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tutu seen it safe there headed up a few months ago. toThe wine was the property of Haveland John Adding n, sci., nephew to Lord Sidmouth, who had left, it in Fridayerkeep. In consequence of information recAved on last, she examined the cask in presence of a police leer, and found it contained no more than 7 bottles. hen th e constable had eminently put it to the defendant Bicknell, whether she knew where the wine tad gone to, and said she must answer, she told him she tad given her brother-in-law, William Cripps, eight bottles ottles the night before, and the night previous two , in two him addition to Crvatton). Louisa Mould saw, on Wednesday night last, the pri- Ltsoner T attoo drunk, and on the Thursday night following ,le prisoner Cripp s i n t h e b ack k i tchen at t h e w i ne tu b. The p ri soner Bicknell was giving him bottles, which ap peared to he full, out of the tub. Th e ratea who tookthe pr Police -constables .... the evidence of the prosecutrix. -nr. Robinson, for Tattoo, submitted that there Was no evidence on which she could be committed. Mr. ll AnowtoK said it was slight, but he should .141 l eave it t o " a jury ; an d accord i ngly comm i tted t h em for . but said h e would admit them to bail on finding 'No householders' sureties in 501., for each of the three prisoners. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE XENTMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. 'TUESDAY NIGHT. In our accounts forwarded from the Heath, we were obliged to confine ourselves to an official return of the witchVseare and the betting. We now give a few parti 131tillers the race., premisin; that, from the immense number !starters, we cannot go so fully into detail as its importance _ e . s erves. It was fixed for three o'clock, and within a few minutes of that time an admirable start was effected at the frSt 8 . . bead. i gnal• Giant ess and Plantagenet were the first to show a " and by them the running was made at a moderate !feiPace, followed by Cherry, The Mangler, and a host of light ghts, until near the new ground. Several were the out of the race, the most conspicuous amongst the ne at ones being Khondooz, Widred, Flahoulagh, and Tug et. Tom Tulloch and Terrier were beaten in the dip, and howeverinta retired from. the front immediately after ; the pace, had been so indifferent that at least a dozen horses lireie still lying up. At the bushe s , Giantess gave way, and h Jenny Wren took a sli g h t lead,waited on by Wit's-end, be were Kesheng, Dulcet, Jonathan Wild, Wolfdog, and Sister to Pergularia, and this lot formed the front rank into the cords. Wit's -end waited on Lord Chesterfield's mare to the last half-dozen strides, and ultimately won by a length, Sister to Pergularia third; aten about three lengths from the winner. xing fifth d Kc'sheng washourth, and Wolfdog and Light ar sixth, Run in 4 min. 6 secs. Value of the ataltes 1,210/. LATEST BETTING. THE C.I .MBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 12 o o 1 agst (')01. Anson' s l ago 14 t tI nst Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy 17 to 1. agst Lord E. R usse ll' s Sti ng 1 7 to 1 agst Mr. NunnWohanna colt—taken 2 0 to 1 agst Major Varb . orough's Red Robin 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Garry Owen 2 5 to 1 agst Mr. R. Royce's Colleen. Bawn 25 to 1 agst Mr. Rolt's Evenus 30 to 1 agst Sir C. Monk's Vanish. DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet 3 5 to 1 agst Mr• Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt. Po4rhe of brood mares, being the first portion of Mr. .(I's stud, took place previous to the races this day, when VV!. the lots were disposed of, except Abueria and Lady Ab isosia iTh!, following were the prices obtained : Gs. ec ~ 0 3' pr. Syntax, covered by Cresar ••• A (44 by Bay Middleton ditto Charles Twelfth ... 62 La Glencoe mare, out of irolicksome, ditto Harkaway ... 60 Pt(dam by Dolo), by Zinganee, ditto by Cesar ... 100 13eful, by Recovery, covered by Cmsar ••• 46 tivern a.) . (darn of Robert de Gorham), by Emilius, ,xeetio.vered by Touchstone ••• ••• •• ••• 310 •P °4114 -Note by Taurus or Augustus, covered by Ca i t Hercules••• ••• ••• ... 57 be "111 Y, by Velocipede,; covered by Cesar ... 105 eePtio -.Lad en , . by Mountebank, ditto 29 A. e h n1 "elle, by Economist, covered by Coronation ... 42 tell° ( Q ,.h3' Emilius, covered by Slane 95 Pic coi l n 'ung's darn), by Emilins, covered by Slane ... 155_ sr e i e, by Tossup, covered by Czusar a ation, b y E m ili us, covered b y Touchstone ... 205 Mir on, by B us t ar d, di tto d i tto ... 60 ss Betsy, by Plenipo, covered by Slane ... 62 WEDNESDAY. Swe ePs of 9 10 sovs. each, ft, for fillies, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) e Sir of Rutland's f, by Gladiator or the D oc t or, out of (Boyce) l arobeau's dam IJ. llawley's Vanity I• R Letting -7 to 4 on Gl ad i ator filly. Won by a neck. Run 1 min. 25 sec. T he Oatlands Stakes of 30 soya. each, 10 ft, if declared, for ~, 8 yrs old, & c . B. M. (4 Su b s. two of whom paid.) MSynge's Mount Callan, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Whitehouse) 1 r. R. Boyce's Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, Bst Betting -6 to 4on Colleen Bawn. Won easy by a length. Run in 1 min. 59 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old, Ist 31b, and three yrs, 9st; fillies allowed 31b. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 80/. (7 Subs.) Mr. Greville's Killie Krankie, 3 yrs (Nat) Mr. Crockford's Mistress Jean, 2 yrs Mr. Wreford's Wooden Wall, 3 yrs The following also started :—Lord Exeter's Lebanon, 3 yrs —Mr. S. Howlett's Libation, 3 yrs—Mr. Shelley's His Serene Highness, 2.yrs.--Mr. Worley's Wintonia, 2 yrs. Bettirig-5'16 Agit Wooden Wall, 3to 1 agst Wintonian, 4 to each igii Iti 's Serene Highness and Libation, and 6 to I agst tistress Jean. ~14iliation made play to the dip, f o llo we d b y L e b anon and - `, 115 Serene Higness ; the lead was th en t a k en b y Mistress 'up J ean, Killie Krankie and the others lying up until half way the ropes ; Killie Krankie and Wooden Wall then joined vi !` a tTess Jean, and a pretty race took place, Killie K rankie Ivailby half a length, and Mi stress J ean beating Wooden ad by ing a ne c k. R un i n one m i nute twenty seconds. 'ovin Plate of 50/. f or th ree yrs old, 7st 41b; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 111 b ; six and age d, 9 st 11b . The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., if demanded, &c. T.M.M. kr. Stephenson's Ilawesbury, 4 yrs Mr. Greville's Polka, 3 yrs The following were not placed:—Mr. Ongley's Fame, aged ---.lllr. Death's Subduer, 6 yrs—Mr. Treacher's Glee, 4 yrs— Lord Exeter's cby Colwick, out of Czar's dam—Mr. Booth's Tit bit, 3 yrs. Betting, 3to 1 agst Tit-bit, 7to 2 agst Hawkesbury, sto iegst Fame, 6to 1 agst Subduer, 4to 1 agst Glee. Farna *lade play for three parts of a mile, followed by Lord Ex eter's colt and Polka, Hawkesbury lying off; it was then taken up by Subduer, who carried it into the cords, when Hawkesbury went in front with Polka, and, the latterhaving had enough of it, they finished the race, the horse winning by half a length. He was claimed. Match, 200; T.Y.C. Lord W. Powlett's Fort William, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Bartholomew), beat Mr. Merton's Miss Stays, 2 yrs, 6st 51b (Kitchener). Betting, 9t04 on Fort William ; won by a head. Run in I minute 20 seconds. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the sale of the second portion of Mr. Ford's stud was postponed till to morrow, and the heath was very thinly attended. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm —taken 10 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago 14 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy The others as beforc. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY Ntairr. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Sweepstakes. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's fby Hetman Platotl; out of Macremma— Lord Calsdon's Maid of Lorette —Mr. Ford's Restless —Mr. Xewton:s Redwing, and Mr. Marson's Bedouin. My Sweepstakes. Fir s t h a lf of Ab. M. stery, 4 yrs—Carissima, 4 yrs—Ridicules Mus, 4 yrs— The Mangler, 4 vrs—Taurina, 3 yrs—Arkwright, 3 yrs—Mal- , voisie, 3 yrs — Wilderness, 3 yrs—Dipthong, 2 yrs—ch c by 1-I(ttnan Platoff, out of To ga , 2 yrs —B ethpage, 2 yrs—Win tcnia, 2 yrs. Handicap Plate. A.P. t. 11). 1 Queen f th e Gipsies... s 8 12 ' The Conjurer ....... 87 1 Alarnoue .......... ..... 8 , Dulcet .............. .8 01 Wincheste- Glory 6 9 (Footstool 6 9 Satyr IFlahowlah Colleen B awn Driffield 6 7 ,Tagli on i filly" • 6 3 6 2 ,Cantley - Leaccnfi e j c f . . japan Correct C ar 4 ...• 6 0 Sister to Flambeau .. 5 12 .. Lon stock . Milliner ........... Libation .... 5 ..................... 5 7 I S:even's the-M • ain ............. 5 5 0 !Lela 5 0 ess, 7st 21b, and Black Cat, ...ienester ...... ... 7 12 Rhondooz ... 7 101 Example 7 10 1 Boarding-school Miss 7 10 1 Ruff 7 10! Arthur 7 7 Cranebrook 7 5 Campanile Glossy .... .... ....... Jonathan Wild ...... Ca roline T he Mangler 7 0 Plattery Little J n 6 10, Weather oh bit, 9st 71b, Giant , o ft 71b, are drawn. 7 to 1 agst Alarm CAMBRIDGES 1 1 to 1 agst Conspiracy 12 to 1 agst lago 17 to 1 agst sis. lB to 1 a€st Stin to Joanna c 25 g 20 to 1 a gst Lady Wildair—t to 1 agst Red Robin —t 2 5 to 1 agst Best Bower—t RE STAKES. 25 to 1 agst Evenus 25 to 1 agst Refraction 30 to 1 agst Garry Owen—t 30 to 1 agst Vanish 33 to 1 agst Flahowlagh—t 32 to 1 agst Laundrymaid 40 to 1 agst Terrier 25 to 1 agst Crlentilt--t 50 to 1 agst Projectile—t VICFORD MONTHLY CATTLE MARKET.—At Ox ford Cattle market Yesterday, beef, of which there was rather a scanty supply, realised from 4s. to 4s. 4d. pe stone; good wether mutton, which was unusually scarce, fetched ss. to ss. 4d.; inferior was sold from 4s. 4d. to 4s. iod.; lamb from ss. 4d. to ss. Bd. ; veal 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. Nearly every thing chaged hands. The pig marlict was dull, and both fat pigs and stores were some what cheaper. inqueTHE DEAD BROUGHT TO LIFE. Yesterday, at an inquest held before Mr. Bedford, in Hemming's.row, st; held the beadle said he had expected to have another inquest for the same jury. A woman had dropped down in the sine close by, and was, appa rently, lifeless; she underwent an examination, nounced to be dead, and was conveyed to the hospital to was pro await an inquest. The persons cmeerned in such mat ters having been applie(l to, notice of the death, and an application for a warrant, were about to be forwarded to the coroner when it was discovered that the woman had disappeared. It was as ascertained that she had arisen from her bier, and very calmly walked away, since which time nothing had been heard of her. On Tuesday, us one of the platelayers employed on the Eastern Counties Railway, was walking down the line near Boreham-bridge, he discovered an iron chair, Used for fixing the rails to the sleepers, placed across the line, so that had any train passed over it, there is no telling what loss of life might have ensued had it not been observed and removed. In half an hour after a luggage train passed the st. There is a reward, we Understand, of 201, offered for the apprehension and conviction of the offender or offenders, but no clue has Yet been obtained. SPECITLATION.—A. mercantile friend of ours, and a banker, bay S---" SrleCUlatiOa is now turning from rail. waYs to corn and cO s tton ; the latter will, I Ear, cause 3:I:lore mischief than the former. Those injured indi /1(1418, but these will affect tho exchanges, Leeds lifer, cloy, THE SUN LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1846, LITERATURE. THE TVES77IIINSTER AND FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XC. Two - of the leading quarterlies are here coalesced into one very formidable publication. Their first appearance under this combination is most favourable, and promises largely. The single number here pub lished, for the October quarter of 1846, is of itself a handsome, extensive, instructive, and miscellaneous volume, embracing an extraordinary variety of sub jects in architecture, political philosophy, biography, metaphysics, and entomology, together with the sanatory condition and education of the people. And beyond this there is a supplemental quantity of foreign correspondence and criticisms upon foreign literature, including the recent productions of Tschudi, Quinet, and Victor Jacquemont. So much enterprise is visible in this periodical, and that enterprise is aided by so much wisdom and sagacity, that it cannot fail to win for itself double the popularity it has already acquired. It has no need of the " puff preliminary," or the " puff direct," or the " puff collusive," or any other of those aids to literary hypocrisy which are catalogued with such felicity by Sheridan. The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review is capable of propitiating public favour by its own merits. There is visible, moreover, in almost every con tribution an earnest anxiety to promote the true interests of humanity and civilisation. The principles upon which the publication was originally commenced continue to be of the same enlarged and generous character as heretofore. As a remarkable instance of this we may especially adduce the paper entitled " Repeal of the Corn-laws : Prospective Results." In reviewing the grand political and commercial victory whic this Parliamentary session has just realised for the people, the reviewer avails himself of the opportunity to deduce the natural and necessary consequences of the great measures relating to corn and customs duties. After commenting upon the importance and glory of this " stainless' victory—a victory achieved by reason over party prejudices and class interests, a victory achieved by the middle classes over the aristocrats and the operatives, a victory obtained in opposition to the hostility of the two gigantic political parties "who for centuries have divided the power and patronage of the Government between them," in opposition " to the supposed pe ... cuniary interests of the legislators," in opposition C 4 to those whom it was designed to benefit and those whom it was imagined it would impoverish and ruin"—after dilating upon the astonishing circumstances of this victory, the writer then classifies with much lucidity its necessary and possible results :—Firstly, as to the progress of agriculture; secondly, as to the condition of the people ; thirdly, as to the future course and character of our legislation ; and, fourthly, as to our foreign relations. I. That lands cannot be thrown out of cultivation (as many have foolishly pretended) by the operation of these new enactments, is de- monstrate'clon several particulars. It is shown to be impossible, because the increasing demands consequent upon the annual increase of the population must, ac- cording to statistical evidence, constantly increase the value of land in relative proportions ; because, again, land is even now daily risin g in marketable value ; because similar forebodings have been periodically indulged in since 1815, and have been as repeatedly falsified by events ; because only land altogether un profitable can ever go out of cultivation ; and, lastly, because the farmers will be enabled, by the removal of protection, to cultivate their lands at less expense than hitherto. The effect of free trade will, therefore, be to concentrate the energies of our agriculturists, so as to compete with the agriculturists of foreign countries ; to cause the average produce of wheat land in England (calculated by Professor Johnstone at 2: . 1 quarters to the acre) to approximate more to the average produce of the Lothians, namely, from four to six quarters; to reclaim waste lands; and to economise space by converting meadow and pasture into arable. 11. The effects of these glorious measures upon the people are justly calculated as of an enormous and propitious description. "Full employment, ample wages, good clothi ng , an d sufficient food," are estimated as the most important. Upon this extraordinary and suggestive theme, however, we must permit the writer to speak for himself; and earnestly do we commend the following paragraph to the consideration of every man solicitous for the future happiness and prosperity of his fellow-countrymen : " When these results have been achieved, the people's fate will be in their own hands. We shall then have reached that social condition which philanthropists have sighed after so long in vain, wherein physical destitution is no longer a barrier to moral and spiritual improve ment ; and when the indu s t r i ous c l asses i n t h e commu nity, laying all the material means of a comfortable and happy existence within their reach, may place themselves in whatever position they desire and can appreciate. It will be a critical epoch--a turning point in their and their country's history. If they understand their right position and their true interests ; if the objects at which they aim shall be at once high, solid, and attainable ; if their improved condition shall bring with it improved desires ; if their efforts be directed to raise their class, not to rise out of it ; they may rival the Americans in the material, and far surpass them in the spiritual, ele ments of well-being ; all of them may attain the elective franchise in towns, and many of them in the counties ; all of them may live, as the best of them do now, in healthy, sufficient, and respectable dwellings ; all of them may become possessed of property, and thus ren • der themselves safe and independent, as well as useful members of society ; the artisans may work ten hours without a ten hours' bill, and the peasantry again n thTeior part ob t be come in fact — w h at t h ey have long ceased to be i lit" y sensean and c g o e u e n d t r y f e ' s e p n r g i d on bgecoorored - ain all this, will alone quisite ; their efforts to raise themselves to what men ought to be will be met with rejoicing, encourage and aid by all rank s o f their country. fon e m c e o n n t , trary, their moral st a t e s h ould be not far enough ad vanced to profit by and turn to good account the im provement in their physical comforts ; if, as has hitherto been too often the case, increased employment should lead to diminished diligence, and increased power to ex aggerated and unreasonable caprices, and augmented wages should only stimulate to more unlimited indul gence ; if they ;should still, from unworthy distrust of their superiors, allow themselves to be made the tools of men who live and thrive upon their follies and their jealousies ; they will turn away and dry up the sympa thies of ib nse who would have helped to raise them— they w i ll sink anew into the miseries of frequent dis tress and perpetual serfdom, and throw blindly away one of the fairest opportunities ever offered to a nation, of realising, amid the most complicated forms of modern civilisation, a golden age of freedom, happiness, and peace. Everything is ready—everything is within reach of England, if her sons are "wise in time ;" those who have oppressed the poor are stripped of their power ; those who have neglected them are awakened to their duties ; those who despised them have begun to appre ciate and fear them ; those who looked upon them as antagonists, rivals, and competitors, have begun to com prehend the great Idea of mutual identity of interests ; and now that free trade has secured to them all the raw materials of physical well-being, all that is further wanting will be warAing in themselves alone, viz., tem perance to resist animal indulgence, knowledge to un derstand their interests, and discrimination to distinguish friends from flatterers and foes." Let every individual amongst us endeavour to pre pare the people for the powerful temptations to which their passions will be subjected. If they be duly prepared the consequences of this turning-point will be wholly beneficial. 111. In calculating the effects of free trade in connexion with the future course and character of our legislation, the reviewer has felt the temerity of his position ; he has recognised the im penetrable nature of a political futurity ; and has con fined himself rather to timorous conjectures than to confident predictions. Amongst the more sagacious of his observations upon this point we may specify the sentence that " the agricultural interest will gain political power at the expense of the landlord interest ; and, instead of always pulling against the commercial classes, will, in the great majority of political ques tions, find it wisdom to pull with them." That will inevitably be the case, to the astonishment and exultation of the agricultural tenants and to the ex cessive chagrin of the agricultural landlords. IV. Prom the operation of free trade with regard to inte-. national affairs, the writer coincides with Cobde the most eminent political economists f' in an icipa-ing an universal and enduring peace. In o- - Lie portion of this very able article it is proposed nat, in order to enable such landlords as have a life interest in their property to cultivate their land without hamper ing their means, they si-.Aould be allowed to mortgage, or even to sell a portion of the estate, the money thereby raised* to the betterdso as to apply Such evelopment of the resources of the remainder. an arrange ment we conceive would be most _ hazardous; it would be calculated to enta il . g e the already com plicated abatements to the rights of property, and would, more seriously t:nan the reviewer seem ' s to magine, interfere with 'che law of entail. In all other particulars, however, we regard this paper on the prospective resu%s of free trade as abounding with shrewd and sagacious propositions. The articles on " £he Principles of Taxation," on the " Patronage of Commissions," and on the " Education of the People," are of nearly equal and, in one or two points, of superior merit. We have entered so largely, however, into an analysis of the preceding contribution, th a t we have altogether precluded ourselves from ex amining either of the last-mentioned in detail. " The Microscope and its Revelations" is likewise an ad mirable performance, betokening very laborious in vestigation, and conveying a world of startling and astonishing truths with delightful perspicacity. Some of the reflections upon the wonders divulged by the microscope almost amount to eloquence. We are surprised to observe so much deference paid to the authority of Borellus by the author of this exc , " article, the veracity of Borellus being s dubious, and the worl, of Borellus be: intensely the production of ug so essentially party zealr` upon " Arch“ An elaborate essay with a pr- - b ee . ra "( "`IS and Records," illustrated varier "Jrusion of wood-cuts, imparts an additional Ty , . 1 , to the very miscellaneous •4. eons contents of the estminster Review, while-it' I embellish ment. A review of tends c ons id era b le to its I Baru," introduces lv Mr. Burton's " Life of us again to t • he In • • tzmacy of a domestic intercourse with the great Scotch philosopher and historian; and, with an extraordinary bulk of minor criticisms, completes this very propitious number of the double Quarterly. COUKT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The unfavourable state of the weather this morning prevented the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family leaving the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and the Princess of Hesse., at the Castle. The Royal Duchess remained to luncheon with the august circle. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse took a car riage airing this afternoon, accompanied by the Countess of Gainsborough, Lady in Waiting on the Queen, and Baroness Scheel. The Royal. Family took an airing in a pony carriage and four in the afternoon, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left the Castle to day for town. Their Excellencies M. and Madame Van de Weyer, and Lord and Lady Cowley, also took their departure to-day. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Lady in Waiting on the Queen Dowager, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Princess of Hesse (La Ba ronne Scheel), the Baroness de Speth, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, the Earl Howe, and the Gentleman in Waiting on the Princess of Hesse (Le Baron Meysenbuch). The band of the Scots Fusileer Guards attended dur ing dinner. Her Majesty's private baud afterwards at tended in the Castle. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday from Windsor Castle. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. Earl Fortescue had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. THE WINNING OF THE INFANTA, A ROMANTIC BALLAD. FYTTE FIRST. The sun shines fair on :IN euilly,'tis post the hour of dine, Old France and his four royal sons are sitting o'er their wine ; But untasted by the monarch's side bright gleams the Cies- Vougeot, As he chinks his five-franc pieces, and surveys his sons a-row. Oh, a wily man is that old king, his whiskers long and grey, With a twinkle in his eye, that seems " I'm wide awake" to say; And the smile that plays about his lip is just the smile that suits The only King in Europe who has polished his own boots. There sits dark JOINVILLE, with moustaches right truculent of twist, MONTPENSIER, the muffin-faced, NEMOURS the close of fist, And young D'AumaLE, the fair and flat, a chasseur tight and trim, And the monarch thought " it's lucky that I've found a wife for him." " NEMOURS, thou art mine own true son—small dower thy wife need pay . By skinning flints and shaving close thou still wilt make thy way ; JOINVILLE I've wedded to Brazil, her diamonds and her dollars, And all save one I've fitted with matrimonal collars. " There sit two royal maidens in the Escurial towers, Their hands his prize who mystifies the European Powers; By St. Denis, there's one for thee, MONTPENSIER, my boy !" And down with a crack, on his third son's back, came the monarch's hand in joy ! " For the rival knights TRAPPANI, COBURG, MONTEMOLIN, Don FRANCISCO, Don ENRIQUE, I hold them not a pin ! Let who will have HER MAJESTY, we for the INFANTA stand : There are cases where one bird i' the bush is worth two birds in band. " What ho, my squires ! bring forth my horse, my armour, and my shield !" And 'twas rare to sze the ancient king how he armed him for the field, While his four sons gathered round him, each on his bended knee, And took a lesson from that old Chevalier d'lndustrie. He hath braced his helm of humbug, his breastplate of un truth, He hath taken his shield of impudence and his lance of little ruth ; And his sons up to the saddle-tree give him a leg at need, And proudly paces "Artful Dodge," his old but trusty steed: FYTTE SECOND. The lists are cleared, the barriers reared, the knights come riding in, The captive maidens sadly look, for liking is a sin; They may not choose, may mot refuse, for such their royal parts, 'Tis but their hands are wanted—what need to think cf hearts ? Rides in the van, the pale TnArpArr, his sword is in his sheath, The legend blazoned on his shield " I fight"—a cross beneath. MONTEMOLIN, his shield within, displays a crown of brass, Which his sire Don CARLOS gave him when he found it wouldn't pass. Next rides ConuaG-CoJIARY, and the QUEEN doth wish him luck ; For, though somewhat out at elbows, he's what ladies call a " duck," And he bears the Coburg legend, which his seedy look con- firms, Of " Royal Marriages performed upon the cheapest terms." Don FRANcrsco rideth after, looking fain to run away, Right groggy is he in his selle, and anything but gay : Follows close bold Don ENRIQIJE, he bath caught the IN FANTA'S eye, He blows a kiss to her, and she blows him one in reply. The trumpets sound, the knights ride round, displaying of their paces, And the ladies gay, they flirt away, displaying of their faces ; When, o'er the barrier of Utrecht, that shuts the lists below, With lusty leap Louis PliturPs on " Artful Dodge" cloth sho - w. He wears his crown with vizor down," Hold hard !" he cries aloud, " I too will ride a tilt of arms before this noble crowd :" And he strikes on Prince TRAPPANI'S shield, who, the chal lenge when he hears, Immediately is taken ill, and straightway disappears. " Ha, ha! I guess that's one the less! Now, Sir COBURG, for you." And he tipped his lance with gold, for well his foe's weak point he knew - A rush, a thrust—a cloud of dust—and when it left the air, There lay the COBURG, dead to " time," and much the worse for wear. " Now rest thee, Don FRANCISCO, I leave the QUEEN to you. But Don ENRIQIE, there's a crow to pluck between us two." And he bent his lance of slander 'gainst that heart so true and leal, And, with a grin, the stern old king sent home the poisoned steel. Then silent flowed the tears of those maidens as, perforce, Each saw her favourite champion sent, as Bell's Life says, " to dorse ;" But nought reeked he, the grim Louis, of breaking hearts, or woe : He'd come to win a wife, and one he'd have before he'd go. On came MONTEMOLIN, but aye his glance he backward threw, For the Constable was on his track, as well old Louis knew ; " Police !" shouts France, but their approach the Count awaited not, At first glimpse of the Alcalde he bath bolted like a shot ! The jousts are done, the prize is won, old France has gained the day, Tho' tis in what some folks may call—a dirty sort of way ; And he strokes the neck of " Artful Dodge," " Well done thou trusty steed I I've worked thee hard, but never yet thou'st failed me at my need !" Right proudly rode he up the lists to where the maidens sat, And courteously his visor raised, beneath his broad brimmed hat, " Your hands are mine, to pick and choose : FRANCISCO take the QUEEN; For you, INFANTA, I've a son, a gallant boy, tho' green." And with a roguish chuckle, as they looked both sad and sour, He gave these sorry maidens each unto a husband's power; And long Madrid shall grumble at the doings of the day When, with " Artful Dodge," Louis PnuarrE the INFANTA bore away.—Pinch. THE LATE SIR GEORGE MURRIT.—The will of the late Right Hon. Sir George Murray, late of Belgrave squarr,, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Military Or; ter of the Bath, a general of her Majesty's forces, and islaster• General of the Ordnance, was proved in London on the 9th instant, by his executors, Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe, Bart., of Merstham, Surrey; Mr. George William Hope, Curzon-street, Mayfair; and William Smythe, advocate, Edinburgh. The will was executed on the sth of January last, together with a deed of settlement of the same date, in favour of his daughter and only child, wife of Lieutenant Henry George Boyce, of her Majesty's 2d Regiment of Life Guards, by which the deceased has settled upon her various sums, in the whole exceeding 26,000 L, besides the house in Belgrave square; and further by his will leaves her the furniture, pictures, prints, &c., as also the residue of his estate, to enjoy a life interest over the whole of the said property, money, and effects, and at her decease to descend to her children; but if no children or child should obtain a vested interest therein, then in trust for the children that may be living of the late Hon. Sir Patrick Murray, Bart. There are pecuniary bequests to his sister and aunt, and to his son.in-law, Lieutenant H. G. Boyce, and legacies to his servants. In the 54th year of his age, Sir George married Lady Louisa Erskine, sister to the Marquis of Anglesey, of whom he was bereaved in January, 1842, having had issue one daughter. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT- COLONEL GORDON.—We have to record the demise of a gallant and eminent field officer, Lieut.-Colonel John Gordon, who expired a few days since at his seat, Princestown, county of Fermanagh. at the advanced age of seventy-nine, forty-one rs' w hi c h witnessed a connexion with the . officer saw d ur i ng his career song Brit. -u army. This had the h onour and satisfr r0u7,1. service, and he Lieutenant -Colonel on of being made a retired with the R o y a l —hit pay in 1844, being connected as Second • _..cgiment o Artillery, which he entered .....teutenatat in, 1805. ittNEss CotQufo - UN, is With sincere regret we have just heard of the serious illness of C. tsti.,M.P , and that, although now pronounced out of immediate danger, he is still in a very precarious state. The attack appears to have been that of gastric fcver, and of unusual severity. From the last accounts from .lidlermont, we fear his recovery must be a work of time. Irswien AND BURY RAILWAy.,_we are glad to hear that the subsidence of the soil at Haughley, has been now overcome, and ther e i s e very prospect of the line being opened fo r t ffi • e nsuing month. ra astrAv t he SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. _ _ _ TIMES.—Lord Westmeath's views of the rights and liabilities of landed proprietors, to which we have on two recent occasions given publicity, however natural, however common, however unstriking to Irish land owners, are, nevertheless, based on an utterly erroneous view of their duty, an d if carried out into action without limit, would result in the most abject misery of the great majority of mankind. His Lordship came into the pos session of certain portions of the soil of Ireland, which his ancestors had possessed before him. He found divers tenants occupying parts of his estates under leases. When these leases fell in, he found more occupiers than had been bargained for. The soil was encumbered with humans, and their condition was such, that they were by no means profitable cattle. Had they been as pro fitable to him as so many sheep or pigs, he would have rejoiced at their being part of the live stock of his farms. He objects to them, net as bipeds, but as squatters. He could not, owing to the cost of litiga. tion, put a stop to the squatting while the leases sub sisted. If he could have done so, he would. Now that the leases are ended he wants the law to make up for lost time ; and cooly proposes that he shall be en abled by Act of Parliament to transport to some other country—no matter which—the uncomfortable surplus population ; that a new felony shall be created for the benefit of his "order," the landed proprietors of Ireland; that the crime of having been born into Ireland, and having survived the perils of Irish infancy, shall be placed in the same category with forgery, burglary, and arson. If this is a specimen of what an Irish House of Lords would do in the way of domestic legislation, it had better be avowed generally at once. It might have some effect even in that focus of nonsensical extravagance, the Conciliation Hall. Now, it may be as well for the Irish landowners to consider what would be the case of the population if Ireland, like Egypt, had only one land owner. Would they, then occupying the position in Ireland of tenants of the soil, deem it just that this monopolist of " the first gem of the sea" should prohibit their marrying and having families ? or that he should only permit a given portion of them to marry, and endeavour to place a limit on the number of chil dren which should be born? If not, they must give up Lord Westmeath's proposal for the expatriation of his countrymen as equally against the inalienable rights of man. If the landowner—the solitary lord of the soil— whom we have supposed could have no right to prohibit or attempt to restrict the multiplication of his species, 50,000 landowners combined could have no such right, nor could any one of them have it. Again, this landed oligarch could only enjoy his insular estate by having it tenanted by others besides himself. W ere h e th e sole inhabitant of his own territory, he would be as badly off as Robinson Crusoe before he found Man Friday. lle must have tenants to enable him to enjoy his own property. Without tenants he would have no profits. If he introduced a tenant population, unless he made an express bargain with them, at their first introduction into his domains, that they and their posterity should at all times remain at his absolute disposal, and renewed that bargain with their descendants, they would bring with them, and retain, their rights as human be ings; and if he took the benefit of their labours, he must also take the liability of satisfying such of their physical wants as should enable them to fulfil the conditions of their existence. But if, instead of introducing a labour ing population, he became the owner of the soil already occupied by his fellow-creatures, and availed himself of their services to obtain some enjoyment from it, he must take their consequences with them, permitting them to propagate their kind and to people his domains. He could only have a conditional right to the land—a limited proprietorship. The Aborigines would possess their ordinary rights as human beings, and transmit them to their descendants. Their children would be born into the country with his express or tacit consent, and with the rights of fellow -countrymen with him. It would not be difficult to convince even an Irish land holder that Mehemet Ali has no right to screw his Fellahs down to absolute starvation, or to drive them wholesale into the desert. They would admit that those Fellahs, as Egyptians, have a right to live in Egypt ; that if they perform their duty to the Pacha of cultivat ing his corn and cotton estate, they may require in re turn the means of subsistence and of subsisting in Egypt ; and that, however absolute may be the Govern ment under which they are placed, they are entitled to their share of the rights of man. Follow this out in Ireland, and there is no logical possibility of denying that those who are born in Ireland have by the mere accident of their birth a right to stay and subsist in Ire land. It may be a hard task, and one of slow fulfilment, to convince the majority of the proprietors of the Irish soil of the truth that the whole of God's earth is intended for the enjoyment of the whole of God's creatures ; that when a child is born into that world it is gifted by God's providence with a right to a subsistence during the whole of its life on and from that earth ; and that whatever may be the artificial division of that earth into continents, countries, or counties, no combination of men whatever can, without a violation of their duty to God and man, make such an appropriation of any portion of it as shall deprive a single fellow-creature of that right, or hinder him in the reasonable enjoyment of it ; but it is the truth, and it must be recognised and acted on. CHRONICLE.—The meeting of the working classes of Manchester, held in their Town-hall on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of memorialising Lord John Russell to open the ports, is a sign of the times which cannot fail of receiving the deliberate and respectful attention of an enlightened statesman. From the report, which appears elsewhere, of the brief, quiet, and per fectly business-like proceedings on this occasion, it will be seen that our manufacturing operatives have made great proficiency in that most useful description of all useful knowledge—knowledge of the facts and laws determining their own social condition. The compulsory and disagreeable lessons of the best of schools seem to have been mastered by our working-men, in Lancashire at least, with a very satisfactory completeness. Their own experience for many successive years—as interpreted to them, first, by the League, and more recently by Cabinet Ministers who vied with one another, through the greater part o fa protracted Parliamentary session, in expounding the economies of the working-man's life—has been largely effectual in imparting the wisdom more im mediately profitable for their political guidance. They know all about the doctrine of wages, and its relation to prices. They understand their concern in that political, or state, economy, which is neither more nor less than the aggregate of their own particular domestic econo mies. They have learned to respect the facts and figures of that political arithmetic which does but sum up and epitomise the more familiar domestic arithmetic of their own cupboards and firesides. They appreciate their interest in that cheapness of the primary necessaries of life, which enlarges the surplus of national income available for the comforts and luxuries that consti tute the subject-matter of manufacturing production and commercial interchange. The difference between cheapness and dearth of the nation's food they know to be so much added to, or taken from the nation's capi tal—which capital is the fund out of whose increase their wages are paid. They have acquired considerable skill in this very interesting species of computation. So much added to the price of the 41b. loaf they find, on casting up, to be so much of extra weekly taxa tion on a town and neighbourhood of such or such a population—the amount of which tax " is, of course, abstracted from the receipts of the general tradesman, and is thus operative to the destruction of the home market for manufactures." With this expert intelli gence of the law of wages and the nature of the wages fund, our working men are, of course very watchful of dangers that threaten that fund with diminution—espe cially with gratuitous and preventable diminution by ar tificial causes. They look with jealous alarm on those shillings of the scale, which, as u now easy and familiar logic has taught them, s t an d f or shillings abstracted from their pockets. They d rea d and deprecate the effect, especially during a season of severe national trial and difficulty, of even four shillings artificially added to the natural price of a quarter of wheat—such addition really and practicably meaning, to them, increased com petition fur diminished wages. With prices rising to the point at which a fixed four-shilling barrier will abridge and retard the very supplies of whose necessity the Legislature has made that figure the index, they are keenly alive to the danger and absurdity of a policy, the principles of which have been explicitly condemned by every statesman of weight and repute, and whose results are so dismally illustrated in their own well-remembered experience. It is just the old story beginning over again, and they know it all too thoroughly by hearl not to beg fervently that it may be cut short. This is really a very striking feature of this working-class meeting. The alarm which prompts Manchester operatives to pray for open ports, is a reasoning and prospective alarm. Their meeting and memorial are no passionate utterance of irritated or desponding misery, but the quiet and sober-minded expression of a logically justi fied fear. The whole proceeding is very much of a pre cautionary character. These are not " distressed manufacturers') clamouring for a "boon," but men enjoy ing a very tolerable amount of prosperity, who see natural ai_ir.tis i....t work that must imperil and abridge their prosperity, and are anxious that a natural and in• evitable evil should, at least, not be artificially aggras vated. The memorialists have nothing to say of g reat distance, an d f or w hi c h t h ey " distress," except as a future event, which they well distress," prepa re. anldtwoiuls d only have t thath ithis distress t hey " apprehend great would be be tie minimised down to its natural limits, by the instant ex tinction*oust, more or less, enh a n c e speak und er no other F e , fessure than that or deliberate and sober apprehensio n o f evil But o i t f . a fiscal Tey injustice whi ci % after all the teaching they have had, this is enough to make theta speak plainly and strongly. They have learned to read future events in present tendencies. They are great believers in cam and effect. They scent danger afar oil; and are wise in time. We cannot en tertain the fear that the chosen of our statesmen will show themselves less sagacious in their interpretation of familiar facts, or less far-seeing in their prescience of a certain and not very remote future, or less prompt and earnest in warding off preventible aggravations of a corn ing , " than a miscellaneous assemblage of our working vil, men. Lord John Russell must be as well able as these opera t i ve mem orialists to draw the right conclusion from dataof fact and principle which are common to both parties. We feel persuaded that, to a prayer so just and reasonable, and so t horou gh l y accordant with the maxims efarefieetive and experienced statesmanship, there is hut one answer possible. After a ll, our M anc hester w orking men only ask, that the settl e d an d f un d a mental . policy of thebe consistently applied to meet em pire may y the special wa nts of a crisis for which it has an obvious special fitness. ADVER TISER. —The subject of punishment in the navy, to which we referred yesterd a y i n ou r correspond- ence, i s one w hich ought to recei ve a large share of public attentio • he court-martial on board the Vic is T tory (off Ports m outh) reveals to the public a practice in whichqought immediatelybe discon our steam navy tiuued, and whiel a humanity should ever have permitted. an • The chance against \ . to . in telligence i it is strange that men of ordinary Lieutenant Story was, " that he, on the 13th day of August, 184, being then the senior Lieutenant of her Majesty's steam-ship Retribution . . . did . . . order Edward Redpath, then the captain of the hold of the same ship, to be confined in the ' port bunker' of the said ship, in which bunker the said Edward Redpath was accordingly confined, and was fount dead ; the said Lieutenant having ordered such punishment of confinement without reference to Captain Stephen Lushington, the captain of the said ship." We are not about again to arraign Lieutenant Story, or to question the justice of the finding of the court, by which he was honourably acquitted of all blame for his said conduct on the occasion before men tioned. Indeed, it was quite apparent, from the evidence on the court-martial, that Lieutenant Story bore an ex cellent character on board the Retribution for humanity, and that he was an enemy to the barbarous practice of flogging. It appeared also that the punishment which led to the death of Edward Redpath "had been pre viously resorted to on board the Retribution, with the knowledge of the captain, and not disapproved of by him, and that the same punishment had been adopted in other steam-ships." The finding of the Judge-advocate adds, "without any bad consequences ;" but qumre. By this time our readers may wish to have some insight into this "port bunker," which was the scene and the cause of the death of Edward Redpath. For the benefit of those who are not very learned in naval lore, we beg to mention that the " port bunker" is the coal-hole of the steam vessel, into which it has become the practice in the steam-vessels of war to cast refractory seamen. The un fortunate man Edward Redpath, whose crime was drunk enness, was placed on the platform in this miserable place, and was seen just under the grating some hours after his imprisonment, but when the time approached for his release, he was found lying insensible on the coals. The truth is, the man was poisoned by the foul gas—the carbonic acid gas emitted by the coals. Every one knows, or ought to know, that an atmosphere which ivill scarcely feed the flame of a candle is one in which human life cannot be sustained. Now, one of the wit nesses stated that he took a candle to look for the de. ceased man, and in answer to a question from Captain Stanley, he admitted that the light " was burning dimly ;" and farther, that he felt the ill effects of the gas himself during the short time he was employed in raising the deceased man out of it. The same witness, Thomas Rumble, a stoker, admitted that he felt the ill effects of the gas in the bunker before, those effects being "pains in the head, across the eyes." In accordance with these statements is the evidence which was given by the sur geon of the Retribution, who said," I made a post-mortem examination, and found the appearances on the body such as are known to exist where the persons have died from respiration of carbonic acid gas. The lungs were gorged in blood dark in colour. What blood was about the heart and the large vessels was fluid and of a very dark colour." There is, therefore, not the shadow of a doubt that this poor man was killed by being cast into a mephitic atmosphere, from which he could not escape, and where he died, just as any one would die, in a sort of Grotto del Cano. We cannot withhold the expression of our indignation at the gross ignorance which presides over this department of the punitive code in the steam navy. Here are gentlemen of great sagacity in the cocked hats, entrusted with irresistible power over the lives of their men, and who have to find out, by the actual occurrence of death, that it is unsafe to order a man into the receptacle of a large quantity of coals, where the temperature is between 76 and 80. We regret to discover on board the steam navy so much ignorance, or so little attention to the ne cessary effect of modes of punishment ; and we hope the competent authority will interfere to prevent the further infliction of death by the certain process of " the port bunker." MESSRS. DELARUE'S ENVELOPES FOR NEWS PAPERS.—If any envelope be entitled to the denomina tion of safe, it is the newly-invented newspaper envelope manufactured by Messrs. Delarue and Co., which, com bining as it does the security of a tie, by means of a piece of tape fitted into the envelope, with that of the usual adhesive edge of the ordinary envelope, furnishes ,a double security. These envelopes, manufactured of plain paper, are sold at the rate of Is. per 100, and will, no doubt, soon come into general use. In addition to the plain paper envelopes, Messrs. Delarue and Co. have manufactured others of a patent material (paper lined with caoutchouc), which being waterproof, and not liable to tear, are admirably adapted for transmission to foreign countries. They seem as tough and as strong asleather. MY COUSIN NICHOLAS.—This is the new volume of " The Standard Novels," and comprises the powerful story with which the Rev. Mr. Barham first delighted the readers of Blackwood. The quaint humour and the deep pathos of the tale are still fresh in the recollection of those readers, who will be glad to find this favourite story presented to them in so convenient a form. We envy those who have yet to read " Cousin Nicholas," and we hardly know whether or not to envy those who have yet to become fascinated by the absorbing story appended to it, under the title of " The Trance," which deprived us of more hours' sleeping than we care to acknowledge.— Court Journal. MEXICAN BONDS.—In the dispatch which has created so much noise within the last few days, is a clause ordering Mr. Murphy to publish it immediately. The bondholders, who are in the greatest state of uncertainty, knowing the existence of the dispatch, and seeing no official copy of it, are most anxious that Mr. Murphy should comply with this order of the provisional Government, or, at any rate, make some statement on the subject. The fact that Messrs. Schneider deny the receipt of any official information as to the mission of Senor Gomez Farias is not enough to counteract the effect of a document which is circulated in the City, and which announces the repudiation of the new bonds, and the removal of Mr. Murphy from office. BENEVOLENCE OF THE LATE PREMIER. , --The fol lowing instance (says the Suffol k Chronicle) of Sir Ro bert Peel's unobtrusive benevolence was mentioned by Mr. Wilderspin, in the course of his lecture at the Ips wich Mechanics' Institution, on Tuesday evening. We give it in the speaker's own words:—" Some of you have heard of Haydon, the painter, and, no doubt, you have heard that Sir Robert Peel, the late Prime Minister of England, sent that man 50/. in his distress. It ought to be known, by my moving about the country in this manner—and I never thought of self, for I always had faith that my countrymen would not allow me to die ,in a union, and that the Almighty would not allow me to ask for the common necessaries of life—that I had spent all my money. I was at last reduced to the utmost extre mity. I wanted a crust of bread, yet I kept the secret within my own breast. I set out for an obscure village, where I thought I would end my days. A friend called upon me. And when I had not a single shilling in my house, when I had nothing to offer him, for I felt I should degrade my cause by running into debt, when my poor dog was as thin as my children,lso/. 'came from the Prime Minister of England, Sir Robert Peel. Thus you see there are two men whom he has benefited. One is now in the eternal iworld, and the other is the humble individual who stands before you." It is rumoured among the highest classes of society that the fair fugitive from Gloucestershire will shortly be received by her noble parents ; it is said that the blacksmith at Gretna was not on this occasion called upon to perform the ceremony, but that the gallant offi cer and his " ladye love " were united in a large town in the west of England at an early hour on the morning of the elopement. We regret to announce the death of Mr. F. V. Lee, a barrister of the Oxford Circuit, in very considerable business. Mr. Lee was a man very popular among the attorneys of his circuit, and was a man of great aptitude and shrewdness, and what is called business-like talent. His death was very sudden. He had been out shooting on the Monday, and on his return home, and while dressing, fell down and expired. lie has left a widow and a numerous family to mourn his early loss—for Mr. Lee had but attained his 41st or 42dear. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lady Charlotte Herbert, second daughter of the Earl and Countess of Powis, and Mr. H. Mont gomery, of Grey Abbey, county Antrim, is to be solem nized on Tuesday next. The Earl and Countess of Powis, and Ladies Herbert, Viscount Clive, and other members of the family, have already arrived in town from Powis Castle, Welshpool. A sumptuous dejeuner will be given by the parents of the fair betrothed to a numerous and distinguished circle in celebration of the nuptials. CURRENTS IN THE CHANNEL.—An inquest was held by adjournment from the Ecclesbourne Coast Guard Station, near Hastings, on Tuesday, on the body of a man, name unknown. It appeared in evidence, that on Saturday morning one of the Coast Guard, while on duty, saw the body washed on shore. It was dressed in a good black coat, a figured satin waistcoat, black trousers, and Wellington boots. In the pockets were found seven double francs, two single francs, seven double and one single copper sous, and a card-case, containing cards of Mr. Charles Ellis, and of Messrs. Ellis, 81, .Borough street, Southwark.' Lieutenant Coggs, of the Coast Guard, repaired to London, and was referred to Mr. Joseph Ellis, of Balham-hill, Clapham, from whom he learned that his brother, a Mr. Charles Ellis, had been living some years at Guernsey, and that about three weeks ago his hat had been found on the rocks in that island, and that it was conjectured he had fallen into the sea and been drowned. Mr. Joseph Ellis attended the inquest on Tuoday, and stated his belief that the body was that of his brother, and the jury thereupon re turned a verdict of " Found drowned." The body must have traversed the distance between Guernsey and E cc leshourne during the late heavy gales from the south west. THE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE.—Within the last. week the committee of this fund have received 3501., -incipally contributed by the people of Manchester, p'' Bury, Dalkeith, Clitberoe, and . Gomersol. At Burs.. , v k meeing' on Tuesday evening, at Manchester, wee the Chairm.: l ' George Wilson, stated that Mr. Mr. Henry Bury, o: Edenfield, has subscribed 1001. The s to 74,7951. The collection total sum received a..." Tmu : lt :a in London is making 1.2 . 13 t°l- . progress,ar an d the reports are of the most che erin g transmitted by the collet , etit".• of the committee, a character. At the next return of the amounts collect , L a ncashire, York -td. Warwickshire, will shire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, a. be submitted. THE WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMEN OF THE POOR-RATES.—It is stated that will be made to carry out the long talke, ments in Westminster by an allocation of the and bills are extensively circulated in St. Marg, St. John's parishes , call in g on the rate-pa rs ye consent to any such application of the parochial ft, Great complaints are e ver y where made, too,that tk. Governme nt did not take the plan upon themselves,wout leaving it to be a matter for speculation. CHARLTON FAlR.—This pleasure fair, which is better known as " Horn fair," will commence on. Monday next, and continue three days, at Charltot I (near Black heath). Its charter is of ancient date, and it' once ranked among the first - class sub u rb a n plea sure fairs. It has of late years gradually declined, and %e now become a mere phantom of by-gone fairs. "'S.-ALLOCATION -nother attempt i-of improve poor-rates, set's and not to nds. CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM COAL MINE, AND SWANSEA AND LOUGIIOR RAILWAY. The first general meeting of the shareholders in this railway was held at twelve o'clock yesterday, at the offices of the Cowpany, 2, Moorgate-street, for the pur poses expressed in the several Acts of Parliament incor porating the company. Very few shareholders were pre sent, but upwards of 13,000 only of 20,000 shares of the company were reVesented. Jacob Montefiore, Esq , occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN, after explaining the object of the meeting, called upon the secretal,y (Mr. llowden), to read the report, which stated : " That the directors had the satisi:ution to announce that the Act of Parliament incorporatii:g this company, and authorising the construction of the raiiiYay, passed in the last session. The increasing supply of coal which the manager is now enabled to give, and the extension of the company's works, calls upon the directors to give their best attention to the expediency of immediately constructing the railway, being only 41 miles in length, and being for the present to be limited to one line of rail, they have every reason to believe it can be constructed at a cost considerably under the estimate. The directors have to assure the shareholders that their operations in this respect will be conducted upon the strictest principles of economy in the expenditure, and at the same time with due regard to the interests of the shareholders. In order that the future yearly and half-yearly meetings of the share holders, as prescribed by the Act of Parliament, may be in unison with the deed of settlement of the company, the directors suggest that their meetings shall be held in January and July, yearly, and that the directors of the Coal Company and of the Railway Company shall be the same, and elected in conformity with the provisions of the deed of settlement." _ The report having been received, The CHAIRMAN congratulated the sbnreholders on the success which bad crowned their efforts to obtain the sanction of Parliament to the construction of the rail way. They had had to encounter the most formidable opposition at every step, but, owing to the great exer tions of their Parliamentary agents, their solicitor, and the directors themselves, the Bill was passed. Mr. ELDERTON, the solicitor, detailed the difficulties against which they had to contend in seeking the sanc tion of Parliament to their Bill. But through the great exertions of Colonel Cameron, who exerted his influ ence with the Members of the Legislature to the utmost, they had succeeded—in fact, without his aid it would not have been passed. He then explained some incon gruities in their several Acts of Parliament, and recom mended, to obviate inconvenience, that the directors of the Railway and Mine should continue in office until next July. The directors and auditors were then elected, and the seal of the company was affixed to the registry of proprietors. The CHAIRMAN said the works were now in full operation, but in a few weeks they would be materially extended, and the quantity of coal therefore materially increased ; but as the meeting had more to do with the railway than the mine they had not thought it advisable to request the attendance of the manager of the works in town ; but, in a letter (which was read) he stated that the quantity raised was 2,000 tons a week, but when the works were completed that there would scarcely be any limit to the quantity to be worked, or which could be sold at Swansea. Mr. SMALLBONE congratulated the shareholders on the value of the mine, and on the certainty of its becom ing a lucrative source of investment. He represented the sentiments of a great number of shareholders, many of whom, after visiting the mine, had invested a greater amount of capital in it. It could not be considered a speculation in which persons might take shares one day and sell them at a small premium the next, but an eligible source of investment, which would ultimately realise a fortune to those who had embarked their capital in it. The SECRETARY said the Admiralty had expressed a wish to test a sample of the company's coal. It was supplied, and on Monday last it was tested by several chemical gentlemen, and in the presence of several of the directors, at Woolwich. The result was that it came up to the " mark," and that it was a most superior coal for steam and other purposes. He expected to bear the opinion of the Admiralty in the course of a day or two. Mr. SMALLBONE apprehended when the works were in efficient order that there would be no difficulty in raising 10,000 tons of coal per week. A vote of thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting separated. CORONER'S INQUEST. THE MARGATE SEA-BATEING INFIRMARY.-An in quest was commenced before Mr. Mills, on Wednesday, the 30th September, at the Red House, College-street, Chelsea, on the body of Elizabeth Cotton, aged 15, daughter of Mr. Cotton, oilman, Chelsea, who died on September 25th. The statements made on that occasion involving certain charges against the treatment which the deceased had received in the Royal Margate Sea bathing Infirmary, from whence she had been brought shortly before her death, the inquest was adjourned for the attendance of Mr. Field, the surgeon of that esta blishment. Yesterday, at ten o'clock, the jury were re-assembled, and the inquiry proceeded, Mr. Field, a nurse, and the secretary of the infirmary, being present. Mr. Cotton, oilman, 3, College-terrace, Chelsea, stated that *deceased had been ill for a long time, and had been sent to St. George's and the Wesminster Hospitals, and Mr. Goodrich, surgeon, of Chelsea , recommended him to get her admitted into the Margate Sea-bathing In firmary. His daughter was suffering from curved spine and scrofulous habit. Witness obtained the admission to the infirmary by a letter from the Duchess of Kent, and paid ss. 9d. a week for expenses. Deceased re mained there till the 16th of September, when, as she did not improve, she was brought home. The next day after her return his wife told him she had discovered the existence of a dreadful sore in her daughter's back, and Mr. Goodrich was sent for to see her. After being at home a week she sunk rapidly, and died on the 25th. Mr. Francis Goodrich, surgeon, stated that on visiting the deceased, on her return from Margate, she com plained of sores on her back, which she said arose in consequence of a " bed-pan" being left under her for three days and nights, being removed night and morn ing, and then replaced, while she was ill with diarrhoea, notwithstanding that finding her back sore from the pressure she had applied for its removal. CORONER—This is not legal evidence unless the girl knew she was dying. Mr. Goodrich —I believe that was her firm impres sion, sir. Mr. Goodrich read a statement (signed by himself and Mr. Warder, another surgeon), stating, that on post mortern examination they found all the organs of the body perfectly healthy, and giving in detail the horrible appearance of the sores. They considered the sores the cause of death. Mr. Alfred George Field, resident surgeon of the in firmary, stated that the deceased was admitted into the establishment having curvature of the spine, with para lysis of the lower extremities. She was ordered a course of bathing and tonics, and his attention was called to her daily. Only knew of the sore existing a few days before she left, and attributed it to the effects of her disease. There is a water-bed in their establishment, but it is not used. There is no air-bed. The mattresses are of straw ; for as it is a summer establishment, their object is to keep the patients cool. Sarah Fagg, a nurse, stated that she acted under Mrs. Perry, the head nurse. Remembered the deceased being confined to her bed. She bad herself asked witness for the bed-pan. This was placed in her bed, but was only there twenty-four hours, during which time it was moved two or three times. Witness covered the edges of it with a linen cloth. At the end of the twenty-four hours, observing a red mark on the girl's body, she re moved it, though against the wishes of deceased. Mr. Mills, addressing the jury, observed upon the very conflicting nature of the testimony. It was for the jury to decide whether the sores were the cause of death, and also whether they believed that they arose from improper treatment. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and in half an hour returned the following :—" We find the cause of death arose from the injudicious use of a bed-pan in the Royal Margate sea bathing Infirmary, and we are farther of opinion that there has been gross neglect on to part of the surgeon and nurses of this institution." A CHILD DROWNED IN A WASHING-TUB.—Yester. day fbrenoon, an inquest was held before Mr. Wm. Carter, at the Pitt's Head. Tavern, Grange-road, Ber mondsey, on the body of Samuel Robert Hodgkins, aged eight months, whose friends reside at No. 10, Diamond street, Grange-road. It appeared from the evidence that the pArents of the deceased were destitute. The de ceased, who was in good health, was left on the morning of Monday on the bed, by its mother, while she went out of the room, and on her return soon afterwards she discovered the deceased lying head downwards in a washing-tub, containing some dirty water, which had beer carelessly left by the bedside. She raised the de ceas, ed up, but life was apparently extinct. A surgeon wa s also called in, but all efforts to restore animation were of no avail. The supposition is that the deceased rolled off the bed while the mother was absent. The jurv, after a few remarks in reference to the careless nest ; of the mother, returned a verdict of "Accidental dea th." A l POLICEMAN DANGEROUSLY STABBED ET MS WII ,E.—Yesterday, shortly before two o'clock, Benjamin Wood, City police constable 526, was sitting at dinner witl i his wife, at their lodgings, Talbot-court, Grace chtn-ch-street, when some words arose between them , which ended in the wife throwing with great violence a sharply pointed table-knife, which struck him in the neck, beneath the right ear. The blood gushed forth profusely from the wound, and the ,poor fellow rushed out to Mr. Smith's, surgeon, to whom he stated that he had been stabbed by his wife. Mr. Smith, finding that the wound was nearly an inch and a half deep, and that the carotid artery had been in jured, instantly forwarded him to St. Thomas's Hos pital, where he now remains in an almost hopeless state, arising chiefly from the loss of blood, as well as from the dangerous nature of the wound, owing to the great difficulty of uniting the artery. Immediately after the occurrence the wife gave herself up at the station-house Garlick-bill. Benjamin Wood is a mild inoffensive man, and is deemed a very excellent officer ; he has been ihd, and at tachedse to the washighly force al spmorseteeveetea both ever since it by was his p fi r s s u te e s r t i a o b r; well as his brother officers. as . .• , . RE CONVICTS FOE VAN DIEMEN'S LAN D ..--Th e M Government transport, has refitted at Dept 'ling.-yard, and is ordered to d r op d own t o Dept- Arabian,.dbV ia i n elua- ' ' I )ockytud, Woolwich, t 0 receive 300 con her Majest3's •- Clary, for a poop O• , ' q will lie sent down from thi reniten victs on board, wu , + ' Van Diemen's Land. ' THE SUPPLY OF C I The prospect of the supply of cotton 's' excite great interest and some anxiety in L turing districts. The ground of this anxiet34l-§,ThittVa*-10 consumption of the article has been increasing more rapidly than its production for the last three years, not withstanding the enormous crop . of 1844, and that there is danger that the production will before long be insuffi cient to meet the present rate of consumption. Should that prove to be the case, prices will of course rise until the proper proportion between supply and demand has been re-established. On examining the return of the imports, exports, and the consumption of all hinds of cotton in the port of Liverpool, in the years 1844, 1845, and 1846, the follow ing are found to be the results:— Import of cotton into Liverpool from the Ist January, 1844, to the 10th October, 1846:- 1844 1,490,968 bales 1845 1,650,763 „ 1846 (to October 10) 1,051,348 „ Total import 4,193,079 „ Exports of cotton from Liverpool the same period:- 1844 84,200 bales 1845 82,500 „ 1846 115,230 „ 1844- 1845- 1846- Total exports 281,930 „ Consumption in same period:- 1,311,088 bales 1,432,363 „ 1,180,400 „ --- Total consumption 3,923,851 From total import 4,193,079 bls. Deduct total c0n5umpti0n...3,923,851 Total export ......... 281,930 Excess of consumption and export over import 4,205,181 „ 12,102 ” The estimated stock of cotton on hand was— On the Ist Jan~ 1844 Ditto on Oct. 10, 1846 From the above figures it will be seen that the impor tation of cotton into Liverpool in the years 1844 and 1845, and, so far as it has gone, 1846, was not equal to the consumption and export in the same period, although the import of 1845 was the largest ever known, and that we should now have been without any supply of cotton in this port if it had not been for the remains of the great American crop of 1843, which reached 2,379,000 bales, or 279,000 bales more than the crop of 1845. The general expectation is, that the stock on hand will be considerably less at Christmas ; so that for the first time since 1842 we are likely to commence the new year with a stock of less than half a million bales. The stocks in Liverpool at the close of each year, from 1841 inclusive, have been -1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 _ _ It will be seen from the above figures that the con sumption in this and other countries is gaining very rapidly on the production, and that without a decrease of the former or an increase of the latter, the stocks will be reduced to the lowest point before the end of 1847. Under these circumstances every account of the pro bable yield of the present year's crop is looked for with the greatest interest, and from the unfavourable tenour of the accounts hitherto, with much anxiety.—Liverpool DREADFUL EXPLOSION and LOSS OF LIFE AT WALKER IRON WORKS. NEWCASTLE- uroN. TYNE, T lIE SDAY.—A dreadful ex plosion occurred last night at the extensive iron works of Messrs. Losh, Wilson, and Bell, situated on the river Tyne, at Walker, about three miles below New castle. Three persons were killed, one by the force of the explosion, and the other two by inhaling the impure air before the explosion took place, and several others have been seriously injured. The Walker iron works are the most extensive in this district, and give employ ment to upwards of a thousand men. They comprise the various processes of manufacture from the iron stone, whence the ore is extracted, to the completion of the mechanism for which it is designed. Two blast fur naces and four refineries are in continual operation. The blast is produced by an air pump, worked by a steam engine of one hundred and twenty horse power, pump ing on an average 14,000 cubic feet of air per minute. The blast is conducted from the blowing cylinder in metal pipes to the various furnaces, the feeding pipe being about six feet in diameter, and connected with others of smaller dimensions, from which branch pipes of still smaller bore extend to the fires. In order to regulate the blast, a large receiver is placed in the line of these pipes, which being filled with highly condensed air, operates in producing a uni formity of action in the blast pipe during the return stroke of the air-pump. There are two air-pumps on the premises, one on the east and the other on the west side of the boiler, and both communicating with it, but for some time the pump on the west side has not been worked, the other one, which has recently been erected, being larger, and capable of doing all the work required. The works cover fourteen or fifteen acres of ground, and the pipes, therefore, are of considerable length. The escape valve opens into a drain, communicating with the river, as does also the privy for the use of the workmen, the latter being in that part of the works west of the reservoir above described. The accident appears to have arisen from an accumulation of foul air in the reservoir, and the pipes to the westward of it. It appears that about six o'clock yesterday evening the men in the works were alarmed by hearing groans issuing from the privy, and one of the boys went down to see what was the matter, when he was heard to utter a loud scream, and fall down, almost immediately on reaching the bottom of the stairs. This alarming circumstance brought several of the workmen to the spot, and with much diffi culty the boy was dragged out, in a state of insensibility, from which he was with difficulty recovered. A lamp having been procured, it was ascertained that a man and a boy were in the privy, and no doubt the groaning that was heard proceeded from them. With great difficulty both were drawn out, and the usual restoratives applied, but without effect, as they were both dead. It was judged that the impure air had proceeded from the drain, into which it might have passed from the blast pipes after having been generated in the furnace. The pipes were accordingly examined. One branch pipe that had been plugged was found with the plug out, and the blast escaping from the orifice. The men tried to close this opening, but they were not able on account of the strength of the blast. Robert Rogers and Wil liam Short, two of the overseers, then caused the pump ing engine to be stopped, and they proceeded to the reservoir in order to close the orifice of the pipe leading from it to that portion of the works where the privy is situated. They opened the man hole of the reservoir, and Rogers was in the act of looking in, when a tre mendous explosion took place, the force of which carried poor Rogers into the air, the height of nearly fifty feet, and landed him on an eminence about twenty yards from the place. He was literally shattered to pieces. His arm was blown off, his head and face flattened, and dreadfully disfigured ; and when gathered up, his body presented a horrible mass of mutilated remains. Short was blown some distance from the spot, and also much injured, but he fortunately escaped the direct action of the explosion The reservoir, which was of plate metal, three-six teenths of an inch in thickness, was blown to frag ments, which were sent with tremendous violence in every direction, through the roofs of adjacent buildings, knocking down walls, and everything that obstructed their progress. One large piece of metal plate was driven at least three hundred yards from the place, and the windows in nearly every house in the vicinity of the explosion were broken. The inhabitants of the cottages adjoining the works, on hearing the noise, rushed out of their houses, and a group had as sembled near some palings, where they stood a few mo ments surveying the scene of the disaster at the distance of about 150 yards, when suddenly a massive metal plate descended within a few feet of them on to one ,of the posts of the paling with such violence that the wooden post actually pierced the plate, which came to rest about a foot from the ground, supported by . the fragments of broken palings, and with the post sticking through it. The men had no light near the reservoir, nor was there any fire seen at the time of the explosion, which seems to have issued from the orifice of the blast pipe as from the mouth of a cannon. The end of the blowing cy linder was carried over the heads of the workmen in the rolling mill to the opposite side of the building, where it struck a man and broke his leg. Another fragment struck a youth, and injured him severely. The rest seem to have fortunately escaped. It is conjectured that the explosion arose from the cause above described —namely, the ignition of inflammable air in the pipes, which it is supposed arose from the furnace, but that has not yet been satisfactorily ascertained. inquestas ea o o p nv e i d ofthewis ra tahfetabodaioens, and was ofthe jar unfortunate adoned sufferers An was day. ALARMIN RISE.—We already knew the Duke of Wellington was dear to his country. but we never ex- Rented he would rise to such " a very large figure— P . unch. RAPID PASSAGE . ...The splendid iron clipper schooner Prince of Wales, which left London on Friday o'clock n Sunday v morning, oc o at seven oe'celo:ikng, , r t e h a u c s he p d er L fo e r it m h ar in h gt b h o e u p r a a s t sa s g iz e (a distance of nearly 500 miles) in the remarkably short space of 47 hours. The celebrated Greek General Kalergi, who so admirably conducted the movement at Athens on the 15th of September, 1843, arrived in town on th© 10th instant. THE PROJECTOR or SOCIALISM. — Robert Owen bus, returned again to the United States, having crossed the Atlantic four times in less than six months Though upwards of seventy-five years old, he is still as'enthll. siastic as ever in the pursuit of his plans of reform.— New York Tribune. THE MODEL PRISON, CLERHENWELL.—This pri son, intended as a house of detention for untried_persons, is to be ready for use by the commencement of the next year. NARROW ESCAPE.—Yesterday afternoon, as a sailing barge named the Sarah Ann, William Jackson, master, was proceeding down the river, and when off the Parliament Houses, one of the crew named John Keep fell overboard. The master instantly seized a hitcher, and succeeded in catching hold of Keep, and pulled him into the barge. It was found, however, that the point of the hitcher had entered his shoulder, inflicting a severe wound. He was conveyed 'ashore in the boat, and from thence to the hospital, suffering great pain. . NEW RAILWAY PROJECT.—We understand thf, surveys are about to be commenced of a proposed rail way from Colchester, by way of Nayland, Sudbury, and Haverhill, to Cambridge,—Bury Herald. S IT cL N