The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-28 00:00:00

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The chief interest of the news now come to hand lies in the preparations made for the attack upon Burmah which appear to have been of a most formidable de scription. The latest date from Rangoon is of the 12th Sept. The first division of troops was to start from Promo on the 18th, which place it was expected to reach in about a fortnight. The second division, it was thought, would leave about three weeks after wards, and when both should join, battle w►ould at once be given to the enemy, who were stockaded eight or ten miles from Pro me, beyond the reach of the steamers. Trade at Calcutta was not so good as per previous mail, but at Bombay it was brisk, and the money market easy. (From the Overland Bombay Times of Oct. 2.) SUMMART.—We have news from Burmah to the . 12th Septemb er . Th e troops were all healthy, and in high spirits. Th e fi rst division of the force des tined to atta c k P romo was to move on the 18th, by which date all the reinforcements would have arrived. The 2nd division would leave about the Bth of Octo ber —the two amounting to about 7,000 men, of whom one-half were Europeans. The enemy, said to be strongly stationed out of reach of the steamers eight or ten miles from Prome, Would be attacked by the united force while the troops on b oar d t h e flotilla push on and take the city. It was supposed that about a fortnight would be oc cupied in the move from Rangoon to Prome—the fighting part of the work was not thought likely to d etain them long on the way, and steam removed the difficulties and dangers of advance. It is said that the Governor-General has given the Xing of Burmah a second opportunity of obtaining Peace without sacr ifi ce o f t e rritory if he will m ee t the charges of the war to the let of September, apologise for past misconduct, and assure us of suture good behaviour. The N. W. frontier is d isturbed, and more troops are on the wing to chastise the hill-men. We have had unusually Stormy and wet weather for September; in the beginning of the month the shipping suffered severely. The Court of Directors are said substantially to have approved of the conduct of Colonel Outram, and re 11,,htoinended hi s emp l oymen t i n th a t d epar t men t o f the service in which he has been so long distin guished. C onsiderable excitement has arisen in our military circles on the removal of Major Shawe from the corn- Mend of the 22d N. 1., stationed at Kurrachee, pre paratory to taking his trial by court-martial. Con toreary to the first principles of discipline and dictates common sense, the officer in question had been counselling and corresponding with Ali Moored,— Just Stripped by aut h or it y o f th e H ome Government, "'" most justly so , o f a l arge p or ti on o f hi s dom i n io ns °U the su bj ect of hie suppose d wrongs ; anything more Munilitary i s i nconce i va ble. t ar oda corruption and intrigue continue as scann e. - tis as ev er : t h e S ettanee J otee b aee , th e innocent t iim of such frightful cruelties, is yet without re . - 11: 88 ' The Governor-General is at Calcutta, Sir op -h rY Pottinger at Madras. Lord Falkland pr0 ,,,18 ,,,1 8 about this time from Poona to Mahabuleshwar wh . e Will not return to the seat of government, from fail le " h e has been absent since March, at all events November. THE PUNJAUB. The detachments under Lieutenants Lumsden and fr o a ri rd , ; in ge formed a junction at Tooranzsie, on the qcer) on the 28th August, the post at Goojur ure e c l oo eld by the former officer having been aban e'• The combined force, consisting of 1,100 men, ah ei t otr y ,and cavalry, with two guns, proceeded on th e d l -tangee, there to watch the movements of r ea saffected. General Roberts had at length Wed Peahawur on the 10th of September. Sir e ar , L t il Campbell continued to reside at the station. Pi G. A. P. Hervey, of the 3d NI., at Rawul •cue e tri ed , s 1 had invalided. An officer was about to be C aut „:3' court-martial at Lahore for drunkenness. Lis' " Ln Jacob, Ist Fusiliers, had reached Lahore on t c , p w ay to join his corps, when he had been ordered poi: urn to Dhera Gtiame Khan, and resume his ap vairy e nt of commandant of the 4th Punjaub Ca 608thickneas is reported to b® very prevalent in th e _ It 'Yal Rifle s a t J u ll un dh u r, they having on the T he inst. h a d no fewer than 166 men i n h osp i ta l. 1 , heal t h of the troops at Lahore had materially I,;2l:oved, but the 96th foot at Meean Meer had up -1"8 of 140 men on the sick list. Choi THE NORTH WEST. balls Chole r prevails to a considerable extent at Ura t4:2, her i tie ,, Where , in a week, from the sth to the 1 2th illery Majesty's 75th Foot alone lost no fewer th e " nineteen men, six women, and as many children ; 8 „ art "erely. and 9th Lancers hare also suffered CALCUTTA. (From the Bengal Hurharu of Pi. Qom.- la- 8 -• 4 RY.—Still no news o f ac t ua l progres s in our tfli ttes with th e B urmese . B ut ere thisdate, in :121slikelihood, a first division has a dvanced on Prome % S econd is prep a ri ng t o f o ll ow . latest intelligence from a Rangoon is to the 12 th ,!aot by the Hon o u ra bl e C ompany s steamer Feroze, a til.oh arrived on the 16th i ns t an t. W e h a v e received of l arY of occurrences in camp and fleet, but it is not t h i ntleh int erest. It was generally understood that e first di vision would start for Prome by water on the lBth instant, in the hope of reaching that place j e stbout a fortnight. It was to consist of her Ma- Y's 18th Royal Irish, her Majesty's 80th, the 35th 4 a , d ,,r,as Native Infantry, a detachment of Madras 14%ezyc,ifafield battery, two 8-inch howitzers, and Engineers and Sappers. Colonel Reig- Se °l6 , ESL 18th, was to command as brigadier. The t he division is to follow about three weeks after 1 ; 1 5e first, and will, it is believed, consist of H.M. 51st ; Li llg's Own Light Infantry, 40th Bengal Native In alttry, filth Madras Native Infantry, and a detach- Li . lent of Bengal Artillery with a light field battery. Ellsecond division is to be commanded by Brigadier iot. When these divisions are reunited it is pro bable they will attack the enemy, who is stockaded eight or ten miles from Prome to be out of the reach of the steamers. The troops at Rangoon were very healthy con• aidering the season, and there was not an officer on the sick list. The 68ch N. 1., lately arrived from the upp er pro vi aces, has been shipped off for Arrecan in the Tenas serial and Oriental steamers, which left this on the 18 th inst. The Ist European Bengal arrived Fusiliers at Chinsurah a few days ago, and will there remain tillo embarked for Burmah. The 10 th N. 1., coming wn m country boats, aencountered a storm, which 11111' a part of the fleet, and caused the loss of some Property, but, happily, of no lives. kost of the reinforcements from Madras have by this time arrived at Rangoon. t he th e l as t ma il l e f t f ears were entertained for i % , •te saf e t y of the steam-tug Lion, of this port, which i n tow, and proceeded to the Sandheads with a sh ip which 4hcl had not been heard of after a apprehensions on the night of the 4th instant. These These founded. Vl or ehensions have proved but too we ti iv il native seamen were cast on and th e n'-ouch of the river near Balaso s r h e a , re the y are apparently the only survivors of the 0 1 : ew • The ill-fated vessel seems to have been t 'erwhelmed by the sea, which she was ill adapted eeth,eoupnter. Fragments of the wreck, and the re !late 3 °I a body, supposed to be that of the unfort.u bm "tornander, C a pt a i n G eorge S m i t h , have since if s ' n a W ashed ashore, a b ou t 15 m il es north-east o f a I -s°re• The only E uropeans on bosrd were the ! Own. al/tl tto and engineer, the mate ha v i ng b een l e f t i n . i e or mark e t s h ave not been quite so brisk as per 4t La hs r ePort. M oney continues plentiful and accom t7Vation easy. Exchange has declined a little, quo- Arrivals for first-class credits being 2s. CV. to 2s. Oid. d own being more numerous, freights have gone VI ; the quotation for sugar to London is now 4/. 9th he Bombay Express, with English news to the " August, arrived on the 13th instant. C AL COMMERCIA L . do , UTTA., SEPT. 20.—Th e G overnment Express, via te, ‘ue t taY, with L ondon news to the 9th of August, l l id Calcutt a on the 13th inst. The commercial 4siligenee appe ars t o diff er but little from that received i t _ the last mail. The result of the July indigo sales is , favourable than cou ld b e wished, or even expected, ti l lh the knowledge of our present short crop; although tt Ystte see m to h ave en d ed leaving the London market in • lileiver pos,tion than some of the extensive holders were 06.eti . for the gale p was announced d to anticiate when first the large qu an ti ty de '4, . FRANCE. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following telegraphic dispatch, dated Trieste, 2.5 th inst., was (says the Debate) received on Tues day :—" The Turkish loan is definitively refused. Tee Bank is sending cash to Francs." The Debate also says :—"ln addition to this telegraphic dispatch above-mentioned, letters have been received in Paris from Vienna, which announce that accounts had bsen received there from Constantinople, via Belgrade, from which it results, in the first place, that a riot had broken out in that capital ; and, in the second place, that the French Ambassador had given the Divan a delay of seven days to reconsider its refusal of ratification, and that, if at the expiration of that period his demand was not granted, he would take his passports and return to France. If these accounts are confirmed, a state of things will he created the gravity of which we need not point out." It is hardly necessary to add that the news requires confirmation. The Moniteur contains addresses for the Empire so numerous that columns are filled with the bare ❑ames of places from which they have been sent. The Journal de -Lille mentions, as a fresh and un answerable proof of the security inspired in the manufacturing interests by the Government of Prince Louis Napoleon, that upwards of 40 establishments have applied to the authorities for permission to re place their present steam-power by larger engines, or in other words, that since the declaration of the Prince, at Bordeaux, that "L'Empire c'est la Paix" all the manufacturers are preparing to quadruple their manufactures. The Constitutionnel has a long article on the recent decree of the President of the Republic relative to mining property. It approves of the decree, and de clares that it is in every respect just and judicious. At the same time it corrects the erroneous impressions which have prevailed on this subject, and of which advantage was taken at the Bourse to depreciate the shares in existing companies. The decreo, says the Constitutionnel, has no retroactive action, and does not therefore affect the fusions which had previously taken place ; neither does it prevent fusions ; it merely orders that none should be made without the sanction of the Government. In the Pays we find a long article on the Ministe rial crisis in Belgium. The tone of the Ministerial organ is conciliatory. There were several fluctuations in the price of Government securities at the Bourse. Railway shares again rose considerably. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 106 f. 50c., rose to 106 f. /oc., fell to 106 f. 20c., and closed at 106 f. 55c. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 5c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,630 f.; Rouen, 980 f.; Havre, 462 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 850 f. ; Avignon, 605 f. ; Basle, 362 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 815 f.; Paris and Lyons, 988 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 752 f. 20c.; Western of France, 730 f.; St. Dizier to Gray, 586 f. ; Cherbourg to Caen, 6401. ; Dijon to Besan9on, 615 f. ; Bordeaux to Cette, 645 f. BUSINESS DONE IN ffoisr.itiN ItAiLWATS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ocr. 27. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 30 1 ,6—Dijon and Basan9on, 84 —Grand Junction of France, 7%A—Luxem bourg, 7i—ditto (Railway), 4%—Namur and Liege (with interest), B—Northern of France, 31 3 A—ditto 201. 3 per cent. Bonds (fmly. Bou. and Ams. shs.), 1 Orleans and Bourdeaux, '2O y i —Paris and Orleans, 63 - Paris and Rouen, 28 3 / 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 31 1 4—Paris, Caen, and Cher bourg, 8 5 4 i—Rouen and Havre, 18 y, —Sambre and Meuse, 01. THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. The Madrid journals, of the 22d, contain no news of importance. The Queen has authorized the soldiers of the class of 1845 to be discharged at the beginning of the year. On her visit to the works of the canal for conveying water to the capital, the Queen was received with great enthusiasm by the populace on her route, and triumphal arches were erected in her honour. The Marquis de Benalua, Spanish Minister at Berlin, had arrived in Madrid. It is stated, in a letter, that the Cortes will meet at the end of Novem ber, and that the hall of meeting is undergoing the necessary repairs. The Cordova journals announce the departure from that city of Mr. Manby for Ma drid to submit to the Government plans for a railway from Seville to Palma del Rio. Madrid Bourse, Oct. 22.—The Three per Cents. 47k; Exchange on London, 50 20 paper. GERMANY. The settlement of the customs union ques tion proceeds very slowly. The representatives of the Darmstadt coalition have had two. meetings at Vienna, and a preparatory meeting was held at the bureau of the Foreign Minister, Count Buol Schauen stein, on the 22d instant. General de Lamoriciire left Jena, on the 21st, after visiting the field of battle, which bears that name. He proceeded to Wohlsdorf to visit the field of battle, where Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia lost his ife in 1806. General Haynau arrived at Verona, on the 18th, from Venice. The Duchess of Orleans and her two sons arrived at Frankfort on the 24th. BELGIUM. The following telegraphic dispatch was received on Tuesday, in Paris, from Brussels :—" The Cham ber of Representatives met this day (October 26), and proceeded to the nomination of its President. After two ballots, M. Delfosse was nominated to the office by 54 to 49, given to M. Delahaye." The Conetitutionnel says :—" M. Delfosse, who has just been chosen President of the Belgian Cham ber of Representatives, is the candidate whom the Liberal party had substituted for M. Verb krn, after the refusal of the latter. The logical consequence of the election of M. Delfosse must have been the re turn to office of the cabinet which had just retired, if M. Rozier had not announced the positive intention to give up power, and if the state of the negotiations with France.did not render a government of transi tion indispensable. It is, therefore, more difficult than ever to forsee the issue of the ministerial crisis in Belgium. It is much to be regretted that the two parties, who reciprocally hold each other in check, do not, by patriotic concessions, place M. de Brouckere in a position to form a Ministry of compromise." NEW NIGH7' SIGNALS. TO THE EDITOR Of THE SUL SIR,—In the Sun of the 18th, I observed with no little degree of surprise, a letter addressed to the editor, headed " New Night Signals—Rettids, not Thomson's; containing also, some very severe animad versions on the Admiralty and myself, accompanied by a long detail of supposed or imaginary grievances, and a declaration, purporting to place the whole in the hands of Mr. M'Gregor, M.P., with a view to obtain redress from the House of Commons. In this letter, I am charged by Mr. Rettie, as being one of the underlings of the Admiralty, and as dis honourably and furtively depriving him of the merit and pecuniary benefit of his invention. This gentle man I do not know, though I have had the satisfac • tion of hearing him declaim, and ungraciously assail me before a large audience in the London Exhibition, and it was on this occasion that he explained his plans to me, not knowing to whom he addressed himself, that I discovered our inventions had no relation to each other. If Mr. Rettie takes to himself the merit of discover ing the process of staining glass, then, unquestion ably, he has the paramount right to the greater part h f u n u e l h a l yriemporrt of the honours identified with the discovery of the r e "Ne w d er him Ni g ht up S i gnals ; " nothin g . but without this, I can sur render of his designs • so have m it wo uld appear he has been at vast expense os t inventors, in the and it seems he o h f as mad e ' these experiments without prospect t not se al) by the Admiralty for t he ui su u re ch ly, adequate remuneration ; but p h ro e s by him for the use of th h e has not been paid liberally lamps which were supplied paid, nothing will justif y e navy. However, paid or not saant l iisrfiyv think e thentio pnloohfshhsooalwlm able rivals. Mr. Rettie, and hcmiostnevininceuelpations of honour easntned in the success of new night signals are, that its ori gin eto seamen as the myself'; and before I submit a detailed ] i s entirely with Own plans, I will first state what were M r. view of my They consist of large and small lamps , Rettie's. colours, placed in angles, so as to be usd ob different sea in distress. They were to be used asy sh ips at lights. His large lantern, every naval man distress wiu at once say wastotally unsuited f or se a; it measured 1 4 or 18 inches long, by 12 or 14 igh, having a power ful piano convex let's in front of an oil lamp, w i th two large coloured glens slides, on brass rollers, to impart the distinctive colours to the lens ; and, besides this, there were three small lanterns, made of hollow coin mon glass cylinders, red, white, and green; in each of which there was fixEd an oil lamp, and by means of these fixed in various positions, Mr. Rettie pro posed to make signals of distre ss at sea. This is the sum of all I have beard and know n of this gentle man's plans. It was in September, 1848, while serving as sur geon of H.M.S. Odin, commanded by the HOD. J. F. Pelham, R.N., (now private secretary to the First Lord) in the squadron of Sir Wm. Parker, Com mander-in Chief of the Mediterranean, that I was first led to direct my attention to the defective state of our night signals. Bain g placed in the lee line and the advanced ship, we had to eign4lieg to the Admiral, by means of a box of illuminated letters and figures the ingenious inven tion of Capt. Wilmot, R N , but ' not being able t o communicate beyond half a . mile, I suggested to Capt. Pelham the im portance of c o l oure d g l ass , as a means by which communication • s At night with facility might he made at several miles distance. The idea was most kindly received, and, going immediately to wark, I obtained every enconragement from the various officers on board; all of whom occasionally rendered their assistance towards the accompiishraent of my designs ; the green and red (paddle-box) lights, with the light from the mast-head, being used in our experiments. With the aid of my messinates, a complete and perfect table was constructed, enabling 113 to work horizontally up to 999 ; but the horizon tal arrangements proving defective, I reconstructed the table, and hoisted my lights vertically as fl cgs, so as to be seen from every point of the compass at a glance. The whole of my plans, which were then arranged and adjusted for our night work, were laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and in June, 1850, a committee of naval officers, con sisting of Captain Chads, R.N., Captain Sir H. Blackwood, R.N., Captain J. Blackwood, and Captain Henderson, R.N., were appointed to test the merits of my invention. Now, to my surprise, came several competitors, all of whom were unknown to me—Mr. Hobson, Mr. Rees, and Mr Rettie, &c., &c—and none of whom had either circular lenses, a fixed vertical table, or could burl] grease or wax. The want of the latter, not taking into consideration the lenses, would have diminished the communicating distance nearly one-half. My lamps at this period were constructed with a white circular lens, having circular glasses within and common wax burners. A frigate was anchored, by order of the Admiralty, at Spithead, and four miles measured, and marked with a boat stationed at the end of each mile, by Mr Roberts of the Blenheim. Rettie's and my lights were hoisted on board the frigate, the former having plain glass cylinders, and burning oil ; the latter with circular lenses one inch thick, seven inches diameter, burning wax. The committee now placed themselves on board a steam vessel to examine the intensity of the respective lights at various distances. Rettie's small lights were seen at two miles, and after one hour could not be detected beyond half a mile ; while my lights were observed at three and a half miles, and contined so for one and a half hours ; and this supe riority arose from the fact that I used circular lenses, whereas Mr. R. used common glass. Now, with common glass, we find it impossible to signalize accu rately, as the late experiments in the Western Squa dron, under Admiral Corry, abundantly testify. At the close of our experiments at Portsmouth, the com mittee recommended the continuation of the common ship's lantern ; but we found that the plate glass, or blown glass, caused the rays to disperse and inter mingle and blend, so that frequently lights were mis taken or rendered difficult to detect in hazy weather, whereas with the lenses this was not the case. The various trials of lights sent in to the committee at Portsmouth, by order of the Admiralty, continued throughout a period of nearly two years ; and it was on this occasion one of my opponents, who had pa tiently struggled for years with plate glass in vain, acknowledged to me my success. The committee, at the close of our first experiments, suggested to me the propriety of withdrawing the coloured cylinders, and applying the colouring mat ter to the lenses, as the former, from their very fran gible nature, did not seem suited for sea purposes. This alteration overturned my table, reducing it from 999 to 400; but this number at one hoist was deemed ample for all night work, and was a vast improvement on the old system, which gave only 19 signals. All my opponents having withdrawn, I now direct ed my attention, under the supervision of experienced naval officers, to bring to the greatest efficiency and distinctiveness the coloured lenses, which, when finished, received the favourable approval of that com mittee which had been appointed by the Admiralty to test the practicability of coloured lights as a means of signalizing by night at sea, without rockets or guns. In the presence of an enemy the latter were always objectionable, and are to be deprecated, and when with steam are totally unsuited. On the 22d of May, 1852, I received an order from the Admiralty to join H.M.S. Prince Regent (under the command of Captain Hutton) of the Western Squadron ; and from that period to this I have been nightly engaged in completing and perfecting my plans ; and with the efficient aid of Lieut. Hope, Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Corry, I have been enabled to reconstruct my tables ; and it is satisfactory to think, that, without the least assistance from Mr. Rettie or the least suggestion of his, I can make any number, spell any word, and work the day vocabulary or Marryatt's Merchant Signal-book, by night, from one to three and a half miles, with facility.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, MITCHEL THOMSON, Surgeon, R.N., on Special Service. FATAL DUEL REAR EGHAM. Yesterday, the four prisc. , ners, Baronnet, Allain, De Mournay, and Barthelemy, charged with being accessory to the death of Al. Frederick Cournet, who was shot in a dud at Englefield-green, were brought up before the magistrate?, Mr. J. Briscoe, pre3iding, Colonel Chat loner, Captain Seymour, Mr. Edgell, Mr. Dobinson, and the Hon. Captain Cavendish. The examination was conducted in the Town-hall of Chertsey, which was crowded on the occasion ; and smong tho. o present, we observed M. Louis Blanc, with several of his countrymen ; Mr. Albert Smith, Mr. Woods, the coroner for the district, and several ladies. Mr. Huddlestone appeared for Barthelemy and Motu nay, and Mr. Parry for the two other prisoners, Atkin and Baronnet. Mr. Grszebrook, the magistrate's clerk. then stated that through the activity of Superintendent Biddlccombe, s two further evidence would be brought before the hench since the last examination of the prisoners, and Bug. Bested that they had better go through the depositions as they were originally takes, and then add any fresh evidence that the witnesses might wish to give. The Chairman said this would be the most convenient course, and the witnesses were subjected to cross-exami nation after their depositions were respectively read. Nothing, h owever , of any importance was elicited, be yond what has already appeared. Mr. Hayward, cross examined by Mr. Parry, said he remained with the deceased from the time he was first called to him until tire o'clock. Never saw a person manifest more concern towards another than Allain did for the deceased in his distressed state. Bsronnet showed the same kind feeling towards the deceased. Mr. Biddlecombe, the chief superintendent of police, stated that since his last examination by the bench he had found on Allain a seal (produced) which corres ponded with a sealed impression on a piece of brown paper, and had Allain's name written upon it, and was found in the field where the fatal duel took place. The declaration made and signed by two of the ac cused (Baronnet and Allain), wherein they admitted being seconds to Cournet, but refusing to disclose the name of the principal, was then read to the Court by M. Henri Van Limn. Francis Farquharson, a cab-driver at Windsor, was then called, and gave his evidence in such a contradic tory and impertinent manner, that Mr. Huddlestone and Mr. Parry severally addressed the bench, and said they believed the witness was intoxicated, and therefore his evidence ought not to be received in a case of so great a moment for the parties accused. Colonel Challoner said that the witness's conduct bee fore the Bench was most unwarrantable, and the Bench decided that his evidence should be expunged. al Henry Hand, th e secretary at Mr. Green's shooting whichgler appy, in Leicest er - square, repeated his evidence, eared in our yesterday's columns, and identified a Frenchman in court, named Pardigan, as one of the three who came to hire the pistols. Francois Pardigan was then examined, and his evi dence interpreted by Mr. Bryon.—lle deposed as follows: —On Monday, Oct. 18, at seven o'clock in the evening he was persuaded by Allain, with whom he was inti mately acquainted, to accompany him and another person, named Breams, to procure some pistols. They went to one shop, but could not obtain what they desired. The two persons with witness then went to the shooting gallery, Leicester-square, and requested the master to lend them a a pair. After agreeing as to prce, they took away the pistols (produced), and left Si, as a deposit. They said the pistols must be sealed up, and witness said he had some sealing- wax at his rooms. They then all went there, and Allain and Bresson each put their fingers down the barrels and remarked that they must dry them. They each took a pistol and wiped the barrels out with some rag rolled on a stick, both of which were furnished by witness. The piece of rag was of the siz e of a pocket-handkerchief, and witness tore it into stripes for them. The stick was made of whalebone, and was longer than the barrel. They continued cleaning them in this manner until there was no longer any dirt on the rag. They then the out, t , pistols remarked i n a large eg , blew down the barrels, keeping the fi ngers on the , n , i ft p i le a , w a e n l d v found the then wind They pieceof strong brown paper, tied it with st r i ng, and sealed it with 13 seals, and wrote on the pap er , " 13 seals, rolled ca m u p e Allain; 13 seals Bresson. The pistols were then given to Bresson. Cross-examined by Mr. Parry—Both Allain end Bresson acted, as far as witness knew and believed, honourably in the affair of cleaning and sealing up the parcel containing the pistols. Witness has known Main for six or seven months, and always know him to be a man of honour and a gentleman. Also knew Baronnet, for whom witness entertained high respect. Mr. Biddlecombe then said that ho had no further evidence at present to bring before the Court. Mr. Parry then addressed the Court on behalf of Ba rennet and Allain. He said it would be idle in him to clientsexpect the h b e e evidencenc h wou would before abstain from ni t m a i n t d tin ep g s h e is . cially after the hono ura bl e a d m i ss i on made b y his clients of being parties concern e d i n t hi s f ata l rencontre. He the ro Co c u o r, trusted, however, that the bench would listen to his ap peal for bail on behalf of his clients; and remarked that by a recent Act of Parliament they had full power to do so. The Six-Mile-Bridge affair was a precedent, as in that case the prisoners were liberated on bail. He (Mr. Parry) would never believe that any jury would convict his clients of the crime of murder, for everything had been done by his clients to dissuade the deceased from fighting the duel. He Mourne° was their dear and old friend, and us such they obeyed the call of friend ship and honour in accompanying him to the fatal field. He (Mr. Parry) appealed to the bench whether such gentlemen as his clients. who had acted so honour ably throughout the whole affair, would, if trusted with their liberty, be likely to evade the law. No, for his part, ho (Mr. Parry) believed that they might be bailed on their parol, but his clients' friends were prepared to bail them for any amount the bench might Sr. He would add one word as to the fact of finding the piece of rag in the pistol. His clients had acted as men of honour. The pistols were given to Bresson, who had chosen to keep out of the way. The pistols were loaded by the seconds, and, as far as they were concerned, nothing underhanded took place. Mr. Parry then con cluded a forcible address by saying that his clients threw themselves upon the mercy of the English law, and trusted that their application would be granted. Ho must add, that his clients requested him to express their deep sense and obligation for the great kindness Super intendent Biddlecombe had shown them since they had been under his charge. They believed that gentleman had alleviated, as much as was in his power, their pain ful condition. Mr. Huddlestone then addressed the bench on behalf of his clients, Barthelemy and Mournay. He was not surprised at the course his learned friend had taken, as from the confession Baronnet and Allain had made they had clearly implicated themselves in the duel. Mr. Huddlestone then strongly urged that bail might be taken for his clients on the ground of the insufficient evidence against them, saying that the magistrates had full power to admit them to bail; and concluded his forcible appeal to the bench by thanking them for their attention to his remarks. The bench then retired, and after being absent for about 20 minutes, returned, and The Chairman (Mr. Briscoe) said that the bench had maturely considered the remarks of the learned counsel, and that they were unanimous in the opinion that they could not accede to their request, but that they might apply to a higher tribunal. The prisoners were then committed to the next assizes, and the witnesses severally bound over to appear at the trial. THE PRINTING PRESS IN CHANCERY. The printing press in Chancery Don't bo afraid —not as a client, but as a conqueror. Oh Sugden—Sugden 1 You wrote a book "on Powers," but little did you think you would ever have the Power you exercised last term by your order, to cut down Chancery pleadings to r easona bl e l engths, and oust the time-hallowed apparatus machine r y of br i ef sheets, -hall wed margins, copying clerks, copies, and the rest of that awful and costly machinery of word spinning, by the introduction of printed bills and claims, drawn in forms no longer than are necessary, and in language intelligible to clients as well as conveyances and councillors. Of all the mighty services the Printing Press was ordered on, this is surely among the mightiest. It has marched into Courts, and absolutism has re tired before it into Cabinets, and diplomacy has shrunk into insignificance ; into Parliaments, and public opinion hab become greater than Ministers. But hitherto Chancery was barred against it—Mysti fication, P rocrastination, Amplification, Reduplication, and Obscuration still sat there, guiding the pens of the law stationers, and twisting folio after folio of verbiage round a cvAsc, that it took years to unwind, and wrap ping up facts in skins of parchment, till clients, convey ancers, councillors, chancellors and all lost sight of 'ern, and had to spend years in hunting out what they had spent years in hiding away. And at last into this sanctuary of verbiage and chi cane comes the Printing Press, introduced by Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Lord St. Leonards—let his name be given at full length —and so surely as that conquering machine has penetrated here, so surely will cheapness, simplicity, and clearness follow in its train.—Punch. THE STN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2S, 1852. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCCXXXVI. THE T.NIURSERY STAKE 3, &c. The races at Newmarket yesterday, with but one ex ception—the 15 sous. liandicap—wero highly uninterest ing, therefore, I shall only c o mment upon Michaelma s Maid's race. For that the ring laid 6t05 on her chance, which pr ice she justified by taking the lead, making all the runnine, and winning very easily by a couple of lengths ; Tittle Tattle being beaten nearly three lengths for second place. Stella, Game Chicken, and Desdemona could not live the pace. Immediately after the race they made the winner first favourite, at 5 to 2, for the Second Class of the Nursery Stakes; though, for my part, I scarcely know why they should, as the Maid's race yesterday:was over the first-half of the Ab. M., and the Nursery Stakes, to-morrow, is run over a very different course —the 1). M. The Nursery Stakes this year having obtained thirty acceptances, according to the established rule they were divided into two classes, fifteen to each. The weights for the First Class range very wide, from 9,4 to 5t 61b. Pelion, who is favoured with the top weight,'is al ready by it placed hors de combat. Exact at Bst 811;is no better off Placid at 7st 121 b, cannot possess much chance. Talfourd is the first that is weighted reason ably; but at 7st 61b, I am afraid he is called on to concede too much weight to several in the race. Ante verta at 7st 41b, does not look amiss, the distance suiting her. She has already beea elected the favourite, at small odds. The Hersey colt, and Margaret of Anjou, at Est 121 b each, I cannot fancy. Eaton, at Est 111 b is very well "in." The Belle Sauvage filly, Winter, and Sister to Caraeara, at Est 101 b each, are held perfectly safe by Eaton. Game Tommy, Est 91b, will like the D.M. to-morrow better than he did the first half of the Ab. M. yesterday. Feramorz, Est 81b, is a wretched brute, scarcely worth his training expenses. Lady Ger trude, let loose at sst 12th, has hitherto run so wretch edly, that, even favoured as she is by the handicapper, her chance is bat an indifferent one. At the bottom of the list, at the comparative feather of sst 61b, stands General Anson's Nerve, the daughter of Charles XII. and Jennala. This animal has appeared in public twice; first at the Liverpool July meeting, where, carrying Bst 41b, she finished a good third to Sylphine for the Mersey Stakes; and, secondly, at York, where, with 7 at 101 b up; she also ran third to Locket, for the Tyro Stakes. Neither of these performances were very bad; and, I think, considering the weight she will carry to morrow, she ought to be the winner; at any rate, I shall look to John Scott for the victor in either NERTA or EATON. Game Tommy and Anteverta, I expect, wil, be handy to the first two. In th w e Second Class of the Nursery Stakes, the weights range from Bst 71b to 6st 51b—North Pole head ing the list—who is, I fancy, rather too heavily weighted, though likely to run well. Audubon at 7st 131 b, is not in badly. Tavistock at 7st 91b, is no go; and I think the same remark will apply to the Potentia colt. Auchin leek and King David are equally out of it at 7st 71b each. Jacquelin 7st 61b, is well bred for the distance; but whe ther she can give the weight required to Michaelmas Maid, is a question I cannot answer. Dove at 7st 61b is perfectly hopeless. Jack the Giant Killer has a fairish chance at th• same weight as the preceding Doublethong can have no hope at all. Michaelmas Maid is in very favourably at 7st llb; and, as I fancy she can stay the distance, is very dangerous to be against. Little Swift at Est 13th, is in the hopeless list; and Alti tude at 6st 111 b, is in the same plight. The Treacherous filly at 63t 111 b, I know but little about, and expect but little from. Brightwaltham at 6st 51b—the feather of the lot—is a horse suited to the distance, and blast, un doubtedly, run well. In BRIGHTWALTHAN or Ml _ CHAELNIS MAID, I shall expect to find the winner; and Jacquelin will, no doubt, run very forward. At the conclusion of yesterday's notes, by the substi tution of the word "run" for " win," in the fourth line from the bottom, the sense of the observation about the four matches was entirely altered. Umbriel will, I believe, walk over the 300 soya. Stakes. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. TUESDAY. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. -FURTHER PARTI- CULARS. The start took place at two o'clock, Grief, after the first fifty yards, t a ki ng t h e lead at his best pace, followed by Ephesus, Babette, Brawn, Knight of the Shire, Pan cake, Russborough and many others, whom, from the great interval between the upper and lower ranks, we could not distinguish. Except that Hobbie Noble, who was one of the last off, was in the first flight after running two or three hundred yards, there was no change worth speaking of until they reached the turn of the land; Grief here beat a retreat, leaving ten or a doien horses in advance, so nearly abreast, that it was impossible to say which was leading. In rising the hill there were various secessions, and at the Duke's Stand the race was left to Bobbie Noble, who now had a decided lead, Knight of the Shire lying second, and Lady Evelyn third, the next lot consisting of Babette, Weathergage, Indian Warrior Ruasborough, and Herb e rt. Th e K n i g h t of the Shire taking the second place a few strides beyond the Duke's Stand, followed his leader until within one hundred and fifty yards of home, headed him in the cords, and won easily at last by two lengths, Hobbie Noble beating Lady Evelyn by a length and a half, Babette fourth, Herbert fifth, Indian Warrior sixth, and Weather gage, seventh. Run in 1 min. 14 sec. Value of the stakes, 1,8954 WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each ; for two-year-olds, 6st 91b; three, Bst 71b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five and upwards, 9st 111 b. The winner to be sold for 250 soya., if de manded, &a. Last half of Ab. M. Mr. Jaques's Gold Dust, 2 yrs 0 1 Mr. Sam's Lapidist, 3 yrs 0 2 Mr. Jones's c by Sir Hercules, out of Dexterous, 2 yrs Lord Exeter's Nutgall, 2 yrs (Helfer) 0 Mr. Sherring's Woodlark, 6 yrs (W. Treen) 0 Betting-6 to son Gold Dust, and 3to 1 agat Lapi dist. Lapidist jumped off with the lead, which he held to the cords, where he was joined by Gold Dust, the race home terminating in a dead heat. Run in 55 sec. Deciding Heat-5 to 4on Gold Dust. Won by a length and a half. Time, 53 sec. Handicap Plata of 501., for three-year-olds and upwards. A. F. Mr. Payne's Glenluce, 3 yrs, 7st (Harding) 1 Mr. R. E. Oliver's Sir R. Tronchard, 6 yrs, 6st 101 b (Ashman) 2 Mr. St. Aubyn's Jessie, 6 yrs, sst 71b (P. Hammond) 3 Mr. Pedley's Florence, 3 yrs, Est (C arro ll) 4 Mr. T. M. Stanley's The Confessor, 4 yrs, let 121 b _ (Charlton) 5 Mr. Drinkald's Mr. Moon, 3 yrs, Bst (Pavis) 6 Betting -6 to 4 aget Sir Rowland Trenchard, and 2 to 1 agst Glenluce. Glenluce, overpowering the lad, took the lead at start ing, and with Jessie and Sir R. Trenchard in her wake, made all the running into the dip, where Jessie was beaten. Sir R. Trenchard challenged immediately after, but never quite got up, Glenluce winning by a short head. Nothing was near the first two. Run in 2 min. 24 Beo. Match -200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Nicotine, Est 1I lb (Charlton) 1 Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, Bst 71b (Norman) 2 Betting -5 to 4on Nicotine. Won by a length and a half. Run in 1 min. 15 sec. Subscription Plate of 501. •, for two-year-olds, Est 71b ; and three, Bst 101 b. The winner to be sold for 350 soya., it demanded, &o. T.Y.C. Mr. Sams's Seams, 2 yrs Sir R. Pigot' s J ac k t h e Gi ant Killer, 2 yrs_ _ (A. Cowley) 2 Lord Exeter's Noisette, 2 yrs Lord W. Powlett's Luxurious, 2 yrs...(S. Steggles) 0 Duke of Bedford's Dabchick, 2 yrs (Benstead) 0 Mr. Drinksld's Knavery, 2 yrs (Carroll) 0 Mr. Pedley's Trousseau, 3 yr 5.,.... ...... (Temp!omen) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Sextus, sto 2 eget Trousseau, and 4 to 1 agst Jack the Giant Killer. Noisette made the play to the new ground, where she was joined by Sextus, who quitted her in the cords, and won easily by three parts of a length, and Jack the Giant Killer, who camo a few strides from home, beating Noisette foe the second place by a length. Run in 1 min. 16 sec. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya, each, 10 ft, for two year-olds. First half of Ab. M. Mr. Shrimpton's Michaelmas Maid, 7st 81b (Charlton) 1 Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, ist 61b...(G. Oates) 2 Mr. Itayner's Tittle Tattle, 7st 111b...(1I. Hammond) 3 Duke of Richmond's Stella, 7st 121 b ..... ...(Garvey) 0 Mr. T. Taylor's Game Chicken, 7st 101b...(Crouch) 0 Mr. Merry's Desdemona, Tat 6lb (Knott) 0 Betting-6 to son Michaelmas Maid, and 3to 1 agst Game Tommy. Michaelmas e[aid made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 52 sec. Match-100, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Greville's Flutter, Bst (Flatroan) 1 Lord Glasgow's f by Don John, out of Miss Sarah Bst 71b (F. Butler) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Flutter. Won by a neck. The race was not timed. weepstakes of 10 sous. each for two-year-olds; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 70 sous., if demanded, &c. First half of ,cab. M. Mr. Morris's Lady Vernon (13asham) 1 Mr. B. E. Oliver's I by Birdcatcher, out of Grace Darling (Templeman) 2 Mr. Jaques's Pitfall (Flatman) 3 Mr. Armstrong's Turntable .. (Sly) 4 Betting—Even on Lady Vernon, and 2 to 1 ugst Pit fall. Won by a length, a neck between sec on d an d t hi rd ; Turntable beaten off. Run in 54 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three-year-olds, 7st 71b; four, Bst 21b; five and upwards, Bst 71b. The winner to bo sold for 150 sm., if demanded, &o. T.Y.C. Mr. Robinson's Chorus, 4 yrs (Rogers) 1 Captain D. Lane's Guy Mannering, 4 yrs (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. E. Phillips's Henrietta, 3 yrs. (G. Oates) 3 Betting-6 to son Guy Mannering, and 2to 1 apt Chorus. won very easily by a length ; half a length between second and third. Run in 1 min. 15 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each ; for three-year-olds , 75 t 71b; four, B,st 41b; five and upwards, Bst 81b. w inner to be sold for 40 sovs., &o. T.Y.C. 3 subs. Mr. J. Hughes's Trinket, 4 yrs (Crouch) 1 Mr. Sams Euphony, 3 yrs.... . (Wells) 2 Mr. Mytton's The Moor was mounted, but did not go to the post. 5 to 2 had been laid on him, but at the close ri to 4 was laid on Euphony, and 2 to l sgst TriLltet. The owner of the latter endeavoured to prevent her jr , ekey from weighing, Mud to disqualify her. She won e_s.ly by a langth. Time 1 fain. 15 see. Match— 200, h fc, 83t 7lb each. T.Y.O Mr. Greville's Flutter .............................. Received Lord Glasgow's! by Don John, out of Playsalis Paid - - - 11 ,, tch-100, h ft. T.Yo.—Dupe of Bedford's Dio media, Bit 41b 11,,, , ceivod 40 scv, frornMr. Greville's c by Akain, out of Alkali, Bst 71b. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FIRST CLASS NURSERY STAKES. 4 to 1 bglt Antevprta 8 to 1 agst Talfoard 8 to I agst Eaton 8 to 1 agst Game Tommy 8 to 1 egst Exact 9 to 1 agst Bello Sauvage f 10 to 1 agst Nerva 10 to 1 agst Feramorz 12 to 1 apt Margaret of Anjon SECOND CLASS NURSERY STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Michaelmas Mid 7 to 1 apt Taviszock DERBY. 15 to 1 agst The Reiver. 25 to 1 agst West Australian—taken 25 to 1 agst Cheddar ACCEPTANCES FOR T (Flu 'HE NURSERY STAKES DAY.) Class. First at lb Prlion 9 0 Exact Placid 7 12 Taitourd 7 6 AnteAerta c by Orlando out of Hersey Margaret of Anjou 6 12, Eaton 6 11 Seconc at lb North Pole Audubon . 7 13 Tavistock 7 9 ch c by Don John out of Potentia . Auchinleek 7 7 King David 7 7 Jacquelin, by Don John out of Jeadma 7 6 EPSOM AUTUMN Acceptances for the Auto: Age st lb Lady Evelyn 6 9 5 Glauca 6 8 12 Chief Justice H ,, bhie Noble 3 8 3 Officious India❑ Warrior 3 7 11 Hernandez 4 7 7 Hothorpo ... 4 7 0 Islcasharn .... 4 7 0' Ringleader 4 6 13 Candlewick ..... Poodle 3 6 11 The. Proctor 4 6 10 DulcA a 6 10 " COUtt7'-'( TIIIS DAY.) TOKES V. . This was an action to recover MUNFoßD tho sum of 101. on a Bill of Exchange. The Record was very voluminous, the defendant having pl ea d e d seven special pleas—denying the ac ceptance, and the different indorsements, and alleging that the bill had been given by way of fraudulent pre ference, in order to induce the drawer to sign a letter of licence. Issue was joined on each of the pleas, which defendant did not appear to substantiate, and a verdict was given for the amount claimed. This was the only case in the list. A yestion of some importance to the profession, as the learned Under-Sheriff .held, was, that in the absence of counsel the clerk to the attorney on the Record might conduct the case, DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a horrid character, occurred on Monday afternoon to a man named Lacy, a smith and iron-worker, at Ringwood, Dublin. It appears that, whilst employed i n a f orge, a fellow-labourer had a rod ofiron heating in the fire, which ho withdrew at the same instant that Lacy, whose back was towards him, turned suddenly round, throw ing his left arm backwards with force, and bringing it with such violonee against the red-hot bar as c omp l etely to transfix the arm, the iron projecting for some inches ou the other side. The sufferer was immediately con veyed to the, City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot-street, where, up to yesterday, ho was doing well. at lb b f by Bay Middleton out of ra 13,110 Sau- vage 6 10 Winter Sister to Caricara 6 10 Game Tommy 6 9 Feramorz Lady Gertrude lierva I Class. st lb Dove Jack the Giant Killer 7 6 Doublethong ..... 7 1 Michaelmas Maid 7 1 Little Swift 6 13 b f by Lanercost out of Treacherous Altitude Brightwaltham 6 5 MEETING, 1852. inn Handicap of 100 sous. Age st lb Merry Bird 3 6 8 Don Pedro 4 6 7 Vermuth . . 4 6 7 A11egr0...... Sackbut 3 6 0 llarpiichord 4 5 10 Madeline 3 5 4 ISnarry 8 5 3 Tested The Varmint 3 5 3 Plumstead 3 5 2 Termagant 3 4 13 Captain Flash 3 4 10 'URES FOR 1852. :MBER. Stretford Warwick Aberystwith Shrewsbury Autumn 23 ES TO COME. ;11BEFL. - 23 RACING FIXT, NOVE Worcester Autumn 2 Epsom 4 Liverpool Autumn 9 Cowbridge Hunt Northallerton ll IRISH RAC} NOVE Kilkenny .... MESSRS. HOWARD AND CLINTON'S GREATEST AND MOST DECISIVE VICTORY.—Ever since the Cesarewitch, the Knight of the Shire has enjoyed the soubriquet of Messrs. Howard and Clinton's " Pot." It was a standard joke in the ring before starting, " What's the odds against Howard and Clinton ?" This was because we stood on him alone fot the Cesarewitch till the last moment, when, finding that it was not his day, we, on the Monday before the race, changed our tip to Weathorgage or Lady Evelyn by public advertiaemeat. But we are proud, we are exces sively elated, to find that we won so clearly, so deci sively. We positively picked him as the decisive and only winner of the Cambridgeshire. We are daily insulted by envious spiteful slanders, either by men who would grovel in the dirt to curry favor with us, and who vainly endeavour to imitate us; or by men who, like the viper, vainly endeavour to injure the file. This time, however, though despising the trouble, we did take the precautions, and on Saturday, in an interview which we had with the Editor of Bell's Life, respecting an erroneous statement acknowledged to have been in serted in error, and which will be contradicted next week, we left in his hands a copy of our first, last, and only printed circular or tip, (excepting the one issued mouths back botore the entries, when at 100 to I wo gave Hobble Noble.) Well, in the above-mentioned circular, after giving our reasons for picking out the Knight as the winner, we then placed them thus, as wo calculated they would run:— Knight of the Shire 1 Aaael 2 Convulsion 3 [The Knight was then at 20 and 15 to 1. Lot this speak for itself.] The steeple-chase season will far out shine our previous successes. Now, don't forget our words. Wo have reason to know that not even the proverbial uncertainty of horse-flesh will pre vent certain monied certainties coming off ; but we shall have them on the hip in every case. Fee for the season, two guineas. We want no one to join our list till he is satisfied by direct reference to subscri li - bers (which we will gladly afford) what we, our state ments, and our information are worth. Address H. and C., Post-office, Coventry- street, Soho. Post-office orders payable to Henry Howard. P.S. The money won by our subscribers through our investments amounting to 2,9671. 10s., will be forwarded (less commission) on re ceiving instructions. P.P.S. Thursday—lmportant No tice,—Past success ope ns th e paths to future victories— we never promise till we are nearly certain of fulfilling our promise—we have it direct from the stable that they are going in for an immense " pot " on the Epsom Au tumn Handicap—that it is as near an approach to a cer tainty as was the case of Adine—the money is on, but with caution our subscribers can get on a little now at 20 to 1. To Subscribers. Per tentage comes in remarkably slow; is it possible that we have to complain of this on such an occasion—bah I don't let us have to remark again on this subject. CoLLISION ON THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY.—An accident occurred on Monday to the up mail train from Bristol to Bir mingham, near to the goods station of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company at Worcester, arising from gross negligence. By a recent arrangement part of the Bristol and Birmingham trains leave the Midland line at Abbott's Wood, and traverse the loop line of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Company to Worcester, joining the Midland line at Stoke. The mail train due at Worcester at ten o'clock arrived at its proper time last night, but on leaving the station, at about 200 yards beyond it, while going at the rate of 10 or 12 miles an hour, ran into two trucks which had been left upon the line. There was but one carriage to the train, and this contained but few passengers, who luckily escaped unhurt. It appeared that in removing the waggons the men h ad shunted the two trucks upon the main line, and then went home to supper and forgot them. The men were yesterday taken before a magistrate, and, in their de fence said that they had been told to put the trucks there, and that they did not know anything about the line. One was fined :in the penalty of 1/. and ss. costs, or 14 days' hard labour; and the other in 10i. and ss. costs, or 7 days' hard labour. The money was paid. TESTIMONIAL TO RALPH BERNAL, Esq.—The liberal electors of the city of Rochester, anxious to testify their admiration and esteem for their late respected member, Ralph Bernal, Esq., recently entered into a subscription for the purpose of presenting him with a piece of plate. The selection has been a magnificent centre-piece, form ing a candelabra. It stands three feet high, having six branches, beneath which are three figures, representing Commerce, Justice, and Wisdom. The inscription is as folio ws:—" Presented to Ralph Bernal, Esq., by the liberal electors and inhabitants of the city of Rochester, as a testimonial of their estimation of the many services rendered to his country by his unflinching advocacy of civil and religious liberty, free trade, and parliamentary reform, throughout a long senatorial career of thirty-two pears, during twenty-five of which he most assidaouslY a attended to the interests of their ancient city, their representative in parlia men t." O n one side of thes base are engraven the arms of the hon. gentleman, 'y' with th e motto " Spes et Fortitude," and on the other the cr e s t, both of which ar e a d m i ra bly executed. The w eight of it is 281 ounces; the cost nearly '2OOl. T.; Crry or LONDON. — SANITARY CONDITION OF 1"-- return has been laid At the instigation of Mr. Elliott, a before the Court of Sewers of Theuenisbet i o s f s c o o m ws ew k h ep at t r seeing in various sheds in the City. that in a astounding, and, people the emana densely crowded m in as d s ee o ci f , h a o l u El s r e in sa ng'd large as cows, make a tions of animals, e t t P e ec m i l t i e lY y s o o ther agents which poison serious addition to the atmosphere . Even if the animalsand.sheds be kept clean (a matter of great doubt), they are in all respects out of place in the heart of London . In the east dist r i c t, i including Aldgate and Bisbopsgat e, there are 65; in the west, including Bart holomew -close and Shoe-lan, 77; in the north middle, as Fore street, Moor-lane, and Milton street, 63; in the south middle, as Lambeth-hill an d Old Change, 27; m aking a total of milk- manufacturing cows of 232. If search were made in other parts of the metropolis, even a larger proportion of this nuisance w ould be found. Farm-yards, green fields, natural food, and pure air aro indispensable to the manufacture of wholesome milk. Railways render inexcusable the con tinuance of keeping animals in foul air, whose milk under such circumstances, is a diseased secretion, injuri ous, more or has, to the public health. ABOLITION OF CHANCERY OFFICE.'.—From this day (Thursday) several Chancery offices, under the new Acts of Parliament, will be abolished, including the offices of the patentee of the subpoena office, the deputy of the patentee of the subpoena office, the clerk of affidavits, the as sistant-clerk of affidavits, the second assistant-clerk of affi • davits, the clerk of reports, the doorkeeper of the Court of I Chancery, and the office of the usher of the Court of Chancery. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A new drama, in five acts, by Mr. Morris Barnett, called Sarah Blangi, a translatio❑ of a French play of " ter rible interest" (Sarah la Creole), was successfully pro duced here last evening. Like many recent productions on our stage, it will be all tho better for contraction. The heroine, a Creole, has sworn to avenge the death of her presumed father, who has been shot under some military necessity not very clearly explained, by order of Colonel Dumont. The colonel becomes a protector to the child of the man he has executed, and brings her up with his own daughter, Alice. The bitter and revenge ful spirit of the Creole girl, and the processes by which she compasses the ruin and desolation of her benefactor, form the groundwork of the action. Under the guise of friendship and sincerity, the fiend-like Sarah meditates the most demoniacal projects. She separates Alice from her lover, and causes her to be married to a vain and careless profligate. Finding that the profligate is re formed by the grace and virtue of his wife, she intro duces jealousy and distrust, and the husband is myste riously apprised of the ♦isit of the former lover, and misled by the arts of Sarah as to his purpose. The mind of Alice, on the other hand, is tortured with sus picions of her husband by like contrivances, and she determines on suicide. In the meanwhile explanations take place which restore the mutual confidences of the couple; but Sarah, not to be foiled, being in possession of a letter written by Alice, in her horror of anguish, resolves on poisoning her victim, and avoid the personal consequences of the crime under the exculpatory shelter of the letter. Bat all these schemes are frustrated by the individual, a brother of tho colonel, who, before the commencement of the piece, it was supposed had been secretly made away with by Sarah, who hoped by this means to divert the wealth from the colonel's family, with which his relative had proposed to enrich bim. Affecting to be a dry and imperturbable humorist, he dogs the steps of Sarah, becomes privy to all her secrets, and finally constitutes himself as her agent in the de struction of Alice, who, it is unnecessary to remark, is saved by his interference. Further piquancy is given to the denouement by the discovery of the fact that Sarah and Alice are sisters, and that the revenge for which the former pined had no origin in a filial wrong. The part of Sarah Blangi was performed by Miss Fanny Wallack, a lady whom we do not remember to have seen before, but who is evidently well acquainted with the stage, and possesses considereele talent as a melodramatic actress. Miss Harriet Gordon acted the interesting character of Alice Dumont with great sweetness and feeling. Mr. Farren, as Colonel Dumont, represented to the life the fine old militaire, and made the part very affecting. But the most remarkable piece of acting in the play was Mr. Compton's Monsieur Vandris. It was exceedingly quiet and natural. The applause at the conclusion was loud and general, and the author and principal actors were called for. The piece was announced for repetition every night. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr Justice Cresswoll.) THE CASE OF RAPE. George Gregron, the medical student who was yester day round guilty of rape upon a child, was this morning placed in the dock to receive sentence. The prisoner emphatically declared that he was wholly innocent of the crime alleged against him. The Chief Baron, after some observations as to the grave nature of the offence, sentenced him to transpor tation for 15 years. SENTENCE UPON CANNON. The prisoner, James Cannon, who was yesterday found guilty of feloniously causing to Michael Dwyer, police constable, certain bodily injury dangerous to life, with intent to murder him, having been brought up to receive judgment, The Chief Baron said he had deferred passing sentence upon the prisoner, in order to consider whether he should not sentence him to death; but on reflection, and after Consulting his learned brethren, he had come to the con clusion that it would be sufficient to record judgment of death against him, leaving the civil authorities, with whom all mercy rested, to afterwards deal with the case es they thought proper. The offence committed by the prisoner was the most aggravated one, short of taking away life, which, in the long course of his legal experi- Kiev, he (the Chief Baron) tad ever known; for he had inflicted . sueh dreadful injuries on the unfortunate prose shtrength, cutor that it was not improbable the remainder of his existence would be a long course of pain awl suffering. carried teer i ted , He trusted that the fate of the prisoner would act as a warning to all who, like him, exulted in great physical against showing such a reckless disregard of is u h m m a e n nt l a if w e. ard W ed h f e o t r he s r uc t h he er s i e m n e t s e . nce of death would be into he e m ff e e s c t t i e t x w p a ee s t im to p s o u s ff si e b r le th f e or n t e h x e t Court gravest to pun ishment u a n y .; and he was then h The prisoner wa but if he escaped death, which by the law he justly Sentence of death was then recorded against the priso ner,taken to have Bowes , :htAoNSLAUGHTER. removed from the Court. additional r a e l do,ffiacnedrsthine the dock. was eniaker, who was convietesi on an ind J i e p h irti n e te t w c is . , a 2 r 2 . amliett, Brentfe d was sen:e r n , but recommended to ging hil:n w i t !, h • t 0 manslaughter of Richard St n mercy by the jury, 9 calendar months. ced to imprisonment for GOVERNMENT EMIGRATIONIOAU:TR!vLIA.—Yes terday her Majesty's Colo h n e i r al co L nt a r n aa d enta and E 1 shipsg i omn vessels seostmetl toor t Victoria — the wmo p.....'"engers their passengers on board on the lad ' : p er n t p a e irS b e :Y e e i r :r: n e b t le a e trd r 3 7 l a et ter emigran tsl ; uc o de n ei vdeteoaonf Melbourne° t t Ile ni to embari,z all her at Deptford, and the other to embark her passengers either at Plymouth or at Liverpool. LIIERATURE. The Young Mile's Guide. A very excellent little treatise, by Dr. Henry D s, and pub!ished by Bohn. It is a vade-mecum that should bein the nursery of every married lady. We arc convinced that it the very.:imply and plain advice therein given was more generally adopted, the medical adviser might be kept out of the house altogether. Reading it over, we have come to the conclusion, that;if every one acts up to the principles of the book, there will be very little for tie- medical world to ;lo in the department of which the work treats ; but the worst of it is, we readily enough listen to good advice, but we do not so readily follow it. Dr. 11. Davies seems to be purely of opinion that, from the body's purity, the mind derives a secret sympathetic aid," or he would not advise bathing in the way h e does. Th e D octor is unquestionably right. It is one of the many things still too much neglected, though we are improving, and a century -hence we may be come a Spartan race. A poultice is a very simple thing; everybody ought to know how to mdte one ; nobody does, and the medical adviser has generally to give the direction. This little trea tise enters into the minutar of these things, and various other essential matters, which, because they are so trifling, are so much disregarded. The book is addressed more especially to young mothers. We advise it to old as well as young. To the young it imparts many valuable hints, whi c h modesty prevents them asking. In the old it may correct many prejudices. Elements of Ileslth. By E. J. Tilt, M.D. Bohn. Dr. Tilt, who is the author of several very useful works, has now sent forth a book with the above title, and he says in the preface, "Dr. John4on and others have furnished popular works on the subject of health, as it relates to man." His attention, in the volume now before us, is directed especially to the health of women. It is perfectly true there is no class work devoted to this subject ; but the elements contained in the Doctor's volume are axioms, for the most part, diffused through all works on medical science. We opine the best portion of the book to be, the introduc tory cheaters treating upon Life, its Moral; Element, Mental Element, and Physical Element ; and there is good sound philosophy in his arguments. Speaking of the new born in'ant :—" How much superior is the intensity of life in infancy to that of any subsequent period !—an intensity indicated by the circulation of the blood being about double in quickness to that of an adult, by the rap .lipproaches to death's door, and the miraculous recoveries which do so frequently occur at that period of life. As we continue to live, every successive epoch is marked by a diminution of vital energy, until it becomes so impaired by increas ing infirmities and old age, that there is not sufficient strength left to move the body, or perform its moat ordinary functions." The statistics relative to the increased mortality in females over males in the higher walks of life are somewhat startling, and serve to show that over-refine ment tends to early decay. Our author says that "educated women receive the same, or even better, medical attendance than the poor, and their circum stances, to all appearance, ought to maintain better health. There must, then, be something wrong— some bidden influence, to work this calamitous end ; and is it not greatly dependent on the enervating fashion which guides their education, and the igno rance in which they are left respecting the proper management of themselves ?" We shall close our observations by one more remark, which is, a recommend a ti on t o t h e f a i r sex to read and mark well those, so to call them, digres sive portions of this book, th a t more particularly relate to physical management, in order that they may bet ter enjoy their three score years and ten, by embrac ing the recommendations that tend to counterbalance the primordial curse, " In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children all the days of thy life." The Autobiography of William Jerdan. Vol. 11. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Company. Another quarterly volum e has recently been issued from the press by Mr. Jerdan, in continuation of his lively and agreeable autobiography. Dedicated in grateful and eulogistic terms to the memory of George Canning, it is adorned with a portrait of that illustrious statesman, from the original painting by Stewardson. A picturesque little sketch of the gar den front of Gloucester-lodge, Old Brompton, con fronts upon the engraved titl e -p age th at valuable and appropriate frontispiece. Before resuming the cur rent of his recollections, Mr. Jerdan a va il s hi mse lf o f the opportunity afforded by a prefatory chapter, to enforce by additional arguments his previous asser tions, in reference to the profession of literature. Those assertions having been rather earnestly gain. said in several quarters since the publication of the first volume of his " Autobiography," the writer deems it advisable, apparently, to insist yet more strenuously upon the perfect accuracy of his obser vations. He declares more plainly and explicitly, if that be possible, than he did in the former instance, that Letters, as a rule, are unremunerative. He speaks himself, it must be remembered, from the force of a very bitter experience. Any one so situated, we cannot but think, should be listened to, at least, with some degree of deference. Instead of finding this courtesy displayed towards him, however, we regret to have to remark, that some have contravened our author's declarations without the most shadowy sem blance of the respect due to misfortune. That Mr. Jerdan is mistaken in his argument, we ourselves believe most thoroughly. We believe that he is mis taken, that is to say, in regarding as the evidences of a " rule," what in reality, according to our view of the profession of literature, constitutes only the few and scattered exceptions. There are, no doubt, men of very eminent ability, men of industry, and men of prudence, who, with all the qualifications for achieving pecuniary success in the cultivation of literature, have, nevertheless, grievously failed to realize even a portion of their early aspirations. These, however, Mr. Jerdan takes as conclusive proofs of the " rule," whereas we regard them simply is the light of unhappy exceptions. Speaking more plainly upon the matter—we must add, that we can not but believe that the vast majority of those who fail in the literary profession, do so either because they have altogether over-estimated their capabilities, or because they have not practised the most ordinary economy, or acted according to the most elementary rules of simple domestic providence. As Justice Tal fourd has recently taken occasion to observe with much distinctness (vide prefatory memoir to the late F. Deacon's story of "Annette," vol p. 28), "La mentations over the miseries of a literary life are not just in general application." Ability, industry, and the pru dence will, in the majority of cases, succeed a s ins all ether instances professions ay, of course, indiscri minately.in pro fession of itlndividualer t re , as in every i m aginable magtibnaatblemwena,lkenofdelwifee,dbpeleuanthifauplply with each showing each of the three requisite qualities —men who have even r endered themselves remarkable by the extent of their intellectual capacity—by the systematic assi duity of their application, and by the watchfulness of their ever-active and prudential economy—have de plorably failed in carving out for themselves a posi tion of ordinary independence. Nevertheless, these we regard as exceptional examples, not as examples of a " rule." Sir Walter Scott, with all his prudence —with all his astonishing industry, and with all his resplendent genius --was reduced from opulence to almost indigence, or, at any rate, to a condition in nd calamity which he was lament a bly i n debt. That was re sult of calamity. nnon neither upon p o t n o one profession nor And oatiot hasher—fall r ing egd upon then the now nr author, and driving him into beggary—and the merchant, and forcing himrit through the courts of of merchants are not are Y re , ni° th e majority of liter ar y bankruptcy. ban k r u pts Neitherßut th e a n it e i n e m s o e f in g e oe as d u e re e alike, l i e ke n b s e o i l e v g e n e t q s u . a l i T y h j e i y a e r o s i t t h u e a t e e a d s u i evil fortune. It is in regarding these casualties as invariable, instea d of merely occasional, that Mr Jerdan *pears to us to have erred. Yet while we consider him to be mistaken in believing that the vast majority of those who adventur e upon the literary profession vies! fail, although they are e n d owe d with w ith industry and with pruden ce , we con. eider h is more inveterate be opponents to not only l ieity My l istaken, but unjust ; ; that anda ll w o t h o e a n n f l a d y i d l ins must o c t o u necessarilyr tonl y eou s , u b n a; just, di d m is a c i o n u ta rt i e n o in u g s be deficient in what are allowed upon all hands to be sometimes f t r h e e m absolutely e requisite sit e that qualifications.Svoerfyarreisvetrlisies has been glari ng l y w i tnessed. Byewahse a poet laure ate when Chatterton was starving in a garret in Brook•street, Holborn ! Occasionally, even a block head —or a man, as the familiar phrase is, next door to a blockhead—has risen for a while to the height of literary distinction. But, St rule, blockheads, of course, do not generally rise to this elevation, eny more than gifted, industrious, and prudent writers generally sink into poverty and insignificance. Enough of this, however : the world knows tolerably well how far Mr. Jerdan is accurate or erroneous in his argu ment as to the chance of success in the profession of literature. Continuing the narrative of our author's autobiography, we are distressed to find it crowded with such melancholy squabbles and bitter recrimina tions. The chapters relating to the Sun, and particu larly those referring to the close of Mr. Jerdan's con nection with this journal, will be perused, we doubt not, with regret by the majority of those interested in watching the progress of his vicissitudes. Infinitely preferable will be found those portions of the volume here under examination, bearing allusion to George Canning or to Robert Burns, to Washington Irving or to Peter Pinder, to Lord Munster or to Lord Mel bourne. As with the preceding instalment, the chief attraction of the work consists in its pleasant mélange of gossip end anecdote, penned iu that agreeable and unaffected strain of confidence to the public which must perforce mellow, and ma y p oss ibly, ex t en d, M r . Jerdan's literary reputation.