Household Effects. Sale to commence at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon. G1 TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY T. N. BARDWELL & SONS, At their Auction Mart, in High street, Sheffield, on Mon- day, the 3CWi of August, 1841, at Six in the Evening, subject'to Conditions, ALL those four DWELLING- HOUSES, pleasantly situate at Turton terrace, near Owlerton, with Front and Back Gardens adjoining, and now in the several occupations of John Ward, Joseph Rhodes, James Law, and Mary Morton, The Ground is held for a long term of Years, at the Yearly Rent of £ 6. 14s. 9J., and has a Frontage to the Penistone road, and also to Chapel street. The Houses are in good repair, are well fitted up with Fixtures, and have an abundant supply of excellent Water. For all further particulars, application is requested to be made to the AUCTIONEERS ; or to BSB. THOMAS BRANSON, Solicitor, at his Offices, in St. James's row, Sheffield. UNDER AN ASSIGNMENT. SALE AT ATTERCLIFFE. To Gardeners, Nurserymen, Sjc.— Sale of Growing Crops, Greenhouse, 8$ c. TO BE SOLD B7 AUCTION, By Messrs. SCHOFIELD & SON, On the Premises, at Reams Gardens, Attercliffc, on Mon day, August 16th, 1841, at Three o'Clock in the Af- ternoon, HE GROWING CROPS on Seven Acres of Garden Ground; also, a capital GREEN- HOUSE, Cu- cumber Frames, Plants; together with the Good- Will, and Tenaut- Right of the said Land. The above will be offered in Lots to suit Purchasers. T1 SALE BY MESSRS. DALE & SON. TO BE SOLD IN LOTS, PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of HUTTON V. HUTTON, with the approbation of SAMUEL DUCKWORTH, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, certain FREEHOLD PREMISES, near Buxton, in the County of Derby, which __ will be " Sold at the ANGEL INN, in Buxton aforesaid, some *" time in the Month of SEPTEMBER next, of which due notice will be given. Also, certain FREEHOLD PREMISES, situate at Fullwood, in the Parish of Sheffield, in the County of York, which will be Sold at the Auction Mart of Mr. THOMAS NEWMAN BARDWELL, in Sheffield, in the said County of York, on the same, or a day to be fixed by a future advertismement. Particulars whereof may in a short time, be . had gratis, at the said Master's Chambers, Southampton Buildings, Chancery lane, Lon- don ; of HE. JOHN COPEX. AMD, Jun., Solicitor, Sheffield; Messrs. CAPES aud STUART, Solicitors, Gray's Inn, London ; and at the Places of Sale. By Order. CAPES & STUART, Gray's Inn. SALES BY MR. STEVENSON. To IRONMONGERS^ Hardwaremen, BROKERS, and Others. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. STEVENSON, Upon the Premises of Mr. Charles Gray, Gibraltar street, Sheffield, ( who is declining Business.) on Monday and Tuesday, August 23rd and lith, 1841, AL L the Extensive STOCK- IN- TRADE, Working Tools, Household Furniture, & c., comprising Locks, Hinges, Escutions, Nails, Patent. Weighing Machine, Scales, Brass and Metal Weights, Bellows, Anvils, Iron, Steel, Hammers, Tongs, Draw- bench ; also, a smali quantity of Furniture and Effects. Further Particulars will be given in future Advertise- ments and Handbills. The Sale will commence at Ten, Two, and Six o'Clock each Day.. TO CAB PHAETON. BY AUCTION, BE SOLD BY MR. STEVENSON, At the Haymttr'kei, opposite the Corn Exchange, on Tues- day, August \ 1th, 1841, atl\ o'Clock in the Forenoon ; ASUPERIOR London CAB PIIAETON, with Pole, adapted for a Pair or One Horse. August 13th. SALE BY MR. J. CLAYTON. VALUABLE WORKING- TOOLS & EFFECTS, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. JOHN CLAYTON, ON the Premises of Mr. DUKE, ( who is giving up the Scale Business,) Rockingham lane, Sheffield, near the " Stingo" Public House, on THURSDAY, the J9th day of August, 1841 ; comprising, large and small Flys, Anvils, Bellows, Hammers, Tongs, Cast Steel Bosses, Swages, Pincers, & c. ; with a large variety of Tools used in the Seale Trade, too numerous to detail. Sale to commence at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon. TOBACCO- BOX FIELD. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, a Close of Freehold LAND, well adapted for Build ing purposes, called Tobacco- box Field, situate near St. Philip's road, and containing 1A. 2R. 33P. or thereabouts For all further Particulars, application may be made to MESSRS. BRQOKFIK& D & GOULD, Solicitors. HOLMES ESTATE. SALE POSTPONED. IT has been suggested to the Proprietor of this Estate, that indisputable Information should be given as to the extent, and number and thickness of the Beds of Coal, laying under the Holmes Estate, together with their depths below the surface. In order to obtain such Infor- mation by actual borings, the Sale Advertised to take place at the Crown Inn, in Rothetham, on MONDAY, the 9th Day of August, will be POSTPONED to MON- DAY, the 6th Day of SEPTEMBER next. July 30,1841. TO BREWERS & PUBLICANS. TO BE LET, an old and well- accustomed PUBLIC- HOUSE, in a Central Situation in Sheffield, the present Occupiers of which are. desirous of leaving it on account of ill health. Rent and Valuation moderate. Apply to JttR. RYAWC. S; Solicitor, North Church street* Sheffield, August 9th, 1841. LOW ICKLES, near Rotherham. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. DALE & SON, On WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, the 18th and 19th Days of August, 1841, upon the Premises, at Low Ickles, near Rotherham; THE whole of the very Excellent and Superior HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and other valu- able Property, comprising— A splendid Rosewood Draw- ing- Room Suite, of Loo Table, pair of Card Tables, Sofa, covered with Drah Figured Damask; Set of Chairs, with Drah Damask Covered Seats; Pair of fashionable and easy Elbow Chairs, with Stuffed Back and Seats, covered with Crimson Plush Velvet. Tbe MAHOGANY FURNITURE consists of an excellent Set of Dining Tables, with 5 loose Leaves, form- ing, at full extension, a Table 14 feet 9 inches long, or, without the Leaves, a centre Loo Table on Pillar and Block ; one other Set of Dining Tables, w th two loose Leaves; Pair of superior Card Tables, Pembroke Ditto, two Sets of capital Chairs, with Hair Seats; Couch, co- vered with Black Hair Cloth; Sofa, ditto; Sideboard, with Plate and Cellaret Drawers; Winged Wardrobe, Chests of Drawers, Swing Glasses, Bedsteps. Also, a 20- inch Cornice Mirror, in Gilt Frame; Drab and Crim- son Damask Window Drapery and Curtains, with Gilt Cornices ; Brass, Bronze, and other Fenders; Fire Irons and Brasses; lofty, handsome, and spacious Four- post, Camp, and French Bedsteads, with Mahogany and Painted Poles, Pannels, Footboards, Corners, -& c., clad with Amber aud Fawn- coloured Moreen and striped Chintz Hangings; Hards and Wool Mattresses; excel- lent and large Feather Beds, Bolsters, and Pillows; Blankets, Marseilles Counterpanes, Painted Bed- Room Tables, Painted and Imitative Rosewood Chairs, Brus- sels and Scotch Room Carpets, Brussels Passage aud Stair Carpet, Drugget, Brass Stair Rods and Loops, Passage Oil Cloth and Rugs, Passage Metal Shrub Stand, Buck's Head and Horns; a curious, rare, and valuable Carved Rosewood Cabinet, of 17 Drawers, Ebonised Fronts, with Historical Paintings and Mosaics, on Carved Oak Elizabethan Stand ; a very elegant and exquisitely neat India Lacquered Card Box, with enclosed Boxes and Trays; Pair of Black and Gold genuine India Lacquered Tea Caddies, with two Metal Canisters; China Plate, with Taper Candlestick, mounted in Or- Molu ; Mandarin China Dish, mounted in Or- Molu as a Fruit Basket; one other Ditto; handsome Silver Plated Flower Urn, with Water Cistern and Wire Frame for Floral Displays; Pair of Modern and strongly- plated Dinner Candelabra, with two light Sconces; Pair of Plated Bed Room Can- dlesticks, Plated Confectionary Basket, ditto Biscuit Basket, Plated Coffee Pot, Decanter Stands, Toast Rack. Jugs, with Silver and Plated Mountings; Cut Glass De- canters, Dishes, Wine Coolers, Tumbler, Champagne, Wine, Liquor, Gohlet, Hock, and Claret Glasses; two Papier Machee Trays, Brass Kettle and Stand, Brass Tea Urn, Wedgewood " Wine Coolers, with a full supply of other useful and necessary Articles in the Kitchen Department. Twenty- five OIL PAINTINGS, including Hogarth's Celebrated ' Midnight Modern Conversation,' supposed to be the Original, 3ft. 6in. by 3ft.; fine Painting of General Wolfe and his Dog,' 4ft. 3in. by 3ft. 6in.; a Painting of a ' Friar,' unquestionably a clever produc- tion; one Historical Piece; a Painting of ' Horse, Dog, and Groom,' by Morland; several others of Landscapes; Engravings, Framed and Glazed; Stuffed Fox, in Glazed Case. Several Hundred Vols, of BOOKS, comprehending— Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England and Wales, 7 Vols.; Atlas to Ditto, 1 Vol.; Byron's Life and Works, 17 Vols.; Burns's Ditto, 8 Vols- ; Land of Burns, 2 Vols.; Scott's Novels, Tales, and Romances ; Junot's Napoleon, 2 Vols.; Burrienne's Napoleon, 4 Vols.: Heath's Gallery, 3 Vols; Clarke's Life of Lord Nelson; Edgeworth, on Education, 3 Vols.; Hogarth's Works, 2 Vols.; Nicholas. Nickleby; The Watchmaker, and the Disowned, by Sam Slick, 2 Vols.; History of England, folio; Illustrated Records of Important Events in the Annals of Europe; Portfolio of Engravings and Prints; Patteson's General and Classical Atlas; Green- wood's Maps of Yorkshire and Derbyshire; with many other Standard and Interesting Works. An Easy and Light Running Double- bodied PHAE- TON, with Mail Axles and C Springs; one other Phae- ton, with Hood Cover; excellent Saddle and Bridle, two Gig Whips, Patent Mangle, Metal Fox and Pedestal, Bottle Cratch, Dog Kennel, Brewing Vessels, & c. A CROP of POTATOES, the produce of Half an Acre, to be gathered and cleared away before the First Day of September next. The Sale to commence each Day at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon. The House will be open for inspection on Tuesday, the 17th instant, from Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon to Four in the Afternoan. Catalogues may be had of Mr. BROWN, Printer, and at the CROWN INN, Rotherham; the GAZETTE Office, Doncaster; the INDEPENDENT and MERCURY Offices, Sheffield ; and of the AUCTIONEERS, at Barnsley. The above Furniture is of superior workmanship and finish, modern, elegant, substantial, and appropriate, and confided to the Auctioneers for absolute and unre- served Sale. respectfully beg to claim your attention to our case. We can assure you that, however reluctant we might feel on ordinary occassions to trespass on your notice, yet, when a deliberate attempt is made by our employers, aided by some of the most unprincipled cha- racters that exist, to reduce the price of our labour below the starvation point, we are compelled by self- preserva- tion, as well as the duty we owe to our wives and fami- lies, to make use of every effort to counteract their de- signs. It is with this view that we solicit your attention to the following details, in the hope they will excite that sympathy on your part which our present condition enti- tles us to receive.— Worthy townsmen, you are probably aware that when the 1810 Statement was agreed to by the masters of that period, for the price of labour in various branches of our staple trade, the then masters affirmed it to be no more than a fair remunerating price for labour. Indeed, so far as refers to our own trade, our employers decidedly admitted it; and we can say, that if the work- men were at this time paid according to those prices for their labour, they would be able to earn only a moderate subsistence. But mark, friends, the bitter contrast that we at present experience., Our prices are reduced 30, 40, and in some cases, 50 per Cent, below the 1810 Statement. Still, if no further attempts had been made, we probably should not have troubled you with this ap- peal. As it is, we are prepared to prove that many of our workmen, if they had plenty of work, and laboured all the hours they possibly could, could not average above 12 or 14 shillings a week, when wheel rent and cost of tools were deducted. But what is still more afflicting, at least two- thirds of our trade have not more than half employment, even at the present reduced prices. We may be told that there are many indi- viduals, of trades unconnected with any of the grinding branches, who cannnot earn so much. But, assuming this to be the case, it does not alter our argument, but only goes to prove that the privations of the industrious artizans of this town are very widely extended, which we regret most deeply, as it is impossible for any man who has a family to support to live comfortably, and pay rent and taxes, upon such a small pittance. But, worthy townsmen, if these were the worst complaints we could lay before you, we might have imposed upon ourselves the hard duty of contentment. It is part of our duty to allude to the destructive influence of our trade, which is a most serious part of the question ; for, be it known, that in respect to the pernicious effect of grinding trades upon health, our branch is by far the worst. We can show, by irresistible facts, drawn from the statistics of our trade, that the average age of Fork Grinders does not exceed thirty years. Nor is this to be wondered at, con- sidering the poisonous atmosphere we have to breathe, which renders the greater part of us mere shadows of men, and produces a complication of diseases, of which the most formidable is the asthma and dry cough, known by the name of the grinders' complaint, attended as it is by consumption, which no medical man can cure. In such cases, life is a burden to the poor sufferers. Their frames are gradually emaciated and wasted, by a repu- tation of slow tortures ; and when they have nearly closed their mortal career, they have perhaps the bitter reflec- tion of leaving behind them their wives and poor help- less infants to suffer tbe horrors of want, unpitied or relieved by any. Suffer us to add, that the late Dr, Younge has been known to exclaim, " that he could not desire a worse punishment for criminals convicted by a jury of their countrymen of crimes of the blackest dye, than to make them work at folk grinding for the re- mainder of their lives." Fellow townsmen, the foregoing details, we think, will satisfy every one who has a spark of manly feeling in his breast, that a body of men who are thus circumstanced are worthy of a good remunerating price for their labour; and yet, after all, we may be told that " we are ignorant and brutalised ratteners, and de- stroyers of property, and not worthy of any pity what- ever." But if the public does entertain this opinion of us, we shall boldly say that such transactions are not sanctioned by our trade. We hold them in detestation. We will not yield to any class of men, in our respect to the rights and property of others, which ought to be pro- tected as well as the labour of our own hands. If a few individuals, stimulated by revenge, despair, and mad- ness, have plunged into these frantic courses, and have entangled themselves within the meshes of the law, our trade is not to blame for that. The same may be said of individuals belonging to trades unconnected with any of the grinding branches, of which the daily papers give abundant proofs. We have only to say, on this part of the subject, that if our workmen were moderatefy paid for their labour, such scenes as we have been describing would scarcely ever occur. As the foregoing paragraph almost implies a vindication of Trades' Unions, so we beg, worthy Townsmen, to give our opinion on that head. We conceive, then, that Unions of Workmen, based upon equitable and rational principles, are essentially necessary in the present artifi- cial state of society. As proofs of their utility, we shall, in the first place, cite the example of the Table- Blade Grinders. That formidable body, comprising 800 Men, have paid, during the present period of bad trade, from their earnings, upwards of £ 11,000, to support their un- employed Workmen ; and it is with feelings of admiration that we say, no class of men ever displayed more fortitude, or greater devotion to their cause, than they have done, There are other very important branches of Grinding Trades that have paid considerable sums of money to support their unemployed Workmen, in order to keep up their Unions, As a further illustration of these facts, we may mention the File and Saw Trades, and several others, that have paid many thousand pounds in support of their Unions. Now, then, if all these Trades had been in a disorganised state during the long period of bad trade we have experienced, the consequence would have been, one- half of the Workmen would have been on the Parish, as there would have been no increase of employ ment, while prices would have sunk to a very low ebb. In that case, we may fairly infer, that property in houses, shops, & c., would have been far less valuable than it is at present; while, on the other hand, the burdens of the Ratepayers would have been doubled, if not trebled. Worthy Townsmen, we have thought it to be a part of our duty to introduce the above subject, as we consider that your interests are in some measure identified with the welfare of Trades' Unions. And, as we hope it will give us. additional claim to your benevolence, we can state this fact, that we have never withheld our support from any Trade contending with their employers for a livelihood, whenever we have had the means. During the memorable strike of the File Trade, some years ago, when they were contending against the tyrannical en- croachments of their masters upon their rights, numbers of our Trade paid their mite every week. Nor has our support to other Trades been confined to our native place, for we may mention the Staffordshire Potters, whom we assisted with £ 40 of our money, accompanied with our best wishes for their success. But, without dwelling any longer on this part of the subject, we would wish to impress this powerful precept upon the minds of the Public, " Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them." Worthy Townsmen, if we were to enter into minute details respecting our actual condition, we could place before your view such a picture of distress as would har- row up the feelings of a heart, almost as insensible as marble ; but we shall refrain on the present occasion, as we have already addressed you at considerable length. We are now straining every nerve, and enduring the. greatest privations, in order to prevent further reductions in our prices. There can be no doubt but many of us would be better off than we are at present with Parish allowance. But we prefer living by our labour, rather than being dependent upon others. We shall conclude by saying, that if you never receive any return for what you may think well to bestow upon us, you will have the pleasing satisfaction of rescuing a useful, but unfortunate class of artizans from destruction. By Order of the Committee. August 10th, 1841. GEORGE ROE, Secretary. N. B.— In order to guard the Public against being im- posed on, we beg to state, that a few individuals from our Trade, in whom we can repose the greatest confidence, will attend at the various Public- Houses that have re ceived our Addresses, and such individuals will be fur- nished with a card, with the following symbol:—" A Beehive," headed " Fork Grinders," with the following motto—" Our cause is just." The Comnaittee of the Fork Grinders will sit at the BARREL, Pond street, from Eight to Ten o'Clock every SATURDAY Evening, to receive the Subscriptions of those who may feel charitably inclined, which will be most | thankfully received and gratefully acknowledged. TO SPORTSMEN. JOHN HEPPENSTALL begs to call <& e attention of Sportsmen, to his Stock of Goods for the Shooting Season, comprising a variety of Fabrics, well adapted for Field Sports; also to remind them of that most perfect Waterproof Garment, WARD'S SUMMER ZEPHYR, weight, 20 ounces, and very spor'table. 58, Snig hill, and 32, Angel street. PARTNERSHIP- WANTED, in an Established and Profitable Whole- sale and Retail Business, an active PARTNER, who can command from ^ 500 to .£ 1000. Address " A. R„" Post Office, Sheffield : Post paid. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, IN a Day and Boarding School, near Sheffield, YOUNG LADY, as an Articled Pupil. One who has some knowledge^ of Music would be preferred. Ap- ply to the PRINTER. August 13th, 1841. LONDON TRADE REPORT. THORSDAV EVENING. — Prices Were firm to- day for all kinds of produce, and a fair business was transacted in most articles; the imports Were to a fair extent.... SUGAR— The demand for West India was brisker to- day, and 400 hhds. and tierces were sold at full rates. No public sale of Bengal or Mauritius.... COFFEE. — Prices are firm for home descriptions, and the demand continues good ; the public sales to- day went off at full rates ; 200 casks, & c. West India were sold, middling Jamaica at 117s. to 120s., and good, 135s.; 2400 bags Singapore and Java, 45s. to 53s.; 1300 bags Ceylon, 74s. 6d. to 77s. good ordinary ... PIMENTO.— At public sale, 130 bags were sold at 3J to 31 being full rates.... TEA.-- The market was firm to- day, and a good demand existed for all sorts of both Black and Green. For Company's Congou, 2s. 7fd. paid.... TALLOW.— Prices are steady. P. Y. Candle at 49s. 9d. on the spot, and 49s. for delivery in last three months. AN ORGANIST WANTED, AT SOUTH STREET CHAPEL. Application to be made to Mr. T. SCOTT, Church street. AN APPRENTICE LPPLY to WILLIAM and J. street. WANTED. G. PARKER, Eyre A. & J. SHARMAN, ROCERS and DRAPERS, South street, Sheffield Moor, are wanting an APPRENTICE.— Apply as above. TO STEEL CONVERTERS. WANTED, a Person who thoroughly understands the Conversion of Steel. Liberal Wages will be given to a steady Man, and none but experienced hands need apply. WILLIAM GREAVES & SONS. Sheaf Works, Sheffield, Aug. 13th, 1841. WANTED, AN intelligent, active LAD, about 17, of good charac- ter, from the Country, who has been used to a Re- tail Shop. Also, one about 14, for all Work. Apply to the PRINTER ; if by Letter, Post paid. BAKEWELL DISPENSARY. WANTED, a MATRON for this Institution, an active and steady Person, who understands Mid- wifery, and can be well recommended. The Salary and emoluments are about .£ 30 a year. Applications, accom- panied by Certificates as to character and qualifications, must be addressed, ( post- paid,) to the SECRETARY of the Dispensary, Bakewell. Bakewell, 12th August, 1841. TO BE LET, With Immediate Possession, THE BALL PUBLIC- HOUSE, situate in the Bridgehouses, Sheffield. The in- coming Tenant will not be required to take to any Fixtures or Furni ture. Enquire further on the Premises. Sheffield, August 13, 1841. ICCLES, NEAR ROTHERAM. TO BE LET, for a term of Seven or Fourteen Years. And to be Entered upon on the First of January next, all those well- accustomed OIL MILLS, called the ICCLES OIL MILLS, now in the occupation of Mr. F. Parker, with theDwelling- Houses, Cottages, Warehouses, Seed- Chambers, Out- Offices, and Appurtenances, with power to Erect Such other Works as may suit a Lessee, and with the advantage of the North Midland Railway and the River Dun immediately adjoining. The Mills are most advantageously situated, adjoining the Turnpike road from Rotherham to Sheffield, pos- sessing the advantages both of Railway and Water Communication. 03= Further particulars may be had on application to Mr. NEWMAN, at Darley Hall, near Barnsley. LATEST NEWS. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY. In consequence of the large arrival of Wheat this week, our millers and dealers are acting with very great caution to- day; sales, therefore, proceed slowly, but in the value of the general runs of fresh Wheat we quote no material alteration from last week. Shelling and Oats command a small advance upon late prices, but the demand is not active. Beans and other arti- cles do not vary. WHEAT, per qr. of 601bs. to the bush.— Essex and Kent, Red, New 70s to 62s Extra, 74s 69s Norfolk and Suffolk. Boston and Wisbeach. Yorkshire.... White Foreign, Red .. Old Wheat BARLEY, per quarter imperial- Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 00s Scotch. •.....••.•* Grinding, 27s BEANS, per qr. 631bs, to the bush.— English, New 39s English, Old 41s OATS, Potato & Poland, Fine Old 28s 70s 70s 67s 62s 62s 00s Do. 73s Do. 72s 66s Do. 70s 71s Do. 76s 67s White 70s 65s Do. 72s THE BRAZIL TRADE.— Extracts of a letter from the Brazils, dated 21st June, 1841.— " We are sorry for the bad results of the woollens, but we did our best for their sale. The Germans in this, like as in many other ar- ticles, and particularly the French, are cutting us out, and also in many other productions of your manufacture. We feel it particularly from France in hats, silk umbrel- las, fine linen drills, both white and coloured, with writing paper, ladies' shawls, fine muslins, and a variety of other things which we could name, and to our loss. Braail does right to encourage those who import and consume her sugar and coffee, which prohibitory duties only pre- vent your doing so, to the prejudice of British shipping and her manufactures. The proceeds of these goods go ( as you must very often see by remittances) to give fo- reigners the means of buying coffee and sugars to load their vessels. A great deal might be said on this subject, would space permit of our commenting further on it, but we shall conclude with the hope, that Great Britain, with- out sacrificing her valuable and agricultural interests, will take a serious view of the important and extensive trade with Brazil, and use means to secure her pre- eminence in being the chief suppliers to Brazil of her chief wants, as almost hitherto has been the case. With our advantages in machinery, and system of manufacturing generally, it is not too late for us yet to meet the competition of our continental neighbours ( European,) if here we are pro- tected by proper commercial regulations on your side," [ Yet the wise Mr. Wortley assured us that our Brazil trade was in no danger!] SPAIN.— The manifesto of the Spanish regency in answer to the protest of Queen Christina, is received. It states that the protest would have been considered as a private and not political paper, if it had not been accom- panied with a letter addressed to the Duke of Victoria, ordering him to publish it in the Madrid Gazette. It then asserts that the nation only was qualified to choose a guardian for the Queen, and that any authority derived from any other source is in itself null and contrary to the spirit of the constitution. The Regency do not deny that the Queen Mother was named guardian by the will of Ferdinand, but that will and everything else concerning the royal family and the nation must he submitted to the Cortes as far as public rights are concerned. It is equally useless to invoke any other law of the monarchy, since the changes which have taken place in the constitution control and overrule those laws, and no power can exist in the state which does not originate with the existing legislative bodies. The answer concludes by calling on the people to disregard anything which does not come re commended by the Cortes and the Regency, assuring them that the constituted Government, supported as it is by the laws, by the army, and by the national guard and public opinion, will triumph over the enemies of the country. EGYVT.— Advices from Egypt continue to dwell upon the Pacha's persisting in the recruiting and organisation of an army, exceeding, by more than 20,000 men, the number of troops to which he has solemnly promised to limit the force under his orders. They all mention facts, which, if true, are well worthy the attention of those phi- lanthropists who held up Mehemet Ali's government as a model of equity and mildness, whilst they decry that of the Porte as the quintessence of barbarity and injustice. It is affirmed, for instance, that in consequence of the repeated exactions to which the landholders, have been subjected in order to support the war expenditure, and of the absence of vast numbers of cultivators carried away to recruit the armies, these landholders have been unable to pay their taxes. Orders have consequently been issued not only to confiscate the property of those present, and to compel the owners to work as serfs upon their own land, but all absent persons residing at Cairo, & c., have been forced to return to their confiscated farms, there to work in the above manner. Already Mehemet Ali has distributed lands to a great extent amongst his favourites; and it is said that Ibrahim Pacha has ob- tained tracts of cultivated ground exceeding some thousand acres. A portion of the sums subscribed in Paris and elsewhere for the purpose of exciting insurrec- tion amongst the Sultan's subjects in the islands and upon the two continents, might advantageously be employed in relieving these unfortunate people. Arrests continue to take place in Toulouse. The city, however, was reported in Paris, on Wednesday, to be quiet. The report that the young Duke of Bordeaux broke his thigh by a fall from his horse, is confirmed, notwith- standing the contradiction of the Gazette de France. 00s Extra, 00s 00s Do. 00s 30s 42s Extra, — s 43s Do. 30s ARRIVALS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat 16074 Qrs Barley 69 Oats 120 .. Beans 436 .. Shelling . Malt.... Tares... Peas 466 1016 Qrs 30 Lds AVERAGE PRICES per qr. for the week ending Aug. 10. Wheat.. Barley . Oats .. 74s — s 25s 6£ d — d 8d Beans 43s 5| d Peas 41s — d Rye ........ — s — IMPERIAL AVERAGES OF GRAIN. Wheat. •• Barley.• • Oats. •• Rye. •• Beans... s. d... s. d... s. June 25.. 63 11.. 31 11.. 22 July 2.. 64 3.. 31 9.. 22 July 9.. 64 11.. 32 6.. 22 July 16.. 66 3.. 32 9.. 22 July 23.. 68 3.. 33 11.. 23 July 30.. 70 5.. 34 6.. 23 Aggreg. — Aver 66 4.. 32 11.. 22 d....! 3.. 35 2.. 33 4.. 35 9.. 35 1.. 35 9.. 35 d... s. 6.. 39 5 .38 2.. 39 5.. 39 7.. 40 11.. 41 Peas. d,.. s. d. 3.. 40 11 3 .42 5.. 44 6.. 42 3.. 44 5.. 44 8.. 35 2.. 39 .43 2 Duties .. 20 8.. 13 10.. 13 9.. 16 9.. 11 0.. 5 0 TATTERSALL'S— THURSDAY. ST. LEBER.— A report that Coronation had been on the decline at Wolverhampton had some effect on the odds in the early part of the afternoon ; 6 to 4 having been offered in two or three places. His friends, however* *' took heart," and at the close, be was very steady at 5 to 4. The other favourites were backed for small sums, without undergoing any change from Monday's quotation. THE DERBY.— 23 and 25 to 1 were laid agst Wiseacre, 25 to 1 agst the Hester colt, 30 to 1 agst William de For- tibus, and 50 to 1, to £ 50, a poney having been previously laid out at ten points less. A dull afternoon finished as follows ;— ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 agst Scott's lot ( taken) —^ — Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation ( fake 6 to 4) — Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh( taken) — Dulie ot Cleveland's Middleham ( taken) — Mr. Fergnson's Tearaway ( taken) — Mr. Bell's The Squire ( taken) — Mr. Thornhill's Eringo ( taken) — Lord Westminster's Lampoon ( taken) THE DERBY. on on the fieid — Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre taken) — Col. Peel's TIester colt ( taken) — Mr. W. Scot's William de Fortibus ( taken) — Mr. Herbert's Nersus — Mr. Pettit's Espartercr — Mr. Coombe's Criterion ( taken) The Doncaster Cup, this year, will be of the value of £ 100 only, and will be raised by subscribers of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added by the Corporation. The weights are altered, and those who have laid 12 and 15 to 1 agst Hyllus will have the worst of it, as he is entitled to 71bs. allowance as a maiden horse. a to 4 9 to 2 8 to l 10 to I 12 to l 25 to 1 2.5 to 1 20 to I 25 to 1 25 to 1 30 to 1 S3 to 1 40 to I 150 to 1 MONEY MARKET. THURSDAY.— The improved appearance of the weather to- day caused a slight advance in the Funds. Consols for the Account opened at 89| to |, but some small sales of money stock having been effected, the price declined to 89f sellers; previous to the close of business, however, the quotations recovered to the opening price, at which they closed. Bank Stock was also quoted a shade higher, having closed at 1674 to 8J. Exchequer bills were I4s to 16s. premium. TJiere was rather more business doing in the Share Market to day, but without producing any material alteration in prices, with the exception of Bir- mingham and Derbv Shares, which improved from £ 2 to £ 3 per share. English Funds:— Bank Stock, 167i 8; Three perCent. Reduced, 89f |; Three per Cent. Con- sols, 89f H Three- and- a- Half per Cent. 1818, 98f ; Three- and- a- llalf per Cent. Reduced, 98| £; Three- and- a- Half per Cent. New, 98 § ^ £ § ; Long Anns. exp. Jan. 5, 1860, 12 13- 16 15- 16; Long Anns. 30 Years, exp. Oct. 10, 1859, 12 13- 16 ;' India Stock. 248 ; Ditto Bonds, 8 6prem.; Consols for 26th inst. 89. J- f ; Exchequer Bills, J£ 1000, 14 16 prem. ; Ditto, ^ 500, 14 16 prem.; Ditto Small, 14 16 14 16 prem. Railways :— Birmingham and Gloucester, 60 ; Bristol and Exeter, 30J ; Eastern Coun- ties, 7} |; Great Western, 80£ 79 £ 81 ; Ditto New, 56 f ; Ditto Fifths, 81 111; London and Brighton, 43 2| f ; London and Blackwall, 15; London and Birmingham, 160 59; London and Birmingham New, 23J; London and Greenwich Scrip. 5} ; London and South Western, 52 1|; Ditto Tenths, lj i f; London and Croydon Trunk, 12£ § ; Manchester and Leeds, 50|; North Midland, 63J; South Eastern and Dover, 17. SHEFFIELD POORHOUSE, Aug. 14. Paupers in the House last Report 412 Admitted since .. U..... U,, U.,,„.... IUXIMMIIUM 35- 447 Discharged since •••..,....., 5.412 PAYMENTS TO OUT- POOR, Aug. 13. Regular Ticket Poor, money Do. Do. .. in kind.... Casual Poor, < » Money •• .. Do. do. in kind •• Total Casual, week ending July 16 23 3lt August 6 3 21 8 85 5 49 16 6 6- 87 12 0 0 6- 135 1 222 13 6 £ 116 12 6 125 19 0 111 11 0 114 17 0 SHEFFIELD GENERAL INFIRMARY, Aug. 13. In- Patients— Discharged, 12 j Admitted, 7 s Remaining, 96. Oxit- Fatients— Discharged, 64 ; Admitted, 52 ; Remaining, 485. Vaccinated by the House Surgeon, 37. Physician for the week, Dr. Thompson; Surgeon, Mr. Overend. House visitors for do., Mr. J. H. Harder and Mr. Robt. Harrison. Chaplain fqr the month, Rev. W. Mercer. At the Guildhall, on Wednesday, no less than four in- dividuals were brought before Mr. Alderman Kelly, who committed offences for the mere purpose of gaining the temporary shelter of a station- house, and the chance of a crust of bread. Crime, therefore, is better off in Eng- land than poverty. To be entitled to protection, shelter, and food, a man must be a criminal. Such a fact, though there were only one in the year, instead of crowding upon us four in a day, would be an unerring indication that our legislation requires revision.— Sun. We understand that Sir Robert Peel is nearly worried to death by the clamours and importunities of his hungry Tory subalterns, and bids fair, like Actteon, to be torn to pieces by his own hounds. AUGUST 14, 1841, SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE. TO THE EBLTOR OF THE INDEPENDENT. SIB,— Observing in your paper of Saturday week, a letter from " Will Hunger," I beg, by way of a reply, to offer a few remarks, and am sorry to differ with him upon his main proposition. He urges, in the present crisis, that petitions be sent to the Queen, beseeching her to dismiss any House of Commons which will not recognise measures similar to those lately introduced by her present Ministers. Now, Sir, 1 think this would be imposing upon her Majesty a most ungracious task, and one which, in its results, could answer no good purpose ; for this reason— the electors, who, from whatever motives, or under what- ever influence have returned a Tory House of Commons, would send the same again, or a worse, if at all disturbed in their present beautiful prospects. Nay, they would ' perpetually do the same, until this useful branch of pre- rogative would become contemptible. On the contrary, I say, ask for an extension of the suffrage, and let the opposition quietly allow the Tories to do some of their good old work, in their own good old way. Remember, Sir, the greatest Captain of his age, in the plenitude of his civil power, said, " The people will be quiet, if let alone. And, if they won't be quiet, there is a way to make them." This is honest Toryism, which was, and is, and . ever shall be, the same. It is true we have a Sovereign, and may a kind Providence long preserve her, and crown her with its choicest blessings, who, un- like some of her predecessors, knows her true position. Yes, England has the felicity of possessing a Queen who inherits from her royal parents the glorious principles of civil and religious liberty, and not in name only, for the fruits of their fostering care are fast ripening, and this great nation, if true to itself and its Queen, may yet reap the rich harvest. Your Sovereign reigns not for the aggrandisement of any privileged orders only, but as God's vice- gerent ( if I may be allowed the expression,) as the head of one com- mon family, for the general prosperity and the happiness ^ pf the whole. And however lightly the following senti- ment may be esteemed by the party now ascendant, she will, if constitutionally supported, maintain constitution- ally, the rights of the People. Then, instead of asking the Queen to send back the present returned Members, petition her Majesty, and both Houses of Parliament, whilst the important mea- sures of commercial reform are being discussed, for an extension of the franchise in counties, to counteract the baneful influence of the £ 50 clause, and also against Lord Stanley's factious Registration Bill, whenever it re- appears; for its object is the same— to render, as much as possible, the Reform Act inoperative in both countries. Let these petitions have the signatures of all the good men and true, who have recorded their votes in favour of the advocates of popular rights, and those also of every non- elector for the United Empire, and never for- get " The Register! the Register I" I am sure there will be found in a ten pound rental in counties, more independence of landlords, and I do not hesitate in saying, more intelligence and public honesty, than in the two classes who now enjoy the franchise, who seem to hold it, not for themselves, nor for the non- elec- tors, for whom they should have some sympathy, but for the aristocracy of wealth alone, from the lord of his thou- sands of acres, down to the ' squire of fifty, who, to com- plete his fancied greatness, ( I mean the ' squire,) must, the better to ingratiate himself with the lord and the par- son, deride the people, from amongst whom he himself has originated. This conduct is not without its imitators. There are many, if not a majority of those in the next privileged class below him ( the voters,) who follow to the life his example ; who, pleased with the distinction, merely during an election, of shaking hands with the ' squire, and of ob- taining a nod from the parson, as he rolls easily along in his carriage, on his friendly visit to the middle and poorer classes of his parishioners, whose visits there are, indeed, " like angels' visits, few and far between," ( but not so at the electioneering committee rooms,) have given their votes, they know not, neither care they, for whom,— but, at the recommendation of the two worthies, the ' squire , and the parson, to a Tory, of course. Some, from over- persuasion— and all know the powerful eloquence of money; some from ignorance— yes, ignorance, . being entirely unconscious of the nature and effect of our import duties,— scarcely able to give an opinion upon any s j legislative measure; moreover, being told that the Whigs do nothing for the people, instead of their being told that they could do nothing for them, owing to the factious hindrances of the Tories themselves, who have ' made this conduct their chief manceuvre in the attain- ment of their grand object— power— power; have given their votes to Tories also. It is, Sir, into this community of electors, whom we have seen thus acted upon, that I would introduce men whose intelligence, sobriety, and industry, constitute their real property, and who might fairly be presumed to exercise the franchise honestly, because they would be called upon to do so in defence of their own immediate ' rights ; and then might we hope to see the representative body reflect more the image of the electoral, and the Com- mons' House be, what it purports itself to be, the House of the Commons of England ; and to hold that which it is entitled to do, its just balance in the British Constitution. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A WEST- RIDING ELECTOR. August 12th, 1841. COURT HOUSE, ROTHERHAM. WEDNESDAY. - Alice Addy was brought before Lord Howard. M. P., charged with robbing George Wat- eon Dove, at Sheffield, on Thursday week, of ten sove- reigns and a half, and 3s. 6d. The prosecutor is a mason from Birmingham, who has been working in Sheffield for a short time. On the day of the robbery, he was in com- pany with the prisoner and her husband, who induced him to go into a house in Orchard lane, the husband re- maining at the door. Prosecutor there fell asleep, and • was awoke by the woman feeling in his pockets. He saw her with his purse in her hands. He snatched it from her, but the money was gone, and she ran out and es- caped. He gave information to Womack, at Rotherham, on Monday, and he having seen a woman answering to the man's description, traced her to her father- in- law's, at Wickersley, and apprehended her.— Committed, but detained till Monday, that she might give bail. FRIDAY.— Geo. Maltby was charged with robbing Emma Machen of a flannel jacket and 7s, Id. in money, at Sheffield, on Thursday last. The girl is twelve years •> f age, living with her uncle, John Walker, of Effing, ham street, Sheffield, and was sent out on Thursday by her aunt, with an ass and cart to sell pots. The prisoner kept following her about all day, and occasionally talking *! to her. In the afternoon, he took from the cart a flannel jacket, and put it on, refusing to restore it when she de- sired him. About six o'clock, she was at the bottom of Snigbill, and was going home, when the prisoner demanded her money, saying he would murder her if she did not give it him. She said she would scream, on which he said he would murder her if she did. He then got the bag containing the money from her pocket, and told her to wait till he came back. She waited about twenty minutes, but the prisoner not returning, she went home. She identified the bag and jacket as those the prisoner took from her. It appeared that the prisoner was a man whom the aunt of the child had allowed, out of charity, to sleep in the stable the night before, and whom she dis- missed with his breakfast the next morning. The prisoner was apprehended in Rotherham on Friday, by Dearnelly, policeman. He said he came from Chesterfield, and had never been at Sheffield. The flannel jacket and the bag wjre found upon him, the latter still containing 5s. lid.— Committed. 1 SALMON FISHING IN THE NORTH.— The river Ness has lately been very productive, and has afforded better an- gling and net fishing than has been experienced for several years. The whole of our northern streams have lately leen highly successful, and the present season will form a bright one in the fisherman's calendar. Among the company invited by Sir R. Peel to meet If F. Burdett at Drayton, were Mr. Wilson Croker ( the particular friend of Sir Francis,) Mr. G. Dawson, Mr. William Holmes, Lord Villiers, and others of the Tory jarty. The population of Edinburgh was, according to the Edinburgh Advertiser, 136,054; it is now, according to tie recent census, 138,194, shewing an apparent increase in the ten years of 2140. But at the same period, the population of the Castle was not included, and, deducting its present amount, 1022, the real increase of the Edin- burgh population in ten years is only 1118. CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT DONCASTEK. A dinner was given in the Theatre, Doncaster, on Tuesday last, " in celebration of the Conservative tri- umph in the West Riding of Yorkshire," to the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, M. P., and Edmund B. Denison, Esq., M. P. The chair was taken by GEORGE GREAVES, Esq. of Elmsall Lodge, the chairman of the Doncaster commit- tee. R. J. COULMAN, Esq. of Wadworth Hall, acted as vice- chairman. The Hon. John Stuart Wortley, Esq., M. P., was not present, on account of indisposition, and being a considerable distance from this part of the country. In returning thanks for his health, Mr. DENISON said, " You will soon behold Sir Robert Peel, if not at the head of her Majesty's Government, associated with the Minis- try of this country." ( Loud cheers.) This indicates a suspicion that after all Sir Robert Peel is not to be Prime Minister. In reference to himself, Mr. Denison said, " I came forward to promote the election of my friend, Mr. Wortley, without the slighest hope of being elected myself. ( Hear, hear.) I may be wrong in what I am about to state, and some of you may differ with me in opinion; but I care not in what position I am placed in the battle, so long as it is an honourable one, and I will take care that it is not a dishonourable one." ( Loud cheers.) Mr. Denison adverted to the deficit— railed at the penny postage, which, he said, " was only for the benefit of a certain class, who could do as well without it." He attributed the distress of the country to two or three causes, but named only the Joint Stock Banks. Mr. MILNES, M. P. for Pontefract, extolled the united Conservative party, and indulged the hope that the Whig opposition would be weak and divided. He thus referred to the state of the country and the Corn Laws—" I do not want to blink the distresses of the manufacturing dis- tricts. No doubt the distress is extremely bad. And though I attribute that not to any deficiency of the Corn Laws, but to over- trading or imprudence, nevertheless, the thing is there, and must be remedied some way or other. And though of course every one of us feels that to remedy the evils of one class by ruining another, to set class against class, till each grinds down the other, is the most absurd policy imaginable, still in the present crisis I do say, that it is the object of every farmer to see that something should be done to keep corn at a moderate price. I believe that corn is now too dear, and that it would be better for us all if it were cheaper. [ Hear, and loud cheers.] But I look upon it as an absurdity that a repeal of the Corn Laws must lead either to such a re- duction of wages and of the price of labour throughout the country, as would render it perfectly destructive to the agricultural labourer, and incidentally to all other labourers, or else that rents must go altogether.— Lord Morpeth said, somewhat imprudently, that the ob ject of the Corn Laws was to bolster up rents. I thought that was a very invidious expression, and veiy, repulsive to many who heard him. But though I am not for bol- stering up rents, I certainly do not wish to destroy them entirely. Now, Mr. M'Culloch and other writers on the subject have said that the general average would be about 50s. a quarter; but those who know a deal more about it tell us a very different story, and say that the price would be very much like it was in some parts of the continent. To talk about paying labourers 2s. a day, of selling corn at 20s. or 30s. a quarter, and having some- thing besides to pay rent, is ridiculous; and that man only is prepared to repeal the Corn Laws who is pre- pared to adopt one of these alternatives, either to re- duce the peasantry and the labouring population of Eng- land to the condition of the peasantiy abroad, or else to destroy and to annihilate the landed gentry of England. [ Hear, and cheers.] Upon this question I shall not pre- sume to say anything more than that I feel that some- thing must, and something will be done. I do not be- lieve that the farmers can do , better than place implicit | trust in Sir Robert Peel. Confidence in political mat- ters is as essential as credit in commercial affairs. We caHnot get on without credit; and we cannot get on in politics without placing our trust and confidence in some Minister or other. Let me call upon you, then, to make up your minds to give Sir Robert Peel your fullest con- fidence— give him that trust which we as men of plain practical sense so much admire. I again ask you to place confidence in that man. He will do his duty." Dr. HOLLAND came forward amidst loud cheering to respond to the toast, " Legislative protection to natural industry in every branch." He addressed the meeting at some length. He looked upon it that protection not only to agriculture, but to every brancll of manufactures and commerce, was one of the most important subjects that could be brought under the consideration of any class of individuals. What was the position of this country at this time ? It was in a highly prosperous state ; and there was, in fact, more capital than could he profitably employed. Then, again, we were at the head of the world in point of intelligence, ingenuity, and as respected the qualities of the mind and the morals of the people. He argued that the establishment of free trade principles was necessarily levelling in its tendency, and would have the effect of reducing the condition of the people to that of inferior states. He himself was once a defender of what were called liberal principles; but when he saw the manner in which the ministers attempted to carry out some of their views, he bade them adieu. ( Cheers.) When they forgot their love of principle, it became those who respected principle to leave them. The ministers had at various times taken advantage of agitation to guide the destinies of the country rather negatively than posi- tively, and had continued to hold the reins until the general voice of the people said they had no confidence in them. Their cry of cheap bread, sugar, and timber, has availed them nothing; and he would say, that however amiable and gentlemanly these ministers might be as gentlemen, as a political body they were possessed with the most dangerous spirit of innovation that had ever pre- sided over the destinies of a great empire. They were embarrassed in circumstances, no longer possessing the confidence of the country, and were, in fact, like inexpe- rienced mariners in a boat without a compass. With respect to a fixed duty on the importation of foreign corn, he thought it was the most fallacious that could be intro- duced ; because it would alone be fixed when every thing else was changing. It could be proved, that on the con- tinent, farmers could for three or four years in succession send wheat of the best quality to this country for from 18s. to 25s. per quarter; and the expense of conveyance would be little more than from 3s. to 6s. per quarter; so that he thought here was proof sufficient that a fixed duty would be, indeed, a fixed injustice to the agricul- turist. ( Cheers.) He was no advocate for exclusive privileges — he was not for giving all to the agriculturists — he believed they and the manufacturers had to depend on each other; and the more generally this was under- stood the better it would be for all. He was for cheap bread, hut it must be produced at home, and not be cheap in consequence of foreign importation. In one case there must he two profits; that which they would receive as agriculturists, and that received by the manufacturers, in the interchange between them; hut when they exchanged their manufactured articles for the agricultural products of foreign countries, one of those profits necessarily went abroad, and was of no advantage here. He referred to the doctrine of Adam Smith on the Corn Laws, so often quoted by the repealers, and observed that the thing was different now, because this country had lost the peculiar advantages which it possessed formerly, as regarded its manufactures. The machinery, power, and other mate' rials for manufactures were now possessed by other countries as well as by this; and under these circum- tances it was more incumbent upon the legislature not only to protect agriculture, but also every branch of in- dustry in the United Empire? ( Cheers.) It was now four years since he began to grapple with this subject; and he now looked upon protection to agriculture as the key- stone of the arch on which was based the institutions of this country. Remove the key- stone, and they would produce a change in the value of money; and he would ask any one present whether such a change would not be fraught with the most serious consequences to every interest in the empire. Under all the circumstances, although, as he said before, he was once a Liberal, he now saw the necessity of supporting Conservative prin- ciples as the only principles calculated to arrest the ag- gressive onward path of the times, the tendency of which was to subvert whatever was good, and to depress what- ever was virtuous. ( Cheers.) Dr. HOLLAND again presented himself, and exhibited to the company a piece of blaok bread, which he said had been sent to him by P. D. Cooke, Esq., of Owston, as a specimen of what was eaten on the continent, and was common there to men and animals. These poor people were compelled by their poverty to export what was valuable of their own growing; and the riches en- joyed by this country enabled us to purchase what those poor people required for themselves. [ Dr. Holland should PRICES OF CORN AT HOME AND ABROAD. Whilst everything else is drooping in price, corn continues to advance with alarming rapidity. The ave- rage price of the whole kingdom, for the week ending on the 30th July, was fi8s. 3d. for Wheat; and the average of the six weeks, which regulates duty, 65s. 2d. Neither of these prices, however, gives a correct idea of the price at which good English wheat is now selling in Liverpool, London, Wakefield, and other great corn markets. In London, the average of last week was 74s. 6d.; in Wake- field, it was 72s. 6$ d., with a sale of fourteen thousand quarters ; and in Liverpool, it was 69s. lid., with a sale of two thousand nine hundred and ninety- one quarters. The Liverpool averages are lower than those of London and Wakefield, owing to the large proportion of Irish wheat sold in this town, a good deal of which does not bring more than 8s. 6d, to 8s. 9d. a bushel. The real price of good English Wheat in the Liverpool market is about lis. 6d. the 701bs.; and it is within our own know- ledge, that some fine samples of English wheat have sold at 12s. per 701bs. The supply of free wheat in Liverpool was never so small as it is at present; and the whole im- ports, during the last week, amounted only to ten quarters of English, and one hundred and sixty of Irish wheat. The imports from abroad, all of which have gone into bond, were also very small, amounting to 1774 quarters of wheat, and 76 barrels of flour. It is expected that the Canadian wheat and fiour will be liberated from bond at the lowest duty, either this week or next; and it is slso believed that the duty on foreign corn will decline to the minimum rate in the course of the next two months. We are sorry to learn, that the increase in the quantity of flour received from British America will be much smaller than was anticipated. The extraordinary rise in the price of grain which has taken place at Hamburg, Rostock, Dantzic, and other parts in the north of Europe during the last six weeks, will, we hope convince those advocates of the graduated scale, who assert that it secures the people of this country an abundant supply of foreign corn, on reasonable terms, when there is a deficiency in the home supply, how much they are mistaken. During the whole of the spring and summer of the present year, all the wheat that was in the granaries of those ports might have been bought at prices varying from 35s. to 40s. per quarter; but no one ven- tured to buy any of it, as the duty in this country was at least 25. a quarter; and the general belief was, that the corn liberated last autumn, together with the English English crops of last year, would be sufficient to supply our wants till the grain of the present year was ready. About six weeks ago, it was discovered that the supply of grain in this country was extremely small; and, from thatfime to the present, the weather has been such as to render it certain that this year's harvest will be late, and also to render it pro- bable thit it will be deficient both in quantity and quality. The effect of these circumstances has been, that the price of Wheat in the Hamburg and Baltic markets has sprung up from 60 to 80 per cent, during the last month. Wheat, which might have been bought for 35s. a quarter, is now selling for 58s. or 60s. Supposing, then, that it should be possible for the country to obtain a million quarters of wheat during the next three months from the Baltic, ( which, however, is vastly more than there is any reason to expect,) that quantity will cost at least a million more than it would have cost if collected gradually and slowly from all parts of the world during the last twelve months. The effect of this to the different parties concerned will be, that the revenue, which, at a fixed duty of 8s. per qr. would have received £ 400,000 on the importation of that quantity of wheat, will receive from fifty to a hundred ; that the foreigner will pocket a million sterling more than he would have been willing to take for his grain three months ago; and that the people of this country will lose a million sterling as completely as if it had been thrown into the German Ocean.— LiZerpool Times CURIOUS CASE OF BIGAMY IN FRANCE. A case of considerable interest was on Friday week tried by the Court of Assizes of the Seine. The accused is a man named Jean Pierre Desire Peure, who, after having distinguished himself greatly at the college of Alencon, was appointed regent of rhetoric at the college of Agen in 1827. Here he became acquainted with a Mademoiselle Cockburn, the daughter of a music- master in that town, to whom he was married in 1828 ; but to- wards the end of 1830, having spent the money which he received with his wife, Peure, who was then attached to- the college of Tulle, took her to Agen, to her family, for her accouchement, and from that time constantly refused to receive her again. Peure, after his separation from his wife, led so dissolute a life that he was frequently com- pelled to change his residence. At Mamers he seduced a female named Adele Fayes, who, to conceal her shame, came to Paris. Some months afterwards Peure went to Alencon, where, after an intrigue with a girl of the work- ing class, he was tried for defamation, sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and expelled with ignominy from the university. At the expiration of his imprisonment he came to Paris, and having renewed his relations with Adele Fayes, was enabled through her solicitations, and under the assumed name of Penze de Valence, to obtain the situation of principal in the college of Armentiere, tp which place he was followed by Adele Fayes, who passed there as his wife. She soon quitted him, however, and having returned to Paris, was, after several adventures, as our readers may remember, tried some time ago by the court of assizes for robbing Emin Pacha, the Turkish diplomatist, into whose service she had entered as house- r, of some diamonds, and was sentenced to an im- imprisonment of three years. The evidence on the trial having revealed the fraud of which Peure had been guilty as to his change of name, he resigned his func- tions at Armentieres, and again returned to Paris Shortly afterwards he saw by chance in a shop, ir the rue de l'Odeon, a girl scarcely sixteen years old, named Blondeau, and succeeded in having a letter de- livered to her, in which he proposed to her to leave her home and live with him in the assumed character of his sister at the school which he was then conducting, until he could give her the title of wife. This letter was im- mediately given by the girl to her mother, who replied to it in very severe terms. He then solicited the parents to allow him to pay his addresses regularly to the daughter, and by a romantic tale, in which he described himself as the son of parents who were not known to him, but who had allowed him, for many years, a pension of 2,000f. amonth, for the support of himself and his tutor, up to the revolu- tion of 1830, when it suddenly ceased ; he succeeded in deceiving the father and mother, and in obtaining their consent to his marriage with the daughter, which took place in September, 1840, Peure still using the false name of Penze de Valence. Soon after his marriage, Peure having denied to his wife almost the means of purchasing food, she observed that it was the duty of the husband to provide for the wife, when, thrown off his guard, he ex- claimed, " Wife, wife! we shall see that by and by." This expression being repeated by the daughter to her family, suspicion was roused, and the discovery of bis marriage with Madlle. Cockburn was at length made. He was consequently arrested, and brought to trial on a charge of bigamy and fraud, in assuming a false name in his last act of marriage. For his defence the prisoner invented a fable, in which he declared that his real name was Penze de Valence, but that he had become ac- qua lit d with Peure, whom he had the misfortune to re- semble in person. This Peure, he said, wished to go to Russia, but his family having opposed his wish, it was agreed between them that he should go secretly, and that the prisoner should remain at home to personate him ; and in order the better to deceive the family, said the prisoner, he had learned to imitate the handwriting of Peure, so as to be able to correspond with them in his name. This fable did not find credit with the jury, and the prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to twenty years of hard labour at the bagne, a fine of a hundred franks, and exposure in the pillory. The state of the poor in this city, we regret to state, is more gloomy than ever. What with short work and the increasing price of bread, we hardly know how some of our operatives keep " life and soul" together. — Worcestershire Chronicle. If the prospect last week was gloom}', it is much more so now, " rain, rain, rain" being still the order of the day, and there does not appear much proba- bility of a favourable change being near at hand. It is impossible to tell the amount of injury which may ensue if the rain continues much longer, but at pre- sent much grain must be laid which we fear will never recover.— Worcester Chronicle. We deeply regret to learn, from several corres- pondents, that the wheat, barley, and oats, have been very much injured by the high wind and rain this last week; the wheat in several fields has grown from the ear, and, if this inclement weather continues another week, the consequences will be very serious. Reaping has commenced in the neighbourhood of Peckhain, and will become generalthere next week. — Maidstone Journal. Since our last,' no progress has been made in the harvest in this neighbourhood, for we have scarcely had a day without rain, and on Tuesday night we had a heavy rain, accompanied with a strong wind from the south- east, which has still increased seambling the wheat; and though we hear the actual damage to the crops is not increased, still a week is gone with- out any improvement or any progress in ripening, and the wheat harvest must now be very late. The bar- ley and oats were very strong and good, but are now laid fiat in many situations, and the seeds getting through them fast. The peas were very good, and some pieces have been cut some time; the continued rains have injured them considerably.— Brighton Gazette. YORKSHIRE DISTRICT BANK.— The yearly meet- ing of the shareholders in this bank was held on Fri- day week, at their establishment in Leeds, when the report of the directors was presented, and a resolution was proposed and passed, declaring a dividend of five per cent, for the year. An arrangement has been made that the Yorkshire District Bank shall discon- tinue the issue of its own notes at the Leeds establish- ment, and in future issue the notes of the Bank of England. FATHER MATHEW.— At Seagoe ( North of Ire laffd), Father Mathew administered the pledge in the open air. The fields, for a great distance around, were covered with a dense mass of persons all eager for the medal. Father Mathew remarked, that, as far his own experience of crowds went, he could not cal- culate those before him at under 40,000. DISAPPEARANCE OF A STUDENT OP IIOMERTON COLLEGE.— On Wednesday, information was received at all the metropolitan police stations, of the myste- rious disappearance of Mr. Thomas Hinds, a student at Homerton College. It appears thatthe gentleman in question, who is about 23 years of age, left Graves- end for London on the morning of Saturday last, where he arrived in safety, having called at the Col- lege about six o'clock the same evening; since which time he had not been seen or heard of. He is dis- cribed as being about five feet eight inches in height, with a full face, and hair light and curly; no whiskers, light blue eyes and in person full bodied. Was dress- ed in a suit of black clothes, a satin stock with long ends, fastened with a Peruvian diamond pin ; linen marked " T. Hinds." Had in his waistcoat pocket a gold chronometer watch, made by Frodesham, & c., London, with the initials " T. H." on the cases, worn with a gold guard chain. In his pocket he had also £ 5. and a Russia- leather pocket- book containing memorandums. A BOY MISSING.— We understand that the village of Greasbro' has been for some time under consider- able excitement, in consequence of the sudden dis- appearance of a little boy, of about eight years of age. He is the illegitimate son of a woman in the village, and a boy of great intelligence for his age. The mother's statement is, that the last time she saw him was on a day on which she sent him to gather some sticks, and that he left home for that purpose and never returned. It is now upwards of nine weeks since his disappearance, and although a gentleman in the neighbourhood has for some weeks exerted him- self to discover what has become of the poor boy, yet he cannot obtain the faintest trace, or one to enable him to enravel the mystery. REVIEW IN WINDSOR PARK BY PRINCE ALBERT. — On Thursday morning, at the early hour of eight o'clock, the 72nd Highlanders were reviewed in the Home Park by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The regiment marched from the barracks in review order, and shortly after their arrival in the Park the Prince made his appearance, attended by a brilliant staff and several of the members of the royal household. His Royal Highness was received with a general salute, after which the regiment broke into open columns, and marched past in quick and slow time. On their return to their original ground, the column spread out from the rear, formed a square, and the grenadiers prepared to receive cavalry, and fired. After several other movements, the battalion threw out skirmishers, and the different manreuvres of a sham battle were performed; after which, the regiment advanced in parade order, and ultimately formed into close column as they had arrived on the ground. By command of his Royal Highness, Colonel Arbuthnot appeared in front of the regiment, and the Prince then expressed his favourable opinion , of the soldier- like appearance of the men, and the accuracy with which they had performed the different movements. The review having terminated, the Prince and his attendants returned to the Castle, and the regiment marched back to the barracks in the order in which they had left. It was understood that this review was held preparatory to another of the same regiment, which it is expected will take place in a few days, when they will be presented with new colours by the Duke of Wellington. In conse- quence of the earliness of the hour her Majesty was not present, but witnessed the proceedings from one of the windows of the Victoria Tower. THE CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS AT MANCHESTER.— A correspondent at Nailsworth, in Gloucestershire, his fa- voured us with a specimen of the sort of information which we may annticipate as the result of the conference. " In the winter of 1829 and 1830," he says, " the suf- ferings of the poor in this neighbourhood were so severe, and the parish aid so very inadequate to their relief, that it was resolved, at a meeting of a few individuals, to ascertain the actual state of the cottagers. A scattered population, in about 1200 houses, were divided into dis- tricts, and their circumstances carefully investigated. In prosecuting my share of the labour, I visited one hun- dred and twenty- one houses; the inhabitants averaged nearly five individuals to each house, and the earnings of the inmates for the previous three months were ascer- tained, I believe, very correctly. You will be shocked to hear that the average income was ljd. per day for each member of a family. In all the other districts the results of the inquiries were very nearly the same.— Wretched as was the condition on that occasion of our poor neighbours ( great numbers of them fellow- members of Christian communities,) the case now is, I believe, much worse, both here and elsevhere." It is not difficult FATAL ACCIDENT.— On Tuesday evening, an un- fortunate man, named Charles Field, in the employ of Mr. G. O. Brown, timber merchant, in this town, was accidently killed at Woodseats, by falling under the wheels of some euts laden with timber, which he was in charge of. It is supposed that the poor fellow was in the act of getting on the shafts, when the fatal acci- dent occurred. At the inquest on the body of the de- ceased, the jury found a verdict of " A ccidental death." It is too much the practice of waggoners riding on shafts. The habit cannot be too highly condemned ; it is dangerous to the parties themselves, and also to individuals who may happen to be travelling on the the same road. ACCIDENT TO THE HIGH SHERIFF OF - DERBY- SHIRE.— On Monday week, as the High Sheriff, J. B. Bowden, Esq., accompanied by Miss Bowden and a servant, was proceeding through Whitwell in a car- riage, the horse suddenly started at a rapid pace, and it was soon evident that to allay his speed was impos- sible. On passing the toll- gate, the wheels came in contact with the post, and Mr. Bowden, Miss Bow- den, and theservant were all precipitated to the ground, but we are glad to hear that none of them were much hurt. NOTTINGHAM BANK.— The annual meeting of this, Company was held on Monday last, when a dividend . of 8 per cent, upon the paid- up capital was declared.— Nottingham Mercury. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.— The gross amount for the conveyance of passengers, parcels, carriages,, and horses for the week ending 7th August, 1841, is .£ 3708. 18s. 6d.; for merchandize for the same time, •£ 1882.14s. 9d.; total, £ 4891. 13s. 3d. STATIONS OF THE WESLEYAN METHODIST PREACH- ERS.— The subjoined are some of the stations agreed upon at the late Conference:- - SHEFFIELD DISTRICT.— Sheffield, West, ( Carver street, & c.) Samuel Jackson, Benjamin Clough, Joseph Roberts, 2nd John Burton, John M'Lean, who is to act for this year as Governor and Chaplain of the Wesleyan Proprietary School; J. Walmesley, Thomas Hayes, su- pernumeraries.— Sheffield, East, ( Norfolk street, & e.) Alexander Bell, William Hurst, John Strawe, William Illingsworth.— Chesterfield, William Crooks, John New- ton.— Bakewell, Michael Cousin, Joseph Akrill.— Brad- well, John Felvus, James Emory.— Rotherham, Thomas Edwards, 1st John Watson, Henry Richardson.— Doncas- ter, John Sedgwick, William Clough, Hugh Jones.— Barnsley, John Bolam, Wm. H. Taylor.— Retford, Thos. Garbutt, sen. J. Smithson, Martin Jubb.— Worksop, J. Jackson, who shall change on one Sabbath in every six weeks with the preachers at Retford.— Samuel Jackson, Chairman of the district; William Hurt, financial secretary. NOTTINGHAM AND DERBY DISTRICT.— Nottingham, George Marsden, Thomas Eastwood, Thomas Walker, 2nd William Wilson, 3rd Thomas Nightingale, Daniel S. Tathan, Supernumerary.— Ilkestone, Thomas Skelton, Benjamin Gregory, jun. Zechariah Taft, supernumerary. — Mansfield, James Catts, Thomas Kilner.— Newark, Samuel Broadbent, John Burgess, William Bond ; John Hickling, John Simpson, supernumeraries.— Melton Mow- bray, William Dalby, Thomas Brumwell; Thomas Lud- lam, supernumerary.— Oakham, John W. Thomas, Geo. Russell. Stamford, Benjamin Gartside, S. Walker.— Peterborough, George Burley, Aaron Langley, Philip Fowler; Thomas Harrison, supernumerary.— Lough- borough, Richard Heape, Charles Nightingale.— Castle Donnington, Samuel Fiddiam, John G. Cox.— Derby, John Greaves, Ralph R. Keeling, Thomas Short; Rd. Wintle, Walter Hussey, supernumeraries.— Ashbourne, W. B. Thorneloe, who will change once in every three weeks with the preachers at Derby.-- Belper, Josiah Goodwin, William Fiddler, Samuel Brocksop, Henry Kirkland ; Benjamin Gregory, sen. supernumerary.- - Ashby- de- la- Zouch, Thomas Staton, Frederick Sleight.— Burton and Lichfield, Joseph Pretty, John M. J oil. — Cromford, Mark Dawes, Jearse.— George Marsden, chair- man of the district; John Greaves, financial secretary. have produced apiece of the Devonshire peasant's bread.] to foresees to what conclusion facts like these, aggravated Thursday, at two o'clock P. M., Sir | by the state of the corn market, and of the weather, will ' force the Conference.— Patriot. Of the Conference at Manchester, the Chronicle says, " One great good which we anticipate from this meeting is the mass of observation on the moral influences of the Corn Laws, which will be accumulated from those who have peculiar advantages for observing. Zealous minis- ters of religion see much more of this matter than great landowners and millowners. They have facilities for observing the physical pressure on the industrious, and the moral alienations to which that pressure impels. They can trace the agency of the system from the enhanced rents of the duke to the enforced crimes of the destitute. They can note how the prohibitory duty is levied on kindly feelings and moral culture. It has been seen before " how wretches hang that jurymen may dine;" but they have not seen how wretches are made that mortgages may not be foreclosed. The slave- trade received its death blow by the exposition of the horrors of the middle passage. Let those who are qualified explain in detail to the world the foul and fearful scenes enacted in the slave- ship of mono- poly, by those who, if they do not traffic in man, yet ex- tort their gains from the daily bread by which heaven wills that man should live," THAMES TUNNEL. Isambard Brunei passed through the tunnel, and ascended into the shaft on the Middlesex side of the river. The small portion of the distance, about twenty- five feet, now incomplete, is connected with the shaft on the Middle- sex side of the river, by a drift way, through which, at the end of the tunnel, Sir Isambard passed. About an hour afterwards, Mr. Hawes, M. P., and Mr. Hutton, late M. P. for Dublin, accompanied by Mr. Mason, one of the assistant engineers, also walked from Rotherhithe through the tunnel and the driftway to Wapping. Mr. Page, the acting engineer, was in the shaft, and, with the men, received Sir Isambard with loud cheers, who shortly addressed the men, thanking them for their courage and perseverance. Thus the great problem of the practica- bility of forming a roadway under the Thames, without interrupting the navigation, is practically solved. In a few months, it is expected that one of the archways will be open for foot passengers. The consumption of sheep in the Welsh iron- works is less by 2,000 per week than it was twelve months ago, owing to the resolution of the men not to give more than 4Jd. per lb. MARRIAGES. On Thursdav. the 12th instant, at Norton, Derby- shire, by the Rev, Francis Wilson, M. A., incumbent of Armitage, near Lichfield, Charles Chadwick, M. D., of Leeds, to Lucy Helen, younger daughter of John New- bould, Esq., of Sharrow Head, near this place. On Thursday, the 12th instant, at All Saint's, Derby, by the Rev. Henry Middleton, incumbent, of Derby, Mr. John Middleton, of this place, merchant, to Mary, second daughter of John Gamble, Esq., of Derby. At the Parish Church, on Wednesday, the 11th instant, Mr. Horace Fuller, of Manchester, merchant, to Martha Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Anthony Bran- son, of Sheffield. On Thursday, Mr. John Thos. Cooper, of this place, commercial traveller, to Helen, eldest daughter of Mr. Mark Oates, of Attercliffe, crucible manufacturer.... Mr. John Birley, of Whardlaw, Derbyshire, farmer, to Miss Sarah Clayton, of this place.... Mr. George Barnard, mer- chant's clerk, to Miss Mary Ann Curr. On Wednesday, Mr. William Furniss, cutler, to Miss Sarah Hutchinson. On Tuesday, Mr. William Murfitt, cooper, to Mrs. Mary A nn Woodruff Mr. John Garlick, printer, to Miss Mary Ann Naylor.... Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, cutler, to Miss Emma Slack. On Monday, Mr. George Hollingworth, razorsmith, to Miss Emma Gillott Mr. John White, scissorsmith, to Miss Martha Marsden.... Mr. Joseph Dearden, filesmith, to Miss Elizabeth Warbleton. On Sunday, Mr. Thomas Archer, cutler, to Miss Han- nah Derwent.... Mr. Wm. Rodgers, cutler, to Miss Ann Wilkinson.... Mr. David Pinder, slater, to Miss Charlotte Hibberson.... Mr. Wm. Ashmore, cutler, to Miss Martha Robson Jackson. On Sunday last, at Upper Chapel, by the Rev. B. T. Stannus, Mr. George Hindley, tailor, to Miss Hannah Drake. On Saturday, Mr. William Armstrong, of Bolsover, farmer, to Miss Charlotte Cox, of this place. On Tuesday, at Rotherham, Mr. William CauldwelV grinder, to Miss Ann Swallow. On Monday, at Rotherham, Mr. Michael Holmes, miner, to Miss Mary Theodosia Pearson.... Mr. John Walton, cutler, to Miss Sarah Rodgers. On Sunday last, at Chesterfield, Mr. J. Rice, excise of- ficer, Conisbro', to Miss Leonora Woodhead Rice, of Hasland, near the former place, " deaths! ~~ At Montreal, on the 29th of June last, Robert Henry Liston, Esq., Manager of the Bank of British America there, and formerly Manager of the Northern and Central Bank of England in this town. On the 9th inst., much respected, Mr. Joseph Senior, gentleman, Hanover square, in his 76th year. At Philadelphia, United States, on the 26th June last, after a lingering illness, deeply regretted by a large circle of friends, Mr. John Brown, formerly of Sheffield, and brother to the Messrs, Brown, slate merchants, of this town. On Saturday last, in the 17th year of his age, William Martin Toyne, eldest son of Mr. Thomas Toyne, Arundel street. On the 12th instant, of consumption, in her 20th year, Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Wm. Hancock, optician, Waingate. On Tuesday last, at Rotherbam, of consumption, in the 32nd year of her age, Elizabeth, wife of John Wright Potter, Esq., solicitor. On Sunday, Lydia, the wife of Mr. Jenkinson, gent,,, off Wellgate, Rotherbam, aged 60 years. On Wednesday last, aged 46, Mr. Charles Schofield, of the Red Lion, Misson, and formerly of Ouke street, Park, Sheffield. The deceased, on his return from Don- caster fair, on Thursday week, fell from his horse near Rossington Bridge, from the effects of which he never re- covered, nor ever spoke afterwards. On Monday last, at East Retford, Mr. Richard Hodg- kinson, draper, formerly of Worksop, in the 68th year o£ his age. Lately, at Walton, near Chesterfield, Mrs, E. Hob- house, aged 83. A few days ago, at Matlock, Mr. Joseph Higgs, for- merly a respectable butcher, aged 78. He had attended Chesterfield market nearly 50 years. On Sunday morning last, at Tupton, near Chesterfield, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Thomas Hoult, blacksmith, On Thursday week, at his bouse, York, W. Cooper, Esq., in the 80th year of his age. On Friday week, in the 40th year of her age, Eliza- beth, wife of Mr. Jno. Earnshaw, flour dealer, St. Sepul- chre gate, in Doncaster. On Sunday week, at Newcastle upon Tyne, at an ad- vanced age, Mr. Bowe, father of the late Mr. James Bowe, of the Turf Tavern, in Doncaster. In June, at La Gnayra, South America, of consump- tion, after a lingering illness, in his 29th year, Mr. Henry Warren, third son of the Rev. Dr. Warren, Incumbent of All Souls, Manchester. i 6 SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. AUGUST 14, 1841. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OR THE INDEPENDENT. My DEAR SIR,— Having this hour read your interest- ing account of John Critchley Prince and his poetry, ( and they are both perfectly new to me,) I beg to trouble you with the care of the enclosed sovereign, to convey to him towards enabling him to prepare his proposed new edition of poetry. The account you give of his correct moral conduct and industrious habits quite satisfy me that the money will be usefully employed. X am, dear Sir, truly and respectfully yours, ' GEORGE BENNET. Hackney, Monday, 9th August, 1841. TO THE EDITOR OF THE INDEPENDENT. SIR,— Looking over some old papers, the other day, I was much pleased to find the speech of Lord Morpeth, at the nomination at Wakefield, in 1833, and thinking they . would be found acceptable, I would, if you thought well to give a few lines a place in your widely circulated pa- per, lay before the friends of our highly respected and deeply to be regretted rejected candidate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, to let them see that he still adheres to what he did then— to do the best in his power for the people's good. He said then- Gentlemen,— I am not what is called a Radical, as I believe several honest and well- intentioned men among you are i but I am ready frankly to look abuses in the face, to abolish them when they are proved to be such, to maintain no privilege merely because it is sanctioned by time, to keep up no monopoly because it benefits one class to the injury of others, to adopt such improvements as the increased wants, altered circumstances, and advancing intelligence of the age may indicate. I have a thorough dislike to the Corn Laws, and, when representing an agricultural population, I have always voted for every proposition which had a tendency to promote the importation of corn. Whatever has been done for the people, is little in comparison to what can be done for them. Sir, I can subscribe myself nothing else than ONE WHO THINKS THIP CORN LAWS THE GREATEST CURSE THAT EVER BEFEL EVEN THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE INDEPENDENT. SIR,— The writer has been surprised that, notwith- standing the great ignorance that notoriously prevails amongst the electors in the rural districts on the subject of the Corn Law abolition and the principles of free trade; and notwithstanding the evil effects of that igno- rance, as manifested by the result of the late election for the West- Riding, there are yet few or no adequate means taken to remove the evil. The advocates of free trade, who never need be ashamed of their principles, nor afraid of submitting them to public examination and scrutiny, should take care that their views are made generally known. Why should not organised societies be formed ill large towns, such as Sheffield, whose special object would be to promote the general diffusion of knowledge on all subjects which bear on the important principles of free trade, especially on the Corn Laws ? What subject, at this time, has a more intimate bearing on the welfare of our towns and of our country ? And if such societies exist already in the principal towns, should they not take care that information is also diffused in the neighbouring villages ? Why, for instance, in so populous and impor- tant a district as Ecclesfield and its neighbourhood, should there not be some means of enlightening the public mind, and enlisting attention to, and discussion of these great questions ? Surely the services of some one of the able and stirring lecturers who are now labouring in defence of free trade,— such as Buckingham, or Thompson, or Acland, and the diffusion of pamphlets and tracts amoug the population, would not be in vain. They would be of use to the electors themselves, and of great service to non- electors, whose voice and influence, after all, tell mighti- ly at elections. Many voters are under the influence of those who have no vote, but who should not on that ac- count be overlooked. The present state of party politics, the condition of our country, and our commercial prospects, suggest to us to string every nerve, to make every effort, to employ every honourable agency that the principles of free trade and unrestricted commerce, which are the hope of the nation, and upon which its future prosperity depends, maybe upheld and defended; and that their principles may he carried into practical application by Government measures, they must be known and cherished by the great body of the people. It therefore behoves their friends to agitate! agitate! agitate! Ecclesfield, July 14tli, 1811. F. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENCE OF THE CORN LAWS; OR, " ADVICE GRATIS" TO A PHYSICIAN. TO G. C. HOLLAND, ESQ,, M. D. LETTER 1. You are no longer " alone in your glory ;" a rival in the path to fame, which you have marked out to your- self, has been found by the Duke of Buckingham, in the person of a Doctor Sleigh. If you would now, there- fore, maintain your pre- eminence, you must do something worthy of your genius and your cause. One path, as yet untrodden, is still open to you, which ought to have been taken at the first, instead of losing two years of valuable time in the advocacy of the Corn Laws, on the low ground of expediency, which, after all your pains- taking to convince by accounts of exports and imports, and prices at different periods, fail in the opinion of a majority of your readers and hearers, to lead to the conclusions you are in the liabit of drawing from them. Take, therefore, the high, dignified, and indisputable ground, supported by law and history of proving— That by the British constitution, from the earliest times, all legislative authority has been strictly limited to the monarch and the great landowners, and that the people have had nothing, and have now nothing, to do with the laws but to obey them ; and from this, it will follow as a corollary, that the great landowners, with the assent of the monarch, may make any laws they think will be for their own advantage ; and history will shew that they liave, in fact, done so. It is not unlikely, considering the importance of the subject, that one or more professorships of Corn Laws may be set up; in which case, who can be so deserving as yourself of the dignity of " Regius Professor of Corn Laws ?" We will suppose you already in the Profes- sor's chair, and that in a first course of lectures, you deem it advisable to introduce no debatable matter; but to adhere closely to law, history, and the constitution, by which mode of procedure the present, past, and future Corn Laws may be supported without having re- course to any paltry troublesome statistical details. It is of little consequence whether you begin with the Saxons, or at the Norman Conquest; in the former case, you may show that the Witena- gemot, or council of wise men, was composed of great landowners; but the latter has some advantages, and brings you more imme- diately to the formation of the constitution, which you will have to consider. But, first of all, as there are some modern prejudices against what is called the " right of Conquest," which many now think might be more pro- perly called the " wrong of Conquest," ( having a notion, no doubt, that it is murder and robbery on a national scale,) it would be better not to attempt the removal of these prejudices, hut to fortify yourself well behind ancient authorities,- which justify the former reading, which will hive the advantage of affording a favourable opportunity for the display of your learning, by no means to be neglected in a professor. Thus Seneca saith, ( you will, of course, give the original, and translate;) Seneca saith, " it is the glory of military men to enrich one with the enemy's spoil;" and Zenoplion " the ene- my's city being taken, the goods and money shall be the conquerors;" and Plato, " ' Jhe conquerors get all the conquered had;" Eschines, " If, in war made against us, you have taken the city by the law of war, you pos- sess it rightly." Grotius alone will supply you with a good score of such examples; and as to conquered people, he saith, " Nor are they servants only themselves, but also all their posterity for ever,— to wit, they that are born of a mother after servitude." Now, the effects of this right are infinite; so that, as Seneca, the father saith, " There is nothing which is not lawful to a master over liis servant ( obtained by conquest;) no suffering, which may not be freely imposed on him ; no work which may not every way be commanded and extorted from him ; so that, even the cruelty of masters to servile persons goes unpunished Such rights and powers as these were originally pos- sessed by the Conqueror and great vassals of the crown, We shall see how much of them have been abrogated, and what yet remain. The large estates he gave to his generals and officers at the first were held during plea- sure, but they soon obtained grants of them for life, Not satisfied with this, they prevailed to have them con- verted into hereditary possessions, and after this again to be made inalienable, with the addition of titles of honour, and offices of power and trust; and these, like fiefs, be- came transmitted from father to son by hereditary succes- sion. They even obtained, in some cases, power of su- preme jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, within their own territories ; they built castles and places of strength. fire and sword, qualifying themselves, by these exercises, for the transmission of those wondrous virtues to the latest posterity, of which you scarcely find the English language sufficiently copious for the bare enumeration, and such as have never entered into the hearts of such men as Mr. Marshall to conceive. The common people were, for the most part, in a state of the lowest degradation and servitude. Even those dignified by the name of freemen were plundered without mercy by the great, and left without redress; the serfs, without property or the means of acquiring it, depending solely on the will of their lord, were required to obey him in everything. It would be interesting to trace, step by step, the progress of persons from such a state to the amount of personal liberty enjoyed by their descendents at present, but one remark must suffice— that whether they received charters of incorporation from the king, or were manumitted, and admitted to privileges by the great barons, they were equally, and in both cases, required to perform services for the privileges thus granted, which the granters re- ceived as an equivalent for them ; the king finding his advantage in having the towns in his interest to support him against the encroachments of the barons, and the barons finding there could be more obtained from men who had to render certain specified services or rents, than from the same men when they had no other interest than to eat as much as they could get, and do as little as they could help. The principal difference in the condition of the com- mon people appears now to consist in this, that whereas formerly, the lords of the soil claimed the whole services of certain serfs attached to their own estates ; they now only, in common with all landowners, whether the lands be held in Great Britain, Ireland, or the West Indies, have a common interest in the labour of all other classes. We cannot conceal from ourselves, that the real question at issue is, whether, in addition to the land, they are not also the owners of our bodies ? To say that we are free, will not make us so. You and I are not at liberty to de- cline paying a MOUTH- RENT to the landowners for every morsel of bread, or sugar, or coffee, we eat, which is not the less a mouth- rent because, to make it go down better with us, they call it " protection." From the Conquest to John, it is quite plain the business of legislation was confined to the king and the great landowners. Since that time, it is even more clear, for we find in " Magna Charta," 17 John, A. D. 1215, the king promises to sum- mon all " archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, and the greater barons personally, and all the other tenants of the crown, in chief, by the sheriffs and bailiffs, to assess, aid, & c.;" and this constitution continued from at least 1266, ( 49 Henry III.,) there being writs extant of that date. Such was the commencement of our constitution. It is impossible, in two or three letters, to examine it during each reign. We will go at once to the time when the present Corn Law was passed. The Lords sat in the Upper House in right oftheir peerage. They consisted of the Archbishops and Bishops. " All these," says Blackstone, " hold, or are supposed to hold, certain ancient baronies under the King." They sit, therefore, as landowners ; and there surely will be no question about the temporal lords being landowners.— Then, of the Commons, Blackstone says, " Every man who is supposed a free agent ought to be in some mea- sure his own governor, and therefore a branch, at least, of the legislative power, should reside in the whole body of the people." This is the theory of a House of Commons. Now look at the practice. " Knights of the shire ( county members) are," says Blackstone, " elected by the pro- prietors of land, and are required themselves to be land- owners, their qualification ( to which they are to be sworn) being a clear estate of freehold or copyhold, to the value of £ 600 per annum." And every burgess, or member for a city or borough, must have " a clear estate to the value of £ 300 per annum." Thus we see the whole House con- sists of landowners; and the utmost liberty of choice possessed by any city or borough, even of those the most free to choose, was to say what landowner should be called their representative"; and very few of them had even this choice, for it is notorious that certain of the Peers pos- sessed the power of nominating one, two, three, four, and even five members, to sit in the Lower House ; seats in it were commonly sold ; and votes of members were bartered with the minister for places, offices, and pensions, of which no person has ventured to guess the utility, further than that they were to put money into the pockets of the holders. Seats, therefore, in the House of Commons, came to be looked upon as part of the private property of such peers as possessed nomination boroughs ; and when it was proposed to do away with them, one of the Dukes exclaimed, in astonishment, and in language which has been repeated a thousand times, " MayT not do what 1 will with my own?" Others talked about " compensa- tion," acknowledging thereby that they made money by them. Another observation will bring us to the present time, when it was objected against the finality of the Reform Bill, that it gave the preponderance to the landed interest. Lord John Russell said it was intended to do so. That it answers that intention, the divisions since it passed prove, by the successful resistance of all attempts to allow the people to buy corn to eat, with the money their own hands have earned, where they can buy it cheapest. To whatever period we look, from the Conquest to the present day, there will not be found a single day in which the landowners could not carry any measure they believed to be for their own interest; and, on the other hand, there will not be found a single day in which the trading and manufacturing interests could carry any measure the land- owners opposed. It is by thus upholding the power and dignity of your clients, yon will best consult your own in- terest. BOLUS. the discovery of a mine of natural steel, would be auxili- aries of immense value. We could draw to our factories the best workmen of Europe, attracted less by the temp- tation of wages, than by the desire to leave liberty and land as the inheritance of their children. But it would take a long time to build up a manufacturing interest adequate to supply the wants of the north- west, or to con- sume the produce of those wide fields; and the burden of taxation for internal improvements, uncompleted and unproductive, would be very heavy and hard to bear, and all the population that is concentrated upon manufac- tures is so much kept back from the occupation of that noble domain; and the national treasury would feel the effects of the curtailment of imports and the cessation of land sales; and the amount of misery which the loss of the American market would occasion to the starving operatives and factory children on the other side of the Atlantic, is worthy to be taken into the account by every statesman who has not forgotten he is a man. " On the other hand, let it be supposed for a moment, that the landholders of England would be satisfied with a fixed and moderate duty, in addition to the protection afforded by the cost of freight and importation, now amounting to thirty per cent, of the net proceeds,— there would then be a constant market for wheat in England, to which the uncommonly uniform climate of the north- west would furnish a constant and full supply ; and the whole returns would be required in British manufactured goods, generally of the description that yield the greatest profit. Immediately orders would go from this country to set every wheel, and spindle, and hammer in motion. Immediately these states would be willing to tax them- selves for the interest of the public debt, because they would see how taxes could be paid. Immediately the state stocks would rise, because the interest would be secured, with a certainty that the public works would be completed and rendered productive. The manufacturing industry of England, and the agricultural industry of the north- west, would be stimulated to the highest produc- tiveness by the best of all encouragements, the hope of a fair reward. The great cotton staple, too, would feel the benefit of a new and healthy impulse given to trade. The public works would he finished, and the lines of commu- nication now open would be thronged with freight. New York would abolish her duty on salt, for the sake of se- curing to her own enlarged canal the transportation of the produce from the Ohio, the Maumee, the Wabash, the Illinois, and the Wiskonsan canals, now strongly tend- ing in that direction. " The demand for the public lands would pour a steady stream into the national treasury on the one hand, to be met by a deeper current from the imports on the other, furnishing an adequate revenue for the completion of our harbour works and national defences. The exports, no longer confined to a single staple, and drawn from the most productive of all branches of labour— the cultivation of a rich soil that costs next to nothing— would keep foreign exchanges in a healthy state; new ties of mutual advantage, and new inducements to mutual justice, for- bearance, and peace, would arise between two nations of common origin, from whose influence the world has so much to hope for; our own manufactures would be left, under their present protection, to a healthy and natural growth with the growth of the country ; and our nation would be saved from another tariff controversy, to occupy and embitter the debates of another political generation. " Are not these objects worthy the consideration of American statesmen ?" THE INSANE IN IRELAND. [ From Mr. and Mrs, Hall's Ireland.] and on the slightest provocation, often without any provo- ENGLISH MANUFACTURES AND AMERICAN FLOUR. Mr. Joshua Leavitt, of Washington, has laid be- fore the Senate a most important document. He shows the grain- producing capacity of tha north- western states— shows how an increased exportation of bread stuffs would advantage the commerce of the States— how it is crippled by the English Corn Laws, which not only injure the United States, but destroy British manufactures. Thus truly does the American citizen depict the condition of the English people ;— " The tendency of this system to general impoverish- ment, and to the increase of misery and discontent among the poorer classes, is already awakening intense observa- tion in Great Britain. The manufactories stop work, because orders do not come from America; and the orders are not sent, because that with which payment might be made to a large amount will not be received on any just and reasonable terms. The goods are wanted here, and our free industry is abundantly able to produce the means of payment; but the great staple of the north- west is under an interdict. The operatives are thrown out of employment, and reduced to the lowest means of subsistence, and unable to consume a full measure of the products of agriculture, and thousands are made paupers, and become an absolute charge upon the land. The con- sumption of agricultural products is diminished ; the agri- cultural labourers share the common distress, and agri- culture itself, the very object sought to be benefitted by this unnatural arrangement, is oppressed by its own pro- tection. It is demonstrable that a well- employed, well- paid, well- fed, prosperous community of operatives, would consume and pay for more agricultural products, in addi- tion to the wheat they might import from America, than a depressed and starving community would without the wheat. The best authorities agree that a very large propor- tion of the misery which we hear of among the factory children is the result of the Corn Laws; first diminishing the employment and the wages of the parent, and then raising the price of his provisions, until sheer want drives him to sacrifice his children for bread! Thus, while we are wanting goods, ( not, indeed, the necessaries of life, but the comforts of civilized and refined life,) our national revenue falling short, and our granaries bursting with abundance, England's mills are standing still, and her poor perishing with hunger. Surely, the common instincts of our nature, the enlightened and philosophic benevolence which regards human happiness as the great object of human society and government, require a faith- ful examination of this system by all nations." But if our Cora Laws are to be maintained,— " Should it, indeed, come to be settled that there is to be no foreign market for these products, the fine country under contemplation is not, therefore, to be despaired of. Let the necessity once become apparent, and there will be but one mind among the people of the north- west. The same patriotism which carried our fathers through the self- denying non- importation agreements of the revo- lution, will produce a fixed determination to build up a home market at every sacrifice. And it can be done. What has been done already ia the way of manufactures, shows that it can be done. The recent application of the ORIGIN OF THE CORN LAWS. The first protective Corn Law was passed in 1463 ( 3 Edw. IV., e. 2,) when wheat was not allowed to be im- ported unless the price exceeded 6s. 8d. per quarter, equal in pure silver to 12s. 10| d. present money; but up to 1623, with some exceptions to the contrary, the chief ob- ject of the Legislature was to keep down prices by pre- venting the exportation of wheat. In 1C23, the importa- tion price was fixed at 32s. per quarter. At the Revolu- tion of 1688, William III., to strengthen himself on the throne by conciliating the landed interest, abolished the duties on the exportation of British wheat, and law to allow a bounty on its exportation of 5s. per qr. This policy appears during the last century to have de- feated itself ( passing over some unfavourable seasons) by stimulating tillage, and forcing such quantities of British corn upon the market, that prices fell sufficiently low to allow of a large exportation of wheat to other nations. The duties imposed upon the importation of foreign corn, and the bounties paid upon the exportation of Bri- tish, although from 1697 to 1773, the sum paid in bounties amounted to £ 6,237,176, failed in their intended effect of sustaining prices. And with a thin population on a fertile soil, Corn Laws will always defeat their object in this manner, and the public consumer will have little to fear from high prices, although compelled to purchase exclu- sively of the home landlord. The case, however, becomes very different when popu- lation begins to outstrip the capabilities of the soil, and this would seem to have been the fact, as far at least as wheat growing is concerned, from the commencement of the present century. The population of England and Wales, including the army and navv, was — In 1700" 5,134,516 1750 6,039,684 1770 7,227,586 1800 9,187,776 1831 14,174,204 The first impression produced by this reference to po- pulation returns is, that there being now double the num- ber of persons requiring food that there were in 1770, we ought to have gradually relaxed our system for the exclu- sion of foreign grain, although we might not be prepared to throw our ports entirely open. We appear, however, to have acted on the opposite rule. Foreign wheat been admitted free, or at a nominalduty of 6d. or Is. per quarter in different years, as follows :— Free Importation Prices of Wheat. 1773, .. when the price was .. 48s. per quarter. 1790, ditto 54s, ditto 1804, ditto 66s. ditto 1815 ditto 80s. ditto 1822, ditto 80s. ditto 1828, ditto 73s. ditto Opening our ports in seasons of scarcity is a palliation, but never an efficient remedy for the distress occasioned by the high price of food. It enables us, indeed, to re- ceive the surplus stocks of other nations, when surplus stocks exist; but as no one willingly grows more corn than he is likely to sell, and as farmers on the continent cannot foretell the year when they would be at liberty to dispose of their corn in the English market, no foreign corn is grown expressly for our use, and the surplus fo- reign stocks are often the most inconsiderable at the time of our greatest need. Thus, in 1816, when the deficiency of the harvest was, at the lowest, 3,000,000 of quarters, and the price reached, before the close of the year, 103s. per quarter, the quantity imported amounted to but 225,263 quarters. What has been the general result, comparing the past with the present ? We find that, during the first thirty- eight years of the last century, the average price in Eng- land of the best wheat was 37s. per quarter of the measure now used; since then, all manufactured commodities, with but few exceptions, have been cheapened, but food has risen in price. The average price of wheat for each year during the same period of the present century will be seen by the following statement :— One might imagine that the Irish, like the Turks, be- lieve insanity to be inspiration, judging from the tender- ness and care they evince towards the poor wandering idiots, who rarely provoke a harsh word or an unkind ex- pression from the peasantry, by whom they are poetically termed " innocents," or " naturals." Although some- times mischievous and always troublesome, they are fed and sheltered by the cabin- keeper with ready and un- changing cheerfulness. " Surely," we once observed to a poor woman, from whom ope of the class had purloined half a loaf, which she could ill spare, " surely you will have reason to re- joice when the new poor- law takes these afflicted crea- tures off your hands." " Well," she replied, " Billy is mighty teazing, and that's the truth, and a shocking thief; but, God help liim, he has no better sense; and somehow, I don't know how it is, but we'll be mighty lonesome without the likes of him. Poor Billy ! it will be mortial hard to shut him up in stone walls, the cray- ther; they're poor innocents, and nothing worse— it would be well for us if we war the same." To relate a few anecdotes of the class will, perhaps, be the best way to describe it. " Larry of Leixlip" was a generous fool; he never met a stranger without bestowing something ; a wild flower, a bit of straw, even a stone, he would present rather than offer nothing; unlike Peter Purcel, he would watch the birds' nests until the young were nearly fledged, and then give them away. Larry was not remarkably honest; for he rob- bed " Peter to pay Paul." He was fond of the curate of the parish to which his rambles were generally confined; and one morning tapping gaily at the window where the young man was at breakfast, he said he had got something for him. When the window was opened—" Ah ! ah 1" said Larry, " ah ! ah ! I've got a present— guess at it." " An egg?" ?' No— better than that." " Some white sloe ?" No— better than that." " Tell me what it is." " Ah ! ah ! you love Larry, Larry loves you. Ah I ah ! why should he have a wig, and you have none ! Ah ! ah ! he don't love Larry; you do; 1 brought you the minister's Sunday wig. Ah ! I watched where it hung upon a peg, and I took it last night!" And placing it over the young man's abundant hair, he danced and shouted with joy. We knew one poor fellow, called Preaching Dennis, who incessantly cried out from morning till night, " What you see wrong in others, mend in yourself- what you see wrong in others, mend in yourself." Another, a woman, who never spoke until sunset, though she would mutter and " mow," yet never did she utter a distinct sentence until the sun went down, and then she would moan out, " Beauty fades, death comes— beauty fades, death comes;" a sermon in a sentence, and one to which her faded features and fine yet lustreless eyes gave much ef- fect. Thinking of these poor creatures, so seemingly mind- less, and yet at times so full of keenness and suscepti- bility, brings to our remembrance a woman who wander- ed frequently along the sea- shore, but whose visits were certain to take place after twilight, immediately before a storm. The people called her by a very poetic Irish name, which signified " the storm- bird." The old farm- steward would shelter the iambs, and look to the barns, whenever this lonely woman was seen at evening to take her way to the cliffs, well knowing that a tempest was at hand ; and no fisherman would launch his boat upon the waters if he caught sight of the flutter of her red cloak at the corner of a rock. She looked a broken- hearted, wretched creature, until excited by the howling winds and the sight of the dancing billows; then she became like one possessed by the very spirit of the storm. She would shout, clasp her hands, dare the waves to advance, and address them as a Queen might her subjects; fling back with expressions of scorn the stones they rolled upon the beach ; and with a huge branch of what children call mermaid's ribbands, in her hand, wave defiance to the sea and clouds. No one cared to approach the " storm- bird" in these moments of frenzy; indeed, they rather avoided her at all times; but this did not prevent their leaving food, the only food they had, potatoes, or a few slices of " griddle bread," where she could easily find it. The dwellers by the sea- side are always prone to give a romantic reading to everything; and the story ran that this poor woman's sweetheart was drowned at sea, and that her mind could not support his loss. We confess, we felt as if a terror had been removed from the country when we knew she had been buried in the old church- yard— meet resting place for her troubled spirit, for there the sea- storm roars loudly and the wild gulls skim the cliff upon which the ruins stand. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. During 4 years. 5 — 7 — 10 — O 3 I — 38 years. • 112s. I d. per quarter. . 90 4 — . 74 5 — . 64 4 — . 55 8 — . 45 10 — . 39 4 — The . above wheat during the last thirty- eight years, 71s. per quarter, being nearly double the average price of wheat from 1701 to 1738. Omitting the first fifteen years of the present century, when the war and alterations in the currency are supposed to have had an effect upon prices, and taking a period of twenty- two years, from 1816 to 1837, inclusive, we find the average price of wheat for that period was 6 Is. per quarter. The average price of wheat in Prussia, during the same twenty- two years, was but 30s. per quarter. Less than one hundred years back, the price of wheat in this country was, for a lengthened period, nearly as low; for during fourteen consecutive years, ending 1755, the average price was only 30s. lOd. per quarter of our pre- sent measure."—- From Mr. Hickson's Report. Her Majesty's accouchement is not expected to take cation at all, made war, and, destroyed each other with | hot- blast with anthracite coal to the making of iron, and \ place before quite the middle or the end of October. BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN.— At the above ses sions, which commenced on Wednesday, George Miles Weston, a young puppy of very fashionable appearance, was indicted for assaulting William Metcalfe, police con- stable 133 of the C division, in the execution of his duty. The indictment contained a second count, charging him with a common assault. Mr. Doane, in stating the case on the part of the prosecution, said that it had been in- stituted by the direction of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in pursuance of the recent determi- nation on the part of her Majesty's Government to insti- tute proceedings against all persons who were charged with having violently assaulted any of the police force while in the execution of their duty. He then detailed the facts of the case, and afterwards called the following witnesses : — William Metcalf stated, that in the early part of the month of June, he was 011 duty in the Haymarket, when he was called into the Waterford Arms public- house, to quell a disturbance that was going on there. He saw the de- fendant and several other gentlemen there. The defend- ant was standing opposite to one of the gentlemen in a boxing attitude, and threatening to " mark his face for him." Witness said to defendant, " Sir, I know you are a gentleman, and I hope you won't commit an assault in my presence. The defendant d— d him, and said he would serve him the same the first opportunity. On the morning of the 16th June, soon after six o'clock, witness was on duty, and was called into the Royal Standard pub- lic- house, to quell a disturbance there, when he again met with the defendant. There was a girl there, who com- plained of having been ill- used. Witness put her in a cab, and sent her home. Having done so, he returned to the pubiic- house, and had a conversation with two per- sons relative to the army, in the course of which he said that he had formerly served in the 3d Dragoon Guards. The defendant, on hearing this observation, made some inquiries of witness relative to a man who he said had belonged to that regiment. Witness said that no such per- son belonged to that regiment while he was in it, upon which defendant said, " You are a d— d liar; you never belonged to the regiment in your lile." Witness upon this turned round, and was about to leave the house, when the defendant struck him a violent blow under the ear, which knocked him down, and on his getting up the de- fendant renewed the attack upon him, and struck him on the head and face until he was almost choked with the blood that ran down his face into his mouth. Witness got outside the house, and called for assistance, but was followed by the defendant, who again knocked him down, and kicked him repeatedly. At length another police- man came to the assistance of witness, and took the de- fendant into custody Cross- examined by Mr. Payne : Had not struck the defendant the first blow, or made use of any abusive or irritating language to him. Had not called him a liar, or said that he was no gentleman. Mr. White, a chemist, in Picadilly, confirmed the pro- secutor's statement, and several other witnesses were called, who confirmed his evidence generally.,... Mr. Frederick Tothill, a surgeon to the police force, stated that he attended the prosecutor alter the above affair. He had several severe bruises on his head, face, and va- rious parts of his body, and was confined to his bed about a week in consequence. He was still subject to a violent pain in his head, owing to the injuries he had received. Mr. Payne addressed the jury at great length on the part of the defendant, and called several witnesses in his behalf, when the Jury found the defendant guilty of a common assault only. The Chairman, after consulting with the other magis- trates on the bench, and after making some observations on the case, sentenced the defendant to be imprisoned one month in the House of Correction, and to pay a fine of i£ 20 to the Queen.... The Chairman afterwards recom- mended that the policeman should make an application to the Secretary of State for a portion of the fine, and ex- pressed his regret that he had not the power to allow the costs of the prosecution, the defendant having been con- victed of a common assault only. SHEFFIELD PRACTICAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The above Society held their fourth exhibition on Mon- day and Tuesday last, on the grounds of Mr. C. Palfrey- man, Occupation road. The display of Carnations and Picotees was splendid. Two extra prizes were given by Mr. Sykes ( being two pairs of superb razors;) one pair was awarded to Mr. Senior, for his bloom of Lady Hood Carnation; Ihe other pair to Mr. W. Archer, for his splendid seedling Picotce, named Invincible. There was a large and beautiful display of cut flowers of Her- baceous Plants. The work, entitled '• The Botanic Garden," given by the author, B. Maund, Esq. F. L. S., for the best display of cut flowers of Hardy Herbaceous Plants, was awarded to Messrs. Green and Woollin, for their extensive collection. There was a fine display of cut flowers from H. Wheat, Esq., which attracted great attention; some very fine strawberries from Mr. Mus- croft, was greatly admired. The plants were not so plenti- ful as on former occasions ; but the vegetables maintained their former character. The prizes were awarded as fol- lows :— Plants;— Premier Stove Plant, H. Wheat, Esq.; 1 and 2, do. do.; Premier Greenhouse Plant, H. Wheat, Esq.; 1 and 2 best do. do.; best Greenhouse Climber, Mr. Palfreyman ; best Pelunia, Mr. Lindley ; 2 ditto, H. Wheat, Esq.; 1 and 2, Coxcombs, Mr. Palfreyman ; best China Rose, ditto; best Scarlet Geranium, ditto; best Lilac Ditto, H. Wheat, Esq.; best Premila, Mr. Palfreyman; 2, ditto ditto; best Rose Ditto, Mr. Palfrey- man ; 2, ditto, ditto, H. Wheat, Esq.; best Fuchsia, Mr. Palfreyman ; 2, ditto ditto ; best Boquet of Cut Flowers, H. Wheat, Esq.; best Herbaceous Plants, Mr. Alse- brook; best display of Cut Hardy Flowers, Messrs. Green and Woollen, to whom the work called " The Botanic Garden," was awarded. ... Carnations:— Scar- let Bizarres— Premier, Don John Mr. Broadbent ; best Leader, Mr. Senior; 2, Duke of Leeds, ditto; 3, Jolly Dragoon, Mr. Yeardley; 4, Prince Albert, Mr. Archer; 5, Don John, Mr. Senior; 6, Chief Ranger, Mr. Yeardley. Crimson or Pink Bizzares— Pre- mier, King Alfred, Mr. Archer; best, William Caxton, Messrs. Green and Woollin ; 2, Dr. Young, Mr. Archer; 3, Paul Pry, do.; 4, Dr. Young, do.; 5, Duke of Kent, do. ; 6, Duke of Bedford, Mr. Sykes. Scarlet Flakes- Premier, Marquis of Granby, Mr. Senior; 1, Marquis of Granby, Mr. Yeardley; 2, Win. the 4th, Mr. Senior; 3, Lady Jenkins, Messrs. Vessey and Bagshaw; 4, Leader, Mr. Yeardley; 5, Red Rover, Mr. Archer; 6, Washing- ton, do. Pink or Rose Flakes— Premier, Lady Hood, Mr. Senior; 1, Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Archer; 2, Lady Hood, Mr. Senior; 3, Mountaineer, Mr. Archer, 4, Queen of England, Mr. Yeardley ; 5, Lady Milton, Mr. Archer; 6, Beauty of Rochdale, Mr. Archer. Purple Flakes— Premier, British Queen, Mr. Archer; 1, In- vincible, Mr. Archer; 2, Lady Margaret, Mr. Broadbent; 3, Charlotte, Mr. Archer; 4, British Queen, Mr. Yeard- ley; 5, Bellerophen, Mr. Archer; 6, Wellington, Mr. Archer Picotees:— Purple Heavy Edged— Premier, Mr. Archer, Seedling, named Invincible,; 1, Lady Talbot, do.; 2, Dr. Horner, do.; 3, Blue Bell, Messrs. Green and Woollin; 4, Major Healey, do.; 5, Princess Victoria, Mr. Archer; 6, Cleopatra, do. Purple Light Edged— Premier, Blue Bell, Mr. Rodgers; best, Victoria, Mr. Broadbent; 2, Miss Emma, do.; 3, Seedling, Mr. Muscroft; 4, Miss Emma, do.; 5, Unknown, Mr. Yeard- ley ; 6, Unknown, Green and Woollin. Red Heavy, Edged— Premier, Mrs. Horner, Mr. Yeardley ; best, Mark Antony, Mr. Archer: 2, Lady Talbot, Mr. Sykes; 3, King of French, Mr. Senior; 4, Lady Talbot, do.; 6, Derby Willow, Messrs. Green and Woollin; 6, Miss Ann, Mr. Archer. Red Light Edged— Premier, Criterion, Mr. Rodgers; best, Mrs. Horner, Messrs. Vessey and Bag- shaw; 2, Lady Talbot, Mr. Muscroft; 3, Miss Bacon, Mr. Archer; 4, Unknown, Mr. Yeardley; 6, Seedliug, Mr. Muscroft; 6, Seedling, do Dahlias:— Best White Edged, Beauty of the Plain, Vessey and Bagshaw; I and 2, Solman, Girling's Nonpareil, Mr. Lindley; best Lilac, Mr. Muscroft; 1 and 2, Yellow, Messrs- Vessey and Bag- shaw ; best Purple, Messrs. Vessey and Bagshaw ; best Crimson, Seedliug, 1841, Mr. Lindley; 2, do. Mr. Rod- gers ; 2, Rival Sussex, Vessey and Bagshaw ; best Dark, Mr. Lindley... Fruits; best plate of Strawberries, Mr. Muscroft; 2 do., do. Best plate of Cheries, Mr. Palfrey- man; 2 do., do. Best plate of Dessert Apples, do.; 2, do., Mr. Lindley. Best plate of Baking Apples, do.; 2, do., do. Best plate of ripe Gooseberries, White, Mr. Muscroft; 2, do., do., Green and Woollin ; best, do., Red, Mr. Muscroft; 2, do., Messrs. Vessey and Bagshaw; best, Yellow, do.; 2, do., Messrs. Green and Woollin Vegetables :— Best brace of Cucumbers, Mr. Lindley; 2, do., Mr. Palfieyman. Best do., Cauliflowers, Mr. Pal- freyman ; 2, Mr. Lindley. Best do., Cabbage, Messrs. Green and Woollin ; 2, Mr. Lindley. Best do., Red Cabbage, Mr. Houlden ; 2, do., do. Best dish . of Peas, do.; 2. Mr. Palfreyman. Best do. broad Beans, do.; 2, Mr. Lindley. Best do. Kidney Beans, Mr. Lindley; 2, Mr. Palfreyman. Best do. Onions, sown in 1840, Mr. Archer; 2 do., do. Best do., do., sown in 1841, Mr. Houlden; 2, M. Lindley. Best do. Potatoe Onions, Mr- Gee. Best do. Parsley, Mr. Palfreyman; 2, do. Best and 2d best curled Cress, Mr. Houlden. Best and 2d best round Potatoes, Mr. Palfreyman. Best and 2d best Kidney Potatoes, Mr. Palfreyman. Best Spinach, Messrs. Green and Woollin ; 2, Mr. Houlden. Best bunch of Carrots, Mr. Gee; 2 do., do. Best do. of Turnips, Mr. Palfreyman ; 2, Mr. Houlden. Best do. Green Rhubarb, Mr. Broadbent; 2, Mr. Palfreyman. Best do. Red do., Messrs. Green and Woollin, 2, Mr. Broadbent. Best Cabbage Lettuces, Messrs. Green and Woollin ; 2 do- Mr. Gee. PARENTAL FONDNESS.— FOLLY.— The author of " Anec- dotes of Actors," in Frazer's Magazine, relates a droll anecdote of parental fondness, as exemplified by little Quick, the comedian. He had invited a friend to dinner, when the subjoined scene took place between himself and his daughter, a spoiled child about six years of age : " Tbe main dish upon the table, when uncovered, excited the curiosity of Miss Quick, who either had not seen the joint before, or had forgotten the name of it, which she now eagerly demanded; and on being told that it was a saddle of mutton, she stood up, and promptly announced her intention to ride upon it forthwith. To this prepos- terous recreation, the parents were fain to entreat the little imp's forbearance. In vain, for she declared sad- dles were made to ride upon, and to ride she was resolved. After much ado, her patient father and mother luckily suggested that the obvious heat of the seat she aspired to, and the inconvenience likely to arise from such exercise, would distress her, and spoil her new frock; the difficulty seemed surmounted, and the child desisted from further importunity ; but immediately after, perceiving the dish almost overflowing with the juice of tbe mutton, she cried out, " Oh ! let me put my foot in the gravy ! I will put my foot in the gravy!" The father, albeit, unused to see such eccentric fancies, was a little startled at his sweet pet's novel desire, and exclaimed, in a tone of as- sumed wonder and of deprecation, ' My precious love I what a preposterous thing you propose ! it's quite out of the question; now be a good dear child, and let me help Mr. to some mutton.'—' Oh !' reiterated the little treasure, ' I will put my foot in the gravy first !' In vain the devoted parents argued, threatened, and coaxed; in vain promised that the next day when they were without a visitor, and she should do whatever she pleased; all, all in vain ! for upon a more determined opposition, the sweet little angel yelled out her wishes in such a piercing key, that her mother, a very mild- mannered person, ad- dressed her husband, ' My dear Mr. Quick, I'm afraid we shall have no peace until we allow the dear child to do as she likes.'—' Well, but, my love,' urged Mr. Quick, in reply, a little ashamed of their mutual weakness before their guest, ' what will Mr. say to such a proceed- ing ? it is really so improper.' Mr. , willing to see to what extreme parental folly could go, withheld both his opinion and permission, preferring a state of neutra- lity ; and Mr. Quick finding the little tyrant's determi- nation warmer every minute, and the mutton cooler, pro- posed a compromise, namely, that the little darling should have another dish brought in, and placed in a corner of the room with some of the gravy in it, and then paddle about whilst themselves and friend were at dinner, and return to table when the fruit came in. No: the ' trea- sure,' at the very top of her voice, declared that she would have the dish, and nothing but the dish, before her: and, farther, that she would not abate one drop of the gravy. At this perplexing juncture, Quick turned to- wards his friend in apology for the scene before him, as- suring him at the same time, that ' it was of no use to thwart the dear child, who would have her way.' Then calling for another dish, the poor father placed the shi- vering saddle upou it, and lifting that from the table containing the gravy, carried it to a remote corner of the room, where he was followed by the ' little duck ;' who, after a persuadiog kiss from the goose, her father, con- sented to have her shoes removed, and to remain splash- ing about until the dessert appeared upon the table." AUGUST 14, 1841. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. l- Id IV ir id is re r- ic sr is ) r of at S- I- ; d il- • i • t, ir, >; r. r. le r- e£ e- n. it, lis r; > r, B- P, F » ir, ! r. ile n- ti fr. ir, iy ht ia, tr. d- y. rk 3, 6, n, Ir. • g- ( r. tr. Ite ad ic, g" ist ! d- rk, Ir. iy- 2, 2, Ir. id, ist, 2, ai- rs. Led as, 2, 2, dr. Jr. Jr- est 2d est Irs. of Jr. , rb, o., iest to., ec- roll [ tie ier, self fce: ted the she is a ced > os- the lad- ed, iily to, ise, ulty ; her lish pied, put r to his ! as- ve I it of ielp ittle la : ed; lout , all the iing ad- raid d to ick, fore eed- see both tra- : mi- pro- Duld r of ddle and rea- she ifore ip of 1 to- , as- e to ' hen shi- iable f the who, con- ash- . UNITED STATES.— The packet- ship North America, Capt. Lowber, which sailed from New York on the 19th ult., and arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, has brought papers three days later than those received by the royal mail steamer Britannia. The New York Herald, of the 17th ult., says it has learned that M'Leod's case cannot be carried into the United States' Courts. " It may," adds the paper, " be carried to the Court of Errors, the highest state court, but no further. The next step is either the prisoner's liberation or his trial according to law. The probability is that he will be tried at once." The same journal repeats that M'Leod's case will not cause any diffi- culty between Mr. Fox and Mr. Webster. The Times and Evening Star, alluding to the opinion delivered by the Supreme Court, says, that the opinion meets with but little favour at New York, where it is considered un- sound in its positions and principles, as connected with the law of nations and international law generally. Mr. Pickens, the author of the celebrated Report from the Committee of Foreign Relations, pronounced the opinion of the Court an able one, " which never could be gain- said in the United States or Great Britain." In a debate in the House of Representatives, on the 16thult., on the Fortification Bill, this gentleman, referring to M'Leod's case, said, " he trusted that M'Leod would be tried ; it was due to the independence and rights of New York that he should be; but he hoped that he would have a fair hearing, and, above all, it was due to the people of New York, to their character, to our free and glorious institu- tions, that he should have a fair and impartial trial." Several other members, in the course of the same debate, stated their approval of the opinion delivered by Justice Cowen. The Bank Bill had not passed the Senate. It had been laid aside for a day or two, in order that the Loan Bill might pass without delay. The opposition, however, did not seem disposed to meet the wishes of the Minis- terialists, notwithstanding the latter urged, as a reason for expedition in the passage of the measure, that the national treasury was nearly empty. Mr. Everett, of Massachusetts, had been nominated by the President Minister to London. The produce, money, and stock markets had not undergone material change in the short interval between the 16th and the 19th ult. The shares in the Bank of the United States had failen to 17£. The news from Canada is uninteresting. Lord Syden- ham had completely recovered from his indisposition. In the Provincial Parliament, on the 12th ult., the Govern- ment measures were announced. The most important are,— a bill for the creation of local or municipal autho- rities in Canada, east; a bill respecting bankrupts, and the distribution of their effects; and another for the re- peal of the acts now in force relating to education, and for making more effectual provision for the promotion of edu- cation in the provinces. The announcement of the mea- sures generally was received with great satisfaction. UNITED STATES' MARKETS.—{ From the New York Herald of My 17.)— COTTON TRADE AND THE CROPS.— All the markets are dull. This is, in fact, the dull season of the year. This market is very languid. It is difficult to tell yet how the crop for this year will turn out. It is thought by some at the south, that it will be less than formerly. It did not bloom until two weeks later than usual. At the last accounts, the weather was more fa- vourable than in the early part of the season. CORN TRADE AND CROPS.— We have no change to no- tice in this market for several days. We have no great supply. The demand is small. From intelligence re- ceived since our last review of the growing crops, we are still more strongly inclined to believe that the production this year will exceed that of last. Some sections of the . country have suffered from the drought, but not more so than in any previous year. It may never happen that the crops spread over so wide and extended a country as this, will grow with uniformity; therefore, to make capital out of a deficiency in one or two counties is absurd. Never- theless, foolish attempts have been made, and shameful falsehoods uttered, to mislead the public. Tn more than a third of the country, the grain has been harvested. We repeat, that the growth of breadstuffs in this country, this year, will be at least 700,000,000 bushels. THE EUPHRATES EXPEDITION.— Intelligence has been received at the India board of the arrival of the Hon. the East India Company's armed iron steam- boats, Nimrod and Nitocris, at Beles, on the Euphrates. This gratify- ing event took place on the 31st of May, and thus was completed an enterprise of much danger and difficulty, which had generally been looked upon as impracticable, and which, in all probability, nothing but British skill, intrepidity, and perseverance, would have been able to accomplish. The actual distance of the voyage up the fiver was one thousand one hundred and thirty miles ; the ascent occupied two hundred and seventy- three hours, or about nineteen days and a hall. The average rate of steaming was three miles and seven furlongs an hour. The Tigris and the Euphrates have now been opened to vessels• of- considesable burden, and the ascent and de- scent of these noble streams may be made available for the purposes of commerce, as well as of civilization ; for although the success of fhis splendid experiment reflects honour on the British name alone, the advantages which may be derived from it will be shared with us by many nations, and, it is to be hoped, by the inhabitants of the once favoured regions watered by the great rivers of Me- sopotamia. The expedition was commanded by Lieut. Campbell, assisted by Lieutenants Jones and Grounds. The behaviour of the crews was most exemplary, and not a single casualty occurred during the whole voyage. FRANCE.— Two thousand muskets had been delivered up on Sunday, by the National Guards of Toulouse. This indicates a sweeping system of disarmament, and must in- crease the popular disaffection. Th'e towns of St. Omer, St. Quentin, Dijon, Tours, and Nevers, have declared against the imposition of additional taxes. They have compelled the authorities to suspend the taking of the census. PAPINEAU.— We have perused a letter, says the Mon- treal Herald, dated Paris, 17th May, in which it is stated that the writer had seen at the seminary there Messrs. Goodwin and O'Brien, two respectable young eccclesi- astics from the college in this city, now in Paris for the purpose of studying theology, who mentioned that Papi- neau had called upon them once, having the appearance of being in a most miserable condition ; and that his son, who had been in the habit of paying them occasional visits, has discontinued them for want of disposal funds. The writer adds—" He is a specimen of how much a man suf- fers for his errors." Advices from Madrid of the 3rd mention that discon- tent prevails in the Spanish army. The Viceroy of Na- varre and the Captain- General of Valencia had informed the Government that they could not depend on the troops under their command. Madame Mina is said to have ac- cepted the post of governess of the Queen, and even to have been seen in public with her Majesty. Other ac- ""* counts represent that lady as having resigned, alarmed at the state of public opinion. Espartero has hurled defiance at the head of the Pope, \ and in the provinces, the priests are preaching up another civil war. The French Government connives at every attempt to overthrow the Regent. The embers of rebel- lion begin to emit dangerous sparks in Spain. ASSAM TEA. — A sale of 35,000 chests of Assam tea took place at Calcutta on the 26th May. It was con- ducted in the Chinese fashion. The leaves were infused into hot water, and tho beverage tasted by intending pur- chasers. The lowest lots sold for a rupee four annas, that is 2s. 6d. the pound. The highest, for three rupees four annas, 6s. 6d. The tea was pronounced to be ex- cellent. DREADFUL FRATRICIDE BY THE SON or AN ENGLISH NOBLEMAN, AT FLORENCE, July 24.— Two sons of Lord Aldborough, ( who has a villa near Florence,) went into the town, a few days since, to look at some horses at a livery stable, when a quarrel ensued, and words ran high between them; nevertheless, they returned home, appa- rently reconciled to each other, and dined and slept as ' usual under their father's roof. The next day, they again went out, ostensibly to shoot; but the younger brother, a lad of eighteen, still nourished a deadly resentment to his elder brother, a young man of three- and- twenty, on account of the dispute of the preceding day ; and upon a bird getting up, he deliberately levelled his gun, and aimed it at his brother; but, only succeeding in slightly wounding him in the side, he drew a pistol, and took a surer aim,' by shooting him in the back of the neck, and raising up part of the skin of the head. As soon as his ' brother had fallen, this modern Cain fled into a neigh- bouring vineyard, where several contadini seized him, and, remonstrating with him upon his horrible conduct, told him that he would come to the galleys at last. To which he replied, with great defiance, " No, no, thank you ; I shall never come to the galleys I" drew another pistol from his pocket, and, opening his mouth, shot him- self dead on the spot. The corpse of this unfortunate unheeded, beneath the scorching rays of an Italian sun, while the wounded body of his elder brother was conveyed home to his father, who is said to have exclaimed, on see- ing it,— not knowing the fate of his other son,—" If that most unnatural wretch escape the gallows, it will not be my fault" His Lordship was heard the next day giving, with seif- collectedness, a detailed account of this horrible affair at Fenzi's, the bankers, previously to his'departure for Leghorn. Meanwhile, a council of some hours' dura- tion was held at Lord Holland's, as to whether the sui- cide should be buried in consecrated ground or not. It was at length decided that he should. So accordingly, by torchlight, with no other attendants but the clergyman and sexton, the body was consigned to the grave ; and thus closed this fearful domestic tragedy, worthy of the Borgias and their times. The life of the wounded brother is still precarious.— Court Journal. [ The Court Journal should be tolerable authority on any subject connected with the families of the nobility ; but it is clear, from Lodge's Peerage, that Lord Aldborough has no sons ( no legitimate sons, at any rate,) of the ages mentioned in the preceding paragraph. He has two, both officers in the army— one aged thirty- three, and the other thirty- two.— Ed. Manchester Guardian.] HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.— The Parisian Messager publishes the following frightful details from a correspon- dent at Florence :—" Prince Corsini, of this city, had a negro in his service professing the Mahomedan religion, who was much attached to Maria Nunciata Goldomi, a fervent Catholic. The negro had saved some money, and the young woman's parents agreed to give him their daughter in marriage. His religion was the only obsta- cle, all efforts to convert him having failed. On a late occasion Maria's father invited him to dinner. He tasted a plate of rice, but when his betrothed offered him wine, he repelled it with disdain, when she observed,' You are no longer a Mahomedan, you have eaten pork.' These words rendered the negro furious; he seized a knife, and plunged it into the young person's heart. The parents rushed to their daughter's assistance; the negro killed the father with one blow, and then attacked the mother- The son exclaimed for assistance, but before any was pro- cured, the mother and son were laid lifeless on the ground. At length two carabiniers arrived, when the negro seized a musket and killed one of them, but his comrade in his turn shot the negro dead, and, when the officers of justice arrived, there remained only to have the dead bodies of the sufferers interred." UNNATURAL AND WHOLESALE MURDER AT LISBON.— The murder of an entire and very respectable family was committed on the 23d ult., near Lisbon, under circum- stances of almost unexampled villainy. The victims were the widow ( a French woman) of a Portuguese music- master, named Evangelista, her two children, ( a girl and a boy, one of 14, the other of ten years of age,) and a fe- male servant. The murderer was the nephew of the wi- dow's late husband, a young medical student of 20, named Lobo. He was actually on a visit at the house of his aunt when he planned and committed the horrible butchery, to obtain a conto reis (,£ 250) which she had in the house. He appears to have stabbed the lady, the little girl, and servant, one after the other, with a dagger, their bodies being found covered with wounds, and then completed the dreadful butchery by going up stairs and poniarding the little boy, who was asleep in bed. There was a little pet dog in the house at the time, which the murderer, to get rid of, threw out of the window into the street. This action seemed suspicious to a young Eng- lishman who lived opposite. Soldiers from a neighbour- ing police- station were summoned, who broke into the house, and found all the inmates dead but the girl, who could just articulate the name of the murderer. He was taken at his town house in another street with his plun- der, before he had time to change the whole of his bloody dress. He had procured a passport for Oporto in pre- paration of an unsuspected escape, when the circum- stances above described discovered him. A bill was to be brought into the Cortes to shorten the delays of the Portuguese law, and bring him to immediate trial. STEAM NAVIGATION TO SOUTH AMERICA. I The London Journal of Commerce states, that Mr. Wm. Morgan, of the firm of Acraman, Morgan, and Co., of Bristol, has succeeded in obtaining a grant of important advantages from the Brazilian government, which will greatly facilitate the establishment of steam navigation from this country to all the Brazilian ports, and to the river Plate. The following are the privileges granted for a period of fifteen years :— " The Brazilian Government, ill consideration of ser- vices to be performed by the projected company, such as conveying between the ports of the empire a small amount of tonnage, and a limited number of persons to Europe for instruction in arts, science, or trade, on payment of a moiety of the ordinary passage money, will pay to the company, during fifteen years, 6000 milreis for each monthly voyage, and have granted it the privileges of conveying goods and passengers from one to the other of the imperial ports, prompt despatch for the receiving and landing, without any impediment whatever, of their pas- sengers and goods, the free importation of all articles necessary for the use and navigation of the steamers, and exemption, throughout the empire, from the payment of all port charges and dues whatsoever." In order to tarn these privileges to the best account, it is proposed that a number of first- rate steamers shall be built, to be commanded by lieutenants of the royal navy, and so constructed as to be equally available for peace or war ; and their route and manner of sailing shall be ar- ranged as follows :— " The proposed plan is, that steam- vessels of a large size should depart at stated periods from a British port, to land and receive mails both outwards and homewards, at Madeira, Canaries, Cape de Verds, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catharina, Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres. " The mails for Maranham, Para, and other ports on the coast, to be conveyed by the Brazilian steamers now ' on the spot. " The Peninsular mails to he conveyed from Gibraltar and Lisbon, to Madeira, and vice versd— mails to the se- veral settlements on the coast of Africa, and for her Ma- jesty's cruisers, to be conveyed to St. Vincent's, in Cape de Verds, and return mails taken from thence. " That six large steamers be built solely for this pur- pose, which would give a monthly mail, as under, reserv- ing one boat in ordinary for emergencies. " Conveyed outwards from a port in England to Ma- deira, Canaries, Cape de Verd islands, ( whence a branch might be despatched to the coast of Africa,) Pernambu- co, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catharina, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres. Returning to England viii Monte Video, St. Catharina, Ria de Janeiro, Bahia, Pernam- buco, Cape de Verds, Canaries, Madeira. " By the projected arrangements, each vessel will have a period of four weeks at Buenos Ayres to refit, and six weeks in England for similar purposes." PROVINCIAL NEWS. STATE OP TRADE.— There was some demand for yarn yesterday for Russian account; but the general absence of inquiry from other quarters rendered the market extremely heavy, and the prices of the current numbers were generally about one- eighth of a penny per pound lower ' than on the preceding Tuesday. The demand for manufactured goods was quite as limited as before, and prices continue to droop. Un- der these circumstances, it is not surprising that the attention of the spinners and manufacturers should be directed to an abridgment of the hours of labour. We understand that at Blackburn a general agree- ment has been made to work only four days per week ; and a similar agreement is talked of amongst the spinners and manufacturers in the neighbourhood of Ashton and Stalybridge; but we believe nothing has yet been decided upon respecting it. We are glad to be enabled tn state, that no further failures of im- portance have taken place in this town; and the ru- mours which have been prevalent for some days past, of the stoppage of a house of very extensive business at Liverpool, are altogether unfounded. We believe they had their origin in a misunderstanding as to pro- viding for the payment of bills of exchange to a large amount which fell due last week; but the mistake was rectified in time, and the bills were paid in due course. We are informed that a statement which we lately re- ceived from a correspondent at Stockport, to the ef- fect that the business of Messrs. Stocks and Son was likely to be carried on for the benefit of the creditors, was incorrect. The works have been in operation since the bankruptcy, but only for the purpose of suicide and fratricide was left to blacken for many hours I using up the materials then upon the premises; and when those are exhausted, the hands will all be dis- charged.— Manchester Guardian, Wednesday. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.— We have had all varieties of unfavourable weather since our last, from the furious wind and beating rain of Thursdaly night, to the close, damp atmosphere of Sunday and yesterday. The corn in this neighbourhood is very much beaten down, and much of it has an unhealthy colour. After- grass, turnips, and potatoes look well. The hay harvest is now pretty nearly finished. It has been the longest and worst that we have had for many years. The corn harvest will be very late in Lancashire and throughout the north of England.— Liverpool Times. The stock of wheat available " for present consumption in Liverpool, Manchester, Wakefield, Leeds, and Hull, does not exceed 50,000 quarters of all qualities,— ABOUT A WEEK'S CONSUMPTION ! ! and this at a time when, with even the most favourable weather, we must be exposed to the danger and uncertainty of a late harvest." PROOF op THE DISTRESS OF THE WORKING CLASSES.— We lately gave a statement of the deliveries of raw sugar in this port from the 1st of January to the 24th of July, by which it will be perceived that the West India amount- ed,^ 1841, to 39,301 hhds. and trs., current price, 36s. 0| d. per cwt.; in 1840, to 57,340 hhds. and trs., current price, 57s. 2| d. per cwt. Mauritius, in 1841, 224,177 bags ; in 1840, 356,992 bags. In the East India, there is not much difference, arising from its being extensively used to re- duce the quality of West India. The consumption of sugar, therefore, is, in round numbers, one- third less, with a fall in price of one- third, which can only be accounted for by the diminished means of the people to consume it, from high prices of the other necessaries of life, and want of employment.— Cor. of the Liverpool Times. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.— On Wednesday morning a letter from the Rev. Mr. Hodgson, a clergy- man of the Established church, recommending a union of the Wesleyan Methodists with the church, was brought before the notice of the Conference, and gave rise to a long and interesting discussion. In the course of discussion, it was stated, that no official cor- respondence could be entered into with Mr. Hodgson, as he could have no power or authority to make any proposition that would he regarded by the church as authoritative. It was, however, resolved, that a reply be sent to him, thanking him for his kind motives in writing the letter, and expressing a desire that a greater unanimity of feeling may obtain among all religious denominations. This discussion occupied the greater portion of the forenoon. At five in the afternoon the Conference re- assembled for the ordination of the young men who were admitted to the ministry, of whom there are between thirty and forty. The public were admitted, and the chapel was filled to overflowing. On Thursday afternoon, in consequence of the stationing committee being required to commence its deliberations, the general body did not sit more than about an hour. Tn the evening, the Rev. Robert Newton, the ex- pre- sident, delivered a charge to the newly- ordained ministers, in Oldham street Chapel. The service was open to the public, and the congregation was very numerous. On the question of the silk gown, the Conference has decided that no preacher shall wear it without express permission from the Conference; and Dr. Bunting, by the direction of the committee, administered a reproof to the Rev. W. Bunting, and the Rev. Mr. Waddy, of Hull, for having appeared in the gown in the pulpit.— Manchester Guardian. A CLEVER ROGUE.— A sailor, last week, who was in want of money, his stock being reduced to six- pence, went to a pawn- office, in Berry street, pledged his sixpence for threepence, and got it duly described in the duplicate ticket, a " piece of silver plate of beautiful workmanship." He then took his ticket to a public- house, and sold it to a pedlar for 2s. 6d., pocketing 2s. 6d. by his ingenuity.— Belfast Vindi- cator. CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS.— A girl, nine years of age, was brought before Mr. Rushton, at the po- lice office, Liverpool, on Friday, charged with steal- ing - a pair of boots, which she had pawned. The pawnbroker was fined ,£ 5 for receiving the pledge; the act of Parliament providing that, if a'pawnbroker shall take a pledge from a child apparently under 12 years of age, he shall pay a penalty of £ 10. The magistrate said he would enforce the full penalty for the next offence. At the Gloucester assizes on Friday week, Moses Harwood and Jas. Andrews were indicted for breaking into the George Hotel, at Cheltenham, and stealing fifty- seven sovereigns, a £ 5 note, a grand cross of the order of the Bath, and several other articles of value, belonging to Major- General Sir Willoughby Cotton. The evidence inculpating Harwood was slight; but a hat was found on the premises belonging to Andrews, some marks in the clayey ground corresponded with his shoes, and it was proved, that subsequently to the robbery he lavished a quantity of money on his com- panions, although previously he had been in great dis- tress. The jury acquitted Harwood, and found An- drews guilty; he was immediately brought up for judgment, and sentenced to transportation for fifteen years. TERRIFIC BURSTING OF A STEAM BOILER.— THREE LIVES LOST.— On Monday morning week, an appalling accident took place at Mold Green, near Huddersfield, by the bursting of a steam boiler, on the premises of Messrs. Samuel and William Dowse, silk and cotton doublers, which scalded and other- wise injured six females, who were standing by, so that three have died, and the lives of one or two others are in great jeopardy. The accident occurred a little before six in the morning, just when the children began to assemble for work; and had it been a little later, in all probability the sacrifice of life would have been very great. The boiler is of 18 or 20 horse power, and was set in the open yard and walled round. The bursting was without notice, ac- companied by an awful noise, shaking the dwellings round, filling the air with dense smoke of steam and fire, hurling bricks fifty or sixty yards, and dashing the six unhappy girls to the ground, scalded and nearly lifeless. Three of them were precipitated into the reservoir close at hand, but were saved from drowning by the crowd that immediately assembled. One of the unhappy sufferers, a girl aged 12, expired in a few hours; on Tue. sday night, another fine girl of 16 was relieved by death from her intense suffer- ings; and on Thursday morning a third victim, a girl of 14, expired. The coroner's jury on Wednes- day returned a verdict of accidental death. Three other sufferers remain in a precarious state. HEROIC CONDUCT.— During the severe gale of Wednesday night, the schooner Louisa, of Antwerp, bound for this port, struck on the north bank. A fishing- smack, belonging to Hoylake, ( the crew of which consisted of William Jones, William Eccles, Samuel Jones, all of Hoylake, and John Fogg, of this town,) was making her way towards Liverpool, when they discovered a light, indicating, they thought, a vessel in distress. They slackened their course, and endeavoured to reach her; but in the effort, they split, through the violence of the gale, two foresails, which were carried beyond the vessel, and, by the loss of their head sails, were themselves nearly driven on the bank. They managed, however, to work their vessel round, when they saw that the vessel had Sunk, and her unfortunate crew were clinging to the rigging. It was impossible for them to come near the wreck, in consequence of their own disabled state, and the tremendous height at which the break- ers of the bank were running; but two of the crew put themselves into their small boat; having stripped themselves to their shirts ; made their way through the breakers, succeeded in reaching the wreck, and returned to their own vessel with the whole crew of the Louisa. The bold and humane conduct of the whole crew of this fishing- smack, both of those who ventured their lives in the small boat, ai} d of the others who were exposed to perhaps equal danger in being left alone in their vessel during soheavy a gale, is deserving not only of the highest praise, but of a substantial reward.— Liverpool Times. LECTURE ON NARCOTIC POISONS.— By particular request of the temperance society, Mr. J. L. Levison repeated his lecture on Narcotic Poisons, at the Bir- mingham Athenaeum, on Monday evening last, to a very crowded audience. Mr. Levison commenced by explaining the toxicological effects of opium, to- bacco, and snuff, on the stomach, brain, and nervous system, previously to his elucidation of their demo- ralising consequences. He incidentally entered into various anatomical and physiological details, in order to explain the tissues and organs which are peculiarly affected by the action of such irritants as tobacco, smoked or snuffed ; and difficult as such kind of in- formation is to communicate to a mixed audience, yet he succeeded in rendering his subject clear and intelligible. Mr. Levison's lecture of an hour and a half gave evident satisfaction, from the many practi- cal inferences; and he concluded with an appeal to the company on the vast amount of good which would result from an appropriation of the immense sums spent for tobacco, & c., if applied for educational purposes; and even in a physical point of view, he added, " Can any one having a claim to rationality, after what has been said, continue the use of a stupi- fying vegetable poison, which, in the form of cigar or tobacco, obtunds the function of taste, blackens the teeth, renders the breath foetid, and induces that par- tial state of delirious stupor, so prolific of ' waking dreams,' and thus not only enervates the mind itself, but deprives the bodily organs of their natural and healthy vivacity," & c., & e. At the conclusion, the audience testified their approbation by repeated ap- plause, and expressions of thanks for the information they had received. VISIT OF LORD AND LADV J. RUSSELL TO SEL- KIRK.— The inhabitants of Selkirk presented Lord Joh n Russell with the freedom of their borough during his stay at Bowhill, whither his Lordship had arrived with his Lady to pass the honeymoon. The cere- mony of investiture for the burghship is a singular one. " Licking the birse," that is, dipping a bunch of shoemaker's bristles in a glass of wine, and drawing them across the mouth, is the candidate's initiatory rite. His Lordship, in reply to the Bailie's compli- mentary speech, touched upon many of the political and social advances which have been made of late years, and which must and would proceed, and with perfect safety to the state. THE QUEEN AND HER HUSBAND. — During her Ma- jesty's and the Prince's brief stay at Panshanger, two occasions are said to have happened when the royal pair surprised the rustics by appearing among them. These trivial occurrences we are aware are in themselves but of little importance, but as they are calculated to show the real kindness and unostentatious habits of the Queen and her illustrious Consort, we give them. Her Majesty is, as our readers may be aware perhaps, habitually an early riser. During her stay at Panshanger, she was abroad as early as seven o'clock, in company with Prince Albert. On one of these morning excursions she was desirous of seeing a charming little lodge situate in a dell on the left as you pass through the park from Hertingfordbury. The rustic party were quite unprepared for so distinguished an honour, and accordingly the gamekeeper addressed them at first with less homage than he would have paid to hi Sovereign. He was fortunate enough to discover his error in time, and made reparation for his mistake by showing his illustrious visitors his different specimens of game, many of them exceedingly beautiful and of uncommon kinds, and with which they seemed exceedingly pleased. The affection the royal pair discovered towards each other not a little we believe astonished the rustic. He appears never to have suspected Queens and Princes of such vul gar sympathies as those which are experienced by the com- mon herd. How was his wonder raised at hearing Her Majesty address the Prince as " my dear." It would have comported more no doubt with his notions of regal eti- quette for Her Majesty to have addressed him as" Your Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, & c. & c." but no such thing was the case. Here is a revelation for married folks. Don't be frightened of being thought vulgar through cherishing those natural and interesting emotions which husbands and wives ought ever to feel towards each other, for your Queen thinks it not unbe- coming her to display them. On another occasion the Prince, who was passing through a gate at Hertingford- bury, was recognised by a lad. His Royal Highness, observing the boy's amazement, accosted him, " Well, my man, you don't know me ;" " Yes I do," replied the urchin, " you are Prince Albert." The Prince smiled, and asked him how he knew. " Because," replied the boy, by no means disconcerted, *' of the hair you have got there," and with this he drew his finger across his upper lip. These are circumstances trifling in themselves we are aware, and only derive their interest from the per- sons with whom we associate them. " Fama atque for- tuna pares sunt; qui magus iniperio prcediti in excelso cetatem agunt, eorum facta cuncti mortales novere." We do not see a British Queen every day, and neither is the British throne always graced by so good, so patriotic, and in the truest sense by so noble a lady as she who pre- sides over the British nation. Every little incident re- lating to her possesses interest. Such curiosity is laudable. Let those cavil at it who feel no admiration for the finest parts of our common nature. Be this stoicism far from us.— Herts Reformer. DESTRUCTION OF CROPS BY GAME.— For soii^ e time, the managers of Lord Francis Egerton's Wors- ley estate have been waging war to the death against the swarms of rabbits which have infested it for; many years, and have also greatly reduced the quantity of hares and other game upon it. Some idea may be formed of the waste formerly committed by these crea- tures, from the fact that some of the farms on the estate will now feed from thirty to forty head of cattle more than they would have done previous to the re- cent clearance. vanced accordingly. To day's market was fully 6d. to Is. per three bushels dearer than last week for all descriptions of Wheat. Oats were in demand, and Is. per qr. dearer. Beans also in request, at fid. to Is. per three bushels more money. Barley readily sold. LIVERPOOL, August 10.— A moderate business was done in Free Wheat and Flour this morning, and both Oats and Oatmeal were in fair request, at advanced prices. A tolerably large quantity of Flour changed hands ia bond ; United States sweet at 33s. to. 34s., Canadian at 37s. per barrel. A few cargoes of Foreign Wheat were also sold under lock. LEEDS, August 10.— We have a fair steady sale, but no life in the Wheat trade to- day ; prices are, however, Is. per quarter higher, or about equal to the quotations at Wakefield on Friday. A change to fine, sunny weather, is much wanted in the country. Oats and Shelling bring full prices, with but few of either offering. Beans are Is. per quarter dearer. HULL, August 10.— To- day there is again a short sup- ply of farmer's Wheat, scarcely enough to supply the wants of our town millers, who pay a further advance of fully 2s. per quarter for both English and free foreign. The above noted advance on bonded Wheat is fully sup- ported this day. The weather still has an unsettled ap- pearance. Oats fully support prices, and not many offer- ing. Beans rather dearer— the coming crop is not well spoken of. Barley in demand for grinding, but the mar- ket nearly cleared. Peas are held at full prices. LYNN, August 10.— There was a small supply of Wheat at our market, and the prices of last week fully supported. Barley and beans rather dearer. Harvest was partially commenced in this quarter,' but the weather appears very- unsettled, and not any Corn can at present be in a state for market. WORKSOP, August 11.— A slender attendance at mar- ket to day. Wheat Is. 6d. per three bushels higher, viz. — 28s. to 30s. Oats and Beans also better sold. NEWARK, August 11.— We have had a very good sup- ply of all sorts of Grain, with a brisk sale at advanced rates. BIRMINGHAM, August 10.— This weekscatcely a sam- ple of Wheat has been offered, and only a sale or two reported; these realised Is. to 2s. per quarter over last market day; best Wheat is now held at 10s. per 621bs. Milting Barley cannot be bought under 40s. per quarter, and grinding is held for an improvement of Is. to 2s. per quarter. We have heard of no transaction in Beans or Oats, except a few Egyptian Beans at 15s. per 1961bs. at Gloucester. No free' Peas offering. BIRMINGHAM, August 12 — At this day's market the supply of Wheat was very large ; early in the day an ad- vance of 2s. to 3s. per quarter was realised, but the trade closed very dull at Is. to 2s. per quarter over the cur- rency of this day se'nnight, a good deal remaining undis- posed of. Malting Barley quite as high, 42s. per quarter being obtained for small parcels. Oats Is. per qr. dearer. Beans were also Is., and grinding Peas fully 2s. per qr. higher. Grinding Barley very scarce. HOPS. LONDON, Aug. ' 9.— There is very little business doing in this market, and prices have not suffered any variation — if anything, they have been more favourable to the buyers.. The accounts from the plantations are not quite so favourable, mould having made its appearance in some places— still, upon the whole, with fine warm weather, the season's production will, it is thought, yield £ 155,000 duty. HAY, CATTLE, & c. SHEFFIELD HAY MARKET, August 10.— There was a better attendance of hay- dealers than last week, and seve- ral loads of new Hay were brought for sale. The condi- tion of the latter was only moderate. Old Hay, 80s. to 90s. per ton ; new Hay, 80s. ditto ; Straw, 35s. to 42s. do. PIG MARKET, August 10.— Small Pigs fetched rather less money than last week, but good strong Stores main- tained high prices. ROTHEUHAM, August 9.— The shew of Beef was large, but that of Mutton was not equal to the demand. The at- tendance of buyers was pretty numerous, which caused the Mutton trade to be good, but that of Beef rather dull at the annexed prices. Beef, 7s. to 7s. 6d. per stone; Mutton, 6d. to 6jd. per lb.; Lambs, 18s. to 22s. each. Cattle, 230; Sheep, 2340; Lambs, 170. SMITHFIELD, LONDON, Aug. 9.— The supply of Cattle this morning was large, the demand not so brisk as last Monday, and a small reduction in price was submitted to. Of Sheep and Lambs our supply was good ; the for- mer met with a brisk trade, the latter not so much in re- quest. Of Calves we bad but a moderate supply, yet the demand was by no means brisk; prices rather lower. Of Pigs the supply was plentiful, with a good trade : every thing sold well at our present quotations. Beasts, 3120 ; Sheep and Lambs, 27,410; Pigs, 721; Calves, 115. Beef, inferior, 4s. to 4s. 4d.; prime, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d.; Mutton, inferior, 4s. to 4s. 4d.; prime, 4s. 8d. to 5s.; Veal, infe- rior, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d.; prime, 5s. to 5s. 2d.; Pork, infe- rior, 4s. to 4s. 4d.; prime, 4s. 8d. to 5s.; Lamb, 4s. lOd. to 5s. 4d. LIVERPOOL, August 9.— The supply of Stock at mar- ket to- day has been very large for the season of the year, and the quality on the average only middling. Good Beef met with a tolerable ready sale at 6jd.; second ditto, 6d.; but the middling and ordinary qualities were not much in request. Best wether Mutton maybe quoted at about 6jd., varying from that down to 6d.; ordinary and Ewes from 5d. to 6d. ; and Lambs, about from 5jd. to 6| d. per lb., sinking the offal. Although the market was tolerably brisk, there were many Beasts as well as Sheep and Lambs left unsold at the close, but those were of an inferior description. Number of Cattle at market:— Beasts, 1103; Sheep and Lambs, 9498. Cattle imported into Liverpool, from the 2nd to the 9th August.— Cows, 1917 ; Calves, 5; Sheep, 6821 ; Lambs, 1353; Pigs, 1541; Horses, 38. PRICES OF METALS, kc.— London, Aug. 6. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY CORN RETURN. An accountof the Quantities and Prices of British Corn soldin Shef- field Market, from the returns delivered to the Inspector, by the Dealers, in the week ending Tuesday, Aug. 10, 18- 11, computed by the Standard Imperial Measure of 8 Gallons to the Bushel. Wheat. Barley Oats--.. Rye ... Beans•• Imp. Measure- Total Quant- Total Amount. Price sp. Qr. Imp. Measr. qrs. bis- £. s. d. £. S. D. 733 3 2704 6 4 3 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 4 58 17 10 1 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 38 2 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IRON, British— Bar.. .. ton 0 0 0 to Do. Cargo in Wales ton Hoops ton Sheets, single ton ton 0 0 to .. ton .. ton ton ton LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, Monday, August 9.— With the exception of partial showers yesterday, the weather has been more favourable, the temperature having risen considerably within the last few days. At our market this morning, we had a large show of Wheat from Essex, but the supply from Kent and Suffolk was quite moderate. The trade, on the whole, was rather dull, owing to factors asking higher prices than millers felt disposed to pay. The business done was at an advance of Is. to 2s. per qr. on the currency of this day se'nnight. Foreign free Wheat moved off slowly at a similar improvement. In bond, the article was held 4s, to 5s. per quarter higher than on Monday last, which tended to check the demand, and the transactions were not so extensive as they have been of late. The top price of Flour has been advanced to 65s., and ship samples have advanced in proportion. Barley did not sell very freely, but its value was firmly supported. Malt was likewise quite as dear as last week. The fresh arrivals of Oats were small, still the quantity on sale proved fully equal to the demand. Fine heavy Corn realized an advancement of 6d. per quarter on the cerrency of this day se'nnight, but we can note no im- provement either in the demand for orjvalue of secondary descriptions. Beans and Peas moved off slowly, at pre- vious rates. In the value of other articles no change oc- curred. Imports from July 31. to August 7, inclusive :— Wheat, 16,305; Barley, 4687; Oats, 23,096 ; Beans, 4469; Peas, 307 ; Malt, 6779; Tares, 20; Linseed, 53; Rapeseed, 25 ; Flour, 6829 sacks, 1025 barrels. LONDON, Wednesday.— The arrivals of Grain since Monday have been small. The weather being again wet, higher prices were demanded for Wheat, and a further advance was realised of Is. to 2s. per qr. on English, and 2s. per qr. on bonded Wheat. For other Grain advanced terms were demanded, with little disposition to purchase. Flour as last reported. DONCASTER, August 7.— The supply of Wheat to day was small. There seems to have been a gradual decrease in quantity for the last three weeks, and prices have ad- Pig, No. 1.. Do. in Wales Foreign— f Swedes, cn. bd. J Russian, com. Duty 30s. 1 F. S. I.,. per ton. (, C. C. N. D. STEEL, British— Blistered, ( various qualities') ton 25 " " Shear do. do ton 45 Cast do. do. .. .. ton 45 Foreign— ( Swedes in kgs. bd. Duty 20 Do. Faggots, bd. .. percent. (. Milan COPPER, British— Cake ., 0 Tile " 0 Sheets lb. 0 Foreign—( dy. 37s. cwt.) .. 0 TIN, British— Blocks Bars .. Banca, Straits, Tin Plates, i. e. ( box) i. x. do 1 17 ( Others in proportion.) LEAD, British— Pig Sheet -. .. Shot Red White ( dry) .. .. 0 Do. ( gd. in oil) .. .. 24 Foreign— Spanish ( dy. 40s. per ton) SPELTER, 0 For delivery .. .. 0 English Sheets .. .. ton 41 Quicksilver—( dy. Id. per lb.) bd. 0 to 0 to 0 to .. ton .. ton .. ton 0 0 to 0 0 to 0 llj to 0 0 to .. cwt. .. cwt. 0 0 0 to 0 0 0 to 1 11 0 to 0 to ton ton ton ton 0 to 0 to ton 0 to 0 to 0 to 7 5 6 5 9 10 10 10 5 0 4 5 32 0 14 0 15 10 18 10 45 0 84 0 84 0 18 10 19 10 0 0 98 96 0 0 4 4 3 3 1 2 20 21 22 21 26 30 20 33 10 33 5 43 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Market for Metals has again been very much de- pressed, and the price of British iron is even reported to be lower than the preceding rates, the holders being pressed by the difficulty of accumulating stocks. Copper, spelter, and lead, English and Spanish, are all in very dull and declining demand, and the only public sale of East India tin has been of 530 slabs of straits, which were sold on Friday last at 69s. per cwt.— Mid. Counties Her. ECCLESALL BIERLOW UNION, Aug. 9. Inmates in Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse, on last report, 174 Ditto in Nether Hallam Poorhouse •-* • • • • 67 — 241 Admitted since •• ... .• 8 — 240 Discharged during the week 4 — 245 Number of inmatesin the corresponding week of last year, 239 PAYMENTS TO THIS OUT- POOR : Inmoney ................-. « ..£ 53 19 9 In bread 15 5 1^- 69 4 10| Payments in the corresponding week of last year, in money. 59 17 2 In bread •••• 16 fill — 76 4 1 SHEFFIELD PUBLIC DISPENSARY, Aug. 9. Admitted during the week, • • » ... m .. .. ... 46 Discharged, •• •• " « . •• <• ... ... .. 18 Remaining on the Books, •• • • .. ... ... » • 543 Physicians, Dr. Harwood, Dr. Favell, and Dr. Bartolome0, Surgeons, .... Mr. Gregory, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Martin.' Surgeons- Accoucheur, •••• Mr. Walker and Mr. Turton, House- Surgeon, Mr. Law, NEW SUBSCRIBERS. Mr. Thomas Oates, Broom Villa £ 11 Mr, Hiram Cutler, formerly a subscriber of £ 1 Is, now of 2 2 % 6 SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. AUGUST 14, 1841. SHEFFIELD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14,1841. CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF RELIGION AT MANCHESTER.— Next week will be signalised by a most important event— an event in character with the remarkable and ominous circumstances of the present times. We allude to the proposed meeting at Man- chester of the ministers of religion, to raise their pro- test, not as politicians or commercial men, but as the advocates of humanity and of morality, against the foody and soul- destroying Food Monopoly. Hitherto we have not thought it necessary to do more, than express our general approval of the pro- posed meeting. It has, indeed, been met by the Tory papers with combined ridicule and railing, but so far from deeming that their objections required an an- swer, we have but been confirmed in our opinion of the propriety and importance of the movement. We find, however, in the Leeds Mercury of last Saturday, an objector of another class— one who approves of the end, but finds fault with the means— one who admits that " the present occasion, if taken by itself, would be one of the noblest and best in which a band of re- ligious teachers ever met to interest themselves,"— yet raises against it a variety of objections, which, to our surprise, the Leeds Mercury pronounces " valid." If they be valid, then those who have proposed this Conference— the tens of thousands of laymen, and the hundreds of ministers who have approved it, are all wrong, and those who attend it will find themselves placed in a false position. Let us, therefore, examine these objections. We find them to be: 1st— It is a national question, demanding the attention of all classes, and therefore should not be taken up by one class alone. 2nd— It is a question of political economy. 3rd'— It is only one part of the warfare of our true economical inter- ests against the protective system. 4th — The measure will add no new element to the contest. 5th — That religious influence brought to bear on such a topic is not legitimate. 6th— That if two or three hundred moderate and enlightened men can constitute a Conference in 1841, for a good object, two or three hundred hot- headed and ignorant men may equally constitute a Conference in 1851, for a bad object. 7th— That the Conference will cause a loss to the ministers of their proper influence, by bringing upon them the reproach of being political. Mr. WICKSTEED seems to be akin to Paginini. Nearly all his notes are from one string. He would be most adroit as a stage manager, for he contrives to make a small force appear very imposing, by introducing the same men over and over again in different dresses. There are but two principles in his whole list of ob- jections. First, that the question is economical, political, and commercial, and therefore is not one with which ministers, as such, are called upon to inter- meddle. Six of the objections resolve themselves into this. The other is, that it is dangerous for religious ministers to take up this good measure now, because they may ten years hence take up a bad one. If we concede the impropriety of religious ministers intermeddling as ministers in purely secular affairs, then the validity of six of Mr. WICKSTEED'S objec- tions will depend upon this— whether he has correctly described the question ? It is, indeed, true, that the food monopoly does involve political, commercial, and economical considerations. But we maintain that it involves still higher interests— the claims of humanity and morality. Mr. WICKSTEED confesses it to be, " indeed a moral, and even in its effects, a religiou: question." Surely this concession is enough. But he qualifies the admission thus—" so are all which involve justice and beneficence between man and man." From this we suppose he means, that there is no greater justification for ministers, as such, to con sider what course it becomes them to take on the Food Monopoly, than on Law, Police, Pauperism, and the like. But can any man contemplate this great question, with an eye in any degree open to the mo- mentous consequences it involves— a question affect- ing directly every individual of the community, but affecting- most closely and vitally the whole mass of the poor, and yet pretend to rank with it measures that affect some thousands of paupers and criminals, or that may possibly affect any man. These questions are great and important no doubt. But compared with the mighty Food Question, they are but as the annoyance of the dust whirled along by the wind, con- trasted with the awful and all- engulphing earthquake. Is it a new thing for ministers of religion to bring their " religious character and influence to bear" up- on mixed questions? Did they not so in regard to slavery? There were not wanting in the early part of the anti- slavery agitation, captious objectors like Mr. WICKSTEED. Objections similar to his were rife, and if they had been regarded, the negroes to this hour had been in slavery. That was a question involving the sup- ply of sugar, the interests of owners, planters, and mer- chants, all the social, economical, and political arrange- ments consequent on the transition from slavery to free- dom. Did these considerations deter ministers from meddling ? Were they actuated by Mr. WICKSTEED'S pusillanimous apprehension, lest their religious influ- ence should not be legitimate ? Did they dread the loss of their proper influence ? No ; they took up the question on the broad and honest grounds of huma- nity and religion; they lent their chapels ; they gave their names, their time, their labour; they used their influence; they roused the apathetic, they reasoned with the doubtful, they cheered on the earnest; and the result was, the proud and honourable boast that the abolition of slavery was carried by the religious public. Hitherto, the ministers of religion, with some ho- nourable exceptions, have not come forward in the same way, and to the same extent, on behalf of our own oppressed, plundered, and starved people. But having done good service in the cause of freedom, in the West Indies— having vindicated the claims of out- raged humanity, of morality and religion trodden under foot there, does not consistency demand that they now give ear to the cry of wailing and misery that re- sounds at home ? Do they fear contumely and scorn ? These have surely done their worst upon them. Have they not been reviled as political, as hypocrites, as fools, as knaves ? But the worst, the most plausible reproach cast upon them has been that of their own labouring countrymen, that while pouring out their compassion on the black slaves of the colonies, they have neglected the white slaves at their own doors. Surely, then, it becomes them, laying aside all minor • nd partial views, to look at the condition of their suf- ring countrymen, and see if there be no view of their ^ instances in which, as ministers of the Gospel, i3lR • can, and ought to lend all the influence they they sg. * posse. 0t ] aw- made famine, with all its fatal and demo- consequences, a fitting subject for their consi- Look at the atrocities of the system. The n of food is forbidden, not merely until scar- lmportatio. duce({ £ m; ne priceSj t, ut until such scarcity city has pro ; nta; ne( j for six weeks. Importation is has been ma^ , ,; U d eataUe corn hag prevented no, erely u £ m ^ a aver. reached an enoi ™ > us price, , nni ® ,,„ tw aKe of good and bad, wholesom e a, nd P01 « » ous, that price shall be Attuned. If there he the market one million quarters of sound corn, f^ f at £ 5 per quarter, and five millions of unsouna « ITjj there is no importation under the presb. nt " , V the competition of hunger has raised the? price me ansound stuff, perhaps unfit for pigs, to nearly 70s/ per quarter. Can any religious and humane man' contemplate the disease, the misery, the immorality of such a system, and not feel that at all hazard? it is his duty to lend the weight of all his influence, from whatever source derived, to put it down? The Rev. Mr. HEARNE, the faithful pastor of a multitude of poor people in Manchester, attests that more than half of those who die, are hastened to the grave by want. Alas! Manchester is not alone in her mi- sery. And can Mr. WICKSTEED, knowing this, stand back, for fear the Monopolists should call him a poli- tical dissenter ? Can he withhold his hand on the pretence that he cannot, as a minister, meddle in this matter of life and death, without giving " an opinion on the commercial laws and economical policy of the country?" We know not whether Mr. WICKSTEED has any regard for those religious institutions, which are the glory of some denominations of Christians. But even hemay appreciate thedistress, of which their failing re- sources are evidence. The favourite object with the religious world, is the support of foreign missions. Yet the distress of the times is curtailing the funds of all missionary societies. Notwithstanding the as- sistance which the Wesleyan Society has derived from the Centenary Fund, the defalcation is such, that the alternative has been plainly put to the connexion, of increased subscriptions, or diminished usefulness. Of the London Missionary Society we have seen it stated, that the expenditure is .£ 7000 a month; while the monthly contributions this year, have averaged only some £ 4000. The Church Missionary Society has been similarly affected. Here, then, is proof that the religious and moral portion of society, of va- rious denominations, people who have been accustomed to have something to spa£ e, are straitened in their means, and are sinking into poverty, under the pre- sent system. Is not this a call upon the Christian ministry to consider it ? It may be urged, that on the slavery question, which we have cited as a precedent, there was no conference of ministers analogous to that now proposed. Why, there was no need for it. That question was started among the religious public,— it had never been consi- dered mainly as a commercial or a political question,— it fell naturally into the hands of religious men, and they carried it through. But the question of the Food Monopoly, though involving the considerations of humanity, morality, and religion to an unparalleled extent, has hitherto been too much regarded as be- longing to the man of business or the politician. The higher and the holier interests which it affects, have been too much overlooked. Some distinguished mi- nisters have acted a noble and honourable part, but the mass have hung back. The religious public has never assumed, in relation to this question, its right position. It is necessary, therefore, that some extra ordinary measure be resorted to, to set the religious in- fluence fully in motion. This, in our view, is the object of the Conference. The ministers will have to consider whether the main features of the question are not such as to justify them in taking the same part now, as they did in the slavery question?— whe- ther, after what they have done for the negroes, they can hesitate to do the same for their countrymen ?— whether the principle of slavery is not as clearly trace- able in the system that takes part of the earnings of the poor man, leaving him too little to sustain his strength, for the benefit of a dominant class called landowners ; as in that grosser system, which took all the earnings of a labourer, save what was needful for his subsistence, for the benefit of a dominant class called slave proprietors ?— whether they ought to stand by silent, and see their people sinking into poverty, and religious institutions crippled in means and useful- ness, and not bestir themselves ? It is for the ministers in this Conference to consider, whether they ought still to allow this to be treated mainly as a secular ques- tion ?— whether they ought not, as religious men, to stir, and urge their people as religious men, also to stir, for the destruction of the Food Monopoly? Mr. WICKSTEED says, this Conference will " add no new element" to the opposition to the present sys- tem. Perhaps not. Religion has always been in some degree an element of opposition to the law that withholds food from the poor. But the Conference will do this,— it will give this old element its pro- per position, and excite it to its full potency. Is this nothing ? Is it nothing to have thousands of minis- ters preaching from such texts as these—" The bread of the needy is his life — he that withholdeth it, is a man of blood;"—" He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him; but blessings shall be upon the head of him that sellethit;"—" The righteous considereth the cause of the poor; but the wicked regardetli not to know it?" Will it be nothing for the numerous Dissenting communities to feel them- selves embarked as religionists in this righteous cause ? Will it be nothing, that in every chapel and in every school the starving of the people shall be held in reprobation ? The women of England have been kept back from this question by the commercial and politi- cal aspect in which it has met them ; but will it be no- thing for them to recognise in it the high claims of humanity, and to do for their countrymen as they did for the slaves, when their petitions fell like avalanches upon the Parliament? The Herald already croaks, for fear of the religious influence exerted upon, what it is pleased to call, a fanatical population. Let not Mr. WICKSTEED fear that this Conference will be powerless, or useless. It will be vituperated, but it will not be weak. It may be unusual. It may be doubtful what precise measures it will originate. But it will at least declare that the Food Monopoly is aproper subject for religious men to take up, on reli- gious grounds ; it will throw into the shade the com- mercial and political part of the question as compared with the higher claims of humanity, morality, and re- ligion ; it will draw forth clearly before the public eye the evil to be abated, the grounds on which it is to be attacked, and the religious part of the community as pre- eminently the party who are to make the assault. If this be achieved, much will be done. At the close of this long article, we feel it to be almost absurd to pause, to notice Mr. WICKSTEED'S other objection. If the ministers meet for a good purpose in 1841, they may meet for abad one in 1851! If Sir. WICKSTEED shave himself with a razor to day, he may commit suicide with it to- morrow; there- let him go unshaven. If a public meeting be held, to pray for free trade this year, the people may ask for a republic five years hence,— therefore, put down public meetings. Such is Mr. WICKSTEKD'S argument. Surely, then, we may dismiss it, in the hope that, as Mr. WICKSTEED has not yet abused his razor; as public meetings have not yet overthrown the const! tution; so common sense and public opinion may pre- serve the important meeting of next week, from being drawn into a pretext for mischief and folly ten years hence! were determined to " have the government of affairs placed in other and abler hands, such as they could trust and implicitly rely upon." Certainly, if this man expresses his own sentiments, he is a most singu- lar being. The case is this— The Whigs proposed a measure which he now describes as the great thing that the country needs. He concurred with the op- ponents of that measure, to throw its authors out, and bring them into power. Then he writes, in an agony of entreaty, to induce the men whom he " trusts, and can confidently rely upon," to take up that very measure of their opponents for which they have been ejected'. How complete an answer is this to all that the Times has said against the Whigs! How well does it illus- trate the cordial " trust". reposed in the Tories! On Thursday, the Times attacks the sliding scale, under another disguise, in the shape of remarks by a city merchant, on a defence of the sliding scale, which it annihilates. The Herald has ever been signalized as the blind adherent of the protective system, and rings the changes alternately on " British agriculture," and " Native industry." On Thursday, the Herald pro- fessed to give a list of the things which Sir ROBERT PEEL will not do. It does not include in the list— he will not alter the Corn Laws— or he will not abandon the sliding scale. In an article on the Conservatives and the Church, the Times tells the Tories that their restoration to power is " essentially the work of the Church;" and the Whigs might have remained in power if they had let the Church alone. Here this friend of the Church puts the Church monopoly and Church selfishness at the root of all the mischief. The writer also drops a hint about the impolicy of Church Extension at home, and points to India and Turkey, as the places where the Church is to look for extension ! Another curiosity in the Times is an attack upon the Protestant Association, designating the M'NEILE and M'GHEE school as " Protestant incendiaries," and as the great proselytors to the Popish faith. He now warns them in ominous language, to keep quiet, and almost lauds the Catholics. The Standard and the Herald defend the Tory- branded Protestants; the former without venturing to attack the Times, but the latter old lady taking up the Times's epithet of " surpliced ruffians," as applied to the Catholic priests, gallantly declares she will stand by the guns the Times has abandoned. In Thursday's Times is an article addressed to Ireland, warning the people to give no trouble to the Tories, for if they rebel they shall be conquered; if they agitate within the law, it shall be made more stringent, and their liberty be abridged. After all, it is hard to give an opinion whether these articles in the Tory papers, and in the Times especially, are any indication of what the Tories will do. We incline to the idea that they are meant to serve a double purpose. They act as feelers ; and they serve to amuse the public mind with the sem- blance of information, while Sir ROBERT PEEL is not prepared to give the reality. Of course, they in- volve the Times in monstrous inconsistencies ; but what is inconsistency to the Times ? PEEL will come in as the monopolists' Minister. He is raised to power to maintain " the Devil's laws," and the Devil will hold him to his bargain. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. fe. Is- n. ralising deration i THE PRICE AT WHICH CORN CAN BE IMPORTED It appears Dr. HOLLAND stated at Doncaster, that the best foreign wheat can be bought at a cost of 18s. to 25s. per quarter, and imported at a cost of 3s. to 6s. per quarter. Put together the two highest sums, and you have a price of 31s. Add the duty, 24s., imposed when the average price is 60s,, and the result is, that when our price is at 60s., wheat may always be im- ported, paying the duty, with 5s. per quarter profit. Why is it not imported then? It is no answer to say that the speculators keep it back. They have no ex- clusive privilege. Any man who has money may buy and import, and if a profit of 5s., or even 2s. 6d. a quarter were to be made, many would do it, and prices would be kept down to about 60s. If this had been so, the ports would have been virtually open during the whole of the last five years. That it is not so, is conclusive proof that Dr. HOLLAND'S statements are grossly untrue. The present state of things exactly bears out the statement of the repealers, namely, that the average cost of importation, duty free, would not be much less than 50s. The present importations being ca- sual, the price is, in fact, always higher. Add the 67s. duty, namely, 20s. 8d., to the 50s., and you have the cost of importation and the duty, making 70s. 8d., which is prohibitory. In this state of things, none but corn speculators dare meddle, and therefore they have it in their power to hold back, and work the averages 6s. higher, by which they reach the lowest duty. When, by raising prices by 6s., men can reduce the duty from 20s. to Is., it is a great temptation to do so. In his speech at Doncaster, Dr. HOLLAND floun- ders further than ever into the Tory mud. Having reported to the British Association that the distress of this neighbourhood was never so great as now ; having heard Mr. DENISON and Mr. MILN. ES admit the great distress of the people, Dr. HOLLAND as sured the Doncaster landlords that " this country, at this time, was in a highly prosperous state!"— being only too rich— having " more capital than could be profitably employed!" Oh, happy we, if we did but know it ! We abound so much in all good thing! that nothing wealth can procure can add to our com- forts. We are " at the head of the world," says this revealer of secrets, " in point of intelligence, in genuity," & ct But let us not be unduly elated; for the same authority tells us, a few lines below, " the country has lost the peculiar advantages which it pos- sessed formerly, as regards its manufactures." When the Anti- Corn Law League declared that the country ivas losing its manufacturing pre- eminence, Sir R. PEEL and this great Dr. HOLLAND came forward to scoff at their complaints, and assure them, on the faith of tables of exports, that they were altogether mistaken ! But now the Doctor has awoke from his dream. He finds, not that we are losing, but that we " have lost" our manufacturing advantages. And if they be lost, the people of England may say with WOLSEX— " Farewell! a long farewell, to all our greatness !" At the " OLD NO. 12'' WINE and SPIRIT VAULTS, opposite the Tontine Hotel, Haymarket, Sheffield, the smallest quantity of Wines or Spirits may be had upon the same terms as if purchased by the cask, gallon, or dozen. The proprietor invariably imports his own Fo- reign Wines and Spirits, the Queen's duties upon the same being paid by himself; and paying cash down for his British Wines and Spirits enables him to take advan- tage of the depressed state of the markets, and sell to his very best friends, the public, Wines of the very first cha- racter, and Spirits of the choicest quality, guaranteed of the highest legal strength, by the full imperial measure, at wholesale prices. To those who have so long patro- nised his establishment the proprietor returns his best thanks, and at the same time solicits a trial from all those who have not yet favoured him, being satisfied that the quality and prices of his extensive Stock, will eneure to him their future Custom.— N. B.: To afford facility to carriers, country purchasers, and others, Wines and Spirits of all kinds, are kept ready put up in all sized bottles, from a jack to a gallon, sealed and labelled. THE WEATHER.— Monday and Tuesday were mo- derately fine days. On Tuesday night, it began to rain about nine o'clock, and rained heavily, we be- lieve, without ceasing, the whole night. The morn- ing was dull and lowering. At noon, the rain re- com- commenced, and continued, being often very heavy the rest of the day. During the afternoon, the swallows were flying about the town, as they are accustomed to do when rough weather commences late in Sept. Wednes- day was a wet day; Thursday tolerably fine; but Fri- day rainy and very cold. The corn was dreadfully beaten down, by the heavy rain on Tuesday night. THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE.— This great meeting will commence on Tuesday. Between 400 and 500 ministers have already engaged to attend; and, as we miss in the list the names of several whom we know will be there, we infer that the number will be even greater than is stated. The friends of repeal in Manchester are making the most hospitable ar- rangements for the entertainment of the strangers. From Sheffield, we understand that the Rev. T. Smith, the Rev. C. Larom, the Revs. R. S. Bayley, the Rev. B. T. Stanus, the Rev. Mr. Muir, the Rev. D. Rees, and the Rev. J. Davies, will attend. We observe in the list the names of the Rev. R. W. Hamilton, T. Scales, J. E. Giles, E. Jukes, and T. Townend. The Morning Herald is endeavouring to excite prejudice against the meeting on the ground that it will be an attack upon the Church! THE MERCURY'S OCCUPATIONS.— The Mercury is particularly fond of picking small holes in the cloak of poor dissent, to prove, we suppose, the glory, and charity, and unity of the church. One of its favourite modes is to give a sly scratch, under pre- tence of noticing some correspondent. Thus, last week we have the Editor and his sham- correspondent laying their heads together, to imagine the grievances of a Dissenting congregation craving " a supply of spiritual refreshment," when their preacher devoted a week- day service " to fulminations against the Corn Laws," & c. If the Mercury desires to know the truth of the matter, we can tell him, that, on the evening of the 4th of August, the Rev. R. S. BAYLEY preached from the text, " Blessed is he that con- sidereth the poor ; the Lord will deliver him in the time of trouble." And he shewed the inevitable effect of poverty produced by scarcity of food, in promoting misery, immorality, ignorance and crime. The Mercury may deem this to be a monstrous offence; but, being doubtful, we suppose, whether the public would concur in such an opinion, he has prefered to put forth a version of the matter more likely to suit his design. In the same paper, we have the Editor exercising a very kind surveillance over the notice given in Queen street Chapel, to convene a meeting of the seat- holders. He states, that Mr. Leader, on a certain evening, gave out a certain notice, which he pretends to report. The subject is too paltry to refer to, any further than this,—- Mr. Leader gave no notice at all that evening;— and, though a notice was given, it was altogether a differ- ent thing from the Mercury's version of it. SHEFFIELD CEMETERY.— The annual meeting of the Cemetery Company was held on Wednesday, when a dividend of 6s. per share was declared, and the Board of Directors were re- elected. As the ex- penses of the Institution have been curtailed consi- derably, its affairs will no doubt continue to improve. THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST.— On Thursday, the weather being fine, an unusual number of sportsmen and others were collected on the moors. The vari- roads adjacent were also much thronged by MR. DAWSON'S ANNUAL CONCERTS.— We again request the attention of our readers to Mr. Dawson's announcement of his first grand concert for the pre- sent year, on! Tuesday, the 24th inst. Madame Dorus Gras, Signer Brizzi, Signor Tamburini, form a com- bination of vocal talent, which can rarely be' obtained in Sheffield. Monsieur Gras and Monsieur Lariviere are the instrumental perfofmers. As an harpist, we believe Monsieur Lariviere is considered the first in Europe. — The proprietors of the Music Hall have been at the expense of placing backs to the seats in the saloon, in order to render the seats more comfortable,— the want of which has been long complained of. We wish Mr. Dawson the success he deserves; were it not for him, music would be at a low ebb in Sheffield. The terms of admission cannot be objectionable, as we find the same party are visiting Harrogate and York; at the former place the terms are 8s., at the latter, 10s. each admission. TORY INDICATIONS.— In the absence of anything which can throw light on the designs of the proximate Premier, we can only note the movements of the Tory mind as indicated by its press. We have first the Times of yesterday week, inserting, in all the dignity of large type and leads, a letter dated Manchester, and signed " Conservator." This letter is just the sort of thing which the Times' editor is understood occasion- ally to address to himself, in order to act as a feeler. It is a remarkable letter. The writer more than con- firms all the gloomy accounts of the Ministerial press, about the distress of the manufacturing districts, and adds—" Unless improvement come SOON, convulsion is inevitable." Then how is improvement to come ? Nothing will do " short of placing corn in such a po- sition as to cause it to be a regular trading article from abroad"— i. e., just doing what the present Go- vernment proposed, but the Tories have defeated. On Wednesday, appears another letter from " Conserva- tor," in the same strain, urging the Times to go with the stream, and lead public opinion. He describes the sine qua non, —" only settle the Corn Law question on such a basis as to cause it to become a regular arti- cle of commerce, and such will be the relief given to comm « ? rce>— su° h the benefit accruing to the revenue— such the v ® ployment given to the operative, that I do not believe Iv would be possible to get up an agitation on any other subject whatever." Thus accurately does he describe Lord JOHN RUSSELJ-' S measure, and the benefit it would have conferred on the country ; yet the writer says, the people were tired of the Whigs, and THE HARVEST.— After another week of weather even less favourable than before, there remains no doubt of the character of the harvest. The price of food is rapidly rising. The funds are falling. Everything indicates misery and alarm. For this, we have to thank the To- ries. Had the measures of Government, which even the Times now admits to be just what were needed, been sup- ported by the Tories, they would have been carried, and the country would have been relieved and looking upward. But faction and monopoly triumphed, and all is dark and gloomy. " Unless relief come SOON," says the Times, " convulsion is inevitable." There can be no doubt of a large importation of corn, costing a million or two more than it would have cost under a fixed duty, and paid for in gold instead of goods. How is the Bank of England to stand this P The probability is, that she cannot. In 1832, COBBETT gave the cry, " To stop the Duke— go for gold." In 1841, a famishing people and going gold, will test pretty severely the resources of the Tarn- worth quack. Have faith in Sir ROBERT PEEL— Trust Sir ROBERT PEEL — Put implicit confidence in Sir ROBERT PEEL— says Mr. MONCKTON MILNES, M. P, PEEL is in this position— he must let the- country sink, or he must adopt the very measure of his opponents, for which he turns them out. He would like time to perform his evolutions. But the pouring rains? the starving peo- ple, the exhausting Bank, can give no time. What, then, is PEEL to do? The Wesleyan Conference gave a gracious answer to a clergyman, who invited them to join the Church But to the invitation of the Committee for the Con ference on the Corn Laws, to join that Conference, they have not deigned, we believe, to give any reply at all, lookers- on. We are unable, this week, to particu- larise the achievements of any of the " don shots." We understand the birds were numerous, but very shy, which circumstance, unfortunately, added more to the mortification and disappointment of many than to the weight of their hags. Birds have been selling in the town as high as 10s. and 10s. 6d. per brace. SIR ROBERT PEEL.— The proximate Premier is at Longshawe, grouse- shooting with the Duke of Rut- land, as has been his custom for several years past. There was an absurd report in the town, on Thursday, that Sir Robert Peel's hand had been shattered by the bursting of his gun. The party were near Owler Bar yesterday afternoon, consisting of Sir Robert, the Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Granby, and Lord Jer- sey. The birds were very abundant, but so wild and strong on the wing, that the party had very poor sport. Sir Robert looked in excellent health. TOWN- HALL, FRIDAY. — There was the usual amount of business to be done to- day, but no magis- trate. Parties, therefore, after waiting about for some time, in the hope that some magistrate might come, were dismissed. The cause was, the absence from home of all the magistrates. Mr. Parker is in London. The Rev. W. Alderson, Mr. Bagshawe, and the Rev. Mr. Hand, were all from home. This is but another proof of the necessity for a corporation and a bench of borough magistrates. ROTHERHAM UNITARIAN CHAPEL. — The re- opening of this place of worship took place as an- nounced in our last. The social meeting was held in the Court House on Wednesday, when Offley Shore, Esq. presided, and above a hundred ladies and gentlemen took tea. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Messrs. Stannus, Wright, Turner, Wick- steed, and by the Chairman, Wm. Fisher, Esq., and others. BOTANICAL GARDENS.— It will be seen by refe- rence to our advertising columns, that the commit- tee of the Sheffield Botanical Gardens have provided a noval exhibition for the inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood for Monday next. Mr. Burns, the New Zealand Chief, is engaged for the occasion. The Chief has lately been before the most numerous and fashionable audiences at various public gardens; amongst others, on Wednesday week, at the Leeds Zoological Gardens, at which time our townsman, Mr. Bywater, also exhibited a grand display of fire- works. We copy the following from the Leeds Mercury:—" The largest and most respectable com- pany ever known on one of the public days, at this delightful place of resort, assembled there on Wed- nesday afternoon and evening last; there were two objects of attraction, viz., the New Zealand Chief, and an exhibition of fireworks by Mr. Bywater, of Sheffield. At intervals, from the opening of the Gardens to half- past eight o'clock, the New Zealand Chief amused and interested the company by giving accounts of the habits and customs of his adopted subjects, and exhibited their mode of using weapons, rowing in canoes, & c., in fall court dress. A little before half- past eight o'clock, the sky- rockets an- nounced the commencement of the firework exhi- bition, which, notwithstanding a very heavy shower of rain, continued till about ten. Many of Mr. By- water's specimens of the art were of a gigantic size. and the numerous devices which they embraced, and exquisite colours by which they were adorned, called forth repeated applause from the entire assemblage. We never have witnessed any exhibition of the kind superior to this." KIMBERWORTH CHURCH— The first stone of the in- tended church at Kimberworth, will be laid on the 18th inst., by the Right Hon. Lord Howard, M- P. Lord and Lady Milton left Wentworth House on Tues- day, to stay a short time at Filey, for the benefit of the health of his Lordship's eldest son. We understand that the ministerial labours of the Rev. James Bromley, in the Rotherliam circuit, will terminate on Sunday next; when his farewell sermons will be preached in the Wesleyan chapel. MANSLAUGHTER AT GREAT HOUGHTON. — On Wednesday, Thomas Badger, Esq., held an inques at the New Inn, Great Houghton, on the body of Wm. Beavers, a farmer, aged 23, who died in con- sequence of a fight, on Monday night. It was Hough- ton feast, and the deceased, with a man named John Morby and others, were at a public house till a late hour. It appeared Morby and the deceased had, some time before, been engaged in a match at punch- ball, which was the subject of some disputation between them; and about midnight, Beavers said Morby had been picking at him some time, and he would stand it no longer. Several persons interfered, to pacify them, but in vain. They went out and stripped to fight. Charles Cooper and Joseph Mann acted as seconds. They had several rounds, and Beavers was knocked down repeatedly. The last time, he was taken up insensible, and being carried to the house of John Lister, there died about four o'clock in the morning, never having spoken. No medical aid was called in. On a post mortem examination of the body, by Mr. Marsden, of Darfield, it was ascer- tained that the concussion of the brain by a blow on left side of the head had produced a rupture of the blood vessels. The jury found a verdict of man slaughter, against Morby and the seconds; and the coroner issued his warrant for their committal to York. On Tuesday, T. Badger, Esq., held an inquest at the New Inn, Duke street, Park, touching the death of Mary Gregory, a child, two and a half years old. She had been left in the house with an elder child, by her parents, who were busy removing, and the infant, in blowing* the fire with the bellows, set her clothes on fire, and was burnt to death. Accidental death. Yesterday afternoon, a little girl four years old named Emma Scaife, playing with some other chil- dren near the Sheaf Tavern, Cattle Market, fell down a flight of steps and lay insensible. She was taken up and medical aid- procured, but she died in a very short time. It appeared that her skull was fractured by the fall. On Monday morning, a horse drawing a load of steel ran away down Broad lane and Tenter street, where being turned, the animal dashed in at the door of a pot shop, knocking in the door- posts and part of the wall, and making terrible havoc among the crockery. He of course fell, and when got up, it was found that one of his legs was broken. A meeting within the few last days took place at Liverpool, to promote the formation of a railway to Edinburgh. The principal promoters of this mea- sure are the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Grand Junction Railway Companies. The question of church rates was violently agi- tated on Thursday week, at Cheltenham. A poll was demanded, when a majority of 1- 57 was obtained against the rate. At a Tory dinner given on Wednesday, at Read- ing, the Rev. S. W. Yates congratulated the com- pany on " the noble stand which the church had made against the Government plan of national education." PRIZE FIGHT NEAR WORKSOP. — On Tuesday morning last, Worksop was one continued scene of bustle and excitement in consequence of a prizefight for 200 sovereigns that was intended to take place on Lindrick Common, about three miles from Worksop, between Tass Parker and Brassey. The former ar- rived in Worksop on Monday, and took up his quar- ters at the Red Lion Inn ; the latter proceeded for- ward to a public house on the common. On the night previous to Tuesday, the town was literally crowded to excess with persons arriving in vehicles of every description, and it was with the greatest difficulty that a bed could be obtained on any terms. Among the individuals connected with the ring, were Tom Spring, Jem Burn, Dick Curtis, Nic Ward, and Caunt. On the following morning hundreds of pedestrians entered the town, consisting of the tag rag and bob tail of all England, and if it may be judged from the appearance of their persons, it ac- tually seemed as if the streets of the metropolis as well as the towns had been swept of all their pick- pockets and blackguards, for never did we witness such a number of dirty vagabonds congregated to- gether as we did on Tuesday morning, when they were all moving off towards the expected scene of action. About 10 o'clock in the morning, Spring with the elite of the ring and a great number of per- sons left Worksop for Lindrick Common. On their arrival at that place, the Rev. W. Alderson, of Aston, made his appearance ; that clergyman being a magis- trate of Yorkshire, was determined that the fight should not take place in that county. Not being daunted at receiving this check, they proceeded into Nottinghamshire, and atter several fruitless attempts to form the ring in that county, they were then driven into Derbyshire, and obtained leave to fight in a field belonging to Mr. Challener, of Burnt Leys, about two miles from Worksop, on the Chesterfield road, where, after one of the most disgraceful contests, which lasted for upwards of two hours, and during which time 130 rounds had been fought, Tass Par- ker was declared the victor. We hear it rumoured that Sir Francis Burdett, is at Drayton Manor, fishing for a Peerage. AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER. London, ........ Mr. R. Barker, 33, Fleet- street. Messrs. Newton and Co., Warwick- square. Mr. S. Deacon, 3, Walbrook. Mr. G. Reynell, Chancery- lane. Messrs. A. H. Baily and Co., 83, Cornhill. Mr. Clayton, Strand. 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